Asus’ CES gaming laptop computer bulletins appear to the touch each single mannequin in its portfolio, although a number of commonalities run all through. There are the same old everything-is-updated-to-2023-generation parts, like Intel Thirteenth-gen H and HX-series processors and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs (in addition to “next-gen” AMD CPUs and GPUs, which we’re anticipating to listen to about in the course of the keynote on Wednesday evening, Jan. 4). The corporate has introduced a few fascinating gaming screens as effectively.
Display updates abound — there are many 240Hz 1440p shows with smaller bezels and 16:10 facet ratios, which you will see all over the place in gaming laptops — and you may see 16- or 18-inch fashions the place there as soon as had been solely 15- and 17-inch, one other massive pattern on the present. And lots of have modest redesigns to accommodate new options or energy profiles enabled by the up to date parts.
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A number of updates stand out, although from the attention chart of fashions and specs.
My fave is the rollout of Nvidia Superior Optimus help throughout all Asus’ gaming laptops with Nvidia GPUs (or no less than most of them). That is the know-how that permits the laptop computer display to modify between working on the discrete GPU or the built-in GPU with out forcing you to reboot, and which lastly lets the laptop computer show use G-Sync.
Asus’ ROG Nebula HDR shows, accessible on the Zephyrus M16, Zephyrus G14, Strix Scar 16 and Move X16, have double the mini LED backlight zones: 1,024. They’re DisplayHDR 1000-compliant screens with a peak brightness of 1,100 nits. They’ve bigger heatsinks, too, as a result of that degree of brightness can get scorching. As talked about above they’re 1440p 240Hz, plus 100% P3 gamut protection. One exception is the Nebula HDR display within the Zephyrus G14, which is a dimmer DisplayHDR 600. The 3ms pixel refresh is not stellar, although.
The XG Cell exterior GPU that works with the convertible Move X and removable Move Z fashions will get bumped as much as an RTX 40-series GPU.
The brand new ROG Strix G16
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This 12 months’s AMD Benefit Version, the mannequin which highlights all the newest and biggest know-how on provide from that firm, comes as a TUF; particularly, the TIF Gaming A16 Benefit Version, one of many few laptops incorporating an AMD GPU, which is as much as era RDNA 3 this 12 months. Sadly, the MUX change — a clunky approach to toggle between the discrete and built-in GPU — lives on right here. Nor does it have Thunderbolt 4 help (it does have USB 4), as a result of that is nonetheless an Intel factor. There are a number of extra AMD CPU-based fashions as effectively.
A number of fashions, typically the 16-inch Zephyrus fashions, have six-speaker arrays and most of the ROG choices have been (lastly) upgraded to 1080p webcams.
We haven’t any pricing but, however all of them appear to be slated for Q2 transport.
