One year back at CES 2020 in Las vega, Alienware made waves with a modular computer video gaming COMPUTER that operated like a Nintendo Switch over, with a set of gamepads flanking an effective Windows 10 tablet computer.
The 5.5-inch GPD Win 3 in addition to the 7-inch Aya Neo aren’t handling it in instead likewise; while the Ava tries to extremely carefully suit Nintendo’s console fit, dimension, in addition to with totally pc video gaming controls aboard, the GPD sticks to its palmtop computer system beginnings with a slide-up screen that divulges a little backlit key-board. There’s furthermore a finger print sensing unit, a microSD port and also an optional Thunderbolt 4 dock if you intend to make use of the GPD like a total Windows 10 computer system.
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What corresponds: both are really trying to provide an effective tablet computer system surrounded by joysticks as well as likewise switches for under $1,000 each. With Intel’s newest Tiger Lake chips and also AMD’s Ryzen 4500 U particularly, each has a few of one of the most current in addition to biggest bundled graphics you can purchase, and also they assert instead decent efficiency for that reason– Cyberpunk 2077 can apparently strike 30 fps at the Aya Neo’s 1280 x800 resolution at reduced arrangements, as well as likewise GPD supplies an extensive list of circumstances of current, requiring video games that you can coax greater than the 50 fps keep in mind with its Intel Xe graphics.
As you can see in the specification comparo sheet I worked up listed here, each features 16 GB of DDR4 memory, a quick NVMe solid state drive, Wi-Fi 6 and also Bluetooth 5.0, a set of stereo audio speakers, a genuine earphone jack, as well as likewise a number of USB ports. Okay!
GPD Win 3 vs. Aya Neo specs
Specification | GPD Win 3 | Aya Neo |
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Spec | GPD Win 3 | Aya Neo |
Screen | 5.5-inch 1280 x720 p IPS | 7-inch 1280 x800 p IPS |
PPI | 268 ppi | 215 ppi |
Brightness | 400 nits | 500 nits |
CPU | 15-28 W Intel i7-1165 G7 or i5-1135 G7 (4C8T) | 10-25 W AMD Ryzen 4500 U (6C6T) |
GPU | Intel Iris Xe (96 EU or 80 EU) | AMD Vega 6 |
RAM | 16 GB LPDDR4x 4266 | 16 GB LPDDR4x 4266 |
Storage Space | 1TB NVMe SSD | 512 GB NVMe SSD |
Battery | 44 Wh | 47 Wh |
Battery quote | 2-3 humans resources substantial, up 11 hrs light | approximately 6 hrs |
Cooling | 2 cozy pipes, PWM fan | Two warmth pipelines, fan |
Ports | 1x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), USB-A, 3.5 mm | 3x USB-C, 3.5 mm |
Wireless | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 |
Measurements | 7.6 x 3.6 inches (192 x 92 mm) | 10 x 4.1 inches (255 x 106 mm) |
Density | 1.06 inches (27 mm) | 0.79 inches (20 mm) |
Weight | 1.2 pounds (.56 kg) | 1.4 extra pounds (.65 kg) |
Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
Keyboard | Y | N |
Touchscreen | Y | Y |
Gyro control | N | Y |
Rumble | Y | Y |
microSD | Y | N |
Fingerprint sensing unit | Y | N |
Docking incurable | Optional, 3x USB 3.2, 1x USB-C, 1x HDMI 2.0 b, 1x GbE | N |
OS | Windows 10 Home | Windows 10 |
Early expense | $ 799 | $ 699 |
Final starting expense | $ 999 | TBD |
88- extra pound weight, in addition to battery life will definitely be a big questions, with both the Aya Neo as well as likewise GPD Win 3 allowing you to make enhancements the chip’s TDP electric power to obtain one of the most out of their tablet-sized cells. NotebookCheck declares you should not anticipate to obtain greater than 1.5 humans resources out of the GPD Win 3 while playing a requiring video game, though Taki Udon on You Tube proclaims you can acquire 2-3 hrs out of a very earlyAya Neo
Speaking of Taki Udon’s video clip, it resembles a wonderful intro of the portable, so I suggest evaluating it out, and also this 2nd video that shows off simply exactly how well video games like Cyberpunk 2077 and also Sekiro utilize his Creator’s variation. It’s not virtually sufficient to persuade me to crowdfund a business I have really never ever familiarized, yet it’s an outstanding start.
You have to furthermore comprehend that not every one of these handhelds are mosting likely to look in addition to play the similar: the clear Aya you’re seeing in the video clips was a marginal variation of 15,000 for very early pre-orders in China, with last designs launching in black in addition to white instead when they deliver inApril Aya will definitely be launching its Indiegogo project in February with a “extremely early bird restricted price” of $699, without word on just how much the rest people could pay.
The GPD Win 3 is currently on Indiegogo, where you’ll pay $799 for the Core i5-1135 G7 variant, with the far more reliable i7 chip beginning at $899, or $949 for a strategy with the optional USB, HDMI as well as likewise Gigabit Ethernet docking terminal.
In in between these mobile video clip pc gaming Computers, the adorable upcoming Playdate in addition to the charming Analogue Pocket, a few of the spick-and-span mods we have really seen of late, as well as likewise the appeal of the Change itself in addition to the march of ever smaller sized as well as likewise far more reliable chips, it seems like we might be entering a pc gaming portable renaissance. Right below’s really hoping.