Is the ROG Ally X worth it? (Impressions and Review)

[@jxr-gl4yq]

the Ally Z1 extreme was on sale at $450. Hard to beat when it comes to value. even at a discounted price of 699, the ally x is not worth the extra bump in performance. I have a solid gaming desktop at home, and the ally complements my gaming on the go. any RPG, MMO, will do just fine on teh ally, no issues. Upgraded to a 4tb SSD and I feel like I've reached the peak of my gaming hardware journey.

[@DrakonR]

Honestly. It's tough to beat the Nintendo Switch still. Excellent battery life, true console handheld, proper suspend, and plays all the typical games you would want to play on the go. The Ally X is just crazy expensive. Over 140 million Nintendo Switches have been sold. 3-4 million Steam Deck. Rog Ally far less than Steam Deck. The Switch is the value king. Physical games on cartridge provides investment, or you can buy digital. Easy docking that comes with the console. Seperate controllers for easy replacement and 3rd party support. LCD and OLED options. It's the best all around portable gaming device on the market. To argue otherwise is just ignorant and or fanboyism.

[@FrozenVayneGames]

The normal ROG Ally on sale for 450 bucks is also there as well, and for someone who wants a PC handheld, outside of battery, it offers imo not much more for almost double the price...

[@freddynayeb6919]

U comparing switch to ally x??

[@bluemarvel5970]

Switch got beat by the Deck OLED and now the Ally X imo. The battery life difference has been closed close enough now to where either are now viable to take around as true handheld gaming systems over the switch. The switch is soooo underpowered and once you get to experience gaming on a deck or ally, it feels like you're playing a handheld Xbox one or PS4. I can never go back to the switch to play anything third party. But I'm looking forward to the switch 2.

[@BlueshellGamer]

Lol this IS also a improved nintendo switch!

[@BlueshellGamer]

So, You bought it and realised the cost was too high?

[@NextNate03]

You can't complain about the price and don't need another portable gaming hand held whenever you still bought it anyway.

[@kewlztertc5386]

Its on sale for $699 now.

[@FrozenVayneGames]

Yep, saw the deal! I think that’s a decent price for those who want to get this as their first windows handheld

[@edwardlashley3572]

The first handheld featuring the newest fastest “next gen” AMD mobile chip costs $1,330 The Alley X is not expensive at all for a premium device. The highest end product only originates from out of China b/c it routinely runs $1,000+ (USD) & North American manufacturers don’t believe that the west would ever pay this price for this tech. Get familiar with how to import if you want the best of best stuff b/c no company like ASUS is ever gonna sell the handheld portable version of “the best.”

[@edwardlashley3572]

I am willing to pay a grand & I have, but I’m also willing to wait to see what the going rate would be given some… completion. lool. 1,300 for the first thing to hit the market is impulsive at best.

[@heavy2x198]

Ally X Has A Nice Price Tag Sir u Tripping 😂

[@Chris.P.Bacon7]

The price is steep indeed. When do you think the price will decrease coz I'm planning to get one

[@FrozenVayneGames]

Closer to a Z2 release most likely, probably sometime in march or later i would guess.

[@FrozenVayneGames]

Actually, good news, the ROG Ally X just dropped 100 bucks for Black friday if you are interested haha

[@Chris.P.Bacon7]

@@FrozenVayneGames Damn I'm from asia lol

[@tommyjeremy6648]

But for someone who doesn’t have one, what would you recommend?

[@FrozenVayneGames]

@@tommyjeremy6648 if battery life isnt a massive importance to you, the normal ROG Ally Z1 Extreme for $450 on sale or the Steam Deck OLED for 550 would be my choices. There are other options like the Legion Go or OnePlayer, but depending on price they may not be worth it with how for the most part performance wise they are basically almost identical to the Z1E ROG Ally

[@jedimind505]

If you don't have any PC Handheld, I recommended the Rog Ally X.

