Dumbest post ive seen so far. Cringey too for using the word “literally” too much. Hater about something that youre not even sure it works. Ive had mine for a while and so far no issues. If you have issues with windows 11 and you dont know how to fix it, you might want to stop building and selling pcs lol.
if you complain about win11 on the ally than you also will have a problem with those pc, expecialy with the graphics cards, those things cause WAY more problems than win11
@@JosephJoestar888 after meeting space you should know that that thing won't overheat... but still... The thermal performance or rather the overall performance could be better if they used Valves or made their own OS based on Linux.
@@tobihudiat Hey man , I am confused right now between the two devices as I am going to be purchasing one next week. Sorry but what is meeting space ? What is your honest opinion between the two if you have to pick one. And also If I play 50% of the time on turbo will it affect the device on the long run. Sorry for the big message.
@@JosephJoestar888 I have both. Both feel polished. The steam deck is more comfy and to play any more demanding games you need a charger on the Ally like all the time. The Deck has a MUCH better battery life and two trackpads which I did not think I would use them that often but they are a Bless! I also like the Steam UI and resposiveness much more. The Deck is also more stable with the FPS and does not flaxuate that often and with the Deck. I would go with the steam deck if you don't play Windows exclusive games that have Anti-Cheat. I think the ROG Ally and Steam Deck have their Pros and Cons. You need to decide if you want to game without a charger but have less performance or with charger but have more performance. Also think that the ROG Ally 2 will also use a custom Linux Distro to juice out even more Performance and Battery.
My windows 11 and windows 10 crashes pretty frequently. All I’m trying to do on it is play games lol. I hate windows but it is what it is. If you pick up an rog ally couldn’t you just install Linux and default to steam big picture on launch? That would fix the problem right there.
@@Zero_Tester Not if you are getting it at way cheaper price. But Rog Ally will be future proof to some extent. As it can easily run AAA games that are releasing this year with more than adequate performance.
I love my ROG Ally. So much better than the Steam Deck. If Steam Deck had Windows I would have bought Steam Deck OLED. Steam made a huge mistake with their OS
I personally have the ally and so far have not had any of the problems hes discussing. Works like a champ. Not being a fanboy. I honestly expected pc issues like normal. But so far its been smooth. 1 issue.i had was the virtual keyboard didnt come up once. A restart fixed it and havent had a issue since. Especially after all the updates have been completed
@@walternicol4151 just don’t force turn off your device for the first 2 weeks that you have it. Remember to install all windows updates, then disable automatic installs. That basically prevents all black screens from occurring.
@@gbeo778To be fair, Windows is definitely not made for handhelds. I believe that someone was working on a handheld mode for it, but until then, it's really not meant for handhelds. Plus, the battery life is probably worse than the Steam Deck. It doesn't matter if the games run better if the battery life is worse.
The whole windows 11 things is WAYYY over exaggerated. Name one operating system that doesn’t have a bunch of problems you run into, and im coming from linux
Facts im loving mine and this is my first "gaming cpu". To me, this is like android and the deck is like apple. This thing requires you to knkw wtf youre doing while that deck is just simple.
Windows 11 hasn't crashed on me at all since I built my new PC in Dec 2021... People still riding the 'windows unstable' meme from the Vista days like it's still relevant.
Windows 11 is absolute trash, coming from someone with buyers remorse. I've gotten the blue screen, which fixed itself thankfully, updates ALL the time, sketchy almost forced MS account in order to finish setup? Also has an antivirus running at all times, if you manually end it, it will just come back or flatout deny your request. I dont know this dude, but that is a solid reason to stick with a steamdeck, especially now with the OLED, which is also cheaper than this. To each their own ofc.
@@Francehelder it is! the good thing about steamOS (and linux in general) is that they dont shove stuff in your face! its also a lot faster without the microsoft store and copilot bullshits that they put in windows 11 (im not sure if they are also present in ally). i'd also rather trust my data with valve than microsoft. i dont have either of these devices, but from what ive heard, the steamOS is in a different league in terms of performance
Your reason for not wanting the Ally was the only reason I bought an Ally. Because it had windows not linux. If I wanted a PC handheld I would buy a linux based steam deck. If I wanted a gaming handheld the windows based choice is obvious.
I think mine took about an hour and I was up and running. But if a learning curve using windows 11 on a handheld but once you get the hang of it, it’s great. Been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on high settings and for the first few hours I had a big smile on my face… feels like the future tbh lol
$700 is on the lower/decently priced side of things when it comes to these devices. It’s actually great for what you get. I think sometimes we just like to assume the worst case scenario based on other people’s opinion/bad experiences or maybe a bad experience of our own and that draws the line. But in reality the experience has been nothing like the fear of the experience was initially. I think it’s important to take the factual proof of good experiences and let go of the theoretical bad experiences. Also, nothing is perfect.
