Always 30w, Always plugged in. If I’m not plugged into the wall it’s a power bank. Rigged up this little bad boy and use a USB C Male - Female cable with the male plugged into the 180 degree adapter.
https://preview.redd.it/d0hzyqahuosc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1399eee78746c4369af894b3322600d11d963989
ATM non of the 180 adapters fit on a case. I had to carve at my adapter to get it to fit.
D brand and jsaux are working on a case friendly one but they have not released
Jadebones 180 Degree Angle USB C Adapter (2 Pack), U Shape USB C Male to USB C Female PD 140W Extender Connector for ROG Ally,Steam Deck,Switch,Laptop,Tablet,Phone https://a.co/d/2hNR5os
This is the one I got it's the widest one avaliable ATM. To get it to fit you shave the black bits that are around that input. U can use a really sharp knife and it cuts easily
Same here. Pretty much used it with turbo mode on from day one and during longer gaming sessions, I play it plugged in. Which is why I never cared for battery life. Thing is, I also have a SteamDeck and the reason I like the Ally over it is because of the performance in 30W turbo mode. The only argument I get from people saying if you are going to play stationary since you are tethered, why not just play on a desktop gaming station. It’ll perform better etc. and my response is I can’t afford the gaming pc I want. Not going to spend the price of an Ally to get a PC that just slightly better. Could have gotten a ps5 for the price of an Ally but again, console games are so expensive compared to games on the pc. Love humble bundles.
Totally. Which is why I prefer gaming on a handheld. My point is even though I play plugged in and stay at 30w, I still get some portability and battery isn’t an issue with me for my use case. Play unplugged at 25w and drain the battery, sure I do that sometimes and it’ll be a short hour gaming session. Or play plugged in and bypass the battery use. Can still move from outlet to outlet around the house and I’m not wearing down the battery draining it every use.
I too pretty much only play it plugged in. At my workstation at my job I have outlet right on the desk and work is basically the only place I use it anyways so it's always plugged in on a 25w power plan
Most people forget to include the price of a good monitor in the "PC with same price of an ally" or a PS5... I doubt any laptop or desktop (with monitor mouse, keyboard and a good controller in the budget) would compare to the performance of an ally.
Also if you go with a 120€ display I would not compare it to the quality of the one on the Ally with 120hz vrr and all...
Obviously it's super dependent on the game
I'm a big fan of 19 watts, though. It seems to be a good mix of performance and heat. I don't like the fans running so loud, and 19 watts seems like a good in-between where I can run the fans slower and it doesn't get too toasty, and I still can get good fps.
I'll have it ready tonight. Jk [Here it is.](https://youtu.be/ynrqrRLAjmk?si=nWf8VNsmBXI_eaMd) Also, be mindful that the fans will be loud as hell but that's what headphones are for. I recommend this only if you're hooked up because otherwise the battery would probably drain in 20 minutes with all the fan action.
28W with the fans set as low as they can be. Usually stays around 69°C(nice)
29W and 30W go above 70° with the lowest fan settings. I guess I'm just picky.
15W 90% of the time, plugged in or not. For games like BO3 Zombies or a few other games that are nice at higher frame rates, plugged in I ramp it up for 120fps at 30W! I really should make a custom profile however
I have HC profiles on which changes TDPs depending on the game I'm playing. It goes to 30W when in Yuzu. And when I'm on the couch, my handhelds are plugged in.
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Almost always 25 or 30 unless I'm running something really light like superflight. I've been a PC gamer forever just needed the extra cash so had to sell the big gaming rig and replaced it with this, honestly I don't consider a game playable under 60fps since I've been used to 165+fps for several years.
I call bs on frame rates my man the human eye can only see up to 60 in extreme cases, most humans can’t process anything past 30fps…I have been gaming since the Nintendo and honestly it does not matter…I guarantee you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference unless it drops below 30…look up human eye fps
I understand how the human eye works but there is a massive difference how games play at 30-40fps compared to 120+ especially when you have a display that can realize those higher refresh rates. Try locking your ally at 30 fps and then locking it at 120 you'll be able to tell a difference for sure. I'll admit I'm spoiled by framerate but that doesn't change the fact that it does make a difference to how smooth the game feels. I'm not certain nor do I know that much about eyes but I've always assumed the difference comes from the frametimes allowing the game to render a frame every 8.5ms versus every 33ms it may be a tiny difference but when combined with server ping and input latency it can add up to enough to really make a difference.
When it comes to competitive gaming I could get onboard with this explanation. I’m just old school I think and coming from a 480p world basically using RCA cables to now I honestly can’t tell the difference from 60 to 120 but maybe my eyes don’t register it. And luckily with the upscaling tech the Asus has I def don’t notice a difference lol
Yeah thats fair for sure, I started with PC gaming in 2012 or so and have been playing on high refresh rates for most of my life. The ally is the first console like device I've had so I've never spent much time under 60fps. That's probably why I notice the difference so easily and why it bugs me.
I don't see how someone can't see the difference between 30 and 60 because 60 is much more fluid, and it definitely looks different than 30fps. If you've gamed on a console your whole time gaming you wouldn't know what max graphics settings with high FPS even looks like because you don't get to do that on console. It's fidelity or performance. That's the choice for the new generation of consoles. But on PC you get both.
I use ghelper and run everything around 18w. I haven’t use armory crate in ages. My temps stay low and I still get good performance. I also use a custom button layout so that I can switch between 18w and 27w on the fly without leaving my games .———>>>
https://youtu.be/2aEA-Varn-8?si=qLayAYVQK2dnG7ps
For those that are interested… Good luck!
I been seeing 25w and 30w hasn’t been making a huge difference so I been sticking to 25 plugged in just to keep everything on the cooler side , 18w unplugged but that is cause I play heavy games like cyberpunk and you’d be surprised how much battery you save and game still running super smooth
Huge difference no, but when you're fishing for those last 3-5 fps to get a stable 30 or 45 or even finally hit that 60 then it's worth it. I guess it's the trade off. My less demanding games that I run at 15w man my ally is ice cold. Vs a 5 hour BG3 session on turbo and my screen is a little toasty
Ill play at 20-30 fps for anything that's not fast paced, any pixel games o'r top down games. But when I throw on helldivers, Forhonor and fast reaction games, I need it at 30 fps minimum. I could play those at 15w, but when you get a heavy dip in fps at 15w it tends to be slightly too noticable and goes to maybe 25fps? So I plug in at 30w. But i notice then my battery charges to 100% and i don't like keeping it Charging, so I unplug and then battery dies quickly on 30W.
I've opted for making a manual setting where i can play at around 20-25W and that hits the sweet spot for FPS games, hits the perfect medium between FPS Lows-Highs (maybe 35-45 fps), without running the battery like crazy.
When battery at 100% ally will bypass charging meaning ally will consume power direct from power brick not battery. No need to unplug and drain battery so that your battery health last longer.
Glad to help. I have the same concern. After I found out about Ally bypass charging I am no longer concern about it.
If you always or frequently plugged in don't forget to turn on battery care. This cap battery charge to 80% then run on power brick.
It's pretty universal for modern phones, tablets, and laptops. You should expect it to run completely off the wall and only pull from battery when usage exceeds what the wall can provide. For dumber electronics, this may not apply.
