Asus ROG Ally 6 Months Later: Better Than Steam Deck OLED?!
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The Asus ROG Ally (Z1 Extreme) might very well be the best gaming handheld in 2023. After 6 months, software has gotten better, and the overall performance has gotten more stable. I love the 7-inch 120Hz VRR display, I love the Armoury Crate software, and everything the Ally just feels so polished. The only downside is that the battery isn't the best, the microSD slot tends to fry cards which I don't think will get fixed until a proper redesign happens, and the joysticks aren't Hall Effect joysticks to prevent stick drifts. Besides that, gaming on the ROG Ally is pretty much perfect.
My recommended power settings for the ROG Ally:
TDP: 15W
CPU Boost: Turned On
Battery Power Mode: Efficiency
Games should be set at 900P at low-medium settings if you want constant 60 frames per second. Some games tend to play better at 25W but battery will drain a lot quicker.
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its a BEAST! i love this thing so much! Did upgrade to 1TB, and used the 512 Gb one in a nvm.2 portable case with USB c, so i can use it as external drive on it., And bought the Jsaux RGB docking.. man it's amazing let me tell you! And lets not forget the VRR! butter smooth gaming!
I bought one from eBay used buts its like new with a WD 2TB SSD for only €490 best deal for me👌
What can i say about the Ally, the only issue i had was the Micro SD not working, but added an 2 tb 2280 and with all the updates this thing is amazing, rock solid performance either 15w or 25/30w, the new 900p mode is a game changer, everything looks and runs amazing, well above 60fps at 15w, 25w an extra 15-20fps depending on the games, the hand-held pc itself feels amazing in the hand, added the Spigen case this just feels rock solid, either Resident Evil Franchise, Halo Infinite, The Last of Us Part 1, Crysis Remastered Trilogy, damn this little machine does it all, and mostly no need to add low settings, mostly mid-high runs great.
To me ? The Ally is far better than the Steam Deck, 15w isn't enough in some of the heavier titles like tlou, re4 remake etc you can really see the deck struggle, even though I would love to see a beautiful oled screen on the Ally but i think the higher resolution and refresh rate make up for it, probably best in class for an LCD screen, the Ally just does it all better at a higher resolution and frame rate, still praise the Deck for it's better battery life
I LOVE my Ally. I use it multiple times a week.Upgraded the SSD to 2TB. My alienware M17 R4 from 2021 finally died and the repair shop couldn't fix it, so I went with an Asus ROG Strix 18" and so far, i'm loving it too. The Ally is the perfect well........Ally for it.
I'm crying
How is such an expensive, just 2 year old laptop "finally" dead? It died WAY too early
@@fruitoverflow I agree, I say that in the sense that best buy tried to repair it TWICE and couldn't, the 2nd time they sent it back to me the screen was messed up (they screwed it up) I agree though, shouldn't have died. I loved that machine.
Alienware dead in 2 years? You didn’t get an extended warranty?
@@FIIIIR I did, that's how I was able to get a replacement, however, the replacement M18 i got also had issues.....so i'm waiting for new machines in 2024 and will try going for a desktop.
Great Review mark!
Thank you 🙏🏼
Any tips on emulating? This is my first ever “pc” and I really wanted to play games on an emulator like resident Evil and silent hill franchise. But I never emulated before and really confused
I love this thing and idk why people are complaining. I can play all of my games from all of my systems on the go. I don't understand why people just won't carry a battery pack. Chances are, if youre carrying the ally you're carrying it in something. Just plug it in.
See you get it! Also, charging isn’t slow either! I almost always have a 65w+ charging brick with me. It’s really not bad.
@@HeyMarkL same! You can only do so much in such a small package.
Yeah I hold the ROG ally in a case with a 65w powerbank it works class, and I can run at 30w at that power, this device can literraly any game, runs cyberpunk 2077 at 60fps
@@PrOtaku123 right! I'm not looking for another console I'm looking to play whatever I want!
