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ZOTAC ZONE handheld revealed: Ryzen AI HX 370 APU, AMOLED and 32GB RAM - VideoCardz.com

New ZONE has AMD Strix Point APU, sticks to AMOLED display Maybe this time it won’t arrive too late. ZOTAC announced its partnership with AMD and launched the ZONE handheld in Q3 2024, significantly later than its competitors. The device featuring Ryzen 7 8840U (Hawk Point) was released after...

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ZOTAC announced its partnership with AMD and launched the ZONE handheld in Q3 2024, significantly later than its competitors. The device featuring Ryzen 7 8840U (Hawk Point) was released after the Ryzen AI 300 (Strix Point) series was announced, and even the AMOLED screen, its main feature, did not make a notable impact.

This time, ZOTAC is prepared to showcase its Ryzen AI HX 370 system alongside AMD’s announcement of Ryzen Z2-based handhelds. The arrival of Strix Point-based systems has only just begun, so perhaps ZOTAC won’t lag as far behind this time.

The company has confirmed that their new system is powered by the Ryzen AI HX 9 370 processor, the full Strix Point APU with 12 cores and Radeon 890M. Unlike the Ryzen Z2 Extreme announced for the Legion Go 2, this APU features the full core count and support for XDNA2 NPU acceleration.

For those seeking more memory, ZOTAC is upgrading to 32GB of LPDDR5X, though the exact speed has not yet been disclosed. This is double the capacity of the 2024 model. ZOTAC is also upgrading storage to 1TB SSD, both seem to be a new standard among premium gaming handhelds.

There’s no change to the screen—it remains a 7-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel with relatively large bezels. The battery capacity is also unchanged at 48.5 Wh.

The device currently has no release date or pricing information but is expected to launch “later this year.”

 

[OverHeat]

Day 0

 

[Imtjnotu]

$999......watch

 

[64bitmodels]

im assuming the AI acceleration means FSR4 and if FSR4 is good like HU says it is (which it should be because it's the first version to actually use AI) this will be a major benefit for IQ on handheld PCs.

I like seeing the evolution of this industry

 

[BennyBlanco]

Trackpads?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Wheres my ROG ALLY 2?

 

[RoboFu]

its cool that all the handhelds are coming out to push mobile tech. I will never buy one but i love it anyway.

 

[M1chl]

RDNA 3.5... Incredible stuff, reminds me beginning of 2020

 

[BacklashWave534]

These gaming handheld releases are getting to be tiring. Every single one has some ridiculous compromise so that they can get you to buy another one in 6 months.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Trackpads?

That battery is shit tho. With how much power this has you better be plugged in all the time.

 

[FalconPunch]

Looks fugly

 

[Radical_3d]

Windows 11

 

[Zathalus]

48.5Whr battery? With a HX 370? Pointless.

 

[LordCBH]

Looks awesome…except for that battery. Needs a bigger one.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Why does PC hardware almost always insist on being ugly as fuck?