A:AnswerThat’s a good summary of it. I use it to play Xbox Game Pass and Battle.net, with no issues. I also run Steam but my library there is smaller.
Get a good dock and you can use it just like a desktop. It functions similar to a Surface, but in handheld form factor with solid touchscreen.
A:Answer1. The battery is measured as it would be on a laptop, 40Whr. It'd be the equivalent of around 5200mAh.
2. The screen can be changed to 60hz.
3. That depends on the power mode you have it running in, screen refresh rate, and the game. Early reviews indicate 1-1.5hrs in turbo mode. 2-3 in performance.
4. Any software than can be installed on a standard PC can be installed.
A:AnswerYes it does, but it is not enabled/usable as of the units sent out for review. It is possible ASUS will enable it in the future , but there is no guarantee at this point.
A:AnswerThe ROG Ally is one of the first gaming devices to support UHS-II Micro SD cards which have a read speed around 300MB/s instead of 100MB/s of UHS-I cards. Currently, the best pricing for these UHS-II cards is around $100 for a 256GB card. As the time of writing (June 5, 2023) there are not any higher capacity UHS-II drives available.
A:AnswerIt shouldn't have a restocking fee based on the criteria they've listed:
A restocking fee of 15% of the item's purchase price applies to drones, DSLR cameras and lenses, mirrorless cameras and lenses, electric bikes, electric mopeds, leg and body recovery systems, premium camcorders, projectors, projector screens, and special-order products.
However, I would suggest clarifying this with a Best Buy representative.
A:AnswerYes, but you'll need to use the power brick included with the ROG Ally for proper power delivery. You may also need a short USB C extension cable or adapter to go from the dock to the Ally if you want it to be centered while docked.
A:AnswerIt’s technically has ray tracing capability, but the hardware is comparatively low end compared to like Xbox series or a PC with a dedicated GPU.
It wouldn’t shock me if there’s games that are usable with Ray tracing on though, and it’s AMD’s second generation hardware with ray tracing.
If nothing else, it’ll be more capable with Ray tracing then steam deck is, both because it’s running windows, which allows access to it while steam deck doesn’t yet, and also because the CPU/GPU, you are kind of two generations, newer than steam deck’s, and bigger.
BE AWARE THAT IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS, I’VE ALREADY SEEN INVALID COMPARISONS WITH STEAM DECK AT 720p and this at 1080p, and without bothering to tell us what TDP they have it set up, and then declaring “the performance is about the same!” And it’s like… Yeah, but you’re running the game at 2.25 times higher resolution, and you may not be using its full capabilities on top of that.
Steam deck it’s kind of on the edge for a lot of games it seems like, not being quite powerful enough for some of the newest stuff. That’s really current gen, as it basically performs like a launch version of a last gen Xbox one/ps4 from 10 years ago.
This will at worst give you a good chunk more headroom to run newer games, though it’s still not going to match even an Xbox Series S, much less an X, but still.
I think 720 P for a lot of stuff will be a good resolution, and then a lot of game support, image, reconstruction techniques. Though it’s nice the screen has that resolution and frame rate, I think for a lot of high-end games, aiming for 720p + 30 or 60 fps will be a better idea, and this will be able to push stuff better than Steamdeck with those settings.
A:AnswerNo. You'll need wifi to pay any games that require a connection... I'll just connect to my phone's hotspot if i need.
Think I'd it as a windows laptop is my best advice.
A:AnswerYou can buy it and have it reserved for you for pickup on launch day. BestBuy usually keeps reserved for about a week, they will tell you the date up to they'll hold the product for you.
