The notable option that’s missing on my system is the Legacy DRM Mode for my Intel Alder Lake CPU, which would disable the efficiency cores. GHelper covers almost all the functionality I used in Armoury Crate, but it’s not the same feature set, the focus being on performance, not functionality. GHelper is still a work in progress, but it’s very promising. Lastly, if you find GHelper works fine on your system make sure to click on the Run on Startup checkbox, so it starts up automatically with Windows. Note: The displayed GHelper options will depend on your specific laptop model. You can even launch custom commands with a key press. If you click on the Extra button you get to pick actions for your macro keys, if present. So if you plug your charger with the computer off, the battery will fill to 100%, which is what you want to avoid in the first place.
There’s one minor downside, from what I can tell: the charging restriction only works when the system is fully powered on (in S0 power state), not when in Sleep or Hibernate, or the hybrid modes. It offers more granular control than the MyASUS app, which only allows you to set two levels: 50% and 80%, both too restrictive, as I prefer something like 90 or 95%. Lastly, you’ll find a slider to set a maximum battery charge level. Well, the keyboard anyway, as the ROG logo light, front light bar, and screen light bar of my STRIX Scar 15 are turned off, as they should be by default. I’m happy to see that you can even control the RGB elements on my ASUS gaming laptop. If you have a high refresh screen you can enable the 60 Hz or the native higher refresh rate, select Auto, depending on the power source, and even enable panel overdrive, if the option is present in the hardware.
Switching between Eco, Standard, and Optimized doesn’t require closing all apps, which is another nice bonus versus Armoury Crate.īelow the first two rows, you’ll find the screen control. Only the switch to Ultimate requires a laptop restart, but that’s a hardware limitation that can’t be bypassed with software, even good-written code.
If you have two GPUs installed on your laptop you will be able to choose between the hybrid operating modes enabled by the MUX Switch. There’s also a Fan + Power button that allows you to define fan curves for both GPU and CPU fans, define how aggressively the CPU will boost, and even set PPT power limits for CPU and GPU. Just what you need.įrom the main screen, you can choose between the ASUS power modes: Silent, Balanced (Performance), and Turbo. Once opened you’ll see how simple and intuitive to use GHelper really is: just a bunch of toggles that control the performance modes, GPU modes, screen, RGB elements, and maximum battery charge level of your ASUS gaming laptop.
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