GPD WIN MAX 2 2023 Gaming Handheld PC

Fantastic little device. Droix shipping was super fast and it worked great right out of the box for me. I love how versatile this thing is. The keyboard is just at the small edge of what I'm comfortable typing with, but it works well and you get used to it quickly. The trackpad being at the top is kind of weird but you get used to it, or you use a mouse. I view it more as "it's there if you need it."

Some people have issue with the thumbsticks but I think they're perfect if what you want is a tiny gaming laptop that has a bonus gamepad built in. If you're looking for a gamepad-first gaming device that can also do some occasional laptop stuff you should probably look at one of the other GPD devices.

I really appreciate how easy it is to get inside the device and how it comes with a port for a 2230 m.2 drive - that makes it super easy to dual-boot for your different use cases. For me, I ended up installing Bazzite on the second drive and have been using that extensively for gaming and productivity.

I like the device so much I went and made a custom leather skin for it!
https://www.reddit.com/r/gpdwin/comments/1e5vpd7/my_a_leather_skin_for_my_max_2/
I really wish you could buy one pre-made, but the only place that sells them is on aliexpress and their "leather" is a lot more like felt.

Alles in einem der "Laptop/die Spiele Konsole" ist Super. Nutze es zum größten Teil mit Emulatoren oder mit der egpu G1 Version 2024 als mini PC zum Spielen. Das einzige Nachteil ist die Tastatur ist nur in US englisch verfügbar, habe zwar eine Deutsche Tastatur gefunden allerdings nur zum selbst einbau. Wenn ich das selbst versuche und was kaputt geht gibt es halt keine Garantie mehr.

I pre-ordered the 2024 iteration this spring, received my unit in June, and as of this writing have been using the device for a couple months now. My biggest complaint is damning on several levels—RAM speeds are advertised here and on GPD’s site as 7500 MT/s, but as anecdotally reported across several online forums and confirmed by DroiX support, some (perhaps many?) units can only achieve stability at 6400 MT/s speeds. I have been assured that a solution is in the works from the manufacturer, but given this issue reportedly exists across models (2023 models also seem to be limited as well, though those models were not advertised at the higher speed to my knowledge), I’m not confident that it will ever be resolved. There are no official reports that I can find to reflect the prevalence of this problem, so while your mileage may vary, it is important for all consumers to be informed of the potential lottery they play before they pay! Disappointed that both manufacturer and reseller alike do not amend advertising and spec sheets to reflect the discrepancy (in spite of DroiX support claiming changes would be made to the page). Though the device is impressive and performant as-is, greater care should be exercised on behalf of the consumer when advertising specs and setting performance expectations, especially when the issue is acknowledged by the seller and can be amended on-site accordingly to correct for the miscommunication, hence my 2-star review. Expectations set should never be left unmet, doesn’t exactly instill confidence in seller or manufacturer.

Interesting system but hangs sometimes.
Dont know if it is linked to GPU driver but sometimes it will reboot the pc while changing ingame resolution when in fullscreen. No probem in windowed fullscreen.

Also had green screen hard hangs After gaming for some time. Had to set ram frequency to 6400 MHz...

Sometimes the system will freeze for some seconds. Need to reboot ... Maybe bound to motion assistant... Will try without it.

Also had green flicker when watching Netflix in edge browser. Will try in the ms store app or in another browser.

Last when plugged to external monitor and the gpd is closed then the mouse will sometimes move alone... Had to disable the touch screen in device mgr.

Lots of problems for an expansive device that is in its 4th version...

I was searching for a portable solution for music production at home and live on stage as my intel I5 8gb was not powerfull enough to handle large libraries and many tracks. Also gaming was not really possible.

But now (as expected) with this machine everything is blazing fast!! I installed WIN 11 Pro and added a 1TB of extra storage (2230 M.2 NVMe Gen 4 1 TB, 4750 MB/s) for prodution files and backup and now have 3TB of storage. You need a really small **** driver for that by the way. The included 2TB is not really fast. Only 3500 during a read speed test. This was already confirmed in several articles online. but a copy of a 6GB file took only a few seconds.

Today I used the 'laptop' the whole day and its a real eye opener between all those MAC and boring Dell and HP laptops :) I used it on public transport too and its so small you have enough room for typing and handling.

Cons: the trackpad is far away and its great it has a touch screen as an extra option not navigate. Pro: a great machine, I hope for a long time as I do not need the latest AAA games. Delivery was really fast and instructions for installation and downloads were clear.

Again, my advise. Do a clean install and check for latest BIOS and drivers.