ROG Ally | Disable CPU BOOST

[@spicygaming8779]

Now they added cpu boost option in shocrtcuts to enable and disable

[@cyruspark6472]

So helpful, it’s nice people are tweaking the Ally and sharing their knowledge. Great video.

[@robrivas1659]

Made huge difference on street fighter 6 getting 60fps on 19watt 1080p with good quality it’s Awsome

[@genio5311]

I also disabled turbo boost on my Ayaneo 2 but just by setting maximum processor state to 99% didn't know there was a way to disable boost like that in windows

[@filt3rless]

I haven't tried limiting it to 99%. I might have to do some testing on that now to see how it functions compared to disabling boost :)

[@Cooper3312000]

This really helped with my Legion Go no noticeable performance drop, less fan noise, and higher/constant FPS.

[@Javiilin]

After some of my own testing this is borderline a MUST for any Ally owners. I’ve gotten lower wattage usage resulting in not only longer battery like you said, but more quiet fans. This recent bios update has been a pain in the ass trying to balance power to the gpu while not having the fans ramp up as temps surpass 60c. 8c/16t zen 4 is more than enough to power a handheld especially at lower framerates compared to what a desktop with a more capable gpu. I’ve noticed 5 watt reductions in 30 watt mode when the GPU is pinned to the max in RE4 remake and in games where the CPU is chilling idly by, I’ve noticed that the device finally drops wattage if it maxes out a game rather than dumping voltage to the CPU when plugged in. And combined with the 900p mod, I think this is as close to perfect as I can take the Ally in terms of being able to choose my own compromises for games when on battery. I wish ASUS could have gotten it right but oh well, take my like and my subscription

[@filt3rless]

Thanks, you summed it up nicely. There is also a program called G-Helper that I did a video on, and limiting watts will save you even more battery. But nothing is as smooth as capping FPS with CPU Boost off.

[@ChenKaifeng]

Are you getting an high pitched coil whine sounds after disabling cpu boost? Thats what happened on my Ally. When I disabled cpu boost I got noisy high pitched squeel from inside. not great

[@filt3rless]

@@ChenKaifeng I've heard of people getting this, but it's really quiet on mine where I can't hear it unless I put my ear right up next to it.

[@zerocal76]

Hundreds of years from now someone will look at YT archives and see comments like yours OP and say "Damn, look at all the fiddling this guy did. Today we have that 100x that power on a microSD card and it configures itself. But if it wasn't for guys like that supporting unpolished devices, we might never have got here." Trust me, these words will be spoken! 😁 PS - thanks for confirming filt3less's finds 👍

[@cristianJoker2512]

actually, this must be done also on notebooks, does not decrease Performance , this shit it's only usable for editing and stuff , but for gaming and normal tasking disable this crap to have better termals and stable fps

[@jaydaytoday3548]

This gave me a huge battery boost. I average about 20w total in 15 performance in dark souls 3 when I used average about 25w. Also I only disabled it on battery as on power I want all the performance I can get.

[@FahdRiyami]

Wish you tested it in more games to see if the FPS really stays the same across the board by disabling this.

[@filt3rless]

Hey, I have tested at least 20 games and haven't noticed a difference. I'm only showing this game because I wanted to show people how to disable it. I haven't come across a game yet that would benefit from it on. The main reason is the GPU in this is a lot weaker than the CPU (even with boost disabled), so the GPU is maxing well before the CPU is even close. Emulators however would probably benefit from CPU boost, depending on the emulator/game. I don't mess around with emulation too much.

[@filt3rless]

@@watchmejumpstart69 Hey thanks for the input. I've never tried PS3 emulation, does it seem to run pretty good on yours? I did run BOTW on it and I was happy with the performance with Boost off, but that's pretty much the only game I was emulating.

[@Floyd_ish]

This

[@guycd1]

Yeah this was the case with my ROG laptop as well, disabling the boost actually improved performance across the board.

[@filt3rless]

I've done the same thing on almost every Asus laptop I've had and it helps a lot! Especially on the G14's as those run HOT.

[@LordAshura]

The nice thing about AMD CPUs are that they usually have a base clock 3.3 ghz. At 8 cores its is more than enough for most games unless youre doing really high fps/ray tracing. Intel on the otherhand has only a base clock of 2.2 Ghz and you need to rely on boosts for your games.

[@VinnyUnion]

Good morning Lord Ashura, I may greet thy benevolence.

[@filt3rless]

UPDATE: This is now an option inside of Armoury Crate. You can add the button to command center and toggle it that way :). If you're using a handheld besides the Ally, then this method should still work for it :)

[@jjackpotc6786]

this handheld market is bulshit , the battery tech isnt ready for such device , we need the graphene battery and we absolutely need nvidia to step up ,because dlss way better than fsr the moment you have to upscale from below 720 as proven by 2kliksphilip (video posted the 8 october 2021)

[@gawsss]

Sorry but what game is this?

