Besides the Nintendo Switch and gaming on smartphones, the concept of gaming on the go has always fascinated gamers and tech enthusiasts alike. In recent years, technology has now made it possible to play PC games via a new category of tech, called “gaming handhelds” that are equipped with laptop processors and can run PC games but are in a smartphone-tablet-like form factor for portability.
GPD, the Shenzhen-based startup in the gaming handheld market, is known for its best-sellers such as its GPD Win 3, and GPD Win Max. However, both models were released quite some time ago and since then, a fierce competitor has arrived on the scene, the Steam Deck. Thus in 2022, GPD has decided to announce the GPD Win Max 2, a 14-Core Intel Alder Lake Windows gaming handheld beast that is looking to shake the industry.
In its official announcement post today, GPD reveals that the Win Max 2 is featuring a 10-inch 1920×1200 Full HD or a 2560×1600 QHD display, a major leap in the industry considering its predecessor, the Win Max, only had an 8-inch with 1280×800 pixels.
Despite the increase in screen size, the dimensions of the Win Max 2 are only jumping from 207 × 145mm to 228 x 160mm. GPD mentions that they were able to keep the device compact with much slimmer bezels on all sides. GPD has also shared an official sketch of the device. However, the sketch only shows off a very simplified build of the device, without the keyboard, colours or gamepad of the device. GPD mentions that they will be revealing more details of the device nearer when it’s ready for launch.
Under the hood, the GPD Win Max 2 is a handheld gaming powerhouse. It is equipped with Intel’s 12th Gen Core i7-1280P, which features 14 cores and 20 threads in a compact form factor. The CPU boosts up to 4.80 GHz, has 24MB Smart Cache, and eats between 20 and 64 watts. The device is also configurable with up to 32GB RAM, up to 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD in one of the two M.2 slots.
Compared to its main rival, the Steam Deck which only maxes out at 512GB with a Zen 2 AMD processor, the GPD Win Max 2 may take over Valve’s throne soon.
The device is also juiced with a 65Wh battery, a surround sound quad-speaker setup, one Thunderbolt 4 port, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, a built-in webcam, and a QWERTY keyboard with backlight. Price and availability have not been announced yet by GPD, but we expect GPD to share more details about the device soon by the end of 2022.
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