I’ve had a rog ally since day 1 and love it but I don’t like that I only get and hour and 30 mins when I use it when I’m not near an outlet… (i always use 15 watt mode since nothing i play runs at the lowest) so I want opinions! people that do have a deck do yall get more hours out of it? games I’m currently playing are fighting games, SpongeBob rehydrated (lol), and switch games

would a steam decks battery life make my happy to take out often? especially with new efficient chip

(also most of my library are steam games)

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    1 year ago

    You’ll be leaving performance on the table but if you’re not taking advantage of the higher watt modes on the Ally then not much and in some instances the SD will actually beat the Ally in the same power mode. SD also wipes the floor with the Ally at lower wattages because the Z1 in the Ally isn’t really meant to run that low. You’ll also be giving up your compatibility by leaving Windows, yes you can install Windows on the SD but it’s not a particularly great experience and Valve can take awhile to update drivers for Windows. That being said as someone who has owned a SD for awhile purchased an Ally because the potential performance gains seemed like a big win and then ended up returning the Ally I’d say it can’t hurt to try. Battery life was a big deciding factor in why I returned it before the device went totally defective on me. You have a 14 day return policy so take it for a spin and if you don’t like it you can always return it. Personally I’m 100% ordering a SD OLED the screen has been the biggest drawback to the SD in my opinion and now that it’s fixed I’m perfectly fine to use the SD until a SD2 is released.