ha ha me too. not a gamer but IT enginer. thinking anout to buy it for productivities on the go outside home, just considering between this model and one mix 4
Its essentially a pocket computer, whether that means anything for you depends on your use case. For me, I want a terminal, and termux on my phone is just not cutting it. That aside, its insane performance for the form factor.
Well, SteamOS/HoloISO is based on Arch, so what's working (or not) now is likely the case with Valve's OS. Still worth testing though. Hopefully, some of the driver issues will be worked thru soon.
About to get one of these. Saw your videos and I was sold, man. Was really interested in running linux and since Ryzen 6000 is so new I was worried about drivers on linux
Could you try install HaloISO and/or WinesapOS? SteamOS will reportedly be officially supported on the Win Max 2 but meanwhile I'd be interested if anyone can get the hardware adjustments from the quick access menu working. Things like frame rate, refresh rate, TDP, GPU speed, half rate shading, etc. Also, quick suspend and resume while in-game is incredibly important, I'd like to see that tested.
I've been waiting for this video, thank you! What about the fan control hot key though? I suspect it does not work out of the box but I am certain that could be amended.
That's a good omen for running SteamOS on this. I'm going to save my pennies and get one once that's sorted out. Rumor is that Valve contacted them about getting SteamOS working well on this. Hope it's true.
Awesome. Getting the 2TB/32GB for my daily driver and was curious as to how Linux will run. Is it possible to get a run down of what distribution version and any other packages that you installed on yours for the hardware?
Phawx. Maybe you could reach out to your contact(s) at GPD to see if they can obtain & publish data on the Chipsailing fingerprint reader, so someone can code up a linux driver without having to struggle with reverse engineering. I didn't find anything in a google search.
Thank you for doing this!!! Can you PLEASE try Linux Mint 20.3 and 21 MATE as well as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS MATE editions..... Somehow I think the Webcams will work. If this works..... this will officially be my favorite Laptop ever created.
You know it would be really interesting to see how well steam so would run on this machine. So you’d still get Linux and all the added bonuses of having steam is on there.
Where is your final Review of the WINMAX 2? Please tell us your final opinion after using it. Screen quality vs Steam deck, is a game changer gaming in a 10 inch handheld? ergonomics feelings, sound, etc...
Definitely works! Check out ETA PRIME's video on his initial testing of the 6800U model. Guessing his engineering sample is closer to the retail release in features than the one phawx has.
Nice video - just discovered and subbed to your channel. -- I am a web-dev -- Macbook snob for over 10 years, but I want to start doing some game development and play some games. - I travel a lot & was seriously looking at the Asus Z13, but I guess the price has been a factor in not pulling the trigger. - The WinMax is very appealing, - Apple-ish keyboard, Linux support is nice. - Maybe its a mis-conception but the words "premium windows tablet" - just doesnt sound right to me. - and at double the price of a WinMax, I was worried about reliability and especially repairability of a tablet, - this looks like it might be repairable to some extent. - I just ordered an Asus portable monitor, the XG17AHP. - I think this could be an awesome pairing with the WinMax + small mechanical keyboard & mouse. - Do you think I should jump on this? I am always very nervous of brands I have never heard of - but this really seems like a quality product.
same question, i intend to buy it for travelling working too but worry about some keyboard stucking issues as someone told me. they said win max 2 keyboard is not really good, and in my country, no official selling store for this model. so if having issues, hard to find a place to fix it. could you give me some more sharing and advices? thanks!!!
I actually got a "[058e:3864] Tripath Technology, Inc. USB Camera" instead of the Microdia which does work on Linux (Mint) on Kernel 5.15 out of the box :) So newer devices might have that one installed.
CS9711 seems to be a fingerprint chip, connected through SPI. It can be found on it's vendor website. Though, there is no datasheet available, and I can't find any mention of that FP chip anywhere else. :( If you want, you can probably email chipsailing and ask them for datasheet but I highly doubt they will send you anything. The only choice is to maybe reverse engineer Windows driver? I dunno.
So, as for me, the two things I don't care about don't work. I'm thinking of taring down mine and ripping that camera out. The touch sensor would be nice but I can live without it. I was hoping the rumored SteamOS port to this Valve is helping them with would get in your hands. I just hope it's real, not that I need it, I can run Linux fine without it, but it would be cool to see Valve help companies like this get it working on their hardware as well as it does on the steam deck.
