I bought the Ally X and swapped out the drive to a 4tb ssd and installed bazzite day one. Been loving it. Elden ring has been running like a dream. That VRR screen makes the gameplay so smooth.
@@DracalppI went with the Crucial P3 Plus 4TB. It reaches 5000mb transfers. No need for anything more expensive. You won’t see any real world difference.
@@EIGHTMAG86Battery life has been great. I played Elden ring yesterday at 900p for 3 hours. Pretty intensive game and looked super smooth with the VRR screen
I prefer windows for some reasons: 1. The standby on steam os is very bad. I loose about 10 % in one night and up to 80 % in one week. With windows you maybe loose 1% in one week. 2. The docking experience is much better on windows. I can play with 720p on my ally, plug it in on my monitor or tv and i can play with 1080p/qhd/4k whatever i want. On the steamdeck i can only play with 800p and 800p on a 27 inch monitor is very bad. If i want to play with 1080p on steam os, i must close the game, go to desktop, open the game again and change the settings. That's very annoying. 3. Every software works perfect, because it's windows. For example Geforce now: On the steamdeck i can only stream with 1080p. That's enough for handheld mode, but if i want to play on my 4k tv, then i want to stream with 4k. With windows you can play on 4k with geforce now. On linus devices it's not supported. 4. I can use it docked like a normal windows pc. Yes linux is nice, but you must learn new things and that costs time. Most people are familiar with windows, so they don't need to learn something new.
@@seangreenhalgh7921 Windows sucks but it's advantage is that it's a regular PC......so you can do literally anything on it by default, everything works and is supported, no tinkering required.
Windows and Xbox Game Pass run perfect on the Ally. The ROG Ally ships with Windows 11 Home integrated with Armoury Crate, a software utility developed by Asus. Armoury Crate lets the user quickly configure thermal design power with several pre-adjusted presets, as well as change the refresh rate, screen resolution, limit frame rate and adjust clock rates. Armoury Crate also acts as a game launcher, automatically compiling the user's game library from third-party launchers like Xbox Game Pass, GOG and Epic. Although Windows 11 improved touchscreen support.
@@Vegan_Lifting Bro your comments read like an Asus employee. You're not even wrong with this one as far as I can tell, you just come off like you're trying to sell something.
I'm guessing that one day WIndows on the ROG will be great, but for now I'd just use this until they work on a proper handheld mode that makes it better
@@MightestSun Most games don't run on the Steam Deck. I have over 200 games from GOG and most of them don't work or run poorly. This is also shown in Heoric which games are not running. EVERY game runs out of the box on my Rog Ally X with Windows. Just like on every console, on every PC and on every other handheld. Only on the Steam Deck nothing works and you are extremely limited. I can play my Xbox games on any handheld PC using Play Anywhere or Xbox Game Pass. Just not with the Steam Deck.
I use all my devices and computers with windows because my work requires a billing software that runs only in windows. I could dual boot everything so I could still have windows right?
@@matthewbutler4650 yes, its possible to dualboot, if it doesnt install a bootloader to select the OSes, you can always install refind from liveCD or even bazzite itself i think.
@@SWOTHDRA No. You can easily run games from GOG or Epic through Heroic Games Launcher, for instance, and there are workarounds for pretty much every other store if you really want to. What it actually messes up are multiplayer games with kernel level anticheat, pretty much everything else is playable.
@@matthewbutler4650if i were you, i would just run a windows virtual machine for that,, dual boot only needed if you need to run graphics intensive apps
Add "SteamDeck=0 %command%" to the game propeties launch options on games which change their handling of settings in case of running on a Deck, in order to have it work as if running on a non Steam Deck device.
It's downright stupid the amount of developers which lock their settings if running on the Steam Deck, and I'm glad Valve made it easy to change that property with an environment variable easily.
Hey ETA could you please connect a onexgpu please using ockulink Keep making the great content ❤❤ Thanks While it is being charged and is connected to another storage drive
To access skyrim launcher when booting on bazzite/steam os you need to go into game properties in game mode and input launch command: SteamDeck=0 %command% This will allow the launcher to kick on like it should. And allow you to adjust the resolution.
