ASUS ROG Ally X vs Steam Deck OLED | Which Should You Buy in 2024?

What is the ultimate gaming handheld in 2024? Tony and Paul are back at it arguing which they think is worth your money. Tony is still rocking the Steam Deck OLED while Paul has taken up the new Ally X. Which one wins?!

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In this episode of Tech Takedown, Paul makes his case for why the ASUS ROG Ally X is the best gaming handheld you can currently buy. With its improved design, slightly beefier specs, and fixes, in many ways it is the best Windows 11 gaming handheld. But… in Tony’s favor, compared to the very refined Steam Deck OLED - which has a gorgeous display and isn’t plagued by Windows 11's horrible touch interface, it all comes down to performance vs usability. Which handheld do you think wins?

0:00 - Tech Takedown
0:11 - Steam Deck OLED
1:40 - ASUS ROG Ally X

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[TomsGuideUS]

Who won you over? Tony and the Steam Deck OLED or Paul and the ASUS ROG Ally X? 🎮

[Sleepeaze]

I love the Steamdeck but want more power and wish more things were available native to Linux. I ordered the ally x for these reasons.

[louissolano]

I think the Rog Ally X…with Bazzite is the winner. Get the best of both worlds + performance + battery.

[mianorman]

I gotta go with the Ally X for this one after playing on both. I play with Steam, Xbox Game Pass and other stores and launchers so I like being able to have them all at my fingertips without any extra work with the Ally!

[RedMageGaming]

I got to say, you guys missed some major factors on why each handheld is preferable over the other. Steam Deck benefits from it's custom fully mappable through steam controller with plenty of back paddles, capacitive analog sticks, and trackpads that offers a much wider control scheme when compared to the Ally X. On the other side of the fence, The Ally X hos a monstrous battery that's going to keep you away from a power socket for longer, and I can't beleive you failed to highlight the biggest reason the Ally's screen goes shot for shot with the Steam Decks OLED screen, Variable Refresh Rate. The Ally has the horses to power that 1080p screen, but when it struggles a little, it's a lot less noticeable when the VRR screen compensates for frame drops keeping your gameplay smooth.

Both devices have great things going for them, and both of them have pain points. It's a lot easier to get non steam games up and running on the Ally, and since it runs windows no issues running anticheat games. The trade off being It can be a pain to get windows and everything setup if your not docking it and using a keyboard/mouse. On the other side of the fence, If your not already in know, it can be a nightmare getting non-steam games setup and running on the deck, and your missing out on a lot of games just because developers don't want to click a checkbox in EAC.

And as far as a desktop replacement goes, Both of them can do this. Linux has everything you need to get a day of work done, weather it be Libre Office to work on documents and spreadsheets and presentations, GIMP has you covered for photoshop, Davinci Resolve has you covered for video editing. The Ally is going to handle some of these workloads better than the deck sure, thanks to it's more performant hardware, but dock the deck and you can get things done just the same.

I love my Steam Decks, both my OG 512 LCD model, and my Limited Edition OLED model. But I also love My Ally and Ally X, both sides of the coin have their benefits. I say, if you have the money, and want the performance, go Ally X, if you want to save a few bucks, or want the more expansive control layout, go Deck. Or, if you want to save a buck, but want to play games that can't be played on the deck, the OG Ally can be caught on sale quite often. Or, the Legion GO could be your new handheld, it's on sale for $100 off for the 512GB model right now.

[Sammo_]

I bought the steam deck oled because I couldn’t wait for the ally to be announced but once it was I had to sell the steam deck and get the Ally you just can’t beat that performance and freedom.

[ericharvey]

Steam deck is number 1 because you can send it off for repairs or fix it yourself if anything happens to your gaming handheld . With the Ally good luck 🍀 lol

[Gamer-ade]

I have the OG SD and just got the AllyX... I love that I can play RDR2 on high settings and get the same FPS as the deck on my Ally but it looks way prettier. The screen is good enough on the Ally and the battery is night and day from the SD.

[OMGdidyouJuStSeeDAT]

To say steam deck is seamless is a false statement lol

[marianmore]

Quick resume is one simple decisive factor. Until there is quick resume on win handhelds we are not talking handhelds.

[gangwu]

I have lcd steam deck and OG Ally. Now I have had my Ally x for a few weeks and I love this device. I’m selling both my SD and OG Ally now. Ally X is the best world from those two handhelds imo. Waiting for the SD2 and Ally 2. Gonna be amazing.

[yoanhg]

If you only have $400 buy an LCD steamdeck, you’ll be happy. It is, what it is. If you have $800 buy the Rog Ally X, You’ll be happy. It is, what it is.

[nickg]

Ally X all the way. Was contemplating the Steamdeck for months but happy I went with the Ally. The compatibility with all steam games is amazing, not perfect but constantly improving with updates Asus has been releasing.

[Johnlmooring]

I have the Original Ally and I’m sticking with it until the Ally 2. Reason being, yes I hate windows but everything I can do on the Steam deck I can do on the Ally including playing all of my Steam games. I love the 1080p VRR screen and I don’t mind playing plugged in to get the best performance so battery life is never an issue for me. I think the Steam Deck is GREAT! I used to have one, but I moved to the Ally and haven’t looked back.

[stratoshd]

well I think that of course the comparissons are obvious we are comparing two different kind of devices. Yes both are handhelds, but SteamDeck target audience is people that want things that just work out of the bat, style Switch. while Ally is a PC in a handheld factor, the audience is for the PC enthusiasts who know how (and like ) to thinker with the settings and make it more their own. I think both are great but they are different

[Resseduee]

I have a PC, prolly will get myself the deck, get my girlfriend the ROG. I think the ROG wins if you need to enter the PC realm, but the deck is like a switch for my desktop.

I think the steam deck will also have more community interest with programming jailbreaking etc

[AliAzar]

If you are a fan of oled, get steam deck oled. You won't regret it. If not, get the X because you can install Bazzite OS, and get all the benefits that steam deck provides plus more. I personally would go for the Oled as it is very pleasing to my eyes and a priority over performance.

[jimmytimber]

I'm loving the rog ally x but windows 11 is a mess on a handheld. I'll more than likely be getting whatever steam puts out next. They are both great machines though, can't go wrong with either. I'm a huge OLED fan but the screen on the ally x is solid.

[humanizedkun]

Steam deck lcd is better value than steam deck oled it have same performance, Enough battery. Since steam deck performance is not that good playing AAA game around 30-40 fps you don't need 90 fps screen and OLED gimmick that prone to burn in

[julianfify]

Honestly Ally x has been amazing don’t care for the OLED SD it was awesome at first but Ally x fixed all the hardware problems I had and I’ve even tried bazzite on it and switched back to windows honestly don’t get why people complain once you got it set it it’ll always be a good timr