Asus confirms the ROG Ally will launch globally

15 April 2023
The Taiwanese giant also teased that the launch could be sooner than everyone expects.

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Anonymous , 16 Apr 2023Linux based system cannot even match with title numbers, le... moreEXT4 is vastly superior than NTFS and gets regular updates. A lot of performance boost comes from that. Plus open source drivers are getting better and better.

One could probably say that Linux as the desktop OS is getting closer and closer hehe.

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    Anonymous, 16 Apr 2023Then it is poorly designed. You’re basically confirming wha... moreNo he didn't. Read again

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      Anonymous, 16 Apr 2023He was most likely exaggerating a little bit but Windows do... moreThings can be true for windows 11 with the latest cumulative updates. It's a big mess. But windows 10 is still a cooperative fella.

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        kevvv, 16 Apr 2023Stop with that bullsh--. You never really need Windows syst... moreYou never experienced anything you said. I got a light cheap dev laptop with 4 ram for certain tests. At idle it eats up 50% of ran at highest for windows 10 22h2 (1909 is much more light) and 60% for windows 11 22h2. Only the other hand I experienced Ubuntu way more buggy in the same machine although Linux mint was bit better.

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          Anonymous , 16 Apr 2023Windows doesn't eat up 5gb normally. It's based o... moreHe was most likely exaggerating a little bit but Windows does indeed have shitty RAM management, lol.

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            AnonD-454049, 16 Apr 2023You have no idea how ram or programming works you should st... moreThen it is poorly designed. You’re basically confirming what he was saying all along, lol.

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              Anonymous, 16 Apr 2023Definitely not on handheld consoles and systems, lol. Windo... moreLinux based system cannot even match with title numbers, let alone in performance.

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                LazyEngineer, 16 Apr 2023It would be a crime if they release it with windows instead... moreWindows doesn't eat up 5gb normally. It's based on how much ram is available there. And for gaming Linux can't even think to beat windows doesn't matter it SD is still the best affordable handheld out there. And about window there are obviously lighter versions, that can be helpful for extensive use case scenario .

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                  Daemon Targaryen, 16 Apr 2023Man, you must really hate new technology or affordable gami... moreSD will be best bang for the buck but surely won't be the best price to performance ratio.

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                    roman, 16 Apr 2023 Hahaha.Win 10 is best on Steamdeck. move on windws is irrelevant, microsoft scrapped all its own development and adopted openai , you need to deal with it

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                      Daemon Targaryen, 16 Apr 2023Nintendo Game Boy Price: $89.99 Sold: 118.69M Atari L... moreI don't know why you listed console sales when the ROG Ally isn't a console. It's a portable PC like the Steam Deck, which has a totally different target audience.

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                        I've tried to run gta iv on windows ons team deck and i barely got 24 fps, with steam os I got solid 60 fps 99% of the time. I've seen it myself. Steam os is well optimized.

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                          LazyEngineer, 16 Apr 2023It would be a crime if they release it with windows instead... more Hahaha.Win 10 is best on Steamdeck.

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                            kevvv, 16 Apr 2023Stop with that bullsh--. You never really need Windows syst... moreYou have no idea how ram or programming works you should stop spouting bs. Windows is bloated yes, but it is still designed to use as much ram as it needs and holding apps in memory is precisely what makes programs run smoothly. If you hate the bloat that much you have 3 options: use a debloated version like revision os or debloat it yourself with ntlite or use a linux distro. Also i have never seen windows use 70% of 4 GB ram, the most I see on pc with 16 GB is 2 GB ram usage

                              Nintendo Game Boy
                              Price: $89.99
                              Sold: 118.69M

                              Atari Lynx
                              Price: $179.99
                              Sold: 2M

                              NEC TurboExpress
                              Price: $249.99
                              Sold: 1.5M

                              Sega Game Gear
                              Price: $149.99
                              Sold: 10.62M

                              Nintendo Game Boy Advance
                              Price: $99.99
                              Sold: 81.51M

                              Nintendo DS
                              Price: $149.99
                              Sold: 154.02M (best-selling handheld)

                              Sony PSP
                              Price: $249.99
                              Sold: 80-82M

                              Nintendo 3DS
                              Price: $249.99
                              Sold: 75.94M

                              Sony PS Vita
                              Price: $249.99
                              Sold: 16M

                              Nintendo Switch
                              Price: $299.99
                              Sold: 122.55M

                              It doesn't matter how powerful the handheld is. It usually comes down to price and the games you want to play.

                                kevvv, 16 Apr 2023The main problem is too much RAM is wasted for Windows syst... moreFirst of all. If you're using windows. What programs are you running? How many background apps that are running? How many startup apps are there? Did you Disable SysMain Service? Are you using Virtual Memory and if so, how much do you allocate?

                                From my experience. DRM and DENUVO are considered as RAM EATERS.

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                                  Daemon Targaryen, 16 Apr 2023These are the gadgets to collect: Gaming handhelds. Sega... moreMany people are willing to pay higher prices for higher quality products. The Steam Deck is a mediocre portable PC, and the price reflects that. The ROG Ally will be more expensive, and it's a much better product. I don't see an issue with that.

                                    AnonD-454049, 16 Apr 2023unused ram is wasted ramStop with that bullsh--. You never really need Windows system to uses 70% of your RAM. No and never be, even if you're ran on 4GB of RAM. Windows, even every operating system in this universe supposed to take the amount of RAM that they really need to consume for NORMAL use, not as much as they can, because it will never make your device run smoother (I'm talking about device with 4GB of RAM and above). I don't need Antimalware Service Executable to use up to 100MB of my RAM.

                                      kevvv, 16 Apr 2023With how RAM-heavy Windows is, no.If Ram is your concern. Why not get a 32GB RAM model? That way. You have a clean 16GB RAM and the rest could go into the GPU memory.

                                        These are the gadgets to collect: Gaming handhelds.

                                        Sega Nomad (1995): Used goes $250 minimum.

                                        While a cell phone from that same year is how much? Probably thrown away. Nobody buys 90s cell phones. You might as well collect Motorola pagers. I'm already trying to get rid of my 2010s smartphones because there are too much stuff I own that I don't need.

                                        Why bother owning an HTC One M7 a third time if all I'm going to do is admire the design and that's it? While you will see prices of the Nintendo 3DS go up since their eShop is closed. Glad I got a Vita back in May 2017 when they went for $100 or less. They'll go for $200+ these days.

                                        Lowest configuration
                                        $399 Valve Steam Deck
                                        $649 Asus ROG Ally

                                        I know some people be hating on the Steam Deck. It's too big, blah blah blah. The verified games won't work and some unverified ones work more flawlessly than the verified ones. But how can you go wrong with $399? That's only $50 more than a Switch OLED and $250 less than this ROG Ally.

                                        I'll see these Chinese brands releasing these Windows PC handhelds for the last 6+ years go for over a grand. Where's the support after it breaks? The GPD Win 4 is my favorite form factor but it's not worth $600+ more than a Steam Deck.

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