It has been revealed that handheld PC specialist GPD is busy engaged on a successor to the Home windows-powered GPD Win 3 5.5-inch gaming handheld. The brand new GPD Win 4 is a 6-inch moveable, although on first impression are little has modified on the surface. Nonetheless, some vital spec uplifts are rumored akin to a transfer to the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with RDNA 2 graphics.
The 4 most vital modifications launched with the GPD Win 4, based on tiny-tech specialist Liliputing are; the upgraded processor talked about above, new corridor impact analog sticks, the slider keyboard getting upgraded to bodily keys, and a few ergonomic tweaks.
GPD hasn’t made the Win 4 handheld official but, however there have been sporadic data bursts throughout platforms like Twitter and Weibo. Lillputing has collected pictures and data from varied disparate sources akin to YouTuber Cary Golomb, and a few Discord channels. We have additionally seen some fingerprint festooned real-device pictures surfaced by Cc on Twitter. (To see pictures within the tweets under, increase them).
GPD WIN 4current specs (can change on remaining model)6″ ScreenAnalog Sticks HALLGyroOFNAMD 6800U model solely (for now Intel is just not deliberate)Extra ergonomic designThe GPD-WIN3 Dock shall be suitable with GPD-WIN4 pic.twitter.com/Oyq0dPs4GDAugust 25, 2022
Hey @yosp Test it out! This could look fairly good taking part in PlayStation video games. Do not you assume? pic.twitter.com/TADyfcqAesAugust 24, 2022
The GPD Win 3 was powered by an Intel Tiger Lake processor with Iris Xe graphics. Nevertheless, the GPD Win 4 is tipped to be solely AMD, counting on a Ryzen 7 6800U processor with on-board RDNA 2 graphics for quick 3D acceleration.
How will this AMD cell processor carry out in such a measurement and energy constrained kind issue? Now we have a good suggestion from cell gaming fanatic ETA Prime’s current video exploring the delights of a unique new GPD moveable – the Win Max 2. Briefly, ETA Prime described the efficiency delivered by the AMD cell chip as “loopy quick.”
There are different upgrades that ought to be higher for gaming and normal computing. Corridor impact analog sticks ought to assist forestall drift issues. Furthermore, the sticks at the moment are adjustable and customers can change the nubs between excessive and low profiles. After all, bodily keys shall be a giant step up for the slider keyboard too, in comparison with the capacitive contact keys of the earlier mannequin.
Reflecting on the combination of renders and pictures now we have presently, the GPD Win 4 appears like a really worthwhile improve. We hope it goes official quickly so we will affirm specs, availability and pricing.
