I wish the battery life was better but getting Console level graphics on the go is freaking awesome. I got a battery pack that gives me an additional 2 hours. Im happy
I’ve been watching a lot of videos on the ally and steam deck, to see witch one would be best for me, as a truck driver myself I’m always waiting at the customer sometimes for a couple hours, and the ally or steam deck would be perfect to kill time, both units are awesome, I will keep doing more research. Great video broski
@@TopNotchTransportAndLogisticsmy buddy at work bought a steam deck and he loves it,he’s always playing it at work, while he’s waiting at the customer, very trucker friendly lolol
@@OG-SPARTAN86o you have power outlet in your truck? If so battery won’t be a problem. If you don’t play many AAA games, I recommend Steam Deck over ROG Ally, mainly because it’s more rugged, and once a game is installed, it will almost never have a problem booting up whatsoever and will run consistently every time. It’s not the same with Ally, it’s like PC so sometimes the game crashed and broke and I have reinstalled or tinkering a bit. Just wanna add my opinion cuz sometimes time is money and you don’t wanna waste time fixing the problem while waiting for customers lol 😂. But if you play more modern AAA, Ally is no brainer
@@KseRBanshee I can always get me a little power inverter for the truck to plug in the steam deck if I chose that route lol honestly I would only play rpg games, souls type games, Diablo game, action adventure type of games, the steam wouldn’t hurt my wallet unlike the ally lol
Battery life will get better (Phawx has proven this) and a power bank with the Ally is way smaller and cheaper than an equitable laptop. Solid state cooling runs into physics laws of energy. No magic physics bullet. Be careful with companies and marketing 😉
@@IMGhostRoguebe demonstrated AutoTDP, which is a great crutch but runs into issues whenever there's a large swing in the necessary performance. It's somewhat better with AutoTDP. Not a monumental improvement. In my testing I'm able to take HiFi rush on the same settings as the Deck from almost 110 minutes to 120. This is compared to the Deck's 190.
Hats off and respect for you Only you have mentioned this as a serious issue, its the only thing preventing me from purchasing steam deck or rog ally, didn't happen on Nintendo switch oled but we know why, (lack of serious power ) For anything to be gained, something must be sacrificed, and unfortunately, the battery revolution never progressed. Many try to avoid this by saying they only play short sessions. However, I know that deep down they wonder if the batteries can hold up for longer. I am one of those who plays on handheld devices like the switch OLED for long sessions. Though I really want one, I can't get over how short the battery lasts and the idea that I need to keep it plugged into a power bank or charger
These APUs are being pushed to the maximum so it's way off the efficiency curve. There's a reason a switch can last 4-5 hours. APU efficiency is how you'll get longer battery life.
When I think about potentially buying an ROG Ally, I honestly don't even think about the battery life. When you're playing games - you're almost always stationary. In fact - not being stationary would probably be dangerous. I already know and assumed it'd be terrible, because the reality is that battery technology just isn't to a point where you can viably get several hours out of the small sized batteries we're able to cram into smaller devices without making huge compromises on the power of the device. What's exciting about the ROG Ally for me is it's versatility and power for the price. It can viably replace your desktop PC, gaming laptop and gaming console. Imagine getting this thing, having a dock + an Ultrawide at your desktop space, a dock for your wall near your couch/bed, and a dock that plugs into your HDTV alongside a controller. You can take this device, that essentially has the capabilities of a desktop PC w/ a RTX 3050 in it and play games in a handheld environment, in a desktop-gaming style environment and a console style environment. One $700 device, as opposed to a $1000 gaming laptop/desktop and $500 gaming console. Hell - like PC gaming, plan on going over to a friends for a LAN but don't want to have to worry about setting up a desk space? Take your ROG ally, the charging cable and a wall power brick, sit on your friends couch/bed and play games with them.
You are just minority as handhelds are there for mobility not for being plug in every single time you turn on your device. Dont even compare your device to laptops and PCs. As they are not solely for gaming. Asus rog ally is only for people that are replacing their own trash PC or console. For most people tho, rog ally is not good if the battery is trash. It kills the main purpose of the console. At this point asus could invest in small gaming laptop with bigger battery or overall better spec. Gaming PC consoles are just overrated, because they are marketed as mobile device, but cant handle1-2 hours outside.
The problem with the Ally isn't the bettery life at the top end. That was always gonna be under an hour. That's just physics. They can jam 200 grams of more better in and that number won't hit 2 hours. The problem is the performance you get when you're not pushing it to the max. Not everyone bought this device for max performance. I'm much more interested in the screen and VRR and quieter fan. I wanna play Spiderman on this but I also wanna play Hollow Knight and the latter can only get about 3 to 4 hours on the Ally. This is compared to 7 on the Deck. _This_ is the issue.
A hot swappable battery would make a difference . Think the psp. There is also an option for a larger battery and have a bump in the back for it (check 90w battery upgrade mod with a new 3dprinted back).
Loving this device so far, i like it better than the steam deck i had!!! Its lighter, I like the speakers better, the performance is better as well!!! Only downside is the battery for me, but ill get a battery pack to equip it with, that should fix it hopefully i mean 1-2 hours is fine for me as i dont game for long sessions.
@@justinsane332 It's literally impossible to get 1 1/2 at 30 watts out of a 40 Wh battery. Basic math. 30 watts time 1.5 = 45 Wh. No battery is 100% efficient so you won't get the full 40Wh either.
@@smidlee7747 your right, it doesnt always pull that in performance, but mine stays around 22.0-30.0 while playing and i can play for about an hour and a half.
I have a Rog being shipped to me this week, my primary use for this is its gonna be a secondary/extension device to my consoles, I have PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch, this thing just has to work for me when i dont feel like being anchored to a TV, im fine with 2 hours of battery life as im not really gonna be using this for drawn out play sessions, a few matches at a time on COD, Fortnite or Naruto Storm Connections is just fine for me
Imagine going out on a 10 hr drive vacation and you only get to use it for 1 hours and got to charge and wait for another hour I wish the battery life was 4 hours
Hooked up my Quest Pro to my Rog Ally through USB-C Oculus link.. it works. This sucker can run native VR apps (albeit not perfect but it works) in virtual reality. Welcome to the next generation of gaming.
I am loving my Ally. Yeah, the battery life is short. I can disconnect from power and play for a while though, and the 65 watt charger does charge faster than the competition's chargers. So, shorter playtime, but also shorter recharge time. It's a compromise. I'm usually around power if I want to play for longer than an hour. On smaller, or indie titles, which I play a good bit of, the Ally does good in Silent mode, which will give a lot more than an hour.
