I just received mine. I bought the I9 version with 32GB. Last year I bought the Lenovo. Compared to the ASUS, last years Lenovo was slow with a low powered CPU and less memory and SSD size. THis one is a huge improvement. I am not a gamer but I use my laptops for stock trading and analysis. THe extra monior on the road is a huge win. Not using a handicapped CPU is a big win. Having a small lightweight charger for a road warrior is incredible.
Yes. Actually am in air right now and was trading using Delta WiFi and the multi monitors. I am pleasantly surprised by the performance and all my trading programs work fine.
Love mine,185h with 32gb ram.I upgraded the ssd to 4tb though as i wasn't getting 5k read or write speeds like you.I went with the silicon power 4tb us75 m.2 2280 ssd.I got 7077read and 6497 write