One thing that this judgment cannot tell you is how exactly MSI Claw 8 AI+ improved on the original claw, for the simple reason that MSI himself has removed the following before I have the opportunity to try it. Three months, it lasted, before doing this was announced. Three months! And people say OLED steam is too early.
The good news is that the main improvement is the internal internal of Claw 8 AI+-CPU, the new GPU, the more fat battery, etc. created a handheld device that not only defeated the Valve’s upgraded floor on the performance of the game. What do you know, it’s better than your claws. Yes.
All are the same, Claw 8 AI+ will not be suitable for everyone, especially the small people. At 299mm height and 24mm thick in the middle, it is a bulky hand -held device than any steam floor, and at 795g, it heavy almost Lenovo Legion. This is also an expensive investment in a market that is increasingly crammed with expensive investments, cards worth £ 899 / $ 900 overwhelms even the people of Legion Go, Asus Rog Ally X and Zotac Zone. And, again, you don’t even get a case.
Why suffer all these masses, and/or great financial damage? Mainly, it is because in it, Shell, a heart is beating very enthusiastically. MSI has been trapped in their experiments in using Intel chip instead of AMD AMD AMD PC Standard currently and in particular, CLAW 8 AI’s ARC GPU+ARC 140V is paid off. Even running in indigenous games 1200p, it continuously surpasses the floor slightly 800p and the beat or (more or less) is suitable for other high -end Windows devices such as ROG Ally X and ZOTAC ZONE.
Claw 8 AI+ also avoids a trap that legion, blind by pursuing impressive and destroyed specifications: its screen does not match its performance. Instead of exceeding the resolution too high that its internal could not support properly, the 8in, 1920×1200 control panel of Claw 8 AI+Do not waste anything, with the pleasant 45-60fps can be available in many 3D, AAA tickets. Discount to 1280×800 (or simply playing less demanding games, including thousands of people) can also easily see high frames over 60fps, where you can take advantage of the renewal speed of 120Hz.
Claw 8 Who+ will not run everything. Monster Hunter Wilds’s benchmark tool has returned 27fps low, on minimum settings and upgrading FSR levels extremely performance. However, it clarifies on the Steam floor by handling games that are not completely feasible on Valve’s handheld device. For example, Space Marine II cannot get 30fps stable on the deck, but I have received 30-40fps on Claw 8 AI+ with low quality and FSR in its easy-to-read performance mode. Similarly, Horizon Forbidden West needs to improve its extremely performance to access the ability to play on the deck, but here, it rarely drops to less than 30 frames per second with FSR on a much sharper quality settings.
A huge rear vents help ensure this performance does not convert into frequent hotness, and while fans do not whisper like Steam’s OLEDs, Claw 8 thunder speakers can easily engulf them. At home, anyway. Bluetooth and 3.5mm jack combined for headphone options, which I recommend instead of being stomped by Irate people to death.
You will definitely have a lot of time to cause eardrum damage to your passengers, because the 80Whr Chunky battery of Claw 8 AI+-It from 53Whr on the original claws-to make it one of the longest handheld PCs in the business. Not entirely at the level of OLED Steam Deck, this has created some smart improvements to become unable to defeat in low -demand games: 3h 22m of CLAW 8 AI+in Portal 2 is great according to Windows standards and nowhere nearly 5h 48m of OLED OLED. But then, 2 hours 13m of MSI in Elden was just a shy minute of OLED’s 2H 14m deck, showing the ability to catch up in thirsty games.
Among the rivals of Windows, the only one who can stand up Claw 8 AI+ The durability is ROG Ally X, and that has decreased in Portal 2 with 2H 59m. The ASUS device has led in the Forza Horizon 5 narrow, lasting 2 hours 55m to 2 hours 52m of Claw 8 Ai+, although when considering the next one has a larger screen, more pixel, I still say it will offer more battery performance.
The screen itself is not half bad, accounting for 99.1% of the SRGB color and reaching the contrast rate of 1412: 1- The benchmark for rich colors and deep black. However, for this amount, it feels a bit sketchy when only receiving the LCD/IPS control panel, instead of the OLED screen like Steam Stocks are updated or Zotac area. In addition to being thinner physically and more energy, excellent qualities for a mobile PC, both OLED screens are manufactured. infinite The contrast and brightness reaches a peak of more than 900CD/m2 in HDR compatible games. 8 AI claws+ Lack of HDR support because its brightness is at 521CD/m2, not even higher than the original Steam LCD floor. You may need most of those nitors, in any case, as a protection against the reflection of the shadow of Claw 8 AI+; An anti -light ending is another OLED Steam Deck that this model lacks.
This strange blend of high and basic specifications is much lower than that is clearly shown in the design of Claw 8 AI+. You get some unique features, such as the double USB-C ports on the side of the microSD card slot mounted on the top, as well as the fingerprint sensor integrated into the power button. But after that, it was also covered in a cheap sense of plastic, with smaller thumb, less hard than the OLED decks much more affordable. There is no trackpad to help navigate the 11 -friendly windows that are not friendly to the touch screen and I personally do not vibrate with the wet, green color palette, which looks like MSI just raid the paint cabinet of an unused Lada factory.
It is not a great concern – unless you are a Trabant fan – but the difficulties in using windows will occur. Yes, Windows 11 still feels lost and confused in a handheld device as made on the first ROG ally. It says that the continuous anxiety of poking at its narrowing user interface actually represents one of the less headaches than it, because the OS seems to be more likely to be more faulty on these mobile PCs compared to the desktop and CLAW 8 AI+ is sad. In addition to the same issues as the random size application windows as I had in the Zotac region, an especially annoying input that saw the A button stopped registering in the steam, forcing me to the touch screen.
MSI has tried to add some facilities for handheld devices, in the form of a quick -installed coating menu and launch its central game, although it does not really change the game for Windows Fortunes. The installation coating sometimes only appears after a few seconds of the latency and the side roll interface of the launch program is only suitable for five games on the screen, so I finally never used it. As with any Windows handheld device, you have a series of game boot starters that are more naturally supported than on Steamos, although considering most of these types can be installed on the Steam floor with Lutris, anyway there is no more advantage.
Disadvantages like this, the screen is simply stable and dull design means not being able to feel excited about MSI Claw 8 AI+. Especially when, for 900 adults, you can fully expect the top features. However, it is not like this is some jewelry. In fact, it is the most powerful (average) hand -held PC of its colleagues and unlike the Zotac area with similar frame mind, does not affect the battery life to achieve that.
By these figures-and I was forced to conclude that they were more important than whether it looked like a Soviet car or not-Msi Claw 8 AI+ is not just an essential adjustment for the first generation claw. It is a good, powerful handheld device in its own way, and the performance and reality that it brings are additional additional additions for the growing mobile scene.
This assessment is based on an assessment unit provided by the manufacturer.
