WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:08.000 I've been put in a really difficult position here I love my Rog Ally it's my 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:11.320 go-to handheld PC and after spending 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.400 some time previewing the allyx it is so 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:17.640 much better that what I want to do is the same thing I did last time and tell 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:21.800 you guys run out and buy it right now but what if ASUS does the same thing as 00:00:19.880 --> 00:00:26.640 last time what if there's a flaw in the hardware and they not only refuse to 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:32.119 issue a recall but refuse to acknowledge it at all they've got some serious 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:36.640 commun trust issues to address and my hope is that by the time we release this 00:00:34.239 --> 00:00:40.480 video they will have taken decisive action that I can display on screen 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:47.399 right now to help set their company on the right path because if they can do 00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:49.680 that the Alli X is sick I mean our 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:55.480 Hardware isn't technically final but guys they have fixed everything chassis 00:00:53.280 --> 00:01:00.320 more comfortable thumb sticks better materials and replaceable with Hall 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:05.519 effects from ghil kit expensive XG mobile expansion interface replaced with 00:01:02.680 --> 00:01:10.200 industry standard USB 4 and guys that's just for starters now given that this is 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:15.520 a preview ASUS wouldn't authorize the publication of graphs but hey they did 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:21.119 leave the device in our hands and we do have a testing lab so I might make some 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:27.280 let's call them predictions about performance that are going to blow your 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:31.840 mind even if you feel like you can't trust Aus right now speaking of 00:01:29.960 --> 00:01:35.920 companies you can't trust how about our sponsor dbrand those freaking guys I 00:01:34.399 --> 00:01:39.920 half expect something to pop out of it and like stick into my eye they recently 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:45.119 launched their kill switch case for the original Rog Ally and it's getting rave 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:49.719 reviews over on Reddit it dramatically improves the digging in of the bottom 00:01:47.119 --> 00:01:53.759 corners and the grippiness is just outstanding check out dbrand.com 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:57.360 Killswitch if you want to grab one for your ally or steam deck or hey if you 00:01:56.039 --> 00:02:01.840 don't want to buy anything and you just want to harass them to make one for the allyx 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:16.319 let's begin with what the Alli X isn't it isn't the Alli 2 so there's no major 00:02:14.440 --> 00:02:20.599 Leap Forward for gaming performance in order to achieve that ASUS would have 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:25.640 had to wait for AMD's strix Point mobile chips which would have increased the 00:02:22.440 --> 00:02:28.200 devic's price dramatically it also isn't 00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:32.360 a major leap in screen quality in fact ASUS says that they not only are aren't 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:36.840 using an OLED display they're using the exact same panel as last time with that 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:41.319 out of the way there are performance improvements and some of them are big 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:46.120 we're getting more memory at faster speeds and a truly impressive doubling 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:51.120 in the rated battery capacity and all of this is somehow without tipping the 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:54.879 scale it is heavier than both the old Ally and the steam deck OLED but it's 00:02:53.239 --> 00:03:02.000 within Striking Distance of the original steam deck and honestly guys to my hands 00:02:58.440 --> 00:03:04.319 it doesn't really feel that noticeable 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:09.560 now we were very interested in how gaming battery life would be impacted by 00:03:06.519 --> 00:03:11.120 this changing capacity and here comes my 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:16.159 first prediction I predict that the Lix will 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:20.799 not last three times as long as the original but that it will last 00:03:18.200 --> 00:03:25.680 considerably more than twice as long both in endurance and in full stress 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:29.319 situations so I predict that you will no longer be stuck plugging in if you want 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:36.120 a game at full performance for longer than about 45 minutes absolute game Cher 00:03:33.720 --> 00:03:42.319 and while we are still limited to AMD's Z1 extreme Apu the additional 8 gigs of 00:03:39.239 --> 00:03:45.640 ddr5 for a total of 24 gigs running at 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:47.400 