The Asus ROG Ally has taken over my life since it launched last year, with my PS5 (and particularly my Nintendo Switch) taking a backseat when it comes to play. So I was excited when I heard of rumors swirling around a second model. The Asus ROG Ally X isn’t so much a successor to the original model, and more like a mid-cycle refresh we might see in a console. The headline here is that doubled battery size, but with additional RAM and storage, new cooling tweaks, and some ergonomic chassis developments this is still a noteworthy upgrade.
Considering the ROG Ally X starts at $799 ($100 more than the original Z1E at launch, though you’ll regularly find that model at $549 - $649 these days), this is no impulse buy. I’ve spent the last two weeks running the Ally X alongside my original device to see exactly what that cash gets you from one of the best gaming handhelds currently on the market.
