The MSI Claw is a Mess: Gaming Handheld Can't Compete | Review & Benchmarks

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Sponsor: Lian Li O11D Evo RGB on Amazon https://geni.us/B3OD The MSI Claw A1M is a mystery of a handheld gaming device: We can't figure out why they'd make it the way they did. Maybe there's Intel marketing fund involved, but either way, it's just not competitive at its $800 -- or even $700 -- price point against the competition. Compared to the ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, Z1 Non-Extreme, Lenovo Legion Go, and Steam Deck LCD & OLED, the Claw is hamstrung in either value or performance, and often both. This benchmark looks at some of the best handheld gaming PCs right now, and almost all of those feature AMD's Z1 Extreme or 7840U (or 8840U) variants, which are mostly the same parts. The MSI Claw stands apart for silicon variety with an Intel Ultra solution, like the 155H in ours, but it has to be good to be worth that variety. The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] MSI Claw A1M 155H on Best Buy: https://howl.me/cl2VC5bVwGQ Lenovo Legion Go on Lenovo site: https://howl.me/clKICy2sNyQ ASUS ROG Ally (Non-Extreme and Extreme) on Best Buy: https://howl.me/clKIJZoW5cS JS Aux Transparent Steam Deck Shell on Amazon: https://geni.us/zsE1 RELATED PRODUCTS (not affiliate links) Steam Deck OLED & LCD on Valve's store: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - MSI's Flawed Claw A1M 01:44 - Very Familiar to the ASUS ROG Ally Z1 03:19 - Pricing Comparison: Claw vs. Legion Go, Steam Deck, Ally 05:41 - Complete Mess of Software 09:53 - But it has "AI!" 10:49 - More Software Mess & BIOS 12:09 - Controls, Screen, & Ally Issues 13:26 - MSI Claw Hardware Comparison 15:19 - NEW Benchmark: Handheld Battery Life vs. FPS Comparison 17:57 - 2D Gaming Battery Life Comparison: Deck, Ally, Claw, Go 19:04 - Gaming Benchmark Methodology & Settings 20:01 - Resident Evil 4 Gaming Benchmarks 20:50 - Absolutely Terrible Frametime Pacing on MSI Claw A1M 21:29 - 1080p Resident Evil 4 Benchmarks 22:01 - Cyberpunk Benchmarks 24:06 - 1080p Cyberpunk Benchmarks 24:35 - F1 2023 Benchmarks (720p) 25:05 - RDR2 Benchmarks (720p & 1080p) 25:34 - Baldur's Gate 3 & Dying Light 2 Tests 26:11 - Charge Speed Benchmarks (Handheld Gaming PCs) 27:11 - Thermal Throttling Under CPU Load 28:47 - Conclusion: Best Handheld Gaming PCs ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Testing, Video Editing Patrick Lathan: Testing, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera Tim Phetdara: Camera, Video Editing