$799 MSI Claw Handheld PC! - I expected better... (17 Games Tested)

Unboxing and gameplay review of MSI Claw portable gaming PC handheld with Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor, 120Hz 1920x1080 display, 16GB of RAM and 1TB storage. Competitor to Nintendo Switch OLED, Steam Deck and ROG Ally? Let's try: Minecraft, GTA5, Red Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Call of Duty Warzone, Palworld, Dragon's Dogma 2 and more.
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Please note: the device was tested on latest drivers and updates. Performance could improve with future drivers and other updates.
00:00 Intro
00:10 Blade
00:23 Unboxing
02:05 Power adapter
02:24 MSI Claw
03:30 Power [ON]
04:01 Minecraft
05:34 GTA5
06:29 Red Dead Redemption 2
07:14 Cyberpunk 2077
08:54 Call of Duty Warzone
10:52 The Witcher 3
11:40 Palworld
12:51 Naraka Bladepoint
13:11 Elden Ring
13:54 God of War
15:47 Skull and Bones
16:23 Forza Horizon 5
16:58 eFootball PES
17:22 Helldivers 2
17:58 Dragon's Dogma 2
18:27 Hogwarts Legacy
18:56 Resident Evil 2
19:35 Cyberpunk 2077 (more)
20:15 Witcher 3 comparison
20:55 Outro
#msiclaw #steamdeck #unboxing #therelaxingend

[@hooman3490]

Umm?? Which one should i get Legion go Rog ally Or msi claw???

[@chelique.]

steam deck

[@darnelf.5039]

Legion go

[@pocho9310]

legion go

[@nolastionut2243]

Legion go certainly

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Steam Deck

[@bxile730]

Settling for 720 p for $800 is crazy! Couldn’t be me

[@brazzer7330]

720 is better for handheld consoles because you can't play triple A games on 1080 so you have to set it to 720p and watch the game streach into oblivion, so it looks worse than if it was with a 720 screen to begin with

[@bxile730]

@@brazzer7330 the playstation portal can play at 1080p and its essentially streaming and only cost $200. But also its not really a handheld console, its a handheld computer, it even has windows 11 which is why im shocked at $800 it cant even properly play 1080p in this day and age

[@okami9039]

​@@brazzer7330lmaoo or you could say msi claw is weak af cuz my ally runs AAA games at 1080p just fine

[@raufmeherremov]

​@@brazzer7330 720p better for battery performance

[@Game4Lord]

@@okami9039The Ally is just as bad, and has shit battery life to go along with it.

[@a880081]

This Claw unboxing is the best ASMR I need right now 🔥

[@cundan0484]

this is the best GAMING Brick Calendar

[@user-su8gd1pi6i]

Д

[@souravrout1365]

The Guy Makes video without saying a single word still rocks ....

[@Acikexe]

I agreed with your word

[@V3ntilator]

If you can read, you are not blind.

[@souravrout1365]

@@Acikexe me to ....

[@souravrout1365]

@V3ntilator thanks for the information .... but I am not blind still can't understand. So many languages 😞

[@V3ntilator]

@@souravrout1365 My point is that the video don't need a voice when it shows the benchmark info . :)

[@PowerPointOS_1]

I still remember your ps3 unboxing video I can’t stop watching that one

[@itzdcx7991]

should I call the police?

[@fighter_pilot9835]

@@itzdcx7991??

[@pookj121]

Cool design and seems games can run smoothly. Thanks for testing many games, it's really help before I buy it. love your video.

[@wuruby5045]

Great breakdown of 17 games! Informative review with great gameplay footage! 🎮🙆

[@TheRelaxingEnd]

Handheld gamers here?

[@personlookingatyoutubevideos]

hi

[@patrick_dimana]

On my way

[@LetsSpinAllAround]

Hey There

[@Emilehedgehog]

Not here

[@AK5300blk]

First

[@olananinha2594]

Finally I can see Claw unboxing video from TheRelaxingEnd, looks quite good, wanna enjoy it, too!

[@linlian2402]

Like the layout they designed for the chassis, it perfectly fits in hands.

