1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,319 This seems impossible in a handheld. 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:11,120 We've had this thing for a month and you haven't let me play with it, guys. This 3 00:00:08,639 --> 00:00:18,480 is in Excuse me. It's the GPD Win 5 and it is 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:20,480 the handheld that Microsoft and Asus 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:29,359 might have built if they had an absolutely unlimited budget. Oh 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:32,719 my goodness, it's a little heavy. heavy 7 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:36,320 in performance. This thing is, I kid you 8 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:39,360 not, anywhere from double to triple the 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,280 performance of the Xbox Alli X depending 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:48,040 on the power profile that you run it in. Even the power adapter is heavy 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,040 with performance. 12 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:55,760 Boom. [laughter] 13 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:59,760 180 W power adapter. But guess what, friends? You're gonna need it because 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:06,240 the battery on this thing is a detachable 80Wh hour affair. Like 15 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:11,200 seriously, I think that's about on par with what's in my laptop. And that's not 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:17,040 the only thing they've got in common. This handheld uses the same stricks Halo 17 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:24,080 chip from AMD as in the framework desktop investment disclosure. That 18 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:28,159 means up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, up to 19 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:32,079 128 gigabytes of LPDDR5X memory, and up 20 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:33,840 to Radeon 8060S graphics. If you guys 21 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:38,320 remember my first experience with Stricks Halo, I was blown away by how 22 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:44,720 powerful it was and it was in a convertible tablet laptop thing in a 23 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:46,320 handheld. Has GPD lost their minds? The 24 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:51,119 answer is yes, but more about that later. This thing has so many industry 25 00:01:48,399 --> 00:01:55,520 firsts. It has an SSD format that I've never seen before. It's got a joystick 26 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,640 technology that I've never seen before. It's the first device I've ever seen 27 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,920 with a battery like this, and I feel like it merits a longerterm review. So, 28 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:07,520 we're going to do the unboxing. We'll give you the first impressions, and I'm going to be dailying this for at least a 29 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:13,120 month to give you the full goods. That's the quickest of quick start guides. 30 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:15,520 Truly excellent work, GPD. How to adjust 31 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:20,400 VRAM size because that's the kind of concern you have when you rock Stricks 32 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:26,319 Halo. So that 64 gigs is shared between the CPU and GPU. You can allocate it 33 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:31,120 pretty much however you like. Risk ultra low TDP configuration. It can do up to 34 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:35,040 75 watts. That's where you're going to get some of those bonkers performance 35 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:39,040 numbers, but you can go kind of as low as you want, though we wouldn't 36 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,400 recommend going under about 17. By that point, you start to taper off so much 37 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:46,480 that you might just be better off with a less expensive handheld. Most of this is 38 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:50,239 just a physical overview. So, why don't we just do that since we've got the 39 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:57,040 device right here. Classic GPD. Check this out. This must be for the SSD tray. 40 00:02:52,319 --> 00:02:59,519 Holds a PCIe Gen 4 SSD doing multiple 41 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:03,760 gigabytes per second. The only drawback is that there's only one manufacturer, 42 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:06,800 Bwin. So, we're going to have to get our hands on one of those for the full 43 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:12,720 review. All right, I'm going to leave the battery off while we do the physical 44 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:15,840 tour just cuz it's heavy. Let's start at 45 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:18,800 the top. Hall effect two-stage triggers 46 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:23,760 so you can decide if you want them clicky or if you want them 47 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:28,400 triggery. Classic clicky shoulder buttons. Up top 48 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:32,640 we've also got a 3 and 12 mm jack, USB typeA port. That's actually pretty nice 49 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:38,239 to see on a handheld. Usually they're type-C only. As well as a barrel jack. 50 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:41,519 Damn. I was kind of hoping there'd be a 51 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:47,200 separate input jack on the battery itself because then you could kind of 52 00:03:42,799 --> 00:03:49,440 like charge [music] your spare and then 53 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:53,280 reload and be ready to go. But because there is no internal battery, you'd kind 54 