ONEXPLAYER X1 First Look! Hands On With The First Intel Core Ultra Handheld

Summary

ETA Prime showcases a prototype of the upcoming 1Xplayer X1 handheld gaming device, noting its versatility with detachable controllers and keyboard to serve as a tablet, laptop or handheld console. It's powered by a new Intel Core Ultra series processor which shows promising performance based on initial testing, pushing high framerates in games at 1200p resolution. More thorough testing is still needed, but the combination of power, display quality and connectivity options make this an intriguing new entry in the handheld PC gaming market.

Takeaways

• 🎮 The 1X player X1 is a versatile 3-in-1 handheld gaming device with detachable controllers, functioning as a handheld console, tablet, and laptop.
• 🖥️ It features a large 10.95-inch screen, enhancing the gaming and multimedia experience.
• 🔋 The device is powered by the new Intel Core Ultra Series chips, offering high performance for gaming and multitasking.
• 🎛️ Unique features include customizable RGB lighting around the analog sticks and a software control center for adjusting settings like TDP, brightness, and volume.
• 🔌 The 1X player X1 supports external PCIe via an oculink port, providing superior performance for external GPUs.
• 🎶 The built-in dual stereo speakers are tuned by Harmon, delivering high-quality audio.
• 🎮 Handheld mode offers a gaming console experience with physical connections to the controllers via Pogo pins.
• 📱 The device includes a detachable keyboard and a stand-style case for laptop and tablet modes.
• 💾 Several variants are available, differing in storage, RAM, and CPU options, including high-end models with the Intel Core Ultra i7.
• 🔗 Connectivity options include full-size USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports and two USB 4 ports, ensuring versatile connectivity.

Q & A

What company sent the 1X Player X1 prototype for testing?

The prototype was sent by 1X for testing and review.

What processor is used in the 1X Player X1?

It uses one of Intel's new Core Ultra series processors, specifically the Core Ultra i5-135H in this model.

What graphics does the Intel Core Ultra i5-135H have?

It has Intel's new ARC graphics with 8 Xe cores.

How much RAM and storage does the featured 1X Player X1 have?

This model has 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM and a 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD.

What display resolution, refresh rate and size does the 1X Player X1 have?

It has a 2560x1600 resolution display, with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 10.95 inch screen size.

What is the purpose of the Oculink port?

The Oculink port enables connecting an external GPU for improved graphics performance.

What games were shown running on the 1X Player X1?

Forza Horizon 5, GTA V, and Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay was demonstrated.

What was the average FPS shown in Forza Horizon 5?

It averaged around 87 FPS in Forza Horizon 5.

What was the observed FPS in GTA V?

Over 100 FPS was seen in GTA V testing.

What software does the 1X Player X1 use for performance tuning?

It has built-in 1X player software for adjusting TDP, brightness, RGB lighting and more.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introducing the Upcoming 1X Player X1 Handheld Gaming Console

This paragraph introduces the upcoming 1X Player X1 handheld gaming console. It describes the device as a prototype with a large 10.95 inch screen and detachable controllers. The presenter is excited to test the performance of the new Intel Core Ultra processor in this device.

05:01

🤔 Reviewing the Design, Specs and Benchmark Performance

This paragraph provides an overview of the 1X Player X1's design, specs and initial benchmark performance. It highlights the detachable keyboard, RGB lighting, oculink port, speakers, battery life and benchmarks in handheld, laptop and tabletop modes.

10:01

👍 Thoughts on Intel Arc GPU Drivers and Conclusion

This closing paragraph shares thoughts on Intel's Arc GPU drivers and their need for optimization. It concludes with excitement for future testing and calls to action for viewers to like, subscribe and suggest games to test on the 1X Player X1.

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Keywords

💡handheld

The video focuses on a new handheld gaming device called the 1X Player X1. A handheld device refers to a small, portable computer or gaming system that you can hold in your hands during use. The script mentions the 1X Player X1 being used in handheld mode with detachable controllers on the sides to function like a gaming console.

