ASUS ROG Ally X Handheld Now Available For Pre-Order For $799 – Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 80Wh Battery, Up To 24 GB LPDDR5X & 2280 M.2

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ASUS has officially launched its ROG Ally X handheld gaming console which features so many upgrades that it almost feels like the ROG Ally 2.

ASUS ROG Ally X May Not Feature A Next-Gen AMD Ryzen Chip But The Rest of The Upgrades Make It Feel Like a Full-on Successor To The Original Handheld That Excels In Every Way Possible

ASUS has officially lifted the curtains off its ROG Ally X handheld gaming console which brings a range of upgrades to the original ROG Ally design which is regarded as one of the best gaming handhelds on the market right now.

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Starting with the specifications, the ASUS ROG Ally X retains the same AMD Ryzen Z1 APU which offers great performance and efficiency with its 8 cores based on the Zen 4 core architecture & 16 threads. The chip features 24 MB of L3 cache and clock speeds of up to 5.1 GHz. It also comes with an integrated RDNA 3 iGPU with 12 compute units clocked at 2800 MHz. That's the only bit that has not changed.

In terms of memory, the ASUS ROG Ally X goes big with up to 24 GB of LPDDR5X memory which clocks in at 7500 MT/s speeds in a dual-channel mode. Also, the ROG Ally X comes with a full M.2 slot in the 2280 form factor, allowing for up to 1 TB capacities which is double that of the original variant. I/O is also mostly the same but instead of the dedicated XG Mobile eGPU connector, the ASUS ROG Ally X comes with two Type-C ports, one of which is USB4 (Thunderbolt 4). This allows users who want to use the device with an eGPU to do so and for those who don't use eGPUs, you have an additional USB port at your disposal.

For the design, ASUS has made some noticeable changes that allow for a much larger 80Wh battery capacity, twice as much as the original model (40Wh) and there are also updates to the internal zero gravity thermal solution which comes with new fan designs that are 23% smaller but feature 50% more fan