Has anyone found a way to enable the gamepad when in desktop mode? The only gamepad control that works is the right stick which controls the on screen mouse.
Big picture mode is all you need I’m not going to lock myself out of every popular video game due to anti cheat incompatibilities by switching to linux
Do you notice the max brightness being lower in Bazzite vs. Windows? I have my Ally setup with a dual boot situation but it seems like the max brightness on Bazzite is lower (to my eyes) than Windows?
I'm really curious if with Linux you can prioritize power to the GPU instead of the CPU. Once we start seeing that I think we'll get better performance in Linux.
did you do any testing while docked? tempted to get one as my dedicated steam system for my TV. Steamdeck is ok...but performance vs the ally/ ally x is no comparison while docked.
For Skyrim, try running this in the game launch option: "SteamDeck=0 %command%" It will pass the game as if it were on the PC, with no Deck-optimized configuration.
Had my first full day with the ally and holy the battery is such a huge improvement and I can tell the difference the faster ram and more ram makes I set my gpu to 12g , games run a lot smoother without the occasional stutter we’d get definitely makes it a smoother experience for sure plus it’s definitely more comfy in hand 👌🏻
Is bazzite Linux or steam based? Will destiny and fc 24 work with it? Newer call of duties? Can it be dual booted with stock windows it comes with and bazzite seperately?
I already put a 4 tb in my Rog ally x… works great windows obviously.. but coming from steam deck I miss certain features.. maybe I’ll run emudeck in this instead of windows?
I can't get to main menu in Still Wakes the Deep on my rog ally running Bazzite? It just black screens and locks up. Have you tried playing Still Wakes the Deep?
No. Nobody wants linux and not everybody is using Steam. Windows with Armoury Crate is PERFECT on the Ally with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere. Windows has a great quick rescue feature too on the Ally, the performance is better on Windows and you have a much, much better game compatibility. Windows remains king for gaming. The Ally is perfectly optimized. That's the way handhelds should come onto the market with Windows 11. The Linux weirdos or people who are BINDED to Steam can install Linux on their handhelds. But not the other way around. Nobody wants to have to deal with the limitations of Linux. Almost all important apps and games do not run on Linux! These are gaming handhelds just like any gaming PC at home. Nobody wants to limit themselves completely with Linux. With Windows you have all the freedom and it is much more uncomplicated. Nobody wants to do without their Xbox games, Xbox Game Pass, Play Anywhere and have to go through the hassle of installing GOG, Epic, EA and Ubisoft connect. That's why the ROG Ally is so much better. With one click you have all launchers and ALL your games run great out of the box. Linux does not have a single advantage, only disadvantages and limitations.
I really like how Asus Rog Ally's evolved new version Asus Rog Ally X looks cool with the black color and a rainbow rings under the joysticks looks beautiful, games looks surprisilly good only on a Full HD without having an OLED screen! I want to ask how this is an upgrade am I right there is a Full HD screen on the Original Asus Rog Ally too? Maybe i'm wrong with that and X really is a HUGE Upgrade for Asus Rog Ally, but it's too expensive price 950€ is the only, but the BIGGEST problem for me to buy Asus Rog Ally X I'll think I need to staying my plan to buy Steam Deck Oled the King of the Handhelds as you said in this video what was so good The Ultimate Linux Handheld Experience the whole video is the Ultimate Experience thank you Eta Prime! 🖤🌈
Valve should release an SteamOS Community Edition channel for all those third party handhelds. is a lot of good Developers welcome to work for it if they open the code for it. :3
I did it maybe two days ago here's a HUGE TIP! The video on the website uses etcher to write the image that gave me fail 6 times on different USB sticks try Rufus also set the right amount of storage off the bat otherwise it's a pain to get more
I use all my devices and computers with windows because my work requires a billing software that runs only in windows. I could dual boot everything so I could still have windows right?
@@matthewbutler4650 Try running windows in a VM if the billing software is all you need. The main reason I recommend this is because you can dedicate the bare minimum of disk space to a VM and then resize it later if you change your mind. Resizing real disk partitions is a riskier process than resizing a VM’s disk.
