ASUS ROG Ally X Priced at $799, Battery 40% Larger

[btarunr]

We've had our eye on the ASUS ROG Ally X since last week. The Ally X started its life on the rumor mill as a design revision of the ROG Ally that corrects the location of its microSD slot away from a heat vent, before we learned that it's a whole new product positioned above the ROG Ally, which not just fixes the microSD slot, but also comes with a larger battery, and support for M.2-2280 NVMe SSDs to unlock the widest selection of aftermarket SSDs among any handheld console.

Mystery Lupin a source with ASUS leaks, suggests that the ASUS ROG Ally X could be priced at $799, which would be a $100 premium over the top-spec ROG Ally Extreme. For this premium, ASUS is dropping in a battery that's rumored to have a 40% higher capacity than the one the original ROG Ally Extreme comes with; and the sheer convenience of an M.2-2280 drive bay that has a 1 TB SSD. It's also rumored that ASUS may step up the memory size. The other hardware specs are unchanged—the processor is still an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, the display is still that 7-inch 48-120 Hz VRR with 1080p resolution; and with an identical controller layout. ASUS is expected to launch the ROG Ally X on June 2.



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[Space Lynx]

LOL, no

LOL ASUS says this is $200 in repair, Steve from gamers Nexus smokes ASUS, Steam Deck til I die boys!!!!

thank God we have Steve from GamersNexus holding the industry accountable. He has saved us from Intel, Newegg, EK, MSI, countless others, and now ASUS sauce gamersnexus time stamp: 1:48 mins in @Chaitanya ty for linking this initially :D STEAM DECK AND VALVE FOR LIFE BOYS!!! IFIXIT...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[maxfly]

That's, save up for another month and buy a laptop stupid.

 

[Space Lynx]

That's, save up for another month and buy a laptop stupid.

more like 50 bucks.

HP has a RTX 4060 GPU and Ryzen 8845HS CPU and 16gb ddr5 and 1tb nvme all for $849 and 15.6" 144hz IPS...

50 bucks more. LOL what a joke.

 

[Hyderz]

asus atm

 

[Dr. Dro]

It's the same price as the Meteor Lake-based (Core Ultra 7 155H) MSI Claw. Would be interesting to see both pitched against each other.

 

[b1k3rdude]

Asus was added to my blacklist a while back, so no, hard pass. And WTF would I buy this POS when I can buy a steam deck.

 

[Vayra86]

One does not simply enter handheld territory, it seems.

Gabe's burning eye is always watching, inciting revolt amongst his enemies... forcing poor customer service upon those hapless corporate minds. Or is that giving him too much credit?

LOL, no

LOL ASUS says this is $200 in repair, Steve from gamers Nexus smokes ASUS, Steam Deck til I die boys!!!!

thank God we have Steve from GamersNexus holding the industry accountable. He has saved us from Intel, Newegg, EK, MSI, countless others, and now ASUS sauce gamersnexus time stamp: 1:48 mins in @Chaitanya ty for linking this initially :D STEAM DECK AND VALVE FOR LIFE BOYS!!! IFIXIT...

www.techpowerup.com

So asmongold wasted our time by ranting straight through Steve in a much higher volume and showing us his clueless face for 10 minutes.
Thanks for that, now I know why I avoid this shit all the time. God almighty. All for le ad revenue eh

 

[stimpy88]

I think a lot of people have a very (deservedly) bad view of ASUS.

They turned to garbage 2-3 years ago.

 

[Imsochobo]

It's the same price as the Meteor Lake-based (Core Ultra 7 155H) MSI Claw. Would be interesting to see both pitched against each other.

tons of people have.
the msi claw is comically bad thanks to the intel chip

 

[Denver]

It's the same price as the Meteor Lake-based (Core Ultra 7 155H) MSI Claw. Would be interesting to see both pitched against each other.

There you have it. The claw is far inferior under realistic conditions.

I don't know if a refresh makes sense with new SOCs coming out of the oven in the near future.

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

I...have had a love-hate relationship since ASUS decided that ROG tags were worth $50-$200 premiums. Their software is a joke, and updating their hardware with their software went from a mildly skilled task to two hours of obscure forum posts to figure out how to make it work because Windows auto-installed drivers that worked things once you uninstalled the old drivers....and then ignored you trying to install the new drivers because.

I...would like a Steam deck. I'm waiting for a second or third revision to the hardware....because I also own a steam controller and don't want to buy an $800 product that is about 80% of the way to revolutionary. I see the deck as a replacement for the gameboy, PSP, and the reason that Nintendo isn't releasing anything in the handheld market. I see the Ally, Claw, and other things as the garbage Chinesium knock-offs of the better product...and when MSI and ASUS are in a bidding match to see which offers the worst customer service I'm....floored. MSI has had years of garbage service (read: laptop hinges), but ASUS is rapidly making it known that their days of putting out good stuff at premium prices is now transitioning into value tier at premium pricing. As such, no. Don't care about the Ally...and will enjoy seeing it die. Hopefully in 2-3 years we're having a discussion about how the Ally and Claw helped to drive somebody else to make a deck competitor....but I'm not putting money on that.

 

[bonehead123]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.........

here's another firm, solid, resoundingly loud N.O. vote....

