Everything is better now - ASUS ROG Ally X Review

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1 year later, ASUS made a lot of small improvements to the ROG Ally, making the best Windows Handheld on the market even better...

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[carloscolon]

I always told myself “I’ll just charge my Ally it’s not a big deal” dealing with 1 hour runtime on average…let me tell you, boy, today I went out with no charger on me and it was a god send playing on the Ally X multiple times today without having to charge. If you were anything like me and just saying “my current Ally is fine” try selling yours to offset the cost and get the Ally X. It revived my passion for PC gaming handhelds ten fold.

[HeavyMetalCowboy]

Glad you all are walking so I can run when better products become available. This is a step in the right direction.

[StuieHunter]

As a steam deck owner, I really feel like people underestimate the tomfoolery involved in getting a lot of games to work. Sometimes I waste more time setting a game up rather than playing it. Windows has its own jank, but the better compatibility makes up for it IMO.

[kaiosobreira]

my man called re4 re2. he might be having a stroke

[MarUlberg]

200 second ad is crazy... I hope you got a massive bag along with that screen.

[ScrubsWasTaken]

Tbh I’m just waiting for the steam deck 2. Valve hit hard with the steam deck oled and I want those track pads on my next pc handheld

[thebizzle]

It's the commuter king. An hour is all you need for an hour long train ride and charge it at work and then take it on the ride home.

[BouncingZeus]

Honestly, the controls all feel so much better than the original one. One of the reasons i upgraded. That and the battery.

[donniedarko]

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[fingiess]

the thing I want the most for the steam deck is a second usb port

[xzcwhgy]

Compared to many other reviews this was really underwhelming.

[ricardomarques]

Finally someone that shows the ally x with egpu

[dminant]

I had Ally Z1E, sold it a few months back due to a lot of the shortcomings that now the Ally X has addressed. I had “upgraded” in the interim to the Deck OLED. The OLED display, tighter feeling controls and ergonomics of the Deck were better, but it lacked the power and game compatibility of the Ally Z1E, so I began to miss my Ally. Sold the Deck OLED and now got the Ally X. I couldn’t be happier with the upgrade. I love the speakers, VRR, tighter joysticks, battery life, 24GB of RAM and Windows. I’m using gamepass and feels so good to be back with the Ally.

I would say, if you aren’t too bothered with your current handheld and it plays what you want, wait it out for the next gen handhelds! I just really preferred Windows and wanted a handheld with this kind of battery life and RAM upgrade to make my experience more enjoyable.

[FierroSev]

The asus rog ally has vrr, which provides a smoother experience over just oled. No one likes screen tearing.

Also old heads often dont play the most popular games, so if you arent a old head, stick with a windows handheld. Fornite, ea sports, valorant, cod, will not work on the steamdeck. Sony games require a launcher that doesnt work on linux.

[destruxandexploze]

Going from my Ally to the X. I was surprised how nice the X feels over the Ally.

I can also get close to 60fps (sometimes 70+fps) average on Cyberpunk 2077 in 720p SteamDeck preset with FSR upscaling it to 1080p. It looks great and runs great.

Love it.

[ASCKPANTHER]

As a Steam Deck OLED owner I am picking one up going to put my deck down for a while and give this a fair shake and if I don't like it I can always return it or sell it on marketplace. my son has really gotten into COD lately and wants me to play with him but its just too hot to have two big PCs running in the same room right now

[fresco_dinero]

Rog Ally upgraded the way I play games so I know the Ally X will be peak when I get it.

[EduardoVasquezMedina]

I was waiting the whole day for this review.

[Tom-kljf]

Chaos Theory soundtrack at the start took me back!