💡three-in-one

The 1X Player X1 is referred to as a three-in-one handheld because it can be used in three different modes - as a tablet, laptop, or handheld gaming device. The detachable keyboard and controllers allow it to transform between these different modes and purposes.

💡Intel Core Ultra

The 1X Player X1 uses a new Intel Core Ultra series CPU instead of the more common AMD chips found in handheld gaming devices. The script highlights the Intel Core Ultra 5, 135h specifically. The Ultra chips are meant to provide strong integrated graphics performance needed for gaming.

💡arci GPU

The Intel Core Ultra CPUs feature a new arci integrated GPU. Arc is Intel's discrete graphics brand and the iGPU represents an integrated graphics processor, allowing for better gaming capabilities without needing an additional external GPU.

💡TDP

TDP or Thermal Design Power refers to the maximum amount of power and cooling needed to run a CPU or GPU chip. The script mentions the 1X Player X1 allows adjusting the TDP up to 28 watts for the Intel Core Ultra CPU to improve gaming performance.

💡oculink

Oculink refers to an external PCIe port on the 1X Player X1 device used to connect an external GPU over a high bandwidth connection improving graphics performance. The script highlights how an eGPU can boost gaming capabilities.

💡FPS

FPS stands for frames per second and is used as a measure of graphics rendering and gaming performance. The script provides FPS counts from benchmarking several games on the handheld to demonstrate its processing capabilities.

💡resolution

Resolution refers to the display resolution of the handheld's screen, such as 1920x1080 or 2560x1600. Higher resolutions require more processing power to run games smoothly, so the FPS counts help determine graphics performance.

💡AAA games

AAA games refers to games with very high development budgets and levels of quality. Testing performance with graphically demanding AAA game titles helps benchmark the capabilities of the new hardware.

💡emulation

Emulation refers to mimicking hardware or software environments from older game consoles on newer devices. The script mentions plans to test emulation capabilities of retro game consoles on the 1X Player X1.

Highlights

This is an early prototype of the upcoming 1X player X1 handheld gaming device

It has a 10.95 inch screen, detachable controllers, and is powered by an Intel Core Ultra series CPU

It has built-in speakers tuned by Harmon, dual stereo speakers that get very loud

It has an Oculink port that provides PCIe externally for connecting an external GPU

The model tested has an Intel Core Ultra i5-1355H CPU with 14 cores, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD

In handheld mode, Horizon Zero Dawn runs at 87 FPS on high settings at 1200p resolution

In laptop mode with keyboard attached, GTA V runs at over 100 FPS at 1200p resolution

In tabletop mode with Xbox controller, Cyberpunk 2077 runs at just under 60 FPS at 1200p on low settings

The new Intel ARC GPUs have some bugs still, like with changing XeSS scaling settings in Cyberpunk 2077

The Oculink port and support for external GPUs makes this a versatile 3-in-1 device

Intel's continued driver updates for ARC GPUs lead to noticeable performance jumps

The i5-1355H seems to provide great performance while allowing the GPU to scale better than higher core count chips

Will be testing emulation, the Oculink port with eGPU, and more AAA games soon

Excited to test the Intel Core i5-1355H in this handheld form factor and see how it competes

Let me know in the comments if there are any other tests you want to see with the 1X player X1

