8:10 "i can game while watching tv with my wife " xDDDDD best selling commercial in existence

I have both and I love both. Steam Deck has a much better software experience, but the better screen on ROG Ally always brings me back.

Steam deck is a Console handheld and ROG Ally is a Windows handheld.

I prefer the steam deck because it has the touchpads, the long battery life is nice too. It took some getting used to using Linux because I've always used windows, but it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

I have both and the Ally is what I carry in my bag now but I don’t plan on getting rid of my Deck and 9 times out of 10 I recommend the Deck. It’s just easier for most people.

Personally i feel that if you already have a killer pc set up that has alot steam games get a deck. It turns your library completely portable and it's very seemless, a good alternative then buying a gaming laptop for portability imo.just to play while in the comfort of your living room or laying down in your bed. If you don't have a killer pc set up get an ally because it can potentially be a good alternative to a PC as well

You make a good comparison video bud... excellent attention to covering things we might not even think of

This is an extremely balanced, fair review of both devices. Best, most-informed comparison video I've seen.

Was going to get a steam deck at first then found out about the ROG Ally and been having great emulation experience as well as started my steam library with the past sale this week. I agree the battery life is sub par on the Ally.

I am a newbie when it comes to these handheld systems and have been having pure hell trying to decide which direction to go, especially considering the price tags on these setups. I have a few questions, first off do you have to pay for each game you add to these devices or are their emulators that have a majority of the games for free? I don't have high speed internet access at home but still have the ability to use high speed on occasion when I stay at hotels or go to families house that have high speed service. I live in the woods and just dont have the ability to get high speed unfortunately, but having said that I really want a handheld system that is capable of running the majority of older systems (such as n64, ps2, Xbox 360, dream cast, 3ds, and even some of the newer game systems if possible RELIABLY without bugs and lagging etc) and preferably for free through emulators if that's possible. I'm dying to play the new Stanfield game but unfortunately i dont own a newer xbox and am having a hard time justifying buying a new xbox for that one game, so i figured maybe itd be possible to play on a high tier handheld like these. Like i said im pretty much clueless when it comes to these emulators so id be forever grateful and appreciative for any advice that might point me in the right direction for what I need, also I'd appreciate any information on which specific emulators I'd need to download in order to get the best gaming experience and how to go about getting them onto whichever device i end up purchasing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for the awesome video! I've been seriously considering the steam deck but I'm not sure if there may be better options for someone in my particular situation and needs when it comes to what seems like a billion options out there when it comes to these handheld pc's/systems. Any help deciding would mean alot to this emulator newbie! New sub here! You earned it!

What I want is a Steam Deck 2- refining the hardware (especially the fans), but keeping the same software and track pads.

I’m really leaning towards the deck for its simple console experience and affordability, but there i things I’d like to do with a handheld computer that would just be shore to do on the deck like modding certain games that don’t have a steam workshop. I might pick up both if I have money to throw but I like the asus being more compact and familiar to use with windows

I got a base steam deck and a 512gb ssd for $420. I also mostly play casual singleplayer games. The ally not having trackpads is a major issue for me.

It's great to see competition in the portable PC space. Prices are getting driven down due to healthy competition.

How about the new OLED screen from the Steam Deck? Is it closer in comparison to the Ally?

This comparison review is REALLY helpful and informative. The reviewer REALLY knows what he's talking about and has put significant time and effort to test both devices, and it shows. Having said that, I'm REALLY leaning more into the Steamdeck

Love them both but I keep leaning towards my Steam Deck. The Ally still feels like a work in progress, but it’s obvious that given more time it’s gonna get better and better….. just keep those updates coming Asus🤞🤞

I've already made my decision in the first 2 minutes. The steam deck comes with a case and even when getting the highest speced steam deck it's still cheaper than the other one!!

I ordered a steam deck yesterday. I just think it’s more polished overall from everything I’ve read and from what all my gaming buddies have said who have tried both.

After a lot of back and forth I went for the Steam Deck, basically it came down to battery life and what I saved I bought a dock , power bank, and a 1tb nvme drive. That said it wasn't an easy decision, the screen on the Ally side by side with the entry level Deck looks even more superior and it was that more than anything that made it a tough decision, maybe in the future I'll look at the Ally when it's been around the block like the Deck. Either way two superb devices. That screen though...

Thanks for making this!

