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Asus ROG Flow X13 and XG Mobile, nomadic and sedentary

Asus ROG Flow X13 and XG Mobile, nomadic and sedentary

Little surprise, Asus ROG is announcing a new ultra portable dedicated to gamers using this CES 2021, but we can especially finish with the full eGPU.

We didn’t dream of it, but Asus did, and now we clearly dream of it. Asus has announced its brand new ROG flow X13, An ultra-thin laptop for gamers with a hinge 360 So any level of content consumption can be accepted. The ROG flow X13 The 15.8mm thick weighs only 1.3kg. AMD Raison with mobile processor and GPU a GeForce GTX 1650, We may be wondering if qualifying as a gaming laptop is a bit light. This is the place ROG XG Mobile, An external box that acts not only as an external hub for attachments but also as an external graphics card. Disappointed with the Thunderbolt 4, Asus has made its own connection to allow unrestricted use when the ROG Flow X13 is docked.

Let’s go back for a moment ROG flow X13 A CPU on its interior AMD Raison Mobile The new generation, up to 32GB of LPDTR4X-4266 RAM, consumes 50% less power compared to the regular DTR4, and it takes up 46% less space on the motherboard and 1TB on the SSD. So it is a 16:10 format 13 inch screen and Pantone certified ultra-portable laptop. The screen offers 4K resolution at 60 Hz or full HD at 120 Hz. The whole thing weighs 1.3 kg and is only 15.8 mm thick. The user still has a dedicated graphics card up to GeForce GTX 1650. It’s not very powerful, but it can play any multimedia content, especially indie games. Finally, there is a compatible USB-C port Display Port 1.4, Second USB-C port, HDMI 2.0B output, charging via USB-A port, jack and USB-C, and according to Asus, ROG Flow X13 Provides 10 hours of battery life in video mode.

For example what to do when you need more power to run Cyberbunk 2077? This is where the ROG XG mobile comes into operation, according to an EGPU and a Taiwanese manufacturer with a proprietary link to Asus, which is faster than the Thunderbolt 4, which ensures uninterrupted use and what is not yet supported on the Thunderbolt 3 eGPUs. We are talking about 63GBps bandwidth. The ROG XG Mobile comes in the form of an external box weighing 1 kg with 4 USB-A ports, an SD / STXC port, a Gigabit Ethernet port, an HDMI 2.0A output and a visual output. Port 1.4. The whole thing is powered by 280W to manage ROG XG Mobile and ROG Flow X13. Finally, ROG XG Mobile integrates the new generation Nvidia GPU GeForce RTX3XX from Nvidia.

Count from 1799 euros ROG Flow X13 to end January and 1499 euros For the ROG XG mobile planned for the first quarter of 2021.