Used to have steamdeck but sold it, got the Ally and what i like most is when playing turbo 30w mode, i can even play triple A games smoothly, that is with 900p
The Ally is genuinely such a good machine. I bought one because they were available in my local Best Buy. Unfortunately, there is a downside. The machine fried my MicroSD which is now unusable and now I am experiencing joystick drift. I have ordered the joystick parts to replace myself and then I am back to gaming! I am tempted to try again with the MicroSD but there is no guarantee that it won't be fried. They strangely placed the MicroSD slot on a part of the device that gets VERY HOT! Aside from the obvious technical issues it is an absolute dream of a machine.
@@ColeCaccamise The good news is that I was able to replace the joystick by myself instead of sending it in and waiting a long time for a repair. The joystick replacements only cost $15 for 2 spare joysticks. You can buy them for even cheaper($3) if you are okay with waiting for them to ship from China. I am stoked to have it working again. Still worth the money!
Had mine for about a week. Upgraded the SSD in it to 2TB. Absolutely love this device. Just bought Cyberpunk 2077 + it's DLC on sale on Steam last night and it runs great on the Ally!
@@loitersquadX under performance mode on the ally, I get around 50-60FPS for Cyberpunk. Whether an Ally or gaming laptop is for you depends on your usage and needs. A gaming laptop would be more powerful than the Ally and probably run games better but again, it depends on your usage and needs. The Ally is more portable than a laptop. I have an Alienware M17 for my PC/laptop and love it, but it's far more expensive than the Ally. Keep in mind, battery life on either isn't the best (just the nature of the beast) Hope this helps!
I got one 3 days ago . And it's the best thing I got so far . Playing PROJECT ZOMBOID and 7dtd on the go ?? Heck .. I'm in love !!! The battery is 45minutes gameplay without charging . But I use it with Powerbank anyway
tbh i am kinda worried about the way these "big companies" like Asus or Lenovo are "advancing" this segment for example with ally most i felt was "taking the wrong lessons from deck/chinese handhelds" at double the price (€ price is pretty bad for Ally) all these deck competitiors so far has been going into for the size ,pointlessly high res (aka eats most of the perf it has over deck) with barely bigger battery, and perform amazingly plugged ,but portable "low W" its same or even worse than deck in so they kinda fill the nonexisting niche for me as i dont have a need for "plugged inhome gamepass handheld"
In what way is this device advancing an already pre existing market, what the difference between this and an Aya neyo. .. only pc handheld that has done anything in terms of advancing the industry is the steamdeck
@warrenbadze5717 Can't argue different people have different selections, some people prefer SD, some prefer Ally. You may see SD be the perfect handheld gaming from your point of view, doesnt mean its the same to others, but both devices have its ups and downs regardless
Bro your opening comment about how you would always dream about having a console like this was really relatable!! Like duuddeee I wish I can show my kid self this
I waited for Switch PRO for years and then came the ROG Ally along... :))) Now I can play EVERYTHING!! I just got my cooling dock + a pair of dualshock 4 controllers, things are looking really swell as an easy and fully portable TV console.
Switch is only good if you enjoy Nintendo games. There's not really any other way to enjoy Zelda, Mario etc. deffs more of family device that you can enjoy some games that a Dad/mum would enjoy like borderlands etc. But Mario kart nights are just some great heated family fun haha.
Really liked the steam deck- nice hardware loved the idea- but really only played a few things like vampire survivor or much less demanding games- and consequently didn’t use it as much as I would have liked. My wife is calling the ally my new best friend. I like taking it with me and having it whenever I feel like- and I do use it a lot. Very happy with it
I bought it yesterday, just took it back and got a switch. I couldn’t justify almost $800 for a handled that games that have to be played in horrid settings and most of the game I wanted to play won’t work. Great video though my friend!
Honestly for me I cloud stream my triple A games to get 120fps and fully take advantage of the screen. But my lower end games that run natively at 60fps + then I’ll just run on the system but that’s just me. But of course if I’m on the go if run triple a games don’t mind the 30fps because well I’m on the go so for me really nothing to complain about. Plus better then Having to spend the $2000 for a XG mobile to run games better
At 6:50 Cyberpunk does not run well at all until I found a video that says if you set Steam to Beta in settings that only then it will allow for faster frame rate. And this is true. It doubles to triples the frame rate. I set mine to 1440p, Performance, all medium to high when it comes to facial detail and only then can I get in the 50-70's. No Beta setting, you will struggle to get 30's. Also, your playing RDR2, how... I keep getting ERR GFX INIT error code and it won't load.
Bro the analog deadzone are also the biggest issue for me. Ive treid everything to get it to feel and move like a ps5 controller but to no avail. If i play a multiplayer FPS game i usually just connect my ps5 controller through bluetooth.
