Similar to the discounted price posted a couple of weeks ago
ASUS ROG Ally Gaming Handheld $1099 + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ JB Hi-Fi
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Lkandykun on 08/02/2024 - 13:21 jbhifi.com.au (1010 clicks)
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Last edited 08/02/2024 - 13:33 by 1 other user
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lol Officeworks was prepared this time
They gonna get smashed with pricebeat if they slipped.
the question is can this play palworld? and most importantly Rust!!!
Microsoft flight sim or bust.
nice… :D
this or steam deck OLED?
Por que no los dos?
I will be flying to Europe soon and will pick up a steamdeck oled. They are both great but with different caveats.
Steamdeck better user experience and the size better for the plane. Can also bring a keyboard and mouse and get some work done.
Of course if your computer workflow relies on Microsoft Office the ROG is superior.
The battery on the ally is also kinda dramatic
@Cilloeklipse: Yeah but generally a lot of the planes nowadays have a powerpoint near your seat. Not always the most stable, and not sure it'd reach 65W consistently, but could help
@Papa Huggies: I constantly jump between buying the ally and the oled in europe in a couple months, here's a couple points to consider after watching literally ALL the content on youtube
ROG ALLY
- janky since runs on windows, also hogs more power
- vrr support
- older devices can cook the microSD altough this seems to have been fixed
- no trackpad
- low capacity battery
- gamepass!!!
- probably a tax write offSD OLED
- complete teardown and replacement components available
- more efficient battery
- better screen (altough i play on a OG switch and i am not that fussed about it)
- better OS experience, easier to put to sleep/hybernate
- in my case slightly cheaper (950 aud for the 512gb OLED in Italy)
- no local warranty
- slightly better ergonomics and build quality@Cilloeklipse: Yeah as an SD owner I think the only big benefit of the ROG Ally is the VRR and if you really want native Windows 11. Most ROG Ally purchasers I know have fallen out of love with the device, whereas generally Steam Deck users continue using their device.
There will be Steam Deck users that say "you can dual boot Windows too!" but I doubt they actually use it for more than a gimmick. Dual booting is usually clunky workflow.
@Papa Huggies: The more I read about these devices the more confused I get honestly, I really don’t know which one to pick. SD oled is probably going to be supported for longer, since the next iteration is apparently coming in 2026. I see a company like Asus releasing revisions of the ally once a year. I’m stressing out about the warranty but honestly I still have my OG switch bought day one and has no battery issue or whatever, just replaced one pair of joycons and spent a million hours on it.
I’m also a gamepass subscriber but I can just play all the big AAA games on my series x.
Are you happy with your SD? Are you on oled or lcd?@Cilloeklipse: The discount on the ROG Ally as posted above is consistent across the board - price drops from Asus themselves is very telling. Instead of trying to actually fix the Ally's flaws they're making a new one and it's getting announced soon.
I've got a SD LCD and sure in Aus you can't RMA back to Steam for repair, but there's a very extensive user base to teach you how to fix stuff. Generally can get by with a precision screwdriver, tweezers/ pliers and a guitar pick for 90% of things. I'd say I'm mildly handy/ techy and get by just fine.
The Ally has more hardware power but SD gets a bit of that Nintendo treatment - far, far greater integration and support. Far less of that 3rd party incompatibility, unless you're actively looking to get in the deep end. SD is superior in my opinion.
Depends on use case, but this is cheaper than Steam Deck OLED in Australia (due to Steam not releasing the Steam Deck in Oz), more powerful, has VRR, has 1080p, is available at a huge retail chain and you can use discounted gift cards if you have any to reduce the price even further.
Also you can play PC Game Pass on the Ally, which you can't on the Steam Deck.IDK man… If the Ally had an OLED screen I'd defo buy it over the Steam Deck.
Heck if the Lenovo Legion Go or the MSI Claw had an OLED screen I'd defo buy one of them.I want the OLED screen on the Steam Deck but grey import price is too much for the level of performance you're getting. Sorry, it is.
