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I would also cut dependencies on other ASUS apps. On ASUS motherboards the options are there, so why not on laptops? Performance-related profiles and fan curves should be added to the BIOS/UEFI.

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Then allow you to only install what you need, nothing more, nothing less. The app needs to be stripped down to the bare minimum.

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It’s just not OK for a company that prides itself on its engineering prowess to release software this bad. This is my own opinion, of course, but I do think ASUS needs to rework Armoury Crate from the ground up. With G-Helper you even get ASUS RGB software control, at a basic level, without the need to install Armoury Crate. It offers 95% of the Armoury Crate functionality without the bloatware (yes, I consider ASUS Armoury Crate bloatware, you can quote me). G-Helper made me fall in love again with my ASUS ROG laptop.

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Looking for an Armoury Crate alternative? Try G-Helper, a free piece of software that looks very promising. I found out about this from forums, not from ASUS’s documentation. It was after quite a bit of research that I found out various other programs needed to be installed, including the MyASUS app, which does little other than display OSD notifications.Īfter that, these missing options would appear in Armoury Crate. Also, there was no option to automatically switch to a low refresh rate for the screen when on battery, and no ASUS panel overdrive toggle either. Some options don’t show up until you install additional software – I’ve watched quite a few YouTube reviews before deciding on this laptop, so after getting mine I couldn’t figure out why the OSD wasn’t notifying me of profile changes for example. 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.

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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.

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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. While I wish Armoury Crate was a much better piece of software, I do reckon it does a few things well.

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