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See other comments, this was on purpose to make it more portable. The deck doesn't need to be a powerhouse, it needs to be portable. We already have powerhouse desktops
By definition it cannot exist. You can have a powerhouse or portable. The fact that they made the deck as powerful as they did is frankly amazing.
The ROG Xbox Ally X is rumored to target 1080p at $899.99, ONEXPLAYER has models using the latest and greatest AMD AI 9 HX and 144hz at $900~$1K-ish, Aya Neo and GPD Win have some too.
There's plenty options for "Powerhouse portables", you just gotta be willing to pay for 'em.