[@chenivan3498]

When to the shop and really love how the Claw feels on my hand.

[@waxsa2945]

Love the lighting on the joystick 😍

[@LamarShorter-tr3wr]

This one to, i knew he was going to do it eventually, but I didn't expect right after the legion go but very nice vid😊

[@MichaelTurner-nj5ex]

I love these handheld systems. I did my research on all the top sellers and ended up going with the Steam Deck OLED due to its install base, HDR, OLED screen and its heavily supported. Not to mention, nVidia GeForce NOW and PS Remote play work on it too.

[@joanne032231]

This is an immersive claw gameplay video, so cool.

[@user-vx4gr9cq5m]

still nice to watch ur unboxing vids, loved the design, will be great to play GTA otw if got one 🤩🤩

[@OkiSensi]

The Minecraft music is very comforting

[@stayhappylittlemermaid]

Any day that you can watch the sunset is a great day. 🌅🌄

[@sebastiantorres7299]

Nice Video Unboxing

[@januschih-yunkuo8069]

ASMR unboxing video from TheRelaxingEnd🔥🔥Claw looks perfect!

[@CrisMoya8]

Excelente video, cheers from Argentina

[@Cr7_dash]

UNLOCKED 🙌🔥👏

[@feliciali1979]

never thought it was possible to play RDR2 on a handheld device. That's so dopeeeee

[@maleklefleur1667]

Damn, that's underwhelming for a $799 handheld pc to not perform as how we expected it to be. Steam deck still wins!

[@hater6346]

Oh great another steam deck fan boy😅

[@maleklefleur1667]

@@hater6346 I mean, the steam deck is better than the msi claw in performance

[@hitybankgb4718]

@@maleklefleur1667no wdym?

[@dravinpablo8653]

​@@hater6346I mean it still sells better than it's competitors. I don't own one nor will I ever, but clearly they're doing something right that people still buy one even with all the options out there

[@whbig1848]

@@dravinpablo8653steam deck is amazing bc steam actually cared about it.

[@yunchinchen3342]

seems it can run smoothly on most of the games, want to get one🤩

[@roxonform3597]

You’re channel is the best for unboxing things

[@angelchen5911]

nice unboxing video~!

[@YangOfelia]

Honestly would still pay to get one of these! The display got me convinced

[@JaymyLucasEdouard]

I waited impatiently for the unboxing of the MSI Claw at least my dream came true!📦🗡️🌈🤩

[@Shocknfunk]

Would definitely not recommend having skull & bones as part of advertising games on this on the boxart

[@maksymiliankuznik4856]

Or any Ubisoft game, after recent events...

[@iBlendrYaBollocks]

They just had to have a quadruple A game on the box.

[@ThienNguyen-cs3ie]

Yeah, i rather get 35 dollar steam voucher when buying the ally rather than getting that quadruple A trash

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

​@@ThienNguyen-cs3ietrue, i find tons of awesome indie games for way under that,

[@jackinthebox1817]

The same goes to your CPU hitting several times 100c

[@TanmayDas-gg5jn]

Nice video bro

[@sabbrinahuang1175]

So incredibale handheld. I cant wait to have it!

[@rongngudot]

are you a bot? didn’t you watch the video? the claw is suck

[@Tesko92]

These temperatures….🔥🔥🔥

[@spiketom8420]

TheRelaxingEnd, can you compare the MSI Claw with the other consoles like The ROG Ally, The Legion Go, The Steam Deck and The Nintendo Switch to see which console is the best in one video? Like performance, design, price. Thanks

[@Lil_fishe]

Do this!!

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Those videos already exist by creators who specialize in that sort of thing. That isn’t what relaxing end does really

[@samuel_enyinna]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325facts!

[@Saiputera]

Probably ROG winning

[@seanlinehan1136]

Yeah might as well ask if he can do reviews of the German auto industry or bakeries in East LA. He doesn’t do comparisons and it’s stupid to ask. Find another channel. There’s dozens (I know cuz I’ve watched a ton of comparisons)

[@user-hi7ki2pl6l]

nice smooth game experience!

