1 00:00:00,179 --> 00:00:05,160 I'm ready oh where's the Jerry rig 2 00:00:03,780 --> 00:00:11,880 everything knife has that arrived yet Zach where's my knife inside this 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:15,240 horrible box is the Aya Neo next the 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,820 successor to the Aya Neil Pro 2021 that 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:22,140 I so positively reviewed very recently online as Tech tips 6 00:00:20,279 --> 00:00:30,119 the biggest difference between the Inu next and the ineo 2021 Pro 7 00:00:26,340 --> 00:00:31,920 is well actually pretty much everything 8 00:00:30,119 --> 00:00:35,899 the processor is different we're moving to a ryzen 5000 series mobile CPU 9 00:00:34,380 --> 00:00:41,940 although we're still equipped with lpddr4x unlike the steam deck and 10 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:46,079 top spec goes from one terabyte of solid state storage to two terabytes but it 11 00:00:44,579 --> 00:00:50,219 gets even more interesting than that they have completely redesigned the 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,899 ergonomics of the device to be more in line with their new vision for their 13 00:00:52,379 --> 00:01:01,379 product which is whoop to be less dependent on here we go like Windows you 14 00:00:58,980 --> 00:01:06,060 know Windows Escape task manager buttons things like that and more dependent on 15 00:01:03,539 --> 00:01:10,439 their own is space I guess I would call it kind of like a launcher slash game 16 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:15,780 organizer slash system Configuration utility please put on gloves to open the 17 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:19,380 next spot oh wow okay hopefully they sent a small actually this does look 18 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:23,400 like very these look like very small gloves they sent me Unit Seven 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:27,420 apparently they don't know me very well 69 would have been the correct answer 20 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:32,000 Aya oh well this is a significant departure 21 00:01:29,820 --> 00:01:39,780 from their previous devices much bigger joysticks 22 00:01:35,479 --> 00:01:43,520 much tighter abxy this makes the 2021 23 00:01:39,780 --> 00:01:46,020 Pro feel downright Loose by comparison 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:52,320 ergonomics are definitely better but they still manage to maintain that I uh 25 00:01:48,659 --> 00:01:55,320 slimness so you can see it's quite a bit 26 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:57,659 thinner than this is the 1X player mini 27 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:02,340 and actually we've actually got the steam deck here as well so it's quite a 28 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:05,579 bit thinner and narrower than the steam deck 29 00:02:03,299 --> 00:02:09,000 of course compared to the Neo 2021 Pro you do give up some of the pocket 30 00:02:07,860 --> 00:02:14,220 ability that's one of the things I actually really like about it oh that's 31 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:18,180 really nice it has USB PD for the actual ineo and then it's also got an 32 00:02:15,660 --> 00:02:22,319 additional five volt Outlet 65 Watts total USBC to type a adapters I guess 33 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:27,300 now's as good a time as I need to go over the i o so unlike the original Neo 34 00:02:24,959 --> 00:02:31,140 which had three USBC ports we get only two but that's still twice as many as 35 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:36,000 the steam deck so we've got one on the bottom and one on the top and don't 36 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:39,180 underestimate the importance of this feature you know what David I actually 37 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:43,980 find myself depending whether I'm sitting in a chair or whether I'm lying 38 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:46,800 in bed using it actually preferring the top or the bottom depending on the 39 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:51,660 situation so as a as a top and bottom kind of 40 00:02:49,379 --> 00:02:55,620 person I really like having the option it's called a switch three and a half 41 00:02:54,060 --> 00:02:59,459 millimeter Jack on the top how did I not bring a switch to set for this uh volume 42 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:04,260 up and down power button with fingerprint reader 43 00:03:01,739 --> 00:03:07,980 what are these analog triggers feel not bad a little bit of resistance 44 00:03:06,599 --> 00:03:11,879 I think the top shoulders could be a little tighter you can see they've moved 45 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:15,599 away from the mobile style joysticks to full-size joysticks just like you'd have 46 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:19,860 on a regular like console controller just like on the steam deck and this is 47 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:24,000 an either love it or hate it move they both have their pros and cons the 48 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:27,299 advantage is obviously finer control and the disadvantage is that it increases 49 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:31,560 the profile of the device a fair bit also on the front we've got our whatever 50 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:34,620 these buttons are called for the Xbox I call them start and select because I'm 51 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:39,239 old your your abxy and then ah these okay so 52 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:44,700 we're gonna have to figure out what these do once we get it fired up here this video is brought to you by secret 53 00:03:42,299 --> 00:03:47,940 Lab secret lab makes gaming chairs that are engineered to keep you incredibly 54 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:52,620 comfortable for long hours at work or play their Titan Evo 2022 chair has 55 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:56,519 four-way lumbar support an ultra comfortable lineup of different 56 00:03:53,819 --> 00:04:00,360 materials and more and all their chairs come with up to a five year extended 57 00:03:57,959 --> 00:04:02,879 warranty and 49 day return policy so head to the link in the video 58 00:04:01,260 --> 00:04:06,360 description and check out secret lab today