[@jeofthevirtuoussand]

​@gawsss the game of ... I don't know . As captain obvious, my work here is done , have a great day citizen

[@cayenne7519]

@@gawsssIt’s Subnautica

[@gawsss]

@@cayenne7519 thank u!

[@ehern87]

I would be really interested in tests of other boost modes. I think enabled and efficient enabled (think these might perform identical on AMD) might actually be a better option than disabled. I've been testing efficient enabled on a couple open world CPU intensive games and it seems to offer better performance, higher lows and higher highs. Aggressive wants to boost the CPU as much as possible all the time while the enabled modes seem to be more dynamic, only using boost if the system (windows) asks for it. Which in my minimal testing seems to stop the undesired behavior of starving the GPU power while giving the CPU extra power when necessary. Also really helps loading times since the GPU is basically idle on load screens and free to boost power Anyway keep up the awesome work

[@filt3rless]

Hey, I've tested this multiple times in the past across many AMD devices and found no difference at all between the modes. I'd have to specifically test this more in-depth on the Ally, but from my testing in the past it's basically "It's on" or "It's off". One of the biggest issues is Armoury Crate is setting windows to "Best Performance" which is keeping it boosted. Just changing windows power mode to "Balanced" makes a huge difference, but Amoury Crate will immediately override that change as soon as you toggle between the modes. This is under "Power & Battery" section in Windows 11, not the control panel power profiles as this is a separate option/setting. The solution I'm using is using a program called G-Helper which overrides that and keeps windows power mode set to "Balanced" so the CPU isn't constantly boosting when it doesn't need it. However in games it'll still be eating through power and increasing fan noise/temps.

[@Soljie1969]

Would be good to report this to Asus, maybe they could do a software update to make these changes for everyone and even refine it too.

[@TechNerdGamerDad]

Didn’t Asus add the option on armory crate to now allow you to toggle cpu boost on and off? Just bc he king if this video was created prior to that option being added. Thanks

[@alexcross8914]

yes it's an option in Armory crate now

[@RicardoLopez-ok7kh]

Much appreciated, worth a sub. Hope to see more tips & tricks for the Ally.

[@g3z]

ditto

[@Coosemascha]

I installed win 10 on my rog ally and it works way better it runs games on 1080p better

[@filt3rless]

I might need to try this as well and do a comparison 👍

[@captainchaosfpv5188]

Very impressive stuff man, thanks!

[@ezg8448]

He illustrating one of the many new problems with windows 11. They're hiding more and more options from us, telling us what we need or don't need. This is why I want to go back to Windows 10, it's significantly more sane than this crap we're currently using.

[@iconoclast485]

Windows 10 doesn't have this option in power plan settings by default either.

[@ezg8448]

@iconoclast485 - You may be right but my point is still valid and is driving me nuts looking for needless workarounds for Winblows 11.

[@UltimateMoralizer]

Disabling CPU boost on my Legion Go has also made a difference. It sure has prevented abrupt shutdowns.

[@idlehour]

Does disabling CPU booster in the shortcuts do the same thing

[@filt3rless]

Hey, yes it does the same thing. You can just use the CPU Boost button in command center now :)

[@idlehour]

@@filt3rless coolcool! Tysm!

[@carimpest]

Jee...how would ever though?? The ally is behaving more like a windows pc rather than like a console?? Oy vey..

[@ryanpersuadful]

Very interesting, thanks for the videos very helpful.

[@danicorptv3453]

hello I enabled the feature, I can change it on the stocks mode silent, performance and turbo but I made a custom 18 watts profile, and it doesn't show in windows settings, I cannot change the cpu boost in custom profiles? thanks

[@filt3rless]

The Manual profile uses either the Performance or Turbo profile in power settings. So if you've changed it in all 3, your'e good to go. Combined with the 18 watt limit, you have a cool running system that still gets awesome performance :). I ended up returning mine due to an SD Card issue :/. I'm hoping Asus releases something about it, as I'm waiting to get another one until they do.

