GPD WIN 2


vcoleiro1 said:
166 backers in 2 minutes is still pretty darn impressive :)
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Really? I don't really think so.
A huge hype has been created (with the videos you posted yourself here, etc.), so a lot of people were waiting for it and immediately ordered when it got live.

Even the Pyra managed to get quite a lot of preorders within the first few hours (a couple of hundred), and I didn't promote it ANYWHERE outside the boards (as I didn't want a huge promotion until the Pyra is finished and ready for delivery).
The Pandora had over 3000 orders within a week (though I can't really tell how many we got within the first 2 minutes as our servers all broke down due to the heavy load).

So I don't think that was really surprising here :)
 
vcoleiro1 said:
Well there was like a 1-2 tyear leadup to the PYRA pre-order, and people had been posting about it on other forums.

I even wrote into liliputing to get a story up on the pre-order https://liliputing.com/2016/05/dragonbox-pyra-pre-orders-begin-open-source-handheld-gaming-pc.html
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But that's nothing compared to the marketing that happened here :)
Besides, the GPD Win 2 is a finished product whereas the Pyra had ALWAYS an unknown shipping date and a huge disclaimer that everything can go wrong on the preorder page.

I did everything to keep the random customer away (which is good, as that's the reason we don't get a lot of refund requests).

That's not necessary for the Win 2, as GPD can easily pull that off. They have proved that a couple of times and they have the experience, which is great :)
 
EvilDragon said:
Crowdfunding for me still is: A couple of guys have a good idea but can't fund it. The crowd that loves the idea supports it. That's the original idea, but sadly, crowdfunding platforms have moved away a bit... these days, it's more a "how big is my market?"-marketing tool for companies. Oh well, that's just my moaning here, I dislike the direction this moved, but you can ignore it as personal ranting :)
;)
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Let me help you get your personal rant off the ground.
 
Caine said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought there were problems with sourcing the Snapdragon in the past.
I do not remember if that was related to a minimum order quantity or if they were the party that wanted control over the hardware design.
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I didn't say we'll target the Snapdragon.
It might even be a bad choice because of probably bad Linux support.
It was simply an example of how much powerful the new Processor might be.
The gap might be as big as Pandora - Pyra. We are already 2 Generations past OMAP 5 now and the A15->A57->A72->A73 jumps are pretty big.
 
Some impressive videos there, makes me even more desperate to see what the Pyra can do.
 
Askarus said:
I didn't say we'll target the Snapdragon.
It might even be a bad choice because of probably bad Linux support.
It was simply an example of how much powerful the new Processor might be.
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If it doesn't run linux, doesn't that disqualify it for the audience of the Pyra? It's almost like comparing the OMAP5 against a pot of yoghurt or something.

And I've said before, what's the wattage of that part? I guess they'll want you to sign an NDA before they'll tell you, but we don't know what sort of thermal limits that case and current cooling solution implies. I get the feeling you can't simply add logic units to make a more powerful processor while ignoring the thermal envelope - although presumably newer chips are printed at yet smaller scales which will offset that thermal growth somewhat.
 
levi said:
If it doesn't run linux, doesn't that disqualify it for the audience of the Pyra? It's almost like comparing the OMAP5 against a pot of yoghurt or something.

And I've said before, what's the wattage of that part? I guess they'll want you to sign an NDA before they'll tell you, but we don't know what sort of thermal limits that case and current cooling solution implies. I get the feeling you can't simply add logic units to make a more powerful processor while ignoring the thermal envelope - although presumably newer chips are printed at yet smaller scales which will offset that thermal growth somewhat.
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I was thinking of an other SOC with similar specs.
It was just an example of what we might get as a CPU upgrade.
There are other A72/A73 SOCs out there. Snapdragon was just the first to come to my mind.
Also see: Mediatek Helio X30
 
Askarus said:
I didn't say we'll target the Snapdragon.
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Oh, then I misinterpreted the gist of your post. My apologies, good sir.
The gap might be as big as Pandora - Pyra. We are already 2 Generations past OMAP 5 now and the A15->A57->A72->A73 jumps are pretty big.
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Indeed. I really hope there will be an upgrade ASAP, but let's get the OMAP 5 version out first.
 
Askarus said:
I didn't say we'll target the Snapdragon.
It might even be a bad choice because of probably bad Linux support.
It was simply an example of how much powerful the new Processor might be.
The gap might be as big as Pandora - Pyra. We are already 2 Generations past OMAP 5 now and the A15->A57->A72->A73 jumps are pretty big.
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It should be fine, there's open source drivers for the GPU in that.
 
Askarus said:
I was thinking of an other SOC with similar specs.
It was just an example of what we might get as a CPU upgrade.
There are other A72/A73 SOCs out there. Snapdragon was just the first to come to my mind.
Also see: Mediatek Helio X30
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But that should be used for the DragonBox Phoibos, not the Pyra, because Helio/Helios/Apollo/Phoibos.
 
So just over a day and the Indiegogo campaign has raised $1,015,743 USD from 1636 backers. That's pretty good
 
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