ROG ALLY X VS Steam Deck

We absolutely LOVE Valve's Steam Deck but we are also in love with ASUS's new ROG ALLY X!

The ASUS ROG ALLY X! This is the definitive edition of the ALLY and Valve's Steam Deck OLED is their definitive edition of the Steam Deck, so join Andy & AJ put them head to head!

See our full review of the ASUS ROG ALLY X here:

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[rurutherussian]

Wait a couple months. Grab Ally X at a discount.

[chriss.]

Steam deck oled 1tb is $650 .. Ally x is $800 I wouldn’t call that double the price

[allenfrisch]

I think both the Ally X and the Steam Deck offer phenomenal bang for your buck! Depending on your needs and taste each offers excellent features and value at a fair price.

[Rizzlyricist]

Getting this for Call of Duty. It doesn't make sense dual-booting my Deck. I have too much going on with it right now lol.

[caldweab]

There are too many caveats with the Steam Deck in my opinion. Yes, Windows has some jank in handheld form but I think it is widely overblown. I love what Valve has done with SteamOS but then you can't play multiplayer games or games like Destiny 2 and on top of that the Steam Deck just does not have the umph to run a lot of newer games. For me, the fact that I can natively install any launcher I want and I don't have to worry about compatibility issues on top of having much more power for games makes the Ally a much better purchase for me.

[TimeandSpaceOF]

Really good video, probably the best direct comparison I’ve seen on YouTube. For my use-case the Steam Deck made more sense based on the types of games I play and what my existing PC/consoles can handle, but the niche the Ally has carved out is perfect for itself. Always good to see more competition in the handheld space!

[sunrisesunset]

I don't even have to watch this video, with double the battery life plus the rapid updates Windows games and Windows itself have been receiving, with things like improved standby and identical performance at 15 watts, well, this is going to be a crushing defeat for the Steam Deck. The Steam Deck can't do 1 single thing better than the ROG Ally X. Running Steam in 'big picture' mode gives the full Steam experience too! Steam was designed for Windows, that's where Valve makes its money, selling games to Windows gamers.

[StopJerkingOff]

I wonder if they got rid of bloatware and fine tuned the optimization before making this video. I followed a video that went in depth with all the things you can do to get better performance from the rog and there was a significant increase. I went from getting 45 fps on Resident evil 4 remake to a smooth constant 65 fps and resident evil is one of the most demanding games right now. I also went from getting 90-100 fps on 720p on medium settings on overwatch to constant 120 fps in 1080p high settings. This was on the original Ally I wonder how much better it plays with more ram.

[ChariotManGaming]

As a Legion Go Owner who had the Steam Deck LCD and the Rog Ally. The Rog Ally is wayy better. Steam Deck owner must stop being soo delusional. Literally. Steam Deck is great. But not all PC games on Steam can be played on the Rog Ally with any compromises. The Rog Ally wasn't prefect. But all the games could run with no problems. And why I didn't mentioned the Legion Go.. Is the same hardware. Only thing. Bigger screen.

[LATasKara]

just suscribed, awesome video.
No handheld in my hands right now, but as an xbox user, the rog ally X, is exactly what I want for my gamepass experience, and also being able to play everything on Steam, even games that the steam deck can't run is already a inmense win.
the only thing that keeps the steam deck as a valid alternative is the fact that it is such a casual experience, with games installation, games verified, and suspense/hibernation mode that actually works with no tinkering.
other than that, as an experienced windows user, and geek as I am, i would take the rog ally X everyday of the week.

[flathead]

I don't get the hype, it's like you're rediscovering the moon all over again... It's pretty much the exact same ally performance wise.
It's not a machine that's gonna run your latest AAA at good settings at 1080p at all. You can expect 900p medium/high settings on the best optimized AAAs at around 40 fps.

Good point is ASUS software has been good if not on par with steam deck's for a while now. However the screen is still very small for AAA gaming...
The VRR thing is not making miracles when your games stuttering, its no magic.
Personally after buying the deck oled and ally i'm now only using the deck to stream games from my gaming rig. Larger screen, max graphics, HDR, fluid 60 FPS and all. It feels right for AAAs for me. When i'm on the road I got an entire backlog of smaller games that run perfectly fine on it. I don't feel like those consoles shine for AAA gaming at all on their own right now.

It all depends on your will to compromize I guess. Also at this very high price isn't it more reasonable to just wait for ally 2 with actual better performance next year?

[Levixis]

I think I will wait 2-3 year more until a handheld can GTA 6 at least 60fps at mid to high settings… long way to go I guess

[hotdognobun]

Couldn't care less about Oled. All bout pixel density for me and refresh rate

[extra]

ngl I love my deck OLED and hate windows on handhelds, but I’m so tempted to get an Ally eventually for better performance and the anti cheat games like COD. I think I’ll hold out for the Ally 2 with even better performance and hopefully OLED

[Bikertyke]

I recently bought an Oled. Really like it. But I also like my PC and PS5. I definitely buying the ROG Ally X. But will keep the Deck as well. Mainly as I like Ea24 etc and new games

[Fbrunoba]

He has a "ROG ALLY" and thinks it's very good. For my profile, playing an hour a day is incredible. The performance it has and the ease of use (as a Windows user) is phenomenal. I believe that when ALLYX comes out, there will be a lot of people trying to port its drums to ALLY. Asus got it right.

[franciscobutte]

The only device that is better than the Steam Deck is the Steam Deck 2.

[Brandonhatesmayo]

Asus blows, but I like how the x sounds and looks. Good improvements, but they're gonna do this every year like laptops so meh, it'll never touch Steam's optimization. If the batteyr life still sucks it's pointless though.

[smadge]

I have a PS5, which I use to play PS4 and PS5 titles, I also have an old clunker PC which is great for 15-20 year old games, but lacks the oomph. I’m looking at the ROG Ally X to replace that PC completely. I might even invest in Game Pass if it suits me. (I’ll probably also get the PlayStation remote play too tbh, as I wouldn’t want a PlayStation Portal as well) uhh, and uhhh …switch emulation maybe…

[daltontyson]

I'm still in the process of deciding which handheld I want to buy.