As an alternative of asserting a bunch of all-new gaming laptops at this 12 months’s CES, Asus has determined to “max out” its present line-up, as Nvidia’s newest graphics playing cards come tumbling into the cell market.
Not solely will these transportable powerhouses run on a extra various mixture of next-gen core specs, there’s additionally bunch of gaming-focused upgrades on the best way too: enhancements to the panel tech, thermals and software program, with the latter hopefully giving the battery life a little bit of a lift in mild of their extra power-hungry parts.
On the compact finish of the spectrum, we’ll see even the 2023 Zephyrus G14 packing something as much as an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and AMD Ryzen 9 Zen 4 combo—that is all we have on the AMD spec, however we’ll know extra tomorrow when the purple workforce makes them recognized. The subsequent evolution of the Zephyrus G15 will see it take over as the brand new G16, with an Intel Core i9 13900H configurable as much as an RTX 4070. And whereas the present G15 solely sports activities AMD tech, the brand new G16 is Intel. Each use basically the identical chassis, nonetheless.
The brand new Zephyrus M16 alternatively has had an impressive-sounding redesign, chassis and all. With the potential for it is high-powered i9 13900H processor and 120W (145W turbo) RTX 4090 to push it it is restrict greater than 20 watts greater than the earlier 12 months’s mannequin. There’s all the time going to be a fear over thermal throttling, so by the use of offsetting this, it should include a bigger, full-width heatsink and Tri-Fan Expertise. Although we’ll should see how that interprets into actual world temps once we get our arms on one for testing.
A lot the identical as with the brand new Strix and Move gaming laptops (opens in new tab) Asus simply introduced, we’ll even be seeing MUX switches throughout the lineup. These ought to assist with regards to battery life, by dynamically switching profiles if you go from gaming to straightforward use.
The Zephyrus M16 in situ. (Picture credit score: Asus)
The Zephyrus lineup additionally has the choice to configure with the brand new Nebula panels coming with 500 nits of brightness, 100% DCI-P3 protection. The Zephyrus G16’s Nebula choice is barely greater than its predecessor, with a 16:10 side ratio.
This 12 months we’ll even be seeing Nebula HDR shows on extra than simply the present ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 and Move X16. The Zephyrus M16, and G14 too, may have the choice so as to add these Mini-LED panels, which provide up 1,024 dimming zones, 1,100 nits peak, and a 240Hz refresh fee at 1440p. The G14’s Nebula HDR show solely stretches to 600 nits, 165Hz, and 504 dimming zones, although we’re hopeful this would be the 12 months we’re somebody convinces us that HDR is price it for PC gaming.
Both means, the panels look nice in individual, from what little I’ve seen.
As for the 2023 Zephyrus Duo 16—that laptop computer with the additional panel between the primary display and keyboard (the display pad plus)—the 2023 mannequin’s little hacker panel has been upgraded to make use of etched Gorilla Glass DXC. So it’s going to be good and hard for these angery hacker faucets.
Severely although, what sort of mistreatment are we anticipating these machines to be subjected to?
The total Zephyrus lineup will probably be hitting us late within the first quarter of 2023, or early second quarter, with the decrease spec RTX 4050/Ryzen 7 7735HS mannequin coming in at £1,900 all the best way as much as the RTX 4080 mannequin Duo 16, with its Ryzen 9 5950X, for £3,900.
The RTX 4090 mannequin M16 mannequin will probably be coming in at £4,100. We’re nonetheless ready on US pricing, however will replace right here when it comes by way of.
