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AMD reportedly halted driver updates for the Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU used in handhelds like Lenovo Legion Go and ROG Ally, leaving devices on older drivers after about two and a half years. OEMs must test drivers per configurable TDP, and Z1 Extreme drivers may be stuck on mid-2025 builds; Ryzen Z2 devices reportedly still receive updates. No official AMD statement yet while users await guidance.
AYANEO Kun is a premium handheld gaming console featuring an 8.4-inch 2.5K display, a Ryzen 7 7840U APU with up to 54W power, and a 75Wh battery. It aims to compete with high-end handhelds like the ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go. The device offers similar APU power to a Mini-PC but with reduced battery life. The pricing ranges from $999 to $1949, with crowdfunding involved.
The ASUS ROG Ally 319 firmware update, which was meant to improve gaming performance, has actually lowered it, according to reviewers. The update was said to improve the 9W gaming experience, but testing has shown that it does not actually improve it and is actually worse. ASUS has acknowledged the issue and recommends holding off on the update or manually downgrading the BIOS.
ASUS has launched its first handheld gaming console, the ROG Ally, featuring the AMD Ryzen Z1 APU series, with the Extreme variant having up to 8 cores and 16 threads and 12 Compute Units boosting up to 2.7 GHz. The console comes with 16GB of LPDDR4 memory and 512GB storage. The non-Extreme model will launch later at a lower price. The ROG Ally can be purchased from various retailers and is the first console to feature the AMD Ryzen Z1 APU series.
AMD has announced the Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme, two 4nm processors aimed at handheld gaming PCs. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme offers up to 8.6 teraflops of raw graphic performance, while the Ryzen Z1 has enough for a theoretical 55% increase in raw graphical potential over Valve's custom Zen 2 plus RDNA 2 "Aerith" chip. Both processors are temporarily exclusive to Asus, but AMD says we may see other partners in the future with these or future Z chips.