Worth Buying the Asus ROG Ally X vs Ally for $100 More? Asus ROG Ally X vs Ally - Quick Comparison

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00:00 - Asus ROG Ally X VS Ally
00:08 - Quick Overview of Comparisons Between ROG Ally VS ROG Ally
00:47 - Port Differences Between ROG Ally X and ROG Ally
01:11 - Physical Differences Between ROG Ally X and ROG Ally
02:15 - Ergonomic Differences Between ROG Ally X and ROG Ally
02:41 - Joystick Comparison Between ROG Ally X and ROG Ally
03:45 - Overall Buying Recommendations - ROG Ally X VS ROG Ally

[Andrew-qqfb]

The real price difference is much greater if you factor in that you can get the original Ally on sale brand new for about $500, or an open box for probably $400 or less even. On the other hand, the new Ally X is $800 brand new, and probably not as easy to get on sale or open box right now. The Ally X is in a weird spot, because it is a good device but it doesn't have a better CPU in it so it's basically still the same except for a longer battery life. I think it's not worth upgrading from the original to the X, but if you have not bought the original before, then maybe getting an X is an ok option if it's on sale only. The thing is, the Ally X is just a refresh, and it will be surpassed quickly in the market by competitors, and eventually by the next-gen Ally 3 or whatever it will be called, which will undoubtedly feature a real upgrade in power from a better CPU and hopefully a better iGPU than then 780m. These handheld PC's will have incredible efficiency and battery life in the next generation, although I do think the Ally X will remain the best on the market at least for a little while. Is it the best price to performance though? No, that still belongs to the original Ally, on sale or open box.

[briandickson]

Canada - Rog Ally on sale for 700. Open box 600. Rog Ally X? 1100 pre order. Seems like a no brainer

[jonmarinos]

The X is not $100 more. The price of the original Z1E model recently dropped to $550 brand new. So it’s a $250 difference if you were to buy either model right now.

[DougLarsenMN]

$385 open box $350 locally for a basically new Ally makes it a hard sell

[fpvpilot]

I have bought two Ally’s from Best Buy. 599 each time for the extreme. I thought the X is 799.

[markgoffe]

I assume hes referring to the mid model, the Z1 Extreme, which is $699. So that's why he's saying $100 more. The base model, Z1, is $499 at Best Buy. So that's $300 more. The Z1 Extreme gives you the same performance as the $700 Z1 X. So you have to decide if the extra battery life and extra ram is with worth another $100.

[linkjoker]

Its actually 200usd diffrence with the discount now

[nostalgiaholic]

I dont like that its only offered in black, i thought the white really made it stand out

[hksduhksdu]

I am getting old, ever since I got used to my 8.8" Go, I can't go back to anything smaller, I am ready to sell my Steam Deck. Ordered my X1 8840U from 1xp 10.95", see if I might sell my Go as well. With 7", even if you give me 999Wh, I won't be able to see the details.

[CarolinaBlood]

Seriously tho. Would either make an equivalent to an Xbox SX/ PS5?

[wiffmastermase]

So you can get 2 used original models for the price of a new one. You can sacrifice optimal battery life for playing with a friend.

[midwestyle]

I won my Ally in a contest and upgraded the SSD to 2 TB for less than 100 so I'll stick with what I got lol.

[retrolivegaming]

Is it 100.00 difference or 200.00 difference since you keep mixing up the two? Did you even pre watch your video??

[Egggcorn]

Got a pretty much new ally at 450 at best buy

[barkermush]

I don't like the location of those usb ports, right infront of the heat exhaust vents.

We know how much heat the original Ally gives off. So having your power lead going over that exhaust vent surely can't be good?
Won't it end up with overheating the charging cable or even the actual charging port?

At least on the original Ally, the usb port is in the center, between those 2 heat exhausts.

[WildharpieECW]

Still way to much, and the nromal Ally is much cheaper, also people have to watch out on the Warranty which they will ask for money when it suppose to eb covered. If you really want thsi wait on a sale, or get a Steam Deck if you rather save money.

[radger]

Its 500$ more expensive here, should i consider the ally?

[marcinlegacy]

Gizmo when we can tell this ram boost is real upgrade? Do You will test ex 6GB vram on Ally and 8GB vram on Ally X in AAA games?? For now since 2 weeks we got nothing but pr BS... We need facts about real differences not 2-5% performance gain because this will be nothing... If You can provide value data like You do with laptops it will be awesome Man.

[WillySou]

It's not only 100$ more. Anywhere you buy the price difference will be around 200-300$. Bad title...

[King_Therion]

In México the original Rog Ally is in 450 dolar in Amazon. I think Im gonna get me one.