@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 something like that would be many many years away. Not enough use cases for something that adds more expense, heft and heat to a handheld.
Good day which OS runs emulators better bazzite or windows, would love to know you opinion because it would mean alot before I spill my drive to install bazzite.
Is anyone else having as much trouble as I am? I’ve followed every step I’ve seen, including disabling secure and fast boot, yet I’m still met with error codes when installing BOS.
Ugh, why does every benchmark now have to have frame-gen only statistics? It's objectively worse from an image quality standpoint, and subjectively not everyone wants to make that tradeoff for extra smoothness. Can't you just give us a real benchmark and then add a quick note on the frame gen fps after?
The AllyX I actually use on battery on and off through the day, its awesome! I am dual booting my AllyX but the more i use it the more i just use Bazzite 80% of the time. Cant lose windows though due to Destiny 2 and origin difficulties on linux though.
Hey I was actually wondering if you could test a dual boot on the ally x with about a 100gb partition for windows a 100gb partition for Bazzite then the rest of the disk as a game library that can share files between both os’s I was curious if this is possible? Or if there are any differences in the game files that might cause issues between Linux/windows?
Finally pulled the trigger on a handheld gaming system after spending months deliberating, at first because i wanted to get a Steam Deck, then the OLED versión came out and as i was about to get that one, the original Ally dropped and put those foolish ambitions to rest. Afterwards, while being torn between those two i heard the Ally was being upgrade so i had to wait some more lol. Bought the damn thing yesterday and now i am looking foward to it. I see everyone isbswapping the SSD for a bigger one (obviously). Is it easy? And i mean with the BIOS updates and stuff
I got an ally x yesterday and I think there’s something wrong with it, when I go into the amd software app, it tells me my ram is only 937mhz. Is this normal
@@theviniso Works perfectly fine, emudeck is an option in the bazzite portal when you first launch the system and will work just like on the steamdeck.
@HikariKnight actually ally fans lying 🤥 they said even steam updates will works normally on different devices who this can happen and the the drivers differents
@@tanmaypanadi1414 when he does not stream late at night and i am not busy i tend to pop in. but i have been on vacation for 3 weeks with little internet access, i did pop in the other day though.
Thanks for the video. Been using Bazzite for a few months and having a few issues that you might be able to explain. I am getting the update icon but don't think it has been working. I have yet to see the xbox elite option. I was using Decky for TDP and didn't realize that you could do it with the double tap on armory crate now. I am on the ROG Ally Extreme original...is there a way to force update bazzite so I stop getting the message to update and seeing the same info most times? Thanks.
if i can get 48 to 60 fps i m more than happy, vrr works between this and battery life it's also great, it can go up to 120 vrr but it will dig in through that battery
I installed Bazzite on a AM3+ FX 8350 CPU and RX 580 8GB powered system and it runs amazingly well. Didnt have to do any additional tweaking whatsoever and the added benefit of superior Open GL drivers on Linux has improved all of my emulation experience on even such an ancient rig. Bazzite is seriously the best OS for Linux newbs that just want to game and enjoy a decent desktop experience on the side.
You know what? I have a ROG Ally and my wife has a steam deck. But Windows sucks. Steam OS is a much better experience for gaming handhelds. Valve should just buyout Bazzite and make images for all the handhelds.
You have armory create on the ally. You don't need the touchscreen there to start a game. You can also start the big picture mode with steam on windows.
I'm on the fence with bazzite, although I am very hopeful it will mature really nicely rather quickly. By the time the Ally 2 comes out hopefully this OS has been polished.
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I bought the Ally X and swapped out the drive to a 4tb ssd and installed bazzite day one. Been loving it. Elden ring has been running like a dream. That VRR screen makes the gameplay so smooth.
@@jorluji bro birşey soracagım ssd modelini neye göre belirledin bende almak istiyorum ve bu programı nereden kuracağım
Have you found better battery life and performance straight up or only in certain places?
Does Bazzite support VRR on the Ally X?
@@DracalppI went with the Crucial P3 Plus 4TB. It reaches 5000mb transfers. No need for anything more expensive. You won’t see any real world difference.
