MSI had provided a few months ago a preview of what we could expect from its next portable console, the MSI Claw 8 AI+. Now, we receive official information about the rest of the features and what will be their launch date, starting January 7, 2025 at CES 2025.
“The most advanced 8-inch gaming laptop on the market”as defined by the Taiwanese company, has been listed on the web portal from which its presentation will take place, the Las Vegas fair. This type of official advances is not usually common, but here we have it:
MSI Claw 8 AI+, improving youth problems
The new version of the MSI console will stand out for being the first on the market with the Core Ultra 200 series processors. And the only one that – among the large ones – uses an Intel chip. A chip giant that is not well positioned in handheld gaming machines, relegated by AMD’s semi-custom developments that are the most used in the industry.
Intel assures that the new chip will improve by up to 50% GPU performance compared to the discreet performance of the integrated Meteor Lake that the original version had. The console will also increase RAM speed and offer storage configurations of up to 1 Tbyte with M2 SSDs. The surname ‘AI+’ will be specified in the 480 TOPs of the neural processing unit of the processors.
The increase in performance of the Intel chip will occur without increasing consumption. And it is important because autonomy, like all laptops, was a point to improve. In this regard, MSI has included a larger battery (82 WHr) and promises “more than 4 hours of gameplay for AAA titles”. Too generic ad, but progress anyway.
Another novelty that we already knew is also confirmed: the increase in the screen size of the console from 7 to 8 inches. The native resolution will continue to be Full HD and its refresh rate will be 120 Hz. The group of controls will be very similar, although the manufacturer announced improvements in their performance and response time for a better experience.
We do not know the price of this MSI Claw 8 AI+, promising in terms of the announced improvements and novel because it is one of the very few with Intel CPU. It will be presented at CES 2025, with no availability date. If you don’t want to wait, say the original model It’s on sale for Black Friday and you can buy it for 499 euros.
Source: www.muycomputer.com
