Oh boy, let me tell you about this gadget I stumbled upon – the GPD Win 5. So, a while back in July when the sun was blazing, GPD gave us a sneak peek of this thing, and guess what? It finally made its grand entrance at ChinaJoy in Shanghai, which, by the way, was buzzing like a beehive. Some local creators got their hands on it and ran all sorts of tests — talk about a geek’s dream, right?
There’s this guy, Jobs_Bao (seriously, what’s the story behind that name?), who took the Win 5 for a spin on the expo floor. He hit it with some benchmarks, Cinebench R23, Time Spy – the big guns. Turns out, it scored a sweet 30,495 on Cinebench. Apparently, that’s like what powerful desktop processors pull. And the coolest part? The CPU only hit 80.3 degrees Celsius. I mean, sure that’s hot, but for this kind of performance? Not too shabby. Meanwhile, the exhaust was tame at just 45 degrees, even if the fans were buzzing like an angry hive at 95dB. Fun times.
Now, graphics… it didn’t skimp there either. Scoring 9,680 on Time Spy, which is sorta knocking at the door of what an RTX 4060 can do. But here’s the kicker – GPD kinda caped the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 at 70 watts. Imagine letting a race car idle because you’re out of gas, kind of a shame, right? Still, playing most games in Ultra settings at 1080p? Totally possible.
Oh, oh! PureDIY, another tech whiz, went ahead and played “Black Myth: Wukong” on this thing, getting over 80 FPS. And yet, I still wonder how true this all feels – like, are they tweaking things, or is this solid performance?
Now, this thing’s got a battery that’s kind of a scene-stealer – a whole 5,170mAh. And get this, you can swap it out like it’s some old-school camera. Adds a bit of weight though, about 340 grams. Not exactly feather-light but having a spare battery handy? Yes, please.
Choices – always fun, right? You can get the top model with the Radeon 8060S GPU or a slightly less wallet-thinning version with a Radeon 8050S. But here’s the mystery, no one knows the price yet – classic cliffhanger.
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