
Key mapping uses an actual virtual keyboard, with options over drop-down menus on the right covering just about every need. The other options pertaining to the keyboard are well laid out. More advanced effects require you to use AURA Creator, a completely separate program. I would have also liked the inclusion of a virtual keyboard that depicts the various lighting effects, and there are fewer effects than I expected, too. But ASUS does not seem to differentiate as I would. Logically, AURA Sync would have me think it synchronizes the keyboard lighting with other compatible products, of which I have none. After a few minutes of testing, I also realized that I had to select the keyboard with AURA Sync to get any of the lighting effects to, well, take effect. A few user experience tweaks would have also been appreciated, including cue tips.


#ASUS ARMOURY CRATE SERVICE CPU USAGE SOFTWARE#
In fact, that's really my main issue: Everything seems to take slightly longer than I would expect for software from a brand as large as ASUS. I also had to do a few things before recording the video, including syncing profiles, which took more than a few minutes. There are some basic options in Settings, including, as pointed out before, the ability to change the theme. The video above goes over using ROG Armoury Crate with the new ROG Claymore II, which clearly also illustrates how the ASUS ecosystem would work when synchronized through Armoury Crate.
