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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Modder builds gaming handheld powered by an RTX 4090 laptop GPU and Intel i9-14900HX — system sports 12.5-inch 4K display, 175W mobile GPU

DIY handheld packing an RTX 4090 Laptop GPU.

A China-based computing enthusiast and modder has created a gaming handheld that pushes the envelope for the form factor. Qingchen DIY on Bilibili put together a massive 12.5-inch handheld, sporting a 4K screen (h/t VideoCardz). To power those abundant pixels, a beefy Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU was commandeered into action. However, the cherry on top of this delicious portable tech confection is undoubtedly the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU.

AMD dominates the PC gaming handheld marketplace with its awesome APUs packaging some of its latest desktop CPU and GPU technologies for pint-sized portables like the Asus ROG Ally X and Steam Deck OLED. Intel presented some fierce competition with MSI and its Lunar Lake handheld last year. However, the dominant PC desktop gaming combo of an Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU has failed to get a look-in on this exciting new market. Perhaps Quingchen DIY wanted to see what was possible if the Blue and Green teams were to team up in this segment…

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