ROG Ally (What Portable Gaming Can Be!) 

Hey, nice video. Just a couple of tips from a guy who owns an Ally already for a couple of months. If you set a custom wattage profile of 17-18 Watts for on the go you can still play the triple A titles fine with decent (not great) battery life. 17 Watts gives a really good performance jump in those titles compared to 15 Watts. You definetly should not expect the same performance as plugged in but playing CP2077 with this on the go with 900P resolution gives you good 40-45 fps on average depending on your graphics settings. Furthermore with the newest updates you can easily switch of CPU Boost which also extends your batterylife a bit. In most games you don't need it.

Pretty sure the first thing every ROG Ally owner should do is eventually upgrade the internal SSD to a 1TB or 2TB version , prices are now relatively low and totally worth it

Had my ally pretty much since release,never used the sd card, I put a 2tb ssd in it so no need. I love it, take it everywhere with me, I play aaa games on the train to work on 18w. I have a 1hr trip and it lasts the whole time. Will eventually put a power bank for longer trips but haven’t needed to so far. I have a good pc at home but I hardly use it now, id just rather use the ally for the portability and convenience of it. If they come out with an ally 2 in a few years I’ll definitely buy it

I'm writing this on 04/13/24. None of the problems you described happened to me, but since I bought my Ally one month ago, maybe they improved it. Mine wasn't open box, it was perfect in every way. It's a beautiful piece of hardware. I've been hammering this thing for a whole month and my SD card hasn't fried. It isn't a top tier SD card, it's a cheap 512GB bought from china and it delivers. So, I can't really understand why people are complaining about the SD card reader. The device doesn't even produce much heat, contrary to the Steam Deck. it has wonderful heat dissipation. I can't even feel it, even with 30W TDP. The only thing I complain about is the software. Armoury Crate is garbage and full of bugs. They should fire the guy responsible for the software on Asus, because the ROG Ally has all sorts of bugs, mainly the Armoury Crate. Sometimes, updates don't work. When they work, things still don't work. Every now and then, the Command Center buttons stop working and you have no alternative but to restart the device. When recharging, the joystick's RGB starts flashing... why? And if you have them turned off, after you disconnect the charger, the RGB will be at 100% and you have to turn them off manually on the Command Center, even though you already had them turned off... Another thing is the battery. I can hardly go beyond 2h, but hey, that's the price you pay for performance. The power bank I bought was a game changer, literally 🤣 All in all, I'm utterly satisfied with the ROG Ally, I just wish those software bugs were solved once and for all. Don't Asus executives watch RU-vid? A stripped down Windows 11 would help. Why on Earth does the Ally come with Office 365???

If you don’t plan on using SD card can you turn off the fan adjustment they did

Amazing review 🤍

Great video! My wife has already ordered one for me but watching this video ive just got even more excited for Xmas day!

Got my ROG Ally two weeks ago and I’ve already re-played Ace Combat Zero, Skyrim, and now I’m onto Black Ops 2 Zombies (PS3 version). Only reason I’m emulating BO2 is because COD games are online only except for their campaigns on the PC ports.

Amazing video idk how it doesn’t have more likes 💯

Ally here with a 2tb SSD and skull & Co Grip case. Just set 900p and and plug it at 30W manual mode. You’re ready to play everything you throw at it.

Great video 👍🏾 Awesome tattoos btw!

Nice video dude.

What's the wallpaper at 17:41? It looks really good.

I was interested in getting a hotspot 5G from Verizon for more on the go gaming. Don’t know if you have heard about this or have done this hard to find a video about this. Thanks for the info I appreciate it well done.

It seems that some critiques of the portal comes from people that think it’s something it’s not and was never advertised to be. I have yet to see it reviewed for what was advertised. A controller with a screen for streaming. Every time someone repeats those talking points I’m like, geez we get it you want them to make a handheld.

The sd card reader will never get fixed because its a placement issue. It really baffles me how a hardware company can place a sd card reader next to the heat out put😅 I mean even a six year old understands that isnt a smart idea. I never use it.. (im not saying im ok with it!) but i tend to just put 2 or 3 games on it since im from the 90s era, and to many games on one device gives me to much options 😅 and instead of playing i end up scrolling trough my library.

Ive tried playstation remote play. Its absolute trash, fuzzy image with any sort of movement and absolutely dreadful input lag, and this is on a super fast 8gb up/8gb down (yes 8gb) using a 500 pound router which my playstation is connect to via ethernet cable. Its trash.

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Lol wow watching this is making me really appreciate my steamdeck oled 😅 ... Sure you get a few extra frames here and there , but at what cost .. literally to.

I had three fried every SD card readers

Fine. I’ll sub, since we have the same name.

I think your price logic only works if the ROG ALly matches or beats the PS5 in performance which it definitely does not.

Get portable powerbank, boom ez 3-4hrs gaming sessions.

Your deff italian knocking on wood

steamdeck fanboys will be ''steamdeck better"😂

Battery powered gaming devices need to be balanced More power = less battery Less power = more battery Higher resolutions, higher refresh rates, impractical RGB lighting, higher W w/ subpar power efficiency, etc leading to higher temperatures and prices are MASSIVE red flags for any battery powered device. That'll drain the battery so fast, that it'll probably wear it down quicker over time I think the Steam Deck/OLED is the perfect balance. The ROG Ally and Legion GO just sell me on the Steam Deck. I'm not looking to play AAA games anyways

I’m so glad I got rid of this pile of hot garbage for the SD OLED. I bought the Ally expecting awesome performance and compatibility that I didn’t get with the LCD deck. I ended up with a clunky windows device with a fried SD card reader, that lasted maybe 45 minutes before battery saver kicks on and still had to turn my games on medium low setting to be at reasonable frames in any new game I played (bg3, re4, cyberpunk). I only enjoyed my time with this device while plugged in but I’m honestly over the windows experience on a handheld. It really requires a mouse and keyboard setup to be fully enjoyable.