7500 megat transfers per second should 00:03:45.640 --> 00:03:53.200 result in a few more FPS in your favorite titles now not every game is 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:58.439 going to see a big uplift for example I predict that grid Legends will test 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:03.680 basically the same on both devices but while the unit that I'm holding is still 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:06.000 defaulting to 10 15 and 25 watts for 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:11.280 each of the stock power profiles ASUS has told us that the plan is to launch 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:15.760 the new ally with each profile increased by 2 to three Watts since they've got 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:21.880 all that extra battery headro now that should result in minor but measurable 00:04:18.280 --> 00:04:25.639 increases across pretty much every 00:04:21.880 --> 00:04:28.280 game let's play with it I got to say the 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:33.680 color it's not as striking it definitely looks more generic almost like They're 00:04:30.520 --> 00:04:35.160 copying the MSI claw now but white is 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:38.880 not a good color for something that you're going to have your grimy meat 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:43.639 hooks all over I want to do a blind test for weight okay okay blindfold me wait 00:04:41.880 --> 00:04:47.160 no I have a better idea I'm going to take this wonderful dip eye hoodie from 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:52.680 LTT Store.com and do this with it how many 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:55.639 fingers am I holding up three no he's wrong all right he's blind I'm going to 00:04:54.400 --> 00:05:00.240 have to be careful not to touch the bottoms cuz it's more rounded on the new one I like that way better so I'm just 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:09.000 going to kind of grab them like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle here's the first one okay so this is one okay okay 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:10.600 you got that here's the other one oh man 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:14.560 when I held that first one I was like oh that's definitely the new one but now 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:23.280 I'm not sure number one feel like I'm at the option okay and 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:26.160 two this is the original yeah okay 00:05:23.280 --> 00:05:29.440 you're right it's really close let's have a look at some of our other changes 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:33.919 here I can't say that I particularly know notice the difference in material 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:37.720 on the joysticks but with that said plof you didn't mention the ring on the top I 00:05:35.880 --> 00:05:42.080 actually really like that how it kind of Cups the tip of your thumb a little bit 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:48.840 better big fan of that oo and they're 00:05:45.520 --> 00:05:50.960 tighter so you can replace them with 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:57.319 thumb sticks from ghilly kit but you may not want to at least not until they die 00:05:53.840 --> 00:05:59.400 ABX y button sit a little bit higher you 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:02.479 know what I think I like that too I remember remember having this debate 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:06.199 with the Ian Neo guys they switched over to more of a a micro switch style button 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:10.599 and I was like oh guys I really don't like that and they're like well we do 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:15.800 and I was like okay cool I guess I'll daily an ally now this is even more 00:06:13.039 --> 00:06:20.919 better for from my perspective ooh triggers are 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:23.120 bigger ooh yeah that's nice and these 00:06:20.919 --> 00:06:27.400 rear buttons are a lot smaller as someone who doesn't really use them 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:32.440 honestly I consider that an improvement I'm going to hit them accidentally way 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:36.199 less often you can actuate them from any 00:06:32.440 --> 00:06:40.199 direction oh oh interesting you can mash 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:42.520 them like that like that like that or 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:49.479 like that or just press them yeah the old ones do not have that 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:51.759 capability more venting cool cool I'll 00:06:49.479 --> 00:06:56.479 never say no to that standing in basically the same spot in Ghost of 00:06:53.880 --> 00:07:02.039 sushima running at 1080p medium without any frame gen or any kind of dynamic res 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:06.919 ution scaling or anything like that I predict that we will see frame rates 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:09.400 anywhere from about 5 to 10% better it's 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:15.199 not a lot and it might not even be the kind of thing that you would notice day 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:17.160 today but it is measurable even if we 