Can you play rivals of aether(with workshop)
Nice Review. 👍
Glad you liked it! 🙏🏼
My question is where did you buy the 4tb ssd or which one would you suggest getting. I already bought an adapter for the 2280.
I bought it from Amazon. Same as the adapter! Takes a while to get the adapter since it’s coming from china but make sure to buy the one that’s green (the extended one not the short one)
A lot of people skip saying this or just don't know but for other casuals like me I learned that all the games I've played work fine if you have the right settings. I've been playing Arkham Knight and Apex and I have to play Apex on lower settings(don't know all the technical terms off top just yet) where as Arkham Knight works perfectly fine on the default settings.
I love my Ally, but I don't hear people talking about the triggers or sticks having issues. My triggers got squeaky after a couple months, so I had to open it and lube the springs with chapstick. I then noticed the rubber trigger stops had fallen out, so I had to glue some pieces in myself. Then I noticed my left analogy stick was getting ground out of shape by the LED ring, so I had to open it yet again to wrap the stick shaft in capton tape.
It's great now, but I'm surprised I don't see people talking about these issues.
Maybe get a warranty replacement!
Yup, my right trigger do squeking at some point but it was an easy fix. For the LED ring, I just use analog protector I use on my Dualsense but I do have problem with ABXY buttons. It's somehow too mushy & clicky to me
6 months day 1 owner here. It's a perfect handheld PC for me. Sure in 6 months I had some hiccup but not a major one and still have a functioning SD card reader. Spent tons money on accessories and mostly play games on this everyday and already abandon my PS5 and PC at this point. Only to use them for work and Netflix lol
Oh wow that’s crazy. What games are you usually playing? I’m hearing more and more people saying their SD slot still works.
@@HeyMarkL NFS Unbound, FF7 Remake, etc. Even tho mine is an R5 unit, the reason why my SD card reader is still working probably because I never let the CPU temp goes higher than 80C. Right now I just run it on 25W only
@@pixelman2626you don't have the extreme edition ?
@@CaptainGunSkill Z1 version only 3 months old. I think you can figure it out by yourself 😉
@@pixelman2626 really I thought they came out same time.
I have the Ally and I’m going to return it for a Steam Deck. It’s a nice device with better hardware but for a handheld, I want quick pick up and play. Windows 11 doesn’t allow that with it being non handheld friendly. No sleep mode, the apps freeze up and I have to reload them and stupid updates. The battery life is awful too lol
Getting mine tomorrow 🥹
How is it
hello sir any weird reaction on upgrading to 2280 SSD? im scared on modding my ally is it really good? thanks
I done the ssd upgrade and there isn't any trouble with mine. Unless you don't know what your doing of course but I follow what other youtuber said to do I have upgraded mine ssd to 2TB 2280 instead because the ssd is cheaper. If you want to go the easy way you will to get a 2230 ssd M.2 which is more expensive. If you want to get the cheaper 2280 ssd M.2 you will need to buy an adapter for the Rog ally.
P.S.
You will also need to get one with a heat sink if your if you want to get your temperature cool.
This looks really cool. It sounds crazy, but I’m thinking getting it to play both FFXI & FFXIV. Both are my favorite MMO’s and are designed to play with controller. Needless to say the graphics can be handled by this I’m betting. 😉
I might get one of these, but I'm likely to play lower demand games. I'd there still a big risk for ssd damage?
Nope you can get away that 1TB for smaller games or if you like to emulate retro games. You can always upgrade to a 2TB SSD which would require you to open up the system. Plenty of tutorials on CZcams though.
@@HeyMarkL ok thanks mate.
if youre running lower end games it wont require as much power so it will produce less heat. you wont have to worry about the sd card getting damaged.
Finally getting rid of my Nintendo switch and getting this, got it on Amazon and get it next week cant wait
Quick question my mw 3 keeps crashing after the updates I got the game off of battle net
this thing blows the steam deck out of the water
I havnt touched my original deck since
You think that because you haven't seen the OLED screen on the new Steam Deck.
