The ALLY X Is More Than A Handheld

[@ChrisFitTaylor]

I initially bought a secondhand Razer GPU enclosure because the Chinese docks seemed sketchy 😂, but it had power supply issues, and Razer couldn’t help since it was out of warranty. I switched to a Chinese eGPU dock, and now I wish I’d started with it-it’s flawless, hassle-free, and I like that I can always break down the components to repurpose in a future build.

[@AriaPerdana]

Can you share the dock/enclosure?

[@128KB]

@@ChrisFitTaylor oh no! Which Razer Core did you have? My V2 is working really well so far! Did you go T4 Chinese dock? Or is it thunderbolt 3?

[@ChrisFitTaylor]

@@128KB I have the Razor Core X. The the dock that I use is T4 with 85w PD. Maybe whenever I get the time I’ll swap out it’s PSU and if that fixes things then I’ll throw my 4070 Super in there to use as a spare in either the living room or bedroom. My ultimate goal is to purchase a 5090 when it releases to use in my main dock 🫠

[@128KB]

@@ChrisFitTaylor I'd have loved to do the 4070 Super but was literally £100 more than the deal I found on the 4070 so went for the deal 🤣 maybe when the 5000 series drop I'll upgrade in a year or two 🤣

[@picardsfish18]

@@ChrisFitTaylorcan you take advantage of a card that high with the bottlenecks?

[@hjshoon5244]

I already bought an ADT UT3G USB4 eGPU adapter and cooler master V550 SFX PSU. Now waiting for my Zotac 4070 Super to be shipped out by first week of October (apparently it’s on pre-order as they ran out of stock from the local seller I bought from). Plan to play Warhammer 40k space marine 2 at 1440p with it and my ally x

[@hornantuutti5157]

Same money would be enough for proper pc.

[@megaloth1955]

Yep, it's also a make-shift weapon, a counter-weight if you're doing a medieval barter, and a cutting board for cherry tomatoes.

[@128KB]

anything else?

[@safetycrocs5069]

I like this topic, I personally got ally X paired with a Razer Core X with a RX 6800 inside. And it works pretty well. I’m able to get a timespy score over 12000, and was able to buy the Core X for 120, off the used market. All I need new is to upgrade the monitors and add some desk RGB for added FPS😂

[@BlueshellGamer]

I agree 👍 i have a gaming rig, ps5, xbox x, LG oled 120 hz vrr screen, but i still lile my ally x more. And ive been loving it!!! I now game 99% on it.

[@doolittle_]

I subscribed in hopes of one day seeing inside A.J.'s dark and dirty box.

[@kokodack]

Nice! Originally bought the onexgpu and then a friend sold me his x chroma for 250nzd (about 120usd). Bought a 7800XT for the core X and now im enjoying many games at 1440p

[@128KB]

That's awesome! Amazing price too :O I'm too loving playing at 1440p!

[@BstizzyBelieves]

Love my Ally d brand taking forever with my grips etc

[@picardsfish18]

Just grabbed a Core X on FBMP for $200 (came with a 3060 12G). Put in my 3070 I had from an older computer. So far I’m happy. Good luck to all. When they are connected. Hit Win+P and tell it to use 2nd screen only. Pro tip 😅

[@128KB]

@@picardsfish18 holy cow that's an insane deal! In the UK you'll be hard pushed to find a Core X without a GPU for that price! Glad you're enjoying it! Great tip, I just went to display settings and set 2nd screen only that way, your shortcut is much faster haha

[@Russiangamerpro2021]

Me, I have the Legion go and runs pretty good even it has USB 4 means I can run external EGPU by connecting to my external graphic card directly to the Legion go and run pretty good games but that bandwidth which is mean it should be plenty enough performance to give me a model of frames for some games I can play even I can use DLSS some games will run pretty good and some games will run pretty fine just depends what kind of settings

[@clintk4691]

Now I'd like to see Asus boost the sustained power to 35w on manual mode. Sure it'll run a little warmer but you can crank the fans way higher. Hwifo64 never tells me I'm thermally throttled, only power. 5-7 extra watts may provide just a touch extra performance for docked modes.

