The article explores the performance of Nvidia's RTX 5090 Founders Edition when paired with a handheld gaming PC. A benchmarks test was performed using the RTX 5090 in conjunction with a GPD Win Max 2 handheld, revealing impressive frame rates even on lower bandwidth connections. Despite being slower than configurations using top-tier CPUs, the handheld setup still offered significant improvements over integrated graphics and older GPU combinations, hinting at a promising future for handheld gaming that leverages external GPU technology.
I plugged that Oculink cable into a $1,000 GPD Win Max 2 handheld. And then, with just an AMD Ryzen 8840U mobile CPU and four lanes of PCIe 4.0 bandwidth, rather than the 16 lanes of PCIe 5.0 that Nvidia's GPU technically supports, my new Franken-desktop spit fire anyhow.
Across our eight test games, it did run between 7 percent and 47 percent slower than when my colleague Tom Warren paired a 5090 with the fastest gaming CPU money can buy.
It's a wonder to behold. It's enough to make me believe in a rich future where handhelds get more powerful when you dock them at home.
The RTX 5090 Founders Edition delivered the vast majority of its performance even in a 12.7-liter desktop with a five-year-old CPU.
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