Why bust your ass tearing it down when you could just put nail polish or something over the lens? I too can't wait to see if the collaboration with Valve to get SteamOS onboard is real too, I am really hoping so. If not, I hope projects like HaloISO and/or WinesapOS can get all the tweaks from the quick access menu working. Also, quick suspend and resume while in-game is also incredibly important.
@@insperatus I'm opening it to swap out the SSD anyway and I'm sure removing the camera, or unplugging it, is pretty simple once you get the back off. In my other notebooks that is all I really do is unplug them and then plug them back in if I give it away or sell it. The problem with covering it is it still has a mic, I don't find it a huge security risk but in video chat programs or OBS it always wants to use that mic so unplugging it just gets it out of the options in programs. Yeah, I don't remember where I heard/read that Valve was working with them but it would be to Valve's benefit to get third parties using their OS. I'm surprised none of the youtubers that have the Winmax 2 right now have tried it with HaloISO. ETA Prime installs HaloISO on everything else and if it is an AMD APU it seems to work really well, it just has problems with Nvidia and Intel so I hope it just works if Valve isn't going to help GPD officially.
@@buckettraveler8398 I was thinking about the mic too, assuming you were killing the camera for privacy. I expected it to be a separate device altogether. I would think you could take care of it via software if you're just annoyed about it taking priority, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. I am actually shocked we haven't seen HoloISO on the Win Max 2 yet, though I suppose Phawx's main focus isn't linux, but is handheld gaming hardware in general. I believe I saw a comment from him stating he's working on a HoloISO video. Apparently there's another distro working on bringing SteamOS to other hardware, WinesapOS. What I want to know is, are we gonna see everything from the quick access menu working in these OSes? Most importantly, is quick suspend and resume going to work? I asked GDP if they were planning on SteamOS integration and it made the news lol. *Apparently* they will work with Valve to make this happen. With Valve's goals, this makes perfect sense, I hope it happens sooner than later.
Thanks for the awesome videos. I’m trying to decide between 16/32gb ram mainly for gaming but also potential as a secondary working computer. Do you think 32 is overkill or makes sense for future proof?
Overkill. The added performance in games and productivity wont be noticeable. Youre better off putting that money towards the inevitable win max 3 which will be an actual 1080p gaming handhelp beast.
I bought a thinkpad t14 G3 with the ryzen 6600u, and sadly GPU performance is 2 times worse and extremely stuttery on linux. Obviously something is wrong but after trying EndeavorOS, Fedora and even Ubuntu, with different drivers the issue persist.
I'm thinking of pledging for one. I've seen enough gameplay to know its more powerful than the Steam Deck which I have. What I want to know the most is the battery life as most steam deck owners know, the battery life is not great when playing popular steam games. What is the play time for games like the Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Borderlands 3. How long does it last just web browsing and playing UA-cam videos. How long for office applications etc. A comprehensive battery life test would be much appreciated. Thanks.
you also forget how much unconfortable it will be to play handheld compared to steam deck...i have steam deck and gpd win max btw so i know....and win max 2 will be even heavier....btw i ordered also a winmax2..
Mr Phawx, my ideal scenario would be to pick up the 2TB version and partition 1TB each to Windows and to HoloIS/Linux. Would that work with the Max 2? Is there a better way to have both systems? Thanks again! Love your channel!
Please test The Last Of Us on the RPCS3 emulator and he will realize how powerful this processor is. Only one game is The Last Of Us. Please, please.😩😩
Having a really weird issue running Cyberpunk on my new Win Max 2 6800U on Linux (Manjaro Gnome Wayland session). On battery power the game runs at around 40fps, but on AC it drops to around 7fps! Any advice gratefully received!
I installed holoiso on my win max 3 but the first time I did it the gamepad wasn't working. Second time the touch screen wasn't working. Do you have any instruction videos to help me getting it running. Not sure if I should install steam os 3 or holoiso3. I'm a bit lost.
Hi, could you look into that stuttering problem of the Steam Deck. They released yesterday a patch, which only fixed it for linear scaling. When enabling FSR its still Stuttering like before
I for the life of me will never understand why people use fingerprint it's like Facebook when it came out everybody just willingly gave all the information to that company
No OS I know of stores fingerprints outside the device itself. I don't have a fingerprint module on my laptop, so I use a very short user password so I can easily use sudo for administration tasks. The downside is that someone could easily guess it if they steal my laptop when it is powered on. (If it's powered off, I'm fine; I have FDE with a much longer password.) However, if I had a fingerprint module, I could register my fingerprint in PAM, and then I could easily use a longer password as a backup. It's all local to my machine, only my machine has the print.
