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Rog ally crap : no OLED, no trackpads, cheap buttons/terrible ergonomics, Armoury Crate bloatware Steam Deck feels like an actual handled console. ROG Ally a lot more powerful on paper but in reality it feels similar and both will be obsolete though Steam Deck or a real laptop but never the ROG Ally plus it will probably be abandoned by Asus on the long run

You might have had a faulty unit, my friend. Although not perfect, nowhere near the amount of problems you’re having.

I think the hardware is indeed solid. Very good. Unfortunately the company ASUS is super sketchy. The worse ethics and customer service I have ever experienced which is such a shame because if it wasn’t for that I would 100% buy more products. Had it not been for such terrible experiences I would buy the Ally X.

How do you split the. Virtual keyboard

You've not seen a difference in speeds between the two cards because the slower card is close or at the speed that the deck can handle

Windows is exactly why i bought the ally

Its great. But I forgot how God awful windows is. It's just as well gates has a effective monopoly. I am currently having to re install windows because of bugs. I am going to use this device now for gaming and gaming alone. No more surfing.

oh how edgy you swore. I'm gonna subscribe. you legend. So impressed.

I hsve the regular z1 and it plays everything i played.

Its now msi claw (after latest update) vs the ally

My ally experience: bought it, absolutely loved it and got me heavy into of gaming so I got a ton of games on sale. Windows update broke ally and then had nonstop driver issues so I put it away and got a laptop that runs everything at 1440p 140+fps. Came back to the ally 3 months later and updated it and now it works flawless as a streaming device from the laptop🤦🏼‍♂️😂 happy with both devices and they compliment each other well but it was definitely a rollercoaster getting here

asus rog ally is a rip off

The ally is nice bugs and all. Asus not so much

Hey guys watch out with Asus warranty program. They currently scamming customers and extorting customers to pay 200 for the warranty program.

Asus rog ally is Great

I got a big question, that I couldn't find anywhere... if you use the ally for just you know browsing and movies. How long does the battery lest?. The deck has of course a bigger battery life by just using it as a non gaming handheld. ( I have the deck, but thinking on going with the ally) coz I need windows..

The legion go would break through better if it wasn’t almost 250$ more than the asus rog ally..

Lol am i the only one that never had any problems with windows?

Ally is amazing the best tech thats been released for a good few years

Should I just wait for the next gen ally or do I get the ally now?

Nice! I absolutely love my Ally. I may have been one of the luckier ones as I didn't experience many major issues and I had mine since launch. The frequency updates Asus have pushed have certainly improved the experience too. I also have a laptop from Alienware with a 140W 3080 and I find myself gaming on the Ally more since it's easier to fire up from anywhere around the house. Excited to see where things go.

Excellent video. How does this guy not have a million subscribers?

I’ve recently decided to look at buying the ROG Ally as a gaming PC. However, the moment I decided that, I heard about the Ally 2 rumours. And now I don’t know if I should wait to see what upgrades that device will have.

steam deck is way better

I found the asus used for 400 at a pawn shop. I'm not sure if it's worth buying when I have the steamdeck already

i thought this was a Pokémon channel when i saw the pokeball

Ally is way better

SD sucks you ain't even got a Z1 chip running of shitty valve system

Rog ally less issue, if all game legal non piracy games, dont use sd slot, upgrade ssd 2230 or mod 2280. Dont install piracy software.

I love steam deck oled more. I personally play retro 2d games and emulators more, so steam deck power is enough for me. Also, the bigger oled panel is a game changer for me. When you look at oled panels, it is hard to go back to lcd panels. 😁

Well made and unbiased. I really do notice the improvements with the updates. One main deciding factor for me taking the ally over the steam deck was having a game pass subscription already. The ally was the go to because I could transition my games from the Xbox to ally seamlessly. I’ve been happy with the purchase. Great vid 👍🏼

Love my ally. On it right now. PSP on steroids

I’m just here to agree with the title, I’m loving my ROG Ally! It’s awesome 👏🏽

Awww young Steve

Seems like your just hoping on the Ally wave of good news because the first half of the video, like windows start times, touchscreen, responsiveness, all that stuff has been unchanged. The only thing that is faster is Armoury Crate and game optimizations. The ally been good, the only thing that just needed improvements was performance at lower TDP and just overall game performance and compatibility. Seems like when the Ally was getting hated on by tech CZcamsrs, you and many others were hating on the Ally for the smallest reasons, many reasons that the Steam deck actually suffers from too. But now that the Ally is getting universal praise from the big handheld CZcamsrs and more, now you and other people are “changing your tune” on the Ally. Now all of a sudden it’s a good machine when in reality it was good Day 1

