ASUS - ROG 13.4" Touchscreen Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti V4G Graphics - 1TB SSD

I have been looking for an ultraportable gaming machine for a while. I already have a super mega powerful desktop gaming PC. The idea behind this laptop was to be a very portable unit that would allow me to play my games anywhere. If you are looking for a machine that can play every game in 4K @ 200 FPS with ultra settings this is not the machine for you. If you are looking for an ultraportable machine with very good performance for it's weight class you will be very pleased. PROS: - Super light (less than 3 pounds) - Great build quality - Compatible with the Asus portable GPU (RTX 3080) sold separately - Looks like a gaming laptop but does not go overboard with gaming craziness - Amazing screen (1920 X 1200) and touch enabled - 120HZ!!! - Can be used as a tablet - Trackpad is small but very responsive - 1 TB SSD is plenty of storage - Lot's of ports on both sides - Great price, especially on sale - I got mine for $1199 - Does not come with bloatware - Fingerprint reader on the power button works well CONS: - Comes with Windows 10 - can be easily upgraded to Win11 - The webcam does not have Windows hello (facial recognition login) - this is not a big deal - Battery life is good but could be better SETUP - Download all the Windows Updates (includes some BIOS updates) and then Upgrade to Windows 11. The Windows 10 installer will ask you if you want to upgrade to Windows 11. NOTE: if you have any issues after the upgrade to windows 11 -> do a full: "reset this PC" from Windows 11. This will give you a full new clean install of Windows 11 including all the ASUS software and drivers. Once in Windows 11: - Download all the Asus Amour Crate Updates and NVIDIA Geforce driver updates. Also Download the updates on the app called MyAsus, PERFORMANCE: In order to play games while in battery mode, go to Geforce Experience and disable the battery saver function. This function limits the frame rates of all games to 30 FPS while in battery mode (leave on if you only game while on AC) Go to NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D settings -> * Shader Cache Size set to 1GB * Texture Filtering - Quality set to "Performance" Performance examples: - Halo Infinite: AC plugged in - Med settings - 1920 X 1200 , 80-90 FPS - Battery: 60 FPS - Horizon Zero Dawn: Med settings - 1920 X 1200 - 80 FPS - Battery 60 FPS - TimeSpy overall score: around: 4300 A couple of things to know: 1. The only AC adapter that will allow you to do Turbo mode in Armour Crate is the one that comes with the machine. Other adapters will charge the laptop but will not let you do turbo mode (you can do any other mode though). Which by the way Turbo is not a big jump in performance 2. There is another USB C port on the left side, just remove the little rubber piece that says ROG 3. The box comes with a cardboard stand for your laptop. You just have to fold it (don't throw it away) it can help with cooling. I would recommend getting a more robust metal stand for this. (see photo) 4. The 2022 model is the exact machines with a faster processor and RAM. The difference is minimal, especially in gaming. I hope this helps! Enjoy it!

Portable powerhouse. I frequently travel so naturally have to carry my laptop around with me. This one is so light and powerful at the same time, i absolutely love it. I'm a software engineer by profession so I'm able to install computationally heavy softwares and they run well. I also play games on this and am able to play AAA on medium-high settings.

If you want a 13.3" ultra-lite 2-in-1 gaming computer, this is the only way to go. Literally. Speed: The attached photo shows it all. I ran Passmark 3D on my Ryzen-9 3900 desktop with an old GTX-970, my newer HP Omen (9th Gen I-7, GTX 1650ti) and this PC (Ryzen 9 5900HS, RTX 3050). The desktop is the hands down winner. Surprisingly, the HP Omen came in second place, largely because the RTX 3050 sucks air. The processor speed is good, particularly for a laptop and blows away the 9th gen I-7. On the other hand, I am unaware of a faster ultra-lite or 2-in-1 on the market. Battery Life: All the computing power results in a not great battery life. Real world battery life appears to be around 4-1/2 hours with the RTX-3050 turned off and somewhere under 2 hours with it on. I believe if you put the Ryzen on "low" and turn down the screen brightness, you can get around 7 hours of battery life. Screen: It is a 2-in 1 so it has a touch screen which I view as necessary for a laptop. It has a 120Hz refresh rate (twice most screens) which is really good for gaming. The colors are colors nice and it bright enough for most situations. The screen is 16:10 which is wider than the standard 16:9. Hard drive: Gaming requires substantial hard drive space as modern games are large. It is also nice for storing large data files such as movies. Connectivity: It has only 1 standard USB port, a USB C port and an unusual port for an ASUS specialty external video card. It should have more ports and a micro-sd card reader. The lack of a card reader is a major disappointment. Fit and finish: It feels solid. The keyboard is nice with adequate throw and good tactile feedback. Conclusion: I very much like this PC. Great processor, screen, portability I give it an 8 out of 10 because the video card is not adequate and its lack of sufficient USB ports or a micro-sd slot.