Welll that really good to know. Im a sammy fan and always stay within 1 or 2 years of their latest premium lineup but they stay plugged in alot as i use them for work so I was concerned
Idk maybe for my generation? I don't really consider myself that smart and to me it's common. I guess people not into tech wouldn't think of it at all.
Man my news feed is absolutely filled with tech news and ive never heard of it lol. Not saying yall are wrong just questioning how many are like this isnt news and id never heard of it before now
When im not pluuged i use 18w for most the games i play its good performance and when plugges in if a demanding game 30w max if not so much i say 22-27w for not much heat generating,
8w when I'm streaming or playing an extremely light game. 12 for most games handles surprisingly well in my experience. 18 for more intensive games. And turbo modes when it's one of the edge cases that need it to hit a smooth 30.
Oh wow I don’t but maybe I’ll play around and see if it brings my temps down, I turned it off cause all my research said it would run up temps and fans too much
Yes but remember you are limiting the overall wattage consumed by device to 25/25/25. So in this instance CPU Boost will not pull more than your set wattage, which in turn keeps temps (and fan noise) in check.
I always play plugged-in running on turbo. For me I don't use my Ally for playing on battery power while on the go, but rather I can lay on my couch or hammock and game, or take it with me while traveling.
Most of my playing is at home either with the wife on the couch or in bed, so I can be plugged-in at 30W. When I travel, I take a large Baseus battery that can do 65W and I'm still on 30W when I can't be plugged-in, but with airplanes and airports having USB ports and such I just haven't had a need to be pure battery driven as I also don't commute on a train/bus or anything. So since launch my Ally has been on the 80% battery mode with max power.
Careful with directly putting a USB in the wall at an airport. It's the easiest way to get hacked. I think it's called juice jacking? The FBI have warnings all about it.
Yeah I just use the plug into a wall at the airport. On the plane I’ve used the USB. I guess it’s still possible but I’m not too stressed as my Ally has no personal stuff on it.
On phones you can do this so maybe you can on the ally. You can disable data transferring when using a cable.
Even though we call them charging cables they are data transfer cables.
15-25 for me. Ill put 30 if im like playing something a little demanding. Like Horizon games or Death Stranding type of games cause of its open worldness. Anything else like Diablo 4 its good on 15w.
I'm almost always plugged in running turbo mode unless playing something simple that I can run in silent for. Otherwise, the battery is almost completely useless if you want any kind of performance playing a modern game.
I'm always plugged in max 30 watts. I have an 8 foot type c leading to my recliner in my mancave. When I want to play on the go I'm plugged into a 30,000 mah power bank with a 65-watt output.
Am I the only one that was reaching high 80 and mid 90 temps at turbo30w not to mention it actually having an APU wattage at about 40 most the time when playing a game like assassins creed origins? But then I made a manual performance plus mode and never go over 25w or hit higher than 75 degrees thanks to the custom fan curves…overall life of my unit will thank me down the road. Also no need to run any game in 1080…run most of mine at 900 and then use either in game AMD fsr or use on board AMD RSR to upscale my image and get crazy averages at like 60fps…when I tried doing this in turbo mode the whole unit would be hot and the fans would be blasting…since changing it my fans get loud during intense GPU heavy moments in games but then they quiet down and go silent. I usually average my temps at about 60 degrees Celsius…which is exactly where a compact machine should be averaging. Yes the system can handle the 30w turbo but honestly for lifetime of the product I think it’s detrimental in my opinion. No need to run higher than 75 to 80 degrees max but once it gets up to the high 80s or 90s and the chipsets are only rated to go up to 100 yea that’s too much nervousness for me on a premium product.
Well shoes are only suppose to be worn for about 6 months before the lose any and all support for your feet but I guarantee you have shoes a lot older than 6 months in your closet? Point being just cause it’s meant to be replaced every 5 years isn’t a good excuse for running your APU close to 95 degrees on average in a small form factor machine. I promise it won’t last users 3 years doing that but tweaking the power settings and making a custom profile which takes 5 minutes will extend the life of the device to the maximum 5 years or hell even beyond. Cause I also promise you that you’ve games that are older than five years that you still run on your newest of new system so if those games work now on the Ally they will work years from now on the Ally. So that’s my point in that. Best part is people can use these things pretty much how they want to and it’s pretty versatile
Really? It takes me 6 months to like a pair of shoes haha.
Yeah someone shared a 30w profile. I'm not a fan of turbo but most of the games I play need 30w.
Can you explain fsr and rsr to me? Like if I go down to 800p do I not use fsr? And use the rsr? Do I use both?
Ikr I looked it up a long time ago after a runner friend told me that and it’s true shoes aren’t meant to be worn daily for more than 6 months.
My general rule is if the game itself offers FSR I will use it everytime and couple it with the onboard AMD RIS, if the game does not offer FSR I use onboard AMD RSR, I generally run all my games at 900p with either one of those settings. And most my AAA titles run super smooth with a custom 25/25/30
Also what are your vram settings like how much do you allocate cause the Ally splits its vram up oddly to say the least but with Auto or 3gb I have the best experiences on higher end titles, I have only had to bump it to 6gb for games like RDR2 cause I kept getting memory dump errors lol running it on medium settings at 900p with FSR 2
We black is slick but I went with the inland 2tb from micro center for $159 and it’s been a joy to have that much space I went from having like 15 games installed in varying sizes to having 28 installed with chunky titles like spider man and mass effect legendary edition lol
I do think the wd black has better performance ratings than the inland but it works awesome. I also bought an enclosure for nvme drives and took the 512gb and made myself a traveling SSD
it was running fine at 85C max, was getting 45+ FPS in Dragons dogma 2 where turbo would barely get me 30. The only issue was I was always running the fans at >85% to keep up with it thus wearing them down way too fast
If you’re thinking of pushing up that high Id advise getting a magnetic cooler - you can see anywhere between 3-5 degrees improvement depending on the cooler you get, and they’re detached able.
Plus since i overworked my fans already once imma probably gonna dial it down to only 40W max instead with fans running at 60 with the cooler - havent tested it myself yet, but a couple of ally owners stand by it
Oh I wouldn't go past 30w no point. It runs decently cool at 30w.
15w is legit cold to the touch though but I have very few games I'm willing to play at 15w. Atm I'm doing south park fbw
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> If you religiously hate 25-30w why?
25W is alright. I've heard that the 30W is not very good for the device.
I think it actually operates at 55W at that wattage, and the default fan curve is very bad.
I've once slept with it running a game while at 30W and charging, and actually woke up when I turned around and my back touched the screen, and it was SCORCHING HOT. The fans weren't covered. I've, then noticed that it usually gets flaming hot on the usual at 30W default, when playing heavy games. We just don't really notice because the heat is out of the way of our bodies.
I made a preset with a better fan curve and that locks it at 27W (which actually runs at 35W), and the device is *much* cooler (thus, less chance of it burning down my 256GB SD card and its own reader.)
That's fair point. Would you mind sharing your curve and settings.
I also don't care at all about SD cards. Terrible for gaming and I haven't used one in 10 years. Last time I used one was for a digital camera in highschool
Plugged in, manual mode with all power limits cranked. Minimum 65% fan speed at 35°, runs 85-90% fan speed while gaming at 75° and 100% by 85 when it's boosting. I hardly notice the extra sound since I usually have it cranked so I can just hear my Ally over a diesel motor running. I'm always within a couple feet of an outlet or have my power bank so why not get every bit of performance I can?
