The $800 Asus ROG Ally X is one of the most expensive gaming handhelds. It's also one of the best you can buy right now.
There's more than just a black coat of paint that makes the Ally X so appealing. Photo: Artem Golub / Gizmodois one of the most expensive gaming handhelds you can buy. It’s a good thing that it’s also the most versatile gaming handheld I’ve used. It’s a mid-cycle refresh of the, but make no mistake, this is the one you want. It’s better in most ways than its predecessor and it’s one of the best small-package gaming experience compared to most other handheld PCs on the market.
There’s a new 8-directional d-pad as well, but the thumbsticks are easily the biggest improvement overall. The older Ally’s sticks felt thin, but the refreshed model has more heft without being flicky. Asus claimed it’s easier to replace the sticks if there’s any issue this time.
On the Ally X, I’ve managed to get between two and a half to three hours of battery life without dipping below 20%, enough for our regular sessions before calling it quits for the night.at the same TDP and graphics settings. While the older Ally was fully depleted in less than two hours, the Ally X was still going strong at 60%. I managed to get closer to four hours on less demanding games running at higher-performance settings.
In 3DMark Time Spy tests, the Ally X scored around 200 points higher than the Ally, which isn’t much but considerable, noting it’s the same processor. On basic CPU benchmarks like PCMark10, Cinebench, and Geekbench 6, I saw similar increases in performance of a few hundred points.
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