Asus' ROG Ally has been positioned as a SteamDeck killer, and since it showed up, I haven't touched Valve's handheld.
Asus ROG Ally MSRP $700.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “Better performance, more games, and acceptable battery life make the Asus ROG Ally a winner despite its issues.” Pros Cons I knew the Ally would be faster than the Steam Deck, sure. The specs alone could tell me that. But as an early supporter of the Steam Deck, I didn’t expect myself to be so ready to abandon the device entirely. And yet, I can’t find many reasons to go back.
There is another version of the ROG Ally, one that comes with the base Ryzen Z1 processor and 256GB of storage. We don’t have pricing or a release date on that model yet, but for the flagship model at least, Asus is coming out on top in pricing. Chart-topping performance At the native resolution of 1080p with an uncapped frame rate, you’re looking at around 30 frames per second in highly demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077 in Turbo mode. Even in slightly less demanding games like Horizon Zero Dawn, the ROG Ally can reach above 30 fps in Performance mode. These aren’t the lowest settings, either. I actually opted for the Medium preset in most games to show clearer differences between the power modes.
The cost of extra performance Higher performance comes at the cost of battery life, but the ROG Ally isn’t as terrible as I thought it would be. In the default Performance mode, I got an hour and 53 minutes out of Cyberpunk 2077 with an uncapped frame rate at 1080p. That’s not great, but it’s not any worse than the Steam Deck. In Performance mode, expect around two hours out of a demanding game at 1080p.
A laptop, not a handheld First, it sits on top of Windows. When you boot up the ROG Ally, you’re met with a Windows lock screen, which you need to slide up and tap Sign In. Armoury Crate will attempt to load up right away, allowing you to navigate the device just with the controls on hand. It doesn’t always work, but Asus includes a dedicated button that will pull up or minimize Armoury Crate.
Instead, I’d encourage you to set up a desktop controller configuration. Asus thankfully supports both a game configuration and a desktop configuration, which you can swap through the quick-access menu. All of the controls are re-bindable in Armoury Crate, which you can attach to mouse and keyboard commands, as well as common tasks like opening the Task Manager or closing the current window.
Two worlds, one platform Although there are only two controller modes, you can store many more profiles. Armoury Crate allows you to set up a controller configuration on a per-game basis, including thumbstick dead zones and trigger sensitivity. You can tie other settings to games, too, such as the performance mode you want to use, the color of the rings around the thumbsticks, and the GameVisual setting.
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