It's got a 3.6 tflop GPU dude. It's close enough to a PS4 pro. Calling this a portable PS3 is kind of a disservice. A PS3 is only 0.20 tflops. Not even the same league.
As a long-time GPD user, I'm iffy about buying it because the build quality is often not as good as it appears and the availability of repalcement parts is usually pretty low after a year or so. I really like the PSP/PSV shape, but I don't want a $1300+ paperweight when something breaks and I can't fix it.
@@Dr_Nick_ but there's a $799 version, though paper weight is still bad. So one could stock up on parts in advance - what parts are most likely to break?
The mobile handheld is getting very competitive, the steam deck is such a good benchmark. The price and value is amazing. The GPD is really good, even adding a keyboard. Ryzen low power cpu handheld is amazing in general. The steam library on the go, how on earth can anyone compete.
@@MikeTheGamer77 Not to mention the amount of people who buy these things just to play a few games on it and then have buyer's remorse and sell it off. See it pop up constantly when Mercari notifies me of a new listing for "gpd". Always in the description something about not even fully enjoying the product. Most of these folks will just go back to using a cheaper handheld, effectively downgrading.
@@umamifan I'm in that camp. I bought a OXP Mini and played it for a couple of months before listing it for sale. The device was cool and games ran well, but I found the Steam Deck more my fit, especially with how good Valve customer service is compared to these Chinese companies.
@@tek1645 they sell an ok amount of their devices, but the fact they still crowd fund for every device is a telling sign they dont sell enough to produce a product like valve can. these companies are only giving valve a leg up on SD2.
Love how different the approaches are between Aya and GPD, even when specs are ostensibly the same. GPD goes for the ‘everything including the kitchen sink” handheld, while Aya really strives for a polished product. Hopefully the market is big enough for both to push forward for product generations to come.
I used to have a lot of time for ETA Prime, but now the videos are like watching Ideal World / QVC, and its like "ok, whats he promoting - sorry - ahem, "reviewing" this week....
What for? You already know how beefy external gpu's work with these kind of units and it makes no sense when it's handling everything perfectly on its own lol
Needs the PlayStation Shape Buttons instead of Letters. Other than that though 👍 Should have been a 720p Screen though. There's no reason handhelds need UHD or even just this FHD screens and all the manufacturers trying to push them are just making their device needlessly expensive and seem to be underpowered all because they're trying to do a larger resolution even though the screen wouldn't be big enough for anyone to care whether it's Full HD.
@@emmanuelokerenta2346 Even if so who cares. That thing is so big it might as well be an Ultrabook. Besides if what he said is true then, even if it was tweaked to that level it probably would not be strong enough because many games require much higher CPU power to emulate
@@emmanuelokerenta2346 Steam Deck have 4 cores only and it's GPU lacks power, you can't do much emulation on it due to hardware limitations, 6800U is alot faster at high power
Steamdeck is also 1/3 the cost. This GPU is not gonna hold up at 1080p with modest settings. Emulation is incredibly CPU single core heavy, so a Quad core Zen 3+ with good speeds is all you really need for 60FPS gaming and emulation. Zen 2 is pretty crap, and 8 cores is overkill.
I must say that it is great to see GPD send out actual units to some RU-vidrs so they can put it through the paces and see what it can actually do versus GPD cherry picking some games and showing what it can do.
@@TMGQ Yeah but it's far better seeing it like that and so far he isn't lying showing actual stats whether he says the results are grea doesn't really matter as long we get to see actual facts of what it can do . Because at the end of the day it's our choice , he just saves us some trouble.
Can you please show off the minimum brightness compared to the Aya devices and Steam deck? I play at night so this is probably the most important feature to me. Thanks for the good coverage as always ETA!
Steam deck is garbage for playing at night. The aya neo has a much better screen and higher nit brightness so I would much recommend the aya neo if ur eyes struggle.
Gotta say I really prefer when you have a black/dark background with white text. I watch during my night shift and the white is always hard on the eyes.
