During the last CES organized in Las Vegas, the manufacturer MSI presented its commitment to portable consoles with the MSI Clowna console which, after a long wait, is now available on the market at the base price of 879 dollars for the version of 512 GB and 929 dollars for the version with 1 TB storage.
The selling price of the MSI Claw in the two storage versions in which it is available is much higher than what we can currently find at the ASUS ROG Ally, which, taking advantage of the launch of this new MSI model, has benefited to lower the price, although without an offer it was also cheaper in the two versions in which it is also available.
ASUS ROG Ally portable console at 599 dollars
In recent months we have seen different offers for the ROG Ally from ASUS, offers that were only available on Amazon or PcComponentes, but not directly on the ASUS website, where we can now find it from 599 dollars , which represents a discount of 100 dollars. above its usual price.
The version which costs 599 dollars corresponds to the model with 6 cores/12 threads. The other version available, that of 8 cores / 16 threadsnamed Extreme It has also reduced its price by 100 dollars, from the usual 799 dollars to the current 699 dollars, although it can currently be found on Amazon for 677 dollars. Unfortunately, the non-Extreme model is currently not available on Amazon.
Both models are CPU driven Ryzen Z1, the Extreme model being the most powerful. Both understand 512 GB of storage Yes 16 GB of RAM with a 7 inch 120 HZ screen refresh rate with resolution Full HD. Inside is Windows 11, which allows us to install any application store we want, without having to be limited to Steam as is the case with the Steam bridge from Valve, although with patience and a lot of knowledge you can also install Windows.
The ASUS ROG Ally was introduced just under a year ago, so this move may not just be focused on competing with the launch of the MSI Claw, but it’s likely that this manufacturer is gearing up to launch a new model more powerful than the one currently sold on the market and would like to get rid of the stock currently available before launching the new model.
MSI claw performance
The MSI Claw is available in different storage and processor versions. As for the processor, they are available with the Core 7 Ultra 155H with 16 cores and 22 threads and with the Core 5 Ultra 135H. As for storage, we find it with 512 GB and 1 TB of storage.
What all MSI Claw models share 16 GB of RAM LPDDR5-6400a 7-inch 120 Hz screen with Full HD resolution, Wi-Fi 7 Yes Bluetooth 5.4. It also includes Windows 11 preinstalled, just like the ASUS ROG Ally.
Concerning performance, according to the media who had the opportunity to test the two consoles and measure performance, the ASUS model is clearly superiorproving, once again, that AMD knows how to do things much better than Intel when it comes to gaming.
