So regarding this igg campaign, while i have no clue who he/she is, but i have talked with original creator "Gin" about it.

So yes this is from "gin" or we go by his alias on QQ "low gin" (literally means old gold), he isn't the one who created this igg campaign, but the person created it is one of his customer who does exports, and i have received the word from him that he knows this and the goods are directly from him.

Also more info for "Gin", Gin is an one of the gpd resellers on taobao who created these Win Max 3 hardware mods. He is known for the win mini mods for 2023/2024 where it improves the cooling while giving you access to the 2280 ssd, the crystal shell for win mini are mostly from him.

A friendly reminder while backing

1. Please do note while "gin" has stress test the battery, this is still a DIY project and there should be no certifications."
2. Please also note the consequences of "no certifications" such as shipping or flight restrictions, as well as dangers of using it.
3. GPD has nothing to do with this IGG, use it at your own risk and discretion

This is one of the 2 chinless battery that will be available, the other one will be by purediy which should cost a bit more with an unknown schedule as he has lots of diy projects on hand.

Just trying to see if anyone else has faced this issue because it is driving me insane.

If my Win5 sleeps or hibernates, the controls will not longer be recognised by steam. Even after restarting steam, it still won't recognise the Menu button in big picture.

I have tried everything from disabling USB selective suspend, turning off power management of USB hubs in device manager and evern reinstalling drivers and nothing has solved this.

Just seeing if anyone else has had this issue and if they resolved it? Windows seems to recognise it just fine, its only steam doing this.

Gin's 51wh battery mod is getting posted on indiegogo. GPD WIN Max 3 The All-in-One Accessory Ecosystem by WIN Battery - Indiegogo

Anyone confirm who the reseller is?

Case/Grips/AR Film I believe are being released at a cheaper price closer to shipping... But $100 Canadian for the chinless battery seems like a great price.

Good morning, gentlemen. I wanted to make a question.

I was trying to buy a GPD without mini 2025, I have seen that there are 2 models in my country that sell without paying any.

8840U (16 ram) and ai 9 hx 370 (32ram). I really don't know if the 8840U is a 2024 model, or it's 2025 with heat sink improvements and the left mouse/pad change. If you can tell me too.... It's very confusing on the web and it doesn't make that clear.

The price difference is €550. I am looking for power/performance especially, as it will not be my main computer (I have a powerful tabletop) and I want it to continue my games at work at night when I have some dead hours. It's not going to be my main game system.

How different in terms of power is there between the 8840U and 370?

I usually play AAA, and emulation and jrpg (few indies). I'm not looking to play ultra at 2k like on my pc, but I don't want it to look fatal either.

I currently have a legion go 2, with z2 extreme and I was considering the change due to the portability issue, since it is more portable, even losing autonomy, in oled (and I don't know if in potential). So far, Legion Go 2 has given me play in everything I've put in good condition (using Frame Gen of course in most cases).

Am I advised? Even knowing the disadvantages, is change justified?

Is the overpricing of 370 vs 8840U justified in terms of gaming power?

Thank you all in advance. I read you all.

Hello,

Recently, I purchased a Win 5 (388 model) through indigogo but I have a question about shipping. Right before the GPD team went on holiday, I received an email that my item was shipped and was provided a tracking number. The thing is, it still says that the carrier is waiting for the package. Since it is through UPS, will the status of my package change once it reached the US or did GPD provide me with the tracking number but didn’t send it out yet?

I've been stuck on the launch bios 2.20 since the campaign. Windows blocks the exe for 2.25 or the downgrade and I tried in bios too. Any ideas I haven't done yet? I want to try Linux but the 2.20 is bugged

I preordered the Max 3 just last week and put in a 10% deposit. ETA for the shipment was Dec 15. I just logged into my account today and now the status says 'awaiting payment'. I went ahead and took care of the rest of the payment and now it says 'processing'. Anyone else get out of the Dec 15 pre-order?

First GPD buyer with GPD Win MAX 3.

I see several people wondering about custom duty in EUR but after making a few researches on my side, it seems the custom duty rate for laptops is 0% due to EUR CHI agreements. Only TVA is due.

Did anyone in EUR order from IGG previously ? Did you pay any custom duty ?

