Thursday, April 27th 2023
ASUS ROG Ally Powered by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Priced at $700
ASUS's sensational handheld game console, the ROG Ally, will be priced at $699.99 for the model powered by the top AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, according to a leak by SnoopyTech. This top model will feature a 7-inch Full HD screen with 120 Hz refresh-rate, and Dolby Atmos-capable audio. Under the hood, the Ryzen Z1 is based on the 4 nm "Phoenix" silicon, featuring an 8-core/16-thread "Zen 4" CPU, and its full Navi3 iGPU based on the RDNA3 graphics architecture, with 12 CU (768 stream processors). This chip is wired to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory, and a 512 GB NVMe SSD.
ASUS has a cheaper model of the ROG Ally designed for cloud gaming and casual gaming, powered by the Ryzen Z1 (non-Extreme). The non-Extreme Z1 rocks a 6-core/12-thread "Zen 4" CPU, but a heavily cut down iGPU with just 4 CU (256 stream processors), which are plenty for the intended use-cases. ASUS could price this much lower than the top model, with speculations pointing to $499.
Sources:
SnoopyTech (Twitter), The Verge
ASUS has a cheaper model of the ROG Ally designed for cloud gaming and casual gaming, powered by the Ryzen Z1 (non-Extreme). The non-Extreme Z1 rocks a 6-core/12-thread "Zen 4" CPU, but a heavily cut down iGPU with just 4 CU (256 stream processors), which are plenty for the intended use-cases. ASUS could price this much lower than the top model, with speculations pointing to $499.
98 Comments on ASUS ROG Ally Powered by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Priced at $700
The Steam Deck isn't even available globally for people to buy it. I would have bought one had it been available. I bet a ton of people in Australia and New Zealand would have bought one too if it were available. Most people don't like to buy from scalpers.
So yeah, I'll place my bets on the Ally selling more. Especially at $699 which is absolutely insane.
I'm not saying 700 is bad for the level of hardware. Have you looked at my spec's? I own a lot of Asus hardware. Also, let's not stoop down to calling namef because someone disagrees with you. I do agree that 700 is a good price for the top end hardware. Read what I wrote above. So again one more time I have stated what I'm worried about which is Software, Battery life, and how well it stays cool at max power. I know it's been stated that you can lower the performance but what's the use in spending more to lower the performance. They do say it has 8 hours battery life and if that is true then that will be amazing, but if they have to turn the performance down a lot to get 8 hours then it's a bust for me. One of the big selling points for me is the 120hz display, but if I have to turn it down then it's no better than the Steam Deck.
I am curious if that trend continued. Were early adoptors willing to spend more than the general sales? With 3 million units sold Valve has done better than they ever thought they would. Valve thought they would be lucky to sell a million units. Now that Valve has shown there is a market, Asus has come with a compelling alternative. Alienware has made a prototype. Valve will make a Steam Deck 2 when they are ready. I'm excited to see what they come up with when facing stiff competition from Asus and maybe others.
So yes, this device can detect and process atmos but is not the real experience. That Alienware prototype looked awesome, but apparently is smokeware because I haven't seen any news since they showed that prototype. Yes but mostly in high paid countries, in my country apple products are a niche, maybe 1% or 2% of computers are apple.
$699 for more tFlops than PS4 Pro in the palm of my hand? Take my $700!!!!
Windows 11 natively? Yes take my money!!!! The low end model still has more tflops in gpu power than ps4. The low end model still has more tflops in gpu power than ps4. It doesn't need more than 16gb of ram. This is an APU so it not exactly high end graphic capable. The cheap model is more powerful than the steam deck. This has nothing to do with the Ally and everything to do with how it decodes the audio.... it will be dockable and have eGPU support so as long as your receiver is Atmos compatible it gets Atmos decoded audio.
This isn't complicated. If you dont like it move on instead of trying to convince others they don't like it.
By the way I don't care if has atmos or not, because I know that in order to get real atmos I need 5.1.2, I was just explaining to others that.
hometheaterreview.com/can-dolby-atmos-actually-work-on-a-laptop/