ASUS's long-teased ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X have debuted at Gamescom 2025 in Cologne, and availability is what matters to most gamers. According to the official Xbox website, both models will be available on October 16, with the option to enter your email address to receive an availability notification. The ROG Xbox Ally is built around an AMD Ryzen Z2 A-series processor with four Zen 2 cores, eight threads and eight RDNA 2 GPU cores. It includes 16 GB of LPDDR5X-6400 RAM, a 512 GB M.2 SSD and a 60 Wh battery, while the ROG Xbox Ally X uses the AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme, an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 APU with 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores and an integrated NPU, paired with 24 GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM, a 1 TB M.2 SSD and an 80 Wh battery.

Both versions utilize the Windows 11 OS, with some customization during the installation process. This includes the Xbox full-screen experience and the Xbox button that opens an enhanced Game Bar overlay in the OS. Xbox is also working closely on performance tuning. Xbox ROG Ally X offers advanced shader delivery, which preloads a game's shaders during download, allowing supported titles to launch and run significantly faster on first play (reports cite up to 10× in some cases) and use less battery, with broader support being added. Thanks to the integrated NPU, the handheld also features Automatic Super Resolution, which utilizes the onboard NPU to upscale frames rendered at lower resolutions to higher-resolution output, while helping preserve the framerate without requiring changes from developers.

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