And I'm not going to buy non-OLED screens now, I just can't stand grey ugly LCDs.You could buy a portable OLED monitor and hook it up to the handheld but at that stage you're better off with a laptop.
And that's the answer for me right now honestly.
I'm so happy with my Lenovo Legion Slim 5 14 with its OLED screen and discrete GPU.
Even if you disable the discrete GPU (*which is an RTX 4060) - you still have the onboard 780M - which is the same GPU as in the Ally and Legion Go.
Bigger battery, so the laptop lasts longer. 32GB of RAM. 2 full size M.2 slots. The list goes on…
IDK man - unless you're planning to play on the train or bus every day, I still think a good gaming laptop is better for now, at least until the next generation of Portables with more GPU power and VRR OLED screens come along…
What's the battery life like with the dGPU disabled?
7-8 hours total with gaming mixed with Ozb browsing/Youtube watching haha I'm not sure how long for just pure gaming, but I'd def say over 3 hours, maybe 4.
You’re not wrong. I’ve upgraded enough devices to OLED to realise I simply can’t handle anything less anymore. I’m sick of these LCD releases and the OLED version a year later to recapture secondary sales.
yeah, fk these clowns, $1100 for a handheld and no OLED, no thx, switch cost me $400 with OLED 2 years ago
It's going to happen with Switch 2. An 8 inch LCD is rumoured.
@Circly: yes I read that, disappointed if so but will have to wait I guess….
I only play platform games on the switch anyway so its not that urgent to get one at high $$
How much did you pay for your laptop?
Slightly less than $2K
Also $1099 at Asus, has 14day return policy
https://rog.asus.com/au/gaming-handhelds/rog-ally/rog-ally-2…$1099 @ Bing Lee with a bonus 15% Gift Card
https://www.binglee.com.au/products/rog-ally-gaming-console-…
Contemplating about this. JB are good with warranty and returns.
Anyone have experience with binglee and their extended warranties?
This or ROG Ally or Legion Go comment coming
none, buy a switch
but these do what nintendon't
and the other way around as well…..Nintendo has better handheld games
I don't see anywhere that it's a sale price, does this mean it's a permanent price reduction or a timed one?
Interesting. Same price at a few places.
Assume it was a coordinated promotion from Asus given I saw ads not long ago saying $200 off but it didn't specify I'd have to buy direct… shrug
How long is the warranty?
With a 2TB SSD and an Anker 737 power bank this is honestly a god tier device.
Worth getting the extended warranty from JB, you can almost guarantee the SD card will die and can probably do a well timed replacement for whatever the next iteration is.Honestly given how quickly they die, just swap it whenever you need it.
Or if it's about six months (like mine was), JB would let you refund it and buy it again (since I bought it at launch for full price, and it was $1099 on sale at the six month mark).
How easy was a refund? What was your issue and did they Have to run tests?
SD card failure. Showed them it not working. Staff were pretty good to deal with and said it was a common issue they had seen before.
If you guy are mostly going to play at home this maybe a better solution for $299,
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/abxylute-streaming-handheld-gam…
It's a game streaming handheld, using moonlight and sunshine I believe is best.
Don't know about the brand, but if unknown, it's probably unlikely to receive any updates.
Might as well buy a Lenovo tab M10 and gamepadThis looks cool. At $320… That's a couple hundred less than the Steam Deck 64gb LCD version.
I wonder if prices can get into the low $200s… Definitely more versatile than say a Playstation Portal.
Still dreaming of it sub-$800.
Maybe its impossible
You can get it for that 2nd hand.
Just make sure you get a copy of the original receipt.
Computer Alliance
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/176188105752
$1,061.57
FEB17
(Price jacked, $1099 on their own website)
With discounted egift cards it's a pretty good deal though.
$1097 at Officeworks