Every hardware vendor seems to want a go at making a handheld, and now its ZOTAC jumping in with the Zone.
Teased during Computex it will come with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U (Zen 4) and AMD Radeon 870M graphics (RDNA 3). It will also come with 2-stage adjustable triggers, hall effect joysticks and triggers, a 1920x1080 7" AMOLED multi-touch 120Hz display, a front-facing camera and even dual trackpads.
Zotac shared some images on X (formerly Twitter):
It looks pretty big. And of course, it will come with Windows. So if you want to run it on Linux, you'll need to wait for drivers to be worked on and for the likes of ChimeraOS and Bazzite to get support ready for it.
“Ever since the establishment of the ZOTAC GAMING brand, we have strived to provide an unmatched gaming experience for enthusiasts worldwide,” Said Tony Wong, Chief Executive Officer of ZOTAC. “We have made considerable efforts to raise the bar with our debut handheld, tailor-made with competitive features for all gamers.”
Valve well and truly lit a fire under everyone didn't they with the Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED? Handheld PCs for gaming are now really becoming a bigger mainstream thing. We also had the silly-named MSI Claw 8 AI+ revealed recently too.
The ZOTAC Zone will launch in September priced reportedly around $800. So they're not even remotely trying to compete with the Steam Deck at that price. The price alone may be the biggest issue with it.
You can follow it on their store.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Mohandevir Jun 4
None of them come close to the unique and optimized experience that the Steam Deck offers. That's probably the main reason why these handhelds can't close the gap, in terms of sales. This and the price that doesn't make sense.
Valve really nailed it, this time.
Last edited by Mohandevir on 4 June 2024 at 9:51 pm UTC
preludelinux Jun 4
BlackBloodRum Jun 5
X (formerly Twitter)
I mean.. who doesn't know this at this point? Why not just write "on X"?
Quoting: BlackBloodRumWhy does everyone write this?Well, X could mean various other things, and the domain name is still twitter.com, and most people think calling it "X" was really stupid. So saying something like "X (formerly Twitter)" is kind of a way of saying "I don't care what that idiot changed the name to I'm going to use the name that's not ambiguous".
X (formerly Twitter)
I mean.. who doesn't know this at this point? Why not just write "on X"?
TheRiddick Jun 5
It amazes me that these big companies have NOBODY in their department who can rebuilt up a compatible version of SteamOS or modify one of the free-respin steamos versions for their handheld. They could even slap their logo and name all over it, throw it up on github as a fork. BUT NO, they only have people educated in winblows! sad
Mountain Man Jun 5
Quoting: BlackBloodRumWhy does everyone write this?
X (formerly Twitter)
I mean.. who doesn't know this at this point? Why not just write "on X"?
Or just continue calling it Twitter. I have no idea what Musk was thinking rebranding it as something that sounds vaguely like a porn site.
Quoting: Mountain ManI have no idea what Musk was thinking rebranding it as something that sounds vaguely like a porn site.
https://www.ign.com/articles/xtwitter-is-officially-allowing-porn-and-other-adult-content
Quoting: BlackBloodRumWhy does everyone write this?
X (formerly Twitter)
I mean.. who doesn't know this at this point? Why not just write "on X"?
When quickly skimming through text, I would need some help to decipher "X". Like "... on the social media platform X". But as others said: I also take the wording as sort of distancing.
Mountain Man Jun 5
Quoting: PhlebiacQuoting: Mountain ManI have no idea what Musk was thinking rebranding it as something that sounds vaguely like a porn site.
https://www.ign.com/articles/xtwitter-is-officially-allowing-porn-and-other-adult-content
Oh, well then...
Philadelphus Jun 5
Quoting: BlackBloodRumWhy does everyone write this?Why, anyone in today's 10,000, of course.
X (formerly Twitter)
I mean.. who doesn't know this at this point?
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