IMPORTANT NOTES: All tests habe been made with BIOS 319, which was the newest Version as of making this video. (The hotfixed Version, which fixed the performance Issues the 319 BIOS initially had!) By now we're at version 323 which has been even better than 322. So the Performance would now be better than what you can see in the video! ALSO: Make sure to set the VRAM to 8GB as this will improve performance in almost ALL games! (It improves the 1% Lows aswell!)

@iainballas

9 ай бұрын

Can you do an update 🥺

@godwhomismike

7 ай бұрын

Can you do an update and include Genshin Impact and Honkai Rail Star with both medium and high settings?

Great video man. Iv been looking for a video like this

The biggest problem with most people that don't like the ROG. I love it cause it plays all my games perfectly. Do I care if the FPS drop a little, No as long as the game doesn't stop working. And for those that have trouble setting things up to play the games good just remember it's not a Nintendo Switch. The ROG is a Computer that might have a little problems but not for people that know a little computer knowledge.

@turnergaming125

11 ай бұрын

Correct

@awp-erator4525

10 ай бұрын

lol imagine. steam deck same fps but 400 dollars cheaper

@kyleoneill3420

3 ай бұрын

@@awp-erator4525what’s $400 cheaper??

Thanks for the video. I first thought something must be wring with your ally, cause i get better or similar results on my SD at 15Wt! Then i realised that you probably did your test before the last 2 bios updates.

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

Yes I did 😅

Super helpful, thank you!

Excellent testing, you should also note the bios version in the description as the performance has changed sizably since launch.

MW2 plays with no stutter if you change the VRAM to 8Gb in armoury crate.

@Evobed562

Жыл бұрын

I have found all my games to run better on 8gb than 4gb in fact, haven't had any compatibility issues just better performance and no more studders/choppiness

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

IF that was true (and I'm not saying it's not!😅) that would be weird. The game needs RAM. Not 8gb vram. Especially on these low settings. 🤔 If you use 2 MEGAbyte of vram it should still work the same as it will use regular ram as vram anyways. Shouldn't make a difference.

@Zionwolves

Жыл бұрын

@@Hubwood it’s an odd one as most games run fine on 4Gb for me but MW2 and the division 2 for example both run stutter free with 8Gb VRAM, anything less and they have slowdown and stutter. I am hoping we get a 6Gb option as I think that will be a good balance between ram and vram. Some of the newer aaa games defo need more vram to be stutter free.

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

@@Zionwolves Should really be a Problem of the game then. Because in theory there shouldn't be a difference between 4 or 4000 MB of VRAM on an APU. 🤷‍♂

@Zionwolves

Жыл бұрын

@@Hubwood I agree with you but it may be an issue with how the system/windows dynamically scales the memory if/when it needs to peak over the standard 4Gb allocated. Possibly a real time ramp up/down issue

Thank for video, I think i will wait for may be next gen. Since the game I'm waiting to play is release next year may be next year we will see more powerful handheld and i can merge pc/handheld so I don't have to carry both when Travel.

The bottleneck in BF 2042 is the power. 30W on a CPU+GPU heavy game means really low clock speeds on both. I found the initial burst up to 42W gave 10 fps more than 30W. I still would rather play 2042 on my desktop, but I was curious on how it could handle it.

@RohanPL

7 ай бұрын

Change Vram to 6 gbs put everything on low and change to 720p It's very smooth.

Hello, Great video thanks for fine technical analysis, I am trying to play world of warship but can't play...

10:05 if I'm not mistaken you can disable the next-gen update from Steam setting, and still enjoy the previous one

Honestly, I haven't played that many games. However, my performance for COD was great online and campaign. I also tested GoW and it ran spectacularly. For some reason every KZreadr get different performance metrics.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

RDR2 has really impressive optimisation

Thanks for benchmarking Cities Skylines!

Is your left stick wearing out? (on the side that touches the RGB ring while pushing the stick).

finally someone did war thunder

If you play on 720p do you upscale using RSR for 1080p

Is 40fps still a sweet spot like with the steam deck?

Can you make more video Asus ROG Ally Games tested like this?

Are you gonna run them on manual mode??

Allie klingt ist ja süß❤

are you getting the full Power of the Device, since you said in the beginning, that you plugged in a usb hub - doesnt the ally throttle maximum charging speed and the maximum wattage it can use?