ROG is my pick but I hope they both continue to update. It's nice to have options

You guys can you help so I originally bought a steam deck but I got to the middle of the process of modding it to add windows but it became too hard and eventually worked but I couldn’t switch between steam and windows and all the games where running slow . Is it easier to play and set up on this or the steam deck ???and should I buy this one ?

Ally has a nasty issue, which is sd card failure from the device's heat. Yeah I guess I will be waiting for the next handheld.

The ROG is 5x better than the steam deck when it’s plugged in but that kinda takes a big part of the portable handheld out. If you just home and playing I recommend the ROG but if you travel I recommend the Steam Deck.

If only would exist a version of windows lighter and tailored for handheld.... Definetly the Ally is the best option hardware wise, but the software limitation are abit of a tradeoff.

This was helpful, thank you

thx for the rev

Does the ROG Ally come in black? And how does movie and TV watching and anime streaming do well on it? Can I play Kingdom Hearts on it and Fallout 4 with mods? and Skyrim Special Edition too? And does the ROG have Bluetooth support for Bluetooth headphones? Thanks. Especially if your watching TV or playing online games or shooters etc.

I'm looking into getting my wife one of the two. She's not a hardcore gamer, and mainly plays Harvest Moon/Animal crossing style games. Chill, Cozy games and doesn't need much to be happy. I also like being able to dock both and be a "portable" desktop, but I'm unsure which I'll end up going with. Her current switch just doesn't have the same versatility when it comes to being able to play PC games, but she loves to be able to be on the chilling in bed on handheld, or on tv with me in the living room on my PC. lol.

with these systems its safe to say PC gaming is becoming more accesible to the users than before, man I love to see those, I'll definitely be buying both after studies offcourse :D till them I'm going with my PSVITA.

I'm loving the handheld Renaissance. But, when the handheld can be modded then, we're really in the future.

Held one at bestbuy, sticks felt better than expected, back humps were not. Like a switch with an attempt at grips that aren’t very comfy, small, and don’t seem to sit strategically. Almost would have been better to not have them.

The ally has a slient mode too which is suitable for low-demanding games, and makes the and llyids completely slient. Wouldn't recommend this mode for high demanding games tho as the frame rates drop to about 15 for games like cyberpunk 2077

3th option... Steam deck with 1tb SSD plus windeck (debloated windows 11) absolutely killer! Oh and steam deck tools. I'm using the deck for... Everything I do.

After watching your video, I decided to cancel my order for the Rog Ally and place one for the Steam Deck instead. Your insights really helped me make the best choice. Thanks a lot!

Hey man, great video

Great review 👍. It was fair and objective

Returned Ally and bought Deck, and its best decision i did. Ally is just mess, FreeSync doesnt work, TDP settings are broken, SD card you can only dream about, no cases, no parts for repair device, updates are just annoying (not starting, but those which block your display and asking about plug charger.. when you just dot wanna downloadit and cannot be closed.......).

Yeah ASUS just admitted their SD CARD reader running into thermal issues. I got 1 sd card fried after a long session. Returned mine after 2 weeks, dont need the stress from Win 11 too .

Review should have more emphasis on easy integration of PC Gamepass on Asus Rog Ally. At only 12$ monthly being able to play Starfield, Forza Motorsport, etc with cross save cross progression easily is a huge advantage over the steam deck

Fair and balance review, for the most part, and appreciated... I notice you did not touch however, on the controversy surrounding the apparent hardware design flaws of the Ally.. specifically the SD Card slot itself becoming faulty due to overheating, occasionally even destroying the expensive SD cards... as well as the recent decision by Asus to simply boost the fan curves to try to mitigate this. I was one of the early adopters of the Ally who was burned (heh) by this fault.. and felt I had to return the device, sadly, as I did love the Ally, software glitches and early adopter problems included... The fatal flaw in the hardware design was a deal breaker for me.

I’ve been wanting to get a emulation handheld and thought the Odin 2 would be a good machine but now I also want to play old games like cod and halo and thought the steam deck would be good but I see certain games aren’t supported. Is there a handheld that can play all these games?

Battery life is always a easy fix and that is a proper battery pack that supports high recharge yes it’s a extra charge but great to have with any device

is it possible to connect a mouse and keyboard to the asus ally?

What about the sd cards melting on the Ally? Forgot to mention it?