[@danicorptv3453]

@@filt3rless I checked and indeed when I switch to the 18w profile in windows it switches to the performance mode So far, knock on wood, got my ally since day one and no issue 😊 I hope you'll get a new one with no issue... Thanks a lot for your help

[@Juice8767]

Bro! Great video and tip! The information was laid out extremely well and the pacing used for registry editor was just right so I could follow the video without even needing to pause or back track 👌

[@Spontan_DJ]

New Update can CPU CORE Disabled other msconfig

[@davmij]

Hey, thanks for the tip! Combining it with custom power profiles has really improved the responsiveness and stability of gaming for me, without compromising performance. It's great to have a smoother gaming experience now. An additional tip: The performance power profile is automatically associated with all custom profiles in the Command Center, in case you prefer not to modify the preconfigured power profiles. Here’s what I did: I created my own silent, performance, and turbo power profiles with different power settings (10, 15, 20) for battery usage. Then, I assigned them to the game profile settings.

[@robrivas1659]

Agree same for me great pro tip, much better battery life now

[@X862go]

ME TOO this was awesome !dropped watts buy almost 30% in sable !

[@fiercewarriors2270]

That's awesome bro, I just got my ally. Would you mind sharing your profiles by any chance?

[@masszero3521]

How did you create your own silent, performance and turbo profiles with different power settings? And how did you assign them to game profile settings? Did you create them from Manual in Armor Crete with power settings? Please create a guide

[@deckinhands]

@@masszero3521 would like to know too

[@MalcolmLim]

This works on lower end games but on AAA games you need boost so that the CPU can go up to higher temps for the APU to reach its full potential.

[@filt3rless]

If you find a game where it benefits from CPU boost I'd love to test it out. Over the years of owning many Asus laptops I have found very very few games benefit from CPU boost. In-fact I've lost performance in a lot of AAA games due to CPU boost taking too much power, and saw an increase in FPS once the dGPU could draw more wattage. The ROG Ally is different from the laptops in that it's an all in one chip, so let me know any games you find that have this effect and I'd love to check it out!

[@81luislopez]

​@filt3rless can you help want to remove the check box in the folder

[@filt3rless]

@@81luislopez What check box are you talking about and which folder?

[@MalcolmLim]

@@filt3rless you're right so far most games i've played even AAA are GPU bound so boost is not that important but I did notice minor stutters on certain weapon firing effects (minor) in Gunfire reborn (which is more GPU intensive). I tried Diablo 2 resurrected too, seems OK. The TDP on my 5700U (Asus PN51) rose up to 15 TDP which is the max it can go, so it still uses up my available TDP which is good. I find overall Windows performance to be slower to launch apps, navigate around the UI without boost, but not that bad.

[@josuesilva-zv9ko]

@@filt3rless it was working great but I’ve noticed in dragon ball xenoverse 2 during open world my aput watt would be at 25 and once it was 1v1 max it would go to is 17watts even if I was turbo mode or Manual once I undid these changes it hits 25 watts and works great this is all unplugged

[@yobe7906]

Might work for some but in my case; absolutely tanked fps.

[@jdiver3]

I tried this and forza 5 runs worse, was hitting 80-90fps now only in the 70’s. Gpu is at 97%

[@filt3rless]

Thanks for the input :). I'm going to be testing a lot of games soon with boost on/off, I'll make sure and include Horizon 5 in the video.

[@macacooful]

hello nice video does this also helps gpu from overheating? thank you

[@rider482]

Thank you! Temp immediately dropped from 69C to 55C and W from 33W to 14W. My poor old laptop was struggling cause ASUS decided that it must run freaking marathon even when idle.

[@seppeseppe-jq7nr]

wish legion go have more option ,,,, crap updates from lenovo

[@carlopanarelli7798]

This could be beneficial at lower wattages also, cpu wants less w, there's more for gpu

[@carlopanarelli7798]

I can confirm, I tried PS2/Wii/nds emulation Wattages have lowered across the board, especially surprised with PS2 lower consumption in titles like armoured core nexus

[@kylosroom]

This is a solid tip for whoever who wants to improve battery life! Followed your steps. Thank you!

[@nealsmith5334]

Odd - I do not appear to have that setting? \i have min and max processor state but no other options under that power managemenr section?

[@filt3rless]

Hey, did you following going into the Registry to change the settings? It should appear, if not try rebooting after changing the attribute settings in the Registry.

[@GAz0Line]

Thanks and younjust won a new subscriber

[@jamiefff]

OMG!! I can belive how much it helped... I been play hogwarts legacy with my ally & xg mobile and I would run 79c to 91c now turn boost off I'm running at 60c to 70c runs super great now.... thanks for the info

[@creativerayn]

Thanks so much for the info, I’ve been doing manual fan and tdp settings to get around this but this is a nice way of ensuring even if it does switch to one of the auto settings it avoids the boost - at the moment manual setups sometimes defaults back So a huge thanks!

[@Mck179]

I checked I don't have the boost mode

[@steinkoloss7320]

Is this still an issue today?...

