ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE (GX551) in the configuration we tested has a 300 Hz Full HD panel – Sharp LQ156M1JW25 (SHP152C). As with Handbrake, lower times are better here. But, at the end of the first benchmark test we did - we said that you should take our test with a grain of salt since we're using pre-released drivers, … Editor's Choice. On top of that, Nvidia's Max-Q nomenclature has become more muddied and general if not outright vague, so it's difficult to know what you're getting just from the name. Despite the sky-high price of our test configuration (we'd recommend one of Asus' lower-cost models, for several reasons), the base model of the GX551 actually costs less than its GX550 predecessor. As for 4K resolution though – it did improve quite a lot. PCMag Digital Group. To get a sense of how the new components perform, I've put the Zephyrus Duo GX551 up against not only its predecessor but competing high-end gaming laptops. Will the GPU results be as strong? That's not exactly a game-changer, but it's the sort of convenience you enjoy when paying for a luxury feature like a second display. The ScreenPad Plus is now available in full HD and UHD as well. The ScreenPad Plus allows you to have Discord, or any other chat app, open at all times. The PCMark 10 test we run simulates different real-world productivity and content creation workflows. Here you'll find an Ethernet jack, an HDMI output, and another USB 3.1 Type-A port, completing an overall solid port selection. To some extent, a higher score on this test doesn't matter too much for daily use: past a certain threshold, all of these laptops are more than fast enough for everyday jobs and multitasking. We'll touch more on what they can do in a moment, but the concept is still impressive, as is the laptop's staying slim and portable while housing the dual displays. The panel also covers 100% of the Adobe RGB color space — making it perfect for gamers, creators, or one who does both. Endeffekt. Mit dem ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 scheint Asus nun zu versuchen, Ihnen ein Kraftpaket eines Laptops zu verkaufen, das alles kann. Enter your email address to subscribe to Tech-Critter and receive notifications of new posts by email. Your subscription has been confirmed. Previously, the secondary display was only available in UHD (technically 3,840 by 1,100 pixels given its unusual dimensions), but the lower-res option effectively gives the system a lower starting price. As we can see at the top right corner, both CPU and GPU are not at 100% utilization. We also run a custom Adobe Photoshop image editing benchmark. Not only did the MSI's GeForce RTX 3080 outrun its counterpart in the new Zephyrus, the latter failed to surpass the Alienware's RTX 3070. The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 has adopted the dual-screen capabilities of the ZenBook Pro Duo, and converted it for gaming purposes. Asus’ dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 gaming laptop adds a handy, eye-catching second screen while improving cooling and keeping fan noise down in the process. The clearest takeaway is this: The GX551 is generally a luxury buy given its price and non-essential dual-screen design, but it's very well executed, and the base price is actually quite reasonable for what it is. You can't pick and choose screens in any combination—there are three models of the Zephyrus Duo, and the screens are tied to other components. So now we know that the processor sings, and AMD has another multi-threaded muscle chip on its hands. On to the next tests... 3DMark measures relative graphics muscle by rendering sequences of highly detailed, gaming-style 3D graphics that emphasize particles and lighting. Then the motherboard’s BIOS. We move on to GTA V. You can drag and drop any windows from the main display onto the second screen as you would with an external monitor (though doing so is slightly more difficult, as app windows and the cursor appear fairly small once you move them onto the ScreenPad Plus). Two of the casualties of this unique screen setup are the keyboard and the touchpad. The name itself hints at the mysterious feature. Clearly, there's no doubt the Duo's RTX 3080 is objectively as potent as you'd hope for such a top-ranked GPU in such a top-priced laptop. We first tested a Ryzen 5000 series processor in the Asus ROG Flow X13 and it lived up to high expectations, so I was eager to see how one would perform in a larger 15.6-inch laptop. The 2021 GX551 model (starts at $2,199.99; $3,699.99 as tested) brings both AMD's new Ryzen 5000 mobile processors and Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs to bear, delivering improved gaming and media-editing performance. In this test, we loop a video—a locally stored 720p file of the same Tears of Steel short we use in our Handbrake test—with screen brightness set at 50 percent and volume at 100 percent until the system quits. Endnote ab 26.02.21 verfügbar. Hardware and performance. The second screen is useful, and the system puts forth some decent gaming performance. The synthetic scores show raw power, while the game frame rates are far enough above 60fps to make use of the 120Hz screen. Next is Maxon's CPU-crunching Cinebench R15 test, which is fully threaded to make use of all available processor cores and threads. PCMag, PCMag.com and PC Magazine are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis, LLC and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. Schnickschnack und alles dazwischen – das Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 bietet alles. Matthew Buzzi is a Hardware Analyst at PCMag, focusing on laptops and desktops with a specialty in gaming systems and games. This dual-screen gaming laptop mirrors Asus's own ZenBook Pro Duo design, boasting a second full-width touch display between the keyboard and main screen, but enhances it further with a tilting, retracting mechanism. The big frame rate discrepancy here is because of how different scenes affect ray-tracing. Fortunately, you get a pleasantly surprising variety of software customization options for the screen. The table below shows their names and specs. Sign up for What's New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning. Fazit Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. It packs the latest AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop, 32GB RAM, and double 1TB NVMe SSD in RAID 0. Sehr gut. The $2,199.99 base model combines a Ryzen 7 5800H processor, 16GB of memory, a 1TB solid-state drive, a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, and the full HD versions of both the main display and ScreenPad Plus. The Alienware m15 R4 is our reigning Editors' Choice award holder for 15-inch gaming laptops and to date the best RTX 30 series performer we've seen, making its inclusion here essential. The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 puts two screens in one 15-inch chassis. The keyboard is shifted to the front edge of the laptop to make room for the screen, and it's mostly fine to use, but there's really nowhere to rest your wrists. Für das Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 gilt eine einjährige Garantie. Anyway, let’s start with the benchmarks. For example, this Zephyrus Duo 15 SE GX551Q is rated at 115W typical, but it can boost up to 130W with Dynamic Boost 2.0. The flagship configuration we reviewed, on the other hand, is harder to recommend unless money is no object. Matthew earned a degree in Mass Communications/Journalism and interned for a college semester at Kotaku, writing about gaming before turning it into part of his career. ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 (GX551) im Test: Asus' Kuriosum mit 120 Hz überzeugt. Again, the saner-priced configs seem much more worthwhile. Then comes CS:GO. Okay, so it's been quite some time since we published our benchmark results of the new ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE GX551Q. Lasst euch nicht vom endlosen Namen abschrecken: Denn das ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550LXS ist das erste wirklich durchdachte Dual-Screen-Notebook, was ich in die Hände bekommen durfte. ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 is very cool, powerful and unusual machine. Our review unit is the top-of-the-line version, an eye-watering $3,699.99 with the UHD 120Hz display, UHD ScreenPad Plus, Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, 32GB of memory, 2TB of SSD storage, and GeForce RTX 3080 GPU.