Not really. I have both ally and Steam deck, overall i say the deck has the best software optimization & that means it's the best fit handheld gaming. The ally is good for docked gaming,but windows 11 is annoying. The only thing the ally has is more power, still with my deck i found myself playing the same games at the same tdp and having a better time. Battery life is important when its considered "handheld" gaming. Honestly If the deck had windows it'll be the best. Ally has the advantage because it can play everything. Steamdeck is the standard
Yep! See, you get what I mean!
@@RJSamontecan you use gamepass and other clients outside of steam with the deck?
Gamepass can be played through a browser, but I haven't tried it because I don't have Gamepass anymore. I do have GOG, EA and Epic launchers installed using a program called NonSteamLaunchers. @@TheGuitarflipupper
Can’t wait for razer to start experimenting
Can you play rivals of aether (with workshop)
so is it fine if for example you don't put games on the micro sd card but music and some movies and stuff? it won't fry the sd card if you are just listening to music player?
It isn't the SD being used to hard its the system itself overheating around the SD card slot and burning it
I believe their updates to the armory crate adjusted the fan curve to prevent this issue. sadly time will tell. but if you are worried about it still you can just set a manual fan curve yourself to prevent it from getting hot running at 30. personally i still went the route of only putting steam games/roms on the sd card that i run at 10 watts. figured if it was running at 30watts already having it read and write to card constantly would add to the heat(even if only minor) but its to early to tell for me. so far the cards still running great though.
I put a cooling pad on the sd card housing and it stay cool and it doesn’t fry the sd card anymore
I have it and love it
Can you use wired/wireless mouse and keyboard?
Yes so long as you get a dock or USB Hub or use Bluetooth.
they gotta add an 8" oled and trackpads.
How does the gaming power compare to Xbox Series X and PS5?
Man, I love the design of this thing, but the removable controllers of the Legion Go make it SUPER appealing. I was playing my switch in bed all day the other day when I was sick, and after about 45 minutes, you have to go to your side because you get tired or you just need to change positions. So it’s awesome on the switch to just remove the joycon and prop up the switch against a pillow and then use the controllers under the covers. If I can’t do that with the Ally it’s going to make this thing a lot less portable for me. Too bad the Legion is so gigantic. I think I’m just going to buy both of them one at a time and try them out on my own. Then I can decide which one I like better. Too bad the battery life is going to be awful no matter what I do. If I’m in bed sick again, I’m going to have to just play with a cord plugged in. Which kind of sucks. At this point I wonder if I should just get a TV installed in my bedroom and move the Xbox in lol
I think you should stick with Nintendo Switch
@@pixelman2626 No can’t do. It simply can’t keep up with all these ports. Palia is fun and playable but it’s got me wanting the real thing. Not to mention Deathloop, Cyberpunk, and even Coral Island. And also any of the new stuff that comes out. A new Nintendo system would be nice but I think I’m done waiting. Plus a new toy would be fun.
@@switchunboxing from your statement, you just want a gimmicky handheld, not for its powerful enough to run triple A games smoothly like Ally. If you familiar with Windows, sure go for Ally. If not, I recommend you to wait for Nintendo Switch 2
@@pixelman2626 I’m currently looking into Ally and Legion Go. Also Steam Deck but that’s not the main interest really.
Sounds like the Legion Go might be better for you. Set your expectations on what graphics will look like and you’ll be able to play most AAA games on either this or the legion go. Feel free to watch my video on the legion go! 🤞🏼
I’ve had mine for about 3 days. I love it. Lower your expectations and it’s very good. It’s not a bum either, very impressive for a handheld. Smokes the steam deck.
Playing Skyrim in bed at 1080p is so good. I have it on the Switch also, doubt I’ll ever play it on the Switch ever again.
Triple A titles it can decently handle too
You're doing it right!!