Why do people complain about battery life??? Are we really gonna play video games outside or take it camping... really?!?!?!? Everywhere you go has outlets available lol
It’s definitely the most powerful handheld, but definitely not the most reliable. And with Asus’s “amazing” customer support, I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
one of the most convenient features of the ally is every game automatically detects that you are using it as an xbox controller!!! So convenient!!!!! Windows is not an issue at all, people just hate for no reason... setup out of the box takes maybe 30 40 minutes like you are setting up a new pc. Its a pc not a console folks setup is not as streamlined!!!! There is no bloatware you can decide what windows programs to download at setup... I loved my steam deck but definetly see a huge perfomance and graphics boost. Some people just have a hard on for valve and steam lol.
the secret recipe for AAA games is max out your textures and other setting at a mix of medium to high! Then play at 720 with amd rsr... upscales picture quality... if you want higher frame rate then just go with max textures and low to medium settings.
I wonder how long the support will be for these handhelds will they continue to update it and keep it going for the next few years or will they end up flopping?
Very impressive video...this will be my go to video for settings and Accessories, I dig how you broke everything down...and yes ROG ALLY has it hang ups here and there but overall it's a good device, even though I had to trade my first one in for another one at best buy, the second one I got is a definite beast...I love it, but storage is my only gripe, I got 3 sd cards that were damage from the first ROG ALLY I had...the hard drive on this handheld should at least be 2tb or they need to come up with a way for the sd card to be external while you charge it at the same time...but this boy will play any game I've seen so far, I was a xbox gamer and I was pissed that Playstation had spiderman and Xbox didn't so by having this device you have access to all the games you wished for plus cloud gaming from the Xbox network is awesome...now my question to anyone or maybe this would be something to figure Does steam have a cloud system sine ROG ALLY SD CARD SLOT BURNS THROUGH MANY SD CARDS I want to purchase Gotham knights but I don't want to save it to my hard drive because I need the hard drive for updates...just wondering
I have both ROG Ally and a Steam Deck. My Deck's micro SD card slot broke and won't spring back the SD card but still reads it and can be removed with tweezers. My ROG Ally on the other hand.. Well the micro SD card slot doesn't even read cards. So I must rely on the internal storage... I already upgraded the internal storage on my Deck so I suppose I'll be upgrading the internal storage on the ROG Ally..
@@ColeCaccamise the ally is a true pc. No compat issue with Epic, EA, Rockstar, it just works like my desktop. Also the video output is good enough to game on the monitor, perfect for travel and having a decent tv gameplay experience. I just find the raw power and flexibility of the ally to outweigh its shortcomings. And all this on a portable handheld, is just amazing
Bloody excellent review Cole. I sent back my Ally review unit and really, it was the battery life that just crippled it for me. Not being able to get more than an hour and half plus the lack of quick resume was just too much of a deal breaker for me. Fantastic hardware though.
@@katawonga OK, let me simplify my reasoning, the steam deck runs on a custom OS and had the feature implemented, the ally runs on windows where no such solution really exists, you could install steam OS on the Ally but as far as I'm aware it's the same as if you installed Windows on a Deck it kinda works but it's not 100%, so while they are in fact competing in the same market, they're kinda not. Steam deck suffers with no anti cheat support and being locked into one eco system in trade off for better support and feature set (consumer friendly and works basically like a console). The Ally on the other hand benefits from a bit more powerful hardware and an open ecosystem, I can play Dead island 2 on it for example, but the open platform advantage makes it basically a gaming laptop stuffed into a handheld form factor.
Thanks man! Yeah the battery life really does suck because I’m always thinking “shit it’s dead already?” Quick resume would be really nice, is this a feature that is possible on windows?
@@elysian3623 The steam deck isn't locked into any ecosystem. for one, steam is basically THE PC gaming ecosystem anyway. You can play any game from any other game store, it just takes a little bit of effort. Steam deck is definitely more like a console with the features that it has. Ally is great but windows just isn't great on this kind of handheld yet. I have heard rumors of a windows OS specifically designed for the handhelds coming out so hopefully features like quick resume can be implemented then.
i appreciate this review and i'm sure fore some the ally is worth it but for me and my needs the stream deck is perfect and i love the constant support with updates from the dev team
@@PaulWeiss4LIFE you know the little display in the corner that when you play games it’s like showing random stuff pop now it’s like a little square or something
@@PaulWeiss4LIFE I haven’t played on my ROG Ally yet but noticing some videos on RUclips, that shows up a little display in the corner, showing random numbers and letters just turning on and off
How do you use PS Remote Play? Is it working on ROG Ally? I thought that its gamepad is not supported by the official client. UPD: ah.. I see.. REWASD.
The rog ally is amazing. I love it I have the steamdeck also and I love that but the rog is better. I have the gps win 4 also and that is crazy nice. But the rog is number one than gps than steam deck
it's an external GPU that you can plug into any PC instead of installing a dedicated GPU. Mostly meant for laptops or if you wanted to dock the ally and get more power
it is bad, SD reader malfunction after 6 weeks of used. Too late to return, I guess I have to sell it. ( I only been using SD card for less than 10 times, and it already broken.)