I may have misphrased my comment, what I meant to say is that when you're paying such an amount (which is still a lot, even though you're getting what it's worth), you'd want the experience to be as inclined to your liking as possible. I do know nothing can be perfect. I honestly agree with what you said after that, experience will always be better than the 30 seconds opinion of someone who doesnt even have experience, but I still think it's important to learn the more you can about an object you're interested in before spending all your bucks on it.
@Rickoto even the steam deck isn't perfect in canada I had to pay 750 dollars for the 256gb model last year. Some games don't run or you have to switch into desktop mode than launch for it to work. Even games that are stated to work sometimes don't work. The steam deck should have no issues running tales of berseria but it can't unless you run the refresh rate at 58hz. None of the ys games besides ys8, ys9, and ark of naphistam work properly the others have bad issues even tho they are games that ran on the psp. It's easier to emulate them then to run them on steam.
@@thetshadow999animates9 skill issue. The only time you're gonna have a problem with windows 11 is if you've installed it incorrectly or if you installed it on a 12 year old pc lmao
@@chase_rowell depends on the situation though, the user experience is way better on the deck since it's not Windows and steam constantly supports their OS
@@KebabFlying eh... Actually its just a small difference, and there is even some exception with some games where Steam Deck actually better. Windows is just holding back Ally so bad compared to Linux
What peoples don't understand about the ally is that it's a hand held gaming pc, not a handheld gaming console. It's like comparing the quest 3 to the apple vision. Are you gaming or are you working. Peoples just ask too much.
No it hasn't. It was a leaked prototype that didn't have the dev resources needed to finish. Maybe it'll come out, maybe not, but it's definitely not confirmed or announced.
Well, Windows 11 once you keep it up to date and make sure you don’t miss any important updates it runs just fine. It’s not too different than playing on an actual gaming computer which also runs Windows, but it’s cheaper and more portable.
@@teetogoaroson1392 there aren’t too many small laptops with a decent performance to play most games, most portable gaming laptops are 14” and they cost more or a lot more than this device. They are not worth it imo. This device may not appeal to most people, but it offers portability, decent performance when you are on the go and the price is competitive. Windows is a plus, as it will just get better overtime with updates and gives the benefit of installing many programs and emulators. Some people are just nit picking the device.
I own an ally extreme for like a week or so and I love it dude… I can play the most demanding games at medium settings and it’s better than my old gaming laptop and ps4 I would say it’s convenient and more than I need… in other words this shit it’s amazing Best Buy sell it now for 600
The Ally is a monster. Cinebenched it and the CPU scored 13,000 in R23. That's the same as a 10700k or 11600k. And it's a darn handheld! You could literally use it for mobile editing. Blows the Deck out of the water.
What about the GPU, though? The 13600K is an even better CPU, well, CPU-wise, but I wouldn't say a PC running on its integrated graphics is better than the ROG Ally.
@@eribetra It's probably similar to something like a GTX 1660. Decent, definitely behind the CPU in terms of power. I scored 14k today with it. That's quick, definitely has the legs to do more than just game.
Don’t let this video discourage you from buying Asus rig ally. When steam deck released there are tons of bugs and issue but they constantly releasing patches and updates.
yea i grew up using windows aswell. switched to linux like almost like a year ago, never looked back since. tho imma get the ally just because i need the performance.
@@huseyinatayilmaz8475 How’s Linux compared to Windows? What are ur thoughts? Was Linux quite difficult to use at the start or did u get used to it quick?
Dont get it for me. Always grew up with windows all the way from windows xp. So i was exctird for windows handheld. Never used steamdeck before but tbh for me even if it is pain in the ass i want more options to customize and be able to play w.e i want. So far rog ally is really good for people who dont mind tweaking and trouble shooting. I am loving mine.
Really? I don't hate the ROG Ally but I do hate having to return it due to hardware faults ijn the controller. And yes, the W11 implementation is poor in Armoury Crate.