[@horiapetrescu7957]

Hey! after disabling the boost, i ran into an issue on my M16 laptop: the gpu keeps alternating between power saving and boost. Is it a problem? Do you have any idea how to fix it? reversing the settings didnt do anything.

[@MrAxelStone]

Under Processor Power Management I only see Max processor freq and Min processor state...ther's no processor performance boot mode for me on my Ally. EDIT: I see you have to edit reg entry for it to show up.

[@forumics]

why not just set maximum processor state to 99% so it'll never auto boost and you won't have to touch so many settings? it's the same thing only -1% clockspeed.

[@GamingSoupGames]

Hey what are you using to record your screen? How are you able to record the real time monitor? I tried using the gamebar recorder but the metrics dont appear in the recording

[@filt3rless]

I'm using an Elgato capture card. You could try using something like OBS to record the screen gameplay, however, you'll loose a good amount of performance. Screen recording software adds a fair bit of overhead to the system. An external recorder, like an Elgato, won't affect the system at all since it's run completely separate and is just capturing the HDMI feed.

[@GamingSoupGames]

@@filt3rless yea OBS I cant stand it lol. Yea I'm not use to using a device like this so I never noticed a performance hit when recording gameplay. With the ally is super noticable.I completely forgot about external cards imma look into it.

[@youngsnitch1915]

So your saying if you use less power the battery will last longer wow such an eye opener lmao

[@filt3rless]

No, I'm saying CPU Boost being on is using additional power with 0 performance gain when capping FPS. Lower power usually means less performance, which is not how it works when CPU boost is just eating extra watts for no reason. It's the same reason to not use "Turbo" as it boost to 43 watts for 2 minutes with almost no gain in performance. Just extra heat and battery drain.

[@ChenKaifeng]

If this works, awesome. Also quite frustrating that this is even needed and on everyone's mind ( ROG Ally battery life )

[@danton2k]

Nice vid man, I always found the extra boost annoying especially when having to wait for the TDP to clock itself down after boosting when switching manual profiles. Great vid and thanks

[@maafchai]

What are some of the higher end games you've tested? Maybe cod or forza or the new nfs?

[@filt3rless]

Hey, I've tested many. Here are a few where I have tested out CPU boost and found no improvement: Crysis Remastered, Forza Horizon 4, Subnautica, 7 Days to Die, Ark Survival Evolved, BeamNG, Dying Light, Far Cry 3, Generation Zero, Resident Evil 2 remastered, Space Engineers, The Division, Wildlands, Skyrim, Insurgency Sandstorm, and I'm sure a few others I can't think of. I think the reason CPU boost is almost pointless on this device is because of how weak the GPU is compared to the CPU. I also have an Asus G15 Advantage Edition, and the CPU on this Ally is close to the same performance as that, however the GPU in my G15 laptop is over 3x more powerful than what's in the Ally and I rarely run into a CPU bottleneck even on the Asus laptop. So the GPU on the Ally being a lot weaker means it'll be the first bottleneck in almost all cases over the CPU. If you find a game where there is a CPU bottleneck, let me know as I'd love to test it out!

[@maafchai]

@@filt3rless the only cpu bottlenecks would be exports titles. Thanks for the list, guess I'll be following your guide in the morning.

[@filt3rless]

@@maafchai It's also very easy to turn it on/off at any point in time, even while a game is running. If you have any questions let me know :)

[@rusianalf]

Filterless? Should be “ad” less. but that’s prolly not gonna happen

[@acsa6665]

Great Video very useful. Does this still makes the CPU Boost button in Armoury Crate actually activate cpu boost in Windows?

[@filt3rless]

Thanks! The CPU boost option in Armoury Crate does what this registry edit is doing. So you can just toggle it on/off in Armoury Crate instead of manually going through and changing it.

[@lukecarlson6863]

​@@filt3rless Major props to Asus for adding a designated button for disabling that. The fact we don't have to go into the Windows registery editer to disable this is super user friendly, I appreciate it

[@High5Authentic]

​@filt3rless I'm sorry I'm still new to this pc and the settings, so if it's an option what is it actually in good use for if it helps deplete the battery?

[@filt3rless]

@@High5Authentic Hey, really the only use case for having CPU Boost on might be certain emulators. I keep mine disabled for everything. Even on both. my Asus laptops with Ryzen CPU's I keep it disabled as it runs a lot cooler with almost no performance impact. You can always try turning it on in a game if you think you might be loosing performance. But usually you'll see it doesn't improve it much if at all.

