ZOTAC ZONE Gaming Handheld Specs Leaked, AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Inside

[Nomad76]

ZOTAC, best known for its graphics cards and to some extent its Mini-PCs, is going to present a new handheld gaming device - ZOTAC ZONE. Videocardz somehow managed to get their hands on an almost complete spec sheet just to find out that it will be powered by an 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor. From this we can also get to know that it will use Radeon 780M integrated graphics with 12 RDNA3 Compute Units (15 W Default, 28 W Max). ZOTAC ZONE will feature a 7-inch 120 Hz AMOLED, 1080p, 120 Hz display with up to 800 nits maximum brightness.

The device specs include 16 GB of LPDDR5X memory, 512 GB dedicated storage and support for M2.2 2280 SSDs. The 48.5 Wh battery with an estimated 1.25 hours of runtime seems a bit weak, thus the lower 700 g weight, but that could change since the display/demo unit that will be available during Computex next week is a non-final prototype model. As confirmed by ZOTAC, ZONE is expected to be launched in the next quarter, with no details about the price.



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[Hyderz]

Another entry into pc gaming handheld…

 

[bonehead123]

"Meet the new boss..... same as the old boss" - The Who

major y/A/w/N.....

 

[FoulOnWhite]

Valve certainly started something of a copycat trend here.

 

[Totally]

Valve certainly started something of a copycat trend here.

Sadly, companies don't innovate anymore they just wait for someone else to make a splash and then try to ride the wave and make a quick buck. Which imo kills consumer enthusiasm.

 

[wolar]

I mean people have made these for years, certainly wasn't valve that started this, as all these use windows and the big thing valve did was to get more gaming support in linux.
It just got some more attention due to valve, then ROG and everything that followed to the point that everyone wants a piece of the pie now.
Also big factor was the actual hardware is powerful enough to make windows handheld actually possible not just for indie gaming.

 

[wolf]

Very ready for a new iGPU in this space, as good as the 780M is, it's still not tempting enough. 16GB RAM is also a let down, these handhelds should be offering 24/32GB given it's shared as VRAM. Hopefully AMD's latest and greatest they've teased (I forget the name) makes an appearance soon.

 

[Cheeseball]

What's important now is what kind of panel they're planning to use. If it's a HFR landscape OLED panel, it can compete hard with the Steam Deck OLED (with default SteamOS) and the ROG Ally since the other handhelds exhibit problems with Windows 10/11 and their portrait panels.

EDIT: It is possible they might just use the same panel from the Steam Deck OLED (7.4" OLED, 90Hz, portrait) since that's the only ~7" OLED panel I know that has a refresh rate higher than 60 Hz currently on the market.

 

[JWNoctis]

Sadly, companies don't innovate anymore they just wait for someone else to make a splash and then try to ride the wave and make a quick buck. Which imo kills consumer enthusiasm.

What might actually have happened is that handhelds with PC-grade hardware and sufficient - including battery - performance for gaming was not quite possible, until very recently. Valve is merely there first, and more or less enabled mainstream Linux gaming with software advances.

Arguably the first one (I know of) along this line was the Switch, with its PC-derivative graphics architecture, which was a big step up from the 3DS, and you do see plenty of games ported from PC there. Even though it is weak, compared to other consoles of the same era.

Good to see more options in this space.

 

[watzupken]

To be honest, it is good to see Zotac include an OLED display but it will negatively impact battery life. Furthermore,I feel there is no reason to stick with 16GB when modern game titles are quite VRAM hungry, and will soak up a significant portion of this 16GB. Not to mention Windows 11 already uses a lot of RAM itself.

 

[Totally]

What might actually have happened is that handhelds with PC-grade hardware and sufficient - including battery - performance for gaming was not quite possible, until very recently. Valve is merely there first, and more or less enabled mainstream Linux gaming with software advances.

Arguably the first one (I know of) along this line was the Switch, with its PC-derivative graphics architecture, which was a big step up from the 3DS, and you do see plenty of games ported from PC there. Even though it is weak, compared to other consoles of the same era.

Good to see more options in this space.

Yeah that might have actually have happen if the Zen 2 APU that powered the steam deck was such a leap compared to what came before it. Handheld PCs have always existed they were a niche product that no company took seriously until someone came along and made a compelling product e.g. smartphones until the first iphone.

 

[kapone32]

Yeah that might have actually have happen if the Zen 2 APU that powered the steam deck was such a leap compared to what came before it. Handheld PCs have always existed they were a niche product that no company took seriously until someone came along and made a compelling product e.g. smartphones until the first iphone.

I definitely wanted a Sega handheld when they were available for some sweet Tecmo football. I also wanted a PS Vita but the cost was too prohibitive. I intend on buying a Steam Deck at some point.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Another entry into pc gaming handheld…

Yeah, but look at the specs. IF they can get the formfactor and price right, they'll have a winner. Also remember, Zotac are experts in microPC systems.

Valve certainly started something of a copycat trend here.

Not really. Valve copied the handheld gaming tablet formfactor from makers who installed Android on them. One of the first was from Archos with the aptly named Archos Gamepad. I had this gaming tablet and many others like it. This was in 2012, so yeah WAY before the Steamdeck. The only thing Value did was put in an X86/X64 SOC and use a different variant of Linux with a customized kernel. They weren't the first to do THAT either.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

Yeah, but look at the specs. IF they can get the formfactor and price right, they'll have a winner. Also remember, Zotac are experts in microPC systems.


Not really. Valve copied the handheld gaming tablet formfactor from makers who installed Android on them. One of the first was from Archos with the aptly named Archos Gamepad. I had this gaming tablet and many others like it. This was in 2012, so yeah WAY before the Steamdeck. The only thing Value did was put in an X86/X64 SOC and use a different variant of Linux with a customized kernel. They weren't the first to do THAT either.

The difference is, the steam deck runs a proper os, which most of the old ones did not. None of them are really in any way related to the steam deck or asus, or msi etc apart from the fact they run games. How long is the gap from them turds, to the steam deck and the other related ones? 15 years, until the switch the handheld market was dead unless you want to count the 3DS. Steam revived it kind of witht the deck, and now others like Asus and MSI have suddenly made something similar, so my point stands imo.

And surprise surprise, Zotac is making one, you think they would be if it wasn't for the deck, i don't or the switch would have caused a similar flood of them, which it never.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The difference is, the steam deck runs a proper os, which most of the old ones did not.

Android & Windows are not a proper OSes? Is that what you're saying?

How long is the gap from them turds, to the steam deck and the other related ones? 15 years

Again, I had the Archos GamePad. It was a very cool tablet. Not a turd.

until the switch the handheld market was dead unless you want to count the 3DS. Steam revived it kind of witht the deck, and now others like Asus and MSI have suddenly made something similar, so my point stands imo.

And surprise surprise, Zotac is making one, you think they would be if it wasn't for the deck, i don't or the switch would have caused a similar flood of them, which it never.

Your opinion has no merit.