ROG Ally X - They Fixed It

Thanks to ASUS for sending me this ROG Ally X Review unit to check out! This new updated model of the ROG Ally offers numerous improvements to not only the ergonomics, buttons, and sticks, but also some internal boosts as well like RAM and Internal Storage. Lets go over all the changes this one has compared to the original, whether or not the improvements are worth the increased price point, and ultimately if you're looking for a PC Handheld if this one is going to be a good fit for you. Make sure to subscribe to not miss out on the upcoming comparison to the Steam Deck OLED!
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[@jenzfc]

It’s like 200 degrees outside and this gentleman is wearing a beanie.

[@jtPrime]

24/7/365

[@bsmith85282]

The beanie is symbolic of what Master Chiefs helmet should've been.

[@rikachiu]

His 2nd channel is beanieless!

[@Ozzymandius1]

Do you not have air conditioning in your universe?

[@RichieLanderos]

Subtract it by half when you’re balding

[@servare2599]

Asus: you’ve touched this, your warranty is void, thank you.

[@redring4083]

Reviewers need to start mentioning customer support in their review videos.

[@TheSixthSLoT]

My Ally had an issue where it shut itself off randomly. It become so constant that it rendered my Ally unusable. I sent it to ASUS, and they fixed it, zero issues, and at no cost.

[@thelibra101219]

Hmm, did they say that or were you saying that out of your….

[@avalanche84sakic]

I had to send my Ally for a faulty right analog stick (and bad SD reader I had been sitting on) about a month and a half ago, no issues getting it sent in. Not sure if they realized they needed to get their act together or not but I've gone through way worse to try to get things warranty repaired.

[@bababasri3]

Never knew anyone with a asus gaming device who had this problem…just saying

[@knowwherefamous9067]

Ive love my Rog Ally! Great performance and as long as you treat it as a PC then you'll be very happy. 99% of my "bugs" were user error. Like turning the fps limiter on AFTER loading a game vs doing it BEFORE. You have to do it before you boot the game for it to activate.

[@reallyryan_]

I already have a 2023 Rog Ally, Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, I just bought the Ally X yesterday I'm "upgrading" because of the bigger 80wh battery, faster and more RAM 24GB LPDDR5X running at 7500MT/s, I also prefer the black colour over the original white Ally. I love these handheld PC's if you can afford it go for the X although the OG Ally is still a solid device heck you could even save some cash going with the Z1 Ally. I went with the Z1 Extreme model. I love these devices they are so cool.

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

Wrong there ally Oled coming and ally 2 after month the company said we made 20 model in one year to piss the customer off

[@willisassounga1963]

$800 without an OLED screen is kinda crazy. albeit the steam deck is less powerful, but it even having an oled screen at $250 cheaper

[@kreptogaming5201]

Steam makes money from game sales, allowing their pricing to be way more competitive. People seem to forget this alot

[@NA-jd6wy]

I am NOT paying 800 USD. That's way too expensive.

[@pearlsoprano287]

OLED uses a lot more power, which would make the battery less of a feature

[@farhanlol7]

With the same 1TB storage, it's 150 bucks cheaper, not 250

[@jhonrock2386]

Comparing only the screens, I would pick the Ally X without a single doubt. 120hz@VRR IMO is much, much, much more important than OLED on these type of devices. And the screen on Ally is no way a bad one. The biggest problem here is the price, 800 bucks is way too expensive. Even being better, much better, I dont think its worth the price.

[@fresco_dinero5155]

I can’t wait to get the Ally x. Seems like the best out there

[@strider775]

When Steam Deck 2 comes out it will destroy all competitors.

[@fresco_dinero5155]

@@strider775 cool?

[@pearlsoprano287]

@@strider775 yea, maybe if they introduce some better compatibility and anti cheat features… which they wont

[@Skulldude567]

@@strider775 not if it’s still running on the steam software lmao. Asus is better because it runs windows

[@paulkendrick4153]

@@strider775facts.