Are the controls just as accurate as if you was using a PS5/xbox controller? I’ve been playing Skyrim on my Mac through Xbox Game Pass and plan to do the same on the ROG ally. Just wondered what you thought
@@danprice7973 Not really as it’s bigger in your hand than a Xbox controller. Depending on your size hand it shouldn’t feel too bad. I played the switch for years and that hurt my hand after awhile, the Rog ally is thicker and better designed to sit into your hands nicely.
I also plan to get 4tb ssd i wonder if best but can do it
I love my Rog Ally, even though it killed all my micro SD cards.
it is possible to add a heatshield above the sdcard, but I'm not sure if it works
😂😂😂😂
I love it. Just wish it would run a few games I like better.
Like what games ?
@@Yanieldabzz shit.....so many. Things at 60 at least. Starfield, Miscreated, Wildlands, Generation Zero, 7 ways to die...to name a few
@@NOLA_playmakerhow the heck is 7days2die crippling? would the Z1 Extreme make a significant difference?>
@@VinnyUnion nah man it's only like 50 fps :/
@@NOLA_playmakerman the xbox series x can only run starfield at 30, i can get a pretty consistent 40-50 on the Ally, 1080p medium… im not complaining
How's the dpad for sf6?
It’s pretty good, but obviously not the best I’ve tried. I think dpad is better than Legion Go in my opinion
So basicly it had a 6 month struggle and needed patches and fixes, and now (december) the Ally is where it should be? hand in hand with the lenovo go ready to compete?
Still looking for a Windows based “friend” for my steam deck oled
Basically where it should be. I think Lenovo legion go still needs some work on the software front, but you should probably look into the Lenovo instead of the ROG Ally because the form factor is quite different
@@HeyMarkL i just got home with the legion go in my hands 👍 gonna unbox it and set it up tomorrow 😉
I dont know why people forget but the SteamOS was janky AF at release. The Ally is far more polsihed at 6 months compared with Steam Deck at its 6 month mark.
@@conchobarCool story bro but no
Its almost 6 months old, I really want to buy handheld consoles I think ROG ALLY is the best now
I wish the new ALLY 2 coming out next year or 2 with minor upgrade like
1. Bigger and better battery
2. Maintain the beast performance Z1 extreme chips no need to upgrade, just upgrade the storage to 1TB option
3. 1080P 120hz is already amazing if they added OLED screen with low power efficiency, 7.5 or 8 inch max screen size I would be happy
4. SD card moved to the bottom
5. Black color console
i would add two things to your list:
1: at least one more USB-C port, 4.0 standard so i can plug any egpu i want.
2: 24 GB RAM or ideally 32GB.
And Black colour case option
You guys want expensive windows handhelds then buy a GPD theyve been making handhelds since 2016 you guys obviously only care about having the best specs even if its going to be obsolete in less than 2 years
I was late to the party and got my Ally just a couple of weeks ago, fully updated. So I missed all the fatal flaw-bugs everyone was talking about. So to me, this is awesome in "almost" every way. Here are my things that are somewhat bothersome (for anyone thinking of getting it):
- Controls: I have big hands and the buttons are somewhat small to me. They joysticks feel "off" in a weird way. Not like a Dual Sense or Xbox Controller. Doable though.
- Small hard drive: Sure you can upgrade it. But that is another costly option. I will do it in the future but again, it will cost you extra.
-Windows 11: I would rather go for Windows 10. This is a personal preference. It really doesn't matter to you unless you are grumpy about it like me.
- Screen optimization: When you are navigating around in Windows 11, it is REALLY small. It bothered me more than I thought it would. There is no optimization for it either. Just just have to deal with it.
OBVIOUSLY it doesn't play games in ultra settings. But if you play it on the handheld screen, I assure you that it won't matter. I can barely see any difference between 720 and 1080, let alone the difference between medium and high graphic settings.
try using an sd card
@@JerwinAngelo Why will I use an SD card when I 75 times the speed with my 4TB Gen 4 Nvme drive! Oh wait, you can’t install a 2280 Gen 4 drive in your little Linux handheld!!!