[@cincyryda]

I have the older model but I would love to see the onexgpu vs Rog RX

[@PomuLeafEveryday]

This is the reason i went for it over a Steam Deck. People tell me to just use Steam Link to a Desktop. But I've tried it, and I hate the input lag and occasional stutter, I'm really sensitive to it. An eGPU, despite being heavily limited by Thunderbolt 4, is still way, way, way better than the 780m igpu. Then I take it on the go, and the fact the Ally X can hit 30w allows me to bump up graphics settings higher than the Steam Deck. I have the money for it, so I don't mind if its not the most cost effective solution.

[@128KB]

@@PomuLeafEveryday couldn't agree more, my thoughts too!!

[@Vimblini]

Ghosts of tsatsuma is insane😂😂😂😂

[@cameronphelps6740]

Bro it’s like no one else heard that hahaha

[@crestofhonor2349]

With the Ally X's 24gb of RAM there is no reason to lower the textures to low, even on the original model's 16gb. With 16gb for the system and 8gb for the GPU, you can easily bump pretty much most games up to High or Very High for textures as you have more than enough RAM at 1080p. Textures only effect performance when you're out of VRAM so as long as you're under the limit there is no reason to limit it. It's pretty much one of the bigger increases in fidelity you can get for practically free outside of Texture filtering.

[@Gdatshim]

I purchased my Ally x for a portable gaming machine for work and vacation in dock mode. I'm running most games using RSR from 720p to 2160 with custom video settings but because im upgrading my home rig from amd to nvidia, I'll be turning my 7700 xt to a egpu to make it a streaming setup. Not sure i can make the build compact enough to make it for travel but we will see.

[@loitersquadX]

I need a pc hand held but i wish it had more power

[@cameronphelps6740]

I use the onexgpu..plug and play after updating drivers. Lol it’s a game changer.. I never dock without it. Lol

[@Spartan483]

I’m extremely interested in this subject. Please do a detailed video on how to set up the Ally X with the graphics drivers to work with the EGP. I’m hoping that it’s plug-in play hot-swappable so that you can go right from handheld mode to desktop mode without any struggles, I had a real hard time getting NEGPUAMD based to work with my Legion go all the drivers had to be Seidel loaded. You couldn’t use the factory driver for the Legion go. You had to change that and install a separate driver for the EGP and once you did all that nothing ever worked the way it was supposed to you lost the ability to monitor FPS on the Legion go in handheld mode because all the drivers weren’t compatible the way they were supposed to be

[@128KB]

@@Spartan483 we'll be covering it don't worry. I'll tell you one thing though, Nvidia GPU's in an eGPU setup is plug and play. I'm loving it. AMD GPU's though are not, they need the driver's removed and then side loaded along with 780m drivers. This is one of the reasons I went the Nvidia route.

[@PomuLeafEveryday]

@@Spartan483 AMD egpus will always be a pain for devices with an AMD APU. Nvidia egpus will be a much better plug and play experience

[@emanuela.dedektive6155]

@@128KB didn't expect that..

[@TheSpigottedYahtzee]

USB4, not Thunderbolt 4 - but yea, a renaissance of eGPU enclosures would be good at this time

[@128KB]

I was under the impression USB4 is Thunderbolt 4 since the USB4 port on the ALLY X is T4 compatible and they both support 40gbps, I could be wrong though!

[@TheSpigottedYahtzee]

@@128KB Only really a technical difference at this point, the gap between the standards is narrowing - just me being pedantic 😅

[@cvcvcv-pw7wv]

Ive known Ryzen 4070 but i havent heard about Ghost of Satsuma

[@128KB]

🤣🤣🍊

[@t3nsaZ]

He said it again! Ghost of Tsatsuma! 😂

[@EUROASIAN10]

Its Ghost of Katsumi

[@alvaro9333]

@@EUROASIAN10 Ghost of shushimi

[@Inv4sorZ]

Took a SGW Zone 4060 for the portability.

[@128KB]

I was extremely tempted by that one!

[@BlueshellGamer]

Can you just use an external ssd to store games ?

[@waldy8442]

ASUS and all the handheld companies have to make their handhelds AMD friendly because you can plug and play a Nvidea graphic's card but not a AMD graphics card.

