ASUS ROG Ally X: Is It Worth the Price? Full Review & Comparison

[@InviableTrader]

I love the ally x. This is the King of handhelds

[@haleygao]

For me, freaking yes. Sadly, my high spec PC has been idle for a while. Now I found, gameplay and convenience are by far more important than graphics quality.

[@MrJohnnythebigman]

Awesome review mate. In still rocking with my og ally with 2tb ssd. Im waiting next year for Ally 2. Also my og ally is my main pc while docked.

[@TheBigLC]

You are the best

[@NatsumeKonno]

Same here I'm making my steam deck last with frame generation. But now is the time to upgrade was gonna buy the X till I heard of the Z2 coming so I might as well wait even if it is a 30% boost as rumored still better to use that same money for a bit more power.

[@MaxDendy]

Thank you friend! Do you use any external GPU while docked or just Ally?

[@NatsumeKonno]

@MaxDendy no I have a LCD steam deck from first batch release running windows 10. If I need graphics I'll stream with geforce now. But pretty much I game on windows 10 with frame generation.

[@TheBigLC]

@@MaxDendy just the OG ally

[@USACowboy]

I have it and i love it.

[@Shadowx882]

This is some good stuff, keep it up you will make it big one day.

[@cpauya]

Came for the review, subscribed coz of the “hammering” 🙏😺

[@MaxDendy]

Haha appreciate it ❤️

[@paulwilliams2024]

Mouse and keyboard solves a lot of the issues using windows on a handheld . Dispite some of the issues with windows . The ROG ally and ally x is just has too many perks you can’t get with a steam deck so it’s clearly the best gaming held held . I just wish it had a OLED . but it has vrr and higher resolution so it balances out

[@raiusdaltar1483]

The Black Friday sale made it worth a pickup for me. Got a 4tb drive and will dual boot Bazzite and Windows. Looking forward to trying it today, battery life is super important to me, although touchpads would have made this a dream device.

[@fmulleady]

Nice review. Excellent choice of recommended accessories too, you know your stuff!

[@rezazulkarnain207]

Ally x is good, i ve SD OLED and Ally X. OLED for emulator game and steam game which dont need high spec, ally X for better graphic-fps and most of it AAA game

[@ratus]

But since Ally X has 2 usb ports I think it could use one for a dock and the second for usb-to-displayport straight to Monitor to use VRR

[@JustStay16]

To me by far biggest issue is the tiny screen. Especially as someone coming from the legion go and I have used the portal in past the 7 inches just feels sooo small. If they could have given us an 8-9 screen it be perfect

[@EastToWestTCG]

Great video! I'm now subscribed and ready for more

[@MaxDendy]

Thank you so much! There will be more soon

[@vincekara9446]

You can adjust the VRAM on the legion go. I've never had crashes on FH5.

[@MaxDendy]

Which option do you use? I’ve switched to 6 gigs and it seems ok now

[@vincekara9446]

@MaxDendy Yes. I did the same and no issues.

[@jarjarbinx3858]

Hello Friend, does the huge heat syn come with the ssd or did you buy it next to the ssd ? Ty

[@MaxDendy]

Hi, friend! It comes with the SSD

[@jarjarbinx3858]

@@MaxDendy thank you so much ! Did you make a vidéo showing how to swap ssd ? If not does it bother you to make one ? Love your content friend

[@MaxDendy]

@jarjarbinx3858 thank you so much! I appreciate. I’m not if I want to make this video. Check ETA prime, he has a good guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2euln-Vesmbos0si=4086hTmDNr4ZMUN4

[@blindlama]

awesome review! btw what game are you playing at 5:37?

[@MaxDendy]

Thank you! That’s doom eternal

[@blindlama]

@@MaxDendy thanks👍

[@robertphillips4155]

Thanks for the review, nice job. I got the Ally X a month ago and have enjoyed using it. The battery life is good enough, speed is satisfactory and the screen looks really good. It already plays games smoother and better than other consoles and it seems to be able to play any game out there today so I think it will play newer games as they come out longer too. I purchased a returned unit from Best Buy so it cost the same as a Seam Deck OLED. I’m happy with my purchase.

[@MaxDendy]

Thank you! Wow man for the price of the OLED the ALLY X rocks! What are you mainly playing on it?

