ASUS ROG Flow X13 Hong Kong hands-on
The ROG Flow X13, which was announced through the online CES 2021 earlier this year, was finally confirmed to be listed in Hong Kong today. This model can be said to be a laptop + external GPU, which is a complete set, which can meet both portable and heavy computing use. How can you say that? Just keep reading.
ASUS ROG Flow X13 Hong Kong hands-on
As far as the laptop itself is concerned, ROG Flow X13 is already a strong two-in-one thin and light notebook, weighing only 1.3kg and 15.8mm thick, but it is already equipped with the highest AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS processor + NVIDIA GeForce RTX3050Ti Independent display, coupled with optional Pantone certified WQUXGA or 120Hz WUXGA touch screen. Regardless of the requirements for image processing, efficient games, and daily work, such specifications are sufficient.
ASUS ROG Flow X13 Hong Kong hands-on
But when it comes to completeness, you have to connect the small XG Mobile external display box with the built-in RTX 3080! In order to fully enjoy the performance of this flagship GPU, ASUS has used the PCIe Gen 3 x8 interface (pictured below), which is rare in the market, which can provide a 63Gb/s transfer rate exceeding Thunderbolt.
ASUS ROG Flow X13 Hong Kong hands-on
At the same time, there are also abundant I/Os. In addition to the two sets of USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, one set of USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, HDMI 2.0b, and 3.5mm headphone jacks of the laptop, four more USB- A. One DisplayPort, one HDMI and one network jack can form an array of up to five screens, while 3080 provides more powerful image processing.
ASUS ROG Flow X13 Hong Kong hands-on
If you only want the thin and light design of Flow X13, there will be a stand-alone version of R7 5800HS + GTX 1650 in Hong Kong, priced at HK$17,998. But if you want to fully enjoy the possibility of Flow X13, you can actually give it up to HK$29,998, and the specifications are already the top R9 + 3050Ti + 32GB DDR4 + 1TB M.2, and then choose the higher one. The resolution is only a screen specification with a high refresh rate. Flow X13 comes with a special protective cover, ROG Stylus stylus with 4,096 pressure sensitivity, ROG Chakram Core mouse and USB-to-Lan converter.
