Heading into Computex 2025, the biggest overseas tech event, I fully expected Asus to finally show off the new handheld they’ve been teasing. Especially after those leaked images and specs popped up a few months back. But so far? Nothing. No news, no reveal. What did catch my attention, though, was MSI, with yet another handheld gaming device, the Claw A8.
This comes after the original MSI Claw, followed by the Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+. I heard some positive things about those, but I’ve never seen them show up in stores. Meanwhile, YouTubers and other influencers already had them in hand.
Now comes the MSI Claw A8, and I have to admit, this one surprised me. MSI has dropped Intel entirely and gone with AMD’s latest SoC, the Ryzen Z2 Extreme. It’s supposed to be powerful and efficient, built on Zen 5 architecture with RDNA 3.5 graphics. Looking at the shell, it has also gone through a few changes, as the once rounded bottom edges are now sharp lines.
The Claw A8, at least on paper, looks promising. It features an eight-inch 1200p display with VRR support, twenty-four gigabytes of DDR5 RAM, an 80Wh...
