The new gaming PC is coming through a new campaign funded by the audience. At $ 799, GPD Win 3 is a gaming laptop running Windows 10 with a hardware-integrated gaming pad. Below the 5.5-inch 720p screen is a keyboard that detects when the screen slides up. There’s also a fully integrated gamepad with two joysticks, four triggers, a directional pad and four action buttons.
It has intake air vents at the rear and an exhaust port at the top. There’s also a USB-A port, a power key, a headphone jack and a built-in microphone. The bottom is where you will find the speakers and USB-C Thunderbolt 4.0 port. Finally, there are two customizable buttons on the back of the controller holder, which also contain feedback.
The hardware design seems to be inspired by the Sony Vaio VGN-UX series. I’m talking about the Vaio handheld computer that Sony launched in 2006, a year before the first iPhone. It had all the features you could think of, including a mobile internet modem on the go. The Sony VGN series cost about $ 2,000, had Windows XP and was painfully slow.
Sony Vaio VGN-UX series (2006)
GPD Win3 will, however, be much better equipped to handle modern PC games. The device will be powered by the latest Intel Core i5 (2.4 – 4.2 GHz) or i7 (2.8 – 4.7 GHz) 11th generation, and will come with 16 GB of LPDDR4 RAM with 1 TB of internal PCIe 3.0 SSD memory. It has an Intel Xe GPU and comes with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 and support for a microSD card.
Win 3 will be powered by a 65 W charger. Battery life is expected to last between 2 to 3 hours when playing heavy games, or between 6 to 8 hours with moderate use, or 11 hours with light use.
GPD Win 3 and its docking station
Games can be played on the 720p screen in manual mode, or the device can agree to support multiple I / O connections. The Dock will offer support for external display via HDMI 2.0b, 1Gbps Ethernet, USB-C X1, USB-A X3.
With an integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics processor, gamers can expect the latest triple-A games to run at 60 fps – the same refresh rate at which the screen will be limited. Note that this screen is a 720p panel, so even the most demanding games will be easier to run with the integrated graphics setting.
The concept is interesting and the price seems reasonable, but given that the product is funded from Indiegogo, it will be interesting to see how much the final product will be performed. See the original link for all specifications and performance tests run with Win 3.
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