[@berightback91]

looks comfy when holding it🤫

[@jfsps15]

Wow didn't knew that they were releasing a Lynx 2

[@DC10iscool]

Do a comparison between ROG ally steam deck and MSI claw

[@tipsy634]

It's interesting that when comparing to the other two devices, the Steamdeck had a smoother framerate than the Claw, but it had way more texture popin and visual glitches. I wonder if the Claw is rendering too much at once, causing the image quality to look good but resulting in these lag spikes. I also wonder about the constant freezing. It accelerates to 80fps, then suddenly reaches 0fps for one to four seconds, then returns to 80fps. It's almost like the game is loading in chunks as fast as possible then spiking when it has to load the next chunk of data. Like it's sprinting, then it has to take a breather. I know this is probably not how it works but that's what it "looks" like.

[@NoRegrettt]

Legion Go is a beast

[@Hazeman.]

Yup Rog Ally + Legion go the beast > Msi Claw, Steam Deck, Aya Neo, Gpd Win

[@normandraeady5428]

@@Hazeman.I agree but just that price range makes a big difference and I would rather pay 399 than 699 or 599

[@ThienNguyen-cs3ie]

​@@Hazeman.Agree, the only thing that claw might do better is the thunderbolt, which is only appeared on intel cpu, so u can easily connect with an external gpu

[@V3ntilator]

@@ThienNguyen-cs3ie Legion Go have 2 x Thunderbolt ports and you can connect eGPU to both.

[@MatiX415]

@@normandraeady5428 you can easliy get a open box ally for less than 500 bucks

[@daisyyang5312]

this video looks so cool, drive me to buy one console!

[@jennyhsieh6206]

The video is really cool and really nice unboxing video. The game also runs so smoothly with Claw!!

[@josephzayas3715]

Did we just watch the same video?

[@akasha5778]

msi ❌ messy✔

[@juanchaves1224]

Messi

[@caffreyhsu194]

Looks pretty good to me... Very satisfying...

[@RohanPL]

Well I'll stick with my ROG ally, thanks for the vid ;)

[@jdakid156]

U have the base model? Or extreme?

[@RohanPL]

@@jdakid156 Extreme got it in a promo for 700 eur, totally worth it. My Steam Deck Deck collects dust, and returned legion GO due to its chunkienes.

[@annhsu3437]

The game graphics look really smooth.

[@areebakram7734]

MSI always disappoints

[@SkyhighStarlight]

Awesome handheld. I like msi claw better than others because of hard start and bad reputation.

[@danielboy1973]

Sounds good! And Claw looks nice as well!

[@AstralAvenger]

Me fulfilling my wishes by your videos

[@dakshinaffyt3686]

As Zach Tech Turf predicted its a disaster 😂

[@NicoleRainbow]

After updating the latest BIOS 106 & VGA driver 5382, I got a huge improvement in FPS in Starfield Good job MSI & Intel!🙌

[@chachi-cb2bi]

It did help!! My hogwarts legacy stop stuttering. Thank you so much

[@HCH-yg3nu]

It solved my Tekken 8 stutter problem!!

[@chachi-cb2bi]

Update!! My gaming experience on Starfield also got much better after BIOS & the driver updating🥰🥰 Anyone want to share the other games improvement?

[@ATAG-cr3sj]

I played Marvel's spider man on this version, it did improved the performance. Great!

[@Ugreen-dm7se]

I also got an improvement in Kartrider, there is no stutter anymore!

[@ANDRIUMAXREVIEWS]

This is a Asus ROG Ally in black, cool😂

[@chiragsharma9166]

Gaming Brick Calendar, truly lives up to its name

[@megaeglenceyildizipros1234]

I didnt know that msi was that profesisonel at painting

[@carolinagarciacolchado1527]

Relaxing

[@g85222456]

well I will say updating graphics driver frequently will hugely improve the performance - at least from my own experience with Claw

[@KUCINGx.]

