Asus ROG Ally

Defy Belief · 3 Aug 2023 at 08:47

Wilko_Dog said:
How does Returnal run on this? Got a steam deck but wondering if i should sell and put towards one of these.

I've only ran it with the xg 3080 docked to a monitor, I'll try it as is in a bit for you.

As a side note one of the best games for years imo, beat it on ps5 but it's awesome using mouse and keyboard

Loading it up now and the first thing it stated was that the hardware is not recommended or supported

let's try..

Defy Belief · 3 Aug 2023 at 09:05

@Wilko_Dog so it's 'okay' a few stutters (apparently setting gpu to 8gb resolves this but got to do some stuff now)

1080p low was about 30-35 fps, 720p was about 40-45.

Performance mode 25w on battery for the above.

Wilko_Dog · 3 Aug 2023 at 09:13

Defy Belief said:
@Wilko_Dog so it's 'okay' a few stutters (apparently setting gpu to 8gb resolves this but got to do some stuff now)

1080p low was about 30-35 fps, 720p was about 40-45.

Performance mode 25w on battery for the above.

Thanks for that, sounds pretty decent, can imagine it being quite a demanding game with all the effects it can have on screen as well.

Definitely right about it being one of the best games in years I absolutely loved it, probably one of the 1st games other then the original MGS that I've completed multiple times.

Defy Belief · 3 Aug 2023 at 09:21

Wilko_Dog said:
Thanks for that, sounds pretty decent, can imagine it being quite a demanding game with all the effects it can have on screen as well.

Definitely right about it being one of the best games in years I absolutely loved it, probably one of the 1st games other then the original MGS that I've completed multiple times.

Yeah bare in mind that was first biome and a room of about 6/7 enemies, I can't see it playing that nice as you progress through the game and you have enemies and projectiles everywhere

willhub · 3 Aug 2023 at 09:44

Just got Cities Skylines playable, well via streaming, but in regards to the controls, ReWASD was a lifesaver, feels perfect on the controller now.

sandys · 3 Aug 2023 at 11:18

How are you controlling cities Skylines in the Ally as far as i could see it doesn't have joypad control?

Kelt · 3 Aug 2023 at 11:22

I see it looks like Lenovo are making their own Win11 deck, should be interesting to see how it stacks up against the Ally, etc.

willhub · 3 Aug 2023 at 11:42

sandys said:
How are you controlling cities Skylines in the Ally as far as i could see it doesn't have joypad control?

You can create a template through armoury crate so that gamepad controls the mouse, works well.

However for me the presets don't work through Moonlight (Moonlight on Ally, Sunshine on the desktop), so as I'm streaming the desktop I've installed ReWASD onto my desktop, and I just adjust the controller preset for cities skylines on the dektop.

It's brill!

sandys · 3 Aug 2023 at 12:34

I dont have such luxuries on my Aokzoe, so i need to find some 3rd party tool, i can switch to mousr mode but found it a bit janky so gave up, perhaps i should try harder

willhub · 3 Aug 2023 at 14:26

sandys said:
I dont have such luxuries on my Aokzoe, so i need to find some 3rd party tool, i can switch to mousr mode but found it a bit janky so gave up, perhaps i should try harder

Just use ReWASD. it does the same as armory crate.

I cannot run cities skylines modded on my Ally tho, hence streaming from my desktop, not enough resources, even with 50gb page file, it won't run, got 6000 assets.

sandys · 3 Aug 2023 at 14:48

I'll give that a shot thanks,

Yup it does like a bit of RAM, fortunately I do have that but whether it will run nice dunno thought it should be good as the CPU core performance of this little chip betters my 5950x

Zen4 is a beast

Funnily enough I have also set a pagefile, old habits, 60Gb here.

Defy Belief · 3 Aug 2023 at 15:13

Xg 3080 on my 4k TV ultra settings for returnal at 50 fps, good bye ps5

Because of how the 3080 can be flat, it works well when chilling on the sofa with it too, awesome

Wilko_Dog · 4 Aug 2023 at 09:34

If i already have a 3080 gpu could I just buy the Asus unit or does it all come as one?

Defy Belief · 4 Aug 2023 at 13:05

Wilko_Dog said:
If i already have a 3080 gpu could I just buy the Asus unit or does it all come as one?

No, it's a proprietary connector and no option to add your own.

Guest2 · 4 Aug 2023 at 14:51

Defy Belief said:
No, it's a proprietary connector and no option to add your own.

Awaits for someone to make a connector that fits any 3080... profit

willhub · 6 Aug 2023 at 14:07

Good usb dock or hub for around £50?

kakarott · 12 Aug 2023 at 10:29

I like the form factor

sandys · 12 Aug 2023 at 12:02

Yup the console on these is not amazing, my device is a sister device to the onexfly running all the same stuff, Asus Armoury crate looks amazing.

Noxia · 12 Aug 2023 at 12:56

Defy Belief said:
Xg 3080 on my 4k TV ultra settings for returnal at 50 fps, good bye ps5

Because of how the 3080 can be flat, it works well when chilling on the sofa with it too, awesome

How much did both of those cost compared to a PS5?

Defy Belief · 12 Aug 2023 at 13:13

Noxia said:
How much did both of those cost compared to a PS5?

Considerably more