Asus ROG Ally - Long-term Review

What I use and can recommend:

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Why did I buy it?
1:13 - Performance
1:30 - Emulation
1:56 - Screen
3:15 - Problems and Concerns
3:20 - MicroSD Card Reader
3:43 - Ergonomics & Controls
4:19 - Gyro/Motion Controls
4:47 - Battery Life
5:11 - Software Issues
6:03 - Processor Confusion
6:31 - External GPUs
6:55 - Asus RMA Problems
7:11 - Conclusion

[HarveyTall]

Listen man. You can get an rog Ally right now for like $350 at Best Buy. I would recommend that over anything even with its flaws. It's still better than spending $800 on an rog x when we all know the Ally 2 is coming next year

[richardcalland]

I had a steam deck, bought a ally and a week later sold my deck, couldn’t be happier with the ally 💙👌

[revanisalive]

had to subscribe because of the attention to detail. keep reviewing more tech please

[WaqasKhan-zjde]

I love my ally sold my steam deck. Steam deck is only good for old games. Really struggles to get even 30fps in many games. Been using ally for over a year now I’m lucky or whatever but haven’t got any problems with it. Quick resume works never had a crash. I love playing ps3 gashed on it which steam deck can’t. Not saying steam deck is bad but steam is means no call of duty and FIFA.

[badboo]

Thanks for this video. I have been looking for a ROG Ally intensively for a few days, as I thought this was the perfect handheld for me. Having a second thought and now that I just watched your video, I'll check the alternatives now.

[MiTreasureHunter]

MSI Claw sold at Costco FTW. 90 days to test/play with and can Return without any BS. It also beats both mentioned handhelds as of today with latest Updates.

[goldfingerhardcore]

I love my ROG ally. It has a great display, performance and it runs absolutely all my games on Steam and xcloud. The only downside is the battery life.

[markwilliams]

VRR is almost as important as battery life. Those stutters get to you after a while.

[TheUAProdigy]

Those 1% lows mean that the VRR display isn't really a factor unless it has low framerate compensation. Does it? Is the deadpool game any good?

[Hayden]

Is the default sleep mode still broken on the latest software/firmware/BIOS? I heard it had improved a lot since launch. Do the fans only blast for a short period before it properly enters sleep? Hibernate appears to be a decent alternative, but it seems to take a bit longer to wake up than normal sleep would.

[indigocoolvinyl]

I plan to use this as a Desktop Windows 11 gaming-ish computer, and take it on the go/to the living room only sometimes or for short periods, taking the dock with to hotels or friends houses. i only want to emulate vintage games PS2/maybe xbox360 and back and some older pc games like beamng drive garrys mod Minecraft and roblox. I do not care about 120 fps or AAA games that much, all my modern games are on switch. Would you recommend this for my purposes? Would the non extreme version work for me (extreme seems overkill for my needs)? Do they ever go on sale for prime day or black Friday/cyber monday?

[rudyplay]

My Rog Ally actually broke, after the BIOS update it stopped turning on, only the Asus screen appears and then the black screen flashes twice and the BIOS doesn't open either, we've even tried to insert it back into the chip, without success, I believe something burned on the motherboard. CHALLENGE AND REWARD, whoever comes up with the solution to this problem, if I can't solve it, I bought the most expensive paperweight of my life.

[Halesey_]

Have they not fixed some of the issues overtime? I heard some driver updates fixed quite a lot of things and boosted performance

[Mirra-fs]

Tbh i'd pick the Legion Go over it aswell just because of the bigger screen, but i got a 380$ deal for the Z1 Extreme Ally brand new and i went with that instead. Considering it's not gonna be my main gaming machine it's probably gonna do well for me. I mostly just wanted to have and play around with one of those handheld pcs but i didn't feel like spending 600$+ on one either

[tommasomorea]

How can you play God of War 3? I have download RCPS3 by emudeck, but It doesn’t worl well…
Please Help

[celinek]

I just got the Z1 variant just to play around and see. I am planning to use it for light gaming while watching TV with the XG Mobile (2021 variant).

[donjames]

i bought the ROG aly at my local sams club for $380 after 3 months of playing on it. i really like it. but i love my steam deck. i have big hands and the deck is better for big hands and i like the controls better and steam os just feels more optimize for a handheld than windows but im happy that i have my ally i can run photoshop on it an having acess to work applications in a pinch when i dont have my laptop is really nice

[Jason-obfq]

Anyone know what game that is at 1:31 ?

[plantgang]

Personally I love the Asus Rog despite the issues with Asus warranty and SD card slot. I bought mines back in September and rarely had issues with the software.

[nikoskabbadias]

This is not comparable to Steam Deck. The comparison is unfair. Steam Deck realistically is only for games. This is more like a gaming laptop in handheld form. It replaces your desktop, laptop and tablet. Most of its inconveniences are Windows flaws, not the device. If you dont need Windows, get Steam Deck. If you want to use Windows, this device is freaking awesome. I got it for 350 second hand with warranty, and for that money I have a desktop, a laptop, a tablet and a handheld. Insane bargain. Less than half of what a smartphone costs.