The optimization of the Steam OS with the Deck is on a whole another level. Better hardware and a little better display is not enough to take down the SD as the king of handhelds. Not to mention the future support of all these other handhelds is gonna drop really really fast compared to the SD.

Amazing video bro

The Steam Deck might not be as powerful, but I feel that it is better focused on the things that are important for handheld gaming. If all I needed was power, I have a desktop PC with an R9 7950X3D and an RTX 4090 in it, the Ally is still not cutting it in that regard and all it's "advantages" over the Deck are not worth what it sacrifices to get them.

How long would the battery last in the car playing sekiro

The thing that still separates the Steam Deck has to be the track pads. I literally can't go without them.

I'm happy I got a Deck about nine months ago and am not tempted to get an Ally. From what I've read it seems the Deck will remain a more polished device, even when Asus catch up with updates. I don't play that many big AAA games and the extra battery life the Deck has is more important to me than the Ally's performance edge. Also, I'm no Microsoft hater, but I believe they could do with some more competition, so happy to do a bit to support Linux by buying a Deck. I might even install Steam OS 3.x on my spare laptop when it is made officially available for laptops/desktops.

Is legion go or rog ally perfoms better than my acer predator helios 300 gtx 1060 6b , i7-8750h 16gb?

Can you play Madden on them? Do they have internet explorer or google chrome or something? To browse the Internet

Can the Asus use mouse and keyboard hookups? I’m wondering cause I’m debating on buying steam deck or the Asus but idk can someone help me?

I got both but use the Ally more. The reason is the ability to play online games.

Can I use elgato on this? Since it's a 7 inch screen. What the highest resolution record size be.

I see some people on the internet complaining about Windows on a handheld but I think having Windows on a handheld is amazing because you can do more than gaming like run Photoshop or any Adobe app, and edit videos, I tested it and you can even run Maya, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, finish your homework 😂 and more.

Iam looking at both but which one is best for 1, emulation specifically 32X for knuckles Chaotix and multiple sonic games & 2, playing fan games i.e Sonic p06, triple trouble 32bit etc

If you want a pure windows-like experience, I think the ASUS Rog might be your best option if you are relying it to be more of a PC. Plug up to dock, do work, then game. It should work well there. But if gaming is the immediate go to, just stick with the Deck due to budgetary reasons. Steam Sales aplenty with so many Verified titles from this year to 2 decades ago, along with third party (or first party if you desire) peripherals made for the Deck. But! It's great to have options, and that's what makes PC gaming great in the first place.

I wonder if the ROG Ally is as easy to open up and modify as the Steam Deck?

I own both. While I use my Ally way more than my Steam Deck, the Steam Deck is the better handheld console. I use my Ally more like an small Surface Pro that’s also great for gaming, while the Steam Deck is exclusively used for gaming. Both are among the best devices I’ve purchased in the past few years.

I went for the Steam Deck as the native software support is a huge factor for me. Having very little startup to getting into my games are so much easier, I actually really like the software management menus as well how easy it is to transfer games between the micro sd card and the deck. For me it's also a lot easier to use and hold and play. My niece and I enjoy playing games together she can lay against me and play Tetris or Puyo Puyo and then if we want to play Mario party or Mario kart I can just put the deck on the dock and hand her a controller and that's it. Super super easy.

Which one is better for emulation?

also have to compare steam deck has a year and few months on the ally still fresh not alot of updates?

Whats notable for the steam deck, one can make minor os changes to get about 20% more performance out of it

I picked Steam Deck, because I couldn't find the ROG Ally anywhere. Also, I am a bit more satisfied with the gameplay experience.

are this two handheld consoles supported in australia?

Im not really into handheld pc gaming as i prefer play my consoles games on playstation and switch i have. If i had to choose between the two i might lean towards the steamdeck as i have few friends who have it and is bit user friendly much like a console.

I have onexplayer 2, I prefer the big screen. I get eye strain playing on the little screens for hours. I have the Rog Ally for my son and it has bad battery life and the screen is very small. But games run amazingly on it.

I currently have a steam deck and the Lenovo legion go I was going to get the ally but I wanted a bigger screen

Im glad I went with the steamdeck, because in all honesty the rog ally isnt worth the higher pricetag, especially if Im running games on windows 11 which is full of bloatware and non-optional features I cant disable. Whereas with the steamdeck you have decky loader for any extra things it doesnt have out of the box, as well as a linux operating system which I find makes it easy to dualboot for anything that cant run natively on the deck.