@@zacthegamer6145 stupid logic. uh because someone PAID for it full price for a FULL set of its advertised features? having an sd card is included in its advertised feature. if it's not gonna work then its a defective product and should not be bought whether you're gonna use it or not. it's like realizing having bought a defective wireless headphone that only works wired and saying "oh well wired is better anyways so I'm sticking with it even if it doesn't work wirelessly, it's better anyways."
@@JerwinAngelo Keep your BS with 100 mbps speed to yourself and mine works fine after 4 months. Do you own an ally troll?
@@zacthegamer6145 I did actually, sold it for a legion go. Asus is 🗑️ lol asus fanboy
My micro sd never got fried...
I love my Rog Ally
It’s the best windows handheld
Yes
I love mine!
Really? Because I still can’t use my micro sd card reader 😅
Yeah, pretend it does haven’t an SD reader
Im seriously debating switching my steam deck for the rog. My list of games that just don't work on the deck is growing and its getting annoying. The Finals, Dead Island 2, Kingdom Hearts 3 and so on. Hell "verified" games give me trouble with Dead Space Remake. Windows is just less hassle if you even have a base understanding of it.
Go for it. I was within the same boat as well. I have purchased a steam deck in August. I liked it at first, but when trying to play certain games that requires the use of Xbox game pass, that became an issue. I have tried maneuvers on how to run Xbox game pass within the steam OS without the attempt to install windows, and it was a total mess in my opinion.
Trying to install windows onto the steam deck, I was able to succeed in running game pass, but when trying to use the controllers, I have to install a third-party application (handheld companion) just to get the buttons to work. I have purchased the ROG ally three months later, and that became my daily driver ever since.
I swapped from OLED to lgo to ally. Ally is still a buggy mess. I'm going back to OLED.
I don't know what this creator is talking about. Sleep still doesn't work, randomly turn on after setting to sleep. Sometimes task bar doesn't go away after alt tabbing out of a full screen game and going back in. Sometimes no cursor in desktop mode, with joystick set to desktop, requiring a restart. Sometimes touch screen doesn't work. Display is washed(red is like brown/orange mix), vrr is barely noticeable for me. Lags in persona 5, it's not that heavy, when lgo handled it fine on 1200. And like support is really bad. There is a healthy community though. And battery, omg, is soo bad. I can't take it outside without a power bank on me, it doesn't last long enough.
Lgo, has issues but their support is way better than Asus. They fixed most of the issues talked about by CZcamsrs, and adding in cursor control with joystick next update. It took ally months to get where it is but lgo I feel as though already caught up. It's still bulky, and removable joycons don't feel study. Has really good display but too large and unwieldy, and fps mode is gimmicky. Battery still shit. It has a working sleep mode. Community is not there yet, though.
If you want windows handheld wait on it or go for lgo. See their updates, i think lgo is more polished over the ally. Or you know you can try both and return whichever you don't like, both have 14day return. I'm going back to OLED.
Have you tried installing Windows onto the Steam Deck? There is instructions on how to complete the process along with the drivers software located on their website.
Yea I think im gonna end up doing it. Kinda makes the deck redundant using it like that though instead of just switching to a more powerful windows one with all its optimized drivers and stuff. Ill probably still end up doing that.@@Sealambert
Thanks for the input, ill take it into consideration.@@aewro
I do like mine but its far from perfect. I could care less about the sd card I upgraded ssd. Navigating windows on this thing can be a nightmare though and thats really my biggest gripe. I really think a trackpad would of made it alot better. The battery life is horrible. I dont care what anyone says. I get a hour usually with the games i play. I have a battery pack for it but its just another thing i had to buy. Everything else is pretty solid and i think its a good device. I never owned a steam deck but they look nice too.
