Gaming Handheld ROG Ally (2023) RC71L Z1

ROG Ally is a powerful handheld console with a 7-inch FHD touch screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate. Its ergonomic design and excellent performance offer an unprecedented gaming experience both at home and outside. The handheld console weighing only 608 grams and its fast WiFi connections enable game sessions anywhere and anytime. The gaming console's powerful AMD Z1 processor and innovative Zero Gravity Thermal System cooling system ensure you get the most out of its performance, while keeping ROG Ally cool and quiet even during intense gaming sessions. When you're at home, you can connect ROG Ally to your TV and take advantage of the benefits of a larger screen. ROG Ally is the perfect combination of performance, portability and comfort for gamers who want to play all their favorite games regardless of their platform, wherever they are.

Armory Crate SE

Asus has created a special edition Armory Crate for ROG Ally. It's designed to sort and launch all your games in one place, regardless of where they're installed. In the Command Center, you adjust your device to your own preferences with just one push of a button. Change performance mode, view real-time tracking data, enable FPS limiters - and more. You can also customize the buttons to suit your taste and select macros to optimize your results.

Play anywhere

ROG Ally is the perfect handheld console for the gamer who wants to play their favorite games anywhere, anytime. ROG Ally is perfect for demanding games as well as enjoying Netflix or YouTube, thanks to its light body weighing only 608 grams and excellent battery life - the battery lasts for two hours in Performance mode (15 W) and up to 6.8 in Silent mode (9 W) for an hour. The console's ergonomic design and efficient performance make it an easy-to-carry, perfect travel companion.

Display

ROG Ally has a 7-inch 1080p touchscreen with a 120 Hz refresh rate and FreeSync Premium. Thanks to the screen's maximum brightness of 500 nits, you can see all the events on the screen even in challenging, bright environments, such as outdoors. The screen is treated with Corning DXC coating, which reduces reflections and increases the hardness of the screen by 40 percent. ROG Ally's display is the best handheld display on the market, optimized for gaming and watching Netflix and Twitch.

AMD Ryzen Z1

The ROG Ally portable gaming machine is equipped with AMD's Ryzen Z1 processor and APU graphics. It is based on an advanced 4 nm process, and utilizes not only the Zen 4 architecture but also RDNA 3 graphics. With its 6 cores, 12 threads and 2.8 teraflops of performance, FidelityFX Super Resolution and Radeon Super Resolution ensure that it also excels at image scaling. This enables high frame rates without compromising image quality. ROG Ally, developed in close cooperation with AMD, is equipped with excellent components and a cooling system that has not been seen before in handheld consoles.

Controls

ROG Ally's controllers are designed with ease of use and ergonomics in mind. The flat, dome-shaped buttons have a nice tactile feel. The joysticks have an adjustable dead zone, so you can fine-tune their sensitivity and precision to suit you. ROG Ally controllers are equipped with a number of useful features, such as back buttons that can be configured to run custom macros, and a raised D-Pad that makes gaming easy and intuitive.

Connectivity

ROG Ally supports WiFi 6E connections, which have four times the network capacity and 75 percent lower response speed than WiFi 6 connections. This makes it easier to download games, stream videos and cloud play. It charges quickly via USB-C – up to 50% in half an hour, It has a 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo jack, and Bluetooth support for connecting headphones and external XBOX controllers. If you want to take your gaming experience to the next level, you can also connect a discrete AMD or NVIDIA graphics card to ROG Ally using XG Mobile.

Asus ROG Ally (RC71L-NH019W) features:

Processor: AMD Ryzen Z1, 6 cores (up to 4.9 Ghz in Boost mode), 22 MB cache

Video card: AMD Radeon Graphics (AMD RDNA 3, 4 CUs, up to 2.5 GHz, up to 2.8 Teraflops)

Memory: 16 GB LPDDR5

Hard disk: 512 GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD (2230)

Screen size: 7"

Screen resolution: FullHD (1920 x 1080), 16:9

Refresh rate: 120 Hz

Response time: 7 ms (GtG)

10-point multi-touch screen

Gorilla Glass coating on the screen

Anti-Glare coating

Viewing angles: 85°/85°

IPS panel

Contrast: 1200:1

Brightness: 500 nits

72% NTSC, 100% sRGB, 75% Adobe RGB

FreeSync Premium

Built-in speakers

Built-in microphones

Fingerprint reader

Aura Sync RGB lighting

Connections: ROG XG Mobile Interface & USB-C combo (USB 3.2 Gen 2, DP 1.4 support), UHS-II microSD memory card reader (SD, SDXC, SDHC), 3.5 mm audio connection

Network features: Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.2

Operating system: Windows 11 Home

Battery: four-cell Li-On, 40 Wh

Power: 65W USB Type-C

Dimensions (W x D x H): 28 x 11.1 x 2.12 - 3.24 (thinnest to thickest) cm

Weight: 608 g