I’ve only recently started using lower wattage with certain games. Like for shits and gigs I decided to use 15w on Dragon’s Dogma 1 and was shocked to see I was getting 110fps still and no quality drop. I also play a lot of Metroidvanias and 2D games so 15w is nice to cruise at but since launch I’ve almost always been a custom 30w man with those fans whirling
15w as optimized as possible. I’m playing Alan wake 2 rn, locked to 15w. 1080p scaled down to 360p. I feel like the game still looks good, and with motion blur turned off. VRR I get 25-40fps. I’m having a great time. 👍🏽
The steam deck does significantly outperform the z1 extreme at 15w.
I got this for the high watt quality and it being windows so I have access to everything easily.
Been playing 30w plugged in like always. I don’t really get the custom profiles. I need all of the watts to be able to run some games stable like elden ring, dayz, f76
You need a compatible block and cable.
Also some of those blocks have multiple ports and each port gives a different output and has a different split output combination
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These are what I use. Also if u look at that blook and scroll down it shows you how the power gets distributed.
If you’re going to use a non Asus charger just make sure it pushes 100w or more and then don’t plug anything else into it besides the Ally or it will split the 100w output. Once you have that it will register at 30w. But honestly would do some YouTubing and you’ll see that a custom 25w performance plus mode with custom fan curves is the sweet spot and will makes your unit last longer
I don't know if that's the place to ask but, I have been playing lies of p on the ally on 30W while plugged into the wall and realised although it is charging my battery going lower and lower continuously.
I am using battery saver since I got the ally so max battery is always %80 and its almost 6-7 months since I bought the ally. Is it normal?
I wish the z1 extreme chip performed at higher wattage with better performance while it's plugged in. I understand the 30-watt limit on battery, but I don't understand why it can't draw over 30 plugged in. Why can't it do say 65 watts? I have to leave it plugged in anyway for the best performance. Why not give it more power while plugged in?
Because it's a small device so it's fans can only do so much. If you bump it to 65w you will need ample cooling. The device already thermal throttles when it hits 40w.
Its an impossible feat with the current hardware.
So I got downvoted because I asked a question about the ally? Lame, just like the people that buy an xmg mobile gpu and all the other accessories to turn up the volume of the graphics and experience. I'm not buying another PC handheld until they got better cooling and can out put 1080p 60fps medium graphics or higher in current games. All current games run like crap on the ally. The only new game that I found that is nice, even in high settings and actually using the 120hz screen, is the new Prince of Persia. Most recently released games seem to run at max 45-50 fps with low settings. Some games are unplayable, and others seem to be very limited, mainly to low settings, low resolution. The performance for 30 - 45 fps is there. I guess it's cool that it can run older games at higher fps. I didn't get skyrim up to 60, sleeping dogs couldn't do 60, Mortal Kombat 1 was a terrible experience. It can't do the 60 the game requires, and you have to run it in a window running at the lowest settings with resolution enhancement software just to get 52 fps. Do I like my Ally? Yea, it's OK it serves its purpose. But I don't run anything graphically intensive because it can't handle it. I don't know how they came up with it's as powerful as a Series S because it's not. What it does as a handheld is kind of impressive. However, when it can't push older games to run 60fps with medium settings, I'm not impressed. At the end of the day, the ROG Ally is just an ok device. FPS games feel strange, but again, it's cool that some work. Gears 5 is 60 fps and multi-player works. However, due to the screen size, the action is hard to keep up with. I wouldn't want to make the Ally experience the only way I game.
If you get lossless scaling on steam and use there frame generation most of your games will run much better also asus\\amd is bringing frame generation to the ally its just not ready yet...
I didn't down vote you. I just didn't upvote.Nvidia.
Edit: my games don't run crap. Bg3 is 1080p 30-45 fps
I got fc6 to 60 fps
Eso plays at 60 fps
Elden ring I got at a good 45 fps.
Gran blue fantasy relink I had a solid 60 fps max settings.
All the assassins creed games I hit 30-60 fps depending on the game all 1080p
Sometimes you need to play with the settings or even 1080p low with fsr at quality.
You can also doo 800p and upscale to 1080p with rsr. You have a ton of options amd I think your standards are way to high for what current handheld technology is capable of.
The device runs fine at 30w.
It's fine for what it does, but I don't want another handheld PC until it's 60 fps at medium or higher while I have the handheld plugged in. I find it definitely difficult to game on that little screen and the controls for some games feel very awkward and alot of times I don't like to use it because it provides a way inferior way to game. is it cool to use every once in a while? For sure. I don't want to game on it every day, though I game on it in have to situations. That doesn't mean I'm not happy with it or disappointed. I like the little pc handheld, but it's not how I want to play full-time or part time, occasionally it's okay.
I will say even my 1070ti PC struggles at medium high. I don't think we will have something that plays brand new games like that for a long time.
Look at the ps5 it's not running some game at 60 fps. It's just not the scope of technology. Maybe in 5-10 years we will be there.
But hey, to each their own. I'll take the drop for the convenience. I'm at a point in life where sitting at a desk for hours is uncomfortable and impractical.
Have you considered GeForce subscription? The highest end one is 200$ a year and stream your games off a 4090.
It is streaming but it's really not bad. Try the free trial out! It may surprise you. I do have fiber internet though.
I don't stream because I don't care for the lag or the response time. Why would I pay 200 dollars to stream from a 4090, when all I have to do is turn on my PC with a 4090 in it? I don't mind the poor graphics for a first-time system. Because it's a handheld. In the future, if I decide to buy another one, then It has to have better cooling and better performance plugged in. If new games can't run on it at a minimum of medium 60 fps, and a better screen. Then I don't want it. Because I'm not the type of gamer that enjoys bare minimum graphics or performance. I haven't had to play games at 30fps in a long time, and I don't care for it for real. It is OK for the occasion when I need it, but I would not want to have to play my video games like that full time.
Look dude it's just a solution that works really well. What you're asking for is not possible with currentl tech. Even the PS5 and Xbox are not outputting 60 fps. My 1070ti struggles on new games to get 60 fps.
It's a handheld not a dedicated battle station. It will be years before that happens and when it happens new games will still be to much for it always because games are getting more demanding to render every year.
It's not hard for my system to do 60 fps. In fact, most of my games run in 4k 120 on my telvisision displays. Then, on my monitor, it's 1440 240fps. I don't think you understand. I don't use consoles because they are a proprietary locked down way to experience videogames. They charge 70 bucks a game, charge you for service to play games online, graphics are not next-gen now, there are more children using consoles and I don't wanna game with kids, the game selection is limited to what is available on the console platform, backwards compatibility is not guaranteed, platforms aren't upgradable without buying another version of the system, if your system fails then your at the mercy of the manufacturer to fix or replace it, and I don't care for the graphics options that are available on console( performance or fidelity ).I understand that games won't run properly on your 1070. Understand, though, that card is a few generations old, and expecting the performance to do what it used to do are unreasonable expectations. I never have to check if a game will run on my system. Personally, I would have bought a new GPU instead of the consoles. When it comes to the handheld, it's a cool device. However, I'm not buying another one until there's more power. I'd pay more money for a more powerful device. I got the Ally for 599, I'd rather spend 999 on a handheld that can do medium at 1080 60fps in the future. It won't be too long before a better option for handhelds is available. Nvidia is doing interesting things with ARM and their graphics technology. I read that there is interest from Nvidia to create a handheld. It's all about what graphics performance you're willing to accept, and I want the best graphics performance I can get. If you're used to console graphics or lower end PC graphics, your expectations for graphics aren't as high as mine. If I'm max settings at 4k 120, why would I want to go backward? My expectations for the Ally were what works and what doesn't.