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:59,280 of have to shut down to swap your battery anyway. Realistically, what I suspect most people will [music] do is 55 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:03,519 use this battery umbilical cord. This is included in the box. It just wasn't in 56 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:09,280 ours cuz it's an early unit. So, the way this works is put that on there like 57 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,799 that. Wow. Okay. >> You think most people are going to do 58 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:18,320 this? >> I think most people is doing some pretty 59 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,320 heavy lifting here. Then you put this 60 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:27,520 and then at least you can take the weight of the battery off of the unit. 61 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:33,919 It still weighs almost as much as an Xbox outline. We're only 100 g shy. 62 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:38,560 >> Yeah. Just put that in your pocket. >> Listen. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. depending on 63 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,120 your pockets. Hold on. Don't mind me. I've just got these cargo pants from 64 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:49,919 ltstore.com. Boom. Just like that. Oh, that that's 65 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:53,720 pretty sick. Not going to lie, I feel pretty cool right now. 66 00:04:54,639 --> 00:04:59,600 Where the mobility argument falls apart is this power brick. I mean, I guess I 67 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:04,720 could put it over on the other side. The good news is that you only need the 180 68 00:05:01,919 --> 00:05:06,560 W brick if you want to super fast charge it. We got 69 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:12,720 >> 2 hours. >> 2 hours. Yikes. Past the barrel jack. 70 00:05:09,759 --> 00:05:17,039 Lots of ventilation up here for a pretty innovative sounding cooler that they're 71 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:22,639 calling Frost Wind. It features a titanium aluminum alloy fan blade 72 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:27,039 design. Not to mention thickened purple copper [music] heat pipes. Not sure what 73 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:30,880 I was expecting at the end of thickened purple, but copper heat pipes. That was 74 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,960 that was probably it. Did I already say that this is USB 4? Therefore, you could 75 00:05:33,199 --> 00:05:41,840 connect an external GPU if you really wanted to. It can do 100 W with USB PD, 76 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:44,000 but of course, your charging will be um 77 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:48,400 pretty slow if you're using it. Next to it is a recessed reset button. That's an 78 00:05:47,039 --> 00:05:54,560 inconvenient choice. >> It's a BIOS reset. >> BIOS reset. Like if I'm like 79 00:05:51,919 --> 00:06:00,160 overclocking and tuning, I can reset my BIOS. That's wild. Uh we've got micro 80 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:06,240 SD. I know, I know. I just said suck at micro SD, but we still like you 81 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:11,680 on weekends. The bottom, we had that SSD tray. Another USBC port. Love this. Love 82 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:17,199 to have both top and bottom capabilities. You heard it here first. 83 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:19,199 The Win 5 is very uh versatile lover. 84 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:23,680 No, seriously though, uh this one is not USB 4 though. This is USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 85 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:27,520 Gbit per second. Now, let's have a look at the face. She may not be just a 86 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:34,720 pretty face, but she's got a pretty face. Hold on. I might need to put the battery on. Oh, yeah. Hey, there's those 87 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:36,720 aluminum titanium aluminium fans. Also, 88 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:40,319 R4 and L4 buttons back here. >> Okay, 89 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:44,319 good job. It kind of looks like a monstrous PSP with a giant tumor on the 90 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,720 back. Hey. Uh, does the power button have a fingerprint sensor? 91 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:53,520 >> It sure does. >> Very nice. Got that biometric authentication. Let's fire this bad boy 92 00:06:50,319 --> 00:06:55,440 up. Also on the front, we have a type of 93 00:06:53,520 --> 00:07:00,479 joystick that I've never heard of before. Capacitive joysticks. So, that 94 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:04,880 doesn't mean capacitive surface on the top for like switching between gyro 95 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:09,599 aiming like on the new Steam Controller. What that means is that there's a piece 96 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:13,199 of plastic in the other end and then you've got a completely contactless 97 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:17,280 sensor mechanism around it that detects changes in voltage as the little plastic 98 00:07:15,599 --> 00:07:22,400 piece swings and moves around. Basically, in a nutshell, it's supposed 99 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:24,639 to be maybe even better than TMR, which 100 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:28,000 is kind of mind-blowing how we had zero progress on joysticks since the [music] 101 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,120 Dreamcast, and then all of a sudden there's like all this innovation. God, 102 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:35,199 they're smooth. I mean, they touch nothing, right? So, there should be no 103 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,680 drift. And apparently the dead zones are like 104 00:07:37,599 --> 00:07:44,000 very small, pretty decent feeling D-pad. I wouldn't say that your diagonals are 105 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:50,479 going to be the easiest to hit, but if you don't mind the more arrowy style of 106 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:52,960 D-pad. Yeah. I And I don't I like moving 107 00:07:50,479 --> 00:07:57,360 down, we have a back button. I assume it goes back. Home button probably takes 108 00:07:55,535 --> 00:08:01,919 [music] you home. Current window/ desktop. So, select, start, desktop, 109 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:09,440 keyboard. We've also got volume controls and ooh, menu, which is the Xbox button. 