Amazing Mini Gaming Laptop | 10.1" Touchscreen Display | R7-6800U/i7-1260P Processor | GPD WIN 2 Max
7The GPD WIN 2 Max features a 10.1-inch display, a full keyboard, and built-in gamepad controls. Inside, it runs on either an Intel 12th Gen Core i7-1260P processor with optional Intel Iris Xe graphics or an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U APU with AMD Radeon 680M RDNA2 graphics. The Win Max 2 measures 227 x 160 x 23mm (8.9″ x 6.3″ x 0.9″), which makes it a bit larger than the previous-gen model (which had an 8-inch screen and measures 207 x 145 x 26mm (8.1″ x 5.7″ x 1″). But it’s not that much bigger, thanks to slimmer bezels surrounding the screen. The Win Max 2 has a 2560 x 1600 pixel display, although GPD configures the resolution to 1920 x 1200 pixels in Windows for better gaming performance. Users should be able to adjust this if desired. GPD had previously opted for lower-resolution displays like the 1280 x 800-pixel panel in the original GPD Win Max, as you generally get better performance from integrated graphics when you aren’t asking the GPU to push as many pixels. But the company says Intel and AMD’s latest chips both bring significant improvements to integrated graphics, allowing many recent games to run at 45 to 60 frames per second at resolutions.
The display also supports 10-point capacitive touch input and has an active digitizer with support for 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity when used with a Microsoft Surface Pen or another stylus that supports Microsoft’s Pen Protocol. Models with Intel chips use LPDDR5 5200 MHz memory, have a Thunderbolt port, and consume 20 to 64 watts of power, while AMD versions top out at 30 watts and have 40 Gbps USB4 ports that aren’t Thunderbolt-certified. But a GPD Win Max 2 with an AMD processor does have faster memory, with LPDDR5 6400 MHz RAM. Both versions will be available with 16GB or 32GB of RAM and 1TB or 2TB of PCIe NVMe solid-state storage. There’s also an M.2 2230 slot that can be used to add a second SSD without removing the back cover, as well as a second slot for an optional 4G LTE module. There’s also an SD card reader and a microSD card reader with support for cards up to 2TB and speeds up to 300MB/s, a built-in camera (below the screen, like the camera on the GPD P2 Max mini-laptop), quad speakers, a built-in fan, a backlit keyboard, and an aluminum-magnesium alloy chassis.
Ports include two Thunderbolt 4 or USB4 ports, three USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, a full-sized HDMI 2.1 port, and the laptop has a bigger battery than the original GPD Win Max, and support for 65W fast charging. The system is actively cooled, which means there’s a fan inside the case that will generate some noise. But it’d be strange to ship a handheld with this much horsepower, position it as a gaming machine, and not feature active cooling. GPD has updated the design of the Win Max a bit, with the power button moved to the side of the device (earlier models had it above the keyboard). There’s also a fingerprint reader built into the power button. There are still dual analog sticks, a D-Pad, X, Y, A, and B buttons, and other keys positioned above the keyboard that allows you to hold the Win Max 2 like an oversized Nintendo DS, but you can cover them up so that only the trackpad is visible. There are shoulder buttons with linear triggers, dual vibration motors, and 3-axis gravity and 3-axis gyroscopic sensors for motion controls. There are also two buttons on the bottom that can be mapped by users to perform a variety of actions.