Please help just got Rog Ally yesterday and got nothing but trouble I can't get any games to work right Xbox games keep crashing every single time I open it and steam game can't get the controller to work in games keep acting like mouse and keyboard and can't do anything with the build in contoller in game even tho I have it on gamepad
@@ColeCaccamise The games I was trying to play game some games on Xbox ganepass just doesn't won't on PC like they supposed to and the games I was trying to play on steam didn't have controller support but I didn't know you can use community layout on steam for games that don't support controller because their community layout that setup keyboard and mouse as controller so you can play games that don't have controller support
This is a laptop with built in controllers. Say whatchu want ‘bout Steam Deck, but hands down Steam OS way better than > Windows, plus the insurmountable support from the community not to mention the fact that it’s modular.
Just wait till you get the SD card reader malfunction though. I think noone's spared from this unless you were able to control the fan curves at an early stage
Just recently bought an ally as well...while I spent the better half of the 1st day setting windows/downloading the launchers/ getting things the way i want them,you'll be pausing games frequently to fine tune them until you actually start playing,But man! Once ur playing its really a nice experience...till ur batt dies lol,the thumbsticks are finnicky with FPS shooters theres alot of play before your gun moves,easily remedied for shooters that have a deadzone setting tho
I actually like armory crate. But Asus needs to sort out the gyro. It's in there and with third part apps you can use it for gyro aim which for me is the only way I would play a shooter with a controller. But other than that. I mostly love it since i am not big on shooters to begin with.
I ve watched maybe 20 vids ...sorry but for me gaming with a handheld = press power and go..( or insert a cartridge). But now: desktop mode, press settings, press tab, install launchers, choose wattage, .... Wtf 😆 this isn t progress!!! And sorry but if you want to play AAA games you have to use the power adaptor or your battery drains crazy... Why buy a handheld if you have to plug it in the whole time??
I absolutely disagree with the title of the video. But i guess its a question of perspective... I think that the Steam Deck ( especially if it comes to price/performance ratio ) is better by far. Before anybody tries to kill me here dont forget that outside of the United States there are other countries in the world and the Ally is way more expensive.
Rog ally is way cheaper compared to steam deck in my country. Because steam deck is not available in my country, we had to ship it, all those shipping extra cost add up a tons. I spent nearly 950 USD total for steam deck. While rog ally we could walk in retail shop to buy.
SD Card is not an issue anymore and yes, amazing console. Armory crate does have the desktop mode configuring. It took me a while to set the windows macros and what not the way i like it (alt-f4 with both backtriggers, etc) but once you get it going it makes using windows with a gamepad a breeze.
@@pastqr 2 or 3 bios ago they tuned the fan profiles to improve cooling (TBH I never had an sd card issue even on turbo mode and some people have theorized it wasnt heat but a driver issue but whatever the case you dont see people having that issue anymore)
@ColeCaccamise it's just amazing to me. It must have felt like when I first played GTA LCS/VCS on PSP for the first time. It was around 2009, and to have a "mobile GTA" was amazing. I think it came out a couple or few years prior, but I didn't have the money. Then, I convinced two of my friends to purchase the same. we played on our way to Afghanistan. Looking back, I wish I had played more and slept less on the way, but you never know what times are going to be memories you look fondly on. Anywho, I'm happy a similar feeling is still being had in this day and age.
I’ve had a bunch of handhelds and honestly the ally has the best joysticks out of the competition. Ranking of joysticks 1. Ally 2. Steam deck 3.Aya neo 2s 4. Rest of the market uses the terrible switch joysticks
I had wanted to get this originally but went with the Aya Neo 2. Much more pleasant design. Much more seamless. However I agree that these have great speakers! Probably the best speakers for handhelds. Otherwise, I hate how it looks and proportions. They could have done WAY better. Maybe in the future if they improve this then I'll go back to Asus.
@@user-nx1qe3fg2h Totally agree! Horrible indeed. Ayaspace 2 is much better but still...leagues away from Asus and Steam Deck. Hope they hire someone great with software to address this issue!
Best gaming handheld has 2 trackpads for perfect mouse movement in OS and 50 percent of PC games. Without that you cant play half of best PC games. Nobody cares about your GTA 5 childhood dreams. It is that simple.
@@romanplacek9425 exactly. Kids playing 3rd person shooters consider Rog Ally superb machine and I get it. But playing Fallout 1, Red Alert or even newer Pillars of Eternity 2 is basically impossible on Rog Ally. So us, old school PC players, still have only one best handheld gaming device for a good price. Not to mention battery life.
I tried the Ally and really liked it (better than the Deck, imo) but the battery life was really rough, and I was getting random bluescreens, so I returned it and got the new Onexplayer 2 Pro and it's definitely worth the higher price. Way better battery life, built it kickstand, more ports, bigger screen, attachable keyboard and detachable controls so it can transform into a laptop, etc.
@@Zandercode I was curious about the steam deck at first. The price is the only thing it has over the Onexplayer 2. The Onexplayer is better in literally every other way
Sorry, but it's the worst portable console I've ever had in my life, mainly due to its battery life. The Steam Deck is far better; I can play a AAA game for 2.5 to 4 hours at just 9 watts.
