Asus Xbox Ally mogs steam deck hard

[Jason Voorhees]

Ally isn't just a beefed up handheld. That people think it is it is basically a custom Windows PC in a very controlled envelope. Under the hood it's running a fully unlocked Windows kernel but Microsoft and Asus have smartly disabled unnecessary background services bloatware locked down telemetry, giving you near console level responsiveness and performance..

You also get things like dynamic resolution scaling, integrated Xbox Cloud streaming all without any overhead. The Steam Deck can be modded to do some of this but not all and it is unstable


Also unlike the Steam Deck which is Linux and uses Proton for compatibility. the Ally can run native Windows games and Game Pass titles directly without any translation layers. So no weird performance hits or weird input issues and direct performance and to support all that they have thrown in AMD Zen 4 + RDNA 3 legit getting desktop class performance in a handheld form factor.

This is a winning product. With good marketing and pricing this will mog hard. I tip my hat to the Xbox Asus and Microsoft team. Well played niggas.

Now it's in my hands the new Xbox Ally X is a far better handheld than I expected, but it's still got a lot of work to do to convince me it's a) worth $1,000 or b) that it's an Xbox

It's seriously quiet, real fast, and the Windows handheld experience mostly works. Mostly. But that price...

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@lastofus123 @Tigermoggerlol @Sprinkles

 

[Shahnamehgymmaxx]

Ally isn't just a beefed up handheld. That people think it is it is basically a custom Windows PC in a very controlled envelope. Under the hood it's running a fully unlocked Windows kernel but Microsoft and Asus have smartly disabled unnecessary background services bloatware locked down telemetry, giving you near console level responsiveness and performance..

You also get things like dynamic resolution scaling, integrated Xbox Cloud streaming all without any overhead. The Steam Deck can be modded to do some of this but not all and it is unstable


Also unlike the Steam Deck which is Linux and uses Proton for compatibility. the Ally can run native Windows games and Game Pass titles directly without any translation layers. So no weird performance hits or weird input issues and direct performance and to support all that they have thrown in AMD Zen 4 + RDNA 3 legit getting desktop class performance in a handheld form factor.

This is a winning product. With good marketing and pricing this will mog hard. I tip my hat to the Xbox and Microsoft team. Well played niggas.

Now it's in my hands the new Xbox Ally X is a far better handheld than I expected, but it's still got a lot of work to do to convince me it's a) worth $1,000 or b) that it's an Xbox

It's seriously quiet, real fast, and the Windows handheld experience mostly works. Mostly. But that price...

www.pcgamer.com

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Possibly mogged by gpd win

 

[.Cx]

Ally isn't just a beefed up handheld. That people think it is it is basically a custom Windows PC in a very controlled envelope. Under the hood it's running a fully unlocked Windows kernel but Microsoft and Asus have smartly disabled unnecessary background services bloatware locked down telemetry, giving you near console level responsiveness and performance..

You also get things like dynamic resolution scaling, integrated Xbox Cloud streaming all without any overhead. The Steam Deck can be modded to do some of this but not all and it is unstable


Also unlike the Steam Deck which is Linux and uses Proton for compatibility. the Ally can run native Windows games and Game Pass titles directly without any translation layers. So no weird performance hits or weird input issues and direct performance and to support all that they have thrown in AMD Zen 4 + RDNA 3 legit getting desktop class performance in a handheld form factor.

This is a winning product. With good marketing and pricing this will mog hard. I tip my hat to the Xbox and Microsoft team. Well played niggas.

Now it's in my hands the new Xbox Ally X is a far better handheld than I expected, but it's still got a lot of work to do to convince me it's a) worth $1,000 or b) that it's an Xbox

It's seriously quiet, real fast, and the Windows handheld experience mostly works. Mostly. But that price...

www.pcgamer.com

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Sounds pretty good, steam decks are extremely capable of most gaming, I've not seen much about the ally, depending on price tag I might look into it but I'm focusing on just getting a PC right now and I'll continue to emulate off my smart phone for the time being.
Do you have either of these or just reporting on recent news?