After looking at the indiegogo I feel like they could stand to eat more cost savings for the buyer now. 50,000% of the goal reached is like the annual profit projection probably? on top of already having like 1000+ pre purchases
@@RaphaniacZXNew they have these things called "sales" you might have heard of that do exactly that. Regardless, it's still in prototype phase and once it reaches mass production they could just repackage the concept as a new unit entirely or add lower tier models
All these are great but the weight bothers me...to truly be a handheld I wonder if it hurts your wrists as most reviews are done on table top with the handheld and wrists resting on it so ..
If this lets me play, resident evil outbreak file 1&2 and the classic RE games such as 1-3 Metroid, prime trilogy And hopefully all of the switch games I think I would consider spending $800 if that’s how much it cost or however, much it cost
Is it possible to show off BlueStacks or an Android emulator? And would it kill the battery to have it plugged in while playing for long periods of time?
Great video and loved the use of the audio over the in the Switch section...great idea for stopping Nintendos stupidity with the copy write. Ordered my GPD last night.
This is way to expensive for what it is 1200 bucks 700 bucks for emulation no thank you I may as well wire up a ps4 into a pip boy screen and wear it on my body.
That's how I feel about these handheld PCs. Far too expensive for what the hardware offers. This is why Nintendo will continue to dominate the handheld market with the Switch. The price. They can take the loss on the hardware these handheld PC makers likely don't have that luxury but until one takes the risk and undercuts the competition. Theyll never be anything but a niche device for the rich.
Does this laptop run minecraft and roblox on atleast 100 fps? Laptop ACER Aspire 5 A515-45-R9QZ, AMD Ryzen 3 5300U pana la 3.8GHz, 15.6" Full, 8GB, SSD 256GB, AMD Radeon Graphics, Free Dos
If one just wanted to emu from nes to ps3/360/switch. Would u choose aya neo 2, gpdwin4, or onexplayer2? All.have similar specs regarding the 6800u 32gb ram and 2tb memory as options so I'd live to hear all opinions.
I remember an executive of playstation in an interview he was asked why Sony don't make portable PS3 he replied that a device will be big and it will smoke that was around 3 years ago. Clearly don't simply don't know about engineering they are people that was lucky to have money but unfortunately they don't know sheet of what they are selling
Hey Prime! How come you don't put out as many videos of the OXP2 as you do for this one? I'm feeling jealous! Any chance you can have a video posted of both devices head to head?
This looks like a super cool device. I wonder how well it functions docked as a Linux desktop doing som photoedeting in Darktable and some light videoedeting in Davinchi. Would you be able to test that? I think It would be a neat all in one device for both light work and play. It got the power of a light laptop and looks to have great cooling to match.
I love the look of this device as it looks like a beefed up ps vita, but I feel pc games on a 6inch screen would be too small. Games for the vita were designed with a small screen in mind. So characters designed and text where sized appropriately. How does games like elden ring fair on a 6 inch device?
hey eta dude... i have da Motorola stylus 5g 2022 android fone... i like da telescope hand-held controllers... ima lookin at the bsp-d3 or the megadream mobile game controller or the razer kissing mobile controller... i bought the gamesir x3... i couldn't get it to connect with my fone, Motorola 5g stylus 2022... soo not to spend too much money, do you kno witch one will connect to my fone... bsp-d3/razer kishi/ megadream??? no rush on the answer... thanks...
2:00 Quad channel RAM? On a mobile APU? What black magic is this? While 25,600MT/s would be insanely awesome, AMD's own site says the 6800U is only dual channel. @ETAPRIME Do you have any info about this?
@@ThaexakaMavro The Steam Deck uses a custom CPU built to Valve's specification, this uses an off the shelf 6800U. 6800U has a built in memory controller, so how did they get quad channel RAM?
Oh man if I did have this oh yea my favorite game I will be playing is def Jam fight for New York the takeover n on ps2 I will definitely be playing my all time favorite nba street vol 2 hell yea definitely half of the day I will be playing that...but can lie I do have like alot of favorite games omg thats rite my favorite racing game on the ps2 n I no for a fact most but not all ppl LOVE that n4s most wanted on ps2 gosh be playing that game for hrs n hrs n hrs sometime all day.