[@robertphillips4155]

@@MaxDendy Yes, it was slightly more than the Steam Deck OLED 1TB, I paid $661 USD. It was missing the charger and the cardboard stand pieces but I’ve got lots of USB C chargers so it’s no big deal. I’m playing Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart right now. It runs excellent on the Ally X, the colors are vibrant and clear. Since I play my games on the PC, using windows is no big deal, though it is a bit of a pain to tap on the small areas of the Ally X screen to do things. I find that it’s better to choose a game to play, take the time to tweak the settings to get it to play well and then play it. Switching between to many games seems to be cumbersome for the Ally X, or maybe I just have to put the time in. The Steam Deck definitely has the leg up on ease of use from what I hear. One game in my library that I had been wanting to play is Farcry 6. It runs perfectly well on the Ally X but it is so hard to see the enemies because of the point of view, they are too small. That it makes it almost impossible for me to play and enjoy it. I’m in my 60’s so I thought that maybe it was my eyes but my 35 year old son played it and agreed that it was difficult. I have the original Switch and thought of just upgrading to the OLED version but it frustrated me that if I wanted to play any of my PC games, I would have to pay full price (or more) to purchase it again. I found that with just a few games, I could easily justify the additional cost of the ROG Ally X since I didn’t have to repurchase them.

[@MaxDendy]

Sounds great. Do you have any problems with the settings in Ratchet and Clank? Do they stay the same across devices and you have to manually switch the resolution and presets or the pc and the Ally X have each of their own presets? Nah I would not buy Switch to play cross platforms games. They run awfully and cost way too much compared to Steam. The strength of the Switch is exclusives.

[@robertphillips4155]

@@MaxDendy No problem with Ratchet and Clank settings. When I first got the Ally X it seemed like when I changed the setting on the Ally X it changed it on my PC too. All of that seems to have calmed down now and it doesn’t seem to happen any longer. What I have to do is set up each game on the Ally X so that it runs its best. It seems to work best for me to load one game, set it up so that it runs well and then do another. Unfortunately because the Ally X is a lower-end PC, it needs tweaking.

[@MaxDendy]

@robertphillips4155 I have no problem. I would just one to tweak it one time and forget about it, I would also have another machine to play on. Thank you so much for this info! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying your handheld!

[@מתןנודלמן-ב7ש]

Is bazzite safe to install?

[@MaxDendy]

Safer than windows in terms of privacy

[@jasonwright9405]

@@MaxDendywhat privacy? No clue how hackers muck around

[@Madhappyy]

If the bezels were gone and it was all screen, I would have zero complaints about the Rog Ally X. My eyes aren’t what they use to be, I need it just a tad bigger.

[@MaxDendy]

Completely agree with you!

[@N-Poster]

It the ally x worth the upgrade as I have the first model of steam deck the 512gig version and the games do look very blurry even at medium settings do you get that issue with a ally x

[@MaxDendy]

Games are not blurry on the Ally. I would say it’s worth it if that’s important for you

[@madisonblake1134]

​@MaxDendy should I wait for a rog ally 2 if u think there will be one next year or should I upgrade to ally x from steam deck lcd 512gb ?

[@equinox9]

Hi guys, tech dummy here. What effect if any does installing Bazzite have on the device? Does it take up a lot of hard drive space etc? Ive heard a lot of people say the games run even faster without all the Window's bloat running in the background.

[@MaxDendy]

Hey! It is true that some games run faster, but not all of them. For me RDR2 and Cyperpunk were faster, some other games had relatively the same performance. How much space it requires depends on you and your games. I installed bandits and windows on the legion go 512 gb SSD. Around 300 gigs I reserved for windows and 200 gigs for bazzite. It’s not enough to install several big games. So, I use an SD card. Installing Bazzite does not affect device, in the sense that it’s not harmful or anything. However, you need to disable some encryption settings, and if you know what it means that you probably know how harmful it is for you.

[@equinox9]

@@MaxDendy Thanks dude, much appreciated!

[@Bo.Tombak]

0:00 yo that is a clean cut frame by frame

[@MaxDendy]

Thank you for appreciating it 🥰

[@Thunsegen]

Only 11K subscribers? That can't be right.

[@michaelhunter3692]

I can’t wait for valves official steam is to come to the rog ally x in the end the screen isn’t an issue for me like most others I’m more on performance and battery life and it so far the rog ally x definitely holds up compared to its predecessors

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

I found deck oled had real good upgrade from the orgianl deck This just ally z1 just with better ram and bettery life other things are same tiny screen with cheap lcd light

[@MaxDendy]

I guess they are reserving the screen for the next ROG ALLY 2 or whatever it will be. They just solved common problems like the sd card and awful battery. And there is no z1 version. Only the z1 extreme. I would not call cheap LCD. The screen is really great, but just small for my taste.