Honestly I wish I chose the Zephyrus over this computer but I was pulled in by the low-quality webcam that the Zephyrus lacked. Overall it's a decent computer able to run everything and anything, but it's unable to last more than 3 hours without direct charge. It's been 2 years and today it mainly sits on it's cooling station with the charger plugged in. If you have another monitor you can have a dual-monitor set-up by treating your laptop screen as the secondary monitor so that's a plus! If you plan to be a student who needs to open larger programs in places where you can't be plugged in, I would suggest against this laptop. The CPU is pretty sweet though! Another thing I'd comment on is the lack of IO options... I've spent a lot of money switching through USB-A extension dongles these past 2 years. Lastly, the speakers inside broke maybe a year into usage. I never replaced them because I almost always use bluetooth headphones / speakers but you can find replacement parts online for ~$30.

I’ve had this laptop for over two years now and have had a little problems other than multiple Hot pixels on the screen kind of annoying and they happened it only about a year in and I was pretty unimpressed by the palm rejection on the touch screen. other than that as a thin and light laptop, it works perfectly for me. I mainly use it for graphic design work/ 3d modeling, and some light gaming. I would not use this as my main system, though as the screen is a little small and the fans can get pretty loud.

This is as close to a perfect ultraportable you can get. Very powerful for its size, screen is good (not great because it doesn’t get as bright as others and colors are not fully covered), battery life is great, the build quality is almost perfect (it slightly picks up smudges, the hinge is slightly loose for my preference, there is slight asymmetry of the hinges), the keyboard is very nice (great key travel, even crisp and bright backlighting, dedicated controls at the top), software is actually very nice for gaming machine (can control profiles, gpu utilization, phone connectivity and much more), ports are a mixed bag (while I like the inclusion of usb c with pd on both sides there is only one usb A, no hdmi and no micro sd/SD card slot. Price for this machine is reasonable (when on sale). I would not pay more than 1300. The XG mobile makes this machine extremely flexible but I’m not ready to pay another 1300+ for it. In my opinion the XG mobile should be no more than 1000 especially given the premium already charged for the flow.

the laptop is very compact and powerful, the RTX 3050ti with 35w gives good performance and its processor is very powerful, actually everything on the laptop is very good, things like the screen hinge is not very stable, you can't expand nothing, only the M.2 but being 30mm format there is practically no more than 1tb, they are understandable sacrifices due to the compactness of the device, but what is unforgivable is the bad response time of the screen, 32ms!!! this produces a horrible and unbearable ghosting, personally I could not continue using it as a personal laptop since it is a team for portable work and games, and it is precisely in games that it is most noticeable, not everyone notices this problem, so yes for you this is not a problem there is no other major problem, it is an excellent lapop, I really liked it but the ghosting detail ruined my experience, I don't know why asus puts those screens on compact devices, like the G14 2020 and 2021 that also have the same problem, and they are not cheap equipment - note: the tests were done with the fans at maximum and in FPS screen mode (supposedly decreased ghosting but there is no difference) and the results of the stress test with the cpu and gpu at maximum are after 30 minutes

Why I ended up here (laptop only--no eGPU): 1) Compact size+weight (<3 lbs, 13" screen class ) 2) Full size ports (USB A, HDMI, etc.) 3) Hardware (Ryzen 7 and RTX3050ti) simply unreal. 4) 120Hz 16:10 screen 5) Unassuming/elegant design; no freaking RGB gamer flair. (ie. instead we're greeted with clean, white, backlit keys) 6) Better value than the xps13 for the price (another strong candidate) 7) 2-in-1 touch screen was not a requirement, but is a bonus. As for the external 3070/3080 option, no. Maybe someday. Who knows, could be a better deal in the coming years the way consumer GPUs are selling. As for gripes: I would have liked a pen and sleeve included. They clearly wanted to cut accessory costs for this laptop-only option. But stil, for $1500 it would have been nice. If this seems compelling to you so far, my next choice may have been the Zephyrus 14" but that machine starts to deviate from a few of my stylistic preferences. But, you get a few extra gigs of vram and that's not nothing. I had some concern the battery life would be lacking for office use (low power, but on constantly) but am happy to report this was unfounded. Though it's worth getting acquainted with the various ASUS software controls. Power management was obviously a big goal with this laptop, as long as you use it efficiently. Final thought, if like me you have spent way too much time trying to find a suitable carry sleeve for this, try searching for the 'old' 13" macbook pro case options. They were nearly the same size, but a tiny bit longer.