ASUS ROG Ally Officially Announced

Remember what ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced this April Fool? Well, it turns out that the ROG Ally is not an April Fool’s joke as the company just officially announced its first Windows 11 gaming handheld is powered by an all-new AMD Ryzen processor for 1080p gaming.

Powered by an all-new AMD Ryzen Z1 series processor, the ROG Ally is a genuinely next-gen handheld, offering Full HD (FHD) gaming on the go, and is able to run even modern AAA titles faster and smoother than any other handheld on the market. Built on the “Zen 4” architecture combined with AMD RDNA 3 architecture-based graphics, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor rivals the prowess of game consoles, featuring 8 cores, 16 threads, and up to 8.6 teraflops of graphics processing power. An AMD Ryzen Z1 variant will be available later in 2023 with 6 cores and 12 processing threads, and both models support AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution and AMD Radeon Super Resolution upscaling technologies for excellent performance and stunning visuals in demanding AAA and indie titles.

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The ROG Ally features the ROG Zero Gravity thermal system, which uses a dual-fan system with ultrathin heatsink fins and high-friction heat pipes to keep Ally cool in any orientation. It comes with 16GB of high-speed LPDDR5 6400MHz memory, 512GB of PCIe Gen 4 storage, and a UHS-II microSD card slot to further expand its storage capacity. WiFi 6E support ensures that the ROG Ally stays on a rock-solid connection, even in congested networks, whether gamers are natively playing a multiplayer match or streaming a game via Xbox Cloud Gaming or AMD Link.

The ROG Ally sports a 120Hz Full HD (1080p) touchscreen with AMD FreeSync Premium technology, gamers will enjoy supreme motion clarity in fast-paced games, with no tearing or stuttering. The display also has a maximum brightness of 500 nits, enabling gamers to easily keep track of the action in more challenging environments, like outdoors. This touchscreen display also acts to seamlessly allow navigation of
Windows 11 when gamers need to change settings or install their next game.

Just like a gaming laptop, you can actually purchase all sorts of gaming accessories for the ROG Ally. Gamers can also purchase the ROG XG Mobile with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU or the XG Mobile with an AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT.

Since it runs Windows 11, it can play any game from any platform and includes three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate right out of the box. Gamers can play solo, connect to a TV to play with friends or kick into high gear with the ROG XG Mobile suite of external GPUs for a truly top-tier gaming experience.

The ROG Ally was designed from the ground up with Windows at its heart, able to #playALLYourgames from any platform. ROG has collaborated with Microsoft, game publishers, and individual studios to ensure that gamers using the ROG Ally have the best experience possible. Full support for Steam, the EA App, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, the Epic Games Store, GOG Galaxy 2.0, Android apps, and other game platforms ensures that no matter where users download their games, the Ally has them covered.

The Ally even comes bundled with a free three-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate code, giving gamers instant access to Microsoft’s game library the moment they unbox the machine.

The console will retail from US$599 (~RM2670) for the AMD Ryzen Z1 SoC variant, while the Ryzen Z1 Extreme variant retails for US$699 (~RM3116). Unfortunately, ASUS did not provide the local pricing at the moment.

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