Since it was introduced exactly one year ago today, The ASUS ROG Ally portable console turned out to be a sensational proposition for a market that seemed to be a thing of the past until Valve revived it with the launch of the Steam Deck. Available since June of last year, we are talking about a console that, after a thorough analysis, left a great taste in our mouths, even if its potential was not yet fully utilized, so there was room for improvement. experience.

As we told you back then, the console is built on the Ryzen Z1 APU (in its standard and extreme variants) which integrates a AMD Radeon 780M iGPU, a graphics chip based on the RDNA 3 architecture that AMD boasted was the fastest integrated GPU on the market. Recall that we expect the arrival of RDNA 4 this year, but for now its third generation is the latest. Which of course means it’s compatible with AMD’s latest technologies, including FSR 3.

One of the main innovations in the suite of image enhancement technologies coming from the hands of RDNA 3 and FSR 3 is Fluid Motion Frames, a replica of AMD DLSS 3 by NVIDIA, i.e. the GPU’s ability to create intermediate frames thanks to AI and without CPU intervention. In this manner, frame rate bypassing the famous and very common CPU bottleneck.

All of which brings us to ASUS’ recent announcement, and that’s it With the latest Armory Crate SE update, ASUS ROG Ally now supports AMD Fluid Motion Frames, so console users will be able to see the frames per second of their games increase substantially without any loss in other visual and performance related aspects. In order to enjoy this new feature (and the others we’ve listed below), users need to install the ACSE 1.4.13 update the usual way, via Armory Crate for ROG Ally. The update was released today, so it should now be available to all users.

This is the full list of updates released by ASUS today in Armory Crate SE for ASUS ROG Ally:

ACSE 1.4.13: Available from 4/25 in Armory Crate SE

• Improved game library display speed.
• Added information to real-time resource monitoring when using AFMF.
• Fixed a sporadic issue where AMD graphics driver updates in the Update Center could experience timeouts.
• Enhanced key mapping feature to support key mapping as activation keys (requires MCU v317 or later). For example, the M1 button can be assigned as the left trigger.

MCU 317: Available from 4/25 in Armory Crate SE

• Extended key mapping feature to support key mapping as activation keys (requires ACSE 1.4.13 or later). For example, the M1 button can be assigned as the left trigger.

iGPU Driver V31.0.24027.1012: available from April 25th on Armory Crate SE and ASUS official websites

• Bug Fix: Fixed certain textures that could become invisible when playing Final Fantasy X HD Remaster.
• Added support for AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF). (AMD Reference: AMD Fluid Motion Frames).

Asus Hotplug Controller 3.0.0: Available from 4/25 in Armory Crate SE

• Improved stability of the Asus Hotplug driver.

AFMF is a technology destined to revolutionize the portable console sector as it allows for increased performance without increasing performance or cost to the user. ASUS ROG is once again at the forefront of technological innovation to offer gamers the best experience wherever they are.

A more than remarkable aspect of the ASUS laptop is that technology provides a high level of support for its first entry into this market. We’ve already seen a big improvement arrive via software, practically at the same time as its launch, and although rumors of a hypothetical AUS ROG Ally 2 starting to hit the market this year, what’s evident at this point is , that the current generation still has a long way to go.