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What do you think about the Smach Z?

Great Concept 18 17.31%
 
Its okay. 21 20.19%
 
Its shit. 26 25.00%
 
Its Garbage, the Switch w... 28 26.92%
 
Results 11 10.58%
 
Total:104

The SMACH Z (reveal 2015) is a handheld PC that lets you play PC/steam games on the go, similar to the nintendo Switch. You can also hook the unit up to a TV.

It will also be able to play all Gamecube/Wii/Ps2/Ps1/N64/SNES/NES games with emulators like Dolphin.

Price: 299$ (Pro Version 499$ => double Ram, 4G LTE, extra battery, Front Facing Camera, double internal memory, "magic z-pads" and a T-Shirt).

Benchmarks:

- Metro: Last Light Redux (720p. High settings) ~ 35 FPS
- Company of Heroes 2 (720p. Medium settings) ~ 25 FPS
- Jotun (1080p) ~ 45 FPS
- Skyrim (720p. High setting) ~ 25 FPS
- Just Cause 2 (720p. Medium settings) ~ 35 FPS
- Spiral Knights (1080p) ~ 50 FPS
- Overwatch (720p. Medium) ~ 30 FPS
- Torchlight II (1080p. Very high settings) ~ 35 FPS
- Xcom: Enemy Unkonw (720p. High settings) ~30 FPS
- Civilization 5 (1080p. High settings) ~ 28 FPS
- Tomb Raider: Survivor (720p. Medium settings) ~ 40 FPS
- Alien: Isolation (720p. Ultra settings) ~ 35 FPS

Video

 

 

Specs: CPU:

AMD Merlin Falcon RX-421BD (12-15w) SoC at 2.1 GHz 
Cores: 4/4 
iGPU: Radeon R7 at 800 MHz 
RAM: 4GB (SMACH Z) || 8GB (SMACH Z PRO) DDR4 2133 MHz 
HD: 64GB (SMACH Z) || 128GB (SMACH Z PRO) 
Screen: 6” FULL HD (1920x1080). Capacitive touch-screen.
Battery: 5 hours of gaming. 
MicroSD Card Slot. 
USB 3.0 type C. 
HDMI video output connection. 
Wi-Fi connectivity 5.0 Ghz. 4G LTE mobile network connectivity (PRO model only) 
Bluetooth connectivity. 
Front-camera 3-megapixels (PRO model only)

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smachteam/smach-z-the-handheld-gaming-pc


Performance Comparison:

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smachteam/smach-z-the-handheld-gaming-pc



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Skyrim 25 fps on 720p?

What would GTA 5 run at 720p? 10-0fps not even kids would like this shit.



Switch and Smach Z comparison:



I think this is a waste of money, not because I hate the design or anything, looks kinda cool but judging by the video, games are not optimized for this thing and I would not expect a lot of support like patches or updates from developers, $300 or $500 is too much for what it is. better buy a Switch or a 3ds+Vita Combo if you need portability. For $199 I would think about it.



Snoorlax said:
Skyrim 25 fps on 720p?

What would GTA 5 run at 720p? 10-0fps not even kids would like this shit.

Scince its about 2-3x as strong as xbox 360/ps3 it should do very well. Keep in mind Skyrim was on High Settings.

The performance (in between Wii U and Xbox One) is very similar to the rumored Switch performance/tegra x2 performance.



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onionberry said:

I think this is a waste of money, not because I hate the design or anything, looks kinda cool but judging by the video, games are not optimized for this thing and I would not expect a lot of support like patches or updates from developers, $300 or $500 is too much for what it is. better buy a Switch or a 3ds+Vita Combo if you need portability. For $199 I would think about it.

It is baiscally a PC so games are as optimized for it as they are for Pcs in general. Its a very low end pc in comparison though (less strong then the xbox one).

The biggest Pro is obviously that it will be able to play thousands of games on launch, including basically ALL last gen games that were released on PC and almost ALL older PC games and console games (emulation). Most of those games are 5-10 bucks as well.

When your home and have a decent PC, you can also Stream PC Gameplay to the Smach Z (similar to Wii U gamepad).

When you get the 4g pro model, you can even stream games from your PC to the Smash Z everywhere on the world (like Vita -> Ps4).

 

 

BTW: I also think this device is a very good indicator what we can expect from the switch.



omgfk said:
Snoorlax said:
Skyrim 25 fps on 720p?

What would GTA 5 run at 720p? 10-0fps not even kids would like this shit.

Scince its about 2-3x as strong as xbox 360/ps3 it should do very well. Keep in mind Skyrim was on High Settings.

The performance (in between Wii U and Xbox One) is very similar to the rumored Switch performance/tegra x2 performance.

that's cool, I'll wait to judge the retail version. But if the price is $299 and the switch is $250 like the rumor says, then it's going to be difficult.



No use for it without Nintendo games, on top of that, it's ugly as hell!

When it comes to emulators, my Vita got me covered thanks to Henkaku.



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omgfk said:
onionberry said:

I think this is a waste of money, not because I hate the design or anything, looks kinda cool but judging by the video, games are not optimized for this thing and I would not expect a lot of support like patches or updates from developers, $300 or $500 is too much for what it is. better buy a Switch or a 3ds+Vita Combo if you need portability. For $199 I would think about it.

It is baiscally a PC so games are as optimized for it as they are for Pcs in general. Its a very low end pc in comparison though (less strong then the xbox one).

The biggest Pro is obviously that it will be able to play thousands of games on launch, including basically ALL last gen games that were released on PC and almost ALL older PC games and console games (emulation). Most of those games are 5-10 bucks as well.

When your home and have a decent PC, you can also Stream PC Gameplay to the Smach Z (similar to Wii U gamepad).

When you get the 4g pro model, you can even stream games from your PC to the Smash Z everywhere on the world (like Vita -> Ps4).

 

 

BTW: I also think this device is a very good indicator what we can expect from the switch.

yea it's cool concept and better than some things out there



looks like a nightmare to control. Why not add a second analog stick?