[@NatsumeKonno]

Nothing wrong with that 2280 nvme and 24GB ram is an upgrade this you can tell the ally 2 will just be the X with a Z2. Which i don't mind hopefully they bump it to 32GB ram.

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

@@NatsumeKonno there guy put 32ram on deck lcd he never found huge different because most of games don't need more than 26ram look to msi ai8 they put 8.0 screen because they know 7.0 getting old for 2023+ unlike zotac it's looks like deck lcd with oled screen which make it wired choice

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

@@NatsumeKonno there's 32ram and 64ram by ayaneo and onexplayer if like but the price worse than allyx and others 1000$_1550$ better to buy a 🚗

[@NatsumeKonno]

@@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753 more ram helps if you can allocate more ram as Vram. The deck only does 4GB vram on windows. On the ally it goes up to 8GB. As you know the handheld does shared memory. Faster ram is always better then more ram since it's shared and I like to have a lot of stuff open.

[@gameallday35]

I will never in this life will pay $800 for this , they crazy lol

[@MaxDendy]

Yeah, it’s crazy for the full price

[@tizzlefoshizzle3132]

$1650 here in Aussie 😢😮😢

[@MaxDendy]

@tizzlefoshizzle3132 what?! That’s about 1100 USD that’s crazy. Is everything that more expensive out there? What about ps5 for example?

[@tizzlefoshizzle3132]

@MaxDendy it's sad I know 😔 and ps5 are about $800. Suffice to say I'll never have a rog ally x. But I love your vids 😉

[@MaxDendy]

@tizzlefoshizzle3132 I’m sorry dude 😔 these things should cost that much. What do you play on btw?

[@axelstone3131]

I’m really interested in this but I’ll wait to the second edition. It’s super expensive and doesn’t have an oled screen even though that’s not necessary.

[@MaxDendy]

Yeah, I think it’s worth the wait. They have to add a bigger screen. While I think an OLED is a great feature, I do believe the size matters more.

[@MaxDendy]

Are you rocking any handheld by the way?

[@axelstone3131]

@@MaxDendy I have a switch but hardly use it handled. But I used to have a psp, ps vita, nintendo DS. If PlayStation made something like this I’d be all over it.

[@MaxDendy]

@axelstone3131 have you seen the switch 2 leaks? Man if they are true in terms of performance (ps4 ish) I am not sure about the Ally 2

[@axelstone3131]

@@MaxDendy I’ve seen some of the leaks yes. Will definitely be keeping an eye out for it and probably pick it up when it comes out 👍🏻

[@jackykwan2580]

Get an open box deal or buy og ally is super worth now but u get low batt life and lower ram.

[@MaxDendy]

Yeah, open box OG ALLY can be great value. I’ve seen people getting them for 300 bucks

[@I3aMb00]

You can find an Ally X used on marketplace and eBay for $500-$600 now. I picked mine up for only $550 and it came with a JSAUX grip.

[@MaxDendy]

@I3aMb00 that’s a great deal. In the us people are even more lucky, cause Best Buy sells open box versions. So, on top of that you a have some sort of warranty.

[@xt6997]

take the Nintendo games off your thumbnail man, nintendo has been getting hella triggered about this stuff again lately.

[@alluringming]

I still love my switch oled that is a gaming a handheld this is soley a console which is what i prefer. The pc handhelds do look nice but im not looking to get a gaming handheld that is a pc. Is tempted to get a steamdeck at some point since its cheaper and acts more like console than handheld pc from what i seen.

[@MaxDendy]

Steam Deck does sure resembles a console, but it still is not. On a console you are guaranteed all the games will run, but it’s not the case with the Steam Deck. On top of that you have to tweak the settings.

[@Meb-k1w]

I like steam deck a little more just because I don’t really want to handle with windows

[@MaxDendy]

Understandable. That’s why I prefer Linux on the Ally

[@refrefwgwgwegew]

@@MaxDendy but SteamOS is coming to Ally from what I heard?