Battery life with evolve and get better. You can expect solid state lithium batteries and graphene to make their way into the handheld/laptop market within the coming years, when it comes to battery advancements. When it comes to overall cooling, you can expect the market to slowly begin adopting frore systems cooling solutions into existing vapor chamber and Liquid Metal systems, which could eventually replace the fans on these small devices. Those alone will drastically improve performance and decrease size. Companies might also start adapting dust filters around the interior vents of the devices.
I am tempted to using it as a daily…since the apu in it is basically running a gtx titan xp from half decade ago. And yes, I used to run modern games using titan xp as late as 2020.
Honestly. As much as i would like a 10 hour battery life on one of those devices, if it would mean adding another 500-600€ in device cost and tons of weight id rather carry a powerbank. especially when traveling as soon as you are in a train or a plane you usually have wall outlets anyways and for the few bus rides and small trips in like a taxi or something the 2-3 hours you can get out of it are imo more than enough. ofc id love to have a bigger number available but in reality i might not exhaust it as much as i think i would
For me the two biggest problems is battery, witch may be Windows's fault and the temps. I've seem videos of the ally getting up to 90 degrees, while yes, still in the device "fine" area, is still really hot and may lower the longevity of a really expensive device, especially here in South America.
i usually set my tdp to 12 watts and set my resolution to 1080p and game settings to medium. my aim is to get at least 50 fps. for harder to run games, i set my resolution to 720p and use RSR. The graphics still look nice. For specific case, like spiderman, i set the tdp to 15 watts and still get 50 fps at 1080p. total draw at 12 watt tpd is 17 while at 15 watt tdp is 23, thats good enough given the device only has a 40 wh battery. the advantage with the ally is the beautiful screen. things look beautiful compared to my qhd onexplayer
I heard The Sweet spot is 18 watts of power it gives enough power for the Ally to have its Z1 extreme chip kick in so if you want to make a custom power profile and armoury crate it could help for those demanding games on the go for the settings have the first slider Target 18 the other two have it close to eighteen or so and then for the two fan curves have the high point set at 40 fan speed at 80 degrees to kick in and if you have to set the resolution to 720P if you want to get that 60 FPS above 75 FPS I'd say would be a sweet spot
@@dinoypeter oof yeah I was recommending it just in general with the powerbank the guy had in the video because if you run the Ally at full blast with that power bank in the video there you get about 1 hour and 20 minutes where are you if you set it to at 18 w you get 3 hours and 10
I don't take the Ally with me when I got out. I mostly use it to lay on the couch when the wife is watching TV or to clear out my backlog. 70% of games I don't feel like firing up the main rig. So I always have the Ally plugged in.
And this battery charges in half the time of a Steam Deck!. I wish the DPad was better, hard to play Tetris with it, or fighting games. Other than that, I'm loving my Ally! Have you tried another software like Handheld Companion for auto TDP? That will improve your battery life too
While we're on the topic it would be nice if Windows could have an option for Windows 11 to squeeze out one more hour since Windows 10 vs 11 10 uses one hour less of battery which would put it close to the steam deck I still think there would be kind of a gap but if you turned all the settings down to be like a stain deck you'd probably get around 10 minutes difference but like you say that's not the reason why we bought the Ally
Battery life doesn't really bother me at least it charges fast. I think the best i have gotten is maybe 2 hours. I mean ya it kinda sucks i wish it was better but this thing is pushing some pretty impressive performance. I think they will fix the lower watt gameplay and make this more efficient for less demanding games but i dont see it getting better for more demanding games. Its gonna be a hour to 2 hours of gameplay. It is what it is. Im more concerned about asus continuing to improve the overall experience because in my opinion dock mode needs alot of work. I haven't been so frustrated with a piece of tech in a long time. The software needs work. Dock mode for me was almost to painful to use. Im getting a bluetooth keyboard / trackpad and im hoping it makes it a little better for navigating. Flip flopping from touch screen to gamepad mode to desktop mode is ridiculous and auto doesn't work for shit for me. Pointer doesn't always pop up on screen when i put it in desktop mode either and i have had the keyboard not pop up also which is annoying. I know there is hot keys for the keyboard but you shouldn't have to do that. One other note with dock mode is if you connect a xbox controller to it you can not move the cursor around with the xbox controller you have to get up and do it on the ally. Maybe there is a fix to that but its super annoying and thats why im gonna get a cheap wireless keyboard/track pad. Besides these complaints im keeping the ally. Its a beast and as soon as you get in a game it works excellent. The screen,speakers and overall gaming experience is top notch. Its just the software that needs refining and i hope they adress it. I feel like they rushed it out a little bit just like most the games lately. One more thing they need to make the Xbox controller or wireless controller able to open command center and armor crate. Maybe there is a way to map one to do it but I haven't seen it.
I got two to three hours playing Forza Horizon 5 on silent mode at 720p medium-to-high settings 30fps I just usually just use silent mode all the time. I still am able to play AAA games
I'd call this device, 'semi portable'. Portable in the sense it's easy to take it from place A to place B, going from one outlet to another. With enough power to do some gaming between those two locations. A definite advantage over a laptop as this device also comes with the controller, using a touchpad on a laptop isn't ideal. Of course you still have battery packs for longer trips but 9/10 times you'll want to be near an outlet. These handheld devices with smaller screens also benefit from not needing higher resolutions to look as good.
@@c-tothefourth4879I'm kinda curious to some developers that don't give us an option change text overlay to fix with screen's native resolution, like some Switch are rendered in 480 but text stays the same at 720 or 1080
It's a compromise, it runs everything perfectly..and in all honesty who's going to be sitting in the park or on a bus playing the ally. My only complaint is that I bought some Rog Bluetooth headphones, and I'm getting slight latency..I don't know how to fix it..
I was thinking the same thing I have the jsaux case with the battery pack for my steam deck and it’s a little more heavier but I don’t mind as long as I can push another hour or so !
Bro that is a cigarette lighter socket :). Totally agree with you. The more important is you enjoy playing every single minute. if need more time just plug it. if you do not have access then buy a power bank. Also do not play too much, spend time with your love ones. Life is short we need to stay happy. Subscribed as I like how you think. Take care.
@@danielmaster911ify Cyberpunk is one of the best games to show off ray tracing. IIRC with the new DLC it going to get a graphic upgrade which will required higher minimum specs. If true expect the performance to get worst playing this on a handheld.
