The portable gaming market is experiencing rapid development thanks to technological advances in increasingly sophisticated handheld devices. Even big companies like Asus and Valve have joined to enliven this market by launching handheld gaming PC products which are in great demand.

As the main challenger in the handheld gaming PC market, Steam Deck produced by Valve offers a 64GB eMMC storage capacity at a fairly affordable price of around US$ 399. However, Asus doesn't want to be outdone by announcing its newest handheld gaming PC product which is faster and more powerful than Steam. Decks, namely the Asus ROG Ally.

source : insider gaming

The high-end version of the Asus ROG Ally will be equipped with an AMD Z1 Extreme chip, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, so it has very good performance. Even though it has a higher price than Steam Deck, which is around US$ 699.99 or around Rp. 10,250,000, the Asus ROG Ally promises faster and more responsive performance when playing games.

Apart from that, the Asus ROG Ally also has very interesting features, such as the ability to easily upgrade an SSD M.2 2230, an IPS screen protected by Gorilla Glass DXC, and a battery that can be charged up to 50% in just 30 minutes using a power brick. Included 65W USB-C.

The Z1 and Z1 Extreme chipsets are AMD output, and the performance comparison between the two is quite significant. The Z1 Extreme uses eight AMD Zen 4 CPU cores and 16 threads with 12 RDNA 3 graphics cores and 24MB cache, promising up to 8.6 teraflops of graphics performance.

Meanwhile, the Z1 only has six CPU cores and 12 threads, four GPU cores, and 22MB cache. This means that if you play games with the Z1 Extreme, you can enjoy a 60fps display for heavy games like Red Dead Redemption 2 or Forza Horizon 4.

source : clutch point

In the handheld gaming PC market, the Asus ROG Ally offers a very attractive alternative for gamers who are looking for a portable gaming device with excellent performance at an affordable price.