MSI has taken to Instagram to show off some of the gaming products that it will be showing off at this year’s CES show, which officially begins next week on Tuesday, January 9 in Las Vegas.
The first (and, perhaps, more surprising) teaser that MSI uploaded today is one for a new gaming handheld, one that has presumably been designed to go head to head with some of the more popular options that are already on today’s market, such Valve’s Steam Deck and ASUS’ ROG Ally devices.
Here’s a copy of the post and a few screenshots, which seem to confirm that the device will feature RGB lighting around the thumbsticks, a black design with red accents, “True Gaming” branding, and, of course, MSI’s dragon shield logo:
“OLED with Oculink support and 90+ hz VRR and a solid sd card reader without it being a tablet with an afterthought controller (Lenovo looking at you) and they will take the cake fr fr,” replied one prospective customer.
“I’m now thinking of holding off on buying the Rog ally z1 extreme. Good thing I can keep my msi set up xD,” said another.
And while its specifications are unknown, there are signs that Intel might be powering the device, possibly with Meteor Lake:
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— Intel Gaming (@IntelGaming) January 4, 2024
Another product that MSI teased include what could very well be the MPG 321URX, a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED monitor with 240 Hz refresh rate that MSI announced in November, but with additional details reserved for CES 2024:
“Our new QD-OLED flat displays significantly enhance the visuals performance for AAA games, especially those of the FPS genre. All products come with MSI OLED Care 2.0, featuring the latest fan-less design to extend the lifespan of OLED panels. These models also come with a variety of features such as MSI Gaming Intelligence, 90W Type-C PD connectivity, and MSI Console Mode,” MSI said.
“Both models are expected to launch on 1/6,” the company added.
Discussion (11 replies)
Join Discussion →Specs or it doesnt exist. Also (to get this obligatory question out of the way) Can it run Crysis?
MSI can stick it, one time they , ' teased' a nice monitor I held a purchase for 1+ year and was never released.
I missed this one.
Rumor is that it is using Meteor Lake, which would be very intriguing if so, seeing Meteor Lake move into mobile handheld gaming would be huge, definitely exciting.
Yep, doing a post on it right now.
I think handheld are more in need of gpu power than anything else.
Hmm.
Having used the Steam Deck for a good while - I'm not sure GPU power would be at the top of my list.
Sure, more would be better, but if I think of the entire package - right now the biggest complaint I have about my Steam Deck is the fact that it can maybe get 90 minutes of battery life if it's playing something substantial, and my #2 complaint would be that it can get pretty warm and/or noisy while doing so. That's just how much the already meager GPU eats... putting more GPU in there, without addressing that, only makes the #1 and #2 problems that much worse.
I think with respect to where the tech is - the handhelds are striking a pretty good balance between speed and portability. After all, if you didn't care about portability at all, then you'd just be on your desktop.
To me it feels more or less the same as a gaming laptop, the tech is cool the performance sub par and battery life inexistant. I"ve seen tons of high end PC gamers/enthousiasts embrace these things and all of a sudden find 900p low settings at 30fps acceptable.
A 3DS would give you a better portable gaming experience then these things.
I do not disagree. I find that when I game with the Steam Deck, I play different types of games than I do on the desktop. Pretty much like what I did with the 3DS. And the 3DS ran for hours and hours on a charge, would fit in your front pocket, and didn't even think about running warm or needing a cooling fan.
Give me my old Gameboy advance and that would keep me as entertained as these other handhelds.
Meh, I dunno. I play gameboy, nes, snes, etc... games on my Deck and enjoy not having to switch out game media when I want to play another one. Not sure on the battery life while doing this as I am usually in a car traveling somewhere with it plugged into a charger.