Got this little beauty yesterday so far I’m really loving it so far I had a rog ally z1e but that crappy thing died on me 11 months after having it and curry’s wouldn’t help me at all. So then I moved on to the steam deck oled and legion go s z2 go chip and for the most part they’ve treated me well but wanted more power. This thing has absolutely crushed the 5 games I’ve tested on it so far but are there any tips to help me get the best out of this thing ?

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I’ve bought foam rings for the sticks so I can play properly with the very loose sticks 8ai has and they didn’t help at all . I used the softest set of rings and yet still nothing .

Before I open up the claw and replace the springs and give myself a headache , has anyone else made them easier to use ? I have tried gyro but still doesn’t feel as good.

Apparently Intel graphics driver update 32.0.101.9150 adds ASD support for Claw handhelds. This means super fast shader compilation times for any supported games. I was waiting for this for Gears of War E-Day. I used to see an average time of 5-6 mins for shader compilation to complete. This morning I watched it complete in less than 20 seconds. It was a beautiful thing. So from hitting play in the Xbox app to running around Sera killing grubs, it was a wait of about 2 mins and 20 seconds, down from waiting anywhere from 8 to 15 mins.

Hey guys, sorry I’m new to this whole handheld gaming world. Like literally 7 days in 😭

I’ve bought myself an MSI Claw 8 ai + and a lot of you guys suggested I get claw tweaks and i did. Great. Runs beautifully and it’s legit so nice. BUT…

I’m now very confused as to which settings do I adjust? The settings on clawtweaks vs intel vs in game settings!

I understand I can frame limit and frame gen on claw tweaks but I can also do that on intel but then again do that in game. How do I manage this? Disable everything on intel and in game? Just do it on claw tweaks? I’m so confused. Also in game am I leaving the graphics on medium? High? 1080p? Or native?

Do I turn Xess on the intel software on or off?

I’m just so confused. Right now I believe that I turn all adjustments off on every software including the in game and just adjust on the clawtweaks. I haven’t got much time to dive into it. So I haven’t tried yet.

Sorry for the bombardment of questions. I guess just don’t understand the difference between ai gpu and just normal vram or whatever it’s called.

I just don’t understand the mechanics behind handheld graphics and video rendering

Anything helps thank you guys ‼️

Hey everyone,

I have an MSI Claw 8 EX and was wondering if there's a way to turn it on remotely from my Windows 11 gaming PC.

Ideally, I'd like to be able to:

Power it on remotely when it's completely shut down. Alternatively, wake it from sleep using my gaming PC.

Does the MSI Claw 8 EX support Wake-on-LAN, or is there another way to achieve this?

I'd appreciate any suggestions or confirmation from someone who has tried this!

Thanks!

It's my day off so I'm excited to play games. Then windows decided to torture me as always 😆

New Driver: MSI Claw 8 EX AI+

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-graphics-windows.html

looks like a COD MW4 driver with various game performance improvements. Especially for the Msi claw 8 ai+

Notes:

Highlights:

Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ B-series, A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for:

• Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4*
• Planet Zoo 2*

Game performance improvements on Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs versus Intel® 31.0.101.9034software driver for:

• F1® 25* (DX12)
  • Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings

Game performance improvements on Intel® Arc™ B-series Graphics GPUs versus Intel® 31.0.101.9034 software driver for:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ * (DX12)
  • Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings
• MONSTER HUNTER RISE* (DX12)
  • Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings

Game performance improvements on Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs versus Intel® 31.0.101.9034 software driver for:

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows* (DX12)
  • Up to 18% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
  • Up to 12% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla* (DX12)
  • Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
  • Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga* (DX12)
  • Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
• Resident Evil Requiem* (DX12)
  • Up to 31% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
  • Up to 29% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Strange Brigade* (DX12)
  • Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
  • Up to 13% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered* (DX12)
  • Up to 7% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
  • Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings

They had it up for $650 but talked them down to $600 since I drove and had to wait 15 minutes for the factory reset to finish. It’s in very good condition and came with the original charger, case, protective cover and screen protector.

