Asus ROG Ally could be twice as fast as Steam Deck

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The Asus ROG Ally could be the greatest Steam Deck foe yet, as the company says the handheld is twice as fast while running at 35w. Naturally, we’d suggest waiting for independent benchmarks before getting too excited, but the claims make sense given it’ll use the “fastest AMD APU” on the market.

The Steam Deck isn’t the only handheld gaming PC on the market, but the Asus ROG Ally has a big brand name and bigger ambitions. On the outside, it’s a flashy portable that’s laced with RGB lighting and a snazzy shell. However, the Windows 11 device seemingly backs up its sense of style with high-spec substance, and early impressions point towards it being a premium powerhouse.

In a new Asus ROG Ally preview video, Linus Tech Tips takes the upcoming handheld PC for a spin. While the YouTube channel’s main star says he can’t share any in-game frame rates, he does relay Asus’ own claims. As mentioned above, the portable can apparently double performance over and above the Steam Deck at 35w, while pulling off 50% faster speeds at 15w.

Again, we’ve got no solid performance figures to work with right now, but if impressions are anything to go by, Linus exclaims that Horizon Zero Dawn gameplay looks “flippin’ awesome”. He also comments that “at seven inches, 1080p looks crazy sharp,” and it doesn’t look like the visuals come with notable frame rate caveats.

Linus shouts about smoothness a lot throughout the video, but he also tries out playing it on a big screen using an Nvidia RTX 4090 and an ROG XG Mobile eGPU enclosure. The setup is probably going to cost you around $2,500 USD, so praising it for handling 4K gameplay is perhaps slightly redundant. Yet, the fact you can seemingly squeeze what feels like “well over 60 frames per