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He used an old Intel NUC to make a handheld gaming device, but the quality of his work is quite good.
It's all open source too.
Really makes you wonder how far we've come. Tinkerers making and sharing technology that used to take companies so much time and resources to design.
This is one of my favorite Mainboard re-use projects. Swapping in a Ryzen 7840U Mainboard, it should actually be able to play most game titles at better than Steam Deck performance.
This is one of my favorite Mainboard re-use projects. Swapping in a Ryzen 7840U Mainboard, it should actually be able to play most game titles at better than Steam Deck performance.
Would be interesting to see if it actually gets better performance. On paper, it should, but famously when you control the entire stack it's easier to optimize so software and hardware works well together, and that's exactly what Valve has with the Steam Deck.
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Would be interesting to see if it actually gets better performance. On paper, it should, but famously when you control the entire stack it's easier to optimize so software and hardware works well together, and that's exactly what Valve has with the Steam Deck.
You'd think so, but as a counterpoint, may I present the Microsoft Surface
How does the 7040U hold up in games? The earlier Framework boards didn't have that much gaming prowess, so it's interesting to use this particular motherboard for a gaming handheld.
The 7640U (the cheaper Framework option) was used in a gaming handheld (GPD Win Max 2 2023... R5). There's a review with a few benchmarks here (also included is the R7 version with the 7840U). https://droix.net/blogs/gpd-win-max-2-2023-7640u-review/#rb-... It can run Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p at lowest graphics setting at just above 60 fps (pumping at full 28W). Cyberpunk at 1200p (why???) lowest setting at…
That looks pretty good, though the GPD Win being available for a similar price point does turn it into a weird concept. With specs like these, I'd expect to get a new mainboard at five or six years down the line at least, but by then there will be plenty of better handheld competitors.
This is super cool, but what happened with Tom's Hardware? There are so many ads in mobile that is way too hard to read the content.
Why are you not using an adblocker? Android: Firefox and use the uBlock extension iOS: Adguard Pro (one time $9.99) and use the uBlock filters
ublock origin is like basically necessary as you said.
Both of those projects were full commissions by Framework. Was Pitstoptech also sponsored here?
I ask, because no one is really using these boards. They're both too much and too little; they're expensive, high wattage, WIP firmware dependent, and lack critical GPIO for embedded projects. You'd have to customize an OS to operate it, and there aren't any Framework-supported projects like that.
The Steam Deck clone is probably the best application for it, though, because it's just a laptop in a handheld, but as far as I know, that board still suffers from high power usage at idle and issues with resuming from sleep/hibernate: https://knowledgebase.frame.work/framework-laptop-bios-relea...
This is one of my favorite Mainboard re-use projects. Swapping in a Ryzen 7840U Mainboard, it should actually be able to play most game titles at better than Steam Deck performance.
Would be interesting to see if it actually gets better performance. On paper, it should, but famously when you control the entire stack it's easier to optimize so software and hardware works well together, and that's exactly what Valve has with the Steam Deck.