Sometimes you actually needn’t reinvent the wheel when designing a spiffy new product. That appears to be Aokzoe’s strategy with its forthcoming A1 X handheld gaming PC, because it seems to be nearly precisely like its present A1 Pro—simply with an even bigger battery and a pleasant AMD Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 chip.
There’s not a wealth of element in regards to the new handheld within the teaser publish on X, however the A1 X will sport a full-fat Strix Point APU. That means you will be getting 12 CPU cores (4x Zen 5, 8x Zen 5c) and 16 RDNA 3.5 compute items for graphics. Compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U within the A1 Pro, it is a affordable uplift in {hardware}.
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That chip has eight Zen 4 CPU cores and 12 RDNA 3 compute items, so that you’re doubtlessly taking a look at as much as 33% efficiency in video games on the A1 X, in comparison with the A1 Pro. I say doubtlessly as a result of it’ll come all the way down to what energy and clocks Aokzoe decides to make use of, and there is not any phrase on these to date.
So, what else is best? Well, the display for one—it is nonetheless 8 inches in measurement (and that is loads sufficiently big for a handheld) and whereas its decision is unknown, the refresh charge is 120 Hz and it has VRR (variable refresh charge) help. The A1 Pro sports activities a 1200p 60 Hz panel, so even when the decision is unchanged, it must be a a lot nicer show to stare at for hours on finish.
Whether you truly get hours of game-staring will come all the way down to the battery, after all, and Aokzoe has seen match to shoehorn a 72.5 Wh cell into the A1 X. The A1 Pro makes do with a 65 Wh battery, so that you’re solely getting a 17% improve in capability, however on condition that it lasted for over two hours of Elden Ring gaming in its 15 W mode, I ought to think about you will get across the similar with the A1 X.
The customary model of the Aokzoe A1 Pro boasts a whopping 32 GB of LDDDR5x-7400 and I actually hope that the A1 X has the identical quantity of RAM. As there is not any devoted VRAM for the Ryzen’s GPU, the extra reminiscence you have got, the extra steady and higher performing a handheld shall be.
You can see this with the Asus ROG Ally X, which outperforms the usual ROG Ally, as a consequence of having 24 GB of reminiscence (16 GB within the non-X Ally), though the 2 have the identical processor.
What we actually need Aokzoe to get proper with the A1 X is software program. The system used within the A1 Pro is way clunkier than Asus Armory Crate, within the ROG Ally, and it isn’t a patch on SteamOS. Windows 11 is not particularly fitted to handhelds they usually rely closely on a vendor’s software program to beat its desktop nature.
The one factor you may be positive of in regards to the Aokzoe A1 X is that it nearly actually will not be low cost and never even remotely so. The A1 Pro is $910 at Amazon so if the A1 X sports activities the identical quantity of RAM and a 1 TB SSD, then I count on it’ll launch at over $1,000 or extra.
Whatever it prices at launch, if we get our fingers on one for evaluation, we’ll be sure you let whether or not it is value each cent or not.