I love these portable gaming PCs 59 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:11,400 they've gotten powerful enough now that you can play like legit high-end games 60 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:16,100 on them and this one promises to be really exciting so it can be equipped 61 00:04:13,140 --> 00:04:22,680 with either the 5800 or the 5825u ryzen 5000 series processor which 62 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:25,080 still has Vega based Graphics though as 63 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:30,060 we saw in the 2021 Pro clocked high enough it can be pretty 64 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:35,880 good with the rdna2 graphics in the steam deck and unlike the steam deck 65 00:04:32,820 --> 00:04:37,580 it's got Zen 3 course that's right CPU 66 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:43,740 performance on this thing is going to be bananas Zen three come on 67 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:49,139 unlike the steam deck there's no special anti-glare coating on the screen but it 68 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:51,479 is also an IPS type panel and 1280 by 69 00:04:49,139 --> 00:04:55,440 800 in resolution okay I'm not going to be swiping my finger I think I will just 70 00:04:53,340 --> 00:05:01,380 touch the touch sensor Now swipe with the sides of your finger 71 00:04:57,540 --> 00:05:03,840 all right all right all right got it oh 72 00:05:01,380 --> 00:05:09,180 that's really cool they have the same quick desktop switching Button as I 73 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:13,259 really liked on the 1X player I gotta tell you now that I'm more used 74 00:05:11,039 --> 00:05:18,600 to it uh navigating Windows with the controllers like actually kind of sick 75 00:05:16,979 --> 00:05:24,360 like obviously there's some things that don't work particularly well but 76 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:27,539 it's not bad it's not bad fans definitely going it's the weight 77 00:05:25,979 --> 00:05:31,440 compared to that 21 Pro pretty similar that's one of the 78 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,620 things that's kind of dragging me down about these is they're really heavy 79 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:40,440 compared to something like a Nintendo switch and it's like noticeable you know 80 00:05:37,979 --> 00:05:46,080 like if I'm lying on my side I'd be like this you know I gotta have a hand down I 81 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:49,440 gotta turn the auto rotate off you're playing like an emulator game or 82 00:05:47,699 --> 00:05:52,199 something like that's a really bad time apparently there are some known issues 83 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:58,139 with these first units and the production ones will not have the same ones uh extra backlight bleed the 84 00:05:56,340 --> 00:06:01,620 joysticks might be a little off because they're like hand soldered or something 85 00:05:59,580 --> 00:06:06,539 yeah one of the big issues with the old one is that these Corners right here it 86 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:13,139 doesn't seem like a problem but when you've had that in your hand for like 20 87 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:15,419 minutes half an hour an hour two hours 88 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:20,160 starts to kind of wear it out this feels a lot better I have no idea 89 00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:24,199 what I'm agreeing to right now shoot it change the language to Chinese 90 00:06:21,780 --> 00:06:27,539 again Andy 91 00:06:29,039 --> 00:06:36,120 stuff help me wait no it's English it's English I'm good 92 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:39,240 okay bye all right so it collects your games it supports Microsoft games and 93 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:44,520 Steam games right now they're working on adding other launchers and then the 94 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:47,960 assistant is pretty cool so you can 95 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:51,840 correct your joysticks you can what is 96 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:54,479 swick oh okay that's kind of cute so 97 00:06:51,840 --> 00:07:00,120 that's the replacement for the keyboard task manager buttons and stuff here just 98 00:06:58,319 --> 00:07:06,120 like the 2021 Pro they have really nice haptic Motors custom Key current uh task 99 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:08,940 yeah task manager and we can adjust TDP but we don't want to adjust the TDP in 100 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:12,660 here we want to whoops there we go we want to do that 101 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:17,099 from in here so you can adjust your power profile or fan profile whatever 102 00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:21,780 this is as well as the TDP of your processor now I don't know which version 103 00:07:19,380 --> 00:07:24,660 they sent to me so I'm gonna have to check that real quick but the first 104 00:07:23,039 --> 00:07:29,340 thing I want to do is change my display scaling 105 00:07:26,039 --> 00:07:31,560 100 please okay this is one really 106 00:07:29,340 --> 00:07:35,160 annoying navigation issue when Windows isn't sure whether you're using a mouse 107 00:07:32,940 --> 00:07:39,840 or a keyboard that's something I would like to see I address here I right click 108 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:44,759 this all of a sudden see the joystick is controlling both The 109 00:07:41,819 --> 00:07:49,620 Mouse and the selector here so it gets a little confused 110 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:52,500 right I remember what I was doing I wanted to know what spec they sent 111 00:07:50,879 --> 00:07:57,840 there's three different specs of this machine one with up to 32 gigs of 112 00:07:55,580 --> 00:08:03,720 lpddr4x memory they did not send me that one 113 00:07:58,620 --> 00:08:05,520 nope I get the 16 gigs of 4266 uh and I 114 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:10,919 get so this is the base model but the ryzen 7 5800u the main difference 115 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:14,759 between the 5800 and the 5825 is that the CPU is clocked a touch higher do 116 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:18,120 maternal a classic by the time this video comes 117 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:22,440 