News Zotac Zone gaming handheld goes up for pre-order at $799 — Ryzen 7 8870U powered-device features hall sensors, macro switches, and a webcam

[Admin]

Zotac has entered the gaming handheld market with a premium pre-order price of $799. The 'Zone' has many integrated features with the AMD Ryzen 7 8870U but practically has half the storage, RAM, and battery compared to the Asus ROG Ally X.

Zotac Zone gaming handheld goes up for pre-order at $799 — Ryzen 7 8870U powered-device features hall sensors, macro switches, and a webcam : Read more

 

[setgree]

Nice! Small note: the Zone has 2/3 the RAM of the Ally, not half

 

[DS426]

Nice! Small note: the Zone has 2/3 the RAM of the Ally, not half

^ This. I was started to think "oh no, I'm completely out if this thing only has 12 GB of RAM," then come to find out it has 16 GB. That's "sufficient," particularly for a 1080P handheld gaming device, though I personally still prefer 24-32 GB on any Windows PC gaming machine I play on today.

Yes, the market is just starting to get saturated, which should be good for the consumer has prices will be driven down. There's still a fair amount of differentiation amongst handheld PC's, even if the differences aren't earth-shattering. Zotac definitely carved out their own product here. Me, I do prefer the larger RAM and SSD sizes, though ASUS isn't quite off my sh*tlist yet, lol.

So, uh, where's Gigabyte on this?

 

[excalibur1814]

"When one glances at the configuration, one wonders why it has a hardware configuration." - I've often wondered this.

 

[ezst036]

It is also important to note that Windows handhelds should consider having a debloated Windows 11 to give the best possible experience and not follow in the footsteps of PC and notebook OEMs.

What about the advertisements (delivery APIs, etc) built into Windows?

 

[kealii123]

I've stuck with my steamdeck because I'm one of those rare users who loves/needs the touchpads. It would be great to upgrade, except these touchpads are too low and probabl impractical for FPS use.