The Asus ROG Ally hardware review, now available for your viewing pleasure. We'll see how AMD's new flagship compares to the old later on in the review, but you'll note that the basic set-up is quite similar to the Z1 Extreme. It's built from the same fundamental building blocks as the Deck but benefits from a much bigger CPU and GPU. I've added this to the mix as it's based on the 6nm Ryzen 7 6800U, AMD's last generation flagship: think of it as an iterative step on from the Deck's custom AMD Van Gogh APU. In the spec table below, you'll note that I've also included the specs from a similarly new handheld - the AyaNeo Air Plus. At this point, it's not entirely clear how the Z1 Extreme differs from the 7840U as those spec points are very similar, right down to the new 4nm processor node - another advantage vs the Deck's 7nm design. 16GB of LPDDR5 across a 128-bit memory interface completes the core spec. Meanwhile the GPU has 50 percent more compute units, an architecture upgrade via RDNA 3 and - once again - a lot more frequency. CPU core count doubles up against Steam Deck and frequencies increase dramatically, while employing the latest Zen4 designs. This seems to be a tweaked rendition of its flagship 'Phoenix' silicon, specifically the Ryzen 7 7840U. So what's the catch?Īt the heart of the Ally sits the latest AMD mobile APU - dubbed the Z1 Extreme. The Steam Deck struggles with the latest, most demanding games but the Asus ROG Ally doesn't just offer up the hardware spec improvements we've love to see added to Deck - but adds anything up to 71 percent in gaming performance. Not longer the domain of the bedroom or office, it's now possible to play your library of games anywhere and not just your legacy titles either, but the latest triple-A epics. The Asus ROG AllyĪrrives just over a year since Steam Deck added a new dimension to PC gaming: portability. It's here - and as manufacturer Asus promised - sooner than expected.
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