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Possibly mogged by gpd win

You have a gpd. Mirin didn't know there were so many gaming nerds on the forum

 

[Shahnamehgymmaxx]

You have a gpd. Mirin didn't know there were so many gaming nerds on the forum

I have the 2023 win 4 with the Ryzen 7 but it broke sadly gpd win 5 mogs everything in performance but needs a detachable battery and is way more expensive and heavy with no detachable keyboard, unironically I think an aya neo might be the better option for the first time because they have another handheld with the same chip

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Sounds pretty good, steam decks are extremely capable of most gaming, I've not seen much about the ally, depending on price tag I might look into it but I'm focusing on just getting a PC right now and I'll continue to emulate off my smart phone for the time being.
Do you have either of these or just reporting on recent news?

Neither man. I only have a ps5 I'm an very casual gamer. But i can still appreciate the tech, engineering and the work that went into making this possible. Tech is one of my passions. It's what I love. There's a reason I'm an ITcel. I get excited by how systems are built, optimized, and tuned. Seeing a handheld that basically runs a full Windows stack but stripped down for performance with thermals, latency, and power management engineered to the last milliwatt hits all the right notes for someone who lives and breathes tech like me.

 

[.Cx]

Neither man. I only have a ps5 I'm an very casual gamer. But i can still appreciate the tech, engineering and the work that went into making this possible. Tech is one of my passions. It's what I love. There's a reason I'm an ITcel. I get excited by how systems are built, optimized, and tuned. Seeing a handheld that basically runs a full Windows stack but stripped down for performance with thermals, latency, and power management engineered to the last milliwatt hits all the right notes for someone who lives and breathes tech like me.

Nice bro I've always been an avid gamer just never had the funds for a nicely performing PC until now I hope to indulge in the process of adapting to PCs and learning as much as I can about everything behind them and other related tech. I hope to get my hands on a nice hand held myself once I have sufficient funds for all of it LOL.
I'm mirin your dedication to tech bro. I'm trying to learn as much as I can before my PC parts come in the mail

 

[Jason Voorhees]

I have the 2023 win 4 with the Ryzen 7 but it broke sadly gpd win 5 mogs everything in performance but needs a detachable battery and is way more expensive and heavy with no detachable keyboard, unironically I think an aya neo might be the better option for the first time because they have another handheld with the same chip

I also quite like the The Next 2's clamshell design tbh. Always preferred it to those tiny laptop designs of gpd

 

[Shahnamehgymmaxx]

I also quite like the The Next 2's clamshell design tbh. Always preferred it to those tiny laptop designs of gpd

Nah the gpd win 4 and 5 aren’t laptops though the 4 is a ps vita esque handheld with a screen that can go up to reveal the keyboard
underneath

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Nice bro I've always been an avid gamer just never had the funds for a nicely performing PC until now I hope to indulge in the process of adapting to PCs and learning as much as I can about everything behind them and other related tech. I hope to get my hands on a nice hand held myself once I have sufficient funds for all of it LOL.
I'm mirin your dedication to tech bro. I'm trying to learn as much as I can before my PC parts come in the mail

If you can wait until 2026. Intel is realising the highly awaited Panther Lake in early 2026. It's supposed to be their redeemer product after they lost a ton of market share to amd. If it's not good. Intel is a goner so intel is putting all the effort to make sure it is good.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Nah the gpd win 4 and 5 aren’t laptops though the 4 is a ps vita esque handheld with a screen that can go up to reveal the keyboard
underneath

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I was talking about stuff like win max 2 etc and Yeah This is the kind of design I like. I never understood the point of huge handhelds like that OneXPlayer X1 Pro or Legion. They might aswell be a laptop at that point.

 

[.Cx]

If you can wait until 2026. Intel is realising the highly awaited Panther Lake in early 2026. It's supposed to be their redeemer product after they lost a ton of market share to amd. If it's not good. Intel is a goner so intel is putting all the effort to make sure it is good.

Sounds like a good idea but my job is ending at the end of the month and while I work a slave job until next year until March I would like to have a nice PC to pass the time and to study.
I can always upgrade in the future one PC can't last forever after all!

 

[Shahnamehgymmaxx]

I was talking about stuff like win max 2 etc and Yeah This is the kind of design I like. I never understood the point of huge handhelds like that OneXPlayer X1 Pro or Legion. They might aswell be a laptop at that point.

Unironically a gaming laptop with a controller is probably more ergonomic than giant handhelds, Whereas the gpd win 4 is almost the same width as the Nintendo switch (I have both to compare) except it’s way fatter which is actually somewhat easier to hold

 

[TechnoBoss]

I knew something would come along that's better than the Steam Deck. I hate getting new technology because something better always comes out a year or two later.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Sounds like a good idea but my job is ending at the end of the month and while I work a slave job until next year until March I would like to have a nice PC to pass the time and to study.
I can always upgrade in the future one PC can't last forever after all!