out I won't have been able to give any Impressions on the steam deck but I will 118 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:26,340 say that I hope the speakers on the Neo next are really very excellent I can say 119 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,819 that the backlight bleed is better than the previous generation Neo already so 120 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:35,219 that's really nice to see this thing's insane David 121 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:41,580 I did I mean I don't know what exactly I was expecting but confirmed Zen three 122 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:44,279 a lot faster than Zen 2. I'm getting 123 00:08:41,580 --> 00:08:49,560 anywhere like I'm not dropping below 60 FPS and I'm on medium 124 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:53,339 whoops I mean that doesn't make me uh any good at aiming unfortunately just 125 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:56,120 computers have got where you 126 00:08:58,740 --> 00:09:08,459 have a few shortages aside but here every 10 every 20 performance uplift we 127 00:09:05,339 --> 00:09:11,279 get well 20 on the desktop could be the 128 00:09:08,459 --> 00:09:15,320 difference between 200 and 240 FPS like both of them are pretty darn smooth here 129 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:24,480 twenty percent is the difference between 50 FPS and 60 FPS it's a really really 130 00:09:21,839 --> 00:09:28,920 different Gap so that's what I think I'm experiencing right now 131 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:34,200 is that sort of that generational Improvement in smoothness I'm just gonna 132 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:39,060 have to switch to this thing the fan noise 133 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:42,959 even in I think we're in Wild mode 134 00:09:39,060 --> 00:09:45,120 you are yeah game Wild 135 00:09:42,959 --> 00:09:51,720 that is wild the fan noise is totally reasonable 136 00:09:48,540 --> 00:09:52,680 oh that's way way better than the 2021 137 00:09:51,720 --> 00:10:00,120 Pro okay so now in these more intense scenes 138 00:09:56,279 --> 00:10:03,540 we're seeing dips down to like 45 FPS 139 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:06,000 still that is markedly better than on 140 00:10:03,540 --> 00:10:11,640 the previous one and what's cool about this is that I haven't even turned it 141 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:14,160 down to low yet I'm gaming in medium 142 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:18,899 freaking do the turtle sure yeah potato can run it but like a handheld potato 143 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:23,399 definitely feeling the stutters a little bit more now seriously still very 144 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:27,839 playable though even with my total lack of skill what what 145 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:31,740 oh please stop man they told me I was gonna really like this one compared to 146 00:10:29,339 --> 00:10:37,700 the Retro power and I was like something that looks this good you 147 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:37,700 expect me to stop using it 148 00:10:38,339 --> 00:10:46,140 I do like the Plastics of the Retro power better they've got a bit of a nicer kind of 149 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:49,560 soft touch finish on the back but honestly this silver part on the front 150 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:53,160 feels kind of cheap to me compared to just using the same material like they 151 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:57,959 did on their older ones but the ergonomics in there 152 00:10:54,660 --> 00:11:00,420 they're a lot better holy crap we're 153 00:10:57,959 --> 00:11:04,560 running on medium don't expect to go for longer than maybe a couple hours if 154 00:11:02,820 --> 00:11:10,920 you're lucky running like this but that is 30 FPS solid Witcher 3 155 00:11:08,399 --> 00:11:15,240 running at medium details after those couple of early hitches 156 00:11:12,959 --> 00:11:20,760 it's like running well too unlike the steam deck it's got a full 157 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:22,320 2280 size m.2 slot so there's new higher 158 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,800 density chips coming as those roll out we could see 16 159 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:32,519 terabyte like gum stick ssds like it's crazy 160 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:37,740 what a time to be alive like when I was a kid we had the Game Boy 161 00:11:34,620 --> 00:11:39,959 you know look at this my kids are like 162 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:44,700 can I play on the Neo do you know how many double a batteries I bought uh 163 00:11:42,420 --> 00:11:49,560 ladies and gentlemen F1 2021 164 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:53,820 medium details okay 165 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:56,040 I mean yeah it's only 1280 by 800 but at 166 00:11:53,820 --> 00:12:00,540 this size it looks great you know what the bigger joysticks are 167 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:05,220 worth it they're worth the extra bold these are really smooth too I'm liking 168 00:12:02,459 --> 00:12:08,700 them I like the triggers too the angle on the triggers could be a little bit 169 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,639 better in my opinion I wish they were kind of instead of being so flat like 170 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:18,180 this I wish they were kind of like this to start this thing is freaking awesome 171 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:19,680 the only disadvantage is the price that 172 00:12:18,180 --> 00:12:23,100 is where valve is changing the game the steam deck costs somewhere in the 173 00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:30,740 neighborhood of a third to half depending on how it's configured 174 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:30,740 but wow is this ever cool 175 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,880 I don't know both good options 176 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:39,240 maybe check out the unboxing of the steam deck uh we just did that the other 177 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:42,680 day we can't show performance yet but that's coming very soon as well