GPD WIN Max 2 handheld game book has recently opened crowdfunding, equipped with Windows 11 home Chinese version of the system, according to official news, the handheld will be helped by V Society, can better run SteamOS.
GPD confirmed on their Win Max 2 Indiegogo page that they have been contacted by V Society to offer to optimize the SteamOS operating system for their handheld with the Ryzen 7 6800U version. This means that V will optimize SteamOS for the Zen3+ architecture and the more powerful RDNA2 graphics architecture.
V’s Steam Deck handheld is powered by AMD’s Van Gogh APU, which features a Zen2 architecture with a 4-core CPU, 2.4 GHz to 3.5 GHz, and a GPU with an 8 CU RDNA2 GPU. The 6800U in the GPD WIN Max 2 has higher specs, and if it does come with V’s official optimizations, it will be able to run SteamOS games better.
However, GPD has not announced whether it has already reached a cooperation agreement with V, which said that it will take about six months to adapt the new SteamOS 3.0 to other handhelds, and it is expected that AYANEO, AYN or AOKZOE will also benefit from it.
In addition, in the GPD WIN Max 2 handheld gaming performance test, the Ryzen 7 6800U version almost blew away the i7-1260P version, and with V’s separate optimization, there seems to be no reason to buy the i7-1260P version.
