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Plus / Total Members: 7" ASUS ROG Ally 120Hz FHD 1080p Gaming Handheld (AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, RC71L-ALLY.Z1X_512) on sale for
$599.99.
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Key Features/Specs:- Access any game that runs on Windows across all game platforms, including Steam, GOG, Xbox Game Pass, cloud gaming services, Android apps and more.
- Play anywhere, anytime, using handheld mode or by connecting the Ally to a TV and linking multiple controllers to play with friends. The Ally even transforms into a gaming PC by connecting to ROG XG mobile eGPU and dock - supporting mouse, keyboard, monitor, and more of your favorite peripherals.
- AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor on Zen4 architecture (8-cores, 16 threads)
- 7" 1080p 120Hz IPS Touchscreen with AMD FreeSync premium technology
- 16GB LPDDR5 6400 RAM
- 512GB NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 Solid State Drive
- ROG intelligent cooling
- AMD Radeon RDNA3 graphics (4GB VRAM, 12 compute units)
- Wi-fi + Bluetooth
- Virtual 5.1.2-channel surround sound powered by Dolby Atmos
- Weight: 1.34-lbs
Top Comments
With great enthusiasm, I had bought the Steam Deck, but I find it extremely unwieldy so it basically has been sitting unused. Additionally, while the SteamOS is fantastic, it doesn't allow me to play EA Sports titles (Fifa / FC) due to the non-sensical EA cheat thing they have built into their games. This further annoyed me about the Steam Deck.
RoG Ally Essentially solves both these issues. It is about 10% lighter and 20% smaller, and that is significant for a handheld device. I am not one of those who chase every last frame per section and trace every ray out there. I just ran FC24 on it today and it runs absolutely amazing on most settings on Auto. Even the cutscenes run without any stutter (big issue with Fifa 2023). But just being able to play anything I throw at it, is really nice.
What I do not like about RoG Ally is also its best part - Windows. I hope some day, they just hide the rest of the "Windows" behind their Armory Crate software like Steam Big Picture, and boot straight into it.
Absolutely a great handheld if you can get it around $500 and need to play games that do not work on Deck.
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With great enthusiasm, I had bought the Steam Deck, but I find it extremely unwieldy so it basically has been sitting unused. Additionally, while the SteamOS is fantastic, it doesn't allow me to play EA Sports titles (Fifa / FC) due to the non-sensical EA cheat thing they have built into their games. This further annoyed me about the Steam Deck.
RoG Ally Essentially solves both these issues. It is about 10% lighter and 20% smaller, and that is significant for a handheld device. I am not one of those who chase every last frame per section and trace every ray out there. I just ran FC24 on it today and it runs absolutely amazing on most settings on Auto. Even the cutscenes run without any stutter (big issue with Fifa 2023). But just being able to play anything I throw at it, is really nice.
What I do not like about RoG Ally is also its best part - Windows. I hope some day, they just hide the rest of the "Windows" behind their Armory Crate software like Steam Big Picture, and boot straight into it.
Absolutely a great handheld if you can get it around $500 and need to play games that do not work on Deck.
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The Legion Go seems like it's a good device also, but the last I looked at it's specs, VRR wasn't labeled as a feature. In my opinion, it's the main thing that makes the ROG Ally still stand out amongst all the other handheld gaming PCs hitting the market. I don't know where Asus sourced the LCDs for the Ally, but it's fantastic. Super bright, great colors, super sharp. Ships with VRR between 48Hz and 120Hz, but I was able to adjust it down to 30Hz on the low end using CRU. 1080p is about as much as the Z1 Extreme can handle in most games, also. Battery life sucks, about all that can be said about that.
I'd still wait for a second iteration that fixes some of the issues and maybe fits a bigger battery in somehow.
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With great enthusiasm, I had bought the Steam Deck, but I find it extremely unwieldy so it basically has been sitting unused. Additionally, while the SteamOS is fantastic, it doesn't allow me to play EA Sports titles (Fifa / FC) due to the non-sensical EA cheat thing they have built into their games. This further annoyed me about the Steam Deck.
RoG Ally Essentially solves both these issues. It is about 10% lighter and 20% smaller, and that is significant for a handheld device. I am not one of those who chase every last frame per section and trace every ray out there. I just ran FC24 on it today and it runs absolutely amazing on most settings on Auto. Even the cutscenes run without any stutter (big issue with Fifa 2023). But just being able to play anything I throw at it, is really nice.
What I do not like about RoG Ally is also its best part - Windows. I hope some day, they just hide the rest of the "Windows" behind their Armory Crate software like Steam Big Picture, and boot straight into it.
Absolutely a great handheld if you can get it around $500 and need to play games that do not work on Deck.
From what I understand, there's a bunch of issues with the SD card slot on the Ally, requiring people to RMA the device. Maybe this is why you mentioned the manufacturing date. Anyway, just wanted to note as an option for everyone that I'm holding out for the Legion Go which releases in 4 days. Lenovo pretty regularly has $100 off Amex offers, so that will help with the price. It has the same GPU as the Ally, faster RAM, a bigger screen and "Switch-like" controllers, which seems cool and HOPEFULLY won't have any hardware issues.
I see frustration within the Linux community that EA app updates are causing breaking changes on the Steam Deck. Now there's a Steam Deck update that is a breaking change for the alternate launchers tutorials. It's kind of the nature of Jerry rigging a bunch of stuff to get it to run in the first place. It's not going to be stable. I agree that a Windows based device is the way to go.