ROG ALLY 8 Months In: Can It Still Hold The Edge As King Of Windows Handhelds

The ASUS ROG ALLY has been on the Market for 8 Months Now, Is Still The King Of Window Handheld Gaming PCs? In this video we do a Long Term Review of The ROG Ally and see what’s changed, What Issues have come up, see if performance has been incurred along with Battery. Does It still hold the Crown?

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00:00 Introduction
00:23 Whats Changed since launch
01:14 D-Pad Testing
01:38 New Updates
03:28 Performance Testing
04:18 Helldivers 2 Rog Ally
05:16 Docked Mode ROG ALly
06:16 Modern Warfare 2 Rog Ally
06:45 Palworld ROG ALLY
07:05 ROG ALLY Battery Life
07:45 Some thoughts and ROG ALLY Wish List
09:32 FInal thoughts

[ETAPRIME]

What would you like to see added to the ROG ALLY 2? Me personally, OLED display, bigger battery, USB4 and RDNA4 iGPU.

[samsoulee]

This thing completely changed my gaming habits and my life, I almost never play my full fat desktop computer anymore.
My wife is way happier to see me on the couch for some reasons. and I'm always impress at how powerfull it is. especially with "Lossless scaling"

[Arrakiss]

I bought the basic Z1 version just for emulation. Running games on it and i love it.

[robertsmith]

Day one adopter who hasnt had any issues. Wouldnt trade this thing for any other handheld. Cant wait for the 2 to come out

[Jiff_af]

ROG Ally got me back into gaming more often. It’s definitely a game changer. Sadly My SD card slot has consistently given me issues. I’ve simply given up on it

[MHuxel]

I got an ally Z1 extreme on sale at Best Buy for $100 off and used some store credit, so mine cost me around $450. I’ve been loving it. I am a Mac guy and this is my intro to windows pc gaming. I grabbed some cheap 100watt usb-c laptop chargers on Amazon so I can charge it from my bed, my couch, or anywhere in the house and play at 30watt tdp for basically all my games. I’ve got a dock set up for my living room tv, and for my desk when I want to do keyboard and mouse gaming. I play it all over the house and love it. I’ve sunk about 80 hours into HZD in anticipation of the sequel launch on steam later this month. I couldn’t be happier.

[lucidx]

I still love my Ally. My go to handheld

[MugShotDogGrooming]

My Ally literally changed my gaming experience. Ive been able ro run anything I've thrown at it from lethal company to Hogwarts legacy. Ive even played some wild hearts. I know that those games may not be super demanding, but from a console gamer recently converted to some pc gaming, its a switch on steroids. It is such a beast and i love it.

[bradleythatcher]

My Ally is my only PC now. I love it so much. I love docking it and taking it on the go.

[MrTurtlebird]

This is my go to handheld. I love my Deck OLED but 9 times out of 10, I reach for my Ally first. The performance, the speakers, the compatibility, the comfort, the 120hz VRR display, just a perfect device for my needs. I can't wait to see where Asus may go with future versions.

[leex]

Just bought mine it’s coming tomorrow can’t wait it’s my first gaming pc I’ve been a console lover but wanting to try something new

[amednj]

Just ordered mine. I'm so excited!!

Update: It's among the best investments I've ever made...

[PSProROGPhoneROGAllyuser]

Still is, my fave "handheld" PC of all time next to my fave "gaming" smartphone of all time which is ROG Phone series.

[Mrio]

For me a borderless screen would be nice, but it's been perfect for me. Absolutely love it. Use it almost every day, not just for gaming but for content consumption.

[DeckTested]

So, I picked up an Ally to test out personally and I was VERY impressed with it. However I just hated the idea of having a device with the SD card design flaw. I still see people reviewing on retail sites saying their reader died on recent units. This shouldn't be something an end user has to deal with and until they revise the design the Ally is a write off in my books. Everything else though was really great, I just don't like the idea of having a device cost this much and feeling like I can't utilise one of the features.

My wishlist for Ally 2 is; OLED display, 16:10 ratio, black option, 1TB storage as standard to match higher tier SD OLED (512GB just isn't enough), relocated SD card reader, bigger battery and of course an updated APU. Then this will be an easy buy for any PC gamer looking for a handheld companion.

[mathrinrobinson]

I sent my rog ally into the Asus repair center, they fixed the SD card reader by switching out the motherboard and internal component and it's great. The Rog Ally is the best device on the market, performance is absolutely great.

[hb-hrnh]

Haven't had any issues with my Samsung 512 pro micro SD so far, but only had my ally for about 2 months. Been running Assassinates Creed Valhalla and Snowrunners as my most played games on the SD card for hours plugged in on turbo mode no issues.

[UnrealNeal]

Bought one open box for $500, replaced with a 2TB ssd, and dual booted bazzite (steam os), and was on the fence on returning it due to battery life. But once I started noticing how much better performance was compared to my steam deck.. it’s been hard for me to let it go! It’s built solid, my steam deck triggers creak and can flex for example, Battery life is bad but definitely depends on the game you are playing, tdp, and in game settings. It’s a keeper!!!

[TechnicalGamerTube]

I use mine docked to study and do 3d printing design. Then I take it with me to play games. it's design is very flexible.

[craigshorey]

I love my Rog Ally. I bought it based off your original review. I use it for gaming and as a small lightwight graphic design/illustration computer that I can take anywhere. With a foldable keyboard and mouse and using a Samsung Tab S6 lite with SuperDisplay to use as an drawing monitor makes for a great portable workstation and gaming rig.