Where to buy ROG Xboy Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally — Pre-orders are now open

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The ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X are now available for pre-order — launching on October 16 at $599 (£499) and $999 (£799) respectively. That is indeed a steep price (especially on the X), but given the demand, I don’t see these hanging around for long.

Because in my own testing, they’re two of the best Windows 11 handhelds you can buy. It’s honestly surprising how much extra performance you can experience when you get that bloated desktop OS out of the way. The AMD Ryzen Z2A in the standard Ally manages to handle indie and some AAA titles well, while the Ryzen Z2 AI Extreme eats any game for breakfast.

When Microsoft says it's a portable Xbox, they meant it — an easy-to-use console UI gets out of the way and lets you jump straight into your games with zero fuss. Of course, there are cheaper options (and I’ll talk about them a little further down). But for now, here’s where you can pick up your shiny new Allies.

Where to buy ROG Xbox Ally in U.S.

Where to buy ROG Xbox Ally in U.K.

What are the cheaper alternatives?

Those prices are a little steep, and so far, I’ve not heard anything about any Black Friday deals coming on these handhelds. So what are the alternatives? Yes! Here’s what I’d recommend instead, while saving yourself plenty of money.

Valve Steam Deck
Valve Steam Deck: was $399 now $319 at store.steampowered.com

The Valve Steam Deck mostly delivers on its promise of allowing you to play PC games on the go. While it has been outclassed by some of its rivals, it's still a great system for this price. This entry-level model packs a 7-inch LDC screen, a custom AMD APU, 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage.

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Asus ROG Ally
Asus ROG Ally: was $649 now $615 at Walmart

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme has more cores, a more recent generation of graphics architecture, and is an all-around better performer. It’s closer to the Z2 Extreme than you think, and you can just spend an extra $15 over the less powerful Ryzen Z2 A of the ROG Xbox Ally and get this system.

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Jason England
Jason England
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Jason brings a decade of tech and gaming journalism experience to his role as a Managing Editor of Computing at Tom's Guide. He has previously written for Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, Kotaku, Stuff and BBC Science Focus. In his spare time, you'll find Jason looking for good dogs to pet or thinking about eating pizza if he isn't already.

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