PC Gaming

The new ASUS ROG Ally was announced at the same time as the model carrying the Z1 Extreme, but only just launched. This version of the Ally has (mostly) the same name, so we'll refer to it as the "non-extreme" for simplicity. This lower-end model is significantly reduced in specs, at 6C/12T (vs. 8C/16T) for the CPU and 4 CUs (vs. 12 CUs) for the GPU. That makes the battery life a particularly interesting test when both devices are unbound, but otherwise, we expect there to be large performance gaps between these. One thing we ran into during the course of testing was STAPM limitations, which we've accounted for by running both an average set of results (as STAPM limits go from unapplied to applied) and a 'steady state gaming' set of results (with STAPM limits engaged).