Asus Preps ROG Ally: A Portable Windows Game Console

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6 pointsjdkee4 comments

I got some time with it a few weeks back, it's a great product!

Wait, really?

I guess I can't ask for details, but my biggest fear is that Asus won't reign in the background power draw/RAM use of Windows 11 and Armory Crate. The combo obliterates my G14's battery life without some heavy manual tweaking.

So... did the device feel warm just sitting idle? If you ever get it again, maybe check out a battery monitor: https://github.com/svartalf/rust-battop/pull/16

They definitely aren't doing 'nothing' to work on battery life regarding power draw.

That said, it's just about enough for a long commute to work & back. Not great.

The AMD APUs have been quite flexible, and can squeeze out tons of battery with a capped TDP/cpu clockspeed.

Asus did not expose this by default in my laptop though. The "silent" armory crate profile is still quite aggressive for some reason.

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