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

Yes this dock allows the Ally to use it's full potential! You can see in the osd, that it's pulling the intended 30w. I also double checked if the dock was causing the performance issue. It didn't performance was the same with the dock or with the ac plugged in directly into the Ally.

Could it be that you had the resolution on the device set to 720p with rsr on? Then when being g plugged into a 1080p external monitor this would give you your preformace troubles

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Maybe. I was trying all combinations. But for the sake of recording I just turned it of, so that it would perform the same way as without an external monitor/capture card.

This video was a Rollercoaster of emotions lol for every positive he swooped in with a negative constantly

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂🎢

I don't understand people who are saying that good framerate maters only in fast-paced games. That's not truth - the higher FPS the more realistic and lively any movement become. Game genre or competitiveness means very little. For example both in first-person shooters and fly sim's slideshow is equally ugly.

Are you sure you are using fsr correctly? What resolution is your output monitor? If your using fsr on the native screen you need to set your in game resolution to 720 and it will upscale. Make sure ti restart your game to take effect. Majority of the games run and look amazing on high settings.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

The output monitor was a capture card. I was using 1080p for it to record the games that way. I'm not questioning the function of rsr, I just found out, that it would often lower the performance by 10-15 when I was using the capture card. And it didn't lower the performance when I was using the internal monitor. So I just turned it of for the sake of recording after a while :) get what I mean?

@irrichcunanan

11 ай бұрын

@@Hubwood im more-so questioning your use of fsr. I don’t think you are properly utilizing it. you should be able to play most of those games on your list on high settings at in game res of 720p with fsr upscaling to 1080p and still get high performance(60fps+). You should not need to lower the settings on fsr.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

@@irrichcunanan oh you mean fsr and not rsr. I know how to use FSR 😅 Well I can only give you the results that I got. And I'm not a an unskilled pc/laptop user. If I get these results... Others will aswell. I don't have time to tinker around the settings for each single game when testing 30+ games... 😐 The firestrike and time spy results have been perfectly fine. So my unit was working as intended. And I know how to use fsr at 1080 or not use it at 720p... 🤷‍♂️

Could you please do a video showcasing games at 1440p medium settings with just the IGPU on external monitor? Even if they run badly, I'd be really curious to see like a couple dozen game examples to really get an idea of how well it can work at 1440p and say a bunch of old games and new games and simple games like Rocket League, Sons Of The Forest, the original Alan Wake, and Guilty Gear Strive. Really interested in this as my first windows PC and curious how far I can stretch it in this way! Thanks a lot of your videos

@milo_andrs

11 ай бұрын

Is a machine designed for max 1080p, why would you even bother to push it beyond? Probably already know the results.

@CGRFilmsStudios

11 ай бұрын

@@milo_andrs Hi, please check out ETAPRIME's video about running some old games at 1440p, it works but only he only has a couple examples, so asking around for more to see how well it really works. A cheap handheld that can run a bunch of games at 1440p docked would really work for what I need/can afford right now :D

@desertbum8

11 ай бұрын

@@CGRFilmsStudios Most games it won't handle unless they are extremely minimal. You're lucky to get 1080p 60 with decent graphics settings.

Did you test Path of Exile?

One question only that will make me buy it or not: Can you play: the franchise GEAR OF WAR, GOD OF WAR, HALO?

@Hubwood

5 ай бұрын

Yes.

Hi Hubwood, Great video thank you for such a great video, I have downloaded World of warship but it's not working with Asus rog ally console can you please try and see if some setting is required, Thank you for your time.

Were you testing the regular ally or the extreme? Thanks sorry if i missed it!!

@Hubwood

6 ай бұрын

The extreme!

@Hubwood

6 ай бұрын

(the extreme is the "regular ally." the non extreme version was released later this year.)

@theelaconic

6 ай бұрын

@@Hubwood ah okay thank you! Just the extreme and didn't know that.

do u have z1 or the z1 extreme, these results look like they are from the non extreme version.

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

Z1 extreme. Defenitely.

I still wonder why Asus didn't put LPDDR5X 7500 into that handheld, that could have maximum advantages for that iGPU

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

And 32 GB 😪

Hello I can't play Warfare . 2. In rog ally , the controls don't respond please help

Hello I can't play Warzone. 2. In rog ally , the controls don't respond please help

Which is the best ram on the ASUs ROG when playing rainbow six seige and fc 24 because it lags

❤

Could someone please tell me why Tomb Raider is so often used for benchmarks?