32gB is absolutely insane and completely unnecessary. Unless you want to edit videos and huge photos on this thing, there's 0 reason to have the 32gB version
32 gb is more than enough enough for gaming. However if u want future proof. Just buy the 32 gb model so it will last a bit longer without being extremely outdated
Thanks for the great info, I do have a question that I hope you will have the time to answer. Could you check if the "exposed" pcie 4.0 m.2 slot on the back is connected to the cpu or the chipset, and if it is in its own iommu group? I would love to get this and be able to connect a pcie 4.0 gpu via that slot and the adt r43sg 4.0, and even possibly pass it to a vm if needed. Could also be cool if you could do a comparison of usb4 egpu vs pcie 4.0, especially frame times that would feel like micro stutters.
Not sure about jury-rigging an eGPU thru the M.2 slot, but an eGPU thru the USB4 definitely works - ETA PRIME demonstrated that in his latest video with a new Win Max 2 6800. Awesome little machine.
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Thank you so much for testing the pen pressure! been curious about it glad to see it works just fine
Amazing and detailed video like always!
that is womderful, hope my win max 2 with linux system too!
Thanks for doing your Linux tests!
Not a gamer, but genuinely looking at this as my carry on laptop. Linux support just made it better. Thank you.
Genuinely curious, if you don't play games, then why even consider this machine?
Size/power
@@Robercomplex fair enough
ha ha me too.
not a gamer but IT enginer. thinking anout to buy it for productivities on the go outside home, just considering between this model and one mix 4
Its essentially a pocket computer, whether that means anything for you depends on your use case. For me, I want a terminal, and termux on my phone is just not cutting it.
That aside, its insane performance for the form factor.
This is going to be such a nice little netbook !
Can't wait to receive mine.
Great, can you also try HoloISO. As would like to replace my Steam Deck for the GPD Win Max 2 6800U.
SteamOS is coming directly from valve
@@jawrose2674 god knows when' holoiso is now
@@jawrose2674 The entire point is to check if it works *right now*
Can't wait for this baby to arrive in September.
October
More Linux videos on this hardware. I need to see HoloISO on this device.
I agree.
Well, SteamOS/HoloISO is based on Arch, so what's working (or not) now is likely the case with Valve's OS. Still worth testing though. Hopefully, some of the driver issues will be worked thru soon.
Great video as always phawx ! Really hoping to see a holoiso review on this device.
About to get one of these. Saw your videos and I was sold, man. Was really interested in running linux and since Ryzen 6000 is so new I was worried about drivers on linux
Could you try install HaloISO and/or WinesapOS? SteamOS will reportedly be officially supported on the Win Max 2 but meanwhile I'd be interested if anyone can get the hardware adjustments from the quick access menu working. Things like frame rate, refresh rate, TDP, GPU speed, half rate shading, etc. Also, quick suspend and resume while in-game is incredibly important, I'd like to see that tested.
You should try Nobara Project(based on Ferdora 36) is a focus on gaming the distro.
Also the distro is made by Glorious Egg Roll who is the developer of GE-Proton.
I've been waiting for this video, thank you!
What about the fan control hot key though? I suspect it does not work out of the box but I am certain that could be amended.
The fan control is hardware based control. So it works *everywhere* even in BIOS. Same as the keyboard backlight. It just works anywhere.
Great to see Linux works on WIN MAX 2
Garuda, hell yeah
i really love this little thing
Nice video! I would love to see someone do a video using this machine as a developer laptop.
Amazing video, the only problem was choosing Garuda as distro for the test...
XD lol
What BIOS change did you make? Please explain
That's a good omen for running SteamOS on this. I'm going to save my pennies and get one once that's sorted out. Rumor is that Valve contacted them about getting SteamOS working well on this. Hope it's true.
Awesome. Getting the 2TB/32GB for my daily driver and was curious as to how Linux will run.
Is it possible to get a run down of what distribution version and any other packages that you installed on yours for the hardware?
This is Garuda KDE Linux. For the most part I was using standard Proton on gaming side.
have you faced any issue with the keyboard or joysticks got stucks?
@@minhngoc7480 no I have not. Solid so far.
Phawx. Maybe you could reach out to your contact(s) at GPD to see if they can obtain & publish data on the Chipsailing fingerprint reader, so someone can code up a linux driver without having to struggle with reverse engineering. I didn't find anything in a google search.