Transcripts

hey what's going on everybody it's ETA

Prime back here again today we're going

to be taking a first look at the

upcoming 1X player X1 what I've got here

is an early prototype they were kind

enough to send this over for testing and

I'm actually really excited about this

unit now as you can see we've got a

pretty large screen this is actually

coming in at 10.95 in and they're

calling this a 3in1 handheld as you can

see we've got these controllers attached

to the side these are totally detachable

and in this video this is basically a

first look we're going to do some

preliminary testing I will have a full

video coming up very soon but I kind of

wanted to get this out of the way

because I've really been excited about

this device but we can go ahead and

remove these controllers a little bit of

RGB around those analog sticks now I'm

excited about this not because of the

overall design now there's actually

several different ways that we can use

this there's some awesome built-in

features what I'm really excited about

is the chip they opted to use here

because this is not an AMD powered

device this is actually powered by the

new Intel Core ult Ultra Series and they

have a few different variants but right

now we're in tablet mode we can pick

this up and use it just like any other

windows tablet they also offer a

detachable Keyboard Plus we've got this

stand style case all of this

magnetically attaches and obviously

right now we're kind of in laptop mode

everything folds up really nicely and of

course we also have handheld mode so we

can use this just like a gaming console

got those detachable controllers set up

right on the side here and one thing I

actually really like about this are the

built-in speakers they're tuned by

Harmon we've got dual stereo speakers

but this thing gets really loud now

taking a look around the back here very

nice little design we've got a little

bit of RGB around the sides here uh we

can actually change this from software

this does have the 1X player software

built in so we can go into the control

center adjust the TDP brightness

resolution volume and of course the RGB

with these new core Ultra chips at least

the one I have here we can go up to 28

watts and I've been seeing some really

decent performance I've done some

testing on the Channel with the new core

Ultra and personally I'm a huge fan as

long as it's set up correctly and we're

sending enough power to that new Ary

GPU up top we've got our turbo button

which will put us in turbo mode up to 28

Watts ventilation for the built-in

cooling system we've also got our volume

rocker our power button SL fingerprint

sensor and you might notice we've got

another little Port here marked

oculink if you're not familiar with

oculink basically what this gives us is

pcie externally and this will do up to

63 gigs instead of let's say usb4 or

Thunderbolt fors 40 gig in turn you can

definitely get much better performance

out of an egpu and they also sent along

their new 1X egpu this is something I

will be doing a dedicated video on got a

few mini PCS I want to test it on couple

handhelds and I'm really excited about

this one because what we've got here is

an AMD Radeon RX 7600 MXT it's a

portable egpu it'll work over oculink

and USB 4 tons of IO that we can add to

different devices and yeah this thing is

going to put down some awesome

performance I've got the magnetic

kickstand case attached to the rear here

just wanted to give you a look and when

it comes to I/O over here on the right

hand side we've got a full-size USB 3.2

Gen 2 Port love having a fullsize USB

and I've also got the covers installed

right now but we can actually pop these

out and this is where our controllers

are going to attach as you can see it

uses Pogo pin for the connection so

we've got a physical connection with

these controllers but I believe they're

also going to be selling a center module

for these controllers that will turn

them Wireless so you could just have

your controller act as a wireless

controller if you wanted to use this in

tablet mode or connected to a larger

display and over here on the Le hand

side we've got two USB 4 ports and both

of these are 40 gig ports so if you

didn't want to use that oculink let's

say you had a thunderbolt 3 or a

thunderbolt 4 egpu doc you could always

connect it over us USB 4 so like I

mentioned 1X will be offering the X1 in

a couple different variants so you can

pick this up with different storage

amounts different Ram amounts and

different CPUs their highest in model

right now is going to be the Intel Core

Ultra 7

155h on the channel I've actually done a

lot of testing with this it is a great

performer 16 cores 22 threads and the

new archi GPU with 8 XE cores but I

opted to get a lower end variant because

this is a chip that I've been wanting to

test we've got the new Intel Core Ultra

5

135h 14 cores 18 threads we've basically

got the same Graphics new archi GPU with

8xe cores but this way we don't have

those extra cores fighting for power

because we're using a handheld up to 28

Watts I think we're going to see some

great performance out of this chip four

performance cores up to 4.6 GHz eight

efficiency cores up to 3.6 and two low

power e cores up to 2.5 GH gz again

we've got that new arig GPU with 8xe

cores and this will do up to 2.2 GHz and