I need it for school 🤣

[@elshadrine9868]

The audacity of msi releasing the claw at that price point, when we've got the legion go, out here kicking a$$ for less, is crazy

[@SelvarajuManivannan06]

Rog ally still best. Excellent performance, gorgeous display, compact, less weight, strong grip, continuous support and moderate battery.

[@Regulardude21.]

I love relaxing end zombie pro

[@michaelchang2140]

actually looks quite smootttth

[@ChristopherToro]

MSI claw: The “S” stands for Stutter

[@user-cb4mh9oj3w]

No doubt I will get a msi claw among all these handhelds in the market. It def has the best design.

[@Sonsofanarchyrules678]

The top end model is 200 off not even a month from release in the uk

[@baronbowles717]

I love your vids

[@defaltpearce3187]

It's a good door stop if anything.

[@yu-anchen7307]

The machine looks damn good🤑🤑

[@ultimatechaos6649]

yes I have warzone mobile ptsd with that lag

[@TheGoodGuy27]

You can get ROG Ally for half the price of this in India. Currently for ₹54k for z1 extreme and 49k for normal.

[@greenlin0720]

playing games on Claw looks quite attractive 😉

[@sherrycafe]

however, screen color looks good, this would still be my option for handheld device

[@Doshi-lp4tn]

Just got mine at Walmart Express ship, returned the ally cuz past experiences with Asus phone have been absolutely terrible

[@rodiscovery]

they update driver quite often, performance is better now

[@ninetyamongus]

Your one video should be, showing all your knives and axes

[@user-pq3vn6jj9f]

wow can play palworld & DD2 ! niceee

[@amazingworld9574]

No voice but the closeup shots speaks

[@Thats-Kevinn]

Please try the new OneXplayer 2 pro with the new Ryzen 7 8840u and compare it with the Lenovo Legion Go, I want to buy one but I don't know which one gives more fps, and which one gives better performance 🙏

[@PHANTOMER20]

since its intel series card, there are some settings that need to be turned on in the bios if it isn't already, so that may be a reason for the mediocre or even horrible framerate

[@serverserver-tc3nw]

i've completed whole cb2077 plot with dlc on steam deck with fps between 30 and 50, and this piece for 2x price shows twice as lower results lol

[@Mr.meme_lord_]

They really need to change the processor like there is a huge difference between the msi claw and the legion go

[@allenchi1004]

The outlook looks durable and full of design details, the aesthetics is great. Yet, the game runs so smoothly!

[@rongngudot]

the game run horrible compared to other handheld

[@TuxikCE]

Is the GPU power usage only the GPU or the whole package? I feel like it is the whole package power.

[@LetsSpinAllAround]

Fantastic❤

[@MatteoDArezzo]

Msi claw ❌ Rog ally black ✅

[@joshua7028]

ROG alloy still up in score

[@anonymousyt5932]

I enjoyed seeing the pricing in Indian Rupees.

[@veloaxgaming]

please make a video about Galaxy A55

[@slpcorse]

So hot temps

[@MR_jester467]

Bro knife collection is bigger then caseoh 😭🙏

[@Yady2.0x_]

Mano vídeo fantástico adorei o dispositivo. Mas depois do vídeo o que cê faz com os dispositivos?

[@Aldderan]

I'd get a Steam Deck OLED over this.

[@iVenlafaxine]

Nothing seems to beat Valve Steam Deck.

[@CrackHeadDaddy]

Absolutely nothing 💯

[@noahschlosser5804]

I wish that was true

[@Lexterizando]

For me, these portable PCs don't surprise me at all. They are more expensive than a notebook, and only have the layout of a portable console with Windows.

[@henryk9818]

The Rabbit R1 is coming out, can you review it if you can?

[@MinecraftSinss]

Man I subbed back when this dude made zombies gameplay its crazy he became an unboxer lol

[@MarcosCruz_1]

Back then, he was the best call of duty zombies player of the world, i miss these years. 2009-2014

[@Haider-kj5eo]

This is nice

[@Crazygamers663]

Question what do you do with all the stuff you buy do you give it away or do you store it somewhere ?

[@mileshul]

Once windows get launched for arm based processors these things are gonna get a lot thinner...