I play valhalla on High to Ultra, 720p with 120% scale 40-45fps

for the new gamers coming to pc. if you get 40 fps, lock it at 30, if it runs over 60 but below 120 limit at 60. i dont see a point in using more power then that.

@MikeCriticalOps

Жыл бұрын

If you get 40 lock it at 40. 30 is too stuttery and choppy and not as enjoyable

@Gingerlion777

Жыл бұрын

30 fps 60 hz should in practice not be so bad. At least on the deck, it's not stuttering. But on the deck 40 40 is quite the sweet spot.

@MikeCriticalOps

Жыл бұрын

@@Gingerlion777 yeah agreed 30 is playable but if u can get 40 it’s way more enjoyable

@nomaschalupas2453

Жыл бұрын

I said for new pc gamers. Once they see the fps counter they will try to get the most and make the experience worse. 30 is what console players have been on till just recently so it’s not gonna matter. It’s only stuffers because you got used to 60 and above. Once you play 30 for a bit it is unnoticeable. Also if you max at 40 I wouldn’t lock it there cause the frame drops if you get to a more intensive spot will most likely occurs that’s why I said down it and not keep it there. All the bad reviews of handhelds and the ally are mainly from un informed people with too high a expectation not the product.

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

I would only lock it on battery in that case. Or if the fps are really choppy (like on cyberpunk or hogwarts legacy for example) 40 fps is more fluid than 30 on the Ally due to the variable refreshrate. It really adds to the experience.

need some game suggestions for my rog ally i already have a ton of steam games and what not just need to know good games to play through on it

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

From my personal experience almost all 3rd person games are really working fine on it. Like Hogwarts legacy, horizon zero dawn, the last of us, etc. Or Sports games, and racing games. Especially because I personally would not play fast fps shooters on it. Or strategy games. 2d and 2,5d Plattformers work really well aswell.

Could this run Total War franchise???

Please do a test on rog flow x13 rtx4070 unplugged on battery 🙏🏻

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

I wish I could. It's not available in Germany 😢

Watching this to see how strong the Lenovo legion is gonna be

@Hubwood

9 ай бұрын

Stronger ;)

Turbo mode on battery have 25W not 30W

Just bought on from Kleinanzeigen just to be able to play Fallout "on the go" REALLY disappointed the franchise was never ported to the switch...😗

Super impressed with the video, kudos to you. Also very impressed with the performance of a handgeld device. I imagine that games will soon start to be written with handhelds in mind rather than just generic PCs. If you look at the quality of Switch games then imagine what COULD be done if games were written specifically with a 20w to 25W TDP in mind. Come on developers, write some handheld specific games.....or patch existing games for improved efficiency

something not right with your test as I play FIFA 23 1080P Low at 25W and I get 70-75 FPS while on 15W with same settings I get approx 50 FPS

iam loving the ally for emulation but big AAA games it sometimes sucks

Rog need serious optimization, this hardware is more than capable to do better.

@Hubwood

9 ай бұрын

It did get several updates since I made this video! It IS a bit better now.

DESTINY 2 would have been such a great game to have on this list.

@Mattvweiss

Жыл бұрын

I Play it on mine, it runs beautifully

Ist das der Turbo Modus oder welcher Modus des ally?

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Ja, eingesteckt und turbo. Aber seit dem Video gab es ein BIOS Update. Außerdem erhöht das einstellen von 8gb vram in fast allen Spielen offsnsicht weiter die Performance. Man kann also gut 5-15% fps drauf rechnen.

🎉

I play on a xbox that has a tv that cant really go above 60 and has stutters all the time because it tries to go over that so im fine with 40-60 fps with stutters, and i like playibg games on my crappy laptop that it cant play to see how bad it lags so im also used to 8 fps

ROG Alley

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah yeah I know... German pronouncation. Effed it up ;)

Did you update your Bios?

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

It was bios 319. 322 just was released the same day I uploaded this video...

@thoru4367

11 ай бұрын

@@Hubwood forums says that you have to update bios to gain more fps

The only thing that sucks with the Ally is the battery life

@robertsmith-wv2hw

5 ай бұрын

I want to buy one,do you think a new ROG 2 will be announced anytime soon?I know my luck i will buy one and a new ROG with better battery will be announced.

@WuExist

5 ай бұрын

@@robertsmith-wv2hw MSI are releasing a new handheld soon, not sure about a new ROG though.