Been using Ally for 2 months. Love it but imo not worth it. Some thoughts Resolution: 1080p are useless here. Most games you want to use 720, due to performance and battery life. Very old games can hold well at 1080 but yet battery life gets a huge hit. Buttons: L and R buttons are horrible, dPad is borderline useless. Software: sucks. Crashes, bug, inconsistency, bad windows integration, asus support sucks, a bit bloatware. No. You need spend time fixing stuff manually, ages away from Deck’s experience here. Design: useless strobing lights, sucks battery and even impact cpu, simply turn it off. The vent are loud at 25/30tdp (necessary for games like BG3) and reach my fingertips and this thing gets really hot, between 60 to 90c. Cool stuff but poorly executed, as per usual ASUS.
How long have you had it? Had no crashes anything from Asus so far..had 1 windows crash thats it,D-pad deff feels cheap but i don't play fighting games so for toggling equipment in games it does the job,i agree with the RGB turn it off...also turn off rumble and maybe squeak some more batt life out of it altho not much
Performance and battery is entirely down to wattage. Using 15w should give similar battery life whether it's 720p or 1080p. Thing is you shouldn't use turbo mode on battery
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Used to have steamdeck but sold it, got the Ally and what i like most is when playing turbo 30w mode, i can even play triple A games smoothly, that is with 900p
Bad decision , the ally is janky , should have just bought a laptop
@@warrenbadze i owned a PC with decent spec (3060ti) and Acer triton 500 (2060). I still prefer to play while lying on my bed or in the toilet
@@warrenbadzebruh you can't play your laptop on the go, like on a plane, bus, train and etc.
@@warrenbadzejanky?
@@warrenbadze than you dont understant what this kind of HH form for!, this is not for someone who can sit down and play games!
The Ally is genuinely such a good machine. I bought one because they were available in my local Best Buy. Unfortunately, there is a downside. The machine fried my MicroSD which is now unusable and now I am experiencing joystick drift. I have ordered the joystick parts to replace myself and then I am back to gaming! I am tempted to try again with the MicroSD but there is no guarantee that it won't be fried. They strangely placed the MicroSD slot on a part of the device that gets VERY HOT! Aside from the obvious technical issues it is an absolute dream of a machine.
Really sorry to hear that man, hope it’ll work properly soon
@@ColeCaccamise The good news is that I was able to replace the joystick by myself instead of sending it in and waiting a long time for a repair. The joystick replacements only cost $15 for 2 spare joysticks. You can buy them for even cheaper($3) if you are okay with waiting for them to ship from China. I am stoked to have it working again. Still worth the money!
@@Mobi-pz2uyASUS replied to this issue with "a future update to distribute cooling better to negate this issue" so I would say just hang in there.
@@FurbyParade226 Any progress with that future update?
@@dnangel4277 Not to my knowledge. I think we're all fucked.
I got mine a few days ago and enjoy it so far.
Had mine for about a week. Upgraded the SSD in it to 2TB. Absolutely love this device. Just bought Cyberpunk 2077 + it's DLC on sale on Steam last night and it runs great on the Ally!
What's the fps? I want to play Starfield at 60 fps. Will the ally work? Or should I get a gaming laptop? And which gaming laptop if I go that option
@@loitersquadX under performance mode on the ally, I get around 50-60FPS for Cyberpunk. Whether an Ally or gaming laptop is for you depends on your usage and needs. A gaming laptop would be more powerful than the Ally and probably run games better but again, it depends on your usage and needs. The Ally is more portable than a laptop. I have an Alienware M17 for my PC/laptop and love it, but it's far more expensive than the Ally. Keep in mind, battery life on either isn't the best (just the nature of the beast) Hope this helps!
@@loitersquadXhonestly bro starfield is gonna run weird on any setup that game just isn’t stable
@@jaycee662 xbox does it well. 30 fps is wack. But i have an lg c1 and i tinker wit settings and its 30 fps but feels very smooth.
I got one 3 days ago . And it's the best thing I got so far .
Playing PROJECT ZOMBOID and 7dtd on the go ?? Heck .. I'm in love !!!
The battery is 45minutes gameplay without charging . But I use it with Powerbank anyway
What 45 minutes lol how so?
I love my ally. The advances it made to handhelds is incredible 🔥
tbh i am kinda worried about the way these "big companies" like Asus or Lenovo are "advancing" this segment
for example with ally most i felt was "taking the wrong lessons from deck/chinese handhelds" at double the price (€ price is pretty bad for Ally)
all these deck competitiors so far has been going into for the size ,pointlessly high res (aka eats most of the perf it has over deck) with barely bigger battery, and perform amazingly plugged ,but portable "low W" its same or even worse than deck in
so they kinda fill the nonexisting niche for me as i dont have a need for "plugged inhome gamepass handheld"
In what way is this device advancing an already pre existing market, what the difference between this and an Aya neyo. .. only pc handheld that has done anything in terms of advancing the industry is the steamdeck
@warrenbadze5717 Can't argue different people have different selections, some people prefer SD, some prefer Ally. You may see SD be the perfect handheld gaming from your point of view, doesnt mean its the same to others, but both devices have its ups and downs regardless
Bro your opening comment about how you would always dream about having a console like this was really relatable!! Like duuddeee I wish I can show my kid self this
xbox one and series x/s also have remote play functionality as well and it's amazing
I waited for Switch PRO for years and then came the ROG Ally along... :))) Now I can play EVERYTHING!!