Unfortunately that’s a windows issue not a rog ally issue
@@theo5675 no. Rog chose windows, so it is their problem. Many os they could of used
@sagepirotess6312 what else are they going to choose its not a steam linux device Lenovo chose the same so have many others like aya and gpd they are all windows
@@theo5675 windows is not optimized for them. They do have a few options... can use nvidia launcher, the google one they use for those chromebooks, or apple. It make own.
Even by using steam, as it's a form of linux they could or make own linux.
Atm rog is the most powerful, but is underwhelming in all around features. Granted its next model maybe better.
I'm watching this using my Ally. haha
Hahaha nice!!!
Can you connect it to keybaord and mouse? and does it run valorant with the controller things on it built in
You can get a dock like the one I used and connect a proper mouse and keyboard and run Valo off that, but I haven't tried playing Valorant using controller.
How's the heat on the SSD? Which one did you chose?
I went with an affordable one on Amazon. It's a 4TB Silicon Power PCIE Gen 4 and it works great! No complaints so far. I just added a pretty thin thermal pad on top of it and didn't notice a difference in battery consumptions nor heat difference.
@@HeyMarkL thank you.
I tried to use my unused Aorus 7000s Gen 4 SSD 2280 and the operating temperature for the drive was 77C max and it's not looking good. Note that I'm using 1mm copper plate for heatsink. Then, I switched to SN740 2230 and the temperature is at 56C. So I'm sticking to the latter one
@@pixelman2626 I believe it's because the gap between the APU and the bottom of the SSD is almost touching.
People are suggesting pads or heat barriers. Others claim there's enough space for an actual heat sink (on top of SSD).
I have a 2tb 2230, it's not enough considering the SDC reader is too much of a gamble.
Maybe a gen3 ssd?
@@kewlztertc5386 nah, I'm using high end thermal camera (FLIR E75) to monitor the SSD. The bottom part fine because mine has a gap between the SSD and CPU heatsink but the chip controller is just hot af during gaming (I took the back plate to scan the temperature). It's just the nature of Gen 4 2280 SSD to run that fast, hot & consume more energy. No wonder the heatsink that brought with SSD is massive af. Gen 3 2280 is probably suitable for Ally as it's not run hotter and less energy consume compare to Gen 4
5TB ROG Ally Gang!
Haha just 4TB for me!
@@HeyMarkL i got mine rma’d recently for a different issue (sd card reader was already dead) now it’s fixed and I heard newer revision boards could have better sd card readers. Only one way to find out!
i want that but i don't have money
The rog ally is the steam deck of the windows handhelds
Yeah I’d like to think so
But with no optimization of the Steam deck
I belive that is the best handheld console, daaamn, 700€ console
700$ vs 300 steam is not even a comparison in money, and value. Oled, battery, sleep, resume apl better on deck.
Over here its just a bit over 500 Euros. Every region seems to have different price while the legion Go costs 150 euros more followed with SD OLED that costs 100euros more so the choice is very obvious.
@@jackykwan2580 technically you could get sd LCD for 50% less than oled
Subjective, but steam deck oled is a more balanced, user friendly handheld. I have both ally and oled deck. I’d never travel with the ally because of its horrible battery life. Rog ally is imo the best windows handheld but the steam deck is on a different level.
I agree. If Valve works on a native windows mode for the deck it'll be the best handheld period
I mean if you’re all in on Steam (if you say user friendly handheld) then sure Steam Deck OLED is a great pick up. But I also wouldn’t be able to enjoy playing RDR2 at 60 constant. If I pushed my Steam Deck OLED, then battery life would just suffer almost like the Ally, idk. I always see the Steam Deck OLED for low TDP games.
User friendly? Not really. It's a headache for noob tech savvy like me to deal with dual boot windows and photon compatibility. Windows is just install & play at this point
Steam Deck's user friendliness comes at the great cost of game compatibility. Now that competent Windows based handhelds exist, I notice no one wants to make the argument that Steam Decks user friendliness is worth the cost of game compatibility. They instead just gloss over the topic.