@robertsmith-wv2hw

5 ай бұрын

@@WuExist i saw a few minutes ago on Reddit,they teased a few pics of the handheld.I cant wait for CES next week.

I play god of war on 900p and rsr with high texture and other settings on original

No overwatch?

All these tests were done on BIOS 319 which isn't really the correct representation of the Ally's true performance potential.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

All these tests were done on the FIXED 319 version. (hotfix) 322 came out the day I released the video. Unfortunately I had to send back the review unit in time...

seems FSR performance often does not improve FPS as much as it should. probably running into mem bandwidth bottleneck? in this case better to use higher resolution FSR modes to improve picture quality

You need to start tuning your system seriously. I'm playing gta 5 at 1080p all settings on very high including population density etc and getting 120+ fps. I'm seeing so many people with one of these and not knowing how to correct the settings. This just tarnishes this great console. Truly disheartened.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Hm thx for letting me know. According to most benchmarks my ally was working as intended. But in gta little changes to the settings can indeed make a big difference. I just don't have the time to fine tune 30 games for a video like that :/ I wish I could...

@vanderkule2714

11 ай бұрын

@@Hubwood Completely understandable. A quick easy tool to use that pretty much covers all bases is the universal handheld control panel if that helps out 😊

@ittbelitt8409

11 ай бұрын

Yeah okay

Does it run 1080p at 120hz?

@richardmorales8016

9 ай бұрын

On a monitor?

Can you test deathloop

these portable pcs: Rog ally, steam deck and lenovo legion go should have used 32gb of ram

@Hubwood

7 ай бұрын

Yeah they should have...

What I don't get from AMD is that the Z1 extreme has 8 zen4 cores which is wayyy overkill for a handheld. I thought they slashed the cores to 6 or 4 while keeping the iGPU the same for better performance.

@LuminousSpace

Жыл бұрын

well its good tho, i can emulate pretty much every switch game now

@johnfreeman5956

Жыл бұрын

@@LuminousSpace I'm pretty sure a 6C/12T zen4 cpu can also do the same but with more power to the GPU

the overall 1% lows are kinda disappointing tbh, not too hapy with the results, not worth selling my good ol' steam deck. though thanks for the huge test-spree and the informative & entertaining video!

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

Performance has improved by quite alot though. New bios updates. And using 8gb ore allocated vram does help alot aswell. Check the videos by the channel "filterless". And say hi for me ;)

I’d be really interested in who really is playing at 25W+ . It’s a mobile device with a small battery. So 15w max is a more suitable test I suppose. 🤷‍♂️. But seeing what this device is capable of makes sense

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

Yeah i wished I would have time to test all games with more of the Performance Modes... but even with only one this video took almost 2 weeks to finish ;)

@name_christian

Жыл бұрын

@@Hubwood I bet! Thanks for the effort! I really enjoy your videos! 👍

@CJTheTokay

Жыл бұрын

Well it’s a pc with controllers it’s not really a console or a mobile device at max tdp it’s at 1650 performance which isn’t the best at running triple a games so anything below that isn’t gonna run extremely I intend on using the max tdp to get the 1650 performance

@nomaschalupas2453

Жыл бұрын

anyone who is smart enough to plug it in will use it that way. laptops are meant for the go too but how many use one at home plugged in as a main pc? MANY!

@HSSDamian

Жыл бұрын

I don't know anyone who is using this as a mobile device. You get an hour of juice out of at best. I've not had it off the charger since I got it last month.

Boy you don't even know on how much lower FPS i have played games on.I have played Metro Exodus on 20FPS,if some thing is providing anything above 35fps i will take it.

@Hubwood

2 ай бұрын

😅 that's fine

Es heisst "AAAAllie", nicht "Elli" :D aber gutes video

@Hubwood

Ай бұрын

Ja ich weiss, inzwischen hab ich's verinnerlicht. Nach den 376.871 Kommentaren die mich drauf hingewiesen haben 🙈

Is it the rog alley or ally

@Bl4ckH4nd

10 ай бұрын

Yes

show me a memory bandwidth benchmark, since IF runs at 800mhz, so low

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

You have to multiply that by 8. It's 6400 mhz. The osd can't display that correctly.

@ilhambuono5451

11 ай бұрын

@@Hubwood i know that, what i mean is That infinity fabric runs desync and at 1:4 mode, Even at 2Ghz infinity fabric can't utilize ddr5 ram bandwidth properly

How to download games in rog ally?