[@High5Authentic]

@filt3rless wow, ok. When my game stutters I just up to 15watt (performance) then it plays smoothly. But on occasionally some game hiccups afew times during a session from that title. Also on the original mw3 game on RPCS3, the game is alittle distorted and slow too ifI don't up the wattage. I havent ever thought of using the cpu boost. Hey thank you for the detail. 👍

[@blazekid2407]

This is amazing, get way better FPS in Witcher 3, Battlefront 2 etc... cheers

[@Tesko92]

Dont work...also 43w ingame i only want 30w

[@filt3rless]

I have a video titled "Use these manual power levels". That in conjunction with disabling CPU Boost will keep the CPU around 75c or less most of the time. No boosting to 40+ watts.

[@kmdkmd-jz8pv]

This was one of the best straight forward walk through videos I have ever seen. Good job.

[@OblivionPrime]

I don't have this option in power settings for boost

[@menmabmx1995]

watch the whole video you have to edit registry

[@benyaminzarei3154]

Thanks man

[@marcinlegacy9660]

I've got question mate, I've see that disabling boost alows APU to decide how many W put to work, is not any more static 15, 25 etc. And is great because now we see in application how many W it needs and that we are on limit or not. Now when I set turbo 25W and I'm on windows explorer only its put about 5W because of low needs... So is any case to use other plans? If one plan ex highest give all spectrum? It's very interesting because on video U said U did that for all plan but why? If one plan is now strat to menage Wattage is ideal situation or I'm missing something?

[@filt3rless]

With boost on, the power draw at idle is pretty high. And in games where you cap FPS it'll keep drawing a lot more power than it needs. However, I'm not using this program to control boost: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4azl6ajj91_qdU. I prefer the G-Helper program because even with boost on in Balanced it draws lower power (because of how it changes windows power settings). I've found the only time CPU boost matters is in emulation, and even on something like BOTW I didn't notice much difference. So it'll depend on how you're using the device. For me, I get better temps and lower heat with it off so I don't use it. BUt if you do emulation, you might want it enabled. G-Helper makes it a LOT easier to change between them though which is why I like it a lot. You can have boost enabled/disabled per profile and it's simple enough to use. Hope that helps :)

[@marcinlegacy9660]

@@filt3rless I think You did not understand my question, sorry... I was not assking for program to control boost or when boost is matter. For me turnig off boost is amazing case, and I also did that when I had Asus Zephyrus G14... Please read my comment again, thank You. Is great that W for APU is not static any more, its take whatever he needs and dont waste energy. But why have other plans if one plan (ex unpluged Turbo 25W) is now manage from low 5W to high 25W... We dont need rest plans, no need silent and 15W... Turbo plan with disabled boost is now working on wide spectrum by itself. Plan turbo 25W on windows explorer now take 4-8W for APU, so why usig other silet 10W from AC? thats my point. Disabling boost is amazing thing with devices like Ally or smal gaming laptops... Thermals is everythig in many cases.

[@filt3rless]

@@marcinlegacy9660 Ohh I gotcha, and I also had a few G14's and did the same thing :). I prefer to limit watts to save power and cap FPS. You'll save more power by limiting the watts and capping FPS than just having Boost Off and capping the FPS. That's why I use G-Helper, to set limits like 13W / 17W / 25W. Silent mode in AC is almost useless and Turbo boost the watts too high (even with Boost Off). Manual mode in AC is also really loud. With G-Helper I can run 13W in Silent, 17W in Balanced and 25W in Turbo. The fans are a LOT quieter, I don't get any boost wattage (like with AC) and it's easier to use. I hope that helps. If turbo is working for your, or even manual mode you can use that, I just don't like either of those modes and don't use AC. However like you said, CPU Boost being off almost always helps :)

[@Floyd_ish]

So you’re simply setting Performance mode, which is available out of the box, aka 15W… 🤷🏻‍♂️ what is so awesome about it?

[@filt3rless]

Hey, so in this video, you'll see it's at 15 watts. However the system can draw the full 30 as soon as it's under more load. CPU boost is essentially the cpu going "look, there are extra watts" and grabbing them when it doesn't need them. Without changing any settings, if I loaded up another more intense game the system would use more wattage, up to 30 watts. It's hard to explain, but basically disabling CPU Boost keeps the system from almost constantly using max wattage when it has no need for the extra watts. So it's still running in the full 30 watt power mode, but with it disabled it's not unnecessarily using those extra watts, allowing the watts to lower down. The GPU in this thing is the major bottleneck, so the CPU isn't hardly being touched most of the time and doesn't need tons of watts. With boost on though, the CPU will just use what's available, even though it provides 0 performance gain. Hope this helps clarify it some, it's a bit difficult to explain properly. And the real issue is Armoury Crate with it's aggressive boost settings. This is true for every Asus AMD laptop I've had as well, they keep it boosted almost non-stop even when there is no need for it.