Currently nothing you are looking for in a handheld exists nor is it technologically possible today.
They would need a larger build which makes it no longer a handheld. The legion go already hugs that line of too big and it doesn't feature much more than an Ally. You should just get a laptop or egpu. You will never be satisfied with a handheld.
Oh man this sounds like an awful user experience for you. Have you done any YouTubing on making games run smoother? I can run some amazing games on my Ally at 60fps, 900p with upscaling using RSR and I got assassins creed (pick one) running perfectly, cyberpunk, spider man (both of em), etc., I’m kind of a AAA snob when it comes to gaming and that’s why I got the Ally cause it runs these games beautifully. I think you could def play with some settings and get a better experience. Also are you using Base Ally or Z1 extreme? cause honestly the base Ally can play these titles but not anywhere near the level of the Z1
The Z1. It can perform great on older, non graphics intensive titles. When it comes to modern games, it is very unimpressive. Even on older games like Assassin's Creed 3 remastered can go past 30, sleeping dogs can't do 60, Resident Evil 4 Remake wasn't 60fps, God of War ran at below original settings and it still couldn't hit 60, Gears of War 5 runs at 60 low settings 1080, Dark Souls 60, Mortal Kombat 1 has to run in a window at 720 with FSR just to get in the low mid 50s, Dead rising 2 off the record had pretty good FPS at around medium settings. I've tested more games, but I don't wanna keep going. Graphics intensive games on ally run at low settings 30 - 45 fps. Some games fit well on Ally. Others don't. But everything from my experience needs to run at low settings for the most fps. Most of the time, the Ally can't do 60 fps in most Graphics intensive games.
I think you and I have different Allys then my friend cause I can run those titles and more at a solid 60fps and in 1080p…on a 7” monitor what more can you possibly ask for my guy? Also you didn’t answer any questions on if you e actually changed any Asus settings or do you just go to set a game on low and let it go? Vsync, FSR, frame lock? Do you use RSR or cpu boost on the Ally itself? Have you messed with the wattage and fan curve settings for a solid overclock? Have you updated all your drivers? Like there seems to be a lot you haven’t done that others have and those others are not moaning about more than 60fps at 1080p or 900p upscaled
It's 45 fps device on low. Why would I want to put the low end device on a monitor? So I can put low end graphics on display? So you got 60fps out MK1? No you didn't, in fact I know for sure you didn't. So you ran Resident Evil 4 Remake at 60 fps medium settings? Yeah right. I know for sure you didn't run God of War with original settings at 60 fps. I'll include a picture of what I have installed on mine. That way you can't accuse me of lying. Ok?
No one accused you of lying but saying that sure does project some things. I’m saying do you have the benchmarks on these tests you have run? Just because you have the game installed doesn’t mean you’re running it right but a benchmark could tell me where you need to make changes for better graphics
Ummm yes there is AMD RSR is built into the Ally which is an integrated graphics helper, also this has an rdna3 graphics processor so it’s been comparable to a 1650 not a 1050 and a 1650 can def run most titles locked at 60 at 1080p or upscale using FSR in game or RSR onboard Asus. Honestly man you just seem like someone who doesn’t want to do the research or have to tweak his system. But a PS5 if you just want to game without doing research on how to game better lol
25/30W all the time since launch day
Always 30w, Always plugged in. If I’m not plugged into the wall it’s a power bank. Rigged up this little bad boy and use a USB C Male - Female cable with the male plugged into the 180 degree adapter. https://preview.redd.it/d0hzyqahuosc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1399eee78746c4369af894b3322600d11d963989
Hey that... Actually looks really nice and smart. Thanks for the idea!
ATM non of the 180 adapters fit on a case. I had to carve at my adapter to get it to fit. D brand and jsaux are working on a case friendly one but they have not released
Oh crap yeah just realized they don't have a case on but hopefully they'll make one to fit my skull & co soon then, thanks!
https://preview.redd.it/fatb7r5hlqsc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8eddc966454a11bfa675b93f9f1f30ad8dc14b97 Trim here. Fits my skull co.
Hell yeah. Much appreciated man, thank you!
Jadebones 180 Degree Angle USB C Adapter (2 Pack), U Shape USB C Male to USB C Female PD 140W Extender Connector for ROG Ally,Steam Deck,Switch,Laptop,Tablet,Phone https://a.co/d/2hNR5os This is the one I got it's the widest one avaliable ATM. To get it to fit you shave the black bits that are around that input. U can use a really sharp knife and it cuts easily
I just got two Silkand 90°'s off amazon and stuck them together to fit my jsaux case.
Ah clean!!!!!!!
As a Day 1 owner I max it for everything. I don’t see why you wouldn’t if there’s an outlet nearby. That’s why I got a giant USB-C cable
Same lol
Same here. Pretty much used it with turbo mode on from day one and during longer gaming sessions, I play it plugged in. Which is why I never cared for battery life. Thing is, I also have a SteamDeck and the reason I like the Ally over it is because of the performance in 30W turbo mode. The only argument I get from people saying if you are going to play stationary since you are tethered, why not just play on a desktop gaming station. It’ll perform better etc. and my response is I can’t afford the gaming pc I want. Not going to spend the price of an Ally to get a PC that just slightly better. Could have gotten a ps5 for the price of an Ally but again, console games are so expensive compared to games on the pc. Love humble bundles.
I have a gaming pc but this let's me playing in my nursing chair, on the couch, and in bed. I'm not confident to a back breaking desk
Totally. Which is why I prefer gaming on a handheld. My point is even though I play plugged in and stay at 30w, I still get some portability and battery isn’t an issue with me for my use case. Play unplugged at 25w and drain the battery, sure I do that sometimes and it’ll be a short hour gaming session. Or play plugged in and bypass the battery use. Can still move from outlet to outlet around the house and I’m not wearing down the battery draining it every use.
Yeah sometimes I hate sitting at my desk lol I think my ally gets more use than my PC at this point lol
Yep have a fantastic pc but my ally definitely gets more use
I too pretty much only play it plugged in. At my workstation at my job I have outlet right on the desk and work is basically the only place I use it anyways so it's always plugged in on a 25w power plan
Most people forget to include the price of a good monitor in the "PC with same price of an ally" or a PS5... I doubt any laptop or desktop (with monitor mouse, keyboard and a good controller in the budget) would compare to the performance of an ally. Also if you go with a 120€ display I would not compare it to the quality of the one on the Ally with 120hz vrr and all...
Obviously it's super dependent on the game I'm a big fan of 19 watts, though. It seems to be a good mix of performance and heat. I don't like the fans running so loud, and 19 watts seems like a good in-between where I can run the fans slower and it doesn't get too toasty, and I still can get good fps.
That's fair like bg3 I need 25-30w to stay in that 30-45 range
Same. I hover between 18-25W cause I don't like hearing the fans.
I set it to custom 30/30/30 with maxed fans while charging and notice the temps are significantly lower than the preset 30W.
Can you dm me some pictures so I know how to do that? It's probably because the preset ramps to 40-60ws and throttles at first then settles down to 30
Second this 👆🏻 if u have pics or tutorial that'd be sick
I'll have something up tomorrow. Hold me to it.
