Customer Ratings & Reviews

My new favorite gaming system by far. The portability makes it easy to throw in your bag and game on the go. Only gripe I have is battery life could be better but other than that it's an awesome device for the price. Make sure to buy the Z1 extreme version.

Am impressed I’m using it more than I thought I would using it for Starfield and fallout games mostly only down side is battery only lasts about 30 minutes so might not work as well for long flights? And storage space, games are getting bigger so more storage would have been nice

Pre-ordered mine, but unfortunately I've had to return it. My device was faulty- didn't read memory cards correctly, was overheating and battery life is a joke. Screen is great, general quality is ok. Bestbuy manager was not very nice. Didn't want to return money for faulty device, after a while of unpleasant talk offer store credit... - that why my rating is lower.

Love this device. Plays all my pc games with great performance! The battery lasts about 1 hour when running Ultra settings and turbo mode so that might be the only reason it doesn’t get 5 stars. Otherwise just plug it in when you need to.

It is a fantastic device. Runs any game I’ve thrown at it, including some that had difficulty running on Steam Deck. The SD card issue has hit me, unfortunately…but I expect that to get ironed out.

Excellent unit, pretty powerful once optimized (1080p not needed for this screen size). Gotta love the RGB too!

Plays any game that windows can play which puts it ahead of the Steam Deck. Battery life could be better and a few bugs which most new devices will encounter. Portable entertainment device for the avid gamer and a full windows experience.

The specs of this thing made it sound really appealing but in practice it's not that great. I have to run games on low graphics settings and even then it barely reaches 60fps. It also gets hot if you play while charging even if you reduce the power output. I've measured up to 95°C. It's also not comfortable to hold. The grips are way too thin. I'm sure that part is better for the new xbox version that has extended grips. Overall I think this would be a decent $300 machine. I was lucky and got it on sale for $450 comspred to the normal $700 price, so I didn't overpay by too much but i still feel like it was too much for what it is

I love my Ally, however, the issues with the SD card slot took a star away. The slot is right beneath one of the heat sinks and got fried, im pretty sure my slot is non functional as it keeps running into disk read errors on steam. Thankfully the SD card itself seems okay. I will just have to upgrade the on board SSD to a 2TB model. The second star was taken away because the battery life is lacking, however the form factor is easy to take anywhere and the charger is portable. Hopefully theyll release a battery upgrade kit which I would be happy to purchase. All in all solid handheld PC. Hope they release parts cause this thing seems super repairable.

Works great but gets hot. I've heard the heat can damage sd cards bit I've never experienced that.

So I tend to over research everything to find the biggest bang for my buck. This is it! If you're considering this vs the base vs the more expensive Ally X I cannot recommend this enough. It has the same processor and screen as the X with a smaller battery and less RAM. That's it, get a large external battery for cheap that has a PD port of about 65w or more and you can play this thing nearly all day. Performance is amazing and it can even function as a desktop PC with some setup. Get it!!!!

Excelente to play games but the battery is to short, only long about 1 hour

Oh man. After wrestling with the decision to pick one of these up for a few weeks I finally pulled the trigger and I'm glad I did. This little bugger is shockingly powerful. So far I've tested; Cyberpunk 2077 - I used Steam Deck presets then nudged a few settings up, even some light ray tracing. Consistent 40fps average. Like A Dragon: Gaiden - 50+fps with all settings maxed Baldur's Gate 3 - mostly high settings with a few things bumped down, plays great. Cutscenes look as good as they do on my desktop. The Witcher 3 - can do high preset with no changes or ultra with a few things bumped down to med/high, consistent 40+fps. Don't even touch ray tracing, instant sub-20fps. All in all, this thing is a beast. My only complaints so far are with the controller; buttons sometimes stick a little bit (they might be a little loose in the case) and the sticks feel a little floaty. Very comfortable otherwise.

As a handheld lover I have put tons of hours into this device. The battery life and SD card issue leave some things to be desired but Ive had very few issues with this thing.

Love the ROG Ally. I enjoy gaming but find I do not have as much time to play at home on a PC or console. This brings PC gaming with you in a portable format with decent PC performance. It is not a high end game PC, but it is decent enough to run most games at mid/lower settings very well.

I travel quite regularly and initially purchased this to use while traveling, however, I quickly realized that this small device is quite capable at home as well. The screen is small, so when a prompt for a game pops up it may be difficult to read the available actions or responses. I have recommended this to a couple of friends who have had laptops fail recently as an alternative to an expensive laptop. Obviously, it is not going to be a powerful, workhorse gaming system, however, it is very capable. I have used this plugged into my 49" widescreen through a KVM and even there it has been very capable. Last thought, plan on buying a larger hard drive since the 512GB it comes with is not very large.

The best purchase that I made, stunning screen and controls, just the battery drains quickly with AAA games

better than a steam deck. plays emulators very well. Only downside is windows sleep

lovely light weight handheld and requires a lot of time to tweak by hand. This is not a steam deck if you learn how to tweak you will get better performance and better battery life. Here are some example: A typical AAA game requires at leart 25w to 30w power to run 6o fps. But you will see the device struggles to balance the power between cpu and igpu. You need to learn how to lock your cpu and igpu frequency. For most of the AAA games, a good setting shall be cpu: 2.5 to 3ghz, igpu 2ghz. A medium or low setting game usually targets 15 w power. You shall set cpu to 2.2 to 2.8ghz, igpu 1.4ghz. A medium 2d or light 3d game shall target a 10 to 12 w power. You shall set cpu to 1.5 to 2 ghz, igpu 0.8 to 1.0ghz A light weight 2d game target 7 to 8 w. cpu 1.5 ghz, igpu 0.6 ghz. And if you limit the fps to static 60fps or lower, you should have a smoother and battery saving experience.

Overall, it's a great device, but it can be a bit uncomfortable to hold since it tends to heat up.