GPD has introduced its new GPD G1 external GPU with an AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT and Oculink connector

With the release of Valve’s Steam Deck, the appearance of other models based on the same conceptalthough some are even older than Valve’s console. It is the case of GPDwhich has been launching this type of PC console for some time, and whose latest model availablethe GPD Win Max 2 2023, has a hardware similar to the rest. This includes a processor Low power AMD Ryzen with Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3 graphicsbut the most interesting thing is its oculin connector that allows you to add the latest release of the company.

Along with the prices of this new GPD Win Max 2, the company has announced its GPD G1 external GPUbased on a AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT. This new external GPU features the Oculink connector, which is also included in other models, excluding the ASUS ROG Ally which has its own connector for external graphics. Spec-wise, the GPD G1 features an AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU using the Full Navi 33 GPU, that’s 32 CUs, and 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM with a 128-bit bus. The GPG G1 has an active heatsink that will expel the heat from inside.

This external GPU has a consumption between 75 and 120Wand is powered by a 240W GaN power adapter to offer, in addition to graphics, some additional ports. These ports are 3 USB 3.2 type A, one USB 4 type C, two DisplayPort 1.4 outputs and one HDMI 2.1, it also includes an SD 4.0 card reader. All this connected to the GPD Win Max 2 (or any other with the oculin connector) with a bus similar to PCI Express 4.0 x4, which supposes a sufficient bandwidth to not have performance losses. This will allow the GPD Win Max 2 or any device that this external GPU is connected to, to reach performance similar to that of an NVIDIA RTX 3070.

However, configuration with one of these GPD external GPUs will be goes up to €1,558, a discounted price during the financing period up to €1,320. Even so, it is a price that moves away from a viable solution when it comes to choosing a portable gaming deviceand more if we opt for a more complete configuration where we get to exceed €1,987. On the other hand, the prices of the GPD Win Max 2 2023 they start from €816which can be €731 in the financing period, and which includes an AMD Ryzen 5 7640U CPU with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage. The console will be available approximately for August of this year.

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