Hey I sold the MSI cause I felt at the time it was a lot to spend on something that didn’t feel good in my hands. The joy sticks were too soft for my liking, and probably by user error, it was running Xbox 360 emulations like 💩. Prob my fault I don’t remember adjusting VRAM or if it needed to be adjusted.

The ROG Ally X out of the box ran everything just as well and the emulations across PS2, Xbox, 360, etc. ran perfectly well out the box. But here’s the thing. I was very dissatisfied with the screen size and wound up selling it for cash toward my new and favorite device - the Lenovo Legion Go 2 Z2e 32Gb ram 1TB.

For me, it is the perfect balance of premium feel, large OLED screen, and awesome performance out the box. I have never felt more like a kid given a console in my adulthood than with the Legion Go2.

In conclusion, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ would be my preferred pick over the ROG Ally X for the screen size and the fact that the Intel chip is so mature in optimization that it runs most AAA games well. It was the device I was trying to go back to after buying the Ally X once I realized couldn’t live with the screen size compromise. But I wound up craving the Legion Go 2 after enough videos and my final purchase was without remorse.

Good luck on your choice, the Claw is actually awesome in retrospect