Early Testing of ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X Shows AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme Performing Well When Using Ray Tracing And FSR at 1080p

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Thanks to its AMD processor, the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X looks to be a winner for those wanting to utilize modern features in a gaming handheld.

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Looks pretty neat. One of the days I need to dust off my Steam Deck and start using it.
 
Xbox branding is going to confuse many as to its capabilities. Will it play some of the games Xbox owners bought for their digital libraries, only from the cloud? Hence requiring a good internet connection? More importantly: Can owners expect the customer service to be Xbox level? Or will they have to deal with Asus CS which is infamously terrible?

The footprint is probably going to be problematic for kids and adults with smaller hands.
 
DAPUNISHER said:
Xbox branding is going to confuse many as to its capabilities. Will it play some of the games Xbox owners bought for their digital libraries, only from the cloud? Hence requiring a good internet connection? More importantly: Can owners expect the customer service to be Xbox level? Or will they have to deal with Asus CS which is infamously terrible?

The footprint is probably going to be problematic for kids and adults with smaller hands.
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Yar, I'm worried about that too. I could see customers seeing the 'Xbox' name and figure it's the new Xbox and expecting a traditional Xbox-like experience (which it doesn't sound like it will be - at least on launch). I don't think it's going to be a huge seller with the rumored price points, but they will definitely start to dilute the 'Xbox' brand.

Personally, I think MS should've kept with their current Xbox hardware - open those up as much as they could (ie: give them a limited Windows desktop mode, limited App/software support, etc), and release a new portable console based on the Series S. Go with that lineup until their next gen Magus powered Xbox's are ready for the 'official Xbox hardware' label but still focus on improving Windows gaming for the PC handheld market (acting as a test bed for the next gen Xbox platform).
 
I don't know that size will be that much of an issue. Its a little bit larger than the switch 2 and smaller than the steam deck.

I think most of the thickness is where it doesn't matter as far as holding it. Since the sides have handles for griping which probably isn't as thick as the whole unit.
 
I think MS doing the right move. They went the "easy" route. Porting the xbox core to a more open platform would have been quite a challenge. And going the emulation route, wasn't probably the best idea, since you would need a much beefier hardware. Today it doesn't seem like the current xbox model is sustainable, so having 3rd party xbox "certified" consoles seems like a good idea. I can see Lenovo, MSI and others jumping in the bandwagon (or going the steam OS route). It's only natural it could evolve to Xbox gaming PCs with a gaming oriented OS aka Xbox Experience.

The Xbox Ally is capable of running pretty much every windows game (as long as performance is in line) Compatibility is way better than SteamOS will ever be at least natively. It WON'T be able to run native xbox games, but you can run PC ports of xbox games plus all the PC game pass library. If you must play original Xbox games, there's always Xbox Cloud Gaming, you'll need an internet connection, but still.

If the rumored pricing is real, it will be hard to sell IMO. More so the Xbox Ally X.
 
All MS really needs to do is make an Xbox Certified gaming certification/mode. Buy a laptop for college, buy one that's xbox certified. Then when you power off you press the Xbox button to boot into game mode... otherwise it's windows. Game mode loads a stripped down version of the OS optimized for gaming and with no access to things like cheats.
 
Grimlakin said:
Then when you power off you press the Xbox button to boot into game mode... otherwise it's windows.
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I really like that idea and it's simple enough for consumers to understand (press the 'Xbox' button to boot into game mode).
 
SeymourGore said:
I really like that idea and it's simple enough for consumers to understand (press the 'Xbox' button to boot into game mode).
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It's reasonable to say that you would have an 'xbox' partition on the drive, that can access the storage drive that is software partitioned to give a variable priority to game/productivity storage. I really think that would be a best of both worlds. Integrate the Xbox low latency controller connectivity, put a current gen HDMI output on it for driving the TV it's connected to.

The XBOX boot would be maintained by MS to be as clean as possible and as efficient as possible to give people the best gaming experience as is reasonable. (Could even be maintained in partnership with the vendor.)
 
Grimlakin said:
All MS really needs to do is make an Xbox Certified gaming certification/mode. Buy a laptop for college, buy one that's xbox certified. Then when you power off you press the Xbox button to boot into game mode... otherwise it's windows. Game mode loads a stripped down version of the OS optimized for gaming and with no access to things like cheats.
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That makes perfect sense

Which is exactly why it will never happen
 
Brian_B said:
That makes perfect sense

Which is exactly why it will never happen
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Hell when you are done gaming on it that could be a dedicated dual boot button to boot into something like Linux. Or instead of Xbox brand Steam OS brand... or whatever. So many options here.
 
Prime got hands on, and it looks like a good first entry in the handheld wars-

 
How many units like this do you think MS can sell within its relevant lifespan?
 
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