Guide: How to force install the latest Radeon drivers on your ROG Ally

[fahdriyami]

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, UNSUPPORTED METHOD OF INSTALLING THE LATEST GRAPHICS DRIVERS ON YOUR ALLY THAT MAY RESULT IN SYSTEM AND GAME INSTABILITY. NEITHER ASUS NOR AMD RECOMMEND DOING THIS. SO IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG WITH YOUR ALLY, YOU WILL NOT GET ANY OFFICIAL SUPPORT. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Step 0: Create a System Restore point just in case something goes horribly wrong.

Step 1: Download the latest Radeon drivers from AMD.com for the AMD Ryzen 7840U. Make sure you download the full driver (~500MB+), not the Auto-Detect driver.

Step 2: Go to your C: Drive, and delete the contents of the folder named AMD. - Don't worry, this folder only includes driver setup files, not the actual installed driver files.

Step 3: Launch the downloaded .exe file. It should end up failing and giving you an error. That's fine. What this step does is extract the driver to your C: Drive AMD folder.

Step 4: In Windows, open Device Manager, and under 'Display adapters', right-click 'AMD Radeon Graphics' and select 'Update Driver'.

Step 5: In the pop up that appears, select 'Browse my computer for drivers', then choose 'Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer', and then click the 'Have Disk...' button.

Step 6: Click Browse, then navigate to the extracted driver .INF file which is located in C:\AMD\AMD-Software-Installer\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF\. Select the only INF file in this directory (it should be called something like u0394204.INF though this file name could change with future drivers. Select the INF file, and click OK.

Step 7: In the list of Models that appear, select AMD Radeon(TM) 780M Graphics, and click Next. The display should flicker a few times. Wait until you get a message that says the driver is successfully installed. You can now close Device Manager.

Caution: There may be multiple 780M models listed, choosing the wrong one could lead to performance issues and locked clock speeds. The correct one to choose is labeled 'AMD Radeon 780M Graphics'. Note the word 'Graphics' at the end.

Step 8: You may notice that the Adrenalin software no longer works, this is because the custom Asus version of this software doesn't support the official driver. To fix this, open Windows Settings, choose Apps in the navigation sidebar, then click on 'Installed apps'. In the list that appears, select the three dots next to AMD Software, and choose Uninstall.

Step 9: Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\AMD\AMD-Software-Installer\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF\B394106\ and launch ccc2_install.exe and follow the instructions to completion.

Step 10: Restart your Ally. Then right-click the desktop and click AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. You may need to click 'Show more options' first for this to appear. In Radeon Adrenalin, check to make sure you have the latest driver.

Congrats, you now have the latest Radeon drivers installed on your Ally.

[holli146]

Does the overlay of the Monitoring Software still work? Is the frquency of the gpu reporter correctly? I have seen some pictures with 0mhz and 0 percentage on the gpu.

How is the performance compared to the old driver?

[fahdriyami]

The Armoury Crate overlay works with the new driver, at least for me.

In terms of performance, if you use the Silent, Performance, or Manual profiles, the GPU frequency will be stuck at 800 Mhz, which will negatively impact performance.

But in the Turbo profile, the GPU frequency boosts as expected, and in my case performs better with the new driver.

So I wouldnt recommend the new driver unless you always play in Turbo mode (docked for example), or if you play emulated games and have issues with the old driver that are fixed with the new driver.