[@christianr.5868]

@@refrefwgwgwegewit is, but you can get bazzite now

[@christianr.5868]

Same, but bazzite is basically the same experience

[@MaxDendy]

The rumors have been around for a long time now. The last thing was something related to drivers and support of third party devices. No official statement that SteamOS will come to ROG Ally for sure. It’s hard even tell cause these windows handhelds update so frequently. They are laptops with the controller attached and being updated like laptops. Almost every year. In such conditions it’s hard to create an OS that will work on all these devices. So, I’m not sure what is the point of releasing SteamOS on ROG Ally if we’ll probably see new generation of Ally in a year or two.

[@edreanhenrytombaga562]

Biggest Deal breaker is "Price" wherein other consoles/handhelds are far cheaper. If I could play a game on another console/ handheld then it would be wiser to buy the cheaper alternative. Another thing, if you're already used to having mobile phones with OLED screens then why buy something 5x or 10x more expensive that have a downgrade screen that it feels demotivating to use

[@horticultural261]

I do not think "other" handhelds perform as well as this one. And console problem is that games are so expensive compard to steam and you can play any game on it, unlike consoles.

[@edreanhenrytombaga562]

@horticultural261 the Ally X is undoubtedly stronger in performance. What I meant in "another console /handheld" was literally play on PS5 or gaming laptop or steam deck whichever you fancy. Its just that you can buy a ps5 with game included but still much cheaper. You can play triple A games on steam deck and it's still cheaper. Which is why I commented that "price" is the deal breaker

[@mrmack3176]

When you pair thos device with ge force now ultimate its basically better then a ps5 pro lol and handheld

[@MaxDendy]

True, if it works flawlessly. Some people have bad internet

[@mrmack3176]

@@MaxDendy I dont get that tho cause if your a gamer buying a console are a device like this you have to good Internet either way streaming are local play

[@MaxDendy]

I mean if you have bad internet it is better to get a console rather than a streaming device. Ps5 + ps portal is not an option in that case.

[@I3aMb00]

Even better if you pair it with a docked RTX 4070 Super as an eGPU using USB4

[@davidvega1978]

I was really mad about the noise of the trigers but it just went away overtime.

[@MaxDendy]

I’m happy to hear it. I hope mine will go away too

[@Emysta1997]

Your trippin hitting it with a hammer

[@zhaniya_meruki]

pls review legion go

[@MaxDendy]

I will soon! Stay tuned! 🤩

[@DrakonR]

People are reporting black screen crashes caused by the Y button. Squeaky buttons. Really bad QC from what I can tell. Puts Samsung displays to shame.

[@MaxDendy]

Wow I haven’t had any problems with the screen. But the squeaky triggers is crazy to me.

[@DrakonR]

@@MaxDendy Completely unacceptable at this price point tbh. The Y button issue appears to be caused by mashing the button in intense gaming sessions. Asus is looking into it, but I'm worried it's going to be another microSD slot fiasco of plugging their ears and putting shades on. This sucks because I'm in the market for a good handheld, but all of these devices are compromised in some way. Considering the SD LCD, but the LCD on the Ally is just unreal in comparison. Don't know how Asus did it, but the contrast is crazy for IPS.

[@MaxDendy]

This is crazy man. They all are flawed. So, the only thing left is to hope for the warranty. I would buy from the shop where I could return it if something happens. I’ve used a lot of devices over the last few years and a lot has failed. My Asus ROG failed, my Xbox failed, my iPad failed. And all of them were either exchange for the new one or the shop gave me my money back. So, don’t deprive yourself of pleasure. Get what you prefer from the trusted retailer, enjoy it. If something happens return it.

[@I3aMb00]

@@DrakonR that was reported as being an issue in the first batches of the Ally X. I forgot which particular model/serial # but I had my Ally X for more than 2 months now and I had no issues. The only black screen issue I had was from disconnecting my eGPU but I managed to fix that using a command prompt. The squeaky buttons was a pretty uncommon issues which can be remedied using either compressed air or realigning the springs. The squeak itself is caused when the springs are slightly misaligned

[@DrakonR]

@@I3aMb00 new posts show up with the black screen issue so I doubt it's just an earlier batch problem. Seriously sounds like poor QC that rivals that of Samsung.

[@MrIchikun21]

The GPU on ROG Ally X is also better than on Steam Deck and Legion Go

[@jamesdebroy344]

The big ass bezels stopped me from getting it, everything else looks great

[@Emysta1997]

Can’t wait for the sale tho not gonna pay 800 for it

[@MaxDendy]

This is the way

[@HUYI1]

When will there be a sale and have I missed it?