Thank you for doing this!!! Can you PLEASE try Linux Mint 20.3 and 21 MATE as well as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS MATE editions..... Somehow I think the Webcams will work. If this works..... this will officially be my favorite Laptop ever created.
You know it would be really interesting to see how well steam so would run on this machine. So you’d still get Linux and all the added bonuses of having steam is on there.
Isn't that what he just did in the Video??? He is running Garuda Linux and Steam.
@@eijentwun5509 SteamOS is a different distro my guy. They will have different configs and packages because! They're. Different. Distros.
@@umamifan Why are you bringing that up? I know full well SteamOS is a different OS.
X11 session? The pen should be working under wayland too but may require a bit of tinkering
Where is your final Review of the WINMAX 2? Please tell us your final opinion after using it. Screen quality vs Steam deck, is a game changer gaming in a 10 inch handheld? ergonomics feelings, sound, etc...
Understood. I'll be making a complete (but hopefully only 10 minute review) soon
@@ThePhawxhey you are the best!
Slap HoloISO and review
I second this.
Hell yeah glad i can just slap linux on day one and get to work!
Linux on this would be great
Thanks for this!
Hey would you be willing to try Nobara Linux on this device?
Yes please do separate Linux videos. At least the distros that matter. Nobara and HoloISO deserve separate videos.
ANY UPDATE ON THE CAMERA AND FINGERPRINT SENSOR?
will probably try fedora on this when It arrives
thanks phawx for your 6800u videos. can you tell us how to change the p state to 2 instead of zero in the BIOS?
+1 - there’s no obvious way of doing it
In case anyone is interested, the webcam now works out of the box (NixOS).
Awesome! Can you do a test with 6800U with an EGPU vs the intel model?
Would appreciate this as well. Basically a comparison of the two models when used with an eGPU.
My AMD unit is a very early prototype that doesn't have eGPU just yet. So I'll have to wait for that.
@@ThePhawx on Chinese sites, GPD has already claimed and showed a clip of AMD version on eGPU
@@xidameng Yes, but maybe phawx received this early prototype before they added the egpu support
Definitely works! Check out ETA PRIME's video on his initial testing of the 6800U model. Guessing his engineering sample is closer to the retail release in features than the one phawx has.
Nice video - just discovered and subbed to your channel. -- I am a web-dev -- Macbook snob for over 10 years, but I want to start doing some game development and play some games. - I travel a lot & was seriously looking at the Asus Z13, but I guess the price has been a factor in not pulling the trigger. - The WinMax is very appealing, - Apple-ish keyboard, Linux support is nice. - Maybe its a mis-conception but the words "premium windows tablet" - just doesnt sound right to me. - and at double the price of a WinMax, I was worried about reliability and especially repairability of a tablet, - this looks like it might be repairable to some extent. - I just ordered an Asus portable monitor, the XG17AHP. - I think this could be an awesome pairing with the WinMax + small mechanical keyboard & mouse. - Do you think I should jump on this? I am always very nervous of brands I have never heard of - but this really seems like a quality product.
same question, i intend to buy it for travelling working too
but worry about some keyboard stucking issues as someone told me. they said win max 2 keyboard is not really good, and in my country, no official selling store for this model. so if having issues, hard to find a place to fix it.
could you give me some more sharing and advices?
thanks!!!
I actually got a "[058e:3864] Tripath Technology, Inc. USB Camera" instead of the Microdia which does work on Linux (Mint) on Kernel 5.15 out of the box :)
So newer devices might have that one installed.
nice, thanks
Incredible.
Why do I see the graphics quality of games with GPD Win Max 2 on Linux is better than on Windows Do you guys notice this thing😍
Nice video. Would be nice if you could compare the performance of holoiso installed in gpd win max 2 and steam deck
Does anyone have an idea of battery life on this thing when pulling 15-20 watts?
Lock it at 30fps and you are good to for hours of play in some really heavy games. Nice
Good stuff!
Hi! Thank you for the video. I was wondering if thunderbolt works on linux? Thanks!
CS9711 seems to be a fingerprint chip, connected through SPI. It can be found on it's vendor website.
Though, there is no datasheet available, and I can't find any mention of that FP chip anywhere else. :(
If you want, you can probably email chipsailing and ask them for datasheet but I highly doubt they will send you anything. The only choice is to maybe reverse engineer Windows driver? I dunno.
It's interesting that it mentions SPI but you clearly see it connected on PCI. Some converter maybe?
