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ASUS has announced a portable gaming ROG Ally, similar to the Steam Deck. The device was announced on April 1, which made us all think it was an April Fool’s joke of course. Rather, ASUS said that it was an April Fool’s joke, after publishing an introductory video of the ROG Ally device, which showed the shape of the device and showed real games on it such as High on Life, Moving Out and WRC Generations, without a price or release date, and indicated only that it is equipped with a custom Ryzen APU processor from AMD. To come back then ASUS and say in Tweet The lie is that she said it was an April Fool’s joke, and that the device is real and you can pre-order it from Best Buy for residents of the United States and Canada yet.
According to ASUS, the ROG Ally runs Windows 11 and a custom Ryzen APU from AMD, like the Aerith SOC found in Valve’s Steam Deck hardware, and Asus claims it’s AMD’s fastest processor yet.
It’s real!
Stay tuned for more ????#ROG #ROGALLY #PlayALLYourGames pic.twitter.com/UcYyUebBSZ— ROG North America (@ASUS_ROGNA) April 3, 2023
A hands-on video of the ROG Ally was posted by Dave2D which explained ASUS’ global launch plans as well as some other specs. The ROG Ally is smaller, thinner, and lighter than the Steam Deck, which weighs 669 g / 298 mm x 117 mm x 50.5 mm, while the Ally device weighs 608 g, and measures 280 mm x 113 mm x 39 mm.
ROG Ally has a 7-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 500 nits brightness, and a 120Hz refresh rate. And doing a quick comparison to the specs of the Steam Deck, which has a 7-inch 16:10-ratio screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, 400 nits of brightness, and a 60Hz refresh rate, the ROG Ally beats it out on paper so far.
Dave2D also noted that the prototype was much quieter in cooling than the Steam Deck. The ROG Ally is equipped with a dual-fan system that sucks air in from the back and exhausts it at the top, and also noted that you can easily replace the storage memory.
Despite the strength of the internal hardware in terms of processing, screen resolution and refresh rate, this of course affects battery life while playing away from the charger. Dave2D said that details about the battery aren’t available yet, as well as any pricing info is unclear but ASUS said pricing will be competitive.