ASUS - ROG 13.4" Touchscreen Gaming Tablet - Intel Core i9 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti V4G Graphics - 1TB SSD - Black

I really had high hopes for this one. It’s a form factor I’ve been searching for for a LONG time. It’s a well made machine for what it is. But for the price, you can get a better laptop. But if you really like the Tablet form factor it’s the best you’re gonna get. This thing as a top spec processor but the underpowered RTX 3050Ti. It ran older games just fine but the power and cooling is shared between both CPU and GPU, so they’re both underpowered on more intensive tasks. Also understand that if you’re doing this, the metal chassis will get VERY hot. Asus does offer a mobile 3080 GPU that wil free up the CPU and provide a performance boost. The problem is price. At $1500 for this mobile GPU dock (that needs to be separately powered), you’re entering high spec PC build price territory. The biggest gripe is battery life. I was able to get about 40 minutes while gaming and not much better (55 minutes) streaming videos on the web. You will need to keep the power cable nearby. That was my breaking point. I had my iPad doing the same exact task (streaming video on chrome) and while my iPad was chugging along no issues, the Z13 was on 5 percent. If the battery is that bad for a minor task like video streaming, I might as well get a desktop because I would be tether to a power cord either way. I love the attempt because I love the idea of a powerful Gaming Tablet, but honestly with the terrible battery life I might as well spend the money for a better spec gaming laptop, or a Desktop. I had to return it and begin my search again. Will be missed and hopefully the next generation will have more power or lower price point.

This is the greatest tab/top i have ever had. It is way cooler then my Microsoft surface. And i oved the surface

People who are thinking about buying this, DONT HESITATE. Worth every penny for the innovation!

Works as intended. Battery time is about 2 hours and 40 minutes fully changed on medium settings. In performance mode it will give you much less time. However the processor is fast, the tablet performs great when connected to a socket which makes it a great portable option for business travels. It's also great if you want to play games while on the go. The design makes it have breathing space since all the hardware is behind the screen while in laptop mode. All in all I am happy with the purchase. I just hope batteries make a breakthrough in the next 10 years so we can have a more powerful and longer lasting battery. I recommend buying a Usb/ethernet/hdmi/dp port hub and this is basically a portable desktop. And if you can afford it then get an external gpu and you can upgrade the graphics output as long as its something better than a 3050ti.

Okay, I know, I rated this 5 stars. I'll explain. Pretty much the only reason people are rating this below 5 stars is pretty much because of the battery life and power throttling. For a simple explanation on these cons; the battery doesn't even last 2 hours and when gaming or whatever uses the CPU and GPU at load simeltaneously, the power going to the CPU is reduced, causing it to underperform. I don't know why they do that even though a 100w power adapter is used (most likely due to thermal limits I think). But now to the reason for the 5 stars. *Tips for battery life* Originally when I bought this laptop/superior Surface Pro but ASUS, I was expecting low battery life, but not that low. I used it with the default standard GPU settings that was set in the ASUS Armoury Crate app (this app controls what power mode the CPU and GPU are on). Also, I had the CPU setting set to silent mode. I tried using it just for Google Chrome and Microsoft OneNote on battery. End result, I got about 1 hour 30 minutes of battery life, pretty bad. Now, after fiddling around with the armoury crate settings, I changed the GPU setting to eco mode and kept silent mode for the CPU. Eco mode basically disables the main discrete GPU (the RTX 3050 Ti) and switches to the integrated GPU built into the CPU. After using Google Chrome and Microsoft OneNote on battery, I managed to get over 3 hours of battery life. And according to the Windows battery estimate, it said it had another hour to go. I think that's pretty great for a 56 wHr battery (which is small for the specs) considering that it's in such a small form factor and it's literally an Intel i9 12900H. In fact, if you just use Chrome to type notes or watch videos, etc. I think you could get north of 5 hours or more on one battery charge. Also, I still had the refresh set to 120Hz (which reduces battery life by an amount, but not much). I think by default when set to eco mode, it changes the refresh down to 60Hz to save battery. Battery life of course depends 100% on what apps you have actively open and running on your computer, but I'm just giving my experience in how I got the battery life to be manageable for college classes. And of course, 5 hours of battery for a laptop still seems pathetic compared to the 12-20 hours that other uktrabooks are getting. But, you have to consider the functionality of the Z13 compared to other laptops, that's why you're reading the reviews on this ASUS Z13. On to performance and productivity. The i9 in this laptop is amazing, the GPU performs well enough and the RAM speeds are great. During gaming, due to the power limits mentioned earlier, there is some performance loss in games but they still run at very playable framerates. For the tech guys reading this; It power throttles the CPU to 2.4GHz core clock and the GPU to about 1200MHz core clock on performance or turbo mode. But I think another main factor for the CPU throttling down so much is also temps. It gets to 75 C to 85 C when gaming. Other than that, you may see the CPU clocking all the way to upwards of 5GHz single core clock speeds in the short 5 minutes of gaming before it throttles down. Using Chrome and pretty much any application I use on this laptoo runs very smoothly. Downloading things are speedy due to the Gen4 SSD (I think it's PCIE 4.0), and is noticeabley faster than my Gen3 SSD in my desktop PC. Watching videos and movies on this laptop is also amazing. The IPS panel has great color accuracy and the peak brightness is great. Back to gaming, the 120Hz refresh rate is a big factor that I was looking for in this form factor laptop. It feels much quicker/smoother and responsive compared to the typical 60Hz screens. Games look great and they feel great when playing games like New World, Minecraft, League of Legends, Apex Legends, and Rainbow Six Siege just to name a few. On average, these games had an average FPS of about 90 FPS which is actually astonoshing to me considering that the 3050 Ti is almost the slowest 30 series GPU you can get and I'm used to my RTX 3070 in my PC which runs at almost 200 FPS average in almost all those games on low settings. One more thing I want to note on taking notes (no pun intended). I think OneNote and the other Microsoft Office applications is probably your best option for using a stylus pen for notes. I personally bought a Renaisser 530C with the digital eraser I think for $39.99 on Amazon. It works great and is a great value compared to the surface pen slim. I was on the line of getting the regular surface pen on that massive sale which got it down to $40 as well or getting the Renaisser. But, I ended up getting the Renaisser because of the finction to recharge the battery rather than having to replace the Surface Pen with a AAAA battery every now and then (they do advertise a year of battery life on one battery cycle, but I have my doubts). Personally, I think taking notes with the refresh rate set to 120Hz feels smoother than 60Hz but some people may not notice the minute difference in responsiveness. Overall, I think that the functionality of this laptop pays off and is worth your money. Speaking about value. I payed $1500 open box condition for my laptop and I would not pay anymore than that. Just my opinion but you do you. Still great value compared to any Surface Pro or Surface Laptop in terms of specs (maybe not battery life). Hopefully you read this review and it helps you decide!