Oops, USB, not PCI. xD
So, as for me, the two things I don't care about don't work. I'm thinking of taring down mine and ripping that camera out. The touch sensor would be nice but I can live without it. I was hoping the rumored SteamOS port to this Valve is helping them with would get in your hands. I just hope it's real, not that I need it, I can run Linux fine without it, but it would be cool to see Valve help companies like this get it working on their hardware as well as it does on the steam deck.
Why bust your ass tearing it down when you could just put nail polish or something over the lens?
I too can't wait to see if the collaboration with Valve to get SteamOS onboard is real too, I am really hoping so. If not, I hope projects like HaloISO and/or WinesapOS can get all the tweaks from the quick access menu working. Also, quick suspend and resume while in-game is also incredibly important.
@@insperatus I'm opening it to swap out the SSD anyway and I'm sure removing the camera, or unplugging it, is pretty simple once you get the back off. In my other notebooks that is all I really do is unplug them and then plug them back in if I give it away or sell it. The problem with covering it is it still has a mic, I don't find it a huge security risk but in video chat programs or OBS it always wants to use that mic so unplugging it just gets it out of the options in programs.
Yeah, I don't remember where I heard/read that Valve was working with them but it would be to Valve's benefit to get third parties using their OS. I'm surprised none of the youtubers that have the Winmax 2 right now have tried it with HaloISO. ETA Prime installs HaloISO on everything else and if it is an AMD APU it seems to work really well, it just has problems with Nvidia and Intel so I hope it just works if Valve isn't going to help GPD officially.
@@buckettraveler8398 I was thinking about the mic too, assuming you were killing the camera for privacy. I expected it to be a separate device altogether. I would think you could take care of it via software if you're just annoyed about it taking priority, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
I am actually shocked we haven't seen HoloISO on the Win Max 2 yet, though I suppose Phawx's main focus isn't linux, but is handheld gaming hardware in general. I believe I saw a comment from him stating he's working on a HoloISO video.
Apparently there's another distro working on bringing SteamOS to other hardware, WinesapOS. What I want to know is, are we gonna see everything from the quick access menu working in these OSes? Most importantly, is quick suspend and resume going to work?
I asked GDP if they were planning on SteamOS integration and it made the news lol. *Apparently* they will work with Valve to make this happen. With Valve's goals, this makes perfect sense, I hope it happens sooner than later.
Thanks for the awesome videos. I’m trying to decide between 16/32gb ram mainly for gaming but also potential as a secondary working computer. Do you think 32 is overkill or makes sense for future proof?
Overkill. The added performance in games and productivity wont be noticeable.
Youre better off putting that money towards the inevitable win max 3 which will be an actual 1080p gaming handhelp beast.
I bought a thinkpad t14 G3 with the ryzen 6600u, and sadly GPU performance is 2 times worse and extremely stuttery on linux. Obviously something is wrong but after trying EndeavorOS, Fedora and even Ubuntu, with different drivers the issue persist.
I'm thinking of pledging for one. I've seen enough gameplay to know its more powerful than the Steam Deck which I have. What I want to know the most is the battery life as most steam deck owners know, the battery life is not great when playing popular steam games.
What is the play time for games like the Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Borderlands 3. How long does it last just web browsing and playing UA-cam videos. How long for office applications etc. A comprehensive battery life test would be much appreciated. Thanks.
you also forget how much unconfortable it will be to play handheld compared to steam deck...i have steam deck and gpd win max btw so i know....and win max 2 will be even heavier....btw i ordered also a winmax2..
@@overoula win max 2 will be heavier sure and not as comfortable but way better performance and better battery life
@@ghostlegit But Steam Deck runs linux out of the box so it has a huge advantage. Luckily it is easy to delete windows from the LIN MAX 2.
@@insperatus windows is better than linux
I'll be covering these in the full review.
Have you an update about the finger print not working , how it is 3 month later ?
which version of linux was used? Just got my GPD Win Max 2 and Manjaro was not running so great on it lol
did you need to add any special drivers or anything or does this work out of the box with the generic linux kernel?
Is kali linux some special distro that works only or can it run others like Manjaro / Arch /Ubuntu?
Mr Phawx, my ideal scenario would be to pick up the 2TB version and partition 1TB each to Windows and to HoloIS/Linux. Would that work with the Max 2? Is there a better way to have both systems? Thanks again! Love your channel!
For what reason? Why are u putting Linux on a windows device. I don't understand
I'm getting the 2TB 😁
But my plan is to 86 windows entirely hahaha
@@ghostlegit I think probably because windows is garbage. Spysoft, you know?