I've been using it since day one and love it. I got the ally as a device to pickup and play games as I don't game as much as I did when younger and tend to play more games with my son who is 6. But since getting it the device has changed my gaming habits. I found myself playing games on it more and more. I then got a dock and found myself playing games in an evening again. I then got a 3080 card for it and wow it's changed my gaming habits again. I now find myself picking up the device to play a game for 30 mins or so and then when I play for a few hours I dock it and play my games on the TV. The only issue I've had is it blue screened once but rebuilt it and it has not done it since. For me it plays all games in handheld mode 30/60fps 720/1080 and 4k 60fps when docked. They main gripe people have is the battery life but I never expected it to last for hours but for what I use my device for the battery life works perfectly. Not had the SD card issue too but I only use it for ROMs all my games are on my 2tb drive I put in it. This device is not for everyone but it's definitely been a great device for me.

Rog allt is cool and all and nice chipset. But, meh

Lmao. Melting sd cards

Duh....

I dont get why people make the arguement that windows constent updates are a massive con for the rog ally...no it's not the updates have a massive gap even if by chance you missed an update it's not gonna affect your playtime in no way not to mention you can just update the rog ally anytime and anywhere it's literally portable I don't understand how content update are a con for the rog ally

The one reason I haven't an Ally or Legion Go is even my 7 year old laptop outperforms them. If I going to play on something I need to have plugged in there is no reason not to game on my laptop. I still think Nintendo is the king of handhelds and looking forward to what Switch 2 has to offer. OLED Deck is closer to a good handheld like the Switch. P.S there are rumors Microsoft will come out with an handheld.

Minecraft Bedrock & Java Edition both work absolutely fine on the Deck btw. There’s a Bedrock launcher that gives you the NATIVE Android version (which is Linux too) and Java runs even on a fridge or toaster ! Prism launcher is the way to go there. Both launchers in the discover store easy 1-click installs.

The Ally is the best tech equipment piece I’ve bought in years! I had a Steam Deck for 1 year then the Ally! And the 12 RDNA3 CUs are doing a great job at 25-30W! Awesome 😎 I’m a UNIX guy and loved the Linux experience on the deck but I admit I came to think Windows is an Advantage for flexibility on the Ally. I can play Fortnite with my son finally, Genshin works if you’re into Gacha (don’t do that) and new AAA games at least “run” not amazing but all the Deck isn’t powerful enough for the Ally gets it done! Plus the VRR screen is awesome too. AMD chill at 50-52fpsis the greatest thing I recommend! Now AFMF can help in some games too. Wish there was a 32GB Ram version. Only complaint. I run with 5-6GB vram which leaves System Memory a little low

No way!!! An ad spot? That’s so cool! 😮

Oooh! I’d love to see you do a video on using Bazzite on the ally. It lets you take the Steam OS experience from the deck and get it onto the Ally or other handheld PCs Seems like a good way to solve the windows OS handheld problem on other handhelds

steamdeck is the best for me bcz i am a linux pc gamer? :D

Uh oh standing ten toes down😂

Wanted to ask. I have aya neo next. It's great. But was thinking of getting steam deck oled or Rog ally. Not sure how much better Rog ally is compared to aya neo next. Also with steam deck worries that it may not be so easy to play games-particularly Ubisoft / epic games - installing proton and god knows what else in terms of mods puts me off - or is it easier than it seems. I like idea of steam having instant access to games but but how easy is it setting up games.

Wanted to ask. I have aya neo next. It’s great. But was thinking of getting steam deck oled or Rog ally. Not sure how much better Rog ally is compared to aya neo next. Also with steam deck worries that it may not be so easy to play games- particularly Ubisoft / epic games - installing proton and god knows what else in terms of mods puts me off - or is it easier than it seems. I like idea of steam having instant access to games but but how easy is it setting up games.

You should not buy the valve steam deck because statistically atleast one liberal will own one.