MSI Claw 8 Ai+ Hands On First Look

We had a chance to go hands-on with the upcoming MSI Claw 8 Ai+ Lunar Lake powered handheld gaming PC, and so far, it's looking very promising! Powered by an Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU and backed by superfast LPDDR5X @ 8533MHz and the all-new Intel® Arc™ Graphics 140V with 8 Xe2 cores, this 8" 120Hz handheld might be worth it.

Key features:
Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU
LPDDR5X @ 8533MHz memory
Intel® Arc™ Graphics 140V with 8 Xe2 cores
8" 120Hz display
Compact and portable design

Powerful performance
Excellent battery life
Comfortable to hold
High-quality display

Vip-Urcdkey Sale Code for software: ETA

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[richardi.]

I am beginning to believe that ETA prime is really just a pair of hands.

[tridungduong]

“It’s beyond AI, It’s AI+!” -whoever named this

[mixterz]

sick of companies pushing ''AI '. Means nothing .'

[recycledsoldier]

A bar in Berlin, Germany? So MSI has to get you drunk to buy one of these? Checks out.

[badass]

If the console itself is built well and lunar lake performs as intel says it does, I might actually buy it. That 80W battery is sweet too.

[KORNdog]

The bar has been set for cruddy handheld names. 😂

[sandorbence]

Shame it only comes next year, I was hoping for an October release. It looks great overall, wish it had a kickstand. And I hope it'll have a 32GB version, 16GB is not enough on my Legion Go.

[MavsFan]

With what we’re seeing from Lunar Lake, this is could actually be really good. I’m probably going to get one.

[HearMeLearn]

If it has a good price this actually seems interesting

[TashyYouTube]

Kinda wish MSI was using Cyberpunk or Elden Ring to test the performance. If the Claw hit atleast 60fps on either of those games, people might be willing to wait for it. However releasing the device in January 2025 might be too late since ROG Ally X is now available. People already know the Ally will run games with very few problems. The Lunar Lake chip looks promising though. Hopefully we will see more testing in the near future.

[twistedpuppet]

If this really is 16% faster than the new Ryzen ai9 then i am interested but ill wait for people like you to put out real world tests and information before i trust it.

[danagoyette]

My primary concern with many devices is the backlight flicker due to Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). The Steam Deck OLED apparently has absolutely sickeningly horrendous flicker. The ROG Ally X, on the other hand, was easy on the eyes, because it's either flicker-free, or has a super-high PWM frequency.

[slapnut]

I just watched your live interview and god damn, man, you're nothing like I thought you are. My whole world has been completely turned upside down...

[KeyJOSH]

I appreciate your focus on dpads in your videos. Im also a fighting game fan, and most reviewers completely gloss over the dpad

[JDJ_B]

They need to add a touchpad, Gyro and lastly a kick stand so i can watch my movies/anime. and for software we need a good standby mode for quick access to games.

[sunrisesunset]

8 inch is probably the perfect size for the display panel for Windows, plus with VRR too? great.. lets see how this goes
edit: the 80 W battery is going to have to be standard with these things for them to be truly portable so, another good call
As for the dpad, have a look at the classic controllers for the Nintendo Wii, both the black and white versions have that perfect dpad no one else seems to be able to replicate, we want this

[fatihatak]

I wish screen would be OLED. 8” is the perfect size

[VectorNinja]

If you're passing on information, can we get a non proprietary user replaceable battery
It's cheaper to make it's cheaper on them to manufacture
They would get a lot of right to repair goodwill and a customer out of me, and I'm sure many others

[christianr.]

80 watt w/ lunar lake could give ridiculous battery life

[TheCoolDave]

Intel in a portable, Nothing I would pre-order. Need to see the whole picture before I would even think of it... Personally, I would love to see an AMD killer (giving HUGE boost over AMD products) with a really good price point. $800+ for a new gaming console is just way too much. I do not have a lot of hope on this one after the last Claw...

Overall, looks like a nice device, that D-pad needs to be fixed, maybe those plastic panels could be swapped out for different colors. This would add a high level of customable mods for it. Having 3rd parties doing crazy stuff would be fun awesome.