ASUS teased the ASUS ROG Ally on April 1st and many people thought it was an April fools prank, it turns out the device is actually real. ASUS say it will be a rival to the Steam Deck.
Taken from Videocardz… “The Ally is a Windows-based console licensed to support Xbox Game Pass library. However, this is not a cloud-streaming device, but a full fledged gaming console that ships a full APU like Steam Deck.
ASUS first handheld gaming console is to sport an AMD Ryzen APU, which is custom built for this product. ASUS is not confirming what type of APU would be used, apart from calling it ‘the fastest APU yet’. A video from Dave2D sheds more light on the APU. It is now confirmed to be a 4nm APU with Zen4 CPU and RDNA3 graphics. That said, we are probably looking at a custom AMD Phoenix APU.
What we can already be certain about is support for the ASUS ROG XG Mobile unit, which we described in this post. The console has a dedicated XG connector, which means that it can benefit from the most advanced gaming GPU for laptops. The only issue here is the price of the XG Mobile GPU. Currently, the latest XG external GPU is RTX 4090, which retails at $2000.
ASUS promises a gorgeous and smooth ‘full-HD gaming’ experience. According to Dave2D, it is a 500-nit 1080p display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. It is not only brighter, it is also much more responsive with 120 Hz and 5ms response time.”
Source: Videocardz