since we're using a new Intel Core Ultra

Series CPU we've got a built-in npu but

when it comes to gaming at least right

now we don't really need to mess with

that this model has 32 GB of LP ddr5x at

7,467 megat transfers per second the

display they opted to use is absolutely

beautiful it's an ltps display with a

resolution of 2560 x 6 00 120 HZ and

it's 10.95 in we've also got a 1 TB m.2

SSD this is pcie 4.0 dual stereo

speakers tuned by Harmon a 65.0 2W

battery with 100 W fast charging

capabilities and out of the box this is

running Windows

11 so of course with this first look

video I don't have all of the

performance metrics listed I do need to

do a little bit of tweaking and tuning

with this chip again I have have tested

the Intel Core Ultra 155h I've been able

to kind of tweak that to get amazing

performance but since I'm working with a

newer chip I figured we' just take a

look at a little bit of gameplay real

quick obviously in handheld mode right

now and in my next video we will take a

closer look at all of the controls and

everything but we've got forer rizon 5

1200p with a low medium mix we're

looking at an average of around 87 FPS

right now but we are at 28 WTS now

that's where a lot of tweaking and

tuning needs to come from Intel and the

developer of this handheld console they

need to split up that power correctly

between the GPU and the CPU this is one

of the big reasons I wanted to get my

hands on the

135h we've got less course than the 155h

now of course at a higher wattage that

155h will outperform this but I think at

these lower wattages we're going to see

some awesome performance out of this

little chip we can only do up to 28

Watts right now with uh the way they

have everything set up now I'm sure with

third party tuning software I could

actually take this up a bit but I wanted

to see what it would do out of the box

and this is not bad at

all next thing I wanted to show off was

gaming in laptop mode so I've got the

detachable keyboard and this is a back

lit detachable keyboard easy to go on

actually pretty nice and it will protect

the screen once we fold it

up but here we have GTA 5 1200p we're at

normal settings and uh as you can see

from After Burner we're well over 60 FPS

now we do have a 120 HZ display here but

we can actually set it to 60 if we

really wanted to turn vsync on with this

game and we don't have to pull as much

power to run this game at 60 I've just

got an uncap frame rate to show you what

this thing can do and we're getting an

average of around 104

FPS and finally I wanted to show off

tabletop mode I'm just using an Xbox

controller connected over Bluetooth I

believe that 1X will be selling an

adapter to go in the middle of the

detachable controller to make it

Wireless not sure if it'll be Bluetooth

or if they're going to use a dongle of

some sort but here we have cyberpunk

2077 1200p low settings and you can see

we're right on the cusp of 60fps with

this now this is one of those games that

has given me issues on these new AR I

gpus Intel has admitted that there are a

few bugs here and there like for

instance if I go into the settings right

now and change my XS scaling mode to

let's say FSR performance is going to

fall right on its face I mean we're not

going to get much at all out of this

game you will have to do a complete

reboot of the game itself in order for

it to work correctly so hopefully that's

fixed up in the next couple driver

updates so overall I think the new 1X

player X1 is a really interesting

handheld and they're not considering it

just a dedicated handheld it's a three

in-one handheld we've got tablet mode

desktop mode and obviously we can go to

console mode with it having oculink up

top is really interesting for something

like this and I will have a full video

coming up I will be doing some emulation

testing we're going to test out that

oculink got a lot of AAA games that I

want to throw at this thing and if

there's anything else you want to see

running on the 1X player X1 let me know

in the comments below I can throw it in

the next video but I'm super excited

about these new Intel powered handheld

devices love to see Intel come to the

market with a more powerful igpu that

can kind of compete now and with Arc

they do have a lot to gain with their

driver updates Nvidia and AMD have been

on the market for a long time they've

got their drivers really fleshed out

every time Intel puts out a new arc

update we do see a jump in performance

in certain games maybe even just overall

openg performance so it's going to be

really interesting to see what they do

to see what they really bring to Market

with these handhelds but that's going to

wrap it up for my first look video full

review will be coming soon so definitely

keep an eye on the channel it' be really

cool if you could hit that like button

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when I post the next one and if you're

interested in learning a little more

about the 1X player X1 I will leave a

link to their official website and

Indiegogo

remember they've got the higher end

variant or you can go with this 135h I'm

going to see if I can get my hands on

the 155h also but this is the Prototype

they sent over and I really want to dive

deep and see what this thing can do but

that's it for this one like always

thanks for

watching