Give credit score to
Valve for turning a promising class (handheld PC consoles) right into a viable one with the
Steam Deck, which strikes a suitable steadiness between value, efficiency, and capabilities. Within the wake of the Steam Deck’s launch, others have tried to capitalize in the marketplace phase, and a “younger firm comprising a bunch of senior engineers and product managers” has caught are consideration.
That firm is AOKZOE and it has been exhibiting off its upcoming A1 handheld powered by an
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor primarily based on Zen 3+. It is one of many quickest cell APUs on supply at AMD, with an 8-core/16-thread configuration, 2.7GHz to 4.7GHz clock pace, and 16MB of L3 cache. And for graphics, its packs a Radeon 680M GPU with a dozen cores and a pair of.2GHz clock pace.
The AOKZOE A1 is the primary handheld console to make use of the Ryzen 7 6800U. It additionally sports activities an 8-inch show with a 1920×1200 decision (100% sRGB), an unspecified quantity of LPDDR5X-6400 reminiscence, a 48Whr battery (the group is contemplating a 65Whr possibility), and gives specific assist for each
Home windows 11 and Steam OS.
This is a have a look at it operating Elden Ring…
Different video’s posted to the corporate’s YouTube channel present it operating Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, and Purple Useless Redemption 2 easily as nicely. Elden Ring hits 60 frames per second within the above video, whereas Forza Horizon 5 dips into triple-digit framerates.
Efficiency will rely on the TPD setting. There is a button to toggle between the default 15W TDP and 28W. To maintain issues cool, it options aluminum fins and copper warmth pipes, although we can’t actually know the way nicely it really works till this factor ships.
Pricing is but to be decided and can clearly play an enormous function in whether or not this competes in opposition to the Steam Deck. The one factor AOKZOE is saying proper now’s that it’ll have a number of fashions with completely different RAM and storage configurations obtainable, at completely different value factors.
Search for the
AOKZOE A1 to hit the crowdfunding scene in September with discounted tremendous early hen and early hen tiers.
