ROG Ally X

My Ally died after 1.5 years, and I got a full refund, 780€. [...] I bought a new one. [...] Buying an Ally X for double the price made no sense to me, especially when I already have a fast external battery and a bigger replacement HDD.

[...] Got my Steamdeck OLED last year and because of hardware competency, I swapped it to a Rog Ally X but months past of using it, I came to the point that I think about upgrading or because I miss the consistency and perfection of Steam OS. I’ve decided to install Steam OS (not Bazzite) to my ROG Ally X and BEST DECISION EVER! [...]

I honestly can't think of a single day that I have NOT played my AllyX since Dec, 2024 when I received it as a Christmas gift. This thing has gone all over the country with me, travelling for work and personal trips. Looking forward to where the handheld PC market will go from here! [...]

[...] Ive had the ally x for just over 3 months and i remember when i first got it i wasnt sure if i was wasting my money or if i would actually use it enough. [...]

[...] My experience with the SteamDeck started me, later I upgraded to a ROG Ally X for beefier performance but found Windows insufferable on a handheld, and installed SteamOS. I was blown away by the performance gains. A few months later I installed Kubuntu for the first time since 2013 or so, Steam shortly after, and while the desktop linux route is definitely more taxing (manually installing things like Mod Organizer 2 instead of Vortex, for instance, and all of that needing to run differently as opposed to Windows where it's all just .exe's) I've been absolutely blown away by the performance gains again. [...] And the alt-tab experience is untouchable, Fallout: New Vegas hates it and crashes, but everything more modern utterly doesn't care. [...] I have a couple more things to figure, I need XBox authentication to work for Halo Infinite and Sea of Theives, among others, and I need to figure out some solutions for some ancient software I have to run, which will probably end up being a Windows 11 VM. But as for my daily driver OS, I am so excited to get off Windows once and for all.

I bought an Asus Rog Ally X on a recent trip to NYC (i'm not from the US, and the steam deck isn't sold on regular retailers). I can't believe how awful the user interface is, they are bascially installing windows 11 in a computer shaped as a portable console, with really small icons and imprecise touch controls, onedrive and microsoft 365 offers, crazy. [...]

[...] Plus the biggest factor was the rising price so I sold it for more than what I paid for. [...] The battery is great, size is still portable, screen is good enough, and controls are good, and performance is still acceptable for handheld use. Plus the secondhand price in my country is just too good to pass. [...] Especially nowadays when I look at the prices of those recently released handhelds. [...]

[...] I ended up going for the ROG Ally X, and I love it. It completely replaced my Steam Deck OLED. I prefer using Windows since I feel comfortable with the OS (once it's debloated) and it can play everything, which isn't the case with SteamOS. [...]

[...] Saw you were complaining about lack of sleep mode and battery drain. [...] Yes you do need to log back in and isn’t instant wake but 20-25 seconds to get back in with a couple percentage drain after a a couple days is well worth it.

I’ve had my Ally X for about 2 months and it’s been awesome. Plays everything I throw at it , lately I’ve been enjoying some PS2 games, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and the last couple weeks RDR2. Honestly, it’s brought back that excitement of gaming for me again.

Great vid. Been running SteamOS on my Ally X for a few days now and it's given a whole new life to the handheld for me. Downside is I haven't been able to use my gamepass games but I've been playing those on the PC for now. It's making me really excited to see what that Xbox handheld OS looks like when we get it next year!

I sold my 1 tb and got the newer 2 tb at best buy. It has a fingertip ringer. I love this thing. It may not play triple a games of today the best but it still plays so much that you'll be surprised it's handheld. A lot of my favorite games from gen 9 and 10 work amazingly. And games that look great and don't take too much power run well. Like trials of mana.

It's expensive but worth it. [...]

I modded my ally, ended up just buying the ally x battery, 3d printed the battery tray and a couple of other things, got a adaptor to plug and and play the ally x battery and now I don’t need to upgrade. Only reason why I did this was because I have the 3080 egpu , didn’t want to sell both just to get the ally x, I’m happy with the mod, works perfect and now I get several hours at turbo

[...] I love the ally x and great battery but once you hold the legion and see that screen it's hard to to go back. The legion is just a way more comfortable grip for me and synthetic benchmarks between them the legion wins every time (timespy, userbenchmark). Im probably going to return the legion ONLY because there's def a new one coming soon and more than likely will have an oled screen and bigger battery. Until then I ordered a grip for the x to help with comfort and I love not having to worry about battery. Also in certain games having the extra ram helps, I've experienced crashes on higher end games just trying medium settings on the go, where the ally x doesn't. [...] Legion was down to 579 when I got it and allyx was 699. Both well worth those prices. I recommend a nice battery pack to go with the legion if anyone goes for that, or run at 15 watts unless plugged in.

[...] It absolutely comes in last when conparing comfort levels to its conpetitors. [...]

[...] If Steam Big Picture Mode would work flawlessly without any Windows quirks, I'd love my Ally X. [...] Bazzite helps, but the device runs much hotter with Bazzite and you sacrifice all the additional AMD features like RSR, RIS, and AFMF that make this device show large performance gains compared to the Deck and Legion Go.

I got my hands on the ROG Ally X last year and really liked the hardware. Tough market for all mini-PC handhelds.