Battery is a solvable issue, unlike bad screen, lacks of power, or joystick. Don't me wrong, battery is important but there are power bank, many places and transports like plane and train offers charging sockets. Ideally I want good battery for handheld, but if I am given option between good battery vs good screen/joystick/power, I'll pick the later easily.
I just want something like an ayaneo air with 10 hours of battery life. For me that would be perfect. It is getting to the point where it's like "why am I buying these things if they're not mobile at all?"
A lot of people and reviewers too make such a big deal of the battery. I'm like you, I always have this thing plugged in. I mostly play on the sofa tbh.
Having a handheld device plugged in all the time is like having to have a wireless controller continuously plugged in. I don't like Nintendo as a company but no one can complete with them when it comes to handhelds. From the time of the Gameboy handhelds are designed so you don't have to them continuously plugged in. Since UA-camrs hyped up both the Deck and Ally playing demanding PC games it makes sense people complained when they realize these games burn through the battery like a gaming laptop.
This complaint is not just over the Ally. Some complain the Sony Q only having 3 hours of battery life playing PS5 remotely is poor. A lot of people like wireless controllers.
@@onomatopoeia5540 Just because my usecase is different from yours doesn't mean it's invalid. What, in your experience, makes it so you consider the Ally a brick?
I didnt get it for the fidelity. I got it for portable 60+ fps gameplay and with a screen so small low settings don't matter much. The only harware limitation in the device is its GPU which is why ASUS has created the XG devices. I believe in like 2 generations of APUs we could see desktop performance in handheld consoles like the Ally.
I think it is about WHERE you are going to use it. If you use it on your commute, thats fine as you probably only take 60 to 90 mins. A quick gaming spell, you're covered. A decent spell of retro gaming, again you have it. As long as you are not expecting to AAA game for the duration of a flight to or from holiday that you are going to need an extra power source for then I cant see many other situations where the battery is an issue. If you are at home, plug it in. In the car, plug it in. For a long time we never had the hardware to even be able to play at this kind of fidelty on a handheld so we have gotten over the first hurdle. Obviously, with great power comes great requirements but 2 or 3 generational jumps down the line this will be ironed out and higher capacity batteries and more efficient chips will solve the problem
This is where everyone misunderstood valve saying they wouldn’t update the steam deck til significant gains could be made and as we see at the 15 watt power we don’t see very big gains at all definitely at the point of needing a new device I highly doubt we will see a big gain for at least another year valve isn’t going to go over that 15 watts and at that tgp we need at least One more generation of rdna we could have had similar performance to the ally with the steam deck if they had chose to ramp up power and cores but they wanted balance and playable at 30 fps modem games and that exactly what we got
I think battery life will increase a little over time, but performance will also increase for the same battery life. Asus designed the Ally to charge significantly faster than the Steam Deck which is a good compromise. BTW, that circular port in your car is the remnant of the now defunct cigarette lighter.
how long could you guys play at 15W ? I run Diablo 4 at 15W and it takes 1% per minute, fully charged couldn't last two hours. sounds normal ? running at firmware 317
For €800 you would expect better. With the Steam deck, for just €400, you can play any pc game on the go. Capped at 30 fps medium settings, i get more than 2 hours of gameplay.
Battery life isn’t an issue for me at all. I play in bed near an outlet. My biggest problem with the ALLY is the deadzone issue. I hope asus fixes that soon.
I returned mine because the battery life is horrible. But you got a bizarre looking battery. Then you have Windows 11. Then you have a more powerful CPU, brighter screen, 120Hz display, and better speakers with Dolby sound. So it's not surprising the battery lasts only 1 hour or so.
For me its games and as long as the games look good minimum 720p with 30-60 fps if we can get higher great but if it can meet my minimum requirement is great. Look how well the switch is doing its not a monster of a system but games look good and fps are good its 720p and Nintendo has games people want to play
What most people seem to not realize (since very few handheld enthusiast are also hardware savvy), is that the hardware in Rog Ally isn't just more powerful then the Steam Deck, it's more power energy efficient also... It's using Zen 4 instead of Zen 2 CPU, it's 4 nm vs 7nm, it's 12 vs 8 GPU cores. This hardware should work noticeably better also at 10/15 W compared to the Steam Deck using the same game settings. However, it's up to Asus to make it happen. Valve made battery life number one priority and really did it well. Asus underestimated this. They had to put а bit bigger battery, since the device could take it, and to optimize for ALL power profiles better. People also claim that Windows is "bloated"... Yep, it is, but keep in mind that Linux is server centric OS. All standard linux distributions do worse then Windows on battery. So, it's not because "linux is just better", Valve put the work and made it happen. Do I hold my breath for Asus to make this device really shine as it should... Nope. You buy what you have now, next year, they will be working on Ally 2... I personally need a powerful portable device, will use it connected. If I really go somewhere remote, I will bring a power bank anyway, since 15-20 min extra, doesn't make much difference. I guess that was the thinking of Asus also. This device is for older age group. People that commute between house, working places, hotels, friends, etc and being away from the grid for small amounts of time. If you want battery life, you are probably looking at Nintendo Switch anyway.
The hardware on the Ally isn't more power efficient. Rather, depending on the context you mean by "efficient" in this case it most likely isn't. Plug the Ally in, max out the TDP in docked mode it will give you more graphical horsepower per watt of energy consumed. However, that efficiency exists only at the highest end of its usable TDP. The lower you go on TDP the less efficient the Ally is compared to the Steam Deck. The Deck's APU is a completely custom chip designed from the ground up for playing video games at ultra low TDPs; the Ally's APU, which is a repurposed laptop APU, simply can't compete at TDPs as low as the Steam Deck operates at. The Deck's APU is designed to operate at a TDP of between 4 to 15 watts. The Ally's APU is designed to operate at between 20 to 45 watts. Any APU will operate less efficiently outside of its effective use range. At a TDP of let's say 10 watts the Deck is in its prime whereas the Ally's APU is absolutely starved for power and barely functioning. Remember that TDP is a measure of heat rather than power consumption and that when you set a TDP you're setting a ceiling to that heat rather than deciding a constant level of power. When you play games on the Deck at a TDP of 15 it usually, unless the game is 100% maxing out the Deck's APU at every moment, operate at a lower power consumption than what would produce a TDP of 15 at full usage. The ALly at a TDP of 15, in the same game at roughly the same settings, will actually be 'maxing out' the APU for that TDP to produce the same image. Now the Ally can do more proportionally than the Deck, but that's only at higher levels of power consumption. The Ally does more with what it can do at a TDP of 25 than the Deck can do at a TDP of 15 proportionally speaking. This increase in performance comes at the obvious cost of battery life. This battery life cost isn't just true when we are talking about maxing out the Deck vs. maxing out the Ally; it's also true when you play less graphically demanding games as well.