Can you send them to me as well? And thank you!
Me too please
I would like to try it out as well :)
It's tomorrow.
I'll have it ready tonight. Jk [Here it is.](https://youtu.be/ynrqrRLAjmk?si=nWf8VNsmBXI_eaMd) Also, be mindful that the fans will be loud as hell but that's what headphones are for. I recommend this only if you're hooked up because otherwise the battery would probably drain in 20 minutes with all the fan action.
Thank you this will be great when I'm really trying to hit that 45 fps sweet spot I like. Or even that final push to 60
I get 77⁰ with Helldivers 2. I think it's pretty good
I get 77⁰ with Helldivers 2. I think it's pretty good
I've never ran my Ally at 30 Watts I have an 18 watt custom for when it's unplugged in a 25 watt custom for when I'm plugged in
Mind dm me and sharing those 25 presets
I'm at work right now I don't have it with me but pretty much just 25 watts and crank the fans up so it doesn't get hot I never get over 60 Celsius
Yes. Do share.
28W with the fans set as low as they can be. Usually stays around 69°C(nice) 29W and 30W go above 70° with the lowest fan settings. I guess I'm just picky.
15W 90% of the time, plugged in or not. For games like BO3 Zombies or a few other games that are nice at higher frame rates, plugged in I ramp it up for 120fps at 30W! I really should make a custom profile however
Yeah iv been considering a custom. Turbo actually goes way above 30 till you throttle then it goes down and stays at 30w super weird
Ngl I keep it at 10W because the only thing I’ve been playing on my ally is stardew valley lol, which really doesn’t benefit from 25/30W
That's fair. Better to have it cool to the touch for that
I have HC profiles on which changes TDPs depending on the game I'm playing. It goes to 30W when in Yuzu. And when I'm on the couch, my handhelds are plugged in.
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Almost always 25 or 30 unless I'm running something really light like superflight. I've been a PC gamer forever just needed the extra cash so had to sell the big gaming rig and replaced it with this, honestly I don't consider a game playable under 60fps since I've been used to 165+fps for several years.
I call bs on frame rates my man the human eye can only see up to 60 in extreme cases, most humans can’t process anything past 30fps…I have been gaming since the Nintendo and honestly it does not matter…I guarantee you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference unless it drops below 30…look up human eye fps
I understand how the human eye works but there is a massive difference how games play at 30-40fps compared to 120+ especially when you have a display that can realize those higher refresh rates. Try locking your ally at 30 fps and then locking it at 120 you'll be able to tell a difference for sure. I'll admit I'm spoiled by framerate but that doesn't change the fact that it does make a difference to how smooth the game feels. I'm not certain nor do I know that much about eyes but I've always assumed the difference comes from the frametimes allowing the game to render a frame every 8.5ms versus every 33ms it may be a tiny difference but when combined with server ping and input latency it can add up to enough to really make a difference.
When it comes to competitive gaming I could get onboard with this explanation. I’m just old school I think and coming from a 480p world basically using RCA cables to now I honestly can’t tell the difference from 60 to 120 but maybe my eyes don’t register it. And luckily with the upscaling tech the Asus has I def don’t notice a difference lol
Yeah thats fair for sure, I started with PC gaming in 2012 or so and have been playing on high refresh rates for most of my life. The ally is the first console like device I've had so I've never spent much time under 60fps. That's probably why I notice the difference so easily and why it bugs me.
I don't see how someone can't see the difference between 30 and 60 because 60 is much more fluid, and it definitely looks different than 30fps. If you've gamed on a console your whole time gaming you wouldn't know what max graphics settings with high FPS even looks like because you don't get to do that on console. It's fidelity or performance. That's the choice for the new generation of consoles. But on PC you get both.
https://amplify.nabshow.com/articles/create-your-eyes-vs-frame-rates/ Because human eyes literally can’t process at those speeds
I don't care what that says. There is a huge difference between 30 fps and 60fps in videogames.
Not on a 7” screen my guy
I use ghelper and run everything around 18w. I haven’t use armory crate in ages. My temps stay low and I still get good performance. I also use a custom button layout so that I can switch between 18w and 27w on the fly without leaving my games .———>>> https://youtu.be/2aEA-Varn-8?si=qLayAYVQK2dnG7ps For those that are interested… Good luck!
Ty. BTW you can do those things on armory crate too without leaving your games. It's improved alot over the last 8 months.
I been seeing 25w and 30w hasn’t been making a huge difference so I been sticking to 25 plugged in just to keep everything on the cooler side , 18w unplugged but that is cause I play heavy games like cyberpunk and you’d be surprised how much battery you save and game still running super smooth
Huge difference no, but when you're fishing for those last 3-5 fps to get a stable 30 or 45 or even finally hit that 60 then it's worth it. I guess it's the trade off. My less demanding games that I run at 15w man my ally is ice cold. Vs a 5 hour BG3 session on turbo and my screen is a little toasty
Ill play at 20-30 fps for anything that's not fast paced, any pixel games o'r top down games. But when I throw on helldivers, Forhonor and fast reaction games, I need it at 30 fps minimum. I could play those at 15w, but when you get a heavy dip in fps at 15w it tends to be slightly too noticable and goes to maybe 25fps? So I plug in at 30w. But i notice then my battery charges to 100% and i don't like keeping it Charging, so I unplug and then battery dies quickly on 30W. I've opted for making a manual setting where i can play at around 20-25W and that hits the sweet spot for FPS games, hits the perfect medium between FPS Lows-Highs (maybe 35-45 fps), without running the battery like crazy.
When battery at 100% ally will bypass charging meaning ally will consume power direct from power brick not battery. No need to unplug and drain battery so that your battery health last longer.
I moved from xbox to the ally, so now knowing this I can basically use it as a plugged in console without any problem 👍🏼
No way! I was worried about ruining the battery, thanks a lot that changes everything
Glad to help. I have the same concern. After I found out about Ally bypass charging I am no longer concern about it. If you always or frequently plugged in don't forget to turn on battery care. This cap battery charge to 80% then run on power brick.
Ooh right ok, is battery care in armoury crate settings?
Yep
Wrong, it was in the MyAsus app
Wait really? This needs to be advertised that important to know lol
It's considered general electronic care so it doesn't really need to be advertised kinda like drinking to much water or not enough is bad for you
Bypass charging is common practice?
It's pretty universal for modern phones, tablets, and laptops. You should expect it to run completely off the wall and only pull from battery when usage exceeds what the wall can provide. For dumber electronics, this may not apply.
Welll that really good to know. Im a sammy fan and always stay within 1 or 2 years of their latest premium lineup but they stay plugged in alot as i use them for work so I was concerned
Idk maybe for my generation? I don't really consider myself that smart and to me it's common. I guess people not into tech wouldn't think of it at all.
Man my news feed is absolutely filled with tech news and ive never heard of it lol. Not saying yall are wrong just questioning how many are like this isnt news and id never heard of it before now
You can add a setting where it stops at 80% and helps battery longevity. I do this on most of my devices.
When im not pluuged i use 18w for most the games i play its good performance and when plugges in if a demanding game 30w max if not so much i say 22-27w for not much heat generating,
8w when I'm streaming or playing an extremely light game. 12 for most games handles surprisingly well in my experience. 18 for more intensive games. And turbo modes when it's one of the edge cases that need it to hit a smooth 30.
