@@akiboi9636rog ally x, oled, then legion go. Legion go battery is terrible (I have one). You go from 100 to 30 percent in like half an hour playing an ordinary game (like gta 4 or 5) on low settings. It’s cool for using at home, but don’t plan on bringing it any where
The ASUS ROG ALLY X would be your go-to if battery anxiety is a deciding factor for you. The increased battery shows that it can hold longer gameplay sessions.
I really enjoy handhelds. i went with the steam deck oled (which I'm still waiting for 😢) but the Ally X also looks amazing. Its objectively the best one out right now and its cool to see people enjoying it so much.
@@hk6926I have both the ally x and steam oled both awesome devices one for windows games and the other for steam os games plus I enjoy taking both on the go with me too.
@@JinsTechhI've also got the oled and the battery on it is awesome and then the fact you just pick it up and play. not with these bits of junk with broken windows tho I absolutely hate the trash.
great voice, structured info, great great content dude! I'd like to see more on the Ally X, tips, tricks and especially when steam OS launches for Ally X, a video on that will get you views :)
I had a Steam Deck, and got rid of it after finding out about the ROG Ally X. The Ally X is everything I was hoping the Deck would be, and then some. Especially since it has VRR, which the Deck lacked, as well as being able to play games from on Gamepass, buy games from other stores such as GOG Galaxy, the Xbox store, and the Epic store. The Ally X is the best handheld PC on the market in my opinion, and I can't wait for the next iteration to drop.
Should have done some different frame gen tests in there, AFMF and lossless scaling both work well now and with 120hz vrr screen it would be worth using one probably. Also it's worth mentioning that you can actually upgrade to a 100 watt charger since a lot of people don't seem to know that it can charge at up to 100w, honestly kind of annoying that it doesn't just come with a 100w charger at the price
Just want to say I had to send my asus rog out to Asus and the experience is much better now. Extremely smooth and they replaced some things I didnt even notice were faulty (triggers were bad too). Zero pushback or difficulties.
Trust me get this device you'll love it. Waiting until next year, you may not get next gen handheld since the Z2 extreme hasn't even been announced yet. So realistically you may not see an Ally 2 until 2026 at the earliest. All thes upcoming handhelds are still using the same Z1 extreme chip, and a chip equivalent to it.
$800 is a lot I feel, personally with how I game which is maybe an hour or two a day I'm probably just going to get an open box z1 extreme ally and that should be more then enough to hold over until the z2 extreme devices
@@DCoop-uo2wqdon't get the first rog it's absolutely trash they updated the rog x and broke my og ally with that update, full rainbow coloured screen when switching vram and they completely ignored me on twitter for months and still haven't acknowledged the damage to my machine. Get a oled fella and don't look back.
@@ScatteredBrain well for sure when the new chip comes out I’ll get that because it took almost 2 years for the new chip so most definitely when the new ally with the new AMD chip comes out I’ll get it not in a Rush to buy a handheld device again. I’ve had a aya neo and one x player when those devices released but feel like now with the devices have great software compared to before !
Great vid ... I loved the Ally X but literally just sold it along with my ps5 and steam deck oled, switch etc... sold them all and bought a rog g14 oled gaming lapop. I had so many devices but didn't have time for them all and honestly the g14 is the best gaming device I ever owned - perfect balance of power and portability so all I have now is the g14 and a vr headset and honestly that is all I need . It feels nice being able to concentrate on one or two devices rather than 10 - just didn't have time for everything . The Ally X amd Ally are amazing though as well as the Steam Deck they are all great- don't listen to the fanboys - there are some very vocal steam deck fanboys that will bash anything that isnt the Deck. Awesome channel - subscribed...
Thanks for watching! Good point. It’s fun to have devices and lots of ways to game, but the best gaming device is the one that fits YOUR lifestyle best 😊
Dude in Star Wars Outlaws just lock it to 30fps and then turn frame generation - it runs amazing in fake 60fps and 900p on a handheld. Better than on base Xbox Series - it works in 500p and 15-30fps and looks like a vomit.
