Sam's Club has for its
Members:
512GB ASUS ROG Ally 7" AMD Ryzen Z1 120Hz FHD 1080p Gaming Handheld (RC71L-ALLY.Z1_512) on sale for
$379.
Shipping is free for Plus members, otherwise shipping will vary by location.
Thanks to community member
Pooperscooper for finding this deal.
About this Item:
- Access any game that runs on Windows across all game platforms, including Steam, GOG, Xbox Game Pass, cloud gaming services, Android apps and more.
- Specs:
- 7" 1920 x 1080 FHD 120Hz 7ms 500-nit Display
- AMD Ryzen Z1 6-core, 12 threads (3.2GHz Base / 4.9GHz Boost) Processor
- 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Wi-Fi 6E 2*2 + Bluetooth 5.2
- Built-in Fingerprint Sensor
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
- 1x ROG XG Mobile Interface and USB Type-C combo port (with USB 3.2 Gen2, support DisplayPort 1.4)
- 1x UHS-II microSD card reader
Top Comments
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Yeah. Not a chance haha. This is a better price than the typical Best Buy $399.99. There was a point when Best Buy had it for $299.99 and that lasted for something like 6 hours overnight before they shot it up to $399.99 a few weeks ago. Not sure if that will happen again until the ROG Ally 2 is near release.
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I don't plan on using Windows much on my deck so I've been looking at just flashing a W11 boot off a flash drive, sd card, or definitely preferably due to lifecycle, an external sdd.
I have had the Steam Deck since launch and I haven't had much problems with Linux that made it so I can't play a game. Granted there are a lot of games I don't considerable playable on the Steam Deck because the hardware is poor vs competitors but software is great.
Which, I kind of can't believe that I'm saying Valve support is amazing, but that's just what it is. I've had friends botch an install of custom hall effect sticks on their board and Valve replaced the unit anyway.
I'd absolutely suggest, if you can, getting the 64 and adding memory as needed, especially with how cheap it is, and just how well supported the deck is overall.
Sometimes you do have to bump down resolution or graphics settings to get a good frame rate but that rarely, if ever bothers me. I'm also playing 100% in handheld mode. If I was outputting to a monitor we might be having a different conversation.
One setting that can really make a huge difference in SD performance is changing the VRAM to 4GB in the BIOS. (can also hurt performance in a few games, but does help the vast majority of others.)