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:23.639 couldn't measure it it's definitely heavy but so was the old 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:28.960 Ally I think the deck might be a little stiffer not by much and this is 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:33.520 technically pre-production but it's good I didn't know notice how much thicker it 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:36.879 was for how little more it weighs of course ghost of sushima is not a game 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:43.120 where we're going to be able to take advantage of the high refresh rate display unless we're running it very 00:07:40.599 --> 00:07:49.240 very low detail settings so let's close this down and try something where we can 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:50.520 all right that is smooth I suspect that 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:56.479 this is going to be something of a controversial choice because hey the 00:07:52.840 --> 00:07:58.360 steam deck OLED it's OLED it's HDR you 00:07:56.479 --> 00:08:03.599 get none of that here but what you do get is 120 HTS and something that I 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:07.919 think is maybe more important than any of those things on a handheld you get 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:13.240 variable refresh rate and when you're going to be dealing with frame rates in 00:08:09.479 --> 00:08:15.639 the 20 to 40 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:21.280 range it's something that can make a very very noticeable difference in 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:22.639 animation smoothness how about this ASUS 00:08:21.280 --> 00:08:30.000 two versions H allix allio it's emulation 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:36.080 guys especially later consoles like the PS3 it's heavy cuz it not only hits the 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:41.880 GPU hard it hits the CPU super hard as well so having that extra battery man 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:48.320 makes it a much more viable use case here's Demon Souls running an rpcs 3 am 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:50.279 I seeing a difference in performance no 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:55.800 but am I seeing that PS3 emulation is totally a thing on these devices yes now 00:08:53.920 --> 00:09:00.200 guys the keite among you will have probably noticed that in addition to the 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:07.640 other changes we've talked about already we've now got two USBC ports on the top 00:09:03.959 --> 00:09:10.160 this left one is just USB 3.2 gen 00:09:07.640 --> 00:09:16.320 whatever uh but the one on the right is a full fat Thunderbolt compatible 00:09:12.839 --> 00:09:18.360 hopefully USB 4 port and there are a 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:23.240 couple of reasons why this is freaking awesome the first is that with two ports 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:28.320 you're a lot less dock dependent if you want to plug in PC peripherals or in my 00:09:25.920 --> 00:09:34.720 case on that long flight to Japan plug in an external USBC Monitor and charge 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:36.959 at the same time the second is that the 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:40.720 ability to plug in an egpu via Thunderbolt will allow you to 00:09:38.880 --> 00:09:47.399 supercharge this thing for gaming on a bigger screen without being stuck paying 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:50.800 desktop prices for laptop grade XG 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:53.040 mobile gpus oh and while the battery may 00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:59.560 have doubled charging time hasn't thanks to 100 watts of power delivery Support 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:01.360 over those USBC ports now unfortunately 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:05.000 though the included charger didn't get leveled up at the same time so you'll 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:11.680 need a third party one in order to take advantage of that boo now a second thing 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:19.120 that you Keen IR probably noticed is that the micro SD card slot has 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:20.839 moved about that thanks to this article 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:26.279 from hackaday that was published on May the 4th it looks like someone is finally 00:10:24.079 --> 00:10:33.320 shining a light on what the heck was going on with those Ally failures even 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:36.959 if ASUS refuses to do so if hackaday is 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:39.440 correct which I predict that they are 00:10:36.959 --> 00:10:45.680 The Thermals were never the issue the issue is that they used a certain model 00:10:42.160 --> 00:10:46.959 of PTC fuse that is prone to failure now 00:10:45.680 --> 00:10:51.839 we're going to have the article Linked In the description down below and what 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:56.600 we're also hopefully going to have is a strong decisive statement from ASUS that 00:10:54.399 --> 00:11:00.880 acknowledges the situation and lays out a path forward that takes care of their 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:07.079 many Ally customers or as I'll be