"For those of you who say Rog Ally is Steam Deck killer, I would not agree with that, for the people saying Steam Deck is Rog Ally killer, I would not agree with that" - Mr. Sujano
First off, Valve did nothing special with SteamOS. They did not invent Kde. It is just Arch tested held back with a locked root system. They mainly developed Proton and Steam Big Picture Mode. Second you can’t really legally make a distro of Windows at least not without the consent of Microsoft which will ask you why you need it
@@jimmyneutron129 I had KDE way before SteamOS... I never mentioned that Valve made KDE. I even have KDE merch at home ^^ I already know what SteamOS really is... Just seamlessly gaming without thinking that you have Linux with all the troubles it can offer is just amazing. It is locked down like Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite but you can easily disable it if you want with one custom command they made.
A literal handheld gaming beast of a PC and you're complaining about Windows 💀 I'm pretty sure a handheld PC with windows is perfectly fine, especially considering it's better than the competition in all other ways
1, windows 11 was like that about a year and a half ago and it’s mostly improved now. 2, with the 599$ version coming out soon this will be a no brainer for portable gaming
idk why some people say windows 11 bad. ive had windows 11 for year and no crashes or problems... yeah theres updates but they take 3min and can be done same time as youre sleeping
Honestly I just think it's the cool thing to do right now. People hate the forced updates and what not but at the end of the day you're going to need those updates for security reasons and to just stay up-to-date they hate the bloke as well but that could easily be fixed and uninstalled. Yet the steam deck is constantly being f****** updated and they look at that like god tier stuff for some reason
@@CJTheTokay every SteamDeck owner I know, bought the cheapest version and upgraded it either with high speed SD card or by swapping SSD. It's way cheaper, and you're basically getting the same console but for a much lower cost
@@Rikonardo i wasn't downplaying the lower end steam deck i was just saying that the higher end steam deck is the most popular and the ally is only $50 more at double the performance the ally at max tdp is basically my 1650 pc
I had an top of the line asus laptop with windows 11 It was good until the mere actuon of open the file explorer completely bsod' my laptop every 3 times a boot
@@randomguy15865 How does acknowledging being spied on by an operating system you bought with your money that is supposed to be yours make me an ai? Windows 11 is a scam, maybe i don't appreciate everything i do on the device i paid for being logged and fingerprinted. I'm objectively right.
I've literally never had problems with windows 11, but to not buy the product over that is stupid. You can literally install any OS on it if you wanted to.
Honestly the only thing that is annoying is the random mandatory (make you plug it in if it’s not) firmware updates that pop up within a black box. Other than that there’s really nothing wrong with it imo. There’s probably ways to postpone updates for later that I don’t know of but still, don’t feel like I should have to do that. Nonetheless it’s not much of an issue since I have it plugged in for the most part anyways.
I've been using win 11 and it crashed once, maybe twice on me and I was editing photos/videos, playing games and other stuff. Now win 11 is almost done project.
@@arkcorps9138 not everyone needs to be a( toxic) fanboy like you to express their opinion. who said i was a steam deck fanboy?butthurt by the truth huh i used to have asus product and you can see how the rog is doing right now,not that great but blind fanboy like you will defend it like their life depends on it.funny
@@arkcorps9138I have a steam deck and I think the ally is better, steamos and Linux is a pain tbh you need to go through 50 different hoops to get AAA games to work on it
@@HGKEntertainment it’s a thing on activated windows 10 too. 11 isn’t bad though, it was actually faster for me (I’ve been testing using it since the first insider preview build so I may be biased). Start11/ExplorerPatcher and the registry fix for menus can make your 11 feel more like 20
You made a wise decision not buying. Worst investment I've made. Dead money. Steam deck is massively more superior in every way. Even the switch slaps this. Awful piece of kit. Truly is bad
Thats weird bc i have no issues at all from windows 11. I have no crashes i update when i want. So no issue for me. Also no pop ups as u say. Maybe im one of the lucky few then????
Yeah doesn't really seem like too many people have. People just see others bashing it and go along with it, when most of them have been on windows 10 the whole time, lol.
Lot of deflection going on when dude literally told you SteamOS can be installed. Just say you do not want to buy/not interested in it I mean that was probably the more sensible thing to say. What probably happened is you assumed SteamOS could not get installed on it and you are tryin to save face.
I had the steam deck. Sold it to get the steam deck oiled. Bought the ROG ALLY and haven’t looked back. I was skeptical due to windows but trust me once you get that power it’s hard to give it up.
My ROG Ally with the 7600MT Dock work great together. Ive been a handheld gamer most my life and this thing is the most amazing unit I've ever owned. Windows hasn't been that much of a problem the only other issue I have is the Asus repair process but I am pretty handy so its not been an issue.
I've had mine for a while now and I gotta say its a hidden gem. On turbo mode it performs like a beast and will get you 2 hours of solid smooth gaming.