[@letsgo9879]

rog ally x the best i can bring at work,holiday and anywhere powerhouse handheld pc gaming 😎

[@zachw6754]

@@tommyjeremy6648 ive been absolutely loving mine. I travel for work semi frequently and also consistently travel to see family so its great i can have everything i want in both a computer and gaming device in a handheld formfactor. It performs great if you temper expectations with settings. Low settings still looks great on the smaller screen

[@alluringming]

I'm thinking getting a steamdeck, it may not have performance and power of the rog ally or the legion go but from what seem steamdeck seems more like a console than windows device. Debating on 512gb or 1tb

[@FrozenVayneGames]

The biggest thing Windows handhelds have going for them is that for the most part, every game will run on them without compatibility. With SteamOS, even with how many games are supported, there are some major games, specifically multiplayer ones, that are not supported on the Deck because the anti cheat doesnt support SteamOS. Keep that in mind when deciding. Personally i think for the price, the 1TB would be my pick, unless you are okay with opening your deck and replacing the SSD with larger ones for the 512.

[@alluringming]

@@FrozenVayneGames I dont really care for multiplayer as i always been interested in single player games.

[@FrozenVayneGames]

Then yea, the steam deck should be completely fine for you.

[@adolfbilic8622]

Selling mine and pre ordering the OneXFly F1 pro . The screen on the Ally X just wasn't immersive enough . VRR is fine but no oled screen. I just saw the F1 OnexFly OLED the other day being available for pre order and that no bezel OLED screen on that device just looks next gen and immersive especially with no bezels .... So Ally X sold ...

[@FrozenVayneGames]

Completely fair point.

[@tommyjeremy6648]

Didn’t know the existence of this one.

[@Sumire9287]

@@tommyjeremy6648yup, it’s the best handheld as of now. The only one with the new iGPU. I wanted to buy it, but having to pay only with paypal and european VAT not included in chinese importations made me wait for at least the next ally to decide if I pull the trigger on the fly.

[@adolfbilic8622]

@@tommyjeremy6648 It just looks really nice and it's more portable than many of the rest of these windows handhelds. New chipset plus no bezels OLED sold it for me as stated . It's expensive but I much prefer the look of this one to the Ally and others . Everyone will prefer something different so it's good to have the choice .

[@edwardlashley3572]

If you are buying the high end model for $1,330 that’s basically insane. These are more or less Chinese devs. You are basically buying it straight from the devs who are based in china. Good luck if something goes wrong with your 1,300+ piece of tech. If you have any device with a 7,000 or 8,000 series chip which the Alley X does in fact have, I can’t imagine buying that Chinese import for 1,300.

[@BlueshellGamer]

You arent considering, this will out perform a console, and, it will do most people fine who dont want to buy a pc.

[@FrozenVayneGames]

As long as they have the budget, it’s perfectly fine. Personally I just feel like bang for buck, the normal ROG Ally Z1E on sale or Steam Deck OLED are better value, unless battery is of the most importance and you don’t want to bring a power bank.

[@heavy2x198]

U tripping Ally X is a major u don’t have to walk around with ya charger for one. And that Ally has 16gb While Ally X has 24 most games play waaaaay smoother Madden for example runs great on X that’s the difference in 16gb vs 24gb even call of duty runs much smoother I have Both Ally and Ally X That Battery Alone Kills it cause u can play So many games of call of duty without running to that charger unlike the regular Ally, 3 Full Games of call of duty it’s dead . And Steam Deck Is Tooo Weak PC more game So that alone puts steam deck on the shelf

[@FrozenVayneGames]

Yes, it’s hard to beat the Ally X for PC Handhelds. It’s just that ATM the normal ROG Ally is on a steep discount and Z2 is just around the corner that if you dont play anything too demanding and dont mind the power bank situation the normal one is a better value at the discounts.

[@JosephWilliams-r2m]

Better graphics n cpu on the 15 pro max period

[@CJTheTokay]

This handheld performs the same as 1650 pc there is no phone that performs that well.

[@_schlumps6350]

Who tf games on a iPhone 💀

[@JosephWilliams-r2m]

@ yea what planet 🌎 are u from unless u have one of those old as i phones

[@_schlumps6350]

@ stick to your cloud streaming lol

[@_schlumps6350]

I have a 15 pro max pc is way better than this bullshit

[@JosephWilliams-r2m]

If I want a hand held game I’ll just buy a play station back bone for my I phone n instaly I have I ps5 n my hand dummies 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@xxGaM3rSkiillzx]

English

[@JosephWilliams-r2m]

@ ur problem

[@skylar748]

what an idiot

[@skaiOverride]

good luck running games locally without a streaming service