SeekerAsus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a refined dual-screen laptop with a gorgeous main display and nice speakers, but its keyboard is awkward and you need to use its turbo modes to eke out top performance.
-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
Product details
- ScreenPad Plus: 14 inch 4K secondary touchscreen display | Game, Stream, Create, and more.Keyboard layout:qwerty
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 16GB GDDR5
- GPU MUX switch lets the GPU communicate directly with the display, increasing performance and decreasing latency
- AMD Ryzen 7 6800H Mobile Processor (8-core/16-thread, 20MB cache, up to 4.7 GHz max boost)
- 165Hz 3ms 16” WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10 IPS-Type PANTONE Validated Display
- 16GB DDR5 4800MHz RAM | 1TB PCIe 4.0 Performance SSD | Windows 11 Home
- ROG Intelligent Cooling | AAS Plus 2.0 | Liquid Metal | Arc Flow fans | 0dB Ambient Cooling
PROS
+ Mini LED screen is beautiful and bright
+ Surprisingly good speakers
+ Refined design
CONS
- Awkward keyboard and touchpad placement
- Some other RTX 4090 machines performed better
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Tom's Hardware on March 29, 2023
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a refined dual-screen laptop with a gorgeous main display and nice speakers, but its keyboard is awkward and you need to use its turbo modes to eke out top performance.
80
By PCMag on June 30, 2022
Designed for deep-pocketed enthusiasts, the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is an impressive, spendy display of engineering, with its elegant dual-screen setup and top-end performance.
80
By TechRadar on July 15, 2022
Next-gen components and a new, bigger primary display make this the best Zephyrus Duo model yet, with great performance and a vibrant pair of screens plus some of the best speakers we’ve seen in a gaming laptop.
90
By IGN on April 11, 2023
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a niche laptop that makes the most sense for gamers already committed to a two-screen life. It performs well overall and can render modern games at max settings, but when a laptop with an RTX 4080 can perform nearly as well or better, it really makes you question the overall value. But that has been the story for RTX 4090 laptops in general so far, and what the Duo 16 does, it does well. Still, it’s not a laptop I would recommend for most people. Unless you absolutely love the idea of an integrated second screen and are willing to live with the trade-offs to achieve it, it’s best to look elsewhere.
70
By PCWorld on February 22, 2023
The Aus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is the most capable dual screen laptop for gamers and content creators we’ve used to date, performing superbly in games and creative apps and delivering superlative visuals that you’d be hard pressed to find elsewhere.
80
By IGN on July 05, 2022
Two years later and the second display of the Duo 16 feels like it has more of a purpose than it did before. Maybe that’s because the way I use a computer has changed, or perhaps it’s because it just took some time for it to make sense. It’s hard to recommend anyone go out and spend $4,000 on a gaming laptop, but if you’re in the market for a device that feels futuristic and provides a different experience, then the Duo 16 makes a lot of sense. That said, I think if I was set on getting a Duo 16 because of the second screen, I would start with the entry-level model and either slowly replace parts myself, or live with the performance.
80
By TrustedReviews on July 06, 2022
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a hugely powerful gaming laptop with a superb main display and a genuinely useful secondary screen. Yet the design also has some major drawbacks and it’s a very expensive mobile rig. Buy if you really want that second screen, but look elsewhere if it’s not a must have.
80