Are you planning to build your own Pc or just buying a pre built one?

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Yeah technology moves so fast these days that things become outdated in a year or two

I knew something would come along that's better than the Steam Deck. I hate getting new technology because something better always comes out a year or two later.

 

[.Cx]

Are you planning to build your own Pc or just buying a pre built one?

Obviously build my own since it's pretty simple process.
$800 is my budget right now but once I start hopefully making a second income off my PC in the future I will upgrade.
Did you build your PC or buy a pre build?

 

[.Cx]

Are you planning to build your own Pc or just buying a pre built one?

build my own since it's pretty simple process.

$800 is my budget right now but once I start hopefully making a second income off my PC in the future I will upgrade.

Did you build your PC or buy a pre build?

 

[lastofus123]

Xbox with a w for once

 

[lastofus123]

build my own since it's pretty simple process.

$800 is my budget right now but once I start hopefully making a second income off my PC in the future I will upgrade.

Did you build your PC or buy a pre build?

What kind of pc can you even build with a 800 dollar budget?

 

[.Cx]

What kind of pc can you even build with a 800 dollar budget?

One that can run every single modern game at 100+ fps and run every program I would need to use flawlessly.
Of course If I want to run max settings on everything I would need at least $1200 but I'm smart with my money and won't just spend that recklessly.
I'm only security officer after all but if I obtain a second source of income than of course I would upgrade lol
How much did you spend on your PC? and did you build or buy prebuilt?

 

[lastofus123]

One that can run every single modern game at 100+ fps and run every program I would need to use flawlessly.
Of course If I want to run max setting on everything I would need at least $1200 but I'm smart with my money and won't just spend that recklessly.
I'm only security officer after all but if I obtain a second source of income than of course I would upgrade lol

Bro send me the build becuase how? I had to spend like over 3k just for my build and it doesn't run intensive games like Alan wake 2 at 100+ fps

 

[.Cx]

Bro send me the build becuase how? I had to spend like over 3k just for my build and it doesn't run intensive games like Alan wake 2 at 100+ fps

Are you trying to push to hard in the settings?!
I've never had a PC so I plan to run most games I already know of and have played in the past. I do not know Alan wake and it might just be extremely strenuous on the PC in a graphical sense.
Once I build it I could let you know if I purchase that game and try to run it.
I'm into survival, fps, platforming, and free roaming games, and possibly mmos and fighting.
From what I know every game I'm into atm will run fine on my future PC.
When did you build your PC? Was it more than 3 years ago??

 

[Netanyahu]

 

[lastofus123]

Are you trying to push to hard in the settings?!
I've never had a PC so I plan to run most games I already know of and have played in the past. I do not know Alan wake and it might just be extremely strenuous on the PC in a graphical sense.

Its one of the most intensive games right now like the optimisation for this game is horrendous, and yeh my settings are on high 1440p and some areas I barely get like 60 fps and it drops to 45 at times and it raises my cortisol and my graphics card is an rtx 4060 btw

Once I build it I could let you know if I purchase that game and try to run it.
I'm into survival, fps, platforming, and free roaming games, and possibly mmos and fighting.
From what I know every game I'm into atm will run fine on my future PC.
When did you build your PC? Was it more than 3 years ago??

Yeh it was like when I arrived in my city like 3-4 years ago and its good as well, really good CPU and has a low chance of bottlenecking for most games I've played and it clocks really high as well

 

[.Cx]

Its one of the most intensive games right now like the optimisation for this game is horrendous, and yeh my settings are on high 1440p and some areas I barely get like 60 fps and it drops to 45 at times and it raises my cortisol and my graphics card is an rtx 4060 btw

Yeh it was like when I arrived in my city like 3-4 years ago and its good as well, really good CPU and has a low chance of bottlenecking for most games I've played and it clocks really high as well

Sounds like an intense game, You should probably try upgrading a bit.
I'm building off of completely modern parts and if I ever play and remember this convo I'll mention you in the future

 

[gigacumster3000]

lmao you actually think a beefed up handheld can compete with a custom windows PC? try reading the specs before making an ignorant statement like that