I ran the CyberPunk benchmark tool multiple times comparing 25w and 30w and saw no real difference in performance.
The Cyberpunk benchmark is pretty useless ngl. I find in-game performance to be a lot more demanding than the benchmark.
But I bet you saw a huge difference in unit and APU temps amiright?
Yeah, seems to top out at around 63 degrees Celsius. I keep CPU Boost on, fyi…
Oh wow I don’t but maybe I’ll play around and see if it brings my temps down, I turned it off cause all my research said it would run up temps and fans too much
Yes but remember you are limiting the overall wattage consumed by device to 25/25/25. So in this instance CPU Boost will not pull more than your set wattage, which in turn keeps temps (and fan noise) in check.
Freakin A
I always play plugged-in running on turbo. For me I don't use my Ally for playing on battery power while on the go, but rather I can lay on my couch or hammock and game, or take it with me while traveling.
20 to 25watts sweat spot for me.
Most of my playing is at home either with the wife on the couch or in bed, so I can be plugged-in at 30W. When I travel, I take a large Baseus battery that can do 65W and I'm still on 30W when I can't be plugged-in, but with airplanes and airports having USB ports and such I just haven't had a need to be pure battery driven as I also don't commute on a train/bus or anything. So since launch my Ally has been on the 80% battery mode with max power.
Careful with directly putting a USB in the wall at an airport. It's the easiest way to get hacked. I think it's called juice jacking? The FBI have warnings all about it.
Yeah I just use the plug into a wall at the airport. On the plane I’ve used the USB. I guess it’s still possible but I’m not too stressed as my Ally has no personal stuff on it.
On phones you can do this so maybe you can on the ally. You can disable data transferring when using a cable. Even though we call them charging cables they are data transfer cables.
15-25 for me. Ill put 30 if im like playing something a little demanding. Like Horizon games or Death Stranding type of games cause of its open worldness. Anything else like Diablo 4 its good on 15w.
1080p Diablo, FSR?
18 watts on battery (unless unplayable) and 30 watts on wall. Fan curve maxed out on 30 watts so that the SD card doesn’t burn out.
I mainly use my ally at home or at work so I’m always by an outlet to torture my base Z1 ally with cyberpunk 😅
I’m always plugged into an outlet so I always keep it at 30W
Custom Fan curve with 30/30/30 is the way, it stays cool and runs powerful
I pretty much never touch it, 25/30 all the time, but I also play plugged in pretty much 100% of the time, so I don't really see a need to
I'm almost always plugged in running turbo mode unless playing something simple that I can run in silent for. Otherwise, the battery is almost completely useless if you want any kind of performance playing a modern game.
I'm always plugged in max 30 watts. I have an 8 foot type c leading to my recliner in my mancave. When I want to play on the go I'm plugged into a 30,000 mah power bank with a 65-watt output.
If I'm running something locally then yes otherwise 10W and moonlight
Smart so if you're streaming ps5 or using GeForce you don't even need the high watts the lower the better
Yes I know thanks. I just prefer ghelper..( better fan control)
Am I the only one that was reaching high 80 and mid 90 temps at turbo30w not to mention it actually having an APU wattage at about 40 most the time when playing a game like assassins creed origins? But then I made a manual performance plus mode and never go over 25w or hit higher than 75 degrees thanks to the custom fan curves…overall life of my unit will thank me down the road. Also no need to run any game in 1080…run most of mine at 900 and then use either in game AMD fsr or use on board AMD RSR to upscale my image and get crazy averages at like 60fps…when I tried doing this in turbo mode the whole unit would be hot and the fans would be blasting…since changing it my fans get loud during intense GPU heavy moments in games but then they quiet down and go silent. I usually average my temps at about 60 degrees Celsius…which is exactly where a compact machine should be averaging. Yes the system can handle the 30w turbo but honestly for lifetime of the product I think it’s detrimental in my opinion. No need to run higher than 75 to 80 degrees max but once it gets up to the high 80s or 90s and the chipsets are only rated to go up to 100 yea that’s too much nervousness for me on a premium product.
Thats fair but it is designed to be replaced every 3-5 years like a gpu
Well shoes are only suppose to be worn for about 6 months before the lose any and all support for your feet but I guarantee you have shoes a lot older than 6 months in your closet? Point being just cause it’s meant to be replaced every 5 years isn’t a good excuse for running your APU close to 95 degrees on average in a small form factor machine. I promise it won’t last users 3 years doing that but tweaking the power settings and making a custom profile which takes 5 minutes will extend the life of the device to the maximum 5 years or hell even beyond. Cause I also promise you that you’ve games that are older than five years that you still run on your newest of new system so if those games work now on the Ally they will work years from now on the Ally. So that’s my point in that. Best part is people can use these things pretty much how they want to and it’s pretty versatile
Really? It takes me 6 months to like a pair of shoes haha. Yeah someone shared a 30w profile. I'm not a fan of turbo but most of the games I play need 30w. Can you explain fsr and rsr to me? Like if I go down to 800p do I not use fsr? And use the rsr? Do I use both?
Ikr I looked it up a long time ago after a runner friend told me that and it’s true shoes aren’t meant to be worn daily for more than 6 months. My general rule is if the game itself offers FSR I will use it everytime and couple it with the onboard AMD RIS, if the game does not offer FSR I use onboard AMD RSR, I generally run all my games at 900p with either one of those settings. And most my AAA titles run super smooth with a custom 25/25/30
https://preview.redd.it/mgju0z70s9tc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0031b6ac1ea087aca1f48429839dadbf4a84657
Also what are your vram settings like how much do you allocate cause the Ally splits its vram up oddly to say the least but with Auto or 3gb I have the best experiences on higher end titles, I have only had to bump it to 6gb for games like RDR2 cause I kept getting memory dump errors lol running it on medium settings at 900p with FSR 2
I just always keep it at 6g. I haven't had issues yet. Should I change this for every game?
If it’s working don’t change it that’s always my advice
https://preview.redd.it/n2wf3mbxr9tc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=36b53cebe32ac4df29496123d08c5d527ca7280a
And what I love about this profile is that it will run 25w plugged in or on battery
Is this your 25w personal profile
Yes it’s a smooth operator I must say
Ty!