FYI, I was looking at your link to the Amazon soldering station and the link seems broken... Great video, I always like how you break things down and give comparisons for context.
Th size looks very appealing but their quality control seems to be not good according to many reviews I've seen. That and the price makes it difficult to buy. But the form factor is great.
for me its the opposite.. i just want something BIG kinda like the deck or even bigger but the problem is the weight. The Deck is heavy as heck..but larger screen , yet the gpd is small screen but light. i think the nice middleground is something like the switch which is medium weight but decent size screen
@@heyjeySigma I'd usually go with laptops if I want something big. I personally want something that can fit in my pocket. Battery life of al these devices sucks through, so these are not for me, yet.
@@RiasatSalminSami yeah battery lives are terrible... the switch can die within like 2 or 2.5 hours on average and even the steam Deck drains battery within 2-3 hours in a game or even goes down 10% easily even on idle with nothing happening. They need to double these hours then we're talking.. what's the point of "portable" devices if u can just play them a couple hours then charge them again another 1-2 hrs...
@@heyjeySigma Yeah, if I need to plug in to an outlet to play the games, I might as well just use a laptop at that point. Unless it can play new games for at least 4-6 hours, it's not very useful for me. Can't really charge the device while I'm at a remote place.
When I get it, I will upgrade to 2TB M.2 SSD 2280, 1TB MicroSD card, a better battery, a better cpu cooling fan, external cooling fan, privacy tempered glass protector, and complete protection carrying case.
This is what tf Sony should have did ps3 graphics are still great to look at especially on a handheld console and with the advancement in technology these days they could have made a great portable console instead of that remote play shit we got 🤦🏽♂️
This is so awesome. The design is amazing. just need HAL inputs on trigger AND sticks. Maybe an OLED, MAYBE. The next gen APUs are going to drive hand held emulation to the flippin moon.
I am just worried that sliding the screen up and down too many times will result in some components (like the display cable or something) loose and the display ends up not working. I used to own a phone which slid up and down and one day the screen just stopped working because the display ribbon came loose.
I hope ryzen 7845HS/7800U that comes with radeon780M is available asap early nxtyr We need atleast 30% boost in igpu performance making it be rx580 like in performance
Hi I have some trouble with mine I'm playing GTA online and when I try and change the aim settings it is greyed out and i am unable to enable aim assist
This should be easily able to run Amiga (including the CDTV and CD32 spin-off consoles), I've got the much older Android based GPD XD Plus and that runs Amiga no problems at all so I doubt that this newer machine will have issues running hardware that's basically between 30-40 years old...
Can I disable some CPU cores to safe some power if yes would it even be worth it? I think the limiting factor will be the iGPU most of the time anyways.
Yes, probably in the bios there's a option. It's a 8/16 processor, so disabling core's, let's say 2, it isn't probably going to impact performance. I'd say, disabling 4 core's probably ain't impact performance either. It's a powerful CPU and you'll be probably aiming at 30/40fps... Wich isn't much demanding for a quad core, let a alone a octa core one...
How did you install live wallpapers? Would love to figure out that xmb wave wallpaper at 1:59, I assume all computers can do this? Been trying to figure it out how to get the ps3 waves for the longest time.
i wouldnt buy any of these i bought a retroid pocket 2 last year and it already not turing back on so i feel like if that hand held did that they all will
At this price point the 6900phx would have provided a litte more power at the same wattage and 10% more gpu boost clocks which sometimes make the difference between those dips to 50s amd no Dips
As far as I'm aware this is now the smallest form factor for this much power. With that in mind, another video Idea would be to see how this performs with Nreal Air and a fold out bluetooth keyboard trackpad combo. Can you fit a full desktop computer experience in 3 pockets?
SteamOS works on this... Emulators on Windows work on this... ...but how is the performance of these SAME emulators on Windows versus SteamOS??? Big enough difference for a benchmark, or identical?
In Rouge Squadron 2 on Gamecube that you showed here, using the targeting computer (pressing Y) stutters the game so hard no matter what settings I have or what computer hardware.
