The Steam Deck can be worrying, its main competitor is on the way and it may well hit very hard. All eyes are on ASUS.
If you like the principle of the Steam Deck then keep your eyes wide open because Asus is about to say more about its ROG Ally which is none other than a competitor to the Valve console. For the moment the official information is meager but the rumors are very promising. In particular with regard to all the technical/hardware part of the product.
ROG Ally Vs Steam Deck
For the moment the information indicates for the ROG Ally machine the potential presence ofa Zen 4 processor and an RDNA 3.0 GPU In any case, this is what the always very well informed YouTuber reports. Dave2D on his channel. For comparison, the Steam Deck’s Aerith APU sports Zen 2 and RDNA 2 hardware. AMD Ryzen 7 7840U CPU with Radeon 780M GPU which enables support for DirectX 12 Ultimate.
The various information that can be found on the net at the moment also suggests the possibility of at least two models of Asus ROG Ally with why not a difference in storage, power or simply color. Nothing is obviously final. As is also the case for the Steam Deck. This would make it possible to offer a more affordable version as well as a more premium product.
The ASUS red carpet for the ROG Ally
Asus is rolling out the red carpet for the ROG Ally announcement with a notification link already to keep you posted on the release. No doubt a presentation will take place soon to officially present the product. A launch should in any case only concern North America for the moment (according to the tweet above) even if nothing excludes availability in Europe at the same time.
As for the price, we have no idea for the moment but know all the same that the most expensive version of the Steam Deck is currently at 679 euros (for the 512 GB version with faster storage and anti-reflective treatment). We can therefore imagine the ROG Ally which will surely have better quality equipment, or at least more recent being easily above 700 euros. Except for a major twist on the side of ASUS, which would completely crush the Steam Deck market from Valve.