The 7840 U best efficiency is around 20 watts while the Deck custom chip is 11 watts. The farther you are away from these wattage the less efficient the chip becomes. This is why the Deck outperforms the Ally at 10 TDP and lower while the Ally outperforms the Deck at 15 TDP. After 11 TDP the performance gain for the extra wattage drops off on the Deck. There is only so much Asus can do on the software side as the 7840u is a general purpose laptop apu designed to run at 15 TDP to 30 TDP while the Deck custom chip was designed to run 3TDP to 15 TDP.
I feel like battery shouldn't be that big of a problem if you apply a bit of common sense. If you buy any portable console throughout history, you'll get portable games with limited graphics and performace, so if you actually want this to match that experience, it'll have to be in all aspects. The upside here is that you have the option to push it much further when that battery isn't a concern, which is not an option for a console.
@jeffreyali1456 that's cool man, I prefer the deck on the go and the ally at home once again, your welcomed to carry your ally and a powerbank, I'm good.
Replaceable battery is the future. Want to see how future handheld design their new models for replaceable battery. Or is the new law only apply to smartphone? Also to answer your question, It's the input buttons for me. I don't buy any console but the reason I only own steamdeck because I play a lot of pc exclusive games that use a lot of keybinds, I don't play those AAA console games you guys are mostly playing. So it's the only device that answers my need and at a affordable price. The only reason I look at ally is to use it to play japanese Visual Novel games I owned in DMM which Ally is overkill for that job. If I gonna buy one I'd probably wait when there is more cheaper window handhelds.
I got a ally. Went on a trip played hades in the 10w mode gave me 4 hrs. Then I ran some dailes for warframe at 120 fps plugged in. Destiny 2 at 60 fps honestly works for me
Yep, the ability to scale depending on how much Watts you can put in it, is huge benefit over Steam Deck. I don't understand how some are nitpicking UI & Windows issues, but fail to see that having this great screen and great cooling system, you get a lot more versatile device with laptop level of performance.
for me it’s the look of the device, switch and rog ally is great looking, while steam deck is the ugliest thing ever existed lol😅😅😅😅. portable gaming is mostly about gaming in short session during travels and break so ergonomic isnt a much problem for me. i dont plays hours on handhelds, not good for eyes not good for the back either
For me the Deck looks like a functional piece of tech whereas the Ally looks so tacky I'd be embarrassed to be seen with it in public. Different strokes for different folks.
the 7 inch screen and the non-existent battery life are the two main reasons it loses to any laptop out there , this was a very BIASED and unfaithful review :)
A tip for you, if you want to grow this channel. Show different games being played. Nearly all of your videos are Forza Horizon. I get that it's a well optimised game which makes the Rog Ally look good, but videos need variety.
There are a ton of dummies crying about battry life. When the very fact that if you are traveling for long periods you will bring a charger and an extra battery pack. It doesn't matter. Y'all do the same for your phone.
the major issue was that it could've been bigger and that they compromised . Most of are fortunate to afford the device as well as portable chargers. It's never fun for someone who saved up for this to then be told oh wait but if you want to take it anywhere you need to spend more. Anyways comments like this are why I make videos
I personally think people crying about battery life running the most high-end games on a tiny little handheld are just goofy crybaby that should go buy a tablet instead and use streaming services. I like my raw power and battery life is my least worrysome factor. Want more battery go play a indie game or some. Want big boy power? Go buy a power brick and plug it anywhere you go. It's like buying a v8 muscle car then complaining about how loud it sounds and cost in gas
The battery itself will eventually wear out. This is like laptop and smartphone. You can optimize it better longer gaming duration but it's false when someone said its life will get better. 😂
That’s why Chinese companies like Asus should not be allowed to make consoles. A console is supposed to be fully customized to outperform in terms of battery. Asus is just a disappointing company. I’m not even sure how it’s still in market.
I wish the battery life was better but getting Console level graphics on the go is freaking awesome. I got a battery pack that gives me an additional 2 hours. Im happy
What powerbank?
@@Limitbreak09 same queation because I am cool :)
I’ve been watching a lot of videos on the ally and steam deck, to see witch one would be best for me, as a truck driver myself I’m always waiting at the customer sometimes for a couple hours, and the ally or steam deck would be perfect to kill time, both units are awesome, I will keep doing more research. Great video broski
@@TopNotchTransportAndLogistics aren’t those like 1000$ I’m aiming for a more budget friendly the 399$ steam deck looks like a good one for the price
@@TopNotchTransportAndLogisticsmy buddy at work bought a steam deck and he loves it,he’s always playing it at work, while he’s waiting at the customer, very trucker friendly lolol
@@OG-SPARTAN86o you have power outlet in your truck? If so battery won’t be a problem. If you don’t play many AAA games, I recommend Steam Deck over ROG Ally, mainly because it’s more rugged, and once a game is installed, it will almost never have a problem booting up whatsoever and will run consistently every time. It’s not the same with Ally, it’s like PC so sometimes the game crashed and broke and I have reinstalled or tinkering a bit. Just wanna add my opinion cuz sometimes time is money and you don’t wanna waste time fixing the problem while waiting for customers lol 😂. But if you play more modern AAA, Ally is no brainer
@@KseRBanshee I can always get me a little power inverter for the truck to plug in the steam deck if I chose that route lol honestly I would only play rpg games, souls type games, Diablo game, action adventure type of games, the steam wouldn’t hurt my wallet unlike the ally lol
Battery life will get better (Phawx has proven this) and a power bank with the Ally is way smaller and cheaper than an equitable laptop. Solid state cooling runs into physics laws of energy. No magic physics bullet. Be careful with companies and marketing 😉
Is there a link to him showing? I want to see this.
Will get better for the rog ally?
@@IMGhostRogue Yep! It was a few weeks ago on his channel. ua-cam.com/video/2jZ1wP10ImE/v-deo.html
@@IMGhostRoguebe demonstrated AutoTDP, which is a great crutch but runs into issues whenever there's a large swing in the necessary performance. It's somewhat better with AutoTDP. Not a monumental improvement.
In my testing I'm able to take HiFi rush on the same settings as the Deck from almost 110 minutes to 120. This is compared to the Deck's 190.
