The ASUS ROG Ally has proven to be a successful competitor to the popular Steam Deck. It reportedly sold a little over five hundred thousand units, with a revenue of approximately US$318.6 million, in its first month. However, it seemed that the device itself was plagued with issues, ranging from stick drift to the SD card slot burning out. More recenetly, the device was mired in controversy due to being the subject of terrible RMA practices (notably in USA) by ASUS which was reported by Gamers Nexus.
This has not stopped ASUS from endeavouring to improve its products, and thus we have the ASUS ROG Ally X, the second iteration of ASUS’ PC gaming handheld. Pre-orders are now live for this device in both Australia and New Zealand. It boasts a number of improvements but notably does not bolster any hardware improvements that will provide better performance in games. This improvements include:
- Increased storage capacity
- Faster memory
- Longer battery life
- Improved joysticks and ergonomics
- An additional USB-C port
- Improved thermals
The specs for the ASUS ROG Ally X are as follows:
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Operating System |
Windows 11 Home |
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Display |
7” FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9, 500 nits brightness, 100% sRGB, Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus™ with Gorilla® Glass DXC coating, touchscreen, 120 Hz refresh rate, 7 ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium |
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CPU |
AMD Ryzen™ Z1 Extreme Processor (“Zen4” architecture with 4 nm process, 8-core /16-threads, 24 MB total cache, up to 5.10 GHz boost) |
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GPU |
AMD Radeon™ Graphics (AMD RDNA™ 3, 12 CUs, up to 2.7 GHz, up to 8.6 Teraflops) |
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Memory |
24 GB LPDDR5X on board (7500 MHz dual channel) |
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Storage |
Up to 1 TB M.2 2280 NVMe™ PCIe® G4x4 Value SSD |
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I/O Ports |
1 x Audio combo jack 1 x Micro SD Card reader (UHS-II, 312MB/s) 1 x USB-C® supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (DisplayPort™ 1.4 with FreeSync support, Power Delivery 3.0 (Input: 20V/5A, Output 5V/1.5A)) 1 x USB4® (Thunderbolt™ 4 compliance, DisplayPort™ 1.4 with FreeSync support, Power Delivery 3.0 (Input: 20V/5A, output:5V/3A) |
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Audio |
2-speaker system with Smart Amplifier Technology Dolby Atmos® AI noise-canceling technology Hi-Res Audio certification Built-in array microphone |
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Battery |
80 Wh |
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Power Supply |
USB-C®, 65W AC Adapter, Output: 20V DC, 3.25 A, 65 W, Input: 100~240V AC 50 / 60 Hz universal |
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Dimension |
28.0 x 11.1 x 2.47 cm |
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Weight |
678 g |
The pricing for this device comes in at A$1,599 and NZ$1,799 and pre-orders can be found below:
Australia
New Zealand
The ASUS ROG Ally X is set to release on July 22, 2024.
