Recording summary · October 2023
I Can’t Put This Down - ROG Ally 3 Months Later
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Overview
Daniel replaced an RTX 3060 Razer Blade 17-inch gaming laptop with an ROG Ally to serve as a daily desktop computer, connecting it via a USB hub to a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse, and a £100 27-inch curved monitor as the main display while using the device screen as an extended secondary display.
The ROG Ally demonstrated hardware advantages over the previous laptop, including lower cost, smaller desktop footprint, portability, quieter turbo mode fan noise, and cooler operation.
During game performance evaluations, Rainbow Six Siege ran at 1080p ultra settings achieving 100 to 120 FPS at 45 watts APU wattage and 80 to 95 degrees Celsius, while Starfield and a science-fiction game powered by the AMD Z1 Extreme chip ran smoothly on low settings at 30 to 40 FPS without laptop inventory menu lag and with temperatures around 78 degrees.
Daniel played gameplay sessions including a Rainbow Six Siege match where a teammate bled out before Daniel's character was eliminated, Starfield combat at the Nova Galactic Star Yard, and sci-fi navigation where dead enemies were encountered, mission objectives checked, and a course set toward Neptune before preparing the ship's grav drive.
Themes
Desktop setup with the ROG Ally, featuring a USB hub, a 27-inch curved monitor, and the handheld screen as an extended secondary display.
Hardware advantages and comparative performance of the ROG Ally versus a traditional gaming laptop.
Rainbow Six Siege performance testing at 1080p ultra settings.
Starfield and sci-fi gaming performance on low settings with the AMD Z1 Extreme chip.
Game scenario speculation linking the sci-fi setting to a sequel like Fallout 5 where a nuclear event leaves survivors in space.
Gameplay progression including map navigation, encountered defeated enemies, and charting travel to Neptune.
Developments
Daniel purchased a 27-inch curved monitor for approximately £100.
Daniel replaced the Razer Blade gaming laptop with the ROG Ally as a daily desktop machine.
Daniel played a Rainbow Six Siege match where a teammate bled out prior to Daniel's character being eliminated.
Daniel engaged enemies in combat at the Nova Galactic Star Yard in Starfield.
Daniel checked mission objectives, set a course toward Neptune, returned to the ship cockpit, and prepared to boot the grav drive.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether Starfield's poor performance on the laptop stemmed from poor game optimization or NVIDIA graphics card incompatibility.
Whether Starfield performs better on the ROG Ally due to its AMD chip architecture matching the Xbox.
Whether raising graphics settings in Starfield from low to medium on the ROG Ally would cause a crash.
Whether the encountered enemies were defeated earlier by Daniel or already dead in the loaded save file.
Whether the ROG Ally hardware will be capable of running GTA 6 upon release.
Daniel's exact location before finding Neptune on the game map.