![]() ![]() It feels like it’s about to crash any minute. The software is slow, buggy, and unintuitive – this is equally bad: everything you do within the app takes time, and it is sluggish, even on a high-end device such as this. This is what drives me mad and I’m sure will make me completely uninstall Armoury Crate in the future, once I find alternatives. The list of newly added ASUS services is even longer: AI Noise Cancelation Audio Software SDK.The list of programs is taken from Control Panel and is probably not complete: Here’s a list of what gets installed together with Armoury Crate. This can’t be good for performance and battery life. There are also tons of services that run in the background, all the time. Look how many programs are installed together with Armoury Crate. Too many installed programs and running services – this is the worst offender, by far. Tons of useless stuff that bloat the app even more. Also, why is there a News section in the Armoury Crate app? Then there’s the featured section: game deals, community wallpapers, Anime Matrix animations, and recommended apps. You have a user center, with your ASUS registered profile, your devices, bonus points, registered events, and a few other things. Optimized – laptop uses Standard mode when connected to the wall, and Eco Mode when battery-powered.Eco Mode – the laptop always uses the iGPU.Standard – laptop switches GPUs automatically, but the video is routed through the weaker iGPU.If you also have a MUX switch you’ll see a few other options. Anyway, if you have two GPUs inside your laptop (integrated on CPU and dedicated chip) this is where you control how they work. GPU mode – this Armoury Crate section is labeled GPU Power Saving, but honestly it doesn’t make much sense to be called like this. ![]() It’s not clear to me if the Windows plans are completely ignored when using ASUS’s plans, or if just some settings are overwritten. Nothing to complain about here.īesides these three ASUS-specific performance profiles there’s the option to customize one or more Manual profiles, and you can even revert to Windows’s power plans. ![]() Also, your choice is remembered for both plugged-in and on-battery states. There’s even a dedicated keyboard shortcut that switches between Silent, Performance (default), and Turbo. You can move the panels around and turn them On or Off. On the right side of the interface, you’ll see a bunch of panels, including CPU stats (frequency, usage, temperature, voltage), GPU stats (chip frequency, usage, temperature, memory frequency, voltage, maximum TGP value, and GPU power saving mode currently active), Memory and Storage plus quite a few others. Performance profiles – on a laptop, it’s pretty amazing that you get the option to control CPU power limits, GPU max temperature target & overclocking, fan profiles, MUX switch configuration, and display panel overdrive. The price might make most people recoil in horror, but if you have the cash to splash why not go all out? As a whole package the Scar III is really quite something.While I wish Armoury Crate was a much better piece of software, I do reckon it does a few things well. It has a high-quality heft to it, a solid build aesthetic, and all the power to back it up. We thoroughly approve of the premium feel of this machine too. It's a shame the fans are so loud and the enter key irks, but otherwise there's little to fault this gaming laptop. Especially with the Core i9 processor and 32GB of RAM. There's also enough power for recording gaming sessions, video editing and more. The top-end specification gets you a real beast that's capable of hitting high frame-rates for great results. The ROG Scar III could be called over-the-top - especially for its mass of RGB lighting - but this machine is a gaming powerhouse with super-smooth 240Hz screen and heaps of power to boot. That's the aim of the game with the Asus ROG Strix Scar III, which not only boasts a snazzy design, but some bonkers specs that include (at the top-end) a Core i9 processor, Nvidia RTX 2070 graphic card and a 240Hz refresh screen.īut does the ROG Scar 3 live up to its hefty asking price? We've been gaming, working, surfing and more to find out. ![]()
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