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Asus ROG Ally X vs ROG Ally: Hands-on with the new, improved handheld


Is the Asus ROG Ally X worth it over the standard Ally? Digital Foundry has answers.

This is because the game requires a decent amount of both system memory and video RAM and while this can be configured in the Asus Armory Crate software, no option offers up an acceptable gameplay experience. It can run on the original Ally, but memory checks on boot suggest that the game requires 12GB of system RAM and 6GB of VRAM - an 18GB total not available on the older model. No appreciable performance increase over last year's model means that the Asus ROG Ally X generally offers the same gameplay experience as the Lenovo Legion Go and the vast range of Chinese brand handhelds out there, based on either the Z1 Extreme or the very similar Ryzen 7 7840 or 8840U.

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