I couldn't deal with the Xbox One VCR model controller when it had 60 gram tension sticks "Xbox One S and Xbox Series controllers fixed this upping tension to 80 grams" so the super loose and floppy sticks used on ROG would be a deal breaker.
without trackpad you lost the whole rts catalog of PC
“Why the Ally is the best gaming handheld in the market. 1: It fries SD cards”.
Why use an SD csrd when you can install a 2280 SSD for less money and get faster performance?
Maybe you don't trust their hardware, because it fries SD cards, and don't want to lose the warranty by opening it. Maybe you don't feel comfortable opening a product. Maybe you just want to use the SD card and get playing. I don't know.@@conchobar
Had my ROG Ally since release and thought it was the best up until the SD OLED came out.
Everything that the ROG Ally does, the SD OLED does better... Well... outside of the higher tdp performance and being a Windows Handheld(Pro or Con for a lot of people)
Still an amazing device nonetheless. Top 2 mainstream device right now if you ask me.
No. Only Ally Fanbois think so. The best is the Lenovo Legion Go.
No sleep resume instantly, no battery life on the go. Like you said handheld... so no wall plug counts. And no oled, no buy.
The very fact that you can't rely on the SD card slot and effectively need to buy and upgrade the SSD if you want more storage...is utterly crazy. Massive fail and I wouldn't buy it on principle.
I hear ya. They need to redesign for sure. But SSD prices are going down in price though. They’re much more reliable and way faster than microSD.
I don't think so the ally is a peace of crap to many issues steam oled far better
I bought Lenovo Legion Go instead because of faster RAM speed, better screen quality, FPS Mode, Tablet mode, Switch Mode, 2 x USB-C 4.0 Thunderbolt ports, Better battery, bigger screen, detachable controllers etc. As a bonus. Lenovo takes suggestions from people every week from their forums, and updates people every week ahead of what's in next BIOS and Lenovo Space update. I heard that Asus isn't good with the community on Rog Ally as they don't give heads up. Don't get me wrong, Asus Rog Ally is still a great handheld and it's great with competition on PC handhelds. I guess Acer Predator will be the next competitor and something from HP. Not revealed yet.
Asus is regularly giving updates on the ally..dont knw why ppl assume asus's support isnt good
Hmm I heard the opposite in the Asus statement you made. I’ve checked forums and reddit posts and pretty sure they’re on top of software updates. So is Lenovo, but I think Lenovo will get there eventually. Just need a few more months to catch up. I do love the Legion Go’s bigger screen + TB4 ports though.
@@HeyMarkL I read about Asus community at the wrong places then. Sounds great that they also keep people updated.
Either way, none of the PC handhelds is perfect. It all depends on your needs, size, OS, functions, compatibility and whatever. Only Asus and Lenovo sells handhelds globally. Steam Deck only in a few countries. They are still the big 3 and none of them are the same. Steam OS is the best, but lacks compatibility. Asus and Lenovo is quite different from each other too as Windows handhelds. Lenovo sure is the one that stands out most. lol
I have them all, and other than the screen size, everything else feels better and smoother on the ally.
@@OGpointbreakbecause what happened in the past with asus stuff thats why
What? Steam deck oled is hands down the best
Plastic joysticks sucks
It is made of cheap materials. It looks cheap and battery blows ass. No..Ots not even close to the best
Can you just grow up and quit the "better... ps3 vs xbox360" debate nonsense. If you want Valve, you get the deck, if you want a handheld by ROG, you get the ally. As simple as that. The xock comparisons are just tiresome and I'm not even that archaically old yet. But I sure am tired.
I think people just wants to know what will suit better for them. Ultimately all handhelds are good. Just depends on what your needs are that’ll make it better for you.
@@HeyMarkLof course. That's the content after all. Though titles being so pesky is what's irksome. It's perfectly suitable on this platform, sure, but ergh, we're getting a great explanation in the video itself contrary to the youtube-centered title which is slightly off-putting but not too unexpected. Still greatly structured overall. I'm towards the end but haven't really paid too much attention, you managed VRR yeah? That variable refresh rate thingy that's in the hype lately and that makes games run splendidly according to quite a few users.
