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You might want to crack open Armoury Crate as Asus has some 'BIG' updates for the ROG Xbox Ally X and non-X, plus some smaller ones for the older ROG handhelds

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There's a lot to like about the ROG Xbox Ally X, even if its price tag isn't one of those things. And for those who prefer a more, err, reasonably priced handheld gaming PC, the original ROG Ally or ROG Ally X are still great choices, especially when they're on sale. So it's good news for a bunch of handheld gamers that Asus has just released a big batch update for the three handhelds, plus the oft-forgotten ROG Xbox Ally (non-X).

And when I say a 'big' batch update, I mean a BIG one, at least if Asus' announcement post on X is anything to go by: "Everyone! This is a BIG week for updates on the ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, ROG Xbox Ally, and ROG Xbox Ally X! A new Armoury Crate SE update is on the way, bringing expanded CPU and power controls, stability upgrades, and a series of fixes and improvements across both devices."

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The update here should let you adjust the power for both kinds of chips separately, which might help eke out some more battery life depending on what you're doing. It'll be interesting to see whether manual adjustments can do better than the CPU and software's automatic ones.

In addition, the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X also get updated AMD GPU drivers which should improve gaming performance, and the latter gets an updated AMD chipset driver to improve overall system performance. The AMD GPU driver was released a couple of weeks ago but is now coming to the handheld via Asus' software.

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