It is taken almost a yr and a half however lastly one other handheld gaming PC is launching with a pair of trackpads just like the Steam Deck. The Ayaneo Kun is the newest to hit Indiegogo with an official launch set for the tip of August, and comes sporting the close to ubiquitous Ryzen 7 7840U APU.
These trackpads have been the one issues setting Valve’s handheld other than the raft of AMD-powered units which have adopted it, except for perhaps the considerably intangible advantages of SteamOS. However these twin pads, set under the thumbsticks, are aiming to offer mouse-like performance for the advantage of your very PC video games.
The unique Steam Deck trackpads have been constructed from the ruins of the previous Steam Controller. Whereas I’m nonetheless and endlessly extra not offered on simply how efficient they’re for aping the basic mouse and keyboard management for FPS, it provides avid gamers on a handheld gadget way more management for technique and administration video games that actually do not play good on controller.
You’ll be able to play Crusader Kings III on a handheld, but it surely’s not enjoyable. However with even the small trackpads of the Steam Deck you get a reasonably respectable mouse-like expertise.
That is what the Ayaneo Kun is aiming to carry to its massive boi handheld, although it is sporting spherical “revolutionary twin clever touchpads” as a substitute of Valve’s sq. pads. It is hailing this as the primary Home windows handheld with a touchpad design, and it is going to be attention-grabbing to see how nicely they operate, and simply what Ayaneo does with a pair of them.
This is not the one factor the Kun had going for it, or that’s making it stand out from the gang. It is hoofing massive. Greater than the Steam Deck, and is being pegged by Ayaneo as designed for “semi-mobile situations.” Mainly, you are not going to be slipping it right into a pocket in your manner out of the home.
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However it’s operating an 8.4-inch display, with a 1600p native decision, and that goes some technique to justifying the additional scale of the Kun. As does the addition of the 75Wh battery. That is larger than the ROG Ally or Steam Deck, and chonkier than even the AOKZOE A1 Professional with its 65Wh battery.
The larger display would possibly swallow up a few of that further battery capability, and I even have considerations over how nicely the in any other case spectacular Ryzen 7 7840U will deal with a 2560 x 1600 decision. I’ve had the chip gaming fortunately at 1200p, however 1600p may be a stretch too far for the 12 compute models of its Radeon 780M GPU.
I’m nonetheless very eager to see how this monster handheld really feels within the hand, learn how a lot it prices, and simply how a lot it weighs, too. What I’m loving, although, is Ayaneo’s continued dedication to those completely different kind components.
As a result of, transport in August is one other Ryzen 7 7840U-powered gadget from the opposite finish of the spectrum: the Ayaneo Air 1S. That is a 5.5-inch 1080p gadget which is smaller than a Nintendo Swap and virtually as gentle. There’s a particular skinny and lightweight model that is really lighter and really skinny—at 18mm—however the battery is a measly 28Wh and can battle to final. Even on the non-thin and lightweight model the battery is just a 38Wh possibility, which goes to be tight on gaming up time, too.
It is also introduced the Ayaneo Slide, a gaming handheld with a slide out display with an adjustable angle, and an RGB-backlit keyboard beneath. That’s popping out after the Kun, nonetheless, so can be launching nearer to the tip of the yr.
That is a number of Ryzen 7 7840U machines, but it surely does imply there are a number of completely different handheld gaming PCs popping out, with probably fascinating specs lists and kind components that must go well with most of our playtimes.