@@EIGHTMAG86Battery life has been great. I played Elden ring yesterday at 900p for 3 hours. Pretty intensive game and looked super smooth with the VRR screen
Ally X + Bazzite OS might be the perfect combo..... sleep mode will finally work like it is supposed to.
@@tamilvilayattarangam the main reason I'm interested! I'm tired of my Ally overheating cause it didn't turn off properly
On my original alley I’ve gotten better performance on Bazzite compared to windows
SteamOS is honestly the best operating system for gaming handhelds and everyone should admit it atp
I prefer windows for some reasons:
1. The standby on steam os is very bad. I loose about 10 % in one night and up to 80 % in one week. With windows you maybe loose 1% in one week.
2. The docking experience is much better on windows. I can play with 720p on my ally, plug it in on my monitor or tv and i can play with 1080p/qhd/4k whatever i want. On the steamdeck i can only play with 800p and 800p on a 27 inch monitor is very bad. If i want to play with 1080p on steam os, i must close the game, go to desktop, open the game again and change the settings. That's very annoying.
3. Every software works perfect, because it's windows. For example Geforce now: On the steamdeck i can only stream with 1080p. That's enough for handheld mode, but if i want to play on my 4k tv, then i want to stream with 4k. With windows you can play on 4k with geforce now. On linus devices it's not supported.
4. I can use it docked like a normal windows pc. Yes linux is nice, but you must learn new things and that costs time. Most people are familiar with windows, so they don't need to learn something new.
Sleep mode is working 😊
Good to hear. That's the number one reason I played the Steam Deck more than the others.
yes, it's in Windows too
Unbelivible i am going to sell mine
that is great. do you recommend steam decks oled screen or the rog ally x screen?
No, it's not in windows.
Windows doesn't instantly restart games.
@@Vegan_Lifting
Btw god of war on performance on custom settings at 900p i was getting 60-70fps and played about 2 hours and ended my session still with 34% battery
Lenox or windows?
@@dannypassionBattery life is similar on both.
@@zacthegamer6145🧢
Share configuration pleaseeeeeee dude
it would be so nice if SteamOS was actually released...
It will, but the Ally shines more with windows
@@SWOTHDRA i think Windows sucks. Just my opinion though. So many updates and stuff.
@@seangreenhalgh7921 Windows sucks but it's advantage is that it's a regular PC......so you can do literally anything on it by default, everything works and is supported, no tinkering required.
@@SWOTHDRAWindows sucks for handheld.
@@seangreenhalgh7921 Windows just sucks if you're dumb.
If you want a console experience so bad, get a console... Otherwise just be ready to tinker.
I wish windows would get a handheld mode . I dont like that some games are not compatible with steamos/bazzite
Windows and Xbox Game Pass run perfect on the Ally. The ROG Ally ships with Windows 11 Home integrated with Armoury Crate, a software utility developed by Asus. Armoury Crate lets the user quickly configure thermal design power with several pre-adjusted presets, as well as change the refresh rate, screen resolution, limit frame rate and adjust clock rates. Armoury Crate also acts as a game launcher, automatically compiling the user's game library from third-party launchers like Xbox Game Pass, GOG and Epic. Although Windows 11 improved touchscreen support.
@@Vegan_Lifting Bro your comments read like an Asus employee. You're not even wrong with this one as far as I can tell, you just come off like you're trying to sell something.
@@lionsden7626 what games dont work?
I'm guessing that one day WIndows on the ROG will be great, but for now I'd just use this until they work on a proper handheld mode that makes it better
@@MightestSun Most games don't run on the Steam Deck. I have over 200 games from GOG and most of them don't work or run poorly. This is also shown in Heoric which games are not running. EVERY game runs out of the box on my Rog Ally X with Windows. Just like on every console, on every PC and on every other handheld. Only on the Steam Deck nothing works and you are extremely limited. I can play my Xbox games on any handheld PC using Play Anywhere or Xbox Game Pass. Just not with the Steam Deck.
I put Bazzite on my GPD Win4 6800u and its amazing! Both performance and battery has been improved. I'm using simply deck tdp to control tdp.