The cat port you mentioned is the old cigarette lighters which have now become obsolete so most use them as car phone chargers
Hats off and respect for you
Only you have mentioned this as a serious issue, its the only thing preventing me from purchasing steam deck or rog ally, didn't happen on Nintendo switch oled but we know why, (lack of serious power )
For anything to be gained, something must be sacrificed, and unfortunately, the battery revolution never progressed. Many try to avoid this by saying they only play short sessions. However, I know that deep down they wonder if the batteries can hold up for longer. I am one of those who plays on handheld devices like the switch OLED for long sessions.
Though I really want one, I can't get over how short the battery lasts and the idea that I need to keep it plugged into a power bank or charger
These APUs are being pushed to the maximum so it's way off the efficiency curve. There's a reason a switch can last 4-5 hours. APU efficiency is how you'll get longer battery life.
I really like you voice and thinking keep going
The problem is the CPU architecture, a phone can last a full day, or a mac air, or even a nintendo switch.
Yep. The Deck has better battery life because its APU features custom built architecture designed specifically for playing video games at low TDPs.
When I think about potentially buying an ROG Ally, I honestly don't even think about the battery life. When you're playing games - you're almost always stationary. In fact - not being stationary would probably be dangerous. I already know and assumed it'd be terrible, because the reality is that battery technology just isn't to a point where you can viably get several hours out of the small sized batteries we're able to cram into smaller devices without making huge compromises on the power of the device. What's exciting about the ROG Ally for me is it's versatility and power for the price. It can viably replace your desktop PC, gaming laptop and gaming console. Imagine getting this thing, having a dock + an Ultrawide at your desktop space, a dock for your wall near your couch/bed, and a dock that plugs into your HDTV alongside a controller. You can take this device, that essentially has the capabilities of a desktop PC w/ a RTX 3050 in it and play games in a handheld environment, in a desktop-gaming style environment and a console style environment. One $700 device, as opposed to a $1000 gaming laptop/desktop and $500 gaming console. Hell - like PC gaming, plan on going over to a friends for a LAN but don't want to have to worry about setting up a desk space? Take your ROG ally, the charging cable and a wall power brick, sit on your friends couch/bed and play games with them.
You are just minority as handhelds are there for mobility not for being plug in every single time you turn on your device. Dont even compare your device to laptops and PCs. As they are not solely for gaming.
Asus rog ally is only for people that are replacing their own trash PC or console. For most people tho, rog ally is not good if the battery is trash. It kills the main purpose of the console. At this point asus could invest in small gaming laptop with bigger battery or overall better spec. Gaming PC consoles are just overrated, because they are marketed as mobile device, but cant handle1-2 hours outside.
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The problem with the Ally isn't the bettery life at the top end. That was always gonna be under an hour. That's just physics. They can jam 200 grams of more better in and that number won't hit 2 hours.
The problem is the performance you get when you're not pushing it to the max. Not everyone bought this device for max performance. I'm much more interested in the screen and VRR and quieter fan. I wanna play Spiderman on this but I also wanna play Hollow Knight and the latter can only get about 3 to 4 hours on the Ally. This is compared to 7 on the Deck.
_This_ is the issue.
Yeah if you want efficiency, steam deck takes it. Asus push their APU hard and efficiency suffers
A hot swappable battery would make a difference .
Think the psp.
There is also an option for a larger battery and have a bump in the back for it (check 90w battery upgrade mod with a new 3dprinted back).
Would you say the specs of the device are worth it? I heard the z1 extreme cpu chip is really good.
Loving this device so far, i like it better than the steam deck i had!!! Its lighter, I like the speakers better, the performance is better as well!!! Only downside is the battery for me, but ill get a battery pack to equip it with, that should fix it hopefully i mean 1-2 hours is fine for me as i dont game for long sessions.
i already get 1.5 hours at 30 watts 1080p destiny 2...you should definitely have better l8fe than an hour
@@justinsane332 It's literally impossible to get 1 1/2 at 30 watts out of a 40 Wh battery. Basic math. 30 watts time 1.5 = 45 Wh. No battery is 100% efficient so you won't get the full 40Wh either.
@@smidlee7747 your right, it doesnt always pull that in performance, but mine stays around 22.0-30.0 while playing and i can play for about an hour and a half.
I have a Rog being shipped to me this week, my primary use for this is its gonna be a secondary/extension device to my consoles, I have PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch, this thing just has to work for me when i dont feel like being anchored to a TV, im fine with 2 hours of battery life as im not really gonna be using this for drawn out play sessions, a few matches at a time on COD, Fortnite or Naruto Storm Connections is just fine for me
Imagine going out on a 10 hr drive vacation and you only get to use it for 1 hours and got to charge and wait for another hour I wish the battery life was 4 hours
Hooked up my Quest Pro to my Rog Ally through USB-C Oculus link.. it works. This sucker can run native VR apps (albeit not perfect but it works) in virtual reality. Welcome to the next generation of gaming.
Yo what!? That's CRAZY
I am loving my Ally. Yeah, the battery life is short. I can disconnect from power and play for a while though, and the 65 watt charger does charge faster than the competition's chargers. So, shorter playtime, but also shorter recharge time. It's a compromise. I'm usually around power if I want to play for longer than an hour. On smaller, or indie titles, which I play a good bit of, the Ally does good in Silent mode, which will give a lot more than an hour.
I got the anker 737 power bank and its awesome
Battery life with evolve and get better. You can expect solid state lithium batteries and graphene to make their way into the handheld/laptop market within the coming years, when it comes to battery advancements. When it comes to overall cooling, you can expect the market to slowly begin adopting frore systems cooling solutions into existing vapor chamber and Liquid Metal systems, which could eventually replace the fans on these small devices. Those alone will drastically improve performance and decrease size. Companies might also start adapting dust filters around the interior vents of the devices.
this is like a mini laptop i dont mind keeping it plugged it when i need to
I am tempted to using it as a daily…since the apu in it is basically running a gtx titan xp from half decade ago. And yes, I used to run modern games using titan xp as late as 2020.
