Chuwi HiGame

By Desire Athow

To say that Chinese tech manufacturer Chuwi (which is nothing to do with hip-hop singer Chuuwee, or indeed Chewbacca from Star Wars) has been flexing its marketing muscles to push its latest product, the HiGame, would be an understatement.

Colleagues at TechRadar have been bombarded with emails extolling the unique selling points of this pint-sized PC, namely the use of an 8th-generation Intel CPU with a Radeon RX Vega M graphics subsystem.

Before reading on, just bear in mind that this is a pre-production model nearing the production stage. Everything works as expected except for the heat dissipation system (a pair of 90mm fans) which generates up to a staggering 76dB under load (the sound meter was located next to the air vents).

Chuwi has given us a written assurance that this issue will be solved on production units sent to backers that have paid for the item. This is why we won’t score the HiGame just yet, so this article remains a hands-on preview for the time being.

Design

Some have compared the design of the HiGame to a miniature version of the old Mac Pro but in black, and of course minus the Apple logo. It goes without …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac