Bought this laptop a week ago and have been playing around with it for a bit, but I wanted to make sure I haven't missed any additional recommendations on this laptop.

I've already debloated it (Raphire/Win11 debloat), installed G-Helper, set battery limits to 75%, and have installed 2TB of additional memory to this laptop but I'm wondering what else needs to be done in order to maximize the longevity of this laptop?

I already own a laptop cooler to prevent overheating and I'm also considering repasting in the future (though temps have not gotten extremely high yet).

What is the best Asus oled monitor on the market right now ? I kind of want to experience QD oled since all my current oleds( 55cx , 65c5, and lg 27 woled) are WOLED. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey everyone,
We all know traditional SLI is dead. Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) caused terrible micro-stuttering, and game developers hated coding for it. But with the launch of the Blackwell architecture, NVIDIA has the literal blueprint to bring back multi-GPU systems—not for old-school rendering, but for Asymmetric AI Co-Processing.
Imagine a world where your main flagship GPU focuses 100% of its power on raw game engine graphics, while a secondary, cheaper card acts as a dedicated AI engine. Here is the technical breakdown of how this would completely revolutionize PC gaming, and why NVIDIA, ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte need to make this consumer reality.

🎛️** The Tech: Moving Past the Old SLI Bottleneck**s

1.8 TB/s Interconnects: Old SLI relied on flimsy, external PCB bridges with tiny bandwidth caps. Blackwell’s industrial architecture uses high-speed links delivering an astronomical 1.8 TB/s of bidirectional bandwidth. Scaled down to consumer PCIE 5.0 workstations, this completely eliminates data bottlenecks between cards.
Asymmetric Serial Execution: Instead of both cards clumsily alternating frames, the system splits workloads logically. Card A (e.g., RTX 5090) acts as the Dedicated Render Engine, pouring 100% of its hardware into native geometry, lighting, and heavy path tracing physics. Card B (e.g., RTX 5050/5060) acts as the Dedicated AI Engine, taking the raw frame data and processing DLSS 4 Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, and upscaling entirely on its own Tensor cores.
Unified Memory Pooling: Historically, SLI forced memory mirroring (two 8GB cards still equaled only 8GB total). Under a unified stack, the cards map their memory into a single addressable block. The secondary card doesn't need to duplicate heavy 3D textures; it uses its VRAM purely as an isolated, ultra-fast buffer for AI neural rendering assets.

🎮 The Massive Benefit to Gamers
Maximized Native Performance: 

On a single GPU, running DLSS Frame Generation actually costs a 10-15% performance penalty because the chip must pause game rendering to calculate the AI frame. Offloading this completely to a secondary card means your primary GPU runs completely uninhibited.
Unmatched Frame Rates at 4K & 8K: By letting a budget card handle the heavy lifting of DLSS 4, upscaling, and spatial frame interpolation, you unlock flawless, triple-digit frame rates on high-refresh-rate 4K and 8K monitors, even with Max Path Tracing enabled.
An Unprecedented Upgrade Path: Instead of selling a mid-range card for a loss when upgrading, gamers could keep their older 50-series card as a dedicated AI co-processor when buying a next-gen flagship.

⚡ Power Distribution & PSU Requirements

Running a multi-GPU system of this caliber demands modern ATX 3.1/PCIe 5.1 power distribution to safely manage transient power spikes:
The Hardware Split: A setup featuring an RTX 5090 (rated at ~600W TDP) and an RTX 5050/5060 (rated at ~120W-150W TDP) creates a total system GPU draw of roughly 720W–750W under maximum load.
The PSU Verdict: To comfortably power these GPUs alongside a high-end gaming CPU (like a Ryzen 9 or Core i9), a 1200W to 1500W ATX 3.1 Certified Power Supply is mandatory.
Native Dual 12V-2x6 Cables: Standard daisy-chained PCIe cables cannot safely handle this. The PSU must feature dual native 12V-2x6 (or 12VHPWR) power outputs to cleanly distribute continuous wattage to both cards without risking melted connectors.

📈 Why This is a Win-Win for the Industry
& For NVIDIA: 

This creates an entirely new market segment. Instead of selling just one GPU per gamer, NVIDIA opens up a multi-GPU consumer ecosystem where gamers buy a primary card and a secondary AI accelerator.
For Board Partners (ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte): This is a goldmine. It drives massive demand for specialized, high-tier dual-slot PCIE 5.0 motherboards, premium heavy-duty PC cases with advanced cooling configurations, and next-generation high-wattage power supplies.
NVIDIA, the hardware is already sitting in your enterprise labs. Bring Asymmetric AI SLI to the consumer market and change gaming forever.

Anyone else do the bios update in my Asus yesterday and loose a substantial amount of performance?

Hello,

Do you know if Asus sells thermal sensors or a specialized site? I have an X870E crosshair Hero motherboard. This will be to be able to properly program my ventilation curves on the BIOS. Armory crate becomes unbearable, a lot of bugs since the application). The problem is that on the bios I do not have access to the GPU for curves but only to the CPU and the thermal sensor, hence the purchase of this specific product.

Thank you for your answers.

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to check if these temps are normal for a ROG Astral RTX 5090 on Forza Horizon 6.

On most games, my GPU usually stays under 65°C, so FH6 surprised me a bit since I’m running everything completely maxed out:

Ultra settings

Full Ray Tracing

No FPS cap

My temps are:

GPU: around 60–69°C max

VRAM: usually 78–80°C, sometimes brief spikes to 82°C when driving fast through dense forests/trees

The card seems perfectly stable and performance is great, I just wanted to know if these temps are considered normal/safe for GDDR7 under this kind of load.

thanks :)

After installing a new update of armoury create software to 6.5.7.0 the aura lights not working after the pc is booting.

Using -

Win 11

Model - G713IC

Can anyone help me please...

So as the title says my ram suddenly does not show up anymore in GCC and rgb control went away. I have the B850 AURUS elite 7 WIFI ice and corsair RAM. I have never had any issues with it showing up. Now after i saw the issue i did all the updates of drivers and bios and it does not make a difference.

I did not install icue, I do have Lian li software and nzxt for my fans and aio.

What could be going on?

I need more RAM because while doing normal use stuff, I am at 50-70% usage. It might be the reason for shut downs and slowing while in game and other things.

How can I find what RAM is compatible?

In my system info, it says it's a 5600, but I don't know the difference of single and dual channel and those terms and how it works.

I think I have 2 1X16 sticks for a total of 32 instead of just 1 1X32. Do I have to get 2 1X32 or can I get 1X32 and use the 1X16 I already have installed and sell the 1X16?

How do I know what speed ram to get?

A month ago a stick of corsair 32 was 400 and it seems prices have jumped again? Is this true?

How do I know what to buy?