Honestly. As much as i would like a 10 hour battery life on one of those devices, if it would mean adding another 500-600€ in device cost and tons of weight id rather carry a powerbank. especially when traveling as soon as you are in a train or a plane you usually have wall outlets anyways and for the few bus rides and small trips in like a taxi or something the 2-3 hours you can get out of it are imo more than enough.
ofc id love to have a bigger number available but in reality i might not exhaust it as much as i think i would
For me the two biggest problems is battery, witch may be Windows's fault and the temps. I've seem videos of the ally getting up to 90 degrees, while yes, still in the device "fine" area, is still really hot and may lower the longevity of a really expensive device, especially here in South America.
i usually set my tdp to 12 watts and set my resolution to 1080p and game settings to medium. my aim is to get at least 50 fps. for harder to run games, i set my resolution to 720p and use RSR. The graphics still look nice. For specific case, like spiderman, i set the tdp to 15 watts and still get 50 fps at 1080p. total draw at 12 watt tpd is 17 while at 15 watt tdp is 23, thats good enough given the device only has a 40 wh battery. the advantage with the ally is the beautiful screen. things look beautiful compared to my qhd onexplayer
I heard The Sweet spot is 18 watts of power it gives enough power for the Ally to have its Z1 extreme chip kick in so if you want to make a custom power profile and armoury crate it could help for those demanding games on the go for the settings have the first slider Target 18 the other two have it close to eighteen or so and then for the two fan curves have the high point set at 40 fan speed at 80 degrees to kick in and if you have to set the resolution to 720P if you want to get that 60 FPS above 75 FPS I'd say would be a sweet spot
@Ziyoblader id have a battery life less than 1.5 hrs with 18 watts tdp
@@dinoypeter oof yeah I was recommending it just in general with the powerbank the guy had in the video because if you run the Ally at full blast with that power bank in the video there you get about 1 hour and 20 minutes where are you if you set it to at 18 w you get 3 hours and 10
Having fun
Needs a battery case or a thicker battery and back case mod
the bezek is make or break issue
I don't take the Ally with me when I got out. I mostly use it to lay on the couch when the wife is watching TV or to clear out my backlog. 70% of games I don't feel like firing up the main rig. So I always have the Ally plugged in.
And this battery charges in half the time of a Steam Deck!. I wish the DPad was better, hard to play Tetris with it, or fighting games. Other than that, I'm loving my Ally! Have you tried another software like Handheld Companion for auto TDP? That will improve your battery life too
While we're on the topic it would be nice if Windows could have an option for Windows 11 to squeeze out one more hour since Windows 10 vs 11 10 uses one hour less of battery which would put it close to the steam deck I still think there would be kind of a gap but if you turned all the settings down to be like a stain deck you'd probably get around 10 minutes difference but like you say that's not the reason why we bought the Ally
I love how windows 11 looks but yeah it is very bulky and bloated
You're so young lol. You didn't know what a cigg lighter was in your car.
Battery life doesn't really bother me at least it charges fast. I think the best i have gotten is maybe 2 hours. I mean ya it kinda sucks i wish it was better but this thing is pushing some pretty impressive performance. I think they will fix the lower watt gameplay and make this more efficient for less demanding games but i dont see it getting better for more demanding games. Its gonna be a hour to 2 hours of gameplay. It is what it is. Im more concerned about asus continuing to improve the overall experience because in my opinion dock mode needs alot of work. I haven't been so frustrated with a piece of tech in a long time. The software needs work. Dock mode for me was almost to painful to use. Im getting a bluetooth keyboard / trackpad and im hoping it makes it a little better for navigating. Flip flopping from touch screen to gamepad mode to desktop mode is ridiculous and auto doesn't work for shit for me. Pointer doesn't always pop up on screen when i put it in desktop mode either and i have had the keyboard not pop up also which is annoying. I know there is hot keys for the keyboard but you shouldn't have to do that. One other note with dock mode is if you connect a xbox controller to it you can not move the cursor around with the xbox controller you have to get up and do it on the ally. Maybe there is a fix to that but its super annoying and thats why im gonna get a cheap wireless keyboard/track pad. Besides these complaints im keeping the ally. Its a beast and as soon as you get in a game it works excellent. The screen,speakers and overall gaming experience is top notch. Its just the software that needs refining and i hope they adress it. I feel like they rushed it out a little bit just like most the games lately. One more thing they need to make the Xbox controller or wireless controller able to open command center and armor crate. Maybe there is a way to map one to do it but I haven't seen it.
I got two to three hours playing Forza Horizon 5 on silent mode at 720p medium-to-high settings 30fps I just usually just use silent mode all the time. I still am able to play AAA games
I'd call this device, 'semi portable'. Portable in the sense it's easy to take it from place A to place B, going from one outlet to another. With enough power to do some gaming between those two locations. A definite advantage over a laptop as this device also comes with the controller, using a touchpad on a laptop isn't ideal. Of course you still have battery packs for longer trips but 9/10 times you'll want to be near an outlet.
These handheld devices with smaller screens also benefit from not needing higher resolutions to look as good.
Unfortunately going to 720 on this device looks ehh, unlike in Steam Deck, man the text gets blurry when I go below the decks 800 or 720
@@Jaxv3r because it’s not the native res of the panel nor a multiple of it unfortunately.
Facts. I'm going to make a video later this weekend about this fact!
@@c-tothefourth4879I'm kinda curious to some developers that don't give us an option change text overlay to fix with screen's native resolution, like some Switch are rendered in 480 but text stays the same at 720 or 1080
On the go best to take the steam deck, for couching or lazy in bed rog ally or if you like small sessions when out
Steam deck better suck also
It's a compromise, it runs everything perfectly..and in all honesty who's going to be sitting in the park or on a bus playing the ally.
My only complaint is that I bought some Rog Bluetooth headphones, and I'm getting slight latency..I don't know how to fix it..
Hopefully some company will make a case with a battery pack or attachable one like the steam deck has.
I was thinking the same thing I have the jsaux case with the battery pack for my steam deck and it’s a little more heavier but I don’t mind as long as I can push another hour or so !
Bro that is a cigarette lighter socket :). Totally agree with you. The more important is you enjoy playing every single minute. if need more time just plug it. if you do not have access then buy a power bank. Also do not play too much, spend time with your love ones. Life is short we need to stay happy. Subscribed as I like how you think. Take care.
it was on the top of my tongue 💀😂 I guess it is called a CAT port
Why's every handheld reviewer playing a racing game?
The Ally isn't great for FPS games from what I hear.
@@LawlessNate But... but Cyberpunk
@@danielmaster911ify Cyberpunk is one of the best games to show off ray tracing. IIRC with the new DLC it going to get a graphic upgrade which will required higher minimum specs. If true expect the performance to get worst playing this on a handheld.
I honestly just love Forza and It runs so so well on the Ally!
Battery is a solvable issue, unlike bad screen, lacks of power, or joystick.
Don't me wrong, battery is important but there are power bank, many places and transports like plane and train offers charging sockets.
Ideally I want good battery for handheld, but if I am given option between good battery vs good screen/joystick/power, I'll pick the later easily.
I just want something like an ayaneo air with 10 hours of battery life. For me that would be perfect. It is getting to the point where it's like "why am I buying these things if they're not mobile at all?"
