New handheld Steam Deck rival is the primary powered by Intel Arc & we’re excited

An industrial PC maker is moving into the gaming marketplace for the primary time, with a singular tackle the PC handheld – it has an Intel chip in it.

Emdoor, an industrial PC maker, identified for its rugged line of tablets and laptops, is taking an odd left flip. They’re coming into the gaming market with a brand new handheld with one of many first gadgets of its variety to accommodate an Intel Meteor Lake CPU.

Intel Meteor Lake is the laptop computer line of CPUs for this technology and options Arc Graphics 5 and assist for LPDDR5X RAM. It’ll have a max energy draw (TDP) of 35W, placing it in step with different handhelds at the moment accessible.

There’s no actual title as of proper now, however the industrial aspect of the tech world colliding with the gaming aspect means it’s being dubbed the EM-GP080MTL.

There’s additionally an 8-inch LCD display screen, with a 16:10 side ratio at 1920×1200. That is what the Ayaneo 2S runs at, which is what Emdoor seems to be aiming for when it comes to the remainder of the specs. It’ll function as much as 32GB of DDR5 RAM, with as much as 2TB of storage supported by way of NVMe.

Curiously, the NVMe will likely be a full-sized one (2280), as an alternative of the 2230 that has seen a large increase in reputation because of the ROG Ally and Steam Deck.

A overwhelming majority, if not all handhelds at this level, are utilizing AMD’s Ryzen 7840U to energy their gadgets. The efficiency that the built-in GPU can put out is nothing wanting astounding. In our evaluations, we’ve discovered that it’s greater than able to working AAA video games at excellent speeds.

Intel Arc Graphics 5 onboard new handheld

It’s additionally going to be the primary Home windows handheld PC that options Intel Arc Graphics 5, which we all know little or no about at this level when it comes to efficiency. The teraflops have been in contrast by WCCFTech, however this doesn’t gauge efficiency in precise video games.

In a demo given to Pocket book Italia, Emdoor reveals the system enjoying God of Warfare, and there’s some work gone right into a customized entrance finish. We’ve repeatedly rallied in opposition to Home windows 11’s expertise on these gadgets, so it’s good to see Emdoor is taking precautions already.

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One function we’re already noticing that may be a massive plus is the double USB-C ports on the system. The Ayaneo 2S has these and it’s extremely useful to need to keep away from dongles.

Emdoor’s EM-GP080MTL is prepping for launch in 2024, and we’re particularly excited to strive a special taste of handheld APU once more after so a few years of AMD dominance.