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ASUS isn’t going to let companies like Ayaneo and Valve dominate the handheld gaming PC market.After his April 1st announcement that sparked skepticism (people, don’t announce real products on April Fool’s Day), ASUS Confirmed Building your own handheld, ROG Ally. The company hasn’t revealed any details, but says the system will run Windows 11 and use custom AMD Ryzen chips. You can also connect an external GPU.
As The Barge NoteYouTuber Dave 2D Have learned The ROG Ally has a 7-inch touchscreen, but it’s a 1080p display with a 16:9 ratio with a 120Hz refresh rate, versus Steam Deck’s 16:10 panel, which only manages 800p and 60Hz. Regardless, ASUS’ handhelds are narrower, thinner, and slightly lighter than Valve’s machines. It’s not clear how that screen will affect battery life.
The company has not shared a price or release date. However, you can: sign up Get an alert when a pre-order is open on Best Buy.
How well the ROG Ally works depends a lot on its price and performance compared to high-end handhelds like the Steam Deck (starting at $399) and the $850 Ayaneo 2. Unlike Steam Decks, which are officially limited to running games in your Steam library (only some), in theory, Ally can run almost any game your hardware can handle. And while brands like Ayaneo and GPD are relatively small, ASUS is a major name. Finding allies is probably easy.
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