I have a few of these handhelds with 6800u so I'll install this on one of them, do you recommend it on ayneo 6800u
i kinda want to instal bazzite on my Ayaneo geek
@@AlexRubioI would sell it and try to get an Ally X
@@AlexRubioyes, I'm using on ayaneo geek
@@iMapleCreatorwhy? What's wrong with it?
You know Valve did an amazing job when we have other handhelds using a similar OS to be better
Please test eGPU in bazzite OS!
Bazzite is such a cool OS. Nice how it runs on the ally X day 1.
But doesnt it mess up non steam games?
I use all my devices and computers with windows because my work requires a billing software that runs only in windows. I could dual boot everything so I could still have windows right?
@@matthewbutler4650 yes, its possible to dualboot, if it doesnt install a bootloader to select the OSes, you can always install refind from liveCD or even bazzite itself i think.
@@SWOTHDRA No. You can easily run games from GOG or Epic through Heroic Games Launcher, for instance, and there are workarounds for pretty much every other store if you really want to. What it actually messes up are multiplayer games with kernel level anticheat, pretty much everything else is playable.
@@matthewbutler4650if i were you, i would just run a windows virtual machine for that,, dual boot only needed if you need to run graphics intensive apps
Add "SteamDeck=0 %command%" to the game propeties launch options on games which change their handling of settings in case of running on a Deck, in order to have it work as if running on a non Steam Deck device.
It's downright stupid the amount of developers which lock their settings if running on the Steam Deck, and I'm glad Valve made it easy to change that property with an environment variable easily.
@@isaboll1 Can you add global launch options? Like for all steam games.
@@Indra88155 I wish, but I haven't seen a way to have the env variable apply to all games
Decky loader works with plugins?
@@gambaownsus by loading bazzite on it, you can install decky loader on the first boot setup
Yes except the fan tool and power tools. but Bazzite has built in controls for both of those.
Hey ETA could you please connect a onexgpu please using ockulink
Keep making the great content ❤❤
Thanks
While it is being charged and is connected to another storage drive
FIRST COMMENT
No reason not to use Bazzite mainly unless you play many non-Steam games. Light and day difference in usability as a gaming handheld.
you can install heroic launcher too
Install heroic launcher, non steam games work very good, I even play cracked windows games with Heroic smoothly
To access skyrim launcher when booting on bazzite/steam os you need to go into game properties in game mode and input launch command:
SteamDeck=0 %command%
This will allow the launcher to kick on like it should. And allow you to adjust the resolution.
Has anyone found a way to enable the gamepad when in desktop mode? The only gamepad control that works is the right stick which controls the on screen mouse.
Does VRR work on Bazite?
Yeah, its work, at least for me :)
Yes
ratchet clank rift apart type of game on a handheld is what every gamer's comfort zen is like.
These devs are doing more for the ally than Asus
I think they are not allowed, not that they can not.
Lol you expect asus to rewrite windows?
Once you go linux you loss access to some of the most popular games. Huge trade off
@@FierroSevthat’s why the dual boot is the way to go imo.
@DistinctionDino Or VM directly in Linux 🙌🏻
@@FierroSevyeah, some. But if you're looking for a console like experience in a PC, it's a damned good option.
thank you for covering this, was wondering how this would work with a real operating system on it
Bazzite is great, I tried it on the original Ally at the end of June and I’m not going back
So is steamos officially supporting Ally X? Why call it Bazite?
Could you test Helldivers 2 bazzite Vs windows?
As always great video 👍
I run bazite on a prox mox vm using PCIE gpu passthru. It’s pretty solid, esp with my 6600xt with AA games!
Big picture mode is all you need I’m not going to lock myself out of every popular video game due to anti cheat incompatibilities by switching to linux
Do you notice the max brightness being lower in Bazzite vs. Windows? I have my Ally setup with a dual boot situation but it seems like the max brightness on Bazzite is lower (to my eyes) than Windows?
@@brianporter9979 jub
I'm really curious if with Linux you can prioritize power to the GPU instead of the CPU. Once we start seeing that I think we'll get better performance in Linux.
