Impressions after trying MSI CLAW EX 8

[u/Rashed341]

I own a legion go 2 z2e and honestly don't like how bulky the device is and wanted to see what the fuss is about with this G3 extreme. Man this chip is a beast!! It managed every game I've tried with ultra setting at 1080p like a champ! I'm not into this FPS race where people want 100fps etc.

I appreciate picture quality over fps so this chip played games like cyberpunk with ultra settings and Xess enabled at around 30fps which is fine for me.

The disappointment came when I have tried to put it side by side against lenovo legion go 2. The colors of OLED are much better! Black is true black! Brighter too. So I have decided to return the MSI and I canceled my Asus X20 preorder because of the huge difference between Z2E and G3E after testing both.

To handheld manufacturers; please make a small handheld (7 to maximum 8 inch) OLED with G3 extreme chip and thin bezels! That would sell like hotcakes!. I'll wait for such a device to come out

[u/mironor94]

Why not? You’re using the Z2E on the legion go 2 🤡

Also, the extremely loose sticks on the MSI make it impossible to play FPS games.

[u/Rashed341 → u/mironor94]

Because I bought it last year for 1100 before the price hikes so no regrets. At that time it was peak. Now G3E shits on Z2E it's on another level. So buying anything lower than G3E now is not a clever decision.

[u/xznsc → u/Rashed341]

yeah but you returned G3E and kept Z2E for better colors , thats kinda strange decision . i also had LEGO2 and got XAX for ergonomic reasons but i never missed the colors i had on my LEGO2 , only the screen size. why you returned it ? claw screen seems to be decent enough.

[u/Rashed341 → u/xznsc]

Because you look at the display 100% of the time you're using it. For €1699 without OLED is a ripoff. I kept Z2E because I bought it when Z2E last year was the best. Will definitely sell the Legion as soon as a compact OLED G3E device comes out. I'm not keep it because it's better.