Will there also be a sale for the steamdeck at Black Friday or upcoming Xmas??

I want to have access to windows/steam games because currently I only have Apple products and an Xbox S series. Does anybody know where I can go to find the best deal possible for one of these devices? I’m only a casual gamer… I don’t have a lot of time over all for gaming but I just want access to all the games I am so far unable to play :(

Yeah maybe the reason why you fan is so loud is because you need to clean the internals by using some canned air it will help a lot I hope

I dont mind having to manually configure graphics. Im a pc gamer at the end of the day. Even if a game runs fine at stock graphics settings i always want to fiddle with the settings myself.

If we're talking about people on a budget, then the cheapest Steam Deck with a micro sd or replace the internal drive with an ssd will be a lot cheaper to get just as much or more storage. Also they do have plans for official dual-boot support in the future, but for now it still is a pain if you want Windows on the Deck. That will be a big plus when it's finally available.

Ally for me. Better performance is #1 for PC gaming as the Deck is already showing struggles to play new games, if at all. Full Windows and eGPU for future proofing were also important to me. Plus, you can run Steam in Big Picture which is basically Steam Deck software so best of both worlds. Deck wins in battery life and price for sure tho, but has too many compromises otherwise for me.

I have heard reports that the ROG Alley keeps running hot I am looking to buy a handheld but doing serious research to decide on which product to buy

If it can play l4d2 steam version i would be ok with either but which one plays it better

What game is being played at 4:27?

if the ally had touchpads and a less bloat / handheld version of windows it would be perfect

When someone says they have a Nvidia handheld I look at my switch and they talking about you😂

should I buy the rog ally z1 extreme or a steam deck oled?

the gpd win4 is more compelling for me with that slideout keyboard but i could do away with them replacing the top usb port wirh oculink. but each of these have their pros and cons. considering how long steam deck has been out, the wide variety of accessories and third party software tweaks and stuff, and it being a benchmark in this class of handheld, it is still the one to get.

love the rog ally and i have both!

I think the Steam Deck slightly more user friendly, but I slightly prefer the Ally. The biggest problem with the Ally is Windows. Sometimes it randomly forgets I’m using the controller and defaults to the touch screen. In all these years it’s crazy that windows hasn’t built a completely new version of windows optimized for gaming machines only.

I have the steam deck and I LOVE IT. But it can’t play NCAA 14, which makes me want to switch to the ROG because that thing plays it perfectly 😅

Well, Amazon Reviews give the Steam Deck a 4.6 and the Rog Ally a 4.2, both are good handhelds, Do you think the new Lenovo Legion will be able to keep up? I contacted Lenovo, and the gentlemen told me some BS saying, that there's no guarantee it will launch in the US. He had no release date, and no info on it.

Can you use a controller with the Ally?

ima get rog alley soon. i prefer the extra fps and 120hz.

Workaround to the low battery life on the ROG ally, is to use a powerbank for that extra charge when needed.

Can I still play gmod on both of them and emulators?

Any of these handhelds allow play store mobile games?

i have them both and love both

I’ve always been a console gamer, but as the consoles are heading towards a disc free world, that just seemed inevitable now that the PS5 pro isn’t even coming with a disc option… I’ve been contemplating switching to PC gaming. I feel like the steam deck will be a great system to help me transition into PC gaming and so I think that’s the one for me.

Damn... seems like a tie. Still don't know which one to get.

I will say one thing with either of these devices if you're willing to overclock and undervolt them which is easily and safely doable if you follow some tutorials online you can get quite a bit more performance out of both the deck and the ally. If you don't know what the Silicon Lottery is look it up, potentially not all processors are built equally and one device might have a higher ceiling of performance when it comes to overclocking then another.

Can you run your games on Epic games in the steam deck?

People complaining that it's "difficult" to install non-Steam games on the *Steam Deck* are really missing the point. Valve never advertised the Steam Deck as anything other than a portal to your Steam games, but they included the *option* to install non-Steam games if you don't mind jumping through hoops. Meanwhile Asus saddled the Ally with Windows 11 whether you want to use it or not. I don't think the complexity of installing something like Heroic Launcher should count against the Steam Deck since that's a "nice to have" and not the device's main function.