I just got my cooling dock + a pair of dualshock 4 controllers, things are looking really swell as an easy and fully portable TV console.
I love that setup! Hope you enjoy it
i got the same type set up. loving my Ally
Switch is only good if you enjoy Nintendo games.
There's not really any other way to enjoy Zelda, Mario etc. deffs more of family device that you can enjoy some games that a Dad/mum would enjoy like borderlands etc.
But Mario kart nights are just some great heated family fun haha.
Really liked the steam deck- nice hardware loved the idea- but really only played a few things like vampire survivor or much less demanding games- and consequently didn’t use it as much as I would have liked.
My wife is calling the ally my new best friend. I like taking it with me and having it whenever I feel like- and I do use it a lot. Very happy with it
I love that 🤣
I bought it yesterday, just took it back and got a switch. I couldn’t justify almost $800 for a handled that games that have to be played in horrid settings and most of the game I wanted to play won’t work. Great video though my friend!
Your setup is so nice. Great video!
Thank you!
Honestly for me I cloud stream my triple A games to get 120fps and fully take advantage of the screen. But my lower end games that run natively at 60fps + then I’ll just run on the system but that’s just me.
But of course if I’m on the go if run triple a games don’t mind the 30fps because well I’m on the go so for me really nothing to complain about.
Plus better then Having to spend the $2000 for a XG mobile to run games better
I forget the people are born after 2000..
"10 year old me playing gta5"
To be so young 😂
Lmaoo
I have both the deck OLED and the Ally and love them both but I wish it had longer battery life.
I got ssd inside of it and works perfect for me
I just recently purchased me one I must say I love it
At 6:50 Cyberpunk does not run well at all until I found a video that says if you set Steam to Beta in settings that only then it will allow for faster frame rate. And this is true. It doubles to triples the frame rate. I set mine to 1440p, Performance, all medium to high when it comes to facial detail and only then can I get in the 50-70's. No Beta setting, you will struggle to get 30's. Also, your playing RDR2, how... I keep getting ERR GFX INIT error code and it won't load.
with the fsr 3 mod some of the games it supports will hit over the 120fps if you use every thing low and maybe 720p spider man remastered hits 180 fps
Bro the analog deadzone are also the biggest issue for me. Ive treid everything to get it to feel and move like a ps5 controller but to no avail. If i play a multiplayer FPS game i usually just connect my ps5 controller through bluetooth.
Do you think adding some Kontrol Freeks will help fix the issue on the sticks?
eh they'd probably feel a little better but I don't think it'd feel that much better
I have been watching games always on RUclips My dream is to own rog ally I don’t know how or when but I know my Dreams will definitely come true
love the ally!
Why do people complain about battery life??? Are we really gonna play video games outside or take it camping... really?!?!?!? Everywhere you go has outlets available lol
Dumb question
It’s definitely the most powerful handheld, but definitely not the most reliable. And with Asus’s “amazing” customer support, I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
You’ve got a point
one of the most convenient features of the ally is every game automatically detects that you are using it as an xbox controller!!! So convenient!!!!! Windows is not an issue at all, people just hate for no reason... setup out of the box takes maybe 30 40 minutes like you are setting up a new pc. Its a pc not a console folks setup is not as streamlined!!!! There is no bloatware you can decide what windows programs to download at setup... I loved my steam deck but definetly see a huge perfomance and graphics boost. Some people just have a hard on for valve and steam lol.
the secret recipe for AAA games is max out your textures and other setting at a mix of medium to high! Then play at 720 with amd rsr... upscales picture quality... if you want higher frame rate then just go with max textures and low to medium settings.
I wonder how long the support will be for these handhelds will they continue to update it and keep it going for the next few years or will they end up flopping?
do you mean updates to the individual handhelds or new ones coming out?
@@ColeCaccamise welp the windows based like the rog ally and the upcoming legion go
I totally agree with you!! very nice review
Thanks for watching!
Have you tried Switch Emulation on the Rog Ally and if so how’s the performance?