Imo ally x is the best handled atm but I wouldn't mind the ayaneo kun also the claw 2 might actually be better than the x or at least hope so even if I don't get one
MicroSD cards have different read and write speeds. That’s why Sandisk for example has all of these different price points and different designs for their microSD cards. The gold/red color scheme or the black/red color scheme for Sandisk are the higher speed cards. All of these icons and symbols also have additional meanings. It’s unfortunately convoluted and more complex than it should be. I’ve got a high speed microSD card linked in the description of the video as well Thanks for watching!
32 gigs of RAM or a 2.5k isp display. I think these things are the peak of handheld gaming today. If you turn on vivid mode using AMD software & at the very least upscale from like 1600 to 2.5 k, you are gonna get visual fidelity that tops the Alley & it doesn’t even required OLED. I know Alley has more RAM but I was running Returnal on medium ray tracing settings & then with lossless scaling I was getting over 100fps. That’s WHILE ray tracing. But it took 16 gigs of RAM to do this & I don’t know if the Alley C can use 16 of its 24 gigs of RAM on a task like that w/o losing performance at least a little.
I was using a 32 gigs of RAM device. Combining 32 gigs of RAM w/ lossless scaling seems to enable ray tracing on pretty much any game that supports it.
at $799? but its lack of an OLED display is a letdown. At this price point, you'd expect better visual quality, and its 120Hz IPS LCD doesn't offer the vibrant colors or contrast of an OLED. This makes its value questionable compared to cheaper alternatives with better displays.
I haven’t really seen a whole lot that’s more competitively priced than this. Would love to know what you’d put in the same class as the Ally X for the same value per dollar! Thanks for watching 😊
I just HATE when D-Pads are rounded. IT'S BUILT FOR BEING PRECISING, not for messing around with directions. If you want FLEXIBILITY, just use the damn STICK!
On precise platformers like Hollow Knight, I've missed some moves and died because of the damn round D-Pad on the Ally. Something that never happened on my PS5 (just an example).
s@@RJoelDOrrwdym? the epic-steam wars is even worse than console war. you can literally using both steam and epic but somehow people still bashing epic
@@Human-yb6rh definitely toxic people everywhere but I respectfully disagree. I watch LTT, Jayz2cents and several other pc centered channels and don't see much toxic conversations in the comments of most videos but go to most console centered channels and you can't not see it overtaking comments in almost every video
Totally fair! I actually never use the Steam Deck trackpads. Even as a trackpad for a mouse in desktop mode, they’re really unreliable for me. But glad to see people really DO like them! Thanks for watching! 😊
@@BALASTE like on a laptop? Not useful for gaming due to positioning and not being able to grip and use with just a thumb, you have to move your whole hand around... Steam Deck trackpads are nothing like that, they are right there on your thumbs, there is not more movement for you than joysticks (actually less). Its not what people are used to, and change is hard for people to even want to think about... but I am glad I did learn to use them, best controller ever.
I only found the track pads useful by making like an extra dpad or when typing otherwise I don't miss it lol the ally touch screen works way better than the lcd steam deck
The trackpad is not worth the size of the device but that's just me. A handheld device should stay compact. An ROG ally is already borderline big, a Steam Deck is just unnecessarily gigantic.
Wow, an entire political and economic union of 27 countries is united against a gaming device? That’s some serious coordination! 😂 but seriously I love my Legion Go too! There’s so many great devices out there!
I love my Steam Deck, Lenovo Legion Go, and Rog Ally X
You’ve got them all!
Thanks for watching!
What would you say is best for battery life for higher end games?
@@akiboi9636rog ally x, oled, then legion go. Legion go battery is terrible (I have one). You go from 100 to 30 percent in like half an hour playing an ordinary game (like gta 4 or 5) on low settings. It’s cool for using at home, but don’t plan on bringing it any where
The ASUS ROG ALLY X would be your go-to if battery anxiety is a deciding factor for you. The increased battery shows that it can hold longer gameplay sessions.