[@AnimeFan-dl4qd]

Main point: Better ergonomics Nothing said about the weight (70g more) cooling system upgraded Bessere Lautsprecher An upgrade is not recommended

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

It's haiver than steam deck llLCD even and the reason because they put other bettery fact ally x is ally z1 put they just put other ram and and bettery life you can see that in videos of under ally x even if you had good skills for upgrading your device you can made ally z1 into ally x

[@sculptor_dad]

I have the first release steam deck and really curious if this is worth the upgrade. The only real downside for me right now is missing out on some of my FPS games while travelling.

[@drifter2185]

$800...crazy

[@causerDAguv]

I wanna say Ill get one next year but by then they will probably announce an Ally 2. Happy with my Roggy.

[@ThatW3lshGuy]

Sold my old ROG Ally cause I hated how loose the sticks felt, might have to give this version a try

[@homiedogg6415]

Sticks are much nicer on the X!! Everything feels premium

[@histerical90]

I just hope some 3rd parties will make an OLED replacement screen and it would be perfect.

[@LastActionPlatformer]

Are you willing to give up VRR for oled?

[@histerical90]

@@LastActionPlatformer why? there are Oled screens with vrr, is not like something that wouldn't exist, even the steam deck one would be capable of vrr, the whole problem is that port they used is not...

[@aviatedviewssound4798]

@@histerical90 But they consume more power and they use them on bigger devices like laptop with dedicated gpu or desktop. do you know how tech works? you either go for efficiency or performance, steam deck chose efficiency and rog ally chose performance.

[@redring4083]

Asus have a terrible customer support. Buy their products at your own risk. I am a bit surprised that reviewers don't mention the customer support for any hardware reviews.

[@JaelTanalepy]

Asus only sucks in US. In Europe and other continents Asus customer support is fine.

[@alessiocai9952]

my zenbok laptop screen busted for no reason, asked support, in a day, they asked me invoice and serial, i sent it next day after, received in a week back, no issues.

[@400juster]

Just because it is bad in the US, don't assume it's bad with the rest of the world.

[@paulkendrick4153]

That’s because they are being payed by them to talk positive. Anyone buying from Assus are the type of people that deserve to be scammed for being unintelligent 😊 Never buying anything from this shady company

[@Madblaster6]

I'm tired of seeing all the needs OLED comments. It doesn't need OELD. VRR > OLED. Sure it would be great but the price is already high enough and the LCD panel that's in the ALLY is top tier. Also don't have to worry about burn in. Just in case I download games in desktop mode on the Steam Deck because the screen shuts off while downloading.

[@Saif0412]

The VRR screen is already great screen with 100% SRGB. I feel like the "need OLED" guys came from the OG Steam Deck screen which was pretty poor, so the improvement was huge, not the case when compared to VRR screen in the Ally/X

[@paulkendrick4153]

Cope

[@Mike-wc3jo]

@@paulkendrick4153why yo neck so long 😂

[@paulkendrick4153]

@@Mike-wc3jo 🧢

[@megadeth8592]

@@Mike-wc3jo compensates

[@shawnsmith564]

Cant wait to get mine!!! Hurry up ups

[@MJGxo]

How does devs deal with console, pc, handhelds on games god must be stressful

[@gungyeon6208]

I'd probably get this since I'm still debating on which handheld to get. I truly hate the OLED displays since darker games are so dark and it ruins the experience. Vs the Legion, I think the Ally feels more worth it.

[@kibatechwolf]

ive got 2 turning up later today. After seeing the benchmarks though it did make me regret a liitle since I have 2 oG ALLY with 2tb upgrades.

[@MrFernandez3000bc]

I wish that one on the upgrades was an oled screen for $ 800 that's the right price point but not without an oled

[@TrueMeKazik]

If it's "not replacement" to the previous version, then do I need both? Is there "addition" for people that own both? Yes, it is replacement dude

[@germainemcbounds9855]

Finally saw you without the hat. And I get it🤕😂👊🏾

[@Saif0412]

Battery life more than 2 x, due to increased efficiency from the chipset. Confirmed by Phawx.

[@Stranger5808]

If they ever make oled version of this then it will be $1000 plus.