No but it's something I do want to try eventually
Very impressive video...this will be my go to video for settings and Accessories, I dig how you broke everything down...and yes ROG ALLY has it hang ups here and there but overall it's a good device, even though I had to trade my first one in for another one at best buy, the second one I got is a definite beast...I love it, but storage is my only gripe, I got 3 sd cards that were damage from the first ROG ALLY I had...the hard drive on this handheld should at least be 2tb or they need to come up with a way for the sd card to be external while you charge it at the same time...but this boy will play any game I've seen so far, I was a xbox gamer and I was pissed that Playstation had spiderman and Xbox didn't so by having this device you have access to all the games you wished for plus cloud gaming from the Xbox network is awesome...now my question to anyone or maybe this would be something to figure Does steam have a cloud system sine ROG ALLY SD CARD SLOT BURNS THROUGH MANY SD CARDS I want to purchase Gotham knights but I don't want to save it to my hard drive because I need the hard drive for updates...just wondering
Bro if it was 2tb this is probably gonna be 200$USD+ more
I have both ROG Ally and a Steam Deck. My Deck's micro SD card slot broke and won't spring back the SD card but still reads it and can be removed with tweezers. My ROG Ally on the other hand.. Well the micro SD card slot doesn't even read cards. So I must rely on the internal storage... I already upgraded the internal storage on my Deck so I suppose I'll be upgrading the internal storage on the ROG Ally..
I need a 10.9in oled tablet
Or 12.5in oled tablet
With Bluetooth controllers
Since i got my Ally i forgot i had a deck, and i love that thing
what do you like more about the ally? i bought the oled deck to cover on the channel and am interested to see which i prefer
@@ColeCaccamise the ally is a true pc. No compat issue with Epic, EA, Rockstar, it just works like my desktop. Also the video output is good enough to game on the monitor, perfect for travel and having a decent tv gameplay experience. I just find the raw power and flexibility of the ally to outweigh its shortcomings. And all this on a portable handheld, is just amazing
@@trabuco81but ally dont give good battery life most to most 2 hours with heavy games so how it will be good for travelling?
@@Mr.Mirage_YTI just use a battery bank hey.
So far good video I will say for the heat set up custom fan curve and you can get it to not go over 70
I love it i just wish the screen was bigger.
yeah why do handhelds need the bezels? why cant we just have all screen??
Is this worth getting still? I've been thinking about it for a while
still a solid option. i prefer the deck OLED for battery and oled of course
How long when gaming using that anker powerbank?
around 2 extra charges so an additional 4hrs on average
Bloody excellent review Cole. I sent back my Ally review unit and really, it was the battery life that just crippled it for me. Not being able to get more than an hour and half plus the lack of quick resume was just too much of a deal breaker for me. Fantastic hardware though.
I mean, it's not really a console so quick resume is a huge ask considering it's not something that even the most powerful or expensive pc can manage
@@elysian3623 Your argument falls short because the Steamdeck has this feature(and it’s the Ally’s biggest competitor at the moment)
@@katawonga OK, let me simplify my reasoning, the steam deck runs on a custom OS and had the feature implemented, the ally runs on windows where no such solution really exists, you could install steam OS on the Ally but as far as I'm aware it's the same as if you installed Windows on a Deck it kinda works but it's not 100%, so while they are in fact competing in the same market, they're kinda not. Steam deck suffers with no anti cheat support and being locked into one eco system in trade off for better support and feature set (consumer friendly and works basically like a console). The Ally on the other hand benefits from a bit more powerful hardware and an open ecosystem, I can play Dead island 2 on it for example, but the open platform advantage makes it basically a gaming laptop stuffed into a handheld form factor.
Thanks man! Yeah the battery life really does suck because I’m always thinking “shit it’s dead already?” Quick resume would be really nice, is this a feature that is possible on windows?
@@elysian3623 The steam deck isn't locked into any ecosystem. for one, steam is basically THE PC gaming ecosystem anyway. You can play any game from any other game store, it just takes a little bit of effort. Steam deck is definitely more like a console with the features that it has. Ally is great but windows just isn't great on this kind of handheld yet. I have heard rumors of a windows OS specifically designed for the handhelds coming out so hopefully features like quick resume can be implemented then.
Yes it is!
i appreciate this review and i'm sure fore some the ally is worth it but for me and my needs the stream deck is perfect and i love the constant support with updates from the dev team
Fair enough!
Can i use my ipad pro as a screen for rog ally? (sorry my english is bad)
Is it worth in 2023? Are these are already obsolete
its only a few months old
Love my ROG ally. Everything runs on it. I highly recommend it.
Do you know how to get rid of the numbers and letters in the corner of the screen
@@Hdogxx247 What numbers and letters?
@@PaulWeiss4LIFE you know the little display in the corner that when you play games it’s like showing random stuff pop now it’s like a little square or something
@@PaulWeiss4LIFE I haven’t played on my ROG Ally yet but noticing some videos on RUclips, that shows up a little display in the corner, showing random numbers and letters just turning on and off
@@PaulWeiss4LIFE when you first started playing on it, did you not see it on yours
I'm usually indifferent about RGB too, but I kind of like them on my Ally.
How do you use PS Remote Play? Is it working on ROG Ally? I thought that its gamepad is not supported by the official client.
UPD: ah.. I see.. REWASD.
Yep. And of course you could connect a dual sense
Nice device, but I'll wait a while until the "bugs" & "glitches" have been resolved.
If i get a part time job And for breaks and stuff i would love this for multiversus lol when that game relaunch :)
So the power bank by Anker only provides 2 additional charges?
