- Rumor suggests we might be getting an MSI Claw Ryzen Z2 announcement
- MSI Claw 8 AI + ships to prospects this month
- It is unclear whether or not it might be with a Ryzen Z2 Excessive or Z2 processor
CES 2025 has seen loads of bulletins for desktop, laptop computer, and handheld PC {hardware}, and a brand new rumor suggests MSI might be becoming a member of the get together, doubtlessly asserting a brand new Claw handheld gaming PC, powered by AMD‘s Ryzen Z2 APU.
This comes from CodeCommando (a dependable supply for AMD and MSI leaks) on X, who claims that new MSI Claw fashions providing a selection between Intel‘s Lunar Lake and the brand new AMD Ryzen Z2 processor will probably be introduced. Nonetheless, there is no data on whether or not this reveal will probably be performed throughout CES 2025 (which is now drawing to an in depth) or later down the road.
The MSI Claw 8 AI+ was introduced final December and is predicted to be shipped to prospects this month. Based mostly on these new rumors, there is a small probability we may see an announcement or teaser for a Ryzen Z2 model later this 12 months.
How would a Ryzen Z2 model of the MSI Claw fare in opposition to rivals?
Whereas there haven’t been any ideas that MSI’s rival Asus may launch a ROG Ally X successor, Lenovo has already introduced the Legion Go S and Legion Go 2 (which continues to be a prototype) with the latter utilizing the Ryzen Z2 Excessive.
Once more, I need to stress that that is nonetheless a rumor, but when MSI is certainly planning to announce a brand new MSI Claw so shortly after the launch of the Claw 8 AI+, I’d think about that it might use the Z2 Excessive moderately than the Z2 chip, if solely to maintain up with the competitors.
In that case, it might be capable to go toe-to-toe performance-wise with the likes of the Legion Go 2, and different Z2 Excessive-based handhelds. That is to not say that the present Lunar Lake processors discovered within the MSI Claw 7 and eight aren’t highly effective sufficient, however AMD’s chip may run higher with the benefit of the FSR upscaling technique that has been developed longer than Intel’s newer XeSS, which does an identical job.
Regardless, we’re seemingly nonetheless a great distance away from seeing any new main entry to MSI’s handheld gaming PC lineup, at the least for now. However, as extra of MSI’s rivals convey out more and more highly effective handheld gaming PCs, it gained’t need to wait too lengthy earlier than it additionally releases a brand new, extra highly effective, model of the Claw.
