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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Asus ROG seems to just be garbage tier products marketed as premium. Just ask the rubber pads on my Gladius II.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I said on that other site and was downvoted into oblivion for reminding everyone that

asus makes shit hardware, always has and always will

the astroturfing is incredible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I loved my Asus graphics card... Until it died.

I also loved my Asus Android tablet... Until a hardware problem that made it slower over time even after reformatting it thus eventually making it unusable. (Technically Nvidia's fault I guess).

In theory their stuff is really great, but yeah I have definitely been burned by Asus in the past.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What theory though? You say "In theory," as if Asus ever made good shit. They never have.... IDGI. You had two pieces of expensive hardware die and you still support them?

They are shit. Always have been. Always will be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Totally agree. I've had an Asus motherboard and an Asus router. The mobo turned up completely dead and the router was completely ruined. Wouldn't boot, kept flashing.

Never buying Asus hardware ever again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's inane to say "always has." You can easily make the point that they've become pretty damn shitty, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I cut my teeth in the IT industry repairing Acer and Asus laptops in college. This was 20 years ago. When did Asus ever, EVER, make good hardware?

[–] Logster998 8 points 1 year ago

Right now, it really looks like handheld gaming is cornered by Nintendo and Valve. The steam deck is way more reliable and appealing compared to the windows handhelds, and the switch is the switch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't been too impressed with rog PC parts I have tried either

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Recently built an SFF PC and the only SFX-L power supply in stock with a native 16pin power connector was their Loki model. Luckily they just rebrand Seasonic power supplies who are afaik known to be pretty high quality so hopefully I won’t have any issues with it. But yeah their stuff always seems to have a big price premium they don’t deserve and overboard “gamer aesthetic” that I’m not really into, so I generally stay away from their stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Jeff Gerstmann had a funny bit the other week about having trouble getting the SD card out of his Ally so he could return it, until he remembered he could just run a game on it until the heat popped the SD card out for him.

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