ASUS has officially unveiled its new portable gaming console, the ROG Ally X, which brings a series of improvements to the original design of the ROG Ally, considered one of the best on the market right now with Windows 11, which may be the big issue with these consoles.
Starting with the specifications, the ASUS ROG Ally X utilizes the same AMD Ryzen Z1 APU that offers great performance and efficiency with its 8 cores, based on the Zen architecture of 4 cores and 16 threads.
The chip features 24 MB of L3 cache and clock speeds of up to 5.1 GHz. It also comes with an integrated RDNA 3 iGPU with 12 compute units at 2800 MHz. That’s the only thing that hasn’t changed.
Specifications of the new ASUS console
Regarding memory, the ASUS ROG Ally X stands apart with up to 24 GB of LPDDR5X memory that reaches speeds of 7500 MT/s in dual-channel mode. In addition, the ROG Ally X comes with a full M.2 slot in the 2280 form factor, allowing capacities of up to 1 TB, twice as much as the original variant.
The ASUS ROG Ally X comes with two Type-C ports, one of which is USB4 (Thunderbolt 4). This allows users who want to use the device with an eGPU to do so, and for those who don’t use eGPUs, they have an additional USB port at their disposal.
Regarding design, ASUS has made some notable changes that allow for a much larger battery capacity of 80 Wh, double that of the original model (40 Wh). There are also updates to the zero-gravity internal thermal solution that comes with new fan designs that are 23% smaller, but have 50% more fan blades that allow for a 10% greater airflow.
The new tunnel design is also made to quickly dissipate heat outside the chassis, and for that, there’s an additional third grille to expel hot air. The new design allows for up to 24% more airflow and a temperature up to 10º F lower on the panel.
But ASUS didn’t stop there. They also made modifications to the look and feel of the new ROG Ally X controller, which now comes with a precision D-Pad, a joystick that can support up to 5 million cycles, and an improved range for the D-Pad and joysticks.
It measures 280.2 x 114 x 36.9 mm. The screen is an FHD panel with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and touch design. The new updates will be rolled out in July 2024. Is it the feared rival of the Steam Deck?
