The ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX701
Updated on 24 January 2019: Added details on local price and availability.
Originally published on 7 January 2019:
ASUS has given the ROG Zephyrus S a thorough update for 2019.
The new model is called the ROG Zephyrus S GX701 and the first big change is the display. It has been upsized from 15.6-inch in the old model to 17.3-inch. Clearly, there's a demand for gaming notebooks with larger displays.
Despite the larger display, ASUS says the Zephyrus S is the world's thinnest 17-inch gaming notebook. Thickness is an impressive 18.7mm and weight is 2.7kg - commendable for a high-end gaming notebook.
The 17.3-inch IPS display supports Full-HD resolution, NVIDIA G-Sync, a response time of 3ms, and a high refresh rate of 144Hz.
Locally, the Zephyrus S GX701 will be available with the following specifications:
- Intel Core i7-8750H processor
- 24GB of DDR4 2666MHz RAM (8GB + 16GB)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
- 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD
The highlight here is obviously the new GeForce RTX class graphics. According to NVIDIA, a notebook with a mobile GeForce RTX 2080 will outperform a system with a desktop GeForce GTX 1080.
In addition, the existing 15.6-inch model has been updated with NVIDIA's new RTX GPUs as well. It will now come in the following configuration:
- Intel Core i7-8750H processor
- 16GB of DDR4 2666MHz RAM
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
- 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD
The 17.3-inch ROG Zephyrus S GX701 and 15.6-inch ROG Zephyrus S GX531 will retail at S$4,998 and S$3,698 respectively starting from the mid-February. They will be available to buy at all ASUS Brand Shops and authorized retailers.
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