Asus Rog Ally |OT| Another competitor enters the arena
- Thread starter iceberg_is_on_fire
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iceberg_is_on_fire
Honolulu Blue Ski Mask Way
You are further along than I am. I haven't even played a game yet. Too busy downloading them still. Taking it to work to finish downloading everything. Hell, I still have windows updates to do.Well
XCOM 2 looks gorgeous on this screen at 1080p.
But it's still an unoptimized mess. Can't go above 30 and even dropping the resolution only gets you 50 at the most
Gonna try some more games today.
Cakebatter
All Star
What don't you like about your PSVR2. That should be well matured hardware. My Ally experience is like when I first got my Steam Deck a year ago, "Tedious". In 6 months I predict things will get more streamlines and the Ally will become the more popular PC based handheld. No need to rush out and get one.
I been hearing some complaints about this and it's more likely due to not being optimized and we shouldn't be surprised it's Windows.
That is what make the Steam Deck so good. Optimization and its own OS
That is what make the Steam Deck so good. Optimization and its own OS
iceberg_is_on_fire
Honolulu Blue Ski Mask Way
It's a full ass version of windows. Why asus didn't strip some stuff out is beyond me. Granted, there are always going to be deficiencies from using Windows and over time, I assume that they will work on it.
On the flip side, it's windows. You should be able to navigate fairly well through it and personally, I've not seen any issues yet. The hardware is solid, just need to get the software right.
Exactly but it probably was a quick release. I think this will be the downfall of the first version. Hopefully next version release will be a vanilla OS. Sometimes power and graphics is not everything.
I'm happy with my steam deck although if I was just buying now it would be nice to have different options.
Mister_DoItNice
Leading The Regime
Had to go ahead and grab a micro sd card. I’m interested to see if there’s a huge difference between using a UHS-I card vs a UHS-II.
There are folks low key selling their Decks for this handheld 
. That's like moving out of your apartment and moving to the same exact apartment but with a big screen TV. The specs resemble the Deck and honestly slightly lower than the Deck:
Like I get it, Windows>>>Linux but gaming wise Windows holding the games back from potential. Folks talk about tinkering with the Deck, but tinkering to unholy hell with the Ally. At first, I wanted to cop due to being minimalist game, but I'm not getting conned. People who bought this, enjoy...but between the bumper issues, battery life being dog shyt, and Windows nonsense I'll stick with the Deck for now unless the Ally drops in price
. That's like moving out of your apartment and moving to the same exact apartment but with a big screen TV. The specs resemble the Deck and honestly slightly lower than the Deck:Like I get it, Windows>>>Linux but gaming wise Windows holding the games back from potential. Folks talk about tinkering with the Deck, but tinkering to unholy hell with the Ally. At first, I wanted to cop due to being minimalist game, but I'm not getting conned. People who bought this, enjoy...but between the bumper issues, battery life being dog shyt, and Windows nonsense I'll stick with the Deck for now unless the Ally drops in price
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Man when AMD and Steam OS cross paths:
shyt was magical. The fact that Linux not being a gestapo in the way of pure gaming just gives me biblical goosebumps. It just hits so different breh.
Cakebatter
All Star
Now that all the updates and reboots are over, I'm enjoying it. The screen, weight, fan noise, and speakers are all a noticeable upgrade over my Steam Deck. The carry case is pure trash. Do not buy it. I'm returning mine. You can hear the rear macro buttons clicking when you hold the unit in the case.
I'm predicting Best Buy will have some good deals on Open-Box Ally's in a week or so. I definitely see some people returning their units based on the out-of-the-box experience. Way too many updates and reboots. Most people will probably do one round of Windows/Bios/Armory Crate updates and started installing games. Of course they are going to run into stability issues. There's actually 3 rounds of Windows updates, 2 bios updates, and 2 Armory Crate updates. Expect a minimum of 4 reboots. Once you survive that it's quite a nice handheld.
I'm predicting Best Buy will have some good deals on Open-Box Ally's in a week or so. I definitely see some people returning their units based on the out-of-the-box experience. Way too many updates and reboots. Most people will probably do one round of Windows/Bios/Armory Crate updates and started installing games. Of course they are going to run into stability issues. There's actually 3 rounds of Windows updates, 2 bios updates, and 2 Armory Crate updates. Expect a minimum of 4 reboots. Once you survive that it's quite a nice handheld.
Thank the lord I'm not working at Best Buy to deal with that foolishness with impatient customers and grannies that thought the console was a fancy Nintendo Switch
Testing the more problematic games on this.
Midnight Suns will barely start up until you allot 8GB to GPU memory in Amory Crate
When you do though, it looks and runs better than it does on the Deck. You can get 30-40 on high at 1080 depending on which settings you choose.
Midnight Suns will barely start up until you allot 8GB to GPU memory in Amory Crate
When you do though, it looks and runs better than it does on the Deck. You can get 30-40 on high at 1080 depending on which settings you choose.
iceberg_is_on_fire
Honolulu Blue Ski Mask Way
Some random pics. An older game and a newer game. Also messing around with different genres, to see what works best.
It's a great piece of hardware
It's a great piece of hardware
Allen Poe
All Star
LOL no the fukk they don't