What’s the difference between a gaming laptop and a handheld gaming PC? Aside from the keyboard on the former, the most immediately recognizable thing is probably the size, with screens typically seven to eight inches. One modder wasn’t satisfied with that, or with relatively low-power parts, and built a massive handheld powered by an RTX 4090.
According to a video posted on China’s BiliBili video site (spotted by VideoCardz), the project essentially ripped the guts out of a high-powered gaming laptop and reconfigured them into a massive 12.5-inch handheld chassis. Or possibly a tablet with controller handles — this sort of project really blurs the lines between form factors. The most obvious feature is that massive 4K screen, but hiding underneath it are some seriously beefy specs, including the aforementioned laptop 4090 graphics card, a Core i9-14900HX CPU, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB of SSD storage.
I don’t speak or read Chinese, so I can’t confirm any other details based on the video, but I have to say I’m impressed with the body of the handheld. I’m assuming the chunky chassis is 3D-printed (check out the fun Gundam graphics on the back), with controller buttons and probably PCBs borrowed from another device.
If you’re interested in this sort of thing, obviously you can’t buy a one-off creation from a modder. But there are some super-sized PC gaming handhelds out there, like this 11-inch offering from OneXPlayer. It’s nowhere near as powerful, but the newer Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or Core Ultra 7 255H are still mighty impressive for anything that’s (technically) portable.