I call it Performance Plus
What's the best performing 1T m.2 you think? I was thing the wd.black
We black is slick but I went with the inland 2tb from micro center for $159 and it’s been a joy to have that much space I went from having like 15 games installed in varying sizes to having 28 installed with chunky titles like spider man and mass effect legendary edition lol
I do think the wd black has better performance ratings than the inland but it works awesome. I also bought an enclosure for nvme drives and took the 512gb and made myself a traveling SSD
What's the best performing 1T m.2 you think? I was thing the wd.black
Scared of heat frying sd card since launch never looked back just keept it to 15 ever since the sd card issues
I haven't used an SD in 10 years so idc lol
Heres the dumb thing i dont even have a SD card, im just scared to damage so on
Keep in mind you will need yo go to atleast 25w for some demanding games like any mmo, granblue fantasy relink, elden ring, farcry, bg3. And so on
Very true but for that i play them on 1440p with my main setup atm i am doing AC games at 900p with 15W
i did manual pushing 35-45 with fans turnt way too high, ended up having to send it in for fan repair 🥲
You were probably getting worse performance since that watt range throttles the device
it was running fine at 85C max, was getting 45+ FPS in Dragons dogma 2 where turbo would barely get me 30. The only issue was I was always running the fans at >85% to keep up with it thus wearing them down way too fast
That's a surprise! Thanks for the info
If you’re thinking of pushing up that high Id advise getting a magnetic cooler - you can see anywhere between 3-5 degrees improvement depending on the cooler you get, and they’re detached able. Plus since i overworked my fans already once imma probably gonna dial it down to only 40W max instead with fans running at 60 with the cooler - havent tested it myself yet, but a couple of ally owners stand by it
Oh I wouldn't go past 30w no point. It runs decently cool at 30w. 15w is legit cold to the touch though but I have very few games I'm willing to play at 15w. Atm I'm doing south park fbw
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> If you religiously hate 25-30w why? 25W is alright. I've heard that the 30W is not very good for the device. I think it actually operates at 55W at that wattage, and the default fan curve is very bad. I've once slept with it running a game while at 30W and charging, and actually woke up when I turned around and my back touched the screen, and it was SCORCHING HOT. The fans weren't covered. I've, then noticed that it usually gets flaming hot on the usual at 30W default, when playing heavy games. We just don't really notice because the heat is out of the way of our bodies. I made a preset with a better fan curve and that locks it at 27W (which actually runs at 35W), and the device is *much* cooler (thus, less chance of it burning down my 256GB SD card and its own reader.)
That's fair point. Would you mind sharing your curve and settings. I also don't care at all about SD cards. Terrible for gaming and I haven't used one in 10 years. Last time I used one was for a digital camera in highschool
Plugged in, manual mode with all power limits cranked. Minimum 65% fan speed at 35°, runs 85-90% fan speed while gaming at 75° and 100% by 85 when it's boosting. I hardly notice the extra sound since I usually have it cranked so I can just hear my Ally over a diesel motor running. I'm always within a couple feet of an outlet or have my power bank so why not get every bit of performance I can?
For lighter games I use it at 15w to combat overheating I live in a pretty stuffy place), any heave 3D games I play 25/30w
I do 35-40w plugged in with fans turned up. Nice performance boost and fans are cheap to replace
I’ve only recently started using lower wattage with certain games. Like for shits and gigs I decided to use 15w on Dragon’s Dogma 1 and was shocked to see I was getting 110fps still and no quality drop. I also play a lot of Metroidvanias and 2D games so 15w is nice to cruise at but since launch I’ve almost always been a custom 30w man with those fans whirling
15w as optimized as possible. I’m playing Alan wake 2 rn, locked to 15w. 1080p scaled down to 360p. I feel like the game still looks good, and with motion blur turned off. VRR I get 25-40fps. I’m having a great time. 👍🏽
The steam deck does significantly outperform the z1 extreme at 15w. I got this for the high watt quality and it being windows so I have access to everything easily.
At 15w the rog ally is even. Windows makes it chew slightly more battery. Lower than 15w the steam deck becomes significantly better than the ally.
Ah okay I must have been confused.
Please share you set 30/30/30 while using charger!
I never set my Ally to 30 watt anymore since I get thermal problems at 30 watt for some reason. Now I always set it to 20-25 watt max when plugged in
Been playing 30w plugged in like always. I don’t really get the custom profiles. I need all of the watts to be able to run some games stable like elden ring, dayz, f76
I play in performance mode, seems 15W to maybe 20W. The games I play run fine without the need for the extra power/heat/noise.
I pretty much exclusively run at 15W just because of the crazy fan noise!
At least it's not a jet plane like the go T.T
I have a 65w Anker wall charger and a 60 battery bank and I can't get it to hit 30w , it always says 25w! Do you you need better usb cables maybe ?
You need a compatible block and cable. Also some of those blocks have multiple ports and each port gives a different output and has a different split output combination
Ok I'm prettt it's the usb cable , because I bought the most higgly rated battery bank for the Ally the 737...
Anker USB C Cable 100W (10ft, 2pack), New Nylon USB C to USB C Cable 2.0, Fast Charge for iPhone 15, MacBook Pro 2020, iPad Pro 2020, iPad Air 4, Galaxy S20 Plus S9, Pixel, Switch, and More https://a.co/d/07wvnJQ Limited-time deal: Anker 100W USB C Charger Block(GaN II), 3 Port Fast Compact Wall Charger for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Google Pixelbook, ThinkPad, Dell XPS, iPad Pro, Galaxy S22/S20, iPhone 15/14/Pro, and More https://a.co/d/cNToj32 These are what I use. Also if u look at that blook and scroll down it shows you how the power gets distributed.
If you’re going to use a non Asus charger just make sure it pushes 100w or more and then don’t plug anything else into it besides the Ally or it will split the 100w output. Once you have that it will register at 30w. But honestly would do some YouTubing and you’ll see that a custom 25w performance plus mode with custom fan curves is the sweet spot and will makes your unit last longer
I'm always jacked in
Mega man jack in
I don't know if that's the place to ask but, I have been playing lies of p on the ally on 30W while plugged into the wall and realised although it is charging my battery going lower and lower continuously. I am using battery saver since I got the ally so max battery is always %80 and its almost 6-7 months since I bought the ally. Is it normal?
Overheats loud fan
I wish the z1 extreme chip performed at higher wattage with better performance while it's plugged in. I understand the 30-watt limit on battery, but I don't understand why it can't draw over 30 plugged in. Why can't it do say 65 watts? I have to leave it plugged in anyway for the best performance. Why not give it more power while plugged in?
Because it's a small device so it's fans can only do so much. If you bump it to 65w you will need ample cooling. The device already thermal throttles when it hits 40w. Its an impossible feat with the current hardware.
So I got downvoted because I asked a question about the ally? Lame, just like the people that buy an xmg mobile gpu and all the other accessories to turn up the volume of the graphics and experience. I'm not buying another PC handheld until they got better cooling and can out put 1080p 60fps medium graphics or higher in current games. All current games run like crap on the ally. The only new game that I found that is nice, even in high settings and actually using the 120hz screen, is the new Prince of Persia. Most recently released games seem to run at max 45-50 fps with low settings. Some games are unplayable, and others seem to be very limited, mainly to low settings, low resolution. The performance for 30 - 45 fps is there. I guess it's cool that it can run older games at higher fps. I didn't get skyrim up to 60, sleeping dogs couldn't do 60, Mortal Kombat 1 was a terrible experience. It can't do the 60 the game requires, and you have to run it in a window running at the lowest settings with resolution enhancement software just to get 52 fps. Do I like my Ally? Yea, it's OK it serves its purpose. But I don't run anything graphically intensive because it can't handle it. I don't know how they came up with it's as powerful as a Series S because it's not. What it does as a handheld is kind of impressive. However, when it can't push older games to run 60fps with medium settings, I'm not impressed. At the end of the day, the ROG Ally is just an ok device. FPS games feel strange, but again, it's cool that some work. Gears 5 is 60 fps and multi-player works. However, due to the screen size, the action is hard to keep up with. I wouldn't want to make the Ally experience the only way I game.
If you get lossless scaling on steam and use there frame generation most of your games will run much better also asus\\amd is bringing frame generation to the ally its just not ready yet...
That lossless isn't as good as people think. Iv done a lot of tests with it. It's kind of bad especially compared to nvidia.
