The massive difference between how well Resident Evil Requiem runs on the Steam Deck and an Asus ROG Ally just adds more fuel to the rumour that AMD has abandoned driver support for its Ryzen Z1 chips

The massive difference between how well Resident Evil Requiem runs on the Steam Deck and an Asus ROG Ally just adds more fuel to the rumour that AMD has abandoned driver support for its Ryzen Z1 chips | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Memory The company that stopped making memory for gamers just explained how important memory is for gamers. 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Paired with the fact that Resident Evil Requiem barely runs on the Ally, the rumour that AMD has all but abandoned driver support for its APU seems to have serious weight to it.That claim has been reported by various tech sites, such as TechPowerUp, as well as by PC gamers on social media, but I already suspected it was the case, as I regularly use an Asus ROG Ally handheld to conduct performance testing of games. The most recent case being Resident Evil Requiem, where the device barely cracked a double-digit frame rate at 720p, on the lowest settings and with upscaling. At the time, I assumed that the game was too demanding for the 2023 handheld, but our Wes tried it on his Steam Deck while ignoring all the glorious rays in Hawaii, and managed to get an average frame rate of 40 fps quite easily. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor in the Ally is significantly more powerful than the AMD semi-custom chip in the Deck, so there’s only one explanation for the stark difference in performance: drivers