Yesterday, we featured all the ASUS Republic of Gamers laptops that will be available for sale in the coming months. Unlike in previous years, all ASUS ROG Zephyrus and ASUS ROG Strix models will be based on the AMD platform this time around. In addition, AMD Ryzen processors 5000 also went to a completely new design – ASUS ROG Flow X 13, which is an interesting idea for an additional eGPU station, without using the Thunderbolt 3/4 interface. Today, in turn, we present another new products from the manufacturer, focusing on Intel Tiger Lake processors. The first laptop is a gaming design – TUF Gaming Dush F 15, which presents a redesigned TUF Gaming line. The second laptop is the ASUS ZenBook Duo ultrabook 14 UX 482 – a model that we have been testing for several weeks.

At CES 2021, ASUS revealed new laptops from the TUF Gaming brand. Among them, among others redesigned TUF Gaming Dash F 15 with Intel Tiger Lake-H processors 35 and GeForce RTX 3000.

ASUS TUF Gaming Dash F 15 is a completely new design from the TUF Gaming line. It features a redesigned design that draws heavily on last year’s ROG Zephyrus G 5000 . The equipment will be available in gray and white. On the outer cover we find not only the new TUF logo, but also a large TUF inscription placed vertically, right on the left edge. The keyboard was also modified, thus removing the numeric block. The size of the touchpad has also been slightly increased. However, I have one objection to the keyboard – even though the laptop is 15, 6 “design, the arrow keys have been further reduced, now more reminiscent of ultrabooks. plus the separation of the hardware activation key and additional function keys. The whole has an interesting, green backlight, which fits nicely with the white housing. The cooling system has also been modified – the built-in fans now have 83 shoulders. Last year’s models only had 53. The blades are built on the basis of liquid crystal polymer. The manufacturer declares that the new laptop will not only be cooler, but also quieter. In Performance mode, the volume of the new ASUS TUF Gaming laptops (both A 15/AND17 and Dash F 15) must not exceed 40 dBA.

ASUS TUF Gaming Dash F 14 uses Intel Tiger Lake-H processors 35 as Intel Core i5 – 11300 H and Intel Core i7 – 11370 H. Perhaps there will also be a Core i7 – 11375 H with clock up to 5.0 GHz in Turbo Boost 2.0 mode, but we do not have such confirmation yet. In the case of graphics cards, we can count on NVIDIA GeForce RTX systems 3060 with 6 GB VRAM and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. However, until I test the hardware, I remain skeptical of such a connection, even if in the case of Tiger Lake-H systems 11300 we have a new Willow Cove architecture instead of Skylake. In the case of matrices, we will receive two panels – IPS Full HD 100 Hz (the same screen as last year’s TUF Gaming models, so by approx. % sRGB coverage) and IPS Full HD 240 Hz Close 100% sRGB coverage.

Specification	ASUS TUF Gaming Dash F 15	ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX 482
Processor	Intel Core i5 – 11300 H (4C / 8T) Intel Core i7 – 11370 H (4C / 8T) Intel Core i7 – 11375 H (?) (4C / 8T)	Intel Core i7 – 1165 G7
Graphics Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	Intel Iris Xe Graphics NVIDIA GeForce MX 450
RAM	To 24 / 32 GB maximum 1 x SO-DIMM 16 GB 8 or 16 GB soldered DDR4 3200 MHz, Dual Channel	To 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
Disk	Up to 1 TB SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe	Up to 1 TB SSD M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
Matrix	15, 6 “IPS 1920 x 1080 100 Hz, 25 ms, ~ 60% sRGB 15, 6 “IPS 1920 x 1080 240 Hz, 3 ms, ~ 100% sRGB	14, 0 “IPS 1920 x 1080 100% sRGB, 400 rivets, touch 14, 0 “IPS ScreenPad + ~ 60% sRGB, Touch
Connectors	1x Thunderbolt 4 (DP 1.4, Power Delivery 3.0 ) 3x USB 3.1 Type A Gen.1 1x HDMI 2.0 1x Ethernet RJ – 45 1x 3.5mm audio jack	2x Thunderbolt 4 1x USB 3.1 Type A Gen.2 1x HDMI 2.0 1x 3.5mm audio-jack
Battery	76 Wh	72 Wh
Power Supply	180 In or 200 In Adapter 100 In USB-C (chargeable and usable)	65 In
Weight	2.1 kg	1.6 kg

The second laptop presented is the ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX 482, so the latest version 14 – an inch ultrabook with two screens, which he debuted for the first time two years ago. This time, the new version of ZenBook Duo 13 uses the solution offered on the occasion of the gaming ROG Zephryus Duo 15. The additional ScreenPad + screen is set at a slight angle when opening the notebook flap, thus improving not only the comfort of using the additional screen, but also air circulation. The hardware is based only on the Intel Core i7 processor – 1080 G7. In the case of graphics systems, we have both the integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics and an optional dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX chip 450. I was tested only with the iGPU version. Again, I assume that the ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 is an interesting offer for people who are able to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the additional ScreenPad + screen. Others, fond of more classic designs, can confidently turn to other models. ASUS ZenBook Duo Full Test 12 UX 482 later this month on PurePC.pl.

Source: PurePC.pl