Regardless of initially making it look like an April Fools’ joke, Asus has now confirmed that it has been working by itself competitor to the Steam Deck. Dubbed the Asus ROG Ally, the hand held gaming PC has been teased by the corporate over the weekend earlier than lastly being confirmed to be actual.
Whereas Asus itself hasn’t revealed any particulars on the ROG Ally except for the truth that it runs on Home windows 11, tech YouTube channel Dave2D has managed to disclose some concrete info on its {hardware} and efficiency capabilities with out giving an excessive amount of away concerning the elements that the hand held gaming PC may run on.
The ROG Ally runs on a customized AMD SoC primarily based on a Zen 4 CPU and an RDNA 3 GPU, making it comparatively fairly trendy when in comparison with AMD’s present line-up of shopper {hardware}. The system can be geared up with a 1080p show that encompasses a refresh price of as much as 120Hz.
Asus additionally appears to have performed job with cooling the ROG Ally, with Dave2D praising the system’s lack of fan noise throughout testing. For comparability, the Ally apparently ran at loudness ranges of round 20db, in comparison with the Steam Deck’s 37db, below load.
Whereas the Asus ROG Ally will likely be working Home windows 11 out of the field, it is going to be geared up with a customized recreation launcher developed by Asus.
Asus is but to disclose any particulars concerning the launch date or worth for the ROG Ally.
It’s actual!
Keep tuned for extra 👀#ROG #ROGALLY #PlayALLYourGames pic.twitter.com/UcYyUebBSZ— ROG North America (@ASUS_ROGNA) April 3, 2023