[@128KB]

@@waldy8442 yep, weird isn't it! Driver conflicts you'd have thought they'd fix sooner rather than later

[@gmoddude12]

anyone can explain why the ally would not loose fps by using a 1080p monitor ? i would always assume that because a monitor us quite a bit larger than the screen of the ally that it would require much more power to play at that size with the same fps right ? basically i asumed that the larger the screen the more gpu power is needed to give it the same resolution right ? and the smaller the screen the less power is needed to display at a much smaller area ?

[@128KB]

Good question! Screen size literally doesn't matter. You could hook the ALLY X up to a cinema screen or even an 8K screen, providing you're still running at 1080p etc. you'd get the same performance as the ALLY X's 7" screen. What matters is resolution. If you hooked the ALLY X up to a 4K screen and set the game to play at 4K then you'll have a problem and lose FPS. Set the ALLY X to 1080p on a 4K screen and it'll play the same as the built in screen. The screen is powered by its own power source, the ALLY isn't powering the screen, just sending data to it.

[@gmoddude12]

@@128KB alright that makes sense Always assumed larger screens was harder to power by the device cause its more space but i guess as long as the pixel count does not change the size does not matter either

[@128KB]

@@gmoddude12 exactly that! 😁

[@AriaPerdana]

What is the best eGPU for Ally X?? I already dock it without eGPU. Want to try to buy eGPU instead of building a PC.

[@128KB]

@@AriaPerdana this is really subjective, depends on what you're after as discussed in the video. Enclosed sealed units like a Gaming Box etc are very convenient but more expensive without an option to upgrade. Enclosures are great as they're protected and upgradable but hard to get hold of now as most of them are discontinued older models. Open fully modular eGPU brackets are probably the cheapest and most up to date option/ most accessible but likely random companies and require importing, also have no protection from dust/pets etc.

[@AriaPerdana]

@@128KBthanks for your explanation!! 🙏

[@tunedenzmusic]

onexgpu 2 is coming out soon...

[@128KB]

@@tunedenzmusic oh really! Know the specs? Would love to test one.

[@tunedenzmusic]

@@128KB all I know is that it has a 7800m xt amd gpu.. seems like it would work great with the rog x

[@edwardlashley3572]

There is no way you can game in 4k in these devices it’s not the RAM so the Alley X’s increased RAM ain’t gonna do it. It’s the chip. The Z1 or the 7000 series or 8,000 series chip can’t natively do 4k, but you can upscale. You can upscale from 1080p to 4k using AMD Super Resolution & that’s not bad, but you are gonna have to plug in more juice otherwise, via an external GPU.

[@128KB]

That's literally what this video is about.

[@neilreyes578]

Ghosts of what now? 😢

[@128KB]

@@neilreyes578 Tsatsuma

[@Schlaggi]

Hey guys i realy need some help! At the time i play 7Day to Die with a good friend but my performance on the Ally X is not the best. My game is only using 4-5 GB RAM (not VRAM) to play 7Days. Afterburn shows me 13-14 GB RAM availabe (i set it on 6GB VRAM) but it only use 4-5 GB RAM. I saw it on the older Ally working very great, with upscaling (witch also not works at 7Days) Maybe someone can help me? Maybe is there a file were i can change that like the FORGE LAUNCHER form Minecraft. With Minecraft it works perfectly (with shaders over 100 FPS) and i can set up the RAM for the game per options. Is there any file or something else where i can change the RAM settings and maybe someone has an idea for the upscaling problem. Awesome videos, many kind regards from Germany! and sry for my english :D

[@128KB]

If you have a look maybe on Reddit, someone will have posted the best settings for this game on Ally X. Without playing it myself I can't be supecific, but with the right settings you should get great performance.

[@extra4542]

I wish you made more talking head videos. Not a fan of podcast style videos

[@128KB]

thanks for the feedback :)

[@7935908]

Hahaha its "Ghost of Tsushima" as in sue-she-ma

[@128KB]

@@7935908 Tsatsuma* 😘

[@大支爺]

Lol, even my PC has Ryzen 9 with 4090 cannot do it, clickbait?

[@128KB]

What?

[@hornantuutti5157]

Yes it is more than a handheld. It is handheld ruined with windows.

[@128KB]

Lol, Windows is what makes it great.