Asus' upcoming ROGAlly is positioned to challenge the SteamDeck, but will it succeed? Here are our first impressions.
After nearly a month, we’ve finally had a chance to use Asus’ upcoming ROG Ally handheld. It packs more powerful hardware than the Steam Deck, as well as Windows 11, allowing you to play games from any storefront. But does it have the gusto to take down Valve’s value-focused handheld?
Asus says the ROG Ally comes with “up to 512GB” of storage, suggesting there could be multiple models, like the Steam Deck. Although we might not get a $400 model, it’s not out of the question that the flagship could compete with the Steam Deck. An Asus representative has confirmed that the price will be below $1,000.
By comparison, the Steam Deck is packing much weaker hardware. Regardless of the model you choose, you’re getting four Zen 2 cores and eight RDNA 2 cores, which offer up to 1.6 TFLOPs of theoretical performance. The Steam Deck’s APU also tops out at 15 watts, while the ROG Ally can go up to 30W in its Turbo mode.
It’s important to note that these benchmarks were run at 1080p, while the Steam Deck tops out at 800p. Early claims say the ROG Ally is twice as fast as the Steam Deck, and it might be even faster if you run your games at a lower resolution. It has myriad problems, though. For starters, SteamOS is still remarkably buggy. For my own Steam Deck, I have to leave Wi-Fi turned off when I’m away from the charger because the handheld will occasionally get confused and think it’s out of battery, even with a full charge. These types of idiosyncrasies are rampant in SteamOS.
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