Customer Ratings & Reviews

This thing still does not cease to amaze me. Just this morning I was sitting on my couch playing battlefield 6 getting 60 frames per second with optimized settings. If you are unsure of the handheld PC market, you cannot best this thing in terms of price vs performance for an entry level purchase. Perfect for on the go.

It's a good concept but until the chips are more powerful or you are a console gamer it's really jarring going from 75-120hz down to 35 and then even worse when even on simple games like Super Mega Baseball you unplug it and the FPS tanks to 25 so you have to turn it up to consume 25-30w to get a stable 30 with lowered settings and using upscaling (RSR driver level) which chews through the battery. Build quality was okay. Needs a stand that isn't made of cardboard especially on the Extreme model at 650 bucks IF you find it on Sale after tax.. Can't have a Switch like stand or at least on made of plastic? This is a bit nit picky as you buy it for handheld mode but I'll give it that it has decent cord length but it's just not ready. Wish Nvidia would make one with an Arm chip and GPU with Tensor cores to use DLSS upscaling so at least you get decent upscaling. May look into the Claw since it has XESS but it lacks the support of DLSS. Also I saw the cpu running under 1ghz at 25w mode and it was what was holding back the game. AMD has a ways to go on APUs still for handheld at least. Performance plugged in is night and day from unplugged even turning the power up all the way won't be as stable on battery and its noticable. Couldn't get Cyberpunk playing at low Steam Deck settings at a stable 30fps at 720p either even on wall power without it so aggressively upscaled you can't make heads or tails of what's going on.

Honestly one of the greatest pieces of tech ive had the opportunity to hold in my hands. An emulation beast, affordable thanks to that ML cut-back of the Ryzen 7 7840u. High refresh rate and really low response time delay. Those speakers can speak from every angle. Its an amazing time to be a gamer, apart from the broken AAA titles being released, emulation will be your best experience here from Odyssey to Switch. Hopefully next rendition of an ASUS handheld places the SD card somewhere where little heat is being generated, also wishing soon Windows is released with a handheld/gaming version without all that unnecessary background processing for a gaming device that drain the battery.

Great device for on the go gaming. Good performance for the price. Battery life could be better but it's okay.

The screen is awesome, comfortable to hold for long periods of play. The battery life is a joke, but it's great for short play sessions during my lunch break.

Nice for travel. Some games require WiFi, so not completely off grid. Nice resolution. Had to get a higher SD card for storage.

A very powerful device! I bought a dock and gaming keyboard and mouse and it runs perfectly. Playing all my pc game’s traditionally AND portable! One of my best / most used purchases In a while.

Amazing handheld gaming pc! This definitely exceeded my expectations and the software it comes with is very polished and optimized. I love all the overlays that are implemented so it makes using the device easier. Armory crate is a must and makes the whole experience feel very console like. The fact that it’s also windows 11 makes it possible to mod games and achieve everything your desktop can do. In my experience 512gb of storage is enough I already own a desktop and I usually play one single player story game at once so 512 is plenty. I’m currently playing atomic heart and always get over 60fps on medium to high settings at 1080p. I’d definitely recommend this it’s awesome to be able to bring your pc everywhere you go

Battery life is not good. If you want a portable gaming machine to play without being plugged in then buy the Ally x instead. Pretty good performance though.

The ROG Ally is the best handheld on the market. While Windows isn’t quite as smooth as SteamOS, this device FEELS amazing to play on and it allows me to play all of my Game Pass titles, Steam titles, and so much more. Definitely my best purchase this year.

I bought one at launch and returned due to issues, gave a refurb a go and will be returning also due to issues, but the software and BIOS updates have been nothing short of amazing - and this is ASUS we're talking about, who make some of the absolutely worst software inflicted on the PC industry. I disable the auto-install of armory crate on my motherboard but the ally variant is solid. I am pleading with you ASUS, hall effect sticks and 32GB at max speed for the Z2 Extreme variant and it'll be an absolute success.

It does everything I want it to do no slowdown runs smooth lightweight decent battery and the ability to connect to tv for big screen gaming is great

What a great gaming device. Definitely got my moneys worth!

The main thing I believe everyone gets wrong when they buy is that they think it's a switch. Wrong it is basically a very small gaming laptop that if you want to have the best performance you need to keep it plugged in. but for everything else it is easy to set up and plays everything I have thrown at it. I would warn you though make sure you play games that are more for controllers than keyboard and mouse because you can connect them you just have to have a Bluetooth version of them. Lastly, you can play it on battery just note it will drain very fast maybe will last 2 hrs

Love it great device i use it as my main pc all the time

i been using it since i got it and everything that i do the rog ally can handle it i really love that i also been playing heavy games and it taking it like nothing i really recommend it

Great device for playing AAA games. Battery life is not great and there are sometimes software malfunctions with Windows 11, but overall a powerful device.

It is a great handled gaming device. It can’t handle the newest AAA games but plays other games very well.

Great platform. Set the standard for others. I'd definitely purchase again in the future. It runs a bit hot, but to be expected for first gen. Honestly it's worth the money.

Really enjoy this handheld! Of course it cant play everything out there but being able to play assassins creed shadow, space marines 2, should be enough to say how much it can handle. Definitely reccomend this for anyone wondering if its worth it