Asus to Release Second Generation Portable Gaming Laptop ROG Ally in 2024
Asus’ portable gaming laptop, the ROG Ally, was introduced to the market just last year in May. However, Asus is already planning to release the second generation of this device in 2024. Arnold Su, Vice President of Asus India for Consumer and Gaming PCs, shared this information in an interview with Techlusive. He revealed that the second generation ROG Ally will focus more on gaming while still retaining the Windows features.
It is worth noting that the first version of Ally was a success. In India alone, between 70,000 to 80,000 units of this device were sold. Su also emphasized that the gaming laptop market is growing faster than the desktop computer market. Hardcore gamers still prefer desktop computers, but that doesn’t mean that portable devices don’t have their audience.
The release of the second generation Ally raises many questions. One of the obvious updates could be the use of an OLED panel instead of the IPS panel used in the first version. As for the processor, there aren’t many options available at the moment. Intel is not planning to introduce a better processor anytime soon, making the upcoming AMD Strix Point APU the most likely candidate. This chip is expected to have 16 RDNA 3.5-spec graphical compute units, while the current Ally is equipped with the AMD Phoenix APU with 12 RDNA 3 compute units and other portable devices.
Strix Point is likely to hit the market later this year, which would mean that the second generation of ROG Ally would have its premiere in 2024. This device could offer at least a third more rendering performance (and probably more due to architecture improvements and higher clock speeds), as well as certain enhancements, such as in the area of ray tracing. Strix Point is also rumored to be equipped with four Zen 5 CPU cores and additional four Zen 5c cores. This translates to higher computational power while increasing energy efficiency. A significantly faster NPU for artificial intelligence tasks is also expected.
In conclusion, the prospect of significant updates to portable devices of this kind that may appear later this year is very exciting. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
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