@@insperatus I’d have to sell the steam deck to finance this purchase and I really love the deck OS, but of course I also want windows.
@@insperatus lol Linux is also Spyware. It's not secure
did you try using gamepad as a mouse? there is button to switch near the gamepad for that
Please test The Last Of Us on the RPCS3 emulator and he will realize how powerful this processor is. Only one game is The Last Of Us. Please, please.😩😩
can you share the guide on how to dualboot install windows/linux on this win max 2?
What pen are you using?
Having a really weird issue running Cyberpunk on my new Win Max 2 6800U on Linux (Manjaro Gnome Wayland session). On battery power the game runs at around 40fps, but on AC it drops to around 7fps! Any advice gratefully received!
how do you think it's for code, seems like is pretty good for terminal
Can you install for GPD WIN MAX 2 UBUNTU ?
What is the battery life like running Linux and SteamOS?
Hi Phawx i am trying to get ryzenadj under garuda linux to work.. i am new to linux and I was hoping you could explain how to install it ?
Im having issues with arch using the mobile modem card any tips?
I installed holoiso on my win max 3 but the first time I did it the gamepad wasn't working. Second time the touch screen wasn't working. Do you have any instruction videos to help me getting it running. Not sure if I should install steam os 3 or holoiso3. I'm a bit lost.
I’m thinking of replacing my surface pro six to this device is it worth it?
Will pop os works as well on this device?
what about steam os on some of these 6800u machines? does it work?
Hi, could you look into that stuttering problem of the Steam Deck. They released yesterday a patch, which only fixed it for linear scaling. When enabling FSR its still Stuttering like before
Is fsr the route of them problem? If so I’ll have to turn that off for the time being until they patch it.
@@Terreos yea in many games turning on the build in FSR of Steam os will cause random frametime spikes.
Hey, could you share your bash (?) prompt code?
Does the card reader work?
Anyone try thunderbolt 3 Ethernet module in max2 Ubuntu?
I for the life of me will never understand why people use fingerprint it's like Facebook when it came out everybody just willingly gave all the information to that company
No OS I know of stores fingerprints outside the device itself.
I don't have a fingerprint module on my laptop, so I use a very short user password so I can easily use sudo for administration tasks. The downside is that someone could easily guess it if they steal my laptop when it is powered on. (If it's powered off, I'm fine; I have FDE with a much longer password.)
However, if I had a fingerprint module, I could register my fingerprint in PAM, and then I could easily use a longer password as a backup. It's all local to my machine, only my machine has the print.
does the wm2 support dual boot?
Yes
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Is 32gb RAM too much for gaming?
I did get the 16gb but I'm getting some silly thoughts.
32gB is absolutely insane and completely unnecessary. Unless you want to edit videos and huge photos on this thing, there's 0 reason to have the 32gB version
@@g0t3nks Even if you planned to edit videos a used m1 Mac would be better lol. 32GB is stupid for gaming right now, I agree.
True to what some people say. 32 gig might be too much. but I like to have more than one chrome tab open. so 32 it is lol
@@AtenedoroGonzalez Stop using chrome. Just saved you money.
32 gb is more than enough
enough for gaming. However if u want future proof. Just buy the 32 gb model so it will last a bit longer without being extremely outdated
Which distro was this?
The video literally opens on a neofetch.
Garuda Linux
Do you know if any what the performance difference is Linux vs windows for gaming
Windows is better with the 6800u. But performance can vary depending on the game.
I don't think installing Linux on a device like this is worth it. Just go buy a steam deck
Thanks for the great info, I do have a question that I hope you will have the time to answer.
Could you check if the "exposed" pcie 4.0 m.2 slot on the back is connected to the cpu or the chipset, and if it is in its own iommu group?
I would love to get this and be able to connect a pcie 4.0 gpu via that slot and the adt r43sg 4.0, and even possibly pass it to a vm if needed.
Could also be cool if you could do a comparison of usb4 egpu vs pcie 4.0, especially frame times that would feel like micro stutters.
Not sure about jury-rigging an eGPU thru the M.2 slot, but an eGPU thru the USB4 definitely works - ETA PRIME demonstrated that in his latest video with a new Win Max 2 6800. Awesome little machine.
@@dktol56 usb4 will perform a fair bit worse than pcie4.0 if it is connected to the cpu, it is possible that it would be a deciding factor for me.
1300 usd. No thank you. I can get a gaming laptop, or I could get a steam deck and a thin and light laptop.