[@VMCKTC]

If you can get it for the open box price of 680 id say yes its worth it but 800 dollars naw

[@MaxDendy]

Totally agree.

[@kesh9957]

You better convice me to blow 3 month of salery on this

[@MaxDendy]

😂I’m not convincing anybody. You form your own opinion based on a review 😉

[@edwardlashley3572]

The best thing about steam is how you can swap games between devices by installing all of your games onto a single hand drive & simply sharing that hard drive. I have over 180 games on a hard drive & a half a dozen different devices can use it, but not the ROC Alley 1.0 b/c the original is broken from poor coding & cannot run games installed off a hard drive that every other device under the sun can run. If they have not fixed this issue with the X version of the Alley than buying this will be the worst purchase you’ve ever made. No way in heck I’m paying 800 to find out if they have fixed their stupid jankity tech.

[@MaxDendy]

Hmm. I need to check this out. May I ask you, do you have a legion go by any chance? What other devices do have this feature working besides the Steam Deck?

[@edwardlashley3572]

@@MaxDendy I have 4 Aya Neo devices, but one I don’t use, I have original roc alley which I would not use, I have a legion go, a one x player, a windows installed steam deck, a windows gaming tablet that basically has the same specs as legion go. Trust me if you install all of you steam games onto a single hard drive you can swap them between devices with no additional downloads. There really is only a small # of games that legit don’t work on an external hard drive. I just purchased the pc port of Until Dawn & even it works installed onto a hard drive. But the original ROC Alley is partially defective & cannot run games off of an external HDD that every other system can run. Sadly.

[@MaxDendy]

@edwardlashley3572 that’s amazing. I need to implement your system of storing games haha do you notice any difference in performance/load time compared to internal storage?

[@edwardlashley3572]

@@MaxDendy no not with 99% of games that run off a hard drive. Forza games or Red Fall or some stuff ain’t gonna run off anything but you internal SSD but that ain’t most games. You can buy an external SSD $300 for 4tb of you want. But I got a 6 tb hdd & you are really only gonna get that much store in hhd format but on it is over 180 games that all work with no issues. That’s why the ROC Alley pisses me off. There is true value here in running your stuff off external hdds. A roc alley would fair better with an external SSD but it’s expensive & I got burned by one external SSD that was defective. It’s newer technology so less reliable.

[@MaxDendy]

@edwardlashley3572 thank you so much for that info. I’ll consider using my seagate 2tb HDD for that.

[@BlueshellGamer]

Shouoder buttons are fiiiine. Its the dpad that sucks. And also, Ifyou cant navigate windows You must not be very smart. Steamdeck is lame

[@MaxDendy]

Dpad is fine for me. At least it is better than on the og Ally. And I can navigate windows, I just tried to say that it’s uncomfortable to do on a small screen with a controller and a touchscreen.

[@thegixlad27]

Price is the deciding factor, look at the sales of the Ally X for example it’s poor

[@MaxDendy]

True, price is crucial. But you need to take into account the capabilities and what the device has to offer. Do you think ROG Ally would sell more than the Steam Deck if the price would’ve been the same?

[@markaznar1979]

With that tiny screen and 16:9 aspect ratio = pass

[@MackDaddyVic]

No. It’s not worth it. Tiny ass 7 inch screen. Not OLED. Sorry, but the screen is a huge deal breaker. I’ll just stick with my Steam Deck OLED until something better comes along.

[@MaxDendy]

I got you. The screen is also small for me. But the LCD Steam Deck and Switch OLED also have a 7 inch screen. And they are very popular consoles nonetheless.

[@edwardlashley3572]

When you have an ISP panel & when you active vivid gaming mode from the AMD software app, if the panel is any good at all it’s going to mimic an OLED screen & while it’s not gonna fully replicate OLED it can get reasonably close to simulating a similar effect. That combined with how much more horsepower one of these devices has & what you can do with that horsepower if you know what you are doing makes the steam deck obsolete. The deck can’t compete with windows running either fluid motion frames 2.0 or lossless scaling.

[@homiedogg6415]

And you lose VRR with OLED. I think the screen with fantastic actually

[@edwardlashley3572]

@@homiedogg6415 you lose vivid mode when you don’t have AMD software installed. get yourself an Aya Neo Air S1, then you’ll see something fantastic. HDR only “works” with a handful of games & in several games it’s just sorta there, but it isn’t necessarily doing all that it can do in every instance in which it’s technically utilized. OLED combined with AMD vivid color mode works w/ every game. Even so, a regular ISP panel using vivid mode & upscaling to 2560 or even running natively at that resolution is gonna crush OLED steam deck & it’s puny 1280p resolution. The Legion Go kills the steam deck if you activate vivid mode & run it at high resolutions.