110 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:16,000 Okay. Yeah, I can work with that. I can't wait for this to get the Windows 111 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:19,759 Xbox full screen gaming experience thing. You can actually like hack it in 112 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,759 now, but we haven't [music] cuz unboxings are, you know, supposed to be 113 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:26,080 based on the out of the box experience, but I'm definitely going to do that for 114 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:30,319 the longer term review. >> Yeah. One more button. >> Oh, apparently there's one more button. 115 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:36,080 Well, this isn't really a button. This is a mouse. How cool is that, right? But 116 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:40,320 basically, it's a little optical sensor. And so instead of being, you know, 117 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:44,959 having a mouse that you move over top of a stationary surface, you move the 118 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:48,720 surface over top of a mouse sensor. As you can see, clearly not the greatest 119 00:08:47,279 --> 00:08:51,920 thing [music] in the world, but it can be better than using your joystick for 120 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:56,959 joy to mouse. Or you can just use joy to mouse if you really want. And you can actually toggle that right up here. Just 121 00:08:54,959 --> 00:09:00,160 hold that down and you can move your mouse ever so slowly. Don't don't worry, 122 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:04,480 you can adjust that if you really want. And then I assume these are my clicks. 123 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:09,120 Oh, they sure are. Before we fire up any games, this is a perfect time to talk 124 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:11,279 about the screen. It's 1080p, 500 nits, 125 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:14,640 120 Hz, and does support variable refresh rate. I can't say for certain 126 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:19,519 that it's the same screen that's in the LA Xbox, RD, Alex, LAX. But the specs 127 00:09:17,839 --> 00:09:23,040 are sure very similar, and we achieved just over 500 nits in our real world 128 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,880 testing. Please tell me this has tape to tape on it. 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Actually, wait. 136 00:09:55,040 --> 00:10:02,720 Before we run the game, now is a perfect time to talk about one more thing, and 137 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:05,920 that is motion assistant, which really 138 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,680 is not what it sounds like it is. See, 139 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:13,519 unlike some of the other handheld makers, GPD does not have a super slick 140 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:17,760 overlay interface for interacting with their devices. Like, you are you're 141 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:22,160 going into the BIOS or you're opening up this jank ass looking utility. 142 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:27,360 >> It's got themes. >> Ew, that's nice. John, is this the 143 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,800 Windows 98 theme? 144 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:33,040 >> Well, [snorts] like 3.1. >> There is a lot of really cool stuff that 145 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:38,640 you can do in here with respect to power limits, CPU boost, fan speed control. 146 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:41,920 You'll just have to figure out how the freick to do it. You can configure so 147 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:46,240 much in here. You can even configure things that don't work. So, you can see 148 00:10:43,839 --> 00:10:52,640 there's two different TDPs, a pluggedin ACT TDP and a not pluggedin DCTP. But 149 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:57,279 not plugged in actually caps at 45. So, we'll be we'll be running 45, I guess. 150 00:10:54,560 --> 00:11:01,200 FPS limit. Okay. All cores auto. Oh, you can set a maximum CPU frequency. That 151 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:07,079 might help you conserve some of your power limit for your GPU, for instance. 152 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:07,079 Start gyro simulate. 153 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:16,320 Cool. Let's just not do that anymore for now. 154 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:20,240 Whoa. Listen to them fans. 155 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:21,600 They go, man. They're goers. Already I 156 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:28,160 like the button layout better than the Xbox ROG Ally X that has other buttons 157 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:32,079 and joysticks in the way of your ABXY. These are like kind of critical for 158 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:37,760 gaming. It's so flipping heavy. Ergonomics. Uh not bad though. Got a 159 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:40,560 nice little rounded business here. Wow, 160 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:43,360 that fan though. Is this a custom fan curve, John? 161 00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:47,600 >> It's probably the defaults, but you can turn them down when you're at that 45 162 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:53,120 