Enlarge / VideoCardz’ leaked picture of a ROG Ally X, seemingly having gone by the JPG blender a pair instances. (credit score: VideoCardz)
Asus’ ROG Ally was the primary major-brand try and compete with Valve’s Steam Deck. It was beefy and attention-grabbing, nevertheless it had three main flaws: It ran Home windows on somewhat touchscreen, had unremarkable ergonomics, and its battery life was painful.
The Asus ROG (Republic of Players) Ally X, which has been introduced and is due out June 2, appears to have had its specs leaked, and so they point out a repair for at the very least the battery life. Gaming website VideoCardz, beginning its leak reveal with “No extra rumors,” cites the ROG Ally X as having the identical Ryzen Z1 Excessive APU because the prior ROG Ally, in addition to the identical 7-inch 1080p VRR display screen with a 120 Hz refresh charge.
VideoCardz’ leaked picture, seemingly from Asus advertising supplies, with the ROG Ally X’s specs. (credit score: VideoCardz)
The battery and reminiscence have modified considerably, although. An 80-watt-hour battery, up from 40, someway provides simply 70 grams of weight and about 5 mm of thickness to the sequel gadget. By growing the RAM from 16GB to 24GB and making it LPDDR5, the ROG Ally X could possibly lend extra of it to the GPU, upping efficiency considerably with out demanding a brand new chip or structure. There may be additionally a second USB-C port, with USB4 speeds, that ought to assist fairly a bit with docking, charging whereas taking part in with equipment, and, I’d guess, Linux hackery.
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