RIP AMD ROG Ally: Intel Handheld G3 Technical Discussion, ft. Tom Petersen

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desijatt13@reddit

Lol. This is going to be at least twice the the price of any available handheld in the market. Products like this will mark the end of PC handheld gaming for us commoners.

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Well there you have it, the first performance figures. >40 percent faster on average or half the power for iso performance (17w vs 35w) against the Z2E. AMD got complacent, the only thing that can save them now is price and brand recognition.

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dabocx@reddit

How big is the market for these devices at 1200-1500? I don’t think AMD is sweating losing such a small market when they are printing fat margins on data enter and AI stuff.

At some point they will come out with a rdna 5 handheld chip but if price is still 1500 due to memory I don’t know if it even matters

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EJ19876@reddit

It is just a mobile SoC made with tiles that Intel would have made regardless. The difference is the software tune allocates more of the power budget to the GPU and priorities E cores.

Intel’s tile design allows them to things like pair the small compute tile with the large GPU tile for a single OEM at minimal cost.

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heylistenman@reddit

I agree that AMD isn’t worried, they’re riding that AI train sky high. I meant purely from a technical standpoint they dropped the ball here, probably because they had no competition before.

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dabocx@reddit

I do wish they had gotten rdna4 on mobile. That would have really bridged the gap till rdna 5.

Hopefully rdna 5 mobile chips aren’t super late

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Robborboy@reddit

There really isn't one lol.

Steam Deck has been out for ages, as have others, and you cee they made up next to nothing on Steam.

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nekogami87@reddit

isn't it like 2.5x the price though ?

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Consistent_Mango_641@reddit

What ? It costs 2.5k ??

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nekogami87@reddit

wait am I getting confused with another version ? I thought the Ally with amd was like $700 ?

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SagittaryX@reddit

The real basic one yes, but that is quite underpowered. The Extreme chips that are actually performant are the 900-1000 version.

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SirActionhaHAA@reddit

Don't matter. Portables are a done market for the next 2-3yrs except for 1st party console.

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DarthVeigar_@reddit

Hardware looks stellar but I cannot fathom spending over a grand on a handheld console/computer.

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constantlymat@reddit

I am currently looking into these streaming handhelds that are used in conjunction with a gaming PC.

The Logitech didn't feel right when I tried it out in the electronics store but maybe the current crisis will give rise to other handhelds like it.

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timorous1234567890@reddit

That is what I use my steam deck for a lot of the time while also retaining the ability to play a variety of games that it can run easily when I am away from home.

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MehEds@reddit

Consider a telescopic controller if your phone's display is good enough for you

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DarthVeigar_@reddit

I just invested in my network and use Apollo/Artemis to stream to my phone with a Gamesir controller. Works incredibly well for what it is.

I've had no issue playing games miles away from my home at work.

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Loose_Skill6641@reddit

especially when 1) it's not really portable due to its size, weight and battery life and 2) it's more expensive than a ps5 pro, likely nearly double the pricen

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dabocx@reddit

I have a bad feeling the price on these is going to be gross

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RumbleversePlayer@reddit

There's a new article about it on videocardz. $1500

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GrandTheftPotatoE@reddit

Jesus, is the handheld market big enough for such a product? I can't imagine too many people are willing to pay that price.

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SirActionhaHAA@reddit

Jesus, is the handheld market big enough for such a product?

It's not. The rog ally x sold just 100k units during its launch quarter. The pc portable market is niche to begin with. Intel pivoted into consumer and niche markets before the rampocalypse and dc cpu boom hoping to make a comeback. They didn't expect the market to be messed up and for the opportunity costs of supplying these to be so huge. These are designed before lbt took over.

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