Pretty much an exactly replica of my experience over the past year. Great video. Long live the Ally X!!!

I can give a 6month review and honestly I've used it every single day since such a beast and fun! I don't even use my main PC 😂😂 handhelds took over the game

I might have to look into this for my ROG Ally X... it already runs pretty beastily but I'm never going to complain about better performance... [...]

Thanks for reminding me, I've had Kitsune Tails on my wishlist for ages. Just picked it up in the complete pack. It's a perfect game to have on my ROG ally X.

I tried out the Bloodborne PC Recomp and it runs great on my laptop. I am going to try the linux version on my ROG Ally X to see how it runs and maybe my dream of playing Bloodborne on the go will come true.

Playing games on my laptop on my beach trip in the evenings/during rainy days was a solid litmus test as to whether or not I would find value in a Windows Gaming handheld. The answer was definitively YES. I will definitely be getting an Xbox RoG Ally X this fall.

Just bought a refurbished ally x for $850. Likely overspent for it but I’m so excited for it to get here. Not sure where you’re finding these things for 5-600, at least where I’m from. I’ve got a 30 day return, so perhaps I’ll send her back but I doubt it!

If you already have the ROG Ally X then you don’t need to upgrade to the Xbox Ally X I would wait until a huge leap in hardware and software, the Ally X is still capable of playing current AAA games I will be able to for the next few years, I would recommend dual booting your Ally X to have both steam OS and windows so you can play with the anti cheat system like COD or Battlefield.

[...] I got a ROG ally x when they came out so dipping into PCs

Just bought one for $550. My first handheld pc and love it. Got into steam gaming and love it. Just added the ps2, ps3 and ps4 emulator.

[...] When I bought an ASUS ROG Ally X, I never imagined what I would end up doing with it.

I just bought a Xbox ROG Ally X on the base I’m stationed at for $600 brand new sealed. Got really lucky because someone else didn’t want it and I guess needed the money fast. Loving it so far

I just got a rog Xbox ally x used for 2 months in perfect condition for $600. The deals are out there you just got to look for them.

Upside? I got the Pokemon Gen1Recomp running on my PC, Rog Ally X, and Ayaneo Pocket Vert. So still productive.

This is the one I have.. feels bad that it’s already obsolete

Decided to buy a 1TB drive for my ROG Ally X since it's running low on storage. See, prices have nearly doubled since I bought a 1TB drive in December 2024, and now I am just deleting games as I finish them instead of adding dozens to my device. AI suck so much.

Plans for today? I’d like to finally get that Deep Sea Zack drawing from a little while back done, along with getting my ROM library set up again on my ROG Ally X I got a new micro SD card I’ll want in my RG477V, 256GB, and I’ll want the 512GB one in the RG477V back in the Ally X to carry my ROMS 👍

Downside: I bought an ROG ally X because I thought this thing was fucked so now I have 2 handhelds

while my brother had a switch 1 and switch 2 me im glad for my portable gaming experiance i got a Rog Ally X i prefer to play retro games over newer titles anyway since most new games just feel hollow and soulless and are just chasing trends and are rather cash hungry as well 110$ AUD new here

I recently got an Xbox ROG Ally X and was streaming my console to it. [...]

Eh, I was more into the old Nintendo games, that's why I got a 3DS and sold my Switch to save up for a ROG Ally X which I can use to emulate old titles.

Just bought a 3rd party game on Xbox for the first time in a LONG time. I was surprised to see that Crimson Desert supports Xbox Play Anywhere which means I bought the game once and I can play on my PC, Xbox SX, and ROG Ally X with cloud saves. I believe this feature is the winning formula for Xbox.

Let’s start with Metaphor: ReFantazio I started this back when I got my ROG Ally X at the recommendation of a friend not just because of the similarities to Persona, but the fantastic story. I need to get back to it, but I will need to start over with how little I remember.

I love my ROG Ally X. But wish it had a OLED. I still love my Steam Deck OLED

Great video, thanks for gathering all the info from the past 12 months. I have one issue with my X, is that sometimes it simply restarts the PC when I launch a game. I couldn't fully figure it out yet though. Other than that, it was a great purchase. I am on a 3 weeks holiday and the X is being a great addition. Cheers

Sold my Ally X to get the new z2 variant, hopefully preorders open Wednesday. One of the coolest gadgets iv owned.

I haven't had any issues with mine either. It's the most amazing handheld I've ever owned

Great video man! Just sold my Beloved gaming rig and grabbing this tomorrow. Have a baby girl now, so picked up something that is more tuned to my new life. Gonna make it my all-in-one Work and Gaming solution. Keep on pushing🤘🏻🇿🇦

Yeah i convinced my wife that im getting one i used to game alot but ad much since im married and have a 2 year old its gonna come in clutch that i will be able to play again lol

I got mine 4 days ago and i have been playing insurgency sandstorm, my gameplay got so much better on there lol.

Had the oled stream deck its not bad but nowhere near on the same level of the ally x. This is exactly what was missing for me on the steam deck. It’s not even close it’s basically the difference between a switch and a ps5

Just want to recommend @littlesofts.bsky.social if you like the idea of carrying around a plushie, but want something functional. It’s big enough to carry my iPad Mini and Rog Ally X along with other miscellaneous things. I get complements on my Peanut Racoon bag all the time, they are super cute!