The complaints are from lazy people
SD fanbois are crazy mf
hahahaha tell me about it
Yea why they go to every Ally videos to bash about it. SD dont even attract me one bit with its design its so big and bulky. The fact that Valve has very bad product distribution in some parts that the SD actually cost MORE than an ally is just ridiculous. Over here the OLED SD is just 50 euros less than the lenovo go which is absurd.
SD fanboys everywhere. My psvita has OLED. My SD doesnt play half the games I want to and switch emulation is subpar. Everyone forgets that valve doesn't give a poo about making games anymore.
So for 700 euro you buy basically a microwave oven that fries your SD card? Hard pass for me--> Legion go this way!
When you make an Ally review and don't mention the steam deck even once (only the legion go) it REALLLLY lends credence to the people saying there's a paid anti-linux push happening on these review sites
I mean what do you want me to say about the Steam Deck? I have the OLED, and it's nowhere near as powerful as the Ally or Legion Go. Who cares about whether it's running Linux or not?
@@HeyMarkL Performance per watt is 100% what matters in a battery powered handheld device. Obviously if you juice up a handheld to 30 watts mode it's going to outperform a 15 watt device. But at 15 watts, the deck and deck OLED match the ally, in 10 watts, it beats the ally.
While I understand there are people who never play away from an outlet and want to grab a hub/dock and an external monitor, but those same people would often be better suited to a powerful laptop.
Raw power is not the most important thing. Again, the ally can see UP to 50% more power in high wattage mode than the steam deck, while having an hour of battery life. The deck meanwhile has 50% better battery life at 15 watts which is how many people will play this thing.
If you can't see how not mentioning the product leader in this category is relevant, I can't make you see it. Would be like a Samsung Galaxy mentioning Huawei and not the iPhone.
"What do I care if it's Linux" well you seemed to want to mention the legion go. The only major product in this category you didn't mention was the Linux one even though you own one.
Guess those $MSFT dollars are as persuasive as I've heard ;)
Honestly, it makes sense to only compare it to the Legion Go due to the steam deck not being able to play all the same games the other two can. Apples to apples. Steam Deck would be an apples to pear. Similar but, not the same. Not to mention, most of us who are watching this already know about the SteamDeck. What else is there to say? Come on now.
@@reece758 there is not a single game you can play on an ally that you can't play on a steam deck
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So it’s the best handheld as long as you ignore the broken hardware (SD card reader) and the fact that it has the worst battery life of every offering on the market. Ok.
Edit: Sorry, I'm not going to yuck your yum but a handheld needs to have decent battery life IMO. Carrying around a battery bank is a poor solution.
My sd card works great . Battery life is not bad as it can charge very quickly . Deck is still running 5 years old hardware lol
I mean name another powerful handheld gaming that weighs the same as the ROG Ally and software that’s as good as the Ally that has much better battery life?
You bought a steam deck huh lmao
bad decision bro
Ahaha, change 25w to 15w, lol. Time++
I am not sure what are you smoking, but no handheld has a good battery life atm. Not even Steam deck.
Its not the best.
Salty
@@Mardoxx7 spicy
It is
@@theo5675 it's not.
@@mstree9985 It's ONE of the best.
The fact you say " Tony hawks one plus two" makes you sound like A.I.
Lmao what do you want me to say??? Tony Hawk’s Pro skater, 1+2 remastered? That’s too long haha
@@HeyMarkL LOL Just say 1 and 2 no need for the robotic " One plus two"
Way to much messing about with this thing, first mw in steam cant get the integrated controller to work, and on xbox games pass , games download and get stuck at 90%. Had this machine 3 days and not played a game yet
Not sure what's going on with the Xbox Gamepass thing... But for MW3 in Steam. Make sure that your Control Mode is set to Gamepad (Not auto or desktop mode)