Honestly that Is probably the best point I have heard so far... I might dive into that for a video topic if you don't mind 💙
A lot of people and reviewers too make such a big deal of the battery. I'm like you, I always have this thing plugged in. I mostly play on the sofa tbh.
Having a handheld device plugged in all the time is like having to have a wireless controller continuously plugged in. I don't like Nintendo as a company but no one can complete with them when it comes to handhelds. From the time of the Gameboy handhelds are designed so you don't have to them continuously plugged in.
Since UA-camrs hyped up both the Deck and Ally playing demanding PC games it makes sense people complained when they realize these games burn through the battery like a gaming laptop.
This complaint is not just over the Ally. Some complain the Sony Q only having 3 hours of battery life playing PS5 remotely is poor. A lot of people like wireless controllers.
Sounds like you should have bought a laptop or pc which are definitely better than this overpriced brickgame😂
@@onomatopoeia5540 Just because my usecase is different from yours doesn't mean it's invalid.
What, in your experience, makes it so you consider the Ally a brick?
@@smidlee7747 ....or just having a wired controller. Which a lot of people have.
I didnt get it for the fidelity. I got it for portable 60+ fps gameplay and with a screen so small low settings don't matter much. The only harware limitation in the device is its GPU which is why ASUS has created the XG devices. I believe in like 2 generations of APUs we could see desktop performance in handheld consoles like the Ally.
Technically you get desktop performance now. And if you mean high end, in 2 generations the high end will be way different
@@c-tothefourth4879 If you mean an older desktop still running 1060 then it's close.
I hope this isn't a dud like the logitech g cloud
I think it is about WHERE you are going to use it. If you use it on your commute, thats fine as you probably only take 60 to 90 mins. A quick gaming spell, you're covered. A decent spell of retro gaming, again you have it. As long as you are not expecting to AAA game for the duration of a flight to or from holiday that you are going to need an extra power source for then I cant see many other situations where the battery is an issue. If you are at home, plug it in. In the car, plug it in.
For a long time we never had the hardware to even be able to play at this kind of fidelty on a handheld so we have gotten over the first hurdle. Obviously, with great power comes great requirements but 2 or 3 generational jumps down the line this will be ironed out and higher capacity batteries and more efficient chips will solve the problem
how much extra time do you get with your Powerbank connected?
about an hour and a half to 2 hours
This is where everyone misunderstood valve saying they wouldn’t update the steam deck til significant gains could be made and as we see at the 15 watt power we don’t see very big gains at all definitely at the point of needing a new device I highly doubt we will see a big gain for at least another year valve isn’t going to go over that 15 watts and at that tgp we need at least One more generation of rdna we could have had similar performance to the ally with the steam deck if they had chose to ramp up power and cores but they wanted balance and playable at 30 fps modem games and that exactly what we got
I play for an hour on turbo an hour and 15 minutes the longest. I think I’d have 2-3 hours max on my laptop.
Mine has died twice while plugged in!
I think battery life will increase a little over time, but performance will also increase for the same battery life. Asus designed the Ally to charge significantly faster than the Steam Deck which is a good compromise. BTW, that circular port in your car is the remnant of the now defunct cigarette lighter.
Surely the battery life will get worse quickly as it will see so many charging cycles.
@@lunarshteve so true... hope it can hav easy battery replacement...
@@lunarshteve Ifixit showed that the Ally's battery is easily removable and replaceable, unlike the Deck.
@@conchobaro another money to spend for an already overpriced crap?😂
@@onomatopoeia5540 if you don't like the rog ally then why tf are you even here 😂😂
how long could you guys play at 15W ? I run Diablo 4 at 15W and it takes 1% per minute, fully charged couldn't last two hours. sounds normal ? running at firmware 317
1% per minute is pretty accurate. I think the most I have gotten is almost 2 hours. Battery sucks but I can deal with it. Performance is pretty good.
@@jimmytimber7074 Asus gaming laptop battery suck as well. They built them thinner , more powerful hardware but never increase the battery life.
gaming laptops are noisy, hot and clunky. Even plugged in, I would choose this than just my laptop.
I usually don’t game for more than an hour at a time anyways.😏😝
For €800 you would expect better. With the Steam deck, for just €400, you can play any pc game on the go. Capped at 30 fps medium settings, i get more than 2 hours of gameplay.
I love my ally but dam that battery sucks and no I don’t want to carry power banks
Battery life isn’t an issue for me at all. I play in bed near an outlet. My biggest problem with the ALLY is the deadzone issue. I hope asus fixes that soon.
What is the deadzone issue?
It feels a bit laggy but you can tweak it in game! He's talking about joysticks!
I returned mine because the battery life is horrible. But you got a bizarre looking battery. Then you have Windows 11. Then you have a more powerful CPU, brighter screen, 120Hz display, and better speakers with Dolby sound. So it's not surprising the battery lasts only 1 hour or so.
For me its games and as long as the games look good minimum 720p with 30-60 fps if we can get higher great but if it can meet my minimum requirement is great. Look how well the switch is doing its not a monster of a system but games look good and fps are good its 720p and Nintendo has games people want to play
What most people seem to not realize (since very few handheld enthusiast are also hardware savvy), is that the hardware in Rog Ally isn't just more powerful then the Steam Deck, it's more power energy efficient also... It's using Zen 4 instead of Zen 2 CPU, it's 4 nm vs 7nm, it's 12 vs 8 GPU cores. This hardware should work noticeably better also at 10/15 W compared to the Steam Deck using the same game settings. However, it's up to Asus to make it happen. Valve made battery life number one priority and really did it well. Asus underestimated this. They had to put а bit bigger battery, since the device could take it, and to optimize for ALL power profiles better. People also claim that Windows is "bloated"... Yep, it is, but keep in mind that Linux is server centric OS. All standard linux distributions do worse then Windows on battery. So, it's not because "linux is just better", Valve put the work and made it happen.
Do I hold my breath for Asus to make this device really shine as it should... Nope. You buy what you have now, next year, they will be working on Ally 2... I personally need a powerful portable device, will use it connected. If I really go somewhere remote, I will bring a power bank anyway, since 15-20 min extra, doesn't make much difference. I guess that was the thinking of Asus also. This device is for older age group. People that commute between house, working places, hotels, friends, etc and being away from the grid for small amounts of time. If you want battery life, you are probably looking at Nintendo Switch anyway.
