A clever accessory promises to turn the ROGAlly into a full-fledged desktop, but Asus' rose-tinted claims don't hold up to reality.
Ever since Asus announced its ROG Ally, there has been a frenzy of comparisons to the Steam Deck and other handheld devices. But one area where the ROG Ally is truly unique is that you can go beyond the hardware inside the device. Asus’ XG Mobile promises more power over a single, chunky cable, and can transform the ROG Ally from a handheld into a full-fledged desktop. In theory, at least.
Related Let me dispel some misconceptions first. The XG Mobile is not a Nintendo Switch dock. Asus bills it as a single connector; just plug it in to access more power instantly. It just doesn’t happen instantly. You need to lock in the chunky connector and prompt the device to switchto the external GPU. This is supposed to happen automatically, with a prompt asking if you want to activate the XG Mobile, but it doesn’t happen automatically.
And the problems don’t stop there. Failure to follow the procedure of swapping the GPUs can result in a blue screen. I actually encountered a few while still following the procedure. A couple of times, Armoury Crate would inform me it was safe to disconnect when it actually wasn’t. And other times, the ROG Ally would assure me the X Mobile was connected without showing anything on my external display.
The 2023 model comes with an RTX 4090, along with some big upgrades to ports. One of the USB-A ports is swapped out to USB-C, all of them are upgraded to USB 3.2 Gen 2, and the HDMI port supports the full 2.1 specification. The Ethernet port is even better, offering up to 2.5 Gigabit speed. All of this is transferred over a chunky, proprietary connector that locks into the device when you connect it.
Noise from the ROG Ally is a different beast. It’s true that you’re tapping the XG Mobile for external power, but the Z1 Extreme processor in the ROG Ally still gets hot, and the fans ramp up, even to run a quaint game like Dave the Diver at a higher resolution. This could be a problem, especially now that Asus has confirmed the ROG Ally has thermal issues with its micro SD card slot.
What about price? No matter how you slice it, a desktop is cheaper than any portable solution with similar power. For the ROG Ally and XG Mobile combo, you’re looking at $700 for the Ally and $1,100 for the XG Mobile. For the performance, which I pegged roughly around a desktop RTX 3060 Ti, you can build a similar desktop for around $1,000 .
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