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What does the SD have that the ROG doesn’t, or vice versa? :jbhmm:

Also u think a retroid pocket 5 would suffice as a handheld gaming pc used primarily for emulation (PS2 gen and prior with maybe a handful of PS360 gen games)? :jbhmm:
From my understanding the ROG is more powerful but has worse battery life.

It’s a preference on whether or not you prefer Steam or Windows but a lot of people seem to prefer Steam because of its simplicity.

As for emulation a SD is perfect for that too with Emudeck. It’s easy to install and comes built with almost every emulator you could want. You just have to get the roms.
 

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From my understanding the ROG is more powerful but has worse battery life.

It’s a preference on whether or not you prefer Steam or Windows but a lot of people seem to prefer Steam because of its simplicity.

As for emulation a SD is perfect for that too with Emudeck. It’s easy to install and comes built with almost every emulator you could want. You just have to get the roms.
I can vouch for the ROGs battery life being trash, I only really get like an hr of play time if im not plugged up.
 

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From my understanding the ROG is more powerful but has worse battery life.

It’s a preference on whether or not you prefer Steam or Windows but a lot of people seem to prefer Steam because of its simplicity.

As for emulation a SD is perfect for that too with Emudeck. It’s easy to install and comes built with almost every emulator you could want. You just have to get the roms.
Steam is more user friendly? And is it difficult emulating with ROG? :jbhmm:
 

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What does the SD have that the ROG doesn’t, or vice versa? :jbhmm:

Also u think a retroid pocket 5 would suffice as a handheld gaming pc used primarily for emulation (PS2 gen and prior with maybe a handful of PS360 gen games)? :jbhmm:
For me the biggest advantage that the ROG has over the SD is that the ROG can play everything the SD can play and some of the newer games that the SD cannot. Also the ability to use Game Pass which is not too important but a nice option to have. That said, from what I've experienced with the ROG, a lot of games will require you playing with settings to get them to run decently so if you're not a fan of playing with settings, the SD might be better.
Steam is more user friendly? And is it difficult emulating with ROG? :jbhmm:
I wouldn't say emulating on the ROG is difficult since it's just a PC in handheld form. You can install Emudeck or download and install the emulators individually. I have it setup on my ROG but I'm going to upgrade the SSD before I do anything else. You can also install Bazzite on it to turn it into an unofficial steam deck.
 

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The Ally X fixed the battery life majorly.

I'll say again, the Ally X is what the Ally should've been at launch.
Ally x is heat… can even but steam os on that bytch and make it a deck.

I’m waiting for the next Rog ally or legion go… has to be oled and 120hz tho :troll:
 

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I’ve done it before… but I found a site that lets you download old pc games… playing the racing game BLUR on my deck within 5 mins of downloading it

They got the old tony hawk games too :ahh:
 
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