News MSI Lunar Lake-powered gaming handheld pricing and availability will be revealed in September — MSI Claw 8 AI+ likely debuts during Intel's Lunar L...

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MSI confirms it will reveal pricing and availability info for the second MSI Claw handheld next month and provide an official comparison slide.

MSI Lunar Lake-powered gaming handheld pricing and availability will be revealed in September — MSI Claw 8 AI+ likely debuts during Intel's Lunar L... : Read more

 

[TheSecondPower]

In theory, Lunar Lake is the best APU for gaming handhelds to date. The Xe2 graphics on paper appear on par with the 16 RDNA3+ compute units in Ryzen 300, but possibly at lower power and the CPU will probably be lower power.

It's not perfect. Game support and Proton support is a little worse on Intel graphics (but not bad). Lunar Lake probably won't be compatible with Steam OS until Linux 6.12 is released (which is coming soon). And the MSI Claw isn't as popular with reviewers as the Asus Ally and Valve Deck. But I think the MSI Claw with Lunar Lake will be the most compelling handheld this year.

 

[cyrusfox]

I really hope I can find a launch device lunar lake with the 32gb (Ends with an 8 in the model number) of ram and at high res screen ≈2880x1800 and between 12-16" on a decent form factor. The power to energy efficiency should be exceptional. Can't wait for the iGPU uplift and Intel having a cpu that is power efficient again.

Otherwise I better figure out AMD offerings, really there naming structure makes it really hard to compare what you are getting, I hate how they change the first letter based off release year. They have too many skus and its hard to know what you are getting, is it the 3rd digit that tells you the version of zen you are getting?

 

[thestryker]

As long as the extra screen and battery don't add a significant amount of weight this ought to be an interesting device. Low power efficiency has been where AMD has really beaten Intel so LNL having 17W/30W PL1/2 puts it right in the handheld sweet spot given that this also includes memory. If the pricing is right and the GPU performance is enough of an increase this seems like it has the potential to be a solid upgrade over what is on the market now.

I hate how they change the first letter based off release year. They have too many skus and its hard to know what you are getting, is it the 3rd digit that tells you the version of zen you are getting?

That's how it was last generation, but now they've got AI 300 series for Zen 5. How else could you have fun names like Ryzen AI 9 HX 370?! Tech naming is always dumb for reasons, but AMD has especially made a mess on mobile the last couple of generations.