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My Asus ROG Ally (amd powered handheld win11 gaming machine) comes with 16gb of ram. In the bios I can set the GPU ram to 2,4,6,7 or 8; which will lower my avai
by nickthegreek 3y ago
My Asus ROG Ally (amd powered handheld win11 gaming machine) comes with 16gb of ram. In the bios I can set the GPU ram to 2,4,6,7 or 8; which will lower my available system ram. However, I can also change this in the AMD Armor Crate software in windows. So, in my case, it came like this out of the box.
- NotCamelCase 3y agoHow do you like that machine besides? I am kinda considering getting one (or Steam Deck), but very short battery time puts me off.
- nickthegreek 3y agoI don't play while outside the house for extended periods, so battery isn't a concern for me. I mostly just wanted to be able to play my games on the couch, whether that was using the Ally as a handheld or by being able to dock it to the TV. The biggest issue that keeps me from recommending it to anyone is that it is a windows 11 machine. That is both its strongest and weakest point. Turn it on for the first time, windows setup on a tiny screen with no physical mouse keyboard. And then there is messing with game graphics settings to eek out the performance you want. SD slot is complete garbage. Most likely a hardware issue that will not be able to be fixed. It stops reading cards and in some cases, destroys the card. It is fairly easy to upgrade the internal SSD though. ASUS has also been pretty quiet on graphics driver updates. As long as you are cool with that stuff, its an awesome machine. Steamdeck has more of a 'just works' kinda console feel and kinda outdated hardware wise. Lenovo Go images just leaked today.