The MSI Claw EX is the most important PC handheld since Steam Deck — I still wouldn’t buy one
The MSI Claw EX is the most important PC handheld since Steam Deck — I still wouldn’t buy one
MSI Claw EX 是自 Steam Deck 以来最重要的 PC 掌机——但我依然不会购买
As The Verge’s resident handheld reviewer, I have nearly every portable gaming PC on a shelf in my house. The MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus is now the first one I reach for. Thanks to a next-gen Intel chip and improved MSI design, the Claw EX is the most powerful handheld that truly feels portable. It’s the handheld with the longest battery life, and the first Windows handheld I can trust to sleep and wake reliably.
作为 The Verge 的常驻掌机评测员，我家里的架子上几乎摆满了所有的便携式游戏 PC。现在，MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus 成为了我最先拿起的设备。得益于新一代 Intel 芯片和改进后的 MSI 设计，Claw EX 是目前最强大且真正具备便携感的掌机。它是续航时间最长的掌机，也是第一台让我能放心使用睡眠和唤醒功能的 Windows 掌机。
Like the Steam Deck, when I press the power button, my game is always right where I left off. Unlike the Steam Deck, it can hibernate for days without losing a significant amount of charge.
和 Steam Deck 一样，当我按下电源键时，游戏总能停留在上次中断的地方。与 Steam Deck 不同的是，它可以休眠数天而不会损失大量电量。
Performance and battery? Windows and sleep? I wish I could say “you can have your cake and eat it too.” But you can’t. You probably shouldn’t.
性能与续航？Windows 与睡眠？我真希望我能说“你可以鱼与熊掌兼得”。但你做不到，而且你可能也不应该这么做。
You can’t because this is a Ferris Bueller Product Review — this handheld costs a staggering $1,800, and you’ll be lucky to find it even at that price. (MSI’s Anne Lee tells me the US should have limited supply sometime this month.)
你做不到，因为这是一次“费里斯·布勒式”的产品评测——这台掌机的售价高达惊人的 1800 美元，而且即便在这个价格下，你还得运气好才能买到。（MSI 的 Anne Lee 告诉我，美国市场本月内应该会有少量供货。）
Even if you could, you probably shouldn’t because Intel and MSI and Microsoft didn’t fully stick the landing. This is indeed a milestone for the handheld gaming space. But like actual milestones on a highway, you should probably drive right past.
即便你能买到，你可能也不应该买，因为 Intel、MSI 和 Microsoft 并没有完全做到尽善尽美。这确实是掌机游戏领域的一个里程碑，但就像高速公路上的里程碑一样，你可能还是直接开过去比较好。
The Claw EX does have comfortable grips, I’ll give it that. Those manta-ray-wings wonderfully spread out its weight, to the point that the 1.73-pound (785g) portable feels far more comfortable than the 1.58-pound (715g) Xbox Ally X when I hold it above me in bed.
Claw EX 的握把确实很舒适，这一点我得承认。那些类似蝠鲼翅膀的设计极好地分散了重量，以至于当我躺在床上举着它玩时，这台 1.73 磅（785 克）的设备感觉比 1.58 磅（715 克）的 Xbox Ally X 舒适得多。
And while a $1,800 handheld should really have an amazing OLED screen, I definitely prefer the Claw EX’s 8-inch 1920 x 1200 48-120Hz VRR screen to the comparatively cramped 7-inch 1080p one in the Allys. The only real problem is glare — the ultra-glossy screen was not great on my road trip this summer.
虽然一台 1800 美元的掌机理应配备出色的 OLED 屏幕，但我确实更喜欢 Claw EX 的 8 英寸 1920 x 1200 48-120Hz VRR 屏幕，而不是 Ally 系列那块相对局促的 7 英寸 1080p 屏幕。唯一真正的问题是反光——这块超高亮面屏幕在今年夏天的公路旅行中表现并不理想。
But the controls are merely average, the fan is loud (though it’s whoosh not whine), and those manta-ray grips can buzz my hands when I turn up the speakers. Sound reverberates inside.
但它的操控手感平平，风扇噪音较大（虽然是呼呼声而不是尖啸声），而且当我调大音量时，那些蝠鲼状的握把会震动我的手。声音在机身内部产生了共振。
I love the grips. Buttons are fine. The joysticks are drift-resistant magnetic ones, but really need tuning. I undershoot and overshoot too much.
我喜欢这些握把。按键表现尚可。摇杆是防漂移的磁感应摇杆，但确实需要调校。我在操作时经常出现瞄准不足或过头的情况。
No, the Claw EX’s true strengths are performance and battery — but even there, the handheld sometimes let me down.
不，Claw EX 真正的优势在于性能和续航——但即便在这方面，这台掌机有时也会让我失望。
I’ve always loved the phrase “potato graphics.” It’s such a fun way to describe what games look like when your rig is too weak. They’re rough and pasty — like a potato! — even when running smoothly. Or if you turn up the graphics anyway, you get a “slideshow” because your hardware can’t deliver enough frames.
我一直很喜欢“土豆画质”（potato graphics）这个说法。这是一种非常有趣的描述方式，用来形容当你的设备性能太弱时游戏看起来的样子。它们粗糙且苍白——就像土豆一样！——即使运行流畅也是如此。或者，如果你强行调高画质，就会得到“幻灯片”般的体验，因为你的硬件无法提供足够的帧数。
The first reason I reach for the Claw EX, before any other handheld, is because I don’t automatically get potatoes or slideshow when I fire up demanding PC games.
我之所以在拿起其他掌机前先选择 Claw EX，首要原因就是当我启动高负载 PC 游戏时，不会自动获得“土豆画质”或“幻灯片”体验。
Like my colleague Jay Peters showed you on launch day, the Claw EX makes games look so much sharper than they do on a Steam Deck, and it’s not just the Deck that’s getting beat. The Xbox Ally X with its AMD Z2 Extreme chip, and the old MSI Claw 8 with Intel Lunar Lake, aren’t playing demanding games smoothly at the 1080p or 1200p resolution of their screens.
正如我的同事 Jay Peters 在发布当天向大家展示的那样，Claw EX 让游戏看起来比在 Steam Deck 上清晰得多，而且被超越的不仅仅是 Deck。搭载 AMD Z2 Extreme 芯片的 Xbox Ally X 以及搭载 Intel Lunar Lake 的旧款 MSI Claw 8，在各自屏幕的 1080p 或 1200p 分辨率下，都无法流畅运行高负载游戏。
The Claw EX often can, and I’m seeing around 40 percent more performance than the Xbox Ally X in my tests at 1080p. In many games, like Forza Horizon 6 and Cyberpunk 2077, that’s the difference between playing at native resolution or settling for less.
而 Claw EX 通常可以做到。在我的 1080p 测试中，它的性能比 Xbox Ally X 高出约 40%。在《极限竞速：地平线 6》和《赛博朋克 2077》等许多游戏中，这意味着你可以选择原生分辨率运行，还是不得不退而求其次。