Roughly yes, i didn’t do any super scientific testing but that’s what I found
with an anker 26800 mah i can charge my sd twice so with 24000 a lil less than twice i presume
Nice vid mate
Thank you brother
The rog ally is amazing. I love it I have the steamdeck also and I love that but the rog is better. I have the gps win 4 also and that is crazy nice. But the rog is number one than gps than steam deck
Waiting on legion go got steam deck/ win 4 only hope rog ally can come In black and update the sd card spot they do that I'm in
All you need now is a compatible eGPU & you can take it to the next level. That's my goal. Damn things are expensive tho..
What is a egpu
@@troymoviemadness7130 An external graphics unit. Basically it boosts the performance when you decide to dock to the tv.
it's an external GPU that you can plug into any PC instead of installing a dedicated GPU. Mostly meant for laptops or if you wanted to dock the ally and get more power
What is the the white mouse on the desk please?
it was the mx master 3s
Better updates and support with Valve.
youre not suppposed to have issues with harry potter game, run it at 23W custom fan curve you're getting 40 + fps on more then low settings
Ah thanks. Since I changed the VRAM usage the issues have seemingly stopped actually. Just gets hot which is expected
it is bad, SD reader malfunction after 6 weeks of used. Too late to return, I guess I have to sell it. ( I only been using SD card for less than 10 times, and it already broken.)
Please help just got Rog Ally yesterday and got nothing but trouble I can't get any games to work right Xbox games keep crashing every single time I open it and steam game can't get the controller to work in games keep acting like mouse and keyboard and can't do anything with the build in contoller in game even tho I have it on gamepad
that's super weird, did you install/update your drivers?
@@ColeCaccamiseI got it setup and working I loving it I got help from another RUclipsr I'm new to PC I'm coming from Xbox
what was the problem?
@@ColeCaccamise The games I was trying to play game some games on Xbox ganepass just doesn't won't on PC like they supposed to and the games I was trying to play on steam didn't have controller support but I didn't know you can use community layout on steam for games that don't support controller because their community layout that setup keyboard and mouse as controller so you can play games that don't have controller support
Have you tried emulation?
I’ve not, it’s something I really do want to try though
This is a laptop with built in controllers. Say whatchu want ‘bout Steam Deck, but hands down Steam OS way better than > Windows, plus the insurmountable support from the community not to mention the fact that it’s modular.
Just wait till you get the SD card reader malfunction though. I think noone's spared from this unless you were able to control the fan curves at an early stage
Exactly why I’m not using an sd card with this
@@ColeCaccamise really no need for an sd card.... why do we need 20 games installed at once lol? 512 gb is more than enough for a few AAA games.
You have a point lmao I just always switch between games. Also for recording a video I want to go between different ones for b roll
Just recently bought an ally as well...while I spent the better half of the 1st day setting windows/downloading the launchers/ getting things the way i want them,you'll be pausing games frequently to fine tune them until you actually start playing,But man! Once ur playing its really a nice experience...till ur batt dies lol,the thumbsticks are finnicky with FPS shooters theres alot of play before your gun moves,easily remedied for shooters that have a deadzone setting tho
I actually like armory crate. But Asus needs to sort out the gyro. It's in there and with third part apps you can use it for gyro aim which for me is the only way I would play a shooter with a controller. But other than that. I mostly love it since i am not big on shooters to begin with.
I got headphones whit them omg 😲
I own one and it is so fucking awesome.
i have both and the rog ally is way better @
Same and agreed
Facts but I imagine they make a new handheld that has 360 hz 💀
For me it's the speakers and screen
Should be identical for similar wattages@fumangus69
I like the form factor and the feel of the joysticks/triggers of the deck… but the Ally is better in every other aspect imo
I had a steam deck I sold it it was bollox I've ordered the Rog
I ve watched maybe 20 vids ...sorry but for me gaming with a handheld = press power and go..( or insert a cartridge). But now: desktop mode, press settings, press tab, install launchers, choose wattage, .... Wtf 😆 this isn t progress!!!
And sorry but if you want to play AAA games you have to use the power adaptor or your battery drains crazy... Why buy a handheld if you have to plug it in the whole time??
Can y play robots on it ??
Agreed 👍
ally is the best, but i havent tried a steam deck???, as someone who has had both, the steam deck community support is second to none
0:11 real🗿used to do the same lmaooo
I absolutely disagree with the title of the video. But i guess its a question of perspective... I think that the Steam Deck ( especially if it comes to price/performance ratio ) is better by far. Before anybody tries to kill me here dont forget that outside of the United States there are other countries in the world and the Ally is way more expensive.
Rog ally is way cheaper compared to steam deck in my country. Because steam deck is not available in my country, we had to ship it, all those shipping extra cost add up a tons. I spent nearly 950 USD total for steam deck. While rog ally we could walk in retail shop to buy.
@@nbkchaosseph9066 I spent 470 on the Steam Deck. The Rog Ally is 799.
How dare u insult the RGB 😂
SD Card is not an issue anymore and yes, amazing console.
Armory crate does have the desktop mode configuring. It took me a while to set the windows macros and what not the way i like it (alt-f4 with both backtriggers, etc) but once you get it going it makes using windows with a gamepad a breeze.
