This is a Handheld Gaming PC

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inconspicuous box right here contains a portable game console that is a full fledged PC with Windows. This is the GPD WIN2. Now to be clear, this is
the light prototype, so the final version will have
some fit and finish differences, but it should give us a
good look at what this guy is actually going to be
like when it goes on sale.

Yo! It looks like a little laptop! Wow! (Laughs) This is so cool! So if you guys remember
last year, we did a video on the world's smallest laptop at the time, which is also made by GPD. Well this actually takes
a lot of cues from that, but it actually has pretty
much a full Xbox controller built in, in addition to a tiny keyboard. I've gotta say, the hardware
feels surprisingly solid. So it's all metal and-
actually is that metal? (Taps) Oh yeah this is
definitely metal.

Man! This is very unusual, there's all kinds of weird buttons and ports, there's a full size USB port on the back of your tiny game console. So in addition to a slot for the SSD, you will also see the tiny fan. Now what separates this
from something like that GPD laptop that we
took a look at last year, is this has a proper core
processor, now mind you, its a low wattage core
M3, but still, it actually should be enough to
play some decent games. There's a pretty wide variety of ports, including a USB type C, which
can also be used for charging, a headphone jack, a full
size USB 3.0, Micro SD, we have a Micro HDMI, as well as we have three sets of shoulder buttons.

Take a look inside the
WIN 2 and you'll see it's a pretty interesting little device. So in addition to having
a pair of joysticks, you also get a D-Pad as
well as your standard X, Y, A, and B buttons, there's
a little toggle here that will switch between mouse input as well as just turning it into a game controller. But even on the keyboard
there's some specific options, including the Xbox buttons, select, start, you can even use the arrow
keys as well as the WASD. Now is it a good idea for
you to set your tiny little laptop portable console thing up, and use it with a mouse
and this tiny keyboard? No, that's not a good idea at all.

But you have the USB
port so, you can do it. So while I might not sound impressive with a six inch 720p display, it actually does make sense considering that the fairly limited power
of the actual computer... Or, game console? What do I call this? Do I call
this a computer, you think? I mean, it runs Windows.
It's a computer, right? - [Man] Handheld PC. - Handheld PC.

Coming back! 2018! The year of handheld PCs. Do you hear that? That's the sound... Of portable power! It's actually not that
loud; it's just a little... Little high pitched.

I will say one thing: Now that
we're actually into Windows, 720p on a six inch display
is very, very small. Inside, this guy is rocking
that core m3 processor with the integrated HD 615 graphics, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, as well as a pair of 4900 milliamp hour batteries. Which especially when you're
doing longer gaming sessions should definitely come in handy. So because this guy only
has 120 gigs of storage out of the box, I am using
an external drive, but let's actually see how the
controls hold up in gaming.

The first game I'm going
to be trying is CS:Go. Now, this is a famous game
that is really well known for how well it is supported
by controllers and, how it really is the ultimate
way of playing the game. Alright, I'm just gonna
walk around with a pistol because I don't know what
the controls are to switch... Oh it's space.

So, immediately the
performance seems decent. Um, I definitely need
to tune the sensitivity of these sticks but getting like 45 frames per
second on medium at 720p. The more I play this, the
more it really does feel like I'm playing on a PC version of the Switch. The six inch screen, even though it's not super high resolution or anything, because it's so small,
it makes a lot of games, even on medium, look pretty decent.

Next, we have Rocket League. Now here I'm also going
to turn it down to 720p on quality settings. But, I think we should be playable. A game like Rocket League
does feel at home on the Win.

Not only is it powerful
enough to play it pretty well, the controls feel really nice. So, something that I'm noticing here is that the quality of the
buttons and especially the sticks feels solid; it feels like,
while yes, this is going to be a little bit of
an expensive portable, would you see where they spent it? It wasn't like they
were just going crazy... And oh yeah, come on, come on come on... No, no...

Next, we have GTA5. Now this, it claim, is
able to be played back at around 40 frames per
second with max settings. However, while I'm playing
it here at 720p on normal, I'm getting like 20 frames per second. So I'm not exactly sure how
they're getting that number.

I mean, it's kinda
playable, just about as much as, like, the Xbox 360 version, maybe? But, yeah not the greatest experience. Even thought the controls
are good for the most part I will say it is a little
bit awkward to have three set of buttons on your
shoulders instead of two. So instead of being able
to press in the sticks for R3 and L3, you actually
have that dedicated button around back. And that's fine, but I
accidentally keep grabbing it when I mean to do something like shoot at someone or something,
which is kind annoying.

Now comes the real test. Can
I play Overwatch on this guy? So at first glance, a
portable Overwatch machine sounds like a great idea. But I'm curious to see what the actual performance looks like. So in Overwatch its 720p
on low.

We do see the frame rate dropping a little
bit from time to time, especially when you get into a
big battle, but it is usable. My big issue is just the
sort of the sensitivity of the sticks; I feel like
it does need a little bit of sort of customization to
be able to really get it into a good sweet spot. But it's, uh, it's not bad.
Also, what am I doing here? That was a bad idea. So, should you pick up the GPD Win 2? Well, it's a little bit more complicated than a lot of videos.

On one hand, even though,
yeah, it's a little bit of a weird concept, the Win actually pulls it off pretty well. The biggest downside is price. So it's $650 on Indiegogo right now, and somewhere north of $800 when it goes for full retail sale. The GPD Win 2 is for a
very specific person.

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