MSI Claw handheld console available for pre-order

Are Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and now MSI Claw handheld consoles or simply computers in a more compact form? Of course, they are mostly used for playing games, but at the same time, you can do almost everything on them that you can on a regular computer. MSI Claw is the latest in a series of such devices. At first glance, there is nothing different about it, the differences are more trivial.

Za 699 ameriških dolarjev, za kolikor je MSI Claw na voljo v predprodaji. V Sloveniji je nismo našli, pri evropskih prodajalcih pa je na voljo za 829 € (s čipom Ultra 5 135H) in 950 € (s čipom Ultra 7 155H). Prve pošiljke bodo odposlane 15. marca. Prvi testi niso na strani podjetij MSI in Intel. Za skoraj dvakratno ceno ima MSI Claw enako zmogljivost kot ROG Ally in Steam Deck. Zaslon je “le” IPS in ne OLED tako kot pri Steam Decku, kar je še ena točka v prid konkurenci.

It has the largest battery (53 Wh), which does not mean that the autonomy will also be the longest in this segment. The screen is 1080p, which is enough for a diagonal of 7 inches, and it will refresh at 120 Hz. Since it is an Intel chip, it will also rely on the Intel Arc graphics core, which is a relatively new architecture and might cause more problems for users at first. There is also mention of an NPU chip for AI functions, although we don't see scenarios where this would often come into play for this type of device.

MSI obljublja tudi odlično hlajenje, kar bi lahko prevesilo tehtnico v njihovo prid. 512 GB je za začetek dovolj prostora, čeprav ga boste lahko zelo hitro napolnili, še posebej, če boste namestili igre kot so Baldur’s Gate 3, Call of Duty in podobne. Na voljo je 1 TB različica za kakšnega stotaka več.