Monday, June 19th 2023
ASUS ROG Ally Latest BIOS Update Has Big Impact on Performance
According to the report, it appears that the latest ASUS ROG Ally 319 BIOS update actually has a big impact on the performance of the handheld console. While the earlier pre-release BIOS updates brought significant performance improvements, especially for the Ryzen Z1 Extreme-based version, the latest one, BIOS update version 319, actually slows down the portable.
According to the results seen online, the 319 BIOS actually lowers performance by up to 20 percent. While the release notes say that it should increase the performance of the 9 W low-power mode, it simply doesn't, and the results are even worse on 15 W and 25 W modes. ASUS is apparently aware of the issue and has advised users not to update just yet. To make things worse, downgrading back to the BIOS 317 version is possible but quite hard.
ASUS has released a video, in which it talks about the said update and acknowledges that "some users have reported lower performance with the latest 319 BIOS." You can also check out the details about the performance issues in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogaZOZnY6uU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS6rujoLS2A
Hopefully, ASUS will fix the problem soon, and roll out the new BIOS update.
Sources:
The Phawx (Youtube), via Hothardware
According to the results seen online, the 319 BIOS actually lowers performance by up to 20 percent. While the release notes say that it should increase the performance of the 9 W low-power mode, it simply doesn't, and the results are even worse on 15 W and 25 W modes. ASUS is apparently aware of the issue and has advised users not to update just yet. To make things worse, downgrading back to the BIOS 317 version is possible but quite hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogaZOZnY6uU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS6rujoLS2A
Hopefully, ASUS will fix the problem soon, and roll out the new BIOS update.
13 Comments on ASUS ROG Ally Latest BIOS Update Has Big Impact on Performance
Some things do need work done, namely Smartshift at lower TDPs and automatic VRAM allocation are apparently broken at the moment. But for something less than a week old with the level of customization needed for Armory Crate to work, it's working quite well.
Bit questionable to push it out as is without explanation if true, but I do wonder what they're cooking over there.
You put out a version "BIOS.320", but the patch notes read "This is really just 317 again, but we're calling it 320 so it replaces 319".
/s