Asus Rog Ally |OT| Another competitor enters the arena

[Cakebatter]

Yeah that was lame. It absolutely was an announcement for an announcement. Most sites are predicting a mid-gen refresh ( ie Hall effect joysticks, relocated SD card reader, slightly larger battery, etc). To be fair, I'd be happy if they only upgraded the RAM, painted it black, and add an extra USB-c port.

I still use my Ally on the regular and love it. I just blew through Gears 5 and Hivebusters. Lossless Scaling app was recently updated and works very well, better than AMD's AFMF.

 

[Phillyrider807]

Asus’ next ROG Ally will be the ROG Ally X

The company’s promising big battery life gains.

www.theverge.com

Edit. My bad. It says nothing about Hall effect joysticks.

 

[Collateral]

I wonder if u can swap out batteries with the Rog v1

 

[Cakebatter]

I'll definitely watch the real announcement on June 2, but I am not anticipating buying the Ally X. I lost money selling my Steam Deck, and can't justify upgrading the Ally after only a year. Its not like I have a ton of games that are too graphically intense for it yet.

 

[Zero]

They announced a announcement wtf lol.


But i highly doubt this is the actual second gen version. More likely this is the mid gen refresh.

Fixes sd card issues/Bigger battery/Color options. Thats your ROG Ally 2024 edition.

The ROG Ally 2 will be sometime next year.

Actually here's the details!

I'll have to wait and see. OLED screen would've made this day one though.

 

[The Phoenix]

I love that they are still at it. They are improving the Ally and have a game plan for how they want to approach the Ally 2. I'll probably wait for the sequel though. My current setup still serves me well.

 

[The Phoenix]

I'd pre-ordered the Killswitch case for the Ally from DBrand. They finally finished development of it and started sending out notices for pre-order customers to go purchase their cases. I got mine with the travel cover attachment. They'll open up the purchasing to everyone else in a few days I believe.

ROG Ally Cases & Screen Protectors » dbrand

Looking for the best ROG Ally accessories? Good news: dbrand has the best ROG Ally cases, and screen protectors on the planet. Get buying.

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[Allen Poe]

 

[Tunez]

ASUS ROG Ally X specs leaked: 24GB LPDDR5X-7500 memory and massive 80 Wh battery - VideoCardz.com

ASUS ROG Ally X confirmed with 24GB memory and doubled battery capacity We have an exclusive first look at ROG Ally X specs. No more rumors; the official specs of the ROG Ally X are here. The updated design will feature the same Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, with 8 Zen4 cores and 12 RDNA3 Compute […]

videocardz.com

 

[Leasy]

Not worth the purchase if you have the old one. I would like to see what Microsoft and Sony are doing.

 

[Phillyrider807]

ASUS ROG Ally X specs leaked: 24GB LPDDR5X-7500 memory and massive 80 Wh battery - VideoCardz.com

ASUS ROG Ally X confirmed with 24GB memory and doubled battery capacity We have an exclusive first look at ROG Ally X specs. No more rumors; the official specs of the ROG Ally X are here. The updated design will feature the same Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, with 8 Zen4 cores and 12 RDNA3 Compute […]

videocardz.com

"If" i can find a open box model before the holidays for around 400-450 i'll cop and give my current one to my brother. But i def wouldn't spend anymore then that as someone who has the original.

 

[Cakebatter]

The 80wh battery and 24GB of faster ram will really distance this device from the Steam Deck. Depending on the price I might get it. I'm hoping or a $799 price. Bestbuy hopefully will offer 10% for their cardholders again like they did with the original Ally. I took a bath selling my Steam Deck after one year. I don't really want to do the same a year later on my Ally. Besides price, I'm nervous about the extra weight. I've come to appreciate how light weight the Ally is compared to the Steam Deck. The extra USB 4.0 jack seems to be exciting people most on reddit and discord. Now any eGPU should work, instead of Asus own units.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Yeah the X looks like it's mainly to address the shytty battery life and additional ram is a plus (even though most games won't make it past 16gb unless you are playing a heavy sim).

I'm good with my Z1E and planning to get the xgmobile to take the bih to the moon

 

[Cakebatter]

Yeah the X looks like it's mainly to address the shytty battery life and additional ram is a plus (even though most games won't make it past 16gb unless you are playing a heavy sim).

I'm good with my Z1E and planning to get the xgmobile to take the bih to the moon

Because its unified ram, you can allocate 16gb to the system and 8gb to the iGPU. That and the extra speed should make a difference in the FPS 1% lows and possibly even reduced frame stutter.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Because its unified ram, you can allocate 16gb to the system and 8gb to the iGPU. That and the extra speed should make a difference in the FPS 1% lows and possibly even reduced frame stutter.

Unless its a future proof thing, folks are better off just copping the Z1E version (which will possibly be cheaper), cop Lossless Scaling, and use the optimization hacks that even Microsoft introduced for gaming purposes.

I mainly use my Ally as a portable gaming desktop PC, while the Deck is the work laptop with gaming being a plus.