[@jarred8868]

This video doesn’t get enough credit. I’ve been running forza horizon 5 at 1080p 60 fps at max of 43 watts and 90c, after changing this one setting now running the game at 30 watts and 78c. Night and day difference.

[@filt3rless]

Thanks man, glad it helped :)

[@Doomhamar]

Warning to people who play docked older titles! Last night I kicked my self for about 5 hours why 6 of my games did not work over HDMI to my TV, when previously everything worked fine, in the end, the only thing I had changed was disabling the boost feature, and not even on every power setting only on silent. Thing is even enabling it was not enough, I had to return in the regedit, to 1 again and only after that they worked again. Of course my case is rather strange I play games like Need for speed most wanted and underground 2, Guilty Gear XX, Prince of Persia the trilogy, and others from like 20 years ago as well as newer titles, so granted very old titles but still. If some one is thinking about it, just keep in mind some games may not show up on a monitor setup. Excuse my sloppy righting.

[@filt3rless]

I can promise you without a doubt that boost had nothing to do with the HDMI issue to the TV. Returning to regedit and changing the value only shows the option that is always in windows, it has 0 effect on anything else. I'm glad it's working though, and I guarantee if you re-enabled with it working, nothing would change. Emulation however does benefit from CPU Boost though for performance. I'm not saying you should try re-enabling the option, but I promise you if you did, while the TV is connected, nothing would happen. It's a very strange coincidence. Either way, I'm glad you got it working.

[@Doomhamar]

@filt3rless i repeated the option, and it bricked the games output to the TV, i know it has no connection whatsoever as it just shows the option, but in my case, it bricked the games. I dont get it either...

[@ib0093]

Hi thanks for this video. How do I disable for manual mode? I only see the mode that are ootb for Armory Crate.

[@HawkNocturnal]

How many games have u tried this with? Also big games? Like Diablo or Spider-Man for example as that’s what I’m playing atm. ✌🏻

[@filt3rless]

Hey, I've tried quite a few and haven't noticed a performance hit at all. A few that I can think of off the top of my head would be (Forza Horizon 4, Subnautica, Far Cry 3, Skyrim, D2 Resurrected, Beam NG, Ark Survival Evolved, Crysis Remastered, Dirt Rally 2.0, Dying LIght, Generation Zero, Insurgency Sandstorm, Metro 2033 Redux, Resident Evil 2 Remastered, Space Engineers, Tom Clancy's The Division) and I'm sure I'm missing some. There probably is a game out there that would benefit from CPU boost, I don't know of one yet, but even if it did, I doubt it would be that much of a performance boost. However, emulators definitely can benefit from having it on. You can always switch it off/on at anytime though. And you can even set it so it's off in Silent mode but on in Turbo. Hope this helps! :)

[@robrivas1659]

I think ally uses more of the watts it saves on the cpu boost to the gpu makes it run very smooth without all the watts

[@ETTANHK]

can u test this with different games???

[@filt3rless]

I'll have a test coming out very soon that will be testing CPU Boost on/off as well as Auto TDP and watt limits :). Stay tuned, should be out here in a few hours.

[@ZVManning]

That's cool, basically under clock the CPU because they pointlessly make it run full blast. Makes sense, is basically like over clocking my i9. There's no point lol.

[@filt3rless]

I've also noticed the fans run quieter. Even if it's not pulling down lot's of power, they still spool up. Not only on this ROG Ally, but on my Laptop as well, even just sitting on the Desktop. I keep it off in every AMD device I have :)

[@bryanoliver4736]

Why don’t I have this option? When I tap on processor, power management the only options I get are, Minimum processor state Maximum processor state Thanks for the help!

[@menmabmx1995]

watch the whole video you have to edit registry

[@Ragy-]

How on earth can you do such comparison in a game that sits at 20% CPU usage? You have absolutely no clue what you are doing there releasing this out to people who also have absolutely no clue what this does...with this tweak you crippled the performance of all of these users praising you here in many games and they just dont know it yet...then the ROGAlly subreddit is gonna be swamped with people bitching about their bad performance in certain games not knowing why...

[@filt3rless]

Please reply with 3 games you know of where CPU boost affects the FPS on the Ally :)

[@Ankh2009]

Do you know how to get the power boost option back again. It doesn’t even show up anymore once I disabled it. I’m looking for an option to enable it

[@filt3rless]

If changing the registry value like I show in the video isn't working I'm not too sure. Have you ran any 3rd party apps that had a "CPU Boost" option in them? That could be what took it away.

[@Ankh2009]

@@filt3rless I figured it out. Thx !