How? Did asus fix it?
@@pastqr 2 or 3 bios ago they tuned the fan profiles to improve cooling
(TBH I never had an sd card issue even on turbo mode and some people have theorized it wasnt heat but a driver issue but whatever the case you dont see people having that issue anymore)
@@MarcosPrevitaliany other updates beside that?
Lol, GTA V is the mark of your childhood.
It was
@ColeCaccamise it's just amazing to me.
It must have felt like when I first played GTA LCS/VCS on PSP for the first time. It was around 2009, and to have a "mobile GTA" was amazing. I think it came out a couple or few years prior, but I didn't have the money.
Then, I convinced two of my friends to purchase the same. we played on our way to Afghanistan. Looking back, I wish I had played more and slept less on the way, but you never know what times are going to be memories you look fondly on.
Anywho, I'm happy a similar feeling is still being had in this day and age.
Somebody help me , idk what I’m doing with my ally
I’ve had a bunch of handhelds and honestly the ally has the best joysticks out of the competition.
Ranking of joysticks
1. Ally
2. Steam deck
3.Aya neo 2s
4. Rest of the market uses the terrible switch joysticks
Wow I’m surprised the ally’s are better than the steam decks
@@ColeCaccamise yes, I use the Xbox elite controller for fps. And the ally’s joysticks are very similar imo.
your best handheld just got killed by legion
I had wanted to get this originally but went with the Aya Neo 2. Much more pleasant design. Much more seamless. However I agree that these have great speakers! Probably the best speakers for handhelds. Otherwise, I hate how it looks and proportions. They could have done WAY better. Maybe in the future if they improve this then I'll go back to Asus.
I had the Ayaneo 2, but the Ayaspace is horrible
@@user-nx1qe3fg2h Totally agree! Horrible indeed. Ayaspace 2 is much better but still...leagues away from Asus and Steam Deck. Hope they hire someone great with software to address this issue!
It burns SD cards
I run mine through the charging dock . Problem solved but I am getting away from them a together SSD is the way to go !
Best gaming handheld has 2 trackpads for perfect mouse movement in OS and 50 percent of PC games. Without that you cant play half of best PC games. Nobody cares about your GTA 5 childhood dreams. It is that simple.
Lmao
Haha kids.
@@romanplacek9425 exactly. Kids playing 3rd person shooters consider Rog Ally superb machine and I get it. But playing Fallout 1, Red Alert or even newer Pillars of Eternity 2 is basically impossible on Rog Ally. So us, old school PC players, still have only one best handheld gaming device for a good price. Not to mention battery life.
Legion go blasts this out of the water
Disagree. Both have pros and cons.
Poor timing and title. Legion Go is looking to take that throne soon
It’s too bulky
@@kngjojo6944 perhaps, but it got dual USB4 function C ports for ports and external dock use
The Onexplayer 2 is the best PC handheld
I tried the Ally and really liked it (better than the Deck, imo) but the battery life was really rough, and I was getting random bluescreens, so I returned it and got the new Onexplayer 2 Pro and it's definitely worth the higher price. Way better battery life, built it kickstand, more ports, bigger screen, attachable keyboard and detachable controls so it can transform into a laptop, etc.
@@Zandercode I was curious about the steam deck at first. The price is the only thing it has over the Onexplayer 2. The Onexplayer is better in literally every other way
Battery life is horrendous
agreed
Sorry, but it's the worst portable console I've ever had in my life, mainly due to its battery life. The Steam Deck is far better; I can play a AAA game for 2.5 to 4 hours at just 9 watts.
Mark my words with time steamdeck will beat them all 😊
Been using Ally for 2 months. Love it but imo not worth it.
Some thoughts
Resolution: 1080p are useless here. Most games you want to use 720, due to performance and battery life. Very old games can hold well at 1080 but yet battery life gets a huge hit.
Buttons: L and R buttons are horrible, dPad is borderline useless.
Software: sucks. Crashes, bug, inconsistency, bad windows integration, asus support sucks, a bit bloatware. No. You need spend time fixing stuff manually, ages away from Deck’s experience here.
Design: useless strobing lights, sucks battery and even impact cpu, simply turn it off. The vent are loud at 25/30tdp (necessary for games like BG3) and reach my fingertips and this thing gets really hot, between 60 to 90c.
Cool stuff but poorly executed, as per usual ASUS.
How long have you had it? Had no crashes anything from Asus so far..had 1 windows crash thats it,D-pad deff feels cheap but i don't play fighting games so for toggling equipment in games it does the job,i agree with the RGB turn it off...also turn off rumble and maybe squeak some more batt life out of it altho not much
Stop the 🧢 the Ally is amazing plus you sound bitter 😂
@@fnggaming89 first row, two months. Glad for you is okay so far
@@SOPHISTICATED_VIBES grow up
Performance and battery is entirely down to wattage. Using 15w should give similar battery life whether it's 720p or 1080p. Thing is you shouldn't use turbo mode on battery
2:33 lol Asus trash strikes again
I heard steam deck is better