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

I was using an external M.2 SSD via a USB Hub :)

Rog eli

A LAI reeeeeeeereeeeee

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Yeeeees I knooooooow! I pronounced it wroooooong! I neeeeed toooo beeee cruuuuciiiifiiied!

Asus rog ali

@Hubwood

3 ай бұрын

yeah yeah yeah I pronounced it the "german way" back then. Sorry! Fixed that in future videos ;)

Can you install cm01/02 on this ?

U have something bad with ur ally bc on my ally the fifa in 1080p medium settings run in 73 fps

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I think something went wrong with fifa there 🤔

BIOS 323 better than 319 by far far away. Boost performance about 10-15% and FSR looks very well. Diablo 4 looks great and very good fps

@Rohan1s495

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, if this test is again conducted with BIOS 323 , performance is much better

Bro didn't play spiderman 😢

@Hubwood

8 ай бұрын

😔 I might do a small revisit of this video in a few weeks with new drivers. Maybe I can add it. But no guarantees and might take a while. Sorry!

Still no TW WH3 gameplay

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Yeah sorry I neither have it not play it ;) and I just can't test every single game out there :(

@gawsss

11 ай бұрын

@@Hubwood it's ok. if youjust have time to demo it :)

cant go from 100+ fps to 50-60, not 2012 anymore sorry

@Hubwood

9 ай бұрын

No handheld for you then ;)

@jamest6089

9 ай бұрын

😇😇@@Hubwood

Didnt get 1% low still

@Hubwood

3 ай бұрын

You can see them in the video....

Having to resort to 720p for ANY game on a 1080p device is unacceptable in this day and age.

Allie ≠ Ally

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah it's just my weird pronouncation 😂

@mikat6521

Жыл бұрын

agreed thats painful to hear.. ==> "AL-eye."

Lol redfall

o get 160 avg on all low 900p fortnite

I'm not paying 800 bucks to play games on low at 25fps tho lol wtf

It’s pronounced A-lie not A-lee

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

I knoooow (that by now 😂). Pronounced it the German way. Sorry 🥴

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

Now everybody is looking weirdly at me when I say : "Ho-lie-wood is on strike". Need further instructions.

TURN ON 8GB in ARMOURY CRATE!! Your testing the device on 4GB of RAM!!

@Hubwood

Жыл бұрын

No. No. No. If you always allocate 8GB as vram, the system and games will only have 8gb of ram left, which will be a problem in many games. You should not do that as a default setting.

Cities: Skylines has the worst optimization. Can’t expect anything from that game.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Yeah tbh I was quite disappointed 😬

Ally not Ali

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah I know ;)

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

Now everybody is looking weirdly at me when I say : "Holl-Eye-Wood is on strike". Need further instructions.

too weak for that price. You might as vell grab much cheaper steam deck for much better battery and Convenience.

why play beautiful games on the lowest details? It will kill the game

@Hubwood

5 ай бұрын

Old video. Drivers and bios were bad...

@The1just12

Ай бұрын

Because of gameplay, I love to play good looking games on lower graphic settings if it means I can play mobile. If you are going for max graphics get at gaming laptop/pc

I cringe every time he said ALLY as ALLEY.

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah I know. Pronounced it "German"...sorry 😂

@Hubwood

10 ай бұрын

Now everybody is looking weirdly at me when I say : "Holl-Eye-Wood is on strike". Need further instructions.

YOUR DOING GR8

if it cant maintain a solid 60fps on any game its not worth buying, why spend 800 on a small lacking machine, you could buy a ps5 and a tv for that, was thinking of buying one but theyve got some nerve charging nearly 1000 for a machine that gives about 30fps on average on a 7 inch screen.

@Hubwood

8 ай бұрын

It can maintain 60 fps on many games especially at 720p. Also this video was with an earlier BIOS version. It has improved a bit since the.

@officerminiwheats

7 ай бұрын

It has improved a lot since this video please keep that in mind. For example, this video shows Forza Horizon 5 averaging about 68 fps at medium at 30W. With mine I can easily accomplish an average of 70 on high settings now with 25W on battery. This is absolutely a "solid 60 fps" gaming machine.

How did you manage to download all 30 games 😮😮🔥🥸

@Hubwood

11 ай бұрын

External 2TB M.2 SSD connected over the Dock that I used.