It's no secret that I'm not particularly enthused over the prices of new handheld gaming PCs. The likes of the MSI Claw 8 AI+ and MSI Claw A8 are both close to having a $1,000 price tag, and I've already seen listings of the former at $1,000 due to tariffs; and while these devices may be among the best handheld gaming PCs on the market, their prices aren't warranted.
I've mentioned this several times already, and it's worth noting that the upcoming Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is rumored to follow in the same footsteps in terms of pricing. However, there's one new impressive innovation for portable gaming that's got me thinking about these issues again – and that's Framework's new Nvidia RTX 5070 graphics module for the Framework Laptop 16.
