Claw A8

When I first started up my MSI Claw A8, I was super surprised to see that useless junks like Office 365, Clipchamp, Onedrive, Paint, calculator, weather, and news apps were already preinstalled onto the device. It.is.a.handheld.console.for.playing.game. So why preinstall all these sh!t on my device?

What I like:The performance is great – I’m getting about 15% more power in my games. I mainly play RPGs and pixel games. On the ROG Ally, I got around 75–100 FPS, while on the MSI Claw I’m getting 85–120 FPS on high settings. I dont play AAA games on my handhelds like God of War or so. The screen is

The current best chips in handhelds are exclusively in non-mainstream devices (HX395 chipsets and the like), so if you want the most future proof you’re stuck going that route. If we’re talking mainstream devices, you’d be looking at the Z2E chipset devices (Xbox Ally X, Legion Go 2, MSI Claw A8) or

How cheap does the Claw A8 actually feel? And how is the cooling performance? I'm still deciding between the Legion Go 2, Claw A8, and Claw A8 AI+.What bothers me about the Legion Go 2 are the detachable controllers, the overwhelming number of buttons, and the heavy weight.With the Claw A8, my conce

Ah, well, my take is that the LeGo 2 has the most "itches scratched" or "checkboxes ticked" from the current handheld offerings. It just seems like the best there is at the moment. And all the rants about it costing too much, well, tons of people spend as much or more every year on an iPhone. :D The

On windows it pushes for higher TDP (msi AI mode does that), and I also notice that the fan speed even the back airflow is stronger on windows, probably due to better compatibility or manufacturer tweakings. With A8 you can't directly adjust fan curve in bazzite. HHD at the moment isn't very reliabl

I got mine today, to pair up with the Aoostar WTR Max which didn't seem to like the Minisforum DEG1 when I upgraded from RX6600/6750 XT to the RX9070XT. I got it working with both oculink and usb/tb, which was nice as the WTR Max was always a bit temperamental with TB eGPUs (eg GPD G1 and Razer Core

Which one feels more premium and durable in real life? While the MSI 8AI (Intel) feels very premium, MSI really cheaped out on the AMD version as it looks and feels like they used cheap plastic with more edges. The AOKZOE is a sub brand of OneXPlayer and the A1X basically has the kitchen sink in ter

It’s too late: Steam Deck LCD >>> MSI Claw A8