 

[Camm]

Significant QoL improvement with those two features, but I do wonder about investing in a new handheld with new AMD SoC's on the near horizon.

 

[Chomiq]

That's, save up for another month and buy a laptop stupid.

But then it's not a handheld anymore.

 

[kapone32]

It's the same price as the Meteor Lake-based (Core Ultra 7 155H) MSI Claw. Would be interesting to see both pitched against each other.

The Claw is about 20% slower.

 

[Chrispy_]

Do current Ally owners get their faulty-by-design devices repaired free of charge through a recall yet? No?

Quelle surprise! <insert sarcastic :shocked: emoji here>

I'm waiting to see a big fat class action lawyer rub AsusCorp's greedy faces in the mess they've made. Hopefully that'll also set a precedent that'll open the floodgates for other class-actions against Asus' anti-consumer, greedy violations of consumer law in multiple global theatres.

 

[Space Lynx]

One does not simply enter handheld territory, it seems.

Gabe's burning eye is always watching, inciting revolt amongst his enemies... forcing poor customer service upon those hapless corporate minds. Or is that giving him too much credit?


So asmongold wasted our time by ranting straight through Steve in a much higher volume and showing us his clueless face for 10 minutes.
Thanks for that, now I know why I avoid this shit all the time. God almighty. All for le ad revenue eh

asmongold actually brings a lot of awareness to ad revenue and how people have a moral obligation to make sure they are vetting who they allow advertise, I think he does good personally

 

[Udyr]

But then it's not a handheld anymore.

How small are your hands?

/j

 

[Dr. Dro]

There you have it. The claw is far inferior under realistic conditions.

I don't know if a refresh makes sense with new SOCs coming out of the oven in the near future.

Yeah, I suspected as much. AMD's graphics are still quite a bit ahead of ARC. Can't say I'd have picked Meteor for this machine either, I wonder if MSI got a discounted lot for use in the Claw.

 

[Chrispy_]

I...would like a Steam deck. I'm waiting for a second or third revision to the hardware....because I also own a steam controller and don't want to buy an $800 product that is about 80% of the way to revolutionary.

Just pick up an original, used 64GB Deck from ebay for $200-300. Use it with a big memory card, or grab yourself an SSD and replace the 64GB drive yourself - which is a perfect time to clear out the dust if you're buying a used Deck.

The Steam Deck's success isn't anything to do with the hardware. I mean, there's nothing really wrong with the Steam Deck hardware, but the Steam Deck's success is 100% valve's OS and software which is a very mature platform for the Deck now. Vastly superior to Windows for its given purpose of a touch-enabled handheld console.

If you get a deck now, you'll get the current SteamOS and all its features.
If you wait until a new hardware revision, you'll get exactly the same SteamOS and all its features.

Valve is a software company, not a hardware company. If you want the SteamOS experience there's no need to base your decision on hardware revisions. All of them so far have been fine, and arguably the price is only going up so you're hurting yourself by delaying.

 

[Vayra86]

asmongold actually brings a lot of awareness to ad revenue and how people have a moral obligation to make sure they are vetting who they allow advertise, I think he does good personally

Im just looking for puke buckets Ad. Revenue. He is earning. You're clicking. As if he has control over what ads Google uses on YT...

 

[sethmatrix7]

Do current Ally owners get their faulty-by-design devices repaired free of charge through a recall yet? No?

Since they had to move the SD card slot- it likely required a motherboard re-design. Not shocked Shitsus is refusing to issue a recall for their design flaw.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

I...have had a love-hate relationship since ASUS decided that ROG tags were worth $50-$200 premiums. Their software is a joke, and updating their hardware with their software went from a mildly skilled task to two hours of obscure forum posts to figure out how to make it work because Windows auto-installed drivers that worked things once you uninstalled the old drivers....and then ignored you trying to install the new drivers because.

I...would like a Steam deck. I'm waiting for a second or third revision to the hardware....because I also own a steam controller and don't want to buy an $800 product that is about 80% of the way to revolutionary. I see the deck as a replacement for the gameboy, PSP, and the reason that Nintendo isn't releasing anything in the handheld market. I see the Ally, Claw, and other things as the garbage Chinesium knock-offs of the better product...and when MSI and ASUS are in a bidding match to see which offers the worst customer service I'm....floored. MSI has had years of garbage service (read: laptop hinges), but ASUS is rapidly making it known that their days of putting out good stuff at premium prices is now transitioning into value tier at premium pricing. As such, no. Don't care about the Ally...and will enjoy seeing it die. Hopefully in 2-3 years we're having a discussion about how the Ally and Claw helped to drive somebody else to make a deck competitor....but I'm not putting money on that.

While I agree with most everything you said, I'm replying to the bolded bit here - Nintendo hasn't released anything in the "handheld" space because that's literally what the Switch is - dock it and it becomes a "traditional " console that you play through your TV, and without the dock it becomes a handheld gaming device. This fact came in clutch for my daily radiation treatments; playing games helped calm my nerves in the waiting room. To be fair, even if I had both a Steam Deck and a Switch....I'd probably be playing the Switch more simply because I grew up on Nintendo and they've made the majority of my all-time favorite games. Not discounting the Deck though. Hell, it's the reason we got Shitsus and MSI over here trying -- and failing miserably -- to copy it!