#ASUS ROG FLOW Z13 PRO#
#ASUS ROG FLOW Z13 PLUS#

#ASUS ROG FLOW Z13 PLUS#

The box also includes an I/O hub with USB, video ports and an SD card reader, plus a 280W power supply. It’s not easy to get the whole thing looking neat and tidy.įor our review, this external graphics box packs an RTX 3080 mobile GPU that connects via an eight-lane PCIe Gen 3 interface. Ergonomically, the tablet and box make for a pretty convoluted setup, too.

The socket itself is also quite fiddly and feels fragile enough to be a long-term worry re. It then enters an entirely new class of both performance and device.The box plugs into a proprietary socket of the Flow tablet covered by a small removable rubber cover that would be all too easy to lose. Until, that is, you hook up the ROG XG Mobile box. So far, this is certainly a beast of a tablet. The Asus ROG Flow Z13's display is a 13.4-inch IPS item (Image credit: Future) As for the 13.4-inch display, it’s an IPS panel with a fairly epic 3,840 by 2,400 pixel resolution and 60Hz refresh. For extensive handheld operation, that kind of mass gets old pretty quickly. That, by way of example, is nearly double the heft of Apple’s beefiest 12.9-inch iPad Pro. All told, the Flow is very heavy for a tablet device at 1.18kg. So, it’s great for use on desks and tables, albeit less so for the traditional on-lap usage model at which few, if any, tablets excel.įor connectivity, you get one USB-C port with Thunderbolt support, one USB-A socket, an SD card reader, headphone jack and the ROG XG Mobile Interface which we'll come to momentarily. The sturdy 170-degree kickstand, meanwhile, allows for a wide-range of viewing and input configurations. The chassis itself is a thing of material beauty, precision milled as it is from high-density aluminium and sporting a nifty little RGB-lit window, which gives a tantalising glimpse of the tech inside. Still, with fairly slim bezels around the 13.4-inch display, the Flow Z13 has a reasonably compact overall footprint. It's thicker still with the bundled clip-on chicklet style keyboard that clips magnetically to the base of the chassis. This is incredible, and only possible with a chassis that’s a fair bit thicker than most tablets at 1.2cm. Tablet with a kickstand is just one of several usage modes for the ROG Flow Z13 (Image credit: Future) Time to find out if the Z13 actually delivers as one of the best gaming laptops out there. Both of the Asus siblings promise everything from excellent gaming performance to touch-enhanced content creation capabilities. Indeed, this tablet's closest competitor is Asus’s own ROG Flow X13, a 2-in-1 laptop that is also compatible with the XG Mobile box. The same applies to high performance laptops like the Razer Blade 15.

#ASUS ROG FLOW Z13 PRO#

As slick as Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8 is, for instance, it’s a very different proposition. There really is nothing quite like it among existing tablet PCs. Asus ROG Flow Z13 (1TB 16GB RAM) at Amazon for £1,699.99Ĭrazy? Yes, Stupid? On the contrary, the ROG XG Mobile cleverly doubles as a power supply and expansion dock with an array of ports.Ports: 1x USB Type-C, 1 x USB 3.1, SD card, 3.5mm audio jack Graphics: Intel Iris Xe, Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti, Nvidia RTX 3080

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