@@JC7119 to me that sounds like what you can already do on the steam deck OS
did you do any testing while docked? tempted to get one as my dedicated steam system for my TV. Steamdeck is ok...but performance vs the ally/ ally x is no comparison while docked.
Can you install Bazzite if you already have the X set up or do I have to do a fresh wipe on my X then install bazzite and my games?
For Skyrim, try running this in the game launch option:
"SteamDeck=0 %command%"
It will pass the game as if it were on the PC, with no Deck-optimized configuration.
Oof. Make this with an OLED panel and hx370/890 and wifi 7 and thunderbolt egpu capable and run steamOS and I'll buy one o.o
You can definitely change the Skyrim aspect ratio with an .ini file tweak.
how about using EMUDECK on bazzite??
Can you have a shared "DATA" Driver where you can install games and this drive can be used bu Bazzite and Windows in dual boot setups?
Hey please do a video comparing bazzite on rog ally x vs steam deck to get an idea of the performance gains thanks 🎉🎉
Can we configure Touch Menus on the touch screen via Steam Control options? Thanks!!!
Remember, no warranty now. Asus support sucks though
Is this combo ready enough to safely retire my deck OLED yet?
@ETA PRIME
Forza Motorsport, please...
Nope I’ll wait for steam deck 2
Oooh damn I want to try this on my X
Had my first full day with the ally and holy the battery is such a huge improvement and I can tell the difference the faster ram and more ram makes I set my gpu to 12g , games run a lot smoother without the occasional stutter we’d get definitely makes it a smoother experience for sure plus it’s definitely more comfy in hand 👌🏻
Is bazzite Linux or steam based? Will destiny and fc 24 work with it? Newer call of duties? Can it be dual booted with stock windows it comes with and bazzite seperately?
@@Yamatoshinjimoto linux bro.
I already put a 4 tb in my Rog ally x… works great windows obviously.. but coming from steam deck I miss certain features.. maybe I’ll run emudeck in this instead of windows?
I can't get to main menu in Still Wakes the Deep on my rog ally running Bazzite? It just black screens and locks up. Have you tried playing Still Wakes the Deep?
What about Bazzite on the older Ally, regular version (not extreme)?
@keithwick6170 uh, the led started working around joystick with the ally x update. Really good , benefits both devices
Is it perfect too for the rog ally z1 extreme?
finally. a review i care about the rog ally x
to any reviewer reading this: WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT WINDOWS RUNNING ON THESE THINGS
Nah we do actually
We care about both. Comparison is necessary. Competition is necessary
No. Nobody wants linux and not everybody is using Steam. Windows with Armoury Crate is PERFECT on the Ally with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere. Windows has a great quick rescue feature too on the Ally, the performance is better on Windows and you have a much, much better game compatibility. Windows remains king for gaming. The Ally is perfectly optimized. That's the way handhelds should come onto the market with Windows 11. The Linux weirdos or people who are BINDED to Steam can install Linux on their handhelds. But not the other way around. Nobody wants to have to deal with the limitations of Linux. Almost all important apps and games do not run on Linux! These are gaming handhelds just like any gaming PC at home. Nobody wants to limit themselves completely with Linux. With Windows you have all the freedom and it is much more uncomplicated. Nobody wants to do without their Xbox games, Xbox Game Pass, Play Anywhere and have to go through the hassle of installing GOG, Epic, EA and Ubisoft connect. That's why the ROG Ally is so much better. With one click you have all launchers and ALL your games run great out of the box. Linux does not have a single advantage, only disadvantages and limitations.
I mean I'd like to have both personally. There's windows software I'd like to be able to run sometimes but I like linux for gaming.
I really like how Asus Rog Ally's evolved new version Asus Rog Ally X looks cool with the black color and a rainbow rings under the joysticks looks beautiful, games looks surprisilly good only on a Full HD without having an OLED screen! I want to ask how this is an upgrade am I right there is a Full HD screen on the Original Asus Rog Ally too? Maybe i'm wrong with that and X really is a HUGE Upgrade for Asus Rog Ally, but it's too expensive price 950€ is the only, but the BIGGEST problem for me to buy Asus Rog Ally X I'll think I need to staying my plan to buy Steam Deck Oled the King of the Handhelds as you said in this video what was so good The Ultimate Linux Handheld Experience the whole video is the Ultimate Experience thank you Eta Prime! 🖤🌈
Does quick sleep and quick resume work on ally x bazzite os?