calling them allies in fairness to ASUS 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:11.360 they have covered the SD failures so far and they've increased the coverage for 00:11:08.760 --> 00:11:15.519 that issue from one year to two but that's not enough what I want to see 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:21.320 from them here and going forward is better transparency we have no idea what 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:26.240 percentage of the original allies were or will be affected and ASUS still 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:31.839 hasn't formally acknowledged that it's a hardware flaw which I predict that it is 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:36.800 and if it's a hardware flaw that sounds to me like the kind of thing that should 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:39.600 either be recalled or proactively dealt 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:44.320 with so until this gets cleared up and ASUS manages to demonstrate that they 00:11:41.920 --> 00:11:48.440 can be trustworthy again it doesn't matter how much I might like the Ally X 00:11:46.959 --> 00:11:52.959 like okay have you guys ever heard someone say don't hate the developer 00:11:50.839 --> 00:11:59.320 hate the studio I feel kind of the same way here the Alli EX Team should be so 00:11:56.920 --> 00:12:05.079 proud of this they should be so proud that they helped ASUS finally find 00:12:02.880 --> 00:12:10.160 incredible but even if I might make the personal choice to buy one I'm not going 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:16.120 to be able to recommend it even though I really want to I predict that The 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:21.959 Thermals will improve by more than five but less than 10° thanks to larger heat 00:12:18.839 --> 00:12:23.639 pipes and more fan blades the board and 00:12:21.959 --> 00:12:30.440 Chassis have been redesigned so we can fit a double-sided 2280 SSD and here 00:12:27.079 --> 00:12:32.800 guys you can put up to an 8 terabyte SSD 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:37.680 in this thing and speaking of capacity it comes with one Tab out of the box now 00:12:34.839 --> 00:12:43.560 which is double the previous generation it's 100 bucks more for fundamentally 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:46.000 the same cor specs but this is more than 00:12:43.560 --> 00:12:50.160 the sum of its parts which actually I wonder is it more 00:12:47.760 --> 00:12:56.519 serviceable why don't we take it apart find out oo 00:12:53.760 --> 00:13:02.079 wow that's a lot of battery look at it go 00:12:59.680 --> 00:13:06.720 I like this here's the daughter boards for the joysticks so replacing those is 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:11.519 as simple as I mean what did I take out six screws plus another three per 00:13:09.560 --> 00:13:18.160 daughter board and a little ribbon cable that flipping awesome these fans are 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:22.720 tiny based on how much quieter it sounded to my ear that is not what I was 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:27.160 expecting to see I mean how often is that ever happen you make a smaller fan 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:35.040 make more or less noise like sure I guess so heat pipe sticker there's the 00:13:30.199 --> 00:13:38.880 big SSD slot that is so awesome I I was 00:13:35.040 --> 00:13:40.760 really irrationally so but really upset 00:13:38.880 --> 00:13:45.320 that the original Ally Only supported 2230 it's just like really you can't 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:49.639 make it just a little bit bigger so we can put a fullsize SSD in this thing and 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:52.560 they're cheaper too right the 228s just because of the economies of scale they 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:58.800 they make a lot more of them there's more competition in 2280 vrms have 00:13:55.839 --> 00:14:04.639 thermal scho there one thing I would like to know is if the Wi-Fi card is a 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:10.360 separate card I doubt it I suspect it's soldered but I wouldn't mind knowing 00:14:06.839 --> 00:14:11.880 that uh Wi-Fi chip is soldered that's 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:15.880 all I really needed to dig further to find out kind of a bummer we saw this 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:20.920 with the steam deck where the OLED came in like yeah we've got like way better 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:24.759 download speeds now dude like yeah but if you had 00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:29.720 just had a mini PCI slot on the board in the first I understand I get it 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:31.480 integration saves cost you know 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:36.160 but I would like to see replaceable Wi-Fi modules on these in addition to 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:40.160 replaceable storage the more I like this thing the more disappointing it is that 00:14:37.920 --> 00:14:45.519 ASUS just can't get their reputation in line I guess the Silver Lining is that 00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:50.440 they've still got time the Alx doesn't actually launch for about another month 00:14:47.839 --> 00:14:55.600 and I'd like for a moment to directly address ASUS leadership 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