Asus lastly revealed the complete specs record and pricing particulars for its ROG Ally handheld gaming PC. The AMD Zen4 platform machine comes as a direct challenger to Valve’s Steam Deck providing a powerful bundle for gaming on the go.
ROG Ally brings a 7-inch IPS LCD show with FHD decision, a 16:9 facet ratio and a 120Hz refresh charge. The panel cranks out as much as 500 nits of brightness and is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus. Asus claims a 7ms response time and 100% protection of the sRGB coloration house.
ROG Ally comes with two chipset variations – AMD’s new Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Excessive chips. Z1 options six-core Zen 4 CPU with twelve threads whereas the GPU facet is roofed by 4 RDNA 3 cores. Z1 Excessive packs an eight-core Zen 4 CPU with sixteen threads and twelve RDNA 3 GPU cores with 24MB cache.
For those who want much more energy, you may hook up an exterior GPU with the console supporting as much as ROG XG Cell which packs a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop computer GPU.
Each ROG Ally fashions get 16GB LPDDR5-6400 dual-channel reminiscence and 256/512GB PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD of the 2230 measurement. You additionally get a 40Wh battery pack. Asus claims as much as two hours of endurance in heavy gaming titles ran below the 15W efficiency mode. The console ships with a 65W PD charger. Asus added twin followers and a copper warmth pipe to assist with cooling.
ROG Ally cooling system
ROG Ally options an aluminum chassis and weighs 608 grams. The precise machine dimensions are 280 x 111 x 21.2mm. It runs full-fledged Home windows 11 Dwelling with a particular version of Asus Armoury Crate on high. You’ll be able to run Xbox Sport Cross and also you get a three-month trial with every ROG Ally buy. You may also run video games from every other main sport launcher and sport streaming companies.
For controls, ROG Ally affords two analog thumb sticks with capacitive contact and RGB lighting, a D-pad, A B X Y buttons, left and proper Corridor Impact triggers and bumpers in addition to two assignable grip buttons on the again. The display screen is flanked by the command heart and look at buttons on the left and menu and Armoury Crate buttons on the suitable. Asus additionally added six-axis gyro help.
When it comes to I/O you get a Kind-C combo port with help for USB 3.2 Gen2, and a port for connecting exterior GPUs in addition to a microSD card slot that helps as much as UHS-II playing cards and a headphone/mic combo jack. The console additionally options dual-firing stereo audio system with Dolby Atmos and Hello-Res Audio help. ROG Ally brings Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity.
The Ryzen Z1 model (12/256GB) ROG Ally is priced at $600 within the US and is confirmed to ship in Q3. The extra succesful Z1 Excessive mannequin (16/512GB) begins at $700/€800/£700. The Z1 Excessive model is obtainable for pre-order from Asus and native retail companions whereas deliveries and open gross sales begin subsequent month.