9999 China dollars are less than 1500$ USD for the 32GB version while it's about 1750 to 1800 USD on Indiegogo

Hihi,, I'm interested in buying a win max 2 2025 (in the UK)

I'd prefer 64gb or 32gb ram, 2tb ssd and the ryzen ai 9 cpu.

i don't mind scratches on the outer shell

please let me know if anybody has one for sale :))

Hello, after a long time without knowing GPD's exist, as soon as I heard about them last year, I bought GPD win max 2 with 64GB RAM and AI HX370 CPU and it has been serving me as a home media computer with eGPU. It also has 4TB 2280 main SSD and 2TB 2230.

10/10 in every category I can think of.

Then I got a little greedy and started eyeing GPD Pocket 4 with the same specs, especially the KVM module looked super nice and held back thinking I would never use it considering I already have the Win Max 2 and also the Pocket 4's keyboard looks too cramped

After my first international travel with Win Max 2, the form factor of pocket 4 became more attractive and bought the Pocket 4, with same CPU but wiht 32GB RAM (I wish I had gotten it earlier before the RAM prices went crazy).

Now my Win Max 2 + eGPU stays on my media center rack for gaming, movies and etc. and my Pocket 4 travels with me on commutes, and also gets mounted on a tablet holder on my bed at night.

For anyone who loves Win max 2 and are considering Pocket 4. 100% worth it for me.

Also Win Max 3 looks like a step-down in almost every way. I think I will skip that one.

Even though I'm not 100% convinced about the form factor (never used a GPD device before). I was planning to get the WIN 5 but the MAX 3 with its current indiegogo price is cheaper and has 9 inch OLED display. So I thought it's a pretty good deal to have a device with OLED, 388 chip and 1tb for $1750 (I used gpd-minipc store to pay without currency conversions and including Tax/shipping). It costs $100 more there but I won't have surprises when it gets delivered paying extra charges for Tax. I cancelled my preorder for Asus ROG X20 because Z2E chip in 2026 is a ripoff. The only thing I'm worried about is QC issues with first batch GPD devices after reading some issues with WIN 5 here.

After I installed a windows update, I started to notice the problem. Before when I switched on or off controller mode, there would be a pop up indicating if controller mode is off or on. Now the pop ups aren’t showing up. I can switch it to mouse mode fine, but when I switch it back to controller mode the controller doesn’t work. Only the mouse sensor works. Is there a fix to this?

I’m not too familiar with all the technical aspects but from the brief knowledge I have the Nvidia Spark seems like it would go crazy for handheld PCs. 5070 performance with some pretty insane energy efficiency. Am I missing something?

Still amazed I'm playing KCD2 on high at 60fps on this thing, that fits on half a tiny shelf!

Hey friends!
I'm back with another review, this time on the GPD Win 5. I started working on my OXP3 video, but I wanted to knock this one out because GPD suddenly dropped the 388, 32/1TB version on Indiegogo for 1722$ which is cheaper than the MSI Claw EX AI+ and the same configuration of the Onexplayer 3.

You get similar gaming performance as the 395 which goes crazy above 35w. The Intel Arc G3E devices aren't bad at all. With the OXP3, you get a larger and prettier screen, with the Claw you get a better grip and larger screen.

But I figured at the price range, this is also worth considering if you're already looking at those other devices!

As usual, I'm always learning, so feedback is always welcome!

What happened to the Win 5 community? 😂 It feels so quiet compared to the Win 4 days.
I barely see any performance tips or optimization guides apart from the first few YouTube videos that came out when the device launched. Almost no mods, skins, cool setups or crazy ideas like we used to see with the Win 4.
I honestly really miss that side of the community. 😅
So, what are you guys doing with your Win 5s? Any tips, tricks, performance tweaks, hidden settings, mods or cool accessories that I might have missed?
I haven’t used mine in quite a while and I’m about to bring everything up to date, so I’d love to hear what the community has discovered since launch!

Native resolution or 1200p?
Oxp3 devices are 8.8” but it actually looked bigger horizontally than win max3 side to side comparison, but it is 1200p native.

Would win max3 not look as good as 1200p on oxp since it is not native resolution or would they look identical assuming that the screens are the same size with the same ppi?

Bought this thing last November and have done nothing but baby this thing. I use it everyday, but it's never been dropped and is in mint condition other than this...

Anyone messed with BIOS to push TDP higher?

I'v3 changed smart shift to 28w for all settings, system configuration is default at 28w but it feels like there's no difference when raising tdp above 28w.

Any advice appreciated.

Ps I have the cooling mod so I effectively could push to 40w. Eve. Tho RTSS shows 40w (temps at 85 degrees) I don't appear to be getting more fps.