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As an alternative to a driver disk, ASUS offers Armory Crate: a pre-loaded utility that allows you to retrieve all drivers and utilities online. This is a great option as disk drives become less and less common.


Armory Crate is also the home of some key utilities, like Aura Sync. EZ update is also a separate app, though it can also be accessed in AI Suite 3.


AI Suite 3 is primarily an in-OS overclocking and hardware-monitoring tool. AI Suite also serves as a sort of hub for a few other programs, including Fan Xpert4, a PC cleaner, EZ Update, and EPU.

For the most part, the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero utilities are functional and well designed. AI Suite 3 is a little bit sluggish to move between tabs.