[@duppex3163]

​@@Ankh2009 Can you share how you did it. Cheers

[@richwatson1985]

All I use my rog for is emulation. It’s always docked to my tv. So it’s always plugged in? I use teknoparrot a lot. Would the cpu boost not benefit me? When playing Mario Kart DX I noticed a lot of slowdown on certain tracks. Would the cpu boost help make the game run better? As emulators are cpu heavy aren’t they.

[@filt3rless]

Some emulation definitely benefits from CPU Boost being on. You could always try turning it off just to see. But if it's always docked I don't think it will be as important.

[@richwatson1985]

@@filt3rless thanks for the reply. I’ve been doing some major testing today. 100 percent runs better when docked. Also. I’ve lowered the resolution. In 720p. Doesn’t look as good. But my god does it run better. And I’d much prefer that. The tracks that clearly had major slowdown. Has been significantly improved. And to be honest, it doesn’t even look THAT bad in 720p

[@lukaslindner9269]

In Warframe it was completly ok until I started to load a mission and after that my fps went from over 60 to the low 20 or even sometimes low 10 and it took ages to load and restarting didnt help so I turned it on again (efficient agressive) and I never had problems since. Strange Issue ... maby Warframe loading times are calculated a bit different from other games like Subnautica where this isn't that big of a problem.

[@filt3rless]

That is really strange! I just loaded up TimeSpy to get exact numbers to see and with it on 30 watts. In Aggressiveit got 8846. Then with it off I got 8087. So it's less than a 10% performance difference. If you turned it back off again, it'd probably work fine and I'd assume it was something with the game itself. But no harm either way with it on/off.

[@masszero3521]

Thanks bro!

[@JupiterBullet]

I'm on latest bios but can't find option processor performance boost mode. Please any enlightment would be greatly appreciated

[@filt3rless]

You followed the tutorial at the end of the video to show how to enable it?

[@mr.saiyan2012]

does it worked with the manual mode profil ?^^ does the system recogniced the manual mode as turbo mode for cpu boost off ?

[@filt3rless]

Yes it works in Manual mode. When plugged in, you'll need to change the "Turbo" power setting in power options to disabled. And when unplugged it uses the "performance" mode in windows power settings.

[@phantomfreak0813]

WHAT ?! Amazing if this works !!!!!!! I will 100% try this on my Ally

[@marksvirsky9103]

Very cool. Asus should do this at default or at least enable the option in the control panel because I didn’t have it.

[@jmiller991]

Great video, but I don't have the option to disable boost under CPU power management, just the maximum & minimum CPU speed? Can you help? Thanks

[@filt3rless]

Hey, did you adjust the registry value that I showed later in the video? Just make sure you're choosing the right folders to change the attribute and it should show up. Let me know if you get it working :)

[@KrispysRC]

Thank you on my secon ally fingers crossed!

[@NqAt1512]

thanks for the tip ,i just want to ask if u try using universal X86 tool for limited cpu base clock instead of ur solution

[@filt3rless]

I've tried using Handheld companion, and there are some features that are great on it. However, some things don't work, and I experienced issues with the controls disconnecting randomly, requiring a reboot to fix it.

[@GiraoGamer]

Olá, realizei no meu Rog Ally, estou gostando de usar e recomendo seu canal no meu vídeo, parabéns

[@BullyGovJ4F7775]

So I did all this but on the right only says Default no attributes or anything else like yours. Start am I doing wrong.

[@BullyGovJ4F7775]

never mind I didn't click the folder I clicked the arrow lol

[@icantwait]

you are in performance mode because you have power connected.

[@olivr_wtf]

Can you do this on Manual?

[@filt3rless]

Yes, you can set manual watts in Armoury crate while having boost off.

[@juanmunoz628]

Thank you so much for this! Great guide and simple to follow! Keep doing the amazing work!

[@filt3rless]

Thanks! Glad it helped out :)

[@nosferatu2690]

This was awesome. You gained a new sub my friend. I'll be watching for more helpful tips and tricks.

[@KingMcRae]

Thanks bruv

[@mikenortheast6393]

Excellent video and very interesting indeed. Looking forward to trying to do this without a mouse/ketboard and weeping later 😬

[@jasonaragon2766]

It works when plugged in but doesn't when not. Cause on my end once it's not plugged it doesn't work.

[@filt3rless]

Hey, when you're unplugged check the power settings again and make sure where it says "On battery" it's set to disabled. It might be switching to Silent, or Performance or some other power setting when unplugged and you'll need to change the settings in that profile as well.

[@IMGhostRogue]

Have you tested Diablo 4

[@filt3rless]

I haven't tested it yet. That's a great idea. I was also wanting to test out Diablo 2 Resurrection to see how it runs. I might just go ahead and create a video for both of those. I'll let you know if/when I do :)

[@sshiftyp]

@@filt3rless Please do! D4 is great and all but D2 is my life. Would be curious to see the results. Subbed!

