TheAsus ROG Allyis just a class honest-to-goodness , but the play handheld built to rival theSteam Deck(at least , the one that came the closest to dethrone Valve ’s handheld giant ) is amount back with an climb . item are rather sparse , but the update could include a new coating of paint , unspoilt store , more RAM , and — perhaps most importantly for users — a microSD time slot that wo n’t smash your cards .
The prominent doubtfulness for Asus is , even with the upgrade , can it attempt to defeatValve ’s own Deck refreshwith that damn pretty OLED display . In astreamfrom the ROG headquarters , Asus reps said that on July 2 , the company would reveal an “ ROG Ally X. ” Is it a refresh ? Not exactly ? A new console ? Not quite . The senior manager of merchandising at ROG , Whitson Gordon , said on the flow that it ’s somewhere in between , though it will be “ build for the enthusiast who want a scrap extra . ”
The new console will have the same AMD Z1 Extreme APU and VRR display , but it could see big improvements to reposition , RAM , and other “ strong-arm changes . ” The Ally X could have a better electric battery , and “ not by a little minute , ” according to Gordon .
That handheld under the ROG Ally isn’t the new black edition but an MSI Claw. Don’t worry; you wouldn’t be the only one to confuse them at first glance.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo
As for an actual reveal , we ’ll have to wait until June 2 during Computex . The pair did import out a few new improvements in what ’s being called Armory Crate SE 1.5 , which will also come to the original Ally .
The sequel , or really the refresh to theROG Ally , had already been hinted at in the weeks leading up to now . Videocardzhas already reported that Asus plan to share the raw hand-held console at Computex in Taiwan next month . Hell , Asus itself alreadyhintedat its raw handheld earlier this calendar month in a tweet , as first noted byThe Verge . The fresh Ally could have a black veneering instead of a clean one . Because of the colour shift , the new Ally could look rather close to anMSI Claw , which , queerly enough , already bore a hit resemblance to Asus ’ design .
We were n’t really expecting anything too massive from ROG . After all , it ’s only been a little more than a year since the company first announced the Ally . Still , a unexampled console with a well stamp battery biography would be a significant improvement , especially considering the Steam Deck OLED also received an upgrade battery along with the new display .
Despite initial reviews on Asus ’ handheld being mostly positive ( especially after a few month of update ) , Ally users started reporting a major yield with the computer hardware that would basically broil your SD board lecturer , which could also damage the microSD card in spite of appearance . The company has sinceexpanded the warrantyon its handheld with an supernumerary hope to reimburse exploiter for damage cards . Still , asThe Vergefirst reported in the beginning this month , that has n’t undertake the SD card reader wo n’t malfunction in the time to come .
Theoriginal Steam Deckwas also mostly unfinished on dismissal but did n’t sustain as major a computer hardware loser as Asus did . Since then , there ’s been an blowup of fresh handheld cabinet from a sundry ofsmaller companies like Ayaneoand major OEMs like Lenovo with itsLegion Go . There ’s never been more handhelds available on the marketplace today . If you want to see all those released lately or that are yet to fare out , thishandy documenton the r / SBCGaming subreddit render you how many consoles are currently on the market . plain , that market ’s only going to get bigger .
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