[@DJLeeStreet]

Kevin is there anyway you could do a deep dive into the joysticks differences like the travel compared to a ps5 controller as these handhelds do t seem to have e the same range so your muscle memory playing on console controllers is off when using a handheld x

[@mala4196]

i rather wait for the steam deck 2

[@Limitbreak09]

Og ally screen gets warm after 30 mins of gaming. ASUS put this extra vent on top to reduce the heat on the display. Can you confirm if the screen still gets really warm or the vent helps?

[@coopcat2967]

Are you looking to buy it or did you pre order it? I pre ordered it so I could tell you if you didn’t pre order it

[@Limitbreak09]

@@coopcat2967 im still on the fence. Yes please update us once you got urs thank you!

[@coopcat2967]

@@Limitbreak09 will do

[@coopcat2967]

@@Limitbreak09 I played helldivers for about half a hour and after I touched the screen it was a bit warm I’d say about 10-15 degrees warmer farenhiget

[@Limitbreak09]

@@coopcat2967 oh wow thanks for getting back man really appreciate it! Damn this FOMO thing is killing me..

[@NA-jd6wy]

This is a great informative video, but please turn down the background music or just take it away. It's super distracting.

[@davidvega1978]

every other revier is saying the speakers are not as good as the white vertion.

[@jhonrock2386]

I really want to buy this boi, but the price.... uuuurrrggghhh... it hurts. I think Ill wait for some price drop or end of the year deal...

[@FRCB]

He was born with a beanie

[@xshme]

I think these pc handhelds are cool but when you can get a refurbished deck for like 300$ they just dont make sense price wise

[@rkid495]

Omg Fuecoco 🔥

[@umkhalid3526]

It’s comming to my home😊

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

Wrong Ally oled coming tomorrow and ally2 after 3 weeks

[@MrFernandez3000bc]

Is to expensive for not being an OLED

[@antwanowens4013]

It’s not an upgrade it’s a refresh it’s a difference and asus should have made a customer friendly model with less RAM and 512gb for $599 because in this economy not to many people have $800 bucks for this model and most people are selling there previous handheld just to get this rog x and still it’s to expensive and Kevin can u mention that to ASUS big wigs danks

[@alleosussquirt8041]

It's hard to care cause I'll be able to find these for under 200 bucks in pawn shops in just a few months...

[@megadeth8592]

LOL no tf you wont

[@darth_dunedain106]

Cool video, just found your channel, I saw you were playing Baldurs Gate 3, what settings would you recommend for that game?

[@mariokartfan8784]

800 dollars 💀

[@NA-jd6wy]

Too expensive.

[@dainiax]

In EU its 900 Eur

[@tyronecummins4206]

I'm not going to buy this I know the rog ally 2 coming next year or even call it ally x pro maybe

[@NA-jd6wy]

I don't trust Asus after what happened with the last model. The release of the Ally X is basically a PR stunt.

[@jtPrime]

🤞🏾 hoping Xbox releases a hand held next year, if so I'm all in

[@paulkendrick4153]

Why? It’s literally just going to be a handheld gamepass. Same as Sony. You think they will let you play emulators? If I’m buying a PC handheld I want to play everything. Xbox will be limited

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

No

[@ramiking745]

I’m still not buying any ASUS related BS.

[@hb-hr1nh]

Still the exact same AMD extreme processor basically a refresh. Never had issues with my SD card. Not worth another $800 dollars.

[@veinnzofficial]

Its garbage, pure garbage. Low res, low fps, low battery

[@bobertart4342]

Do you have it? What game?

[@paulkendrick4153]

And on top of that it’s made by Assus and is $800 and not even OLED😂 people who buy from them honestly deserve to get scammed 😊

[@bobertart4342]

@@paulkendrick4153 the x is better than a steam deck lol

[@timr.2257]

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[@RS-un7zm]

My favorite thing is people coming in and crying about the price, if you're broke you should be working instead of playing games anyways.

[@markdove5930]

"a bit more expensive" He said while someone was crushing the 🦪🦪

[@linezgames3893]

$800.... for a handheld???? Hard Pass NO OLED? No proprietory OS???