A few days ago, MSI surprisingly confirmed that there will be a new gaming handheld at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. The MSI Claw gaming handheld has now been officially unveiled at the trade fair.
The new handheld is based on an x86 platform, like the Asus ROG Ally (test) and Steam Deck. However, there is no AMD Ryzen processor used here, but an Intel Meteor Lake chip. Accordingly, the top model comes with one Intel Core Ultra 7 155H used, which is a 16-core with six performance cores, eight efficiency cores and two LPE cores. An NPU also enables local execution of AI applications
Meteor Lake with Arc GPU
The handheld is not equipped with a dedicated graphics unit, so the processor’s Intel Arc GPU is responsible for graphics acceleration. Arc Alchemist with graphics unit Eight Xe cores In order to enable smooth Full HD gaming on mobile consoles, MSI talks about medium settings The manufacturer also installs 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.
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MSI Clay has one in front 7 inch display, which has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. The panel supports up to a refresh rate 120 Hz and covers 100 percent of the sRGB color space. Brightness is typically 500 nits, which is on par with the competition. Of course, the display also supports touch input, which means the Windows system can be easily operated by touch.
The 53 Wh battery is enough for two hours
The whole thing is driven by one thing 53 Wh battery, which can be recharged with 65 watts. It should enable gaming sessions lasting two hours at full capacity. The device has Thunderbolt 4 port, 1x microSD card slot, 1x jack connection and a Power button with fingerprint sensor. In terms of controller layout, MSI is based on Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Accordingly, the two illuminated analog sticks are offset from each other.
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