ASUS ROG Ally Optimized Settings

The ASUS ROG Ally is much better equipped to deal with Black Myth: Wukong. Firstly, the game feels much more snappy on ASUS' handheld, even at 30 FPS. Next, while the image quality isn't great—you can expect upscaling artifacts galore here as well—it's noticeably better than on Valve's console, especially at 900p and 1080p resolutions. Still, the oversharpened look remains, which is a shame.

Note that we used the Manual power profile with all three values (SPL, SPPT, and FPPT) set to 25 W for all our optimized settings except for the last 30 FPS set, meaning that every optimized settings combo below aside from one should result in an about an hour of battery life when playing the game.

When hooked to a charger, you can bump the TDP to 30 W to get a few extra frames. You can also use RTSS to limit the frame rate to your desired value.

Before we list our optimized settings note that the "Super Resolution" slider has a different minimum value depending on the resolution you're using. At 1080p you can go as low as 33%. At 900p the minimum value is 40%. Finally, at 720p the slider can only go to 50%.

60 FPS Optimized Settings

You can play Black Myth: Wukong at steady 60 FPS on the ROG Ally in multiple ways. The best option—and my preferred way of playing the game on the ROG Ally—is to enable Frame Generation, set the resolution to 900p, "Antialiasing" to "High," "Post Effects" to "Medium," "Texture Quality" to "Medium," everything else to "Low," and the "Super Resolution" slider to 58%.

The result is a highly enjoyable and, more importantly, very stable 60 FPS experience that will often go north of 70 FPS and sometimes even above 80 FPS. The extra latency introduced by Frame Generation is still there, but the game feels very responsive nonetheless. You will be able to pull off perfect dodges without issues, and the combat won't feel sluggish. Note that you can bump the upscaling slider to 67% and achieve a slightly cleaner image, but also a tad fewer frames on average.


If you don't mind an occasional drop below 60 FPS, you can set "View Distance" and "Global Illumination" to "Medium." The latter is more important since it gives the game a much-needed dose of extra contrast, but if you want fewer frame drops, try lowering the "View Distance" setting first.


If you think Frame Generation is the worst thing since Reality TV, you can achieve a relatively stable 50--60 FPS experience at 720p, with everything set to "Low" and FSR set to Ultra Performance (50% on the slider, the lowest value at 720p).

40 FPS Optimized Settings

To make the game run at a stable 40 FPS, you ought to set the resolution to 900p, "Antialiasing" to "High," "Post Effects" to "Medium," "Texture Quality" to "Medium," and everything else to "Low. " Then, dial the "Super Resolution" slider to 58%.


Alternatively, set the resolution to 1080p, every option to "Low," and FSR slider to 33%. This combo will result in drops below 40 FPS.

30 FPS Optimized Settings

If you'd like to play the game at 30 FPS, set the resolution to 900p, select the "Medium" graphical preset, and dial in the "Super Resolution" slider to 58%.


If you prefer high resolution over the "Medium" visual preset, set the resolution to 1080p, "Super Resolution" slider to 66% or 67%, "Antialiasing" to "High," "Post Effects" to "Medium," "Texture Quality" to "Medium" and everything else to "Low."


Last but not least, here's a set of optimized settings for the best battery life, which will make the game run at between 30 FPS and 40 FPS, depending on the scene, and give you a battery life between one and a half and two hours: Set the resolution to 720p, every option to "Low," the upscaling slider to 67%, and make sure to use the Manual power mode with every option (SPL, SPPT, and FPPT) set to 15 W.

You can tweak the options and set "Textures," "Antialiasing" and "Post Effects" to "Medium," as well as boost the Manual power mode to 16 W or 17 W for more stable performance, which will result in shorter battery life, of course. Or, you can drop the TDP to 13 W and get longer battery life (more than two hours) but also face occasional sub-30 FPS drops.