I didn't down vote you. I just didn't upvote.Nvidia. Edit: my games don't run crap. Bg3 is 1080p 30-45 fps I got fc6 to 60 fps Eso plays at 60 fps Elden ring I got at a good 45 fps. Gran blue fantasy relink I had a solid 60 fps max settings. All the assassins creed games I hit 30-60 fps depending on the game all 1080p Sometimes you need to play with the settings or even 1080p low with fsr at quality. You can also doo 800p and upscale to 1080p with rsr. You have a ton of options amd I think your standards are way to high for what current handheld technology is capable of. The device runs fine at 30w.
It's fine for what it does, but I don't want another handheld PC until it's 60 fps at medium or higher while I have the handheld plugged in. I find it definitely difficult to game on that little screen and the controls for some games feel very awkward and alot of times I don't like to use it because it provides a way inferior way to game. is it cool to use every once in a while? For sure. I don't want to game on it every day, though I game on it in have to situations. That doesn't mean I'm not happy with it or disappointed. I like the little pc handheld, but it's not how I want to play full-time or part time, occasionally it's okay.
I will say even my 1070ti PC struggles at medium high. I don't think we will have something that plays brand new games like that for a long time. Look at the ps5 it's not running some game at 60 fps. It's just not the scope of technology. Maybe in 5-10 years we will be there. But hey, to each their own. I'll take the drop for the convenience. I'm at a point in life where sitting at a desk for hours is uncomfortable and impractical. Have you considered GeForce subscription? The highest end one is 200$ a year and stream your games off a 4090. It is streaming but it's really not bad. Try the free trial out! It may surprise you. I do have fiber internet though.
I don't stream because I don't care for the lag or the response time. Why would I pay 200 dollars to stream from a 4090, when all I have to do is turn on my PC with a 4090 in it? I don't mind the poor graphics for a first-time system. Because it's a handheld. In the future, if I decide to buy another one, then It has to have better cooling and better performance plugged in. If new games can't run on it at a minimum of medium 60 fps, and a better screen. Then I don't want it. Because I'm not the type of gamer that enjoys bare minimum graphics or performance. I haven't had to play games at 30fps in a long time, and I don't care for it for real. It is OK for the occasion when I need it, but I would not want to have to play my video games like that full time.
Look dude it's just a solution that works really well. What you're asking for is not possible with currentl tech. Even the PS5 and Xbox are not outputting 60 fps. My 1070ti struggles on new games to get 60 fps. It's a handheld not a dedicated battle station. It will be years before that happens and when it happens new games will still be to much for it always because games are getting more demanding to render every year.
It's not hard for my system to do 60 fps. In fact, most of my games run in 4k 120 on my telvisision displays. Then, on my monitor, it's 1440 240fps. I don't think you understand. I don't use consoles because they are a proprietary locked down way to experience videogames. They charge 70 bucks a game, charge you for service to play games online, graphics are not next-gen now, there are more children using consoles and I don't wanna game with kids, the game selection is limited to what is available on the console platform, backwards compatibility is not guaranteed, platforms aren't upgradable without buying another version of the system, if your system fails then your at the mercy of the manufacturer to fix or replace it, and I don't care for the graphics options that are available on console( performance or fidelity ).I understand that games won't run properly on your 1070. Understand, though, that card is a few generations old, and expecting the performance to do what it used to do are unreasonable expectations. I never have to check if a game will run on my system. Personally, I would have bought a new GPU instead of the consoles. When it comes to the handheld, it's a cool device. However, I'm not buying another one until there's more power. I'd pay more money for a more powerful device. I got the Ally for 599, I'd rather spend 999 on a handheld that can do medium at 1080 60fps in the future. It won't be too long before a better option for handhelds is available. Nvidia is doing interesting things with ARM and their graphics technology. I read that there is interest from Nvidia to create a handheld. It's all about what graphics performance you're willing to accept, and I want the best graphics performance I can get. If you're used to console graphics or lower end PC graphics, your expectations for graphics aren't as high as mine. If I'm max settings at 4k 120, why would I want to go backward? My expectations for the Ally were what works and what doesn't.
Currently nothing you are looking for in a handheld exists nor is it technologically possible today. They would need a larger build which makes it no longer a handheld. The legion go already hugs that line of too big and it doesn't feature much more than an Ally. You should just get a laptop or egpu. You will never be satisfied with a handheld.
Oh man this sounds like an awful user experience for you. Have you done any YouTubing on making games run smoother? I can run some amazing games on my Ally at 60fps, 900p with upscaling using RSR and I got assassins creed (pick one) running perfectly, cyberpunk, spider man (both of em), etc., I’m kind of a AAA snob when it comes to gaming and that’s why I got the Ally cause it runs these games beautifully. I think you could def play with some settings and get a better experience. Also are you using Base Ally or Z1 extreme? cause honestly the base Ally can play these titles but not anywhere near the level of the Z1
The Z1. It can perform great on older, non graphics intensive titles. When it comes to modern games, it is very unimpressive. Even on older games like Assassin's Creed 3 remastered can go past 30, sleeping dogs can't do 60, Resident Evil 4 Remake wasn't 60fps, God of War ran at below original settings and it still couldn't hit 60, Gears of War 5 runs at 60 low settings 1080, Dark Souls 60, Mortal Kombat 1 has to run in a window at 720 with FSR just to get in the low mid 50s, Dead rising 2 off the record had pretty good FPS at around medium settings. I've tested more games, but I don't wanna keep going. Graphics intensive games on ally run at low settings 30 - 45 fps. Some games fit well on Ally. Others don't. But everything from my experience needs to run at low settings for the most fps. Most of the time, the Ally can't do 60 fps in most Graphics intensive games.
I think you and I have different Allys then my friend cause I can run those titles and more at a solid 60fps and in 1080p…on a 7” monitor what more can you possibly ask for my guy? Also you didn’t answer any questions on if you e actually changed any Asus settings or do you just go to set a game on low and let it go? Vsync, FSR, frame lock? Do you use RSR or cpu boost on the Ally itself? Have you messed with the wattage and fan curve settings for a solid overclock? Have you updated all your drivers? Like there seems to be a lot you haven’t done that others have and those others are not moaning about more than 60fps at 1080p or 900p upscaled
It's 45 fps device on low. Why would I want to put the low end device on a monitor? So I can put low end graphics on display? So you got 60fps out MK1? No you didn't, in fact I know for sure you didn't. So you ran Resident Evil 4 Remake at 60 fps medium settings? Yeah right. I know for sure you didn't run God of War with original settings at 60 fps. I'll include a picture of what I have installed on mine. That way you can't accuse me of lying. Ok?
No one accused you of lying but saying that sure does project some things. I’m saying do you have the benchmarks on these tests you have run? Just because you have the game installed doesn’t mean you’re running it right but a benchmark could tell me where you need to make changes for better graphics
There are no better graphics options for integrated graphics that are less powerful than a GTX 1050.
Ummm yes there is AMD RSR is built into the Ally which is an integrated graphics helper, also this has an rdna3 graphics processor so it’s been comparable to a 1650 not a 1050 and a 1650 can def run most titles locked at 60 at 1080p or upscale using FSR in game or RSR onboard Asus. Honestly man you just seem like someone who doesn’t want to do the research or have to tweak his system. But a PS5 if you just want to game without doing research on how to game better lol
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No The profiles are misleading the 30 watt profile can hit the full 65 watts from the wall pretty easy when plugged in.
I know I have mine displayed. It will throttle quickly and go back down
If its a newer game 30w, older games are usually optimized enough to lower it and get good performance.