I'm really, really loving my Ally X. I really can't wait for the Ally X 2 to come out.
Same here. Battery which allows me to play any AAA game in 1080p and 60+ for 2.5-3h is a gamechanger.
I just added a 4tb m.2 2280 to mine. That's a big deal compared to the more limited 2230 format. Nice video!
Now THAT is the ultimate Ally X! Hope you enjoy loading it up with infinite games!.. or in a few years just one Call of Duty 😂
I really enjoy handhelds. i went with the steam deck oled (which I'm still waiting for 😢) but the Ally X also looks amazing. Its objectively the best one out right now and its cool to see people enjoying it so much.
Trust me deck oled is still better . I am returning the ally x
@@hk6926I have both the ally x and steam oled both awesome devices one for windows games and the other for steam os games plus I enjoy taking both on the go with me too.
@hk6926 why are you returning it? What was better about the steam deck?
Good lad I bought the first rog and it's horrific due to windows and the x is no better,. @@hk6926
@@JinsTechhI've also got the oled and the battery on it is awesome and then the fact you just pick it up and play. not with these bits of junk with broken windows tho I absolutely hate the trash.
THE ALLY X IS MY FIRST GAMING HANDHELD AND I MUST SAY I'M LOVING IT IT'S AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO STILL LEARN ABOUT IT
Got rid of my Steam Deck Oled for an Ally X. I ain't looking back. Peak handheld gaming at its finest!
great voice, structured info, great great content dude! I'd like to see more on the Ally X, tips, tricks and especially when steam OS launches for Ally X, a video on that will get you views :)
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching 😊
I found your channel today and already watched 3 videos i really like them keep going :)
Wow thanks! Thanks for watching! 😊
10:20 Instead of sleep, try hibernate mode.. its still very fast to wake and worked way better for me on Rog Ally ;)
Been playing dark souls 3 and Nier automata on the ally x and loving it
I had a Steam Deck, and got rid of it after finding out about the ROG Ally X.
The Ally X is everything I was hoping the Deck would be, and then some. Especially since it has VRR, which the Deck lacked, as well as being able to play games from on Gamepass, buy games from other stores such as GOG Galaxy, the Xbox store, and the Epic store.
The Ally X is the best handheld PC on the market in my opinion, and I can't wait for the next iteration to drop.
Can’t wait for valve’s official steam os to come to the rog ally x by then it might even be on sale for me to snag one
Use bazzite, it’s essentially the same as steam os.
Should have done some different frame gen tests in there, AFMF and lossless scaling both work well now and with 120hz vrr screen it would be worth using one probably. Also it's worth mentioning that you can actually upgrade to a 100 watt charger since a lot of people don't seem to know that it can charge at up to 100w, honestly kind of annoying that it doesn't just come with a 100w charger at the price
Just want to say I had to send my asus rog out to Asus and the experience is much better now. Extremely smooth and they replaced some things I didnt even notice were faulty (triggers were bad too). Zero pushback or difficulties.
That channel growth! LFG!
What hi end brand SD card do you recommend running your games?
I really want to buy this but next year The Claw, Legion Go possbility the Ally 2 is releasing with even more powerful GPU
Trust me get this device you'll love it. Waiting until next year, you may not get next gen handheld since the Z2 extreme hasn't even been announced yet. So realistically you may not see an Ally 2 until 2026 at the earliest. All thes upcoming handhelds are still using the same Z1 extreme chip, and a chip equivalent to it.
$800 is a lot I feel, personally with how I game which is maybe an hour or two a day I'm probably just going to get an open box z1 extreme ally and that should be more then enough to hold over until the z2 extreme devices
@@DCoop-uo2wqdon't get the first rog it's absolutely trash they updated the rog x and broke my og ally with that update, full rainbow coloured screen when switching vram and they completely ignored me on twitter for months and still haven't acknowledged the damage to my machine. Get a oled fella and don't look back.
Hmm I've ordered a 1tb SanDisk Ultra micro SD card for my Ally X its the red and grey how is the performance on those? I bought it for my roms.
