UPDATE: Asus ROG confirmed in its launch occasion that an AMD Ryzen Z1 mannequin might be launching within the US in Q3 2023. The worth might be $599. This mannequin will not be but confirmed for areas exterior of the US. We’ll replace this text with pricing and availability info for the UK, EU and extra ought to there be an additional Ryzen Z1 announcement.
The Asus ROG Ally is lastly right here, after a botched preliminary reveal. However, the launch is proscribed to the AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive model for now.
In case you’ve been following the ROG Ally saga with curiosity, you’ll know pricing has been a key level of rivalry, with many questioning the way it will stack up in opposition to the Steam Deck. You will have thought you possibly can considerably keep away from these issues by selecting up an entry-level mannequin of the Asus ROG Ally, perhaps that’d be the perfect bang in your buck? An affordable line of pondering.
Sadly, these within the UK and US received’t be capable to get an Asus ROG Ally with the usual AMD Ryzen Z1 chip (particulars for EU availability are but to be confirmed). As an alternative, Asus’ new handheld is simply capable of be paired with the higher-end Ryzen Z1 Excessive. So it’s the highest choice or nothing for ROG Ally consumers on both facet of the Atlantic.
That’s not fairly the top of it in the case of ROG Ally availability both. Within the UK, the system will solely be accessible at Currys and no different third-party retailer, limiting your choices for the place you choose it up. The ROG Ally with Z1 Excessive might be accessible at Currys for £699. It should even be accessible straight from Asus ROG although. You’ll be able to pre-order the system on Asus ROG from right this moment and from Might sixteenth by way of Currys.
The on-sale date for each the UK and the US is June thirteenth. For US availability, the Ryzen Z1 Excessive ROG Ally will value $699 and is unique to Finest Purchase. We might not know EU availability but however we do know the value, with the Ryzen Z1 Excessive mannequin costing €799.
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We don’t know the reasoning for this transfer, whether or not it’s extra strategic or a matter of element availability. Nevertheless, given a worth that many already discover tough to justify up in opposition to the bottom £349 and the £569 top-end mannequin nonetheless coming in decrease than the ROG Ally, the lower-priced Asus variant seems like an necessary choice to have within the vary. Leaks (by way of SnoopyTech) have instructed the Ryzen Z1 mannequin might be round £100/$100 cheaper.
We’ll have to attend to check the eventual Ryzen Z1 Asus ROG Ally to present our verdict on that mannequin’s efficiency nevertheless it’s price trying out our evaluation of the Z1 Excessive-sporting mannequin for some attention-grabbing insights on that model’s efficiency. For now, we’ll have to attend for an additional Asus announcement to see when the AMD Ryzen Z1 mannequin is coming and simply how a lot it should value.