The hardware on the Ally isn't more power efficient. Rather, depending on the context you mean by "efficient" in this case it most likely isn't. Plug the Ally in, max out the TDP in docked mode it will give you more graphical horsepower per watt of energy consumed. However, that efficiency exists only at the highest end of its usable TDP. The lower you go on TDP the less efficient the Ally is compared to the Steam Deck. The Deck's APU is a completely custom chip designed from the ground up for playing video games at ultra low TDPs; the Ally's APU, which is a repurposed laptop APU, simply can't compete at TDPs as low as the Steam Deck operates at.
The Deck's APU is designed to operate at a TDP of between 4 to 15 watts. The Ally's APU is designed to operate at between 20 to 45 watts. Any APU will operate less efficiently outside of its effective use range. At a TDP of let's say 10 watts the Deck is in its prime whereas the Ally's APU is absolutely starved for power and barely functioning. Remember that TDP is a measure of heat rather than power consumption and that when you set a TDP you're setting a ceiling to that heat rather than deciding a constant level of power. When you play games on the Deck at a TDP of 15 it usually, unless the game is 100% maxing out the Deck's APU at every moment, operate at a lower power consumption than what would produce a TDP of 15 at full usage. The ALly at a TDP of 15, in the same game at roughly the same settings, will actually be 'maxing out' the APU for that TDP to produce the same image.
Now the Ally can do more proportionally than the Deck, but that's only at higher levels of power consumption. The Ally does more with what it can do at a TDP of 25 than the Deck can do at a TDP of 15 proportionally speaking. This increase in performance comes at the obvious cost of battery life. This battery life cost isn't just true when we are talking about maxing out the Deck vs. maxing out the Ally; it's also true when you play less graphically demanding games as well.
The 7840 U best efficiency is around 20 watts while the Deck custom chip is 11 watts. The farther you are away from these wattage the less efficient the chip becomes. This is why the Deck outperforms the Ally at 10 TDP and lower while the Ally outperforms the Deck at 15 TDP. After 11 TDP the performance gain for the extra wattage drops off on the Deck. There is only so much Asus can do on the software side as the 7840u is a general purpose laptop apu designed to run at 15 TDP to 30 TDP while the Deck custom chip was designed to run 3TDP to 15 TDP.
I feel like battery shouldn't be that big of a problem if you apply a bit of common sense. If you buy any portable console throughout history, you'll get portable games with limited graphics and performace, so if you actually want this to match that experience, it'll have to be in all aspects. The upside here is that you have the option to push it much further when that battery isn't a concern, which is not an option for a console.
I'd say a Steam Deck at $350 is much better value. If I wanted to plug in, I'd use my gaming PC, so Steam Deck works better for me.
Steam deck on the go, ally at home
You on every Ally video throwing hate 😂😂😂
@Drzestrella19 how was this hate? Your a real clown my man, go stalk someone else
Both work on the go, especially with a battery bank
@jeffreyali1456 that's cool man, I prefer the deck on the go and the ally at home once again, your welcomed to carry your ally and a powerbank, I'm good.
Replaceable battery is the future.
Want to see how future handheld design their new models for replaceable battery. Or is the new law only apply to smartphone?
Also to answer your question,
It's the input buttons for me.
I don't buy any console but the reason I only own steamdeck because I play a lot of pc exclusive games that use a lot of keybinds, I don't play those AAA console games you guys are mostly playing. So it's the only device that answers my need and at a affordable price.
The only reason I look at ally is to use it to play japanese Visual Novel games I owned in DMM which Ally is overkill for that job. If I gonna buy one I'd probably wait when there is more cheaper window handhelds.
AutoTDP is going to be a game changer even if ASUS and others refuse to incorporate it.
I got a ally. Went on a trip played hades in the 10w mode gave me 4 hrs. Then I ran some dailes for warframe at 120 fps plugged in. Destiny 2 at 60 fps honestly works for me
Yep, the ability to scale depending on how much Watts you can put in it, is huge benefit over Steam Deck. I don't understand how some are nitpicking UI & Windows issues, but fail to see that having this great screen and great cooling system, you get a lot more versatile device with laptop level of performance.
for me it’s the look of the device, switch and rog ally is great looking, while steam deck is the ugliest thing ever existed lol😅😅😅😅. portable gaming is mostly about gaming in short session during travels and break so ergonomic isnt a much problem for me. i dont plays hours on handhelds, not good for eyes not good for the back either
For me the Deck looks like a functional piece of tech whereas the Ally looks so tacky I'd be embarrassed to be seen with it in public. Different strokes for different folks.
Just get a portable charger that’s powerful enough to charge this while playing it
the 7 inch screen and the non-existent battery life are the two main reasons it loses to any laptop out there , this was a very BIASED and unfaithful review :)
How can you compare a iPad mini on steroids to a 15+inch laptop… stupid comment.
You basically can’t game on a laptop unless it’s plugged in. Limits to 30fps and doesn’t last anywhere near an hour
He probably doesn't have a gaming laptop 😂
Honestly it’s impressive that it has almost 2x the power of a steam deck and double the refresh rate while having half decent battery life
Decent my ass
A tip for you, if you want to grow this channel. Show different games being played. Nearly all of your videos are Forza Horizon. I get that it's a well optimised game which makes the Rog Ally look good, but videos need variety.
I just purchased Spiderman last night and will be playing that today!
@@gamersdigesterThank you for your videos. They are excellent. They're a good form factor & honest & informative 👍
Can you play also something else during talking? Forza 5 looks super boring. :D
Tonight will be spiderman!
There are a ton of dummies crying about battry life. When the very fact that if you are traveling for long periods you will bring a charger and an extra battery pack. It doesn't matter. Y'all do the same for your phone.
the major issue was that it could've been bigger and that they compromised . Most of are fortunate to afford the device as well as portable chargers. It's never fun for someone who saved up for this to then be told oh wait but if you want to take it anywhere you need to spend more. Anyways comments like this are why I make videos
I personally think people crying about battery life running the most high-end games on a tiny little handheld are just goofy crybaby that should go buy a tablet instead and use streaming services. I like my raw power and battery life is my least worrysome factor. Want more battery go play a indie game or some. Want big boy power? Go buy a power brick and plug it anywhere you go. It's like buying a v8 muscle car then complaining about how loud it sounds and cost in gas
The battery itself will eventually wear out. This is like laptop and smartphone. You can optimize it better longer gaming duration but it's false when someone said its life will get better. 😂
Sounds like you should have bought a laptop or pc which are definitely better than this overpriced brickgame😂
I actually own all of the above 💙😂
That’s why Chinese companies like Asus should not be allowed to make consoles. A console is supposed to be fully customized to outperform in terms of battery. Asus is just a disappointing company. I’m not even sure how it’s still in market.