Should be perfect for ROMs! I was having some issues with read/write speeds with that one though for PC games.
Thanks for watching! 😊
I want one so bad but now that the new AMD chip has been already sorta announced for the Z2 Extreme chip will wait until the ally has that chip inside
The eternal question! Wait for the next gen, or get something and enjoy it now!
Thanks for watching 😊
@@ScatteredBrain well for sure when the new chip comes out I’ll get that because it took almost 2 years for the new chip so most definitely when the new ally with the new AMD chip comes out I’ll get it not in a Rush to buy a handheld device again.
I’ve had a aya neo and one x player when those devices released but feel like now with the devices have great software compared to before !
@@BigNate3x3you’re talking about June -September 2025
7-9 months
What keyboard is that. The one with the black, white and orange keycaps? Real nice
Great vid ... I loved the Ally X but literally just sold it along with my ps5 and steam deck oled, switch etc... sold them all and bought a rog g14 oled gaming lapop. I had so many devices but didn't have time for them all and honestly the g14 is the best gaming device I ever owned - perfect balance of power and portability so all I have now is the g14 and a vr headset and honestly that is all I need . It feels nice being able to concentrate on one or two devices rather than 10 - just didn't have time for everything . The Ally X amd Ally are amazing though as well as the Steam Deck they are all great- don't listen to the fanboys - there are some very vocal steam deck fanboys that will bash anything that isnt the Deck. Awesome channel - subscribed...
Thanks for watching! Good point. It’s fun to have devices and lots of ways to game, but the best gaming device is the one that fits YOUR lifestyle best 😊
Dude in Star Wars Outlaws just lock it to 30fps and then turn frame generation - it runs amazing in fake 60fps and 900p on a handheld. Better than on base Xbox Series - it works in 500p and 15-30fps and looks like a vomit.
I haven’t yet explored the world of frame gen software but I’m excited to deep dive into it one day!
Thanks for watching!
Getting mine upgraded to 32 gb
This lady gave me one since she didnt have charger and didnt think it worked. Boy was she wrong. Score!! Got a z1 extreme FREE
Imo ally x is the best handled atm but I wouldn't mind the ayaneo kun also the claw 2 might actually be better than the x or at least hope so even if I don't get one
Can I take my 4tb from my ally and put it in the x without having to redo the os? Just want to plug and play
I would think you can - you might just need to make sure you get the right driver updates moving forward. Its possible they’d differ slightly
I almost got the Rog Ally but the button just feel so cheap
Are these tests at 17w performance mode or 27 30w turbo mode?
30w!
Hope Asus's RMA has improved. Then I will consider.
the peak is the ability to run gow ragnarok at 60fps on 20w ,its a portable ps5
PRETTY MUCH! Can’t wait to give Spiderman 2 a try when it releases on PC!
Weird question: can you play Xbox games with the disc if it’s in your console? Or it doesn’t have a way to support disc games?
What is a high speed micro sd card?
MicroSD cards have different read and write speeds. That’s why Sandisk for example has all of these different price points and different designs for their microSD cards. The gold/red color scheme or the black/red color scheme for Sandisk are the higher speed cards. All of these icons and symbols also have additional meanings. It’s unfortunately convoluted and more complex than it should be. I’ve got a high speed microSD card linked in the description of the video as well
Thanks for watching!
I wanna play Zelda on that sooo bad!
s0 it jhas windws0n it can i useit Iike reguIar cmuter
Unpopular opinion... I bought the ally x solely to play gacha games haha! Nice vid btw keep it up!
32 gigs of RAM or a 2.5k isp display. I think these things are the peak of handheld gaming today. If you turn on vivid mode using AMD software & at the very least upscale from like 1600 to 2.5 k, you are gonna get visual fidelity that tops the Alley & it doesn’t even required OLED. I know Alley has more RAM but I was running Returnal on medium ray tracing settings & then with lossless scaling I was getting over 100fps. That’s WHILE ray tracing. But it took 16 gigs of RAM to do this & I don’t know if the Alley C can use 16 of its 24 gigs of RAM on a task like that w/o losing performance at least a little.
