GPD Win 2 [128GB M.2 SSD Storage] 6" Mini Handheld Video Game Console Portable Win 10 Gameplayer Laptop Notebook Tablet PC CPU M3-8100y HD Graphics 615 8GB/128GB

I had been looking at this thing for quite a while but was put off by the price, doing a lot of research to make sure it would be worth it. So when I finally had the money for it, I took the chance.The 720p display on it is very crisp, making some of these games look better than they do on my desktop's 1080p monitor. Keyboard took a little adjusting to get used to but it's comfortable and more in line with pre-smartphone phone keyboards. Both thumb sticks feel great, as do the face buttons and d-pad. The triggers and bumpers on the other hand have more of a click to them and feel similar to mouse buttons, which is understandable given that's what they're for in mouse mode, but it still feels a bit weird to play games with.The face buttons unfortunately cannot be remapped in mouse mode but I did learn that that mode is specifically meant for games with no gamepad support, as the left stick is mapped to WASD.In terms of performance, this thing is amazing for its small form. I was able to run Fallout New Vegas at 60fps on medium settings, so far the only game I have had troubles with has been Sonic Generations but that's mostly a config and gamepad issue rather than a performance one. The downside to this is the battery will last you about as long as a Switch's battery, as it only lasts roughly two hours from a full charge when playing more demanding games like New Vegas. The only other downside to this system I can think of (aside from hard drive space) isn't even with the system itself, but rather how some games need to be launched with the system in gamepad mode in order to register gamepad input.Overall, it's a very solid system and I would highly recommend it if you have the money and the price doesn't put you off.

The GPD Win 2 is definitely a niche device, but very fun to play around with. I bought one because I have always had a fascination with miniature technology and Windows gaming. Right off the bat, I will say that the device right out of the box gets very warm, between the CPU and SSD.You will definitely want to research undervolting/overclocking to get the best performance and temps out of your device. I also recommend the "Third Party Cooling Mod" to make the device waayyyyy cooler and much more comfortable to play.Also don't expect to get fantastic performance from every game that the manufacturers advertise- you can play last-gen or older games at 60fps with resolution tweaks, but anything modern-gen that's graphically intensive is going to choke.Overall, I definitely enjoy this device and recommend to anyone who wants an ultra-portable, comfortable Windows gaming experience. Battery life is great, 4-5 hours depending on the intesity of the game, and you can disable the bloatier parts of Windows using ShutUp10 for even snappier performance.

There are enough reviews about the gaming capabilities of the GPD win 2 and I agree with most of them. I don't have anything to add. My biggest issue is the heat it produces when at full load. But the performance is good enough for my game emulators, current 2d games and older 3d games. Future x86 CPUs might reduce the heat output, so maybe someday there will be a fanless version of the GPD win series.What I love about this device is that is a full featured Windows 10 device. First I increased the Windows scaling to 125% which is my personal sweet spot: it is not too small for touch but not too big so that the applications do not fit in size anymore (cut off controls, windows and so on).I can browse the web with touch or the emulated mouse, I can listen to my local music files which I stream via bluetooth to my car (the device can be used by the passenger to control the playlist), I can watch videos while on long tours with the overland bus. It's a full PC shrinked to a handheld device which allows it to be more than just a gaming console. And I love it for that.Important note: the GPD win 2 requires a charger with 12 V output. So do not expect that your phone charger will work (most often just 5 V output). I tried charging it this way but it did not work. Even Windows 10 recognized it is pluged in but wrote that the "device is NOT charging". My GPD win 2 package contained a type A power plug (used in the USA, Japan and else where). Since I didn't want to buy a new charger without certainty it would work, I bought a travel adapter to type F for europe, which works fine.

The media could not be loaded. I was finally able to set it up how I wanted it. It was running perfectly fine besides all the heat this thing produces. The battery life is meh but around the original switch life. It didn't last a week until the screen went out during gameplay. It keeps going white or black sometimes flashing. I'm not gonna open this thing up and fix it myself. It should come in working order. I didn't even move the screen that much, when I did I was careful. They won't even replace it so I gotta get a refund after all that. That's my only option.

The misleading thing in all GPD products' descriptions is that they are presented as small form laptops. This is not true, because so far none of their products can function without a battery, just by supplying power like all laptops can. So if their battery fails (which is a certainty after a few years but may happen even earlier if you let it completely discharge) you have a nice and expensive paperweight. Not only this, but if you search around the net you will find that GPD don't sell replacement batteries and these are very hard to find, so people have been employing all kinds of hacks to revive their dead GPD, without ever being able to restore it to its original state.