watts if you are okay with it being a little bit hotter. God, 163 00:11:50,320 --> 00:12:00,079 this is sick, dude. It's so smooth. This seems 164 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:04,480 impossible in a handheld. And it is because I can't actually support the 165 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:10,800 weight. [laughter] It's hand, but it's not really held. 166 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:14,720 Holy crap. And this has got to be at higher 167 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:18,000 settings than I'm used to running out on handhelds. Like, there's reflections 168 00:12:16,079 --> 00:12:20,959 everywhere and stuff. Okay, I want to know what it's running at, you guys. 169 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:26,800 1080p. Okay, that's already pretty cool. Dude, 170 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,720 this is on like medium. That's insane. 171 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:32,399 The craziest part though is how smooth it's running. This has got to be like 172 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:37,600 I'm afraid to say a number so high because it seems like it couldn't be right. But this has got to be like 80 173 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:42,480 FPS. I'm going to say 90. I'm going to say 90. Damn, I should have stuck with 174 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:45,680 my first guess. We're around 70 FPS. But I mean, that's what variable refresh 175 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:50,079 rate will do to you. it'll be really good and make things seem smoother. And 176 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:57,760 it especially helps it feel smooth when your FPS is super consistent. And we're 177 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:59,920 hovering between about 62 and 72, 178 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:04,200 which is enough to make variable refresh rate feel really good. 179 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:12,040 Uh, is this joystick not working? Are we back? Are we back to mouse control? Damn 180 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,040 it. We're back to mouse controls. 181 00:13:12,079 --> 00:13:20,880 Yes, I will reconnect my controller there. Now, let me control. There we go. 182 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:23,600 All right. Wait, what the hell? 183 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:29,040 I can't steer. Am I missing something here, folks? All I can say for sure 184 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:31,120 right now is, 185 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:36,480 oh my gosh, this performance is absolutely incredible. But you are going 186 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:43,399 to need some crazy speakers to overcome this fan noise. 187 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,399 in this area. 188 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:54,720 >> Not bad. Front facing. I really am not 189 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:57,600 happy with not being able to use my joysticks right now. Okay, I'm going to 190 00:13:55,839 --> 00:14:01,600 relaunch the game one more time. Man, that fan though. 191 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:07,360 >> You're only at 45. >> Whoa. Yeah. And the exhaust air is 192 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:08,959 freaking hot and it's everywhere. That's 193 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:14,399 one of their claims about the cooling design is that it's like uniform 194 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:17,680 something. So that's cool, I guess. Hey, 195 00:14:14,399 --> 00:14:19,440 there we go. Now I can drive. 196 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:26,639 Can you adjust your dead zones in this game? Oh yeah, dead zone. 197 00:14:23,199 --> 00:14:28,160 >> Whoops. Whoops. Oh god. 198 00:14:26,639 --> 00:14:32,480 Apparently this shouldn't be a thing with the finished units, but for now I 199 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:36,880 do have to have a little bit of an inner dead zone. Um, either way, let's try 200 00:14:35,199 --> 00:14:43,360 them as they're running right now. Oh, that's that's nice and responsive now. 201 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:45,360 All right. Now, I suck donkey butt at 202 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:49,760 aiming with controllers, but let's still give it a shot. Dude, even as they are 203 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:55,160 now with the dead zones I had to configure, these just feel so smooth. 204 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:04,320 Now, to be clear, there is some aim [music] assist obviously, but even 205 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:09,279 getting it close enough can be a problem for me often. 206 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:14,240 The craziest part of what we just saw is that was at 45 watts and the Labs tested 207 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:17,199 it at up to 75 watts. So, here's a preview of the kind of performance you 208 00:15:16,079 --> 00:15:22,720 can expect out of this thing. We're actually going to have an accompanying Labs article to go along with the short 209 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:26,160 circuit and then maybe we'll do even a little bit more testing when we do the 210 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:29,440 full LT after I've had a bit more time with this thing. It clearly has some 211 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:32,959 drawbacks, but if you were looking for the deluxest of the most deluxe 212 00:15:31,279 --> 00:15:37,519 handhelds, I mean, this is it. This is the all 213 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:41,279 bells and whistles for now. 214 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:45,279 I kind of wish the battery could kind of, you know, 215 00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:48,639 kickstand or something, you know, like that'd be pretty that probably be kind 216 00:15:46,959 --> 00:15:51,600 of janky, though. Subscribe to ShortCircuit.