Yes
Valve should release an SteamOS Community Edition channel for all those third party handhelds. is a lot of good Developers welcome to work for it if they open the code for it. :3
@ETA PRIME I am just guessing, maybe DOLBY ATMOS drivers are not yet supported
F1
Bazzite has gotten a lot better in terms of battery. I’d say better than windows at this point.
Can you do other stuff on it? Like browse web, TH-cam. Download torrents for movie or games?
I'm definitely going to dual boot to bazzite today.
I did it maybe two days ago here's a HUGE TIP! The video on the website uses etcher to write the image that gave me fail 6 times on different USB sticks try Rufus also set the right amount of storage off the bat otherwise it's a pain to get more
I use all my devices and computers with windows because my work requires a billing software that runs only in windows. I could dual boot everything so I could still have windows right?
wonder how long before there's a handheld that lets you put two ssds in, avoiding the need to partition drives and maintain the bootloader
@@matthewbutler4650 Try running windows in a VM if the billing software is all you need. The main reason I recommend this is because you can dedicate the bare minimum of disk space to a VM and then resize it later if you change your mind. Resizing real disk partitions is a riskier process than resizing a VM’s disk.
@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 something like that would be many many years away. Not enough use cases for something that adds more expense, heft and heat to a handheld.
Is AFMD and other AMD features possible? Especially cpu boost
Could you kindly test Satisfactory and Dyson Sphere Program ? Thinking about getting this as mobile PC with gaming function
Good day which OS runs emulators better bazzite or windows, would love to know you opinion because it would mean alot before I spill my drive to install bazzite.
How would you update the BIOS on the Ally once this is installed as it's normally handled through Armoury Crate?
Is anyone else having as much trouble as I am? I’ve followed every step I’ve seen, including disabling secure and fast boot, yet I’m still met with error codes when installing BOS.
Ugh, why does every benchmark now have to have frame-gen only statistics? It's objectively worse from an image quality standpoint, and subjectively not everyone wants to make that tradeoff for extra smoothness. Can't you just give us a real benchmark and then add a quick note on the frame gen fps after?
What about Bios updates? Would operating Bazzite hinder the performance without them?
The AllyX I actually use on battery on and off through the day, its awesome!
I am dual booting my AllyX but the more i use it the more i just use Bazzite 80% of the time. Cant lose windows though due to Destiny 2 and origin difficulties on linux though.
I'm thinking about whether I should buy a Steam Deck Oled or the Asus ROG Ally X. How well can you play strategy games with the Ally X?
Do you need the trackpads? Then buy the Deck. If you don’t then get the Ally X
@@crestofhonor2349 trackpads only for strategie games ?
The Deck offers the most bang for your buck, if you ask me. If money is not an issue, go for the Ally X.
Ally X wins on all front honestly ONLY if you're going to install bazzite
In Germany the X costs €899 and the OLED costs €679, I don't want to buy used hardware.
What about playing strategy on the X because of the controls?
Maybe battery draw on bazzite is higher because it reports SoC + display usage and windows is just reporting SoC usage?
Hey I was actually wondering if you could test a dual boot on the ally x with about a 100gb partition for windows a 100gb partition for Bazzite then the rest of the disk as a game library that can share files between both os’s I was curious if this is possible? Or if there are any differences in the game files that might cause issues between Linux/windows?
Finally pulled the trigger on a handheld gaming system after spending months deliberating, at first because i wanted to get a Steam Deck, then the OLED versión came out and as i was about to get that one, the original Ally dropped and put those foolish ambitions to rest.
Afterwards, while being torn between those two i heard the Ally was being upgrade so i had to wait some more lol. Bought the damn thing yesterday and now i am looking foward to it.
