MSI Claw A8: An Impressive Handheld Gaming Console with a Price Drop
The MSI Claw A8 was the first handheld to run AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, and it’s now £150 cheaper too.
The MSI Claw A8 is currently listed at Currys for £749, down from £899, a saving of £150 that puts AMD’s most powerful laptop chip within reach of buyers who balked at its original price when it launched.
Save £150 on the MSI Claw A8 Portable Gaming Console of Your Dreams
Powered by AMD’s most powerful laptop chip, the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, with a 120Hz display, the MSI Claw A8 is down to £749, a saving of £150.
That chip is a 16-thread Ryzen Z2 Extreme paired with a 16-core RDNA 3.5 GPU, and in games like Forza Horizon 5, it managed a speed of 59fps at native resolution without needing upscaling to get there.
Display and Build Quality
The Claw A8 features an 8-inch, 1920×1200 IPS display running at 120Hz, reaching a true brightness of 514.9 nits in testing. This ensures that fast-paced titles look crisp and punchy rather than washed out on a smaller, darker panel. The Hall effect thumbsticks and triggers are a real improvement over cheaper mechanics, remaining precise and drift-free over time. The more massive grips make the 765g body comfortable to hold, even during long gaming sessions away from a desk.
Connectivity and Storage
Connectivity is also well supported, with a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports on top that let you connect the Claw A8 to an external monitor or fast SSD without needing additional adapters on your desk. There’s 24GB of fast LPDDR5X memory and a full 1TB SSD on board, which leaves enough room for a handful of modern AAA titles alongside the smaller indie games that most people actually play, although a few larger installs will eat up quickly as well.
Battery Life and Charging
MSI’s 80Wh battery is one of the largest in this category, lasting almost ten hours of general use and around two hours and forty-five minutes of sustained gaming, with the included 65W charger bringing it back to half power in just 31 minutes.
At £749 instead of £899, the Claw A8 becomes a much easier sell against its more expensive Windows rivals, and anyone looking for the most powerful chip currently available in a handheld gets it without paying full flagship money for the privilege.
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