I was using a 32 gigs of RAM device. Combining 32 gigs of RAM w/ lossless scaling seems to enable ray tracing on pretty much any game that supports it.
Retroid pocket 4 pro is the peak, because it's actually a handheld. This is a mini PC, might as well have the new ps controller with a screen.
To run at 2.5k we need more than double the 890m CU count and memory bandwidth. Not going to happen anytime soon.
at $799? but its lack of an OLED display is a letdown. At this price point, you'd expect better visual quality, and its 120Hz IPS LCD doesn't offer the vibrant colors or contrast of an OLED. This makes its value questionable compared to cheaper alternatives with better displays.
I haven’t really seen a whole lot that’s more competitively priced than this. Would love to know what you’d put in the same class as the Ally X for the same value per dollar!
Thanks for watching 😊
Ally X is great!.. without windows. SteamOS can't come soon enough.
Bazzite is life!
Use a Lint cleaner dude
Owning cats is hard 😂
That big bezel is making it ugly
nah, too little, it's at the end of its life now, especially due to the very high cost.
I just HATE when D-Pads are rounded. IT'S BUILT FOR BEING PRECISING, not for messing around with directions. If you want FLEXIBILITY, just use the damn STICK!
On precise platformers like Hollow Knight, I've missed some moves and died because of the damn round D-Pad on the Ally. Something that never happened on my PS5 (just an example).
A lot of Steamdeck clowns got triggered here.
Bro don't bring the cancer that is console wars into the pc community
s@@RJoelDOrrwdym? the epic-steam wars is even worse than console war. you can literally using both steam and epic but somehow people still bashing epic
@@Human-yb6rh okay lol.
@@RJoelDOrr sadly its true tho. pc community can be the most toxic people you could see
@@Human-yb6rh definitely toxic people everywhere but I respectfully disagree. I watch LTT, Jayz2cents and several other pc centered channels and don't see much toxic conversations in the comments of most videos but go to most console centered channels and you can't not see it overtaking comments in almost every video
Legion Go for me is better.
Love the Legion Go! That huge screen, detachable controllers - so unique!
Thanks for watching! 😊
no trackpads, no thanks... the Deck trackpads I use for every game, they are amazing... so much easier.
Totally fair! I actually never use the Steam Deck trackpads. Even as a trackpad for a mouse in desktop mode, they’re really unreliable for me.
But glad to see people really DO like them!
Thanks for watching! 😊
Who really uses trackpads 😂, I have my portable mouse and keyboard
@@BALASTE like on a laptop? Not useful for gaming due to positioning and not being able to grip and use with just a thumb, you have to move your whole hand around... Steam Deck trackpads are nothing like that, they are right there on your thumbs, there is not more movement for you than joysticks (actually less). Its not what people are used to, and change is hard for people to even want to think about... but I am glad I did learn to use them, best controller ever.
I only found the track pads useful by making like an extra dpad or when typing otherwise I don't miss it lol the ally touch screen works way better than the lcd steam deck
The trackpad is not worth the size of the device but that's just me. A handheld device should stay compact. An ROG ally is already borderline big, a Steam Deck is just unnecessarily gigantic.
"Peak handheld gaming." With a picture of SW Outlaws.
Lol. Nope!
🤷 it’s the latest game. I’m enjoying it 😂
@@ScatteredBrain I'm sure key jangling is quite enjoyable too.
ETHAN KLEIN DOPLEGANGER
Legion Go best by far and Steam Deck is a joke in EU
Wow, an entire political and economic union of 27 countries is united against a gaming device? That’s some serious coordination! 😂 but seriously I love my Legion Go too! There’s so many great devices out there!
Both are absolutely trash the first one is a broken mess and the x is no better.
🤷 not sure why you think the x is also trash. It’s been pretty great and reliable so far!
Thanks for watching! 😊
Ok Steam Dick user, we got it.