Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 2023 GX650PY

The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is Asus' refreshed range of quirky gaming laptops with a second secondary ROG ScreenPad Plus display, liquid metal cooling system and damn powerful hardware. They are part of the 2023 Zephyrus line, belong to the upper price segment, and are designed for wealthy gamers, e-sportsmen and enthusiasts who are ready to overpay for top-end hardware and unusual equipment.

The key feature of the series is the auxiliary touch display ROG ScreenPad Plus, located between the main screen and the keyboard. You can literally add anything to it, from a numeric keypad or a set of macros for some in-game actions, to a conditional map in RTS or a character development menu in any modern RPG. Unlike the 2021-2022 models, ScreenPad Plus now not only rises, but also slides back, visually connecting with the main display.

And under the screen there is an additional place for the release of hot air. The ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 uses extremely powerful hardware. Depending on the modification, the Acer Nitro 5 can be equipped with a near-top 8-core Ryzen 7 processor or a 16-core flagship Ryzen 9 7945HX with 64 MB of cache, multi-threaded data processing and auto-overclocking up to 5.4 GHz. 3D graphics processing is provided by the flagship modification of the GeForce RTX 4090 video accelerator with 16 GB of video memory and a maximum TDP of 164 watts.

The new generation of accelerators from NVIDIA boasts an upgraded hardware ray tracing system and a more sophisticated DLSS artificial scaling system, which can increase the average FPS when system resources are low. Depending on the modification, the amount of DDR5 RAM can be up to 64 GB. For cooling, a sophisticated cooling system with Thermal Grizzly liquid metal thermal paste.

To make every game frame look extremely clear, the manufacturer installed 16-inch screens, built on the basis of a miniLED class matrix, into all laptops, which are chic in every sense. The screen displays an image with a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels, the highest refresh rate of 240 Hz, an instant response speed of 3 ms and natural color reproduction. Support for AMD FreeSync technology and highly dynamic HDR10 / Dolby Vision formats is also announced. In addition, the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is equipped with a high-end gaming keyboard with individual backlit keys, fast charging, a Face ID camera, a scattering of high-quality speakers with Dolby Atmos, as well as modern HDMI 2.1 and USB4 ports with Thunderbolt support.