r/XboxAlly

I usually dock my Ally X into the official Bulwark dock, and sometimes when I power it on, it just shows a grey screen on my monitor. This happens on my spare dock too. Anyone else encountered this issue?

So this is a multipart advice asking post 😂

I have been quite addicted to Crimson Desert since it came out. I am now on vacay for 10 days and want to continue playing. Does anyone play CD on their XAX? Does it work?

I only play on xbox and I have never used a gaming PC. Will I be able to use the XAX?

Lastly, how often do you folks use your XAX while home and not traveling? Thanks in advance any insights.

Update: I got one! Didn’t take much of a push from ya’ll. Thanks for the feedback!

So, this is occurring specifically with Steam games, such as the newer Resident Evil 2. Last week it loaded super fast, this time it takes forever to load the game. I accidentally opened the BIOS but I am not if I accidentally changed something by accident when picking it up (accidentally touching the screen).

Anyone knows a quick fix that is not to factory reset?

Help needed 🙏🏻

My XAX steam app suddenly can't detect the gamepad.

I've Enable the Embedded Controller, selected Gamepad in Armoury Crate.

In Steam app, have selected Enable in the Controller Setting too but all games don't show the Controller icon.

Armoury Crate, Windows and MyAsus app all updated.

Any other methods I can do to fixed it?

Please advise 🙏🏻Thanks in advance.

I'm fairly new to video games... only the last few months have I been dabbling thanks to a free Xbox game pass Ultimate subscription, so I've been using the app on my TV for could games, Luna and also buying PC games on steam and GOG.

I enjoy fairly straight forward, no story, fast, shoot em up... kinda like quick runs. arcade, but modern-ish visuals. So far I've enjoyed things like doom, boltgun, mullet madjack, brotato. starting risk of gain 2. Some space shooter r would be a good fit too I think!

anyways! any recommendations? What feels and plays great on the ally for you? can't wait to get stuck in!

all the game recommendations I find online are random news articles recommending games it can't run. are there any good/fun games on PC game pass or steam that I should try out?

Interested in finally picking up the standard edition of the Xbox Ally. In all honesty, with all the updates it’s received since launch, how has it been performing recently and is it worth the purchase?

Edit: I know what performance for games is like for it. But I’m asking how the user experience has been since launch. How has the device (not the games) performed? Favorite moment with the device?

Maybe helps someone (giving advice Post flair)...

It took me 3-5 days to setup mostly correct, and here are my final settings for Starfield, achieving 30-35 FPS average in a play session, 50 in small areas and dips to 25 on v.busy planets.

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Outside Starfield:

Armory Crate SE > Performance > GPU Settings > "Optimize All" & also increase RAM->VRAM allocation (i.e. RAM used by GPU) to 10GB from the default of 8 (Note: Xbox Ally X has 24GB RAM total)

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In Starfield in-game graphics settings:

• 1080p res display
• borderless ON
• dynamic res OFF (otherwise auto drops to 50% blurry in busy areas looks bad)
• FSR3 from 65% internal (50% too blurry as expected)
• mostly Medium on things (High gives too low FPS):
  • but shadow qual Low
  • and grass qual Low
• VSync ON
• Aniso filtering 16x MAX (V.IMPORTANT FOR EDGES NICE LOW ARTEFACTS)
• All layers Aniso ON too
• frame gen OFF OFF OFF! (on give terrible artefacts on vehicle wheels and other fast moving things and high input lag)
• upscaling sharpening 70% default (I think 100% gives edges too sharpened artefacts, maybe)
• variable rate shading VRS ON
• and film grain 0
• and increase brightness + a bit

BONUS FIND: at 1080p res the Starfield menus/maps are MUCH SMOOTHER than Series X trying to do 4K menus/maps (maybe the menus/maps can't use upscaling tricks? etc.)

BONUS FIND: Lesser stuttering overall on PC build version compared to Series X play, GREAT!

Best to you all.

Hi everyone,

I recently got the Xbox ROG Ally X and I’m running into a strange issue. When I start playing (specifically Uncharted 4), everything starts buttery smooth. However, after about one hour of gameplay, the game starts to look very "choppy" or "stuttery."

The weird part: My FPS counter still shows 60 to 100 FPS, but visually it looks and feels like it’s running at 30 FPS or even lower. It's like the display refresh rate or the frame pacing is breaking down on my Xbox handheld.

What I’ve checked so far:

• Device: Xbox ROG Ally X (24GB RAM model)

• Settings: Turbo Mode, 120Hz display, VRR enabled.

• Troubleshooting: I disabled AMD Vari-Bright and turned off Frame Generation (AFMF) in the Xbox/AMD settings, but it didn't solve the issue.

• Heat: It seems to happen only after the device has been running for a while.

Is this a known VRAM issue with Uncharted 4 on the Xbox Ally X, or could it be thermal throttling of the RAM/VRMs? Even restarting the game doesn't fix it immediately; only a full reboot or letting it cool down seems to help.

Has anyone else experienced this "high FPS but looks like 30 FPS" bug on the Xbox Ally X?

Hace ya un par de meses tengo mí xbox rog Ally x y no sé si simplemente es paranoia mia o le estoy pidiendo un rendimiento que no es propio de una handle PC como lo es está pero es normal que un juego friendslop como lethal company, r.e.p.o o peak no llegue a los 120 fps estables con todo al mínimo y ni con 720p de resolución? es paranoia mia? yo sé que no le puedo exigir un gran rendimiento pero son juegos muy sencillos... deberían rendir bien creo yo, tengo todo lo necesario si no estoy mal, 8 de vram, potenciador de CPU, drivers actualizados, buena temperatura ni siquiera en 35w de tdp llega a eso y ni hablemos de 17w o 25w para juegos tipo Hades va sin problemas pero en los ejemplos que dije yo creo que debería ir sobrado...

I’ve been trying to enable it on a game by game basis through the adrenaline software. When I jump into one of those games (like Elden ring or Jedi survivor ) and try to enable the overlay to check (alt +r ) I don’t get any feedback to know it’s been enabled. Also when I try to lower game res and switch my screen res through (through the Armory crate widget) the screen glitches and will mismatch aspect ratio. This might be why rsr isn’t on? Not sure. Looking for advice

Hello everyone. I recently bought my ROG Xbox Ally X!

Unfortunately I have some trouble with the microSD card slot (SANDISK microSDXC 1 TB Extreme PRO).

For some reason the device doesn't recognize the sd card properly. It's not appearing. I tried basically everything.

Now I have a new option which is replacing the main SSD from 1TB to a 2TB slot.

Can anyone suggest me a great 2TB SSD card for my ROG Xbox ally x? I would greatly appreciate it!

Anyone having issues running it? I am on XAX but it tends to stutter if not jacked in.

Hello! Just got Xbox Ally X and now I have to sell my white Xbox Ally. What is the way to reset it while keeping Xbox Mode boot, Asus x Xbox startup image and Armory Crate installed?