Asus is renovating its three dual-screen systems for the CES 1700 Notebooks RoG Zephyrus Duo 14, ZenBook Duo 14 and ZenBook Pro Duo 14. In addition to the obligatory screen in the lid, they have another, narrow display between the lid and the keyboard; the latter was in turn moved to the front edge. In all three notebooks, the second screen is not anchored rigidly in the fuselage, but tilts towards the user when the lid is opened. This gives you a better perspective, and Asus also uses the construction to supply more fresh air to the cooling system.

In the RoG Zephyrus Duo 15 there are two screens, one Ryzen – 5000 – CPU and a GeForce RTX – 3000 – GPU.

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The RoG Zephyrus Duo 15 (GX 551) is a powerful gaming notebook based around AMD’s Ryzen – 5000 – CPUs and Nvidia’s mobile GeForce RTX – 3000 – GPUs. Depending on the model, the main screen is a 4K panel with 120 Hz or a Full HD -Display with 120 Hz – both with a matt surface without touch. The second screen has either 4K or Full HD width and can be operated with a finger or pen.

The ZenBook Pro Duo 15 (UX 582) also uses Nvidia’s newest GPUs, but the CPUs are Intel processors of the tenth Core-i generation (Comet Lake-H). The second screen corresponds to the options of the Zephyrus, but the main screen is a bright 4K OLED panel with full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space.

Dual-Screen to go While the two mentioned 15, 6-inch notebooks weigh around two and a half kilograms and are mainly designed for use with a power supply unit, the smaller ZenBook Duo 14 (UX 482 ) More geared towards mobility: It weighs 1.6 kilograms and should be up to 17 Hold on for hours. The latter only works if the second screen is deactivated and only the energy-efficient Full HD main screen is used.

The ZenBook Duo 14 is a compact notebook with two displays.

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Corresponding to the conception, “only” lower-performance quad-core CPUs from Intel’s eleventh Core-i generation (Tiger Lake-U) are used, which, depending on the model, are Nvidia’s entry-level GPU GeForce MX 450 stands by your side.

The three dual-screen notebooks should all still be in the course of the first quarter 2021 in Germany. The RoG Zephyrus Duo 15 costs from 2500 Euro, the ZenBook Pro Duo 15 with OLED screen from 4000 Euro and the ZenBook Duo 14 from 1700 Euro.

(mue)