AMD's top Ryzen AI mobile chip featuring Zen 5 and a juiced GPU is headed to a handheld gaming PC next month
OneXPlayer, also known as One-Netbook, has announced a new handheld, the OneXFly F1 Pro. It comes with a new 7-inch OLED display, 144 Hz refresh rate, and RGB-laden exterior. What's more exciting, however, is the chip powering it. That would be AMD's latest mobile processor, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.
We don't have all the details yet but the new OneXFly F1 Pro was announced over on the One-Netbook YouTube channel. In it, the handheld is noted with a higher-than-usual refresh rate of 144 Hz, which might just about be do-able with the HX 370's 890M GPU in the least demanding games, alongside an OLED panel.
OneXPlayer notes the screen's «wide color gamut», «stunning brightness», and «vibrant colors» in the video, all of which sound very promising. Though you could say the same thing of just about any OLED screen. It also notes a narrow bezel around all edges of the screen, though it's notably slimmer-looking on the top and bottom.
The joysticks are reportedly drift-free, presumably because they're using Hall effect sensors. That's not specifically mentioned, though OneXPlayer's other recent designs all use the Hall effect, including the ludicrously large OneXPlayer X1 we've reviewed recently. Here's hoping the F1 Pro isn't such a damp squib.
We've had really good experiences with the previous OneXFly model, even awarding it 87% in our review.
The main event is the choice of chip. OneXPlayer shows three different AMD chipsets in the teaser video, alluding to a few different options: the Ryzen 7 8840U, Ryzen AI 9 365, and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.
The Ryzen 7 8840U isn't new—the Ayaneo Flip DS I recently reviewed uses this chip. It's a good processor, though it's practically identical to the 7840U, which is, in turn, practically identical to the Z1 Extreme. They all feature the same GPU, the Radeon 780M. That means you're looking at near-enough the same performance and power demands as most existing handheld gaming PCs on the market with this option.
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