Sure, here goes nothing!
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So, there’s this thing, right, Ayaneo, you know them? They said they’re whipping up this handheld gaming gizmo. They’re calling it Ayaneo Next 2, and wait for it — it’s got a dedicated GPU inside. Kinda wild, huh? Word is, it’s packing AMD’s snazzy Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, and some Radeon 8060S GPU — with like 40 CUs or whatever. Techie stuff that sounds fancy but, hey, what do I know?
Now, I read somewhere — okay, maybe I was half-paying attention — this new doodad is, apparently, one of the first horsepower-packed handhelds. There’s this other player, GPD Win 5, same chip but they took the lazy route, slapping on an external battery. Can’t blame them, I mean, sometimes you’ve just gotta… Anyway, Ayaneo’s not doing that; they’re going all in with a built-in ‘high-capacity’ battery. Whatever that means.
Oh, and they showed some internal bits — a PCB thingy with some dual-fan cooling doohickey. Dual fans! Like it’s a tiny wind machine. Plus, lots of power thingies, 12-phase power delivery (whatever that even means).
You know, they gave this bad boy a glow-up, now it kind of looks like a cousin to my Steam Deck, if you squint. Joysticks, touchpads, you name it. Unlike before, it had less pizzazz. Ayaneo says it’s got this ‘large-screen experience’ — whatever gets us through a Monday, right? Oh, and don’t even get me started on the battery life — apparently, it’s revolutionary. We’ll see about that.
So, squirreled away in its guts is AMD’s power-drinking Ryzen AI Max+ 395, this one nicknamed Strix Halo — like, who comes up with these names? It’s got 16 cores, a bunch of L3 cache, eats power for breakfast, etc. Only a mad genius would try to cram that into a handheld. I mean, really. But hey, Ayaneo’s now on this crazy ride.
Rumor mill says the 8060S hits like a mobile RTX 4060 or 4070. Can you imagine? In a handheld? Makes you wonder who thought, “Yeah, that’s what we need.”
Turns out, the thing’s been pushed back already. Design hiccups, y’know? At least they’re trying to make it work. Fingers crossed they sort out battery life; don’t want it to turn off mid-game. But, you know, that’s the thrill, right? We wait and see if it’ll light up the gaming world or fizzle out like a soggy firework. Fun times ahead.
So, are you excited yet? Or did I just lose you somewhere along the way? No biggie. Just another Tuesday in gadget land.
