The ASUS ROG Ally X has finally been released, so let's do a deep dive focusing on performance, battery life, and my overall gaming experience of using this handheld PC over the past month. Long story short: this is a handheld whose battery life and performance enables you to play games on your own terms, and that cannot be said about many others on the market.
** Note that in my testing, I think my audio drivers were hosed. I had to force some AMD driver updates to get the eGPU working, and when uninstalling those drivers to revert back to stock, I think I also nuked the audio drivers, which is why they were so quiet in my testing. Other reviewers are not having the same volume issues as me, so that's likely the culprit. **
This was a review unit sent to me by the manufacturer. All opinions are my own, they did not see this review ahead of time, and no money was exchanged in any way.
Timestamps: 00:00 introduction 01:30 what is the Ally X 02:32 what's different 08:22 software considerations 09:23 performance modes 11:12 turn off CPU boost 13:14 battery best and worst cases 14:48 cooling and microSD card slot 16:34 PC game performance 23:43 docked mode and eGPU 26:34 emulation testing 30:56 audio test 32:38 summary (likes and dislikes) 35:41 comparison with Steam Deck 40:44 Ally vs Ally X 43:00 conclusion
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