[@talison461]

How can you say the screen is bad, its 120hz and 1080p and VRR. Its better than switch and steam deck.

[@Stakiss132]

Grate review. Little bit disappointed for russian! sticker on your original white Ally ("Сделано в Китае").

[@MaxDendy]

Kazakhstan my friend.

[@YosefElgart]

​And if you use typec to display prot cable 1.4 Vrr work? I bought dp 2.1 cable?​@@MaxDendy

[@MaxDendy]

@@YosefElgart no, it only works with hdmi 2.1 unfortunately

[@YosefElgart]

My tv and monitor 2.0 hdmi only 100hz So i using dp cable And dock recomdation with dp 1.4 and 2.5g internet? I dont use adapters on adapters​@@MaxDendy

[@MaxDendy]

@YosefElgart the Jsaux dock from the video is DP 1.4 but it still won’t work with your 100 hz tv. I mean it will work and maybe you’ll get 100 hz, but no vrr. As far as I know TV with 100 don’t have freesync which is needed for VRR on Asus ROG Ally or other handhelds with an AMD chip

[@AMAR0506]

Find me another $349 device running Alan wake at 30+ FPS in Low-Med like the Steam Deck. Steam deck was never designed to run the latest and greatest. It is a PS4, PS4 Pro, PS3 and early PS5 in the palm of your hands. It's somewhere close to a 1050ti witha better architecture and faster LPDDR5 memory. You really cannot compare it to a $625-$899 Rog Ally / Ally X which only gives like 14-20 + frames in double the wattage. And is more expensive than a 4080. And then the shady Asus Customer service vs Steam deck + iFixit experience is amazing even in countries the SD is not officially sold. ls the Rog ALLY faster then the steam deck ? ABSOLUTELY... There were faster handhelds than the SD even before the stream deck was released. SO is my 4080. That's not the point. 349 VS 699 / 899 is the point. Steam deck is the BEST valued handheld in the market with the best community.

[@MaxDendy]

Totally agree with you. But there is a market for Asus ROG Ally too. Steam is not a windows handheld. So, sometime it’s not only about the value, but about the preferences. 349 is what now, 256 lcd deck? OLED is around 700 dollars and at this price you can compare it to the Ally. Even more, I see a lot of folks on Reddit getting first gen Ally for 300-400 dollars, open box. So, price varies from place to place. But if you ask me, what I would choose for a handheld right now. Just one handheld. Bro, I would get the switch. Even though it is worse in terms of value than the steam deck. Games are so expensive on the switch. But I just love it and it has something that I need to- exclusives.

[@DrakonR]

There's so much wrong here..

[@MaxDendy]

@DrakonR what do you mean?

[@DrakonR]

@@MaxDendy "Steam deck... It is a PS4, PS4 Pro, PS3 and early PS5 in the palm of your hands." Wrong on all accounts. SD is definitely meant to play older titles. "You really cannot compare it to a $625-$899 Rog Ally / Ally X" Absolutely it can be compared. Depending on region, the difference in price is about $100 between the SD OLED 1tb and Ally X. "which only gives like 14-20 + frames" Only? When portables are only pumping out 30-45 fps, another 14-20 is a massive improvement. "And is more expensive than a 4080." lol. No, it's not. "And then the shady Asus Customer service vs Steam deck + iFixit experience is amazing" Seen plenty of horror stories from both. Asus has the spotlight on them, but Valve isn't exactly squeeky clean. "Steam deck is the BEST valued handheld in the market with the best community." Might be the only remark worth agreeing on.

[@AMAR0506]

@@DrakonR if you compare the spec sheet , yes it's wrong . A PS4 gpu is like a 750ti . So a steam deck is very much on par , Its close to a 1050ti but with faster and more Ram. But a PS5 is a 2080. But if you compare the games it can run , it fits . The SD can run all PS4 games and most early PS5 games . It struggles to maintain 30 in few like Alan wake 2 but using Lossless scaling and frame generation easily get us more than 2x to 3x the FPS. And 14 Fps For an extra $200-300 doesn't make much sense to me. Especially when lossless scaling and frame generation is a thing.