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1. #ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO HOW TO#
2. #ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO 1080P#
3. #ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO WINDOWS 10#
4. #ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO PRO#
5. #ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO SERIES#

Some of these tricks do work, but some are still more trouble than they’re worth. While you play, you could keep Discord chats and stream controls on deck, follow along with a YouTube tutorial, swap between Spotify playlists, adjust settings on the fly in Asus’ Armoury Crate app, or keep an eye on clocks in MSI Afterburner. It’s easy to see how a second screen could be a great addition to a gaming rig. I’d recommend that serious gamers go for the 300Hz configuration (especially since you’ll see a significant frame rate drop if you try to max out these titles in 4K - that’s a big ask even of modern desktops). Of course, this model is locked to displaying 60fps, so you won’t be able to see those frame rates. On Civilization VI, a game where I can see the dual-screen setup being quite useful, the Zephyrus averaged 145fps at the highest settings.

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That’s not the best result you’ll see, but it’s only slightly worse than the Razer Blade Pro 17, which averaged 95fps. That was at the highest settings, with ray tracing on Ultra.

#ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO 1080P#

It ran Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p at an average of 87fps. Off the bat: this is a real gaming laptop. The ScreenPad works just fine for everyday use The GPU is paired with 8GB of DDR6 VRAM. All told, as we saw with the ZenBook Duo, the ScreenPad works just fine for everyday use.īut whether it’s well-suited to gaming is another question. Things closed and opened when I needed them to.

Windows resized appropriately and kept the widths they were assigned. And you can create “task groups” of apps or tabs, which you can then open up later with a single click.Īsus has really worked out ScreenPad’s kinks since the days of the ZenBook Pro Duo, its first shot at a dual-screen OLED desktop replacement. There’s also a button that immediately swaps the two screens’ tabs and automatically resizes them to fit, and a toggle that locks and unlocks the keyboard. In the Launcher menu, a secondary dock that lives on the left side of the ScreenPad, you can quickly access a number of apps, including Number Key (a virtual numpad), Handwriting (where you can scribble on the ScreenPad, and the text will show up wherever your cursor is), and Quick Key (where you can tap various commands like cut, copy, and paste). That’s seven mandatory agreements and 15 optional ones to use the ROG Zephyrus Duo 15.Īsus has a few handy features to help you organize everything. Register for a McAfee account with your Asus credentials.Privacy settings, including online speech recognition, find my device, inking and typing, advertising ID, location, diagnostic data, and tailored experiences.

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#ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO SERIES#

Crammed into the front half of the chassis is an RGB keyboard with a tiny touchpad to its right.ĪGREE TO CONTINUE: Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15Įvery smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it - contracts that no one actually reads. Below that screen is the ScreenPad, a 14.1-inch wide, 3840 x 1100 touchscreen panel built into the back half of the keyboard deck, which lifts slightly off the chassis and tilts toward you at a 13-degree angle. You can also get a 300Hz FHD panel, which would be the better pick if you’re buying this primarily to play games. My unit has a 15.6-inch 4K UHD primary display. The Zephyrus is set up similarly to other Duo models.

The star of the show is Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, its top-end RTX GPU for thin gaming laptops. It comes with Intel’s Core i9-10980HK, 32GB of RAM (DDR4), and 2TB of storage. The Duo I tested goes for - brace yourself - $3,699. I’d hold off on buying this until they do.

#ASUS ZEPHYRUS DUO HOW TO#

And while the ScreenPad certainly has its uses, Asus hasn’t quite figured out how to unlock its full potential yet. Buy for $3,699.99 from B&H Buy for $3,699.00 from Amazonīut it’s also quite expensive for a 15-inch gaming laptop - you’re definitely paying extra for the dual screens.