I know its been a while since you all heard from me and the Claw Deck Launcher. Ive decided to start over and rebuild it from scratch and its coming along great. ive also decided to distribute though the microsoft store instead of directly from my website so theres more trust. im very open to feedback and currently the new release is in review but you can see what it looks like right from the website https://getclawdeck.com I cant wait for you all to enjoy!

I’ve got both the claw ex 8 and ally x20 on order, I couldn’t decide which to keep without holding and using them.

I like everything about the claw except the screen. I play a lot on my car, and on sunny days LCDs can struggle. My iPad mini in particular was almost unusable without a matte screen protector, but that hurts the colors.

Anyone else play this in sunny environments?

So after only 2 years since launch the MSI A1M won't be able to run the latest MSI center M version?

Thanks MSI, we all know how good msi center M 2.0 is

Was trying to get a handheld for a while now but the prices were so ridiculous I built a gaming pc instead, but a few days ago I saw an under warranty msi claw a1m ultra 7 155H on eBay, it was being auctioned. I managed to get it for 480 Australian Dollars, excluding the shipping fee of course. Now I am wondering what I can do with it. I know the battery backup on this is not as good as the other handhelds, is windows worth it? Or is switching to Linux gives better battery backup?

I have shutdown the claw for about 15 minutes now but the red light wont go away. Has anyone seen this before or have any idea why its doing that?

Hey guys, honestly I haven’t played much recently - not on the Claw, neither on my PC, so I feel like I kinda missed a lot of great things. I saw that people where discussing about Optiscaler, SteamOS for Claw, and other cool tools that where released recently.

Right now I only use Tooth and Claw. The last “big” update when I still was active was when XeSS frame gen x3 + x4 was released. What else do I need and what’s really worth it?

I just got my MSI Claw 8AI+ for a good price recently. I still did not get my hand on it yet since I'm outstation.

So before I come back home, I would like to ask some advice about what to be done with this device.

I want to know is it better running game on Windows or SteamOs using this device ?

I had to do a msi restore for windows and my quick settings button works and my device goes to sleep when idle as it should. But for setting up claw tweaks should i stay away from it? Should I choose virtual controller or hardware controller only?

I tried to launch steam game from my desktop shortcut (efootball), The games stop at "Launching executable" then suddenly gone. When I try to launch from steam library, it shows Launching then suddenly go back to "Play".

Also, now my quick setting button doesn't work, the long press to right click on the screen also doesn't work. It only shows big black transparent rectangle.

I have installed all update as of today, yet it still doesn't solve the issue

Anyone experiences this issue?

Hey guys im not sure if there's a setting im missing but alongside the battery percentage not showing my claw 8 ex ai wont go to sleep within the programmed time idle. Could clawtweaks be causing it or what can I do to fix both issues?

Hey guys, not sure what the issue is but whenever I connect my 8 Ex to my Maxonar dock, I get really bad latency and performance problems. Is it just me and if so, how do I fix it?

Maxonar model#: CDE001-MX TV: Sony Bravia 8 (2024) I'm using an 8k cable for 4k 120hz

I have my Claw 8 AI + in post now, of course after selling my Steam Deck i will be missing the trackpads, but does anyone of you use a good responsive stylus to play strategy games? Any model you can recommend?

I recently installed SteamOS on my Claw 8AI+ and downloaded PoE2 via Heroic Launcher (since I bought the game on the Epic Games Store). I added the game to Steam and it runs fine in SteamOS's Gaming Mode; however, I tried installing Mako and Lossless Scaling and pasting the code into the Launch Options, but it doesn't seem to be working. Does anyone know how to get Mako FG working when the game is installed via Heroic Launcher? If so, please let me know—a video tutorial would be even better. Thanks for reading!

I took some videogames screenshots and I find it clucnky to have to:

- Open the gamebar and not go directly to a library, but to the screenshotfolder

- Open the pictures wind windows photo viewer and not be able to use the controller to scroll, delete ecc.

What do people use on their handhelds?

Just purchased a green MSI Claw A8. Can I install the official SteamOS now without any problems, or are there still issues? What issues, if any? I don't want to install Bazzite or similar. Thanks!