The Official ROG Ally Thread (SteamDeck too)

[Twinblade★ 3,925]

 

Should be interesting, also very curious as to why a MS exec will be there. Wonder if they will have some kind of partnership with ASUS.

[sugarhigh 519]

Cool device, I hope we see a lot more of these. The Phawx got some credible benchmarks comparing the Ally chip with the Deck at different power levels. The Ally shows some good gains at Deck's peak 15W. GPU-heavy games like Returnal, Metro Exodus, and Red Dead 2. In other games there isn't a huge difference. You can still push it to 25W for more gains but then you're stomping on the battery.

 

 

If you're looking for a big advance on battery life, I don't think Ally is it. But it's a worthwhile boost in performance, and seems to have a great display.

[-GD-X★ 7,746]

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this. 

[TLHBO 2,162]

6 hours ago, Twinblade said:

 

Should be interesting, also very curious as to why a MS exec will be there. Wonder if they will have some kind of partnership with ASUS.

Sigh, this handheld revolution could have been interesting but now the beast has its slimy tentacles there.

[lynux3 2,099]

Honestly quite an impressive APU. Hoping this finds it way into a mini PC.

[sugarhigh 519]

7 hours ago, TLHBO said:

Sigh, this handheld revolution could have been interesting but now the beast has its slimy tentacles there.

If MS actually makes windows better for gamepads/handhelds I'm not mad at it. Still gonna use SteamOS obviously.

[-GD-X★ 7,746]

Damn, I have an eye exam at 10. I’ll have to see it later. 

[sugarhigh 519]

Starting at 599. Great addition to PC handheld gaming. I don't trust Asus as a software company to keep improving the features, but eventually it'll run SteamOS I'm sure.

[Ike★ 2,908]

Not even two hours. Fucking dogshit  

[sugarhigh 519]

3 minutes ago, Ike said:

Not even two hours. Fucking dogshit  

And that's only at 15w, similar to Deck. I think you can boost this up to 25W, which is like 1:15.

 

I think 1080p will turn out to be a mistake. Users are gonna be tempted to push it to the limit and get the worst handheld experience.

Edited May 11, 2023 by sugarhigh

[Twinblade★ 3,925]

$700 for the 8.6 tflop Z1 extreme version is an insanely good deal. This thing blows the deck out of the water.

[Tears of the Cows 1,211]

Just now, Twinblade said:

$700 for the 8.6 tflop Z1 extreme version is an insanely good deal. This thing blows the deck out of the water.

Doesn’t it run most games at low settings? Lol

[sugarhigh 519]

4 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

$700 for the 8.6 tflop Z1 extreme version is an insanely good deal. This thing blows the deck out of the water.

It's gonna have similar problems that put you off the Aya Neo at the end of the day. Until it runs SteamOS.

[Twinblade★ 3,925]

2 minutes ago, sugarhigh said:

It's gonna have similar problems that put you off the Aya Neo at the end of the day. Until it runs SteamOS.

  
Sure, but it also depends on how good asus’ software for managing the games is. If you can avoid having to use windows desktop most of the time then that could be a good enough workaround.

[Ike★ 2,908]

10 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

$700 for the 8.6 tflop Z1 extreme version is an insanely good deal. This thing blows the deck out of the water.

$700 for less than 2 hours  

[-GD-X★ 7,746]

Yikes 

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/the-asus-rog-ally-runs-windows-eats-battery-and-needs-time-to-cook/amp/

[Twinblade★ 3,925]

3 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

Yikes 

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/the-asus-rog-ally-runs-windows-eats-battery-and-needs-time-to-cook/amp/

 
did sugarhigh write that article? The guy sounds like the most bitter steam deck fanboy

[sugarhigh 519]

13 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

  
Sure, but it also depends on how good asus’ software for managing the games is. If you can avoid having to use windows desktop most of the time then that could be a good enough workaround.

From what they've shown already im not hopeful. And ditching the touchpads... on a WINDOW device is a big miss. Thankfully it's at least got a fingerprint reader.

 

One thing ASUS seems to be killing it on is their cooling system. I believe the hype about it being super quiet and cool. That's a big advantage for established OEMs over Valve.

[Twinblade★ 3,925]

13 minutes ago, Ike said:

$700 for less than 2 hours  

 
That’s not much different from the deck. If you’re playing a less demanding game you can change the power consumption and get more out of it.

[sugarhigh 519]

6 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

 
did sugarhigh write that article? The guy sounds like the most bitter steam deck fanboy

To be clear I am pro-Ally. This is a boost to PC gaming, not a threat to Steam Deck. The sooner we get to gaming handhelds as a permanent form factor the better. Ally is a solid new entry, we need to see HP, Dell, Samsung, Sony, etc jump into the space.