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Jason England

Asus ROG Ally X or a cheap gaming laptop — which should you buy?

Asus ROG Ally X and HP Victus 15.

The Asus ROG Ally X is the best Windows gaming handheld you can buy, but with it comes a steep $800 price tag. That’s cheap gaming laptop territory — in fact, you can snag a HP Victus with RTX 4050 for the same price.

So that got me thinking (which is hard to do on the hottest day of the year). If you have 800 bucks, should you go for the handheld or opt for a budget gaming laptop? It’s an odd question to ask, given they are drastically different types of devices with very different pros and cons.

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