The new MSI Claw handheld isn’t off to a great start.
The handheld gaming PC, announced in January and released in early March, already set off alarm bells when MSI decided to put the handheld on sale before sending units out to reviewers. Still, a handful of YouTubers have gotten their hands on the device — and the early impressions aren’t promising.
Recommended Videos In addition, the handheld has generally low performance, struggling in games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Horizon Zero Dawn at low graphics presets. The Steam Deck OLED and the Asus ROG Ally, both of which are cheaper than the MSI Claw, have notably higher performance in these titles and generally lower power consumption.
MSI Claw: Exciting and Disappointing We aren’t cherry-picking a review here. Retro Game Corps also posted a review of the handheld, saying that it’s “not looking that great” for the Intel chipset. The Meteor Lake processor, according to the YouTuber, “reminds me of AMD chipsets from, like, two or three generations back.”
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