ONEXPLAYER 1S Windows 10 Gaming Handheld PC - with Core i7 11th Gen, Xe Graphics, Thunderbolt, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD [OXP-1S]

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Welcome to our FAQ for the ONEXPLAYER – where we’ll go over all you need to know about this up-and-coming handheld gaming console! What is the ONEXPLAYER? One thing you might expect from a laptop in 2021 is missing though – the ONEXPLAYER does not have a webcam. So if you plan to use this little computer for video calls, web conferencing, or live streaming, you’re going to need to connect a USB camera. The ONEXPLAYER also punches a little above its weight class in gaming and other tasks that put stress on a system’s resources. While most laptops with Intel Tiger Lake chips are configured to run at 15 watts, the ONEXPLAYER is set to a 20 watt TDP by default, and there’s a Turbo button that lets you increase that value to 28 watts for an extra power boost at any time.

Here is my review of the Onexplayer 1S, from someone who thought about getting this system for months and finally biting the bullet. Measuring about 11″ x 5″ x 1″ and weighing about 1.8 pounds, this device is a bit heavy and a bit chunky for something that’s designed to be held in your hands. But it also feels very sturdy. It’s plastic, but there’s no give when you squeeze. Battery life, the battery life is around 2 hours actually playing games. Don't expect anything more. I rarely had my switch unplugged because I would play longer than the 3 hours it could at times. I've grown to have the habit to always play this device plugged in. This is easy for me because I only use handheld devices at home for convenience or in a hotel/plane where there is power. But when I reviewed the original OneGx1 (with a less powerful processor and inferior graphics), I was underwhelmed by those detachable controllers. I thought the computer made a decent mini-laptop, but a less-than-stellar gaming machine. Mouse works really well. So well, in fact, that I barely missed having a touchscreen. Text input using the on-screen keyboard can be a little tedious, but most other things are very easy to use with just the game controller buttons including launching and closing applications, moving, copying, or deleting files and folders, and, of course, playing games.Another great feature with the intel model is the ability to add an EGPU so I plan on setting it up to my TV with an EGPU and couple of Xbox controllers to turn it into a family console. For example, you could use it with Steam’s in-home streaming or a cloud gaming service like Google Stadia, NVIDIA GeForce Now, or Microsoft XBox cloud gaming (xCloud) to play titles that might not otherwise run on a device with Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics. Like the keyboard/mouse mode button, the Turbo button has an orange LED light that glows when this function is active, helping you see at a glance whether you’re running in Turbo mode or standard. Overall the scores are very good. We can’t do a direct comparison with other models as we are using different settings. But it is on par with the ONEXPLAYER 1S in comparison.

One other thing to keep in mind is that while the GPD Win 3’s display tops out at 1280 x 720 pixels, it’s a much smaller screen. So it still has a pixel density of 267 pixels per inch. That’s not as high as the 358 ppi for the ONEXPLAYER, but it’s still pretty sharp. Just how much bigger is the ONEXPLAYER than the competition? You can almost fit the entire body of the GPD Win 3 in just the screen space of the ONEXPLAYER. The ONEXPLAYER Handheld is a fully thought-out game console and the Gaming Experience is top-notch. Apart from the beautiful display, you have all the tools you need to get your game on! The ONEXPLAYER is the latest in a series of handheld gaming computers to launch this year. It follows the GPD Win 3 (with a 5.5 inch display, Intel Tiger Lake processor, and slide-up display which reveals a capacitive touch keyboard) and the AYA Neo (with a 7 inch display, no keyboard, and an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U processor).As I mentioned above, on first boot the operating system was displayed in portrait orientation. But I didn’t even need to jump into the command line to alter the layout. I just opened the Ubuntu display settings and chose a landscape orientation and the screen rotated properly.

You can buy Monster Hunter World (and it’s Iceborne expansion) from the Steam Store at the time of writing. 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 While Red Dead Redemption 2 on the Switch is unlikely, the OneXPlayer is a good alternative.Also coming with 12MB three-level cache. This makes the ONEXPLAYER Gaming Handheld a beast for its size. Plenty Storage and RAM There are other problems as well—driving games suffer from overzealous rumbling from the twin vibration motors. Dirt Rally started rumbling the moment I put my foot down (well finger) and didn't let up until I'd finished the race. It's a crude, first-gen console level of rumble too, you know the noisy kind that assaults your ears as much as your fingers. Not pleasant. The high-resolution, pixel-dense display could also come in handy if you’re streaming games from a more powerful PC device, allowing you to leverage discrete graphics and a fast internet connection to turn a device like the ONEXPLAYER into a sort of terminal for viewing and controlling games. Compared with a gaming laptop from mainstream PC makers, the ONEXPLAYER looks incredibly underpowered. But it’s also far more portable than any gaming laptop from Acer, Asus, Dell/Alienware, Lenovo, HP, Razer, or Samsung. This portable gaming handheld can also emulate Retro Gaming Titles with ease, allowing you to even emulate PlayStation 3 titles. This is a breakthrough in computing, especially in this form-factor.

MHW (and it’s 2020 expansion Iceborne) feature a large variety of beautiful, detailed, sprawling environments; ranging from tropical jungles, to scorching active volcanoes.Once I decided to just continue testing this device as if it had never had a touchscreen, I found that I barely missed it. Honestly, if One Netbook sold a version of the ONEXPLAYER without a touchscreen, I might still recommend it as decent handheld gaming computer, because it works almost as well without a touchscreen as it does with one… assuming you set your expectations properly. With a 2.5K Resolution of 2560×1600 and 358PPI (Pixels-per-inch), the ONEXPLAYER game console can render games sharply. You may be wondering why we’ve written an FAQ about the ONEXPLAYER when it just appears to be a plain gaming handheld. Unfortunately, there are problems with the Onexplayer, with Windows 10 being an obvious weak link once you actually start using the device. Not utterly concept breaking, but despite its attempt to straddle multiple forms of input, Windows 10 still doesn't make for a silky smooth experience when it comes to touch or controllers. And here you're going to bump up against the frustrations of both. Since I did not test the Core i7 version of the GPD Win 3, I cannot provide an apples-to-apples comparison, but unsurprisingly the ONEXPLAYER with a Core i7-1165G7 processor bested a Win 3 with a Core i5 chip in most tests.