Formosan technical school company MSI has used CES 2024 to announce the MSI Claw , the first hand-held gaming PC to use an Intel Core Ultra chip .
We ’ve seen a flurry of portable play PCs since the launching of the originalSteam Deck , but they all have one affair in usual : there ’s an AMD mainframe powering them all along .
The MSI Claw is the first such machine to try something unlike . It ’s “ the world ’s first gaming handheld powered by Intel Core Ultra Processor , ” according tothe company .
Featuring ARC graphics with up to 8 Xe center , the MSI Claw utilise Intel ’s XeSS AI top-notch - sampling engineering to upscale graphics . Together with 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM , MSI claims that the Claw can render smooth gameplay at 1080p resolutions and medium setting , even in demand AAA titles .
It forebode to be sustained performance too , thanks to MSI ’s Cooler Boost Hyperflow engineering science . Dual lover and heat pipes aggregate to draw heat aside from those punchy new internal components .
The MSI Claw look free-enterprise in the stamina bet too . It comes with a large 53Whr barrage fire , offering a claim two - hour assault and battery life under a full workload .
Around front there ’s a 7 - inch FHD ( 1920 x 1080 ) IPS LCD presentation with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 500 nits top luminance . It wo n’t be as punchy or bland out gorgeous as the Steam Deck OLED ’s screen , then , but it will be more unstable .
At 675 g , it ’s pretty heavy within its socio-economic class . The Steam Deck OLED weigh 640 g , while theAsus ROG Allyweighs 608 g. And yes , it does sport RGB lighting around the parallel sticks and under the release , because PC gaming .
Many a handheld gaming PC comes undone at the software stage , but MSI is claim that its Center M UI will supply promiscuous access to your games , key features and options . The MSI App Player , meanwhile , provides access to both Windows and Android mobile game .
There ’s no news on a release date or pricing as yet , but we ’ll keep you place .