[@abhijeetdey]

I am not seeing that dropdown In my control panel it tells me to write a specific percentage for the minimum processor state and maximum processor state

[@filt3rless]

Did you go into the registry and make the changes as shown in the video?

[@aolvs1950]

"Not a single frame has been added or taken away". Dude barely even moving, testing one game and talking about stability. What?

[@filt3rless]

I've tested it in-depth. I'm not going to compile 15 games in a video that is designed to show people how to disable it. Feel free to enable/disable it as you wish, let me know if you find a single game where you get better FPS with it enabled, or better stability. And in my testing it's actually more unstable to run CPU Boost where FPS will jump around more.

[@domenicocapasso1835]

I have a problem you can no longer see the resource monitoring .compare only the transparent square

[@kubuzeer6510]

It's better to use autoTDP program, it will detect current FPS and boost or lower the TDP based on the FPS, to hit that 60fps mark

[@filt3rless]

I'd have to respectfully disagree with that. At higher FPS Auto TDP is more stable, but if you're trying to run lower FPS it's extremely unstable. I did a video on it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWTaJJrh617p8k Also right now there are serious controller issues if you ever dock your system and want to connect an external controller.

[@vegaf2011]

Wait so do I disable this for all profiles? Silent, performance, and boost? As for the hard disk option in the same power plant management do we leave that at 1minute?

[@filt3rless]

Yes, you'll want to change it for each windows power setting. Boost will be ON for any power profiles you don't change it in.

[@vegaf2011]

@@filt3rless ohhh shoot ok I’ll fix it I disabled it for boost 😅

[@vegaf2011]

@@filt3rless thank you. I fixed it back to how I liked it.

[@trinhquangphong9285]

Hi, Bro! I don't know why I press double click on "Attributes" but nothing happen. Pls, some one help!

[@filt3rless]

Hey, I'd make sure you're going to the right path. You might have accidentally clicked the wrong folder. There are some that look very similar.

[@trinhquangphong9285]

@@filt3rless tks for ur answer, but I really check again and again just follow the video

[@thanatp5498]

This is the easiest video for this topic and it works thanks a lot.

[@X862go]

just tried this on sable 33 watts before 16 -22 watts after WTF ?????

[@filt3rless]

Hey, is it unstable now or you are loosing performance at the lower watts?

[@Wellsy-qr8pb]

Yeah this helps a tiny bit not sure why everyone is acting like its a life changer maybe adds 15 mins of battery life total thats not worth the hassle

[@BodofLegend]

Same here. I love these cool little tips but, some people over exaggerate the hell out of so many things that they don’t really know anything about.

[@raynerpoh1466]

Excellent sharing buddy! But, to reach high FPS with some ultra settings, do we need it?

[@filt3rless]

The higher the graphical settings the less you'd need CPU Boost. What's happening is the GPU is the main bottleneck because it's a LOT weaker than the CPU. This CPU is hitting over 8,000 in TimeSpy with boost off, the GPU is less than 3,000. So the GPU in almost all situations will max out well before the CPU. You can even pull up monitoring to see what percentage the GPU is at vs the CPU, to see the load each one is at. The one thing would be emulators. Some emulators use only 1 or 2 cores and will benefit from CPU Boost. I never did and in-depth test on emulation though. I just released a video about an SD Card issue I was having where I ended up returning mine :/. I plan to get another one once Asus acknowledges the issue and comes out with a statement about it.

[@euandersson]

Nice video! So this active only in the mode I choose in power settings or the boost is turned off in general? For example, if I switch to turbo boost is turned on like before or should I go back to regedit and turn it on again?

[@filt3rless]

Hey, the option in Registry that you change is only showing you the value in power settings. It doesn't change any actual settings, but rather just gives you the ability to see the CPU Boost option in power settings. When you select Turbo, it'll be running in the "Turbo" power settings. You'll have to adjust the boost setting in power settings for each power setting individually (Silent, Performance, Turbo). And the "Balanced" mode is if you set it to "Windows" power setting in Armoury Crate (which I don't personally use).

[@nymphobiach69]

How is this with triple a games? I’m new to all this pc stuff so I’m just curious. I don’t wanna lose any graphics or gameplay due to anything on my ally

[@filt3rless]

I'm actually working on testing this right now. It's going to take some time, so far I haven't noticed hardly any difference. If you're doing emulation though (PS3, Switch, Etc) then CPU Boost usually will help that out.

[@nymphobiach69]

Reply with a video or update when you’ve succeeded 🤙 the only emulation I use is for ps2, would that make a difference?