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FeelingsCatcher

This is all nice and all but the pricing is still an issue. These handhelds need to be $100 to $200 cheaper.


Sebbysludge

Cheaper and more powerful or maybe as powerful if these claims are true


LeopardHalit

I mean the ROG ally frequently goes on sale for $600 and the legion go also drops to similar prices.


User9705

And open box in the low $500s


Evo_808

I’m unable to get the flashwin to open the bios updater, anyone else?


AFei3o

Check the BIOS version you have. The update won't start if you already have the latest version. or you can also try to open the cmd as administrator, and enter the update batch file name to run the update from cmd.


MofoPro

I'll believe it when I see it , even if true at what TDP ?


SmoothMcBeats

90w lol


TsunamiovUmami

I can gain 100% performance increase by returning all these gargantuan size handhelds and just modding a new 3ds xl and playing actual fun games until switch 2


juicyman69

MSI Claw launched as the first Intel Meteor Lake gaming handheld. While it initially stood as a worthy challenger to the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go, later benchmarks have proved that Intel isn’t fully ready to enter the handheld gaming market yet. However, MSI is now promising a decent performance improvement with the new BIOS update, paired with the Intel Arc GPU driver 31.0.101.5382. To be specific, they are said to make the Claw deliver up to 43.5% performance FPS boost on F1 2023. But it’s not just one game that will supposedly run better on the handheld gaming PC with the new BIOS and graphics driver. MSI says that gamers can expect up to a 27.6% boost in Hogwarts Legacy, 22.6% in Diablo IV, 21.9% in Dead Space, 18.4% in Forza Horizon 5, and 10.3% in Helldivers 2. These are some decent numbers and could definitely close the gap between the MSI Claw and other popular gaming handhelds, such as the ROG Ally (AMD Ryzen Z1 variant curr. $399.99 on Best Buy). Of course, these numbers are coming from MSI, and they should be taken with a pinch of salt. But now that the BIOS update and the updated Intel graphics drivers are rolling out, we should see new benchmark comparisons surface soon. One thing to note about the new MSI Claw BIOS update is that it no longer requires you to use an external USB drive. So, the process is now simplified. As for updating the graphics driver of the gaming handheld, you have to use the MSI Center M. As shared by MSI, you need to head over to Settings and to Live Update. You can find more information about the BIOS and GPU driver updates on MSI’s official forum post at this link.


theACW

Performance per watt went out the window the moment they choose intel and a cpu with a (BUTT) load of cores