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Our review of the ASUS ROG Ally (with Z1 Extreme) handheld gaming PC tests it primarily against the Steam Deck, including gaming performance, frametimes, thermals, acoustics, battery life and charging, noise samples, and impressions of hardware and software. This is a showcase review for us -- it's detailed, but a fun excuse for our team to throw everything at a device for an in-depth review that teaches us (and hopefully the audience) about some of the testing processes at the same time. We also tried to look at the MicroSD card 'melting' issues with the ROG Ally, only to find that our MicroSD card reader on our Ally was dead within 2 hours of gaming and prior to ever being used for a card.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - ASUS ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck
02:26 - ASUS ROG Ally Specs & Differences
03:26 - Hardware & Layout Impressions
06:29 - Automatic BIOS Updates, Software Hotfixes
09:47 - Acoustics & Test Chamber
11:07 - Noise Samples
12:37 - Frequency Analysis: ASUS Ally vs. Nintendo Switch & Steam Deck
17:11 - Noise Levels (Steam Deck, Switch, ASUS Ally)
18:23 - Tear-Down & Disassembly is Excellent
20:36 - GAMING Benchmarks & Methodology
22:43 - Misleading TDP Numbers Shouldn’t Be Relied On
24:17 - Cyberpunk 2077 Benchmarks (ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck, Aya Neo)
25:19 - Bad Ally Cyberpunk Frametimes
26:18 - Dying Light 2 Stay Human Benchmarks
27:19 - Dying Light 2 Frametimes
28:02 - Resident Evil 4 (2023) & Frametimes
29:07 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Handheld Gaming Benchmarks
29:42 - Battery Life Benchmarks (ASUS ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck, Aya Neo)
32:58 - Charging Time & Misconceptions of Chargers
33:54 - ASUS ROG Ally Thermals & Fan Behavior
36:24 - Fan Ramp Needs a Rework
37:16 - Broken MicroSD Card Reader
40:57 - Closing Thoughts

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Host, Writing, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Testing, Writing, Tear-Down: Patrick Lathan
Camera, Video Editing: Vitalii Makhnovets
Video Editing: Mike Gaglione
Video Editing: Tim Phetdara