I owned this device for roughly a week and a half. I am a power user that plays video games, works from home and make a significant chunk of income as a professional musician. This device was so close. I wanted it to replace my iPad and I really enjoyed it for the week I had it, but I ultimately had to return it for 3 major reasons. Thank you Asus for glidex. It's bomb. --------------- The first reason is this thing is always somewhat warm. It's unsettling when you walk away from a device and it has heat radiating off of it. (Its brother, the x13 doesn't have this problem) Second major reason is the aspect ratio. The reason the iPad is the best tablet on the market is that its touch experience is amazing, but apple knew that a tablet is only good for document reading when it has a 4:3 aspect ratio. The z13 is a 16:10 aspect ratio. Though it's better than 16:9, this really gimps the device for documents, and in my case sheet music. Microsoft knew this with the surface pro (4:3) and it's the best laptop/tablet hybrid on the market. The third major reason is see-through light in the back not being flush with the device. Outside of it being very gamery, the fact that the device doesn't lay flat, and it's as heavy as it is, does not bode well for the longevity of the device. I felt like that little window was going to break at any second. It will absolutely get scratched at some point. If it's going to be a tablet form factor it has to function well as a tablet. This thing crushed games. I was really impressed and having a keyboard that doesn't get hot is an added bonus. This would have been even better if the keyboard had even a little bit of wireless capability. It even performed slightly better than my old Alienware laptop with a 1070. Great for games, not so great for productivity. The x13 is superior in this size. Make this thing 14 inches with a 4:3 aspect ratio and a flat back. I'm actually surprised they made the tablet gamery and laptop business professional. The battery life needs an improvement too. I didn't get to test any thunderbolt capabilities or the xg mobile. However, that doesn't take away from the fact it's a sub optimal tablet.

I will be honest, I did not enjoy this tablet as much as I thought I would. I can see it's uses, but for me it didn't work out, so I got the X16 instead. The great thing about this laptop, as well as the other X models is that you can use the XG Mobile with it. I hope they continue the XG Mobile because it is a fantastic product, and I hope they run it with the next generation with pcie 4x8 lanes instead of pcie 3x8 (personally I don't know why they didn't use pcie 4 instead of pcie 3). This tablet runs cool, isn't that loud, and has the added benefit of usb c charging. Now, the problem with USB C with their chargers is that you can only use theirs because of how the charging is done in the MOBO, if you use a different 100W charger it will be limited to 60W. Overall it was a cool product, I can see a lot of people using this, but for me the CPU was power limited so I ultimately returned it, as well as it not having any 32GB ram options. The x16 however has upgradeable RAM, so that is what I got instead. ASUS - keep up with the XG Mobile, even offer an alternative with the connector with an eGPU desktop card option.

So let me start by saying I love this device. I've been thinking about getting a surface pro 8 for a long time and this just does so much more as someone that wanted to do light gaming on the go. That being said this device has a few draw backs that definitely something Asus needs to address if they make a V.2. Firstly the 100w charger is not enough to keep this thing charged while gaming. I've been losing about 10% per hour while gaming. So Asus needs to not try and focus on small and compact and give us a larger charger. Dell has a 130w usb-c charger so there is no excuse for Asus to not have one for this device. That being said this thing is actually pretty powerful. I can run Elden Ring at the full 1920x1200 resolution on high and get around 50fps. And I can get pretty much locked 60fps playing Monster Hunter World with the same settings. So you can play some demanding titles on this with good results. Just don't expect to get 120fps unless you turn the settings way down. I do have the XG Mobile 3080 on the way and I hope it addresses my issue with the battery drain while gaming and lets me play much closer to 100fps in my games. But, as it stands this is the most powerful tablet you can get. So if you have been waiting for something like this then you really should get one.