I see everyone isbswapping the SSD for a bigger one (obviously). Is it easy? And i mean with the BIOS updates and stuff
Linux is the only way to go with these. These companies need to be shipping these with Linux and funding these projects.
Hey eta prime can you show android operating system in raspberry pi 5? I wanted see android games if it runs good. Please eta prime can you show us
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I got an ally x yesterday and I think there’s something wrong with it, when I go into the amd software app, it tells me my ram is only 937mhz. Is this normal
Now just put an AMD 300 chip in this and it's good to go for a few years!
Geezm, 3rd video in about as many days, i guess the ROG ALLY X platform has generated a TON of interest !!
Are apps wich where build for steam os also usable on bazzite
Would have bought ally but the screen is damn small and those bezels are gigantic and ugly .
Please! Make a gaming performance comparison between Bazzite os and Windows in a PC gaming rig. Pretty please!
Do I have to install the 780 drivers to use the 1xegpu with the Ally X ?
If only we could dual-boot windows and Steam OS on the Ally X.
Would it possible to install Emudeck for steam OS and retro games that way?
It will install, though I'm not sure how well it behaves outside of the Deck hardware.
@@theviniso Works perfectly fine, emudeck is an option in the bazzite portal when you first launch the system and will work just like on the steamdeck.
@HikariKnight actually ally fans lying 🤥 they said even steam updates will works normally on different devices who this can happen and the the drivers differents
@@HikariKnightHello hikari, Do you still hang out in CTT chat?
@@tanmaypanadi1414 when he does not stream late at night and i am not busy i tend to pop in. but i have been on vacation for 3 weeks with little internet access, i did pop in the other day though.
Thanks for the video. Been using Bazzite for a few months and having a few issues that you might be able to explain. I am getting the update icon but don't think it has been working. I have yet to see the xbox elite option. I was using Decky for TDP and didn't realize that you could do it with the double tap on armory crate now. I am on the ROG Ally Extreme original...is there a way to force update bazzite so I stop getting the message to update and seeing the same info most times? Thanks.
What the bazzite settings to get 1080p low 60?
Is it possible to dual boot bazzite & windows on ally x?
if i can get 48 to 60 fps i m more than happy, vrr works between this and battery life it's also great, it can go up to 120 vrr but it will dig in through that battery
I installed Bazzite on a AM3+ FX 8350 CPU and RX 580 8GB powered system and it runs amazingly well. Didnt have to do any additional tweaking whatsoever and the added benefit of superior Open GL drivers on Linux has improved all of my emulation experience on even such an ancient rig.
Bazzite is seriously the best OS for Linux newbs that just want to game and enjoy a decent desktop experience on the side.
Can you please make more content of this combo plss
But this thimg should work also on the original Rog Ally, right? if not,
,why?
You know what? I have a ROG Ally and my wife has a steam deck. But Windows sucks. Steam OS is a much better experience for gaming handhelds. Valve should just buyout Bazzite and make images for all the handhelds.
It's good that it's open source. They shouldn't buy them out, but just work with them
would i need to reinstall all my games if i install this?
Do we have fluid frame gen on baszite
I would definitely do this just because I’m sick of having to touch my screen and get fingerprints on it on my windows handhelds
You have armory create on the ally. You don't need the touchscreen there to start a game. You can also start the big picture mode with steam on windows.
Happy for the option. Personally I love my ally with windows on it. Using big box for my" console like" experience.
Ally X d pad reminds me of the toy kid game controllers with those big d pads. I cant stop thinking about it everytime i see one at best buy😂
How will you update the bios ?
Will this work on the Rog ally?
ETA, is Bazzite better than Chimera? It's been a long while since you last used Chimera...
I don't think it matters. both are Linux under the hood.
If you gotta do all that you might as well just get a steam deck oled
There is one important thing missing - a battery charging limiter.
Rewatch 3:38
Can you test out genshin impact ,Zenless zone zero and pal world on the ally x?
2 games I'm most curious about are dungeons of hinterberg and still wakes the deep !
I'm on the fence with bazzite, although I am very hopeful it will mature really nicely rather quickly. By the time the Ally 2 comes out hopefully this OS has been polished.