Ok. We need to talk about the ASUS ROG Ally X...

This ASUS ROG Ally X review is a tad late, and it's because I spent my benchmarking time troubleshooting the handheld. It ran into so many problems when benchmarking it against the sample unit. The production unit is going to be replaced by ASUS because something is obviously wrong with the one that I have. Also, the micro SD card issue is non-existent.

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Intro: 00:00
Context: 00:30
Ergonomics: 06:03
Thermals: 08:36
MicroSD Card Reader: 09:04
Macro Buttons: 09:24
Screen Temps: 09:49
Face buttons: 10:25
Specs: 10:47
Armoury Crate 1.5: 12:19
Settings Center: 13:27
Performance Settings: 13:54
Customizing Command Center: 14:48
Captured Media: 15:31
Command Center: 15:55
Armoury Crate Wish: 16:33
Game Performance: 17:08
13w Performance: 18:14
17w Performance: 20:04
25w Performance: 20:44
30w Performance: 21:49
Battery Life to Expect: 22:43
Should you get the ROG Ally X?: 24:54
What would I get?: 27:17

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[baldlyrudy]

Hi friends! If you're interested in purchasing anything that I mentioned in the video then here are some affiliate links:


3rd Party Docks:


SSD:


microSD Cards:


Handheld Wireless Keyboards:


65W Power Banks:


If you use these links to purchase anything, I may get a commission from the sale. It helps support the channel at no extra cost to you, so thank you!

[gangwu]

I can feel this Ally X is getting much better recipes as my local best buy is out of stock and in back order now!

[JSilvr]

Appreciate Asus and yourself for keeping it real with these initial issues

[Leo-ynfx]

I remember playing tekken dark tournament on the psp and was so blown by how much was going in the screen! To play a game like tekken 8 on a handheld like this is insane to me how far gaming on handhelds has come in 10+ years.

[carternc]

Ah, my old friend Asus! I have the original Rog Ally and for the most part it worked very well save for the micro sd slot. Sent it in for repair under warranty and had it fixed and thereafter, it never worked properly again. As much as I liked the unit, I learned my lesson. The consumer shouldn't need to spend hours troubleshooting products like this that cost so much money. I was tempted to buy the Rog Ally X but something told me to just cool my jets. For the time being, I'm stuck using my Steamdeck as that simply works with no issue. I purchased the Rog Ally because I could also play Uplay, GOG, Steam, EA, Epic games whereas Steam is designed for Steam games primarily. Also, don't get me started on Armoury Crate SE!!!! Loads of fun launching Armoury Crate SE to a blank screen requiring a hard restart. For now, I'll enjoy watching these videos where at least the units being shown seem to work as advertised. Asus needs to get it together!

[gebthabeb]

oh man, I'm glad you mentioned that "crackling" that comes from the speakers... thought my unit was a dud.

Picked up the X over the weekend and wow, the battery and performance towers over the previous Z1 Extreme version. No chugging in the games I emulate, no random drops in frames, no random crashes.

Personally, my only con with the X is that it's $799--granted, it starts with more storage.
My old Z1 Extreme, I was able to pick up for $300 locally. Didn't lose any money, but it hurt to let an amazing deal go lol.

[clintk]

For the issue of touching the screen while using the right stick, I've had that problem with my Ally. I was hoping ASUS would add a small dead zone approx 200 pixels wide on the edges of the screen while using the joysticks to prevent this from happening.

[sinsere-]

Upgraded from the original Ally and have no regrets

[-Raejinn-]

I love my ally x. Been mapping in POE this league on my lunch at work. Looks and plays amazing.

[FSuixo]

I just received mine. It causes one hell of a first impression. He just feels great

[ShaneA]

I just ordered the 512 Steam Deck OLED. 😬😬 I’m super excited. Asus Rog looks sick.

[cppctek]

I love my ally x so much. I’ve been using it since last Friday and I have not had a single issue with it. Already upgrade it to a 4tb 990 pro. The only issue I have is the accidental touch on the screen. I pray they add an option to disable it in the menu because i see a few people who want this also.

[Hunnan]

Got mine yesterday and the SD card won’t show up when I plug it in, and today for some reason when navigating Starfield and Armoury Crate using both the D-pad and Joystick it would glitch and I would end up in different places on the UI sometimes missing certain options and leaping over them. Battery is amazing though

[CyberDopamine]

Got myself an iced latte with oat milk and honey as well as a granola bar for this video. Freaking love the vibe dude

[JamieR]

I'm super excited for the Ally X. Will be using it as a desktop replacement. Selling off a yoga 7 pro. Code, design and game on the same device. Either run Linux with bazzite and Windows via VM, or dual boot. Former probably the best solution.

[michaelochoa]

nice honest review. dont go further than that

[lightnix]

I would get one of these windows handhelds if they release an optimised version of windows…untill then i’ll keep rocking my SDO😊 it runs fantastic so far

[Ruke_D]

I wonder if it was the SSD drive I swapped to a Samsung 2tb 990 with factory heatsink and saw a +0.9% improvement on bench mark scores

[homemadetunes]

I’ve been loving the OG ally but I do prefer the desktop experience for now. The battery is just too annoying to me. I’m excited for the Switch 2 though for sure. If you need more copyright free music that’s what we do man. Great vid keep it up.

[pavelgvozdev]

6 degrees is a huge difference. Definitely can be the different between safe temps and thermal throttling