Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 is a technical showcase of Focus Interactive’s best visual presentation to date, and as such can be quite taxing on PC hardware. Handheld gaming PCs in particular, may have a hard time running this game – especially when trying to maintain a relatively modest power profile, with a focus on battery life in mind.
As such, the best Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 settings for the ASUS ROG Ally will take into consideration a 30 FPS target, along with prioritizing a higher TDP over battery life.
Optimized Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 ROG Ally settings
In-game settings
- Display Mode: Borderless
- Render Resolution: Native
- Display Resolution: 1280×720; keep the game forced at 720p
- Resolution Upscaling: FSR 2; use the Performance preset
- Dynamic Resolution FPS Target: Disabled
- Quality Preset: Custom
- Vertical Synchronization (V-Sync): Off; always keep disabled
- Motion Blur Intensity: Off; always keep this disabled
- FPS Limit: 60 FPS is recommended
- Texture Resolution: Medium
- Shadows: Low
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Default
- Screen Space Reflections: Off; very GPU heavy
- Volumetrics: Low
- Effects: Low
- Details: Low
- Cloth Simulation: Low
ROG Ally specific settings
- Operating Mode: Turbo (25 W)
- Control Mode: Gamepad
- AMD RSR: Off
- CPU Boost: Disabled
- Resolution: Keep this unchanged
- AMD RIS: On
- FPS Limiter: Disabled to take advantage of VRR
- AFMF Frame Generation: Enabled for more virtual FPS
- Recommended VRAM: 6-8 GB
Expect between 30 to 40 frames per second on the 25 W Turbo preset, depending on the intensity of the battles taking place. It might be worthwhile to try and cap the game to 30 FPS in order to ensure more consistent performance.
Battery life should range between 1.5 to 2 hours on the original ROG Ally, while those with the ROG Ally X should see roughly double the battery life (3-4 hours).
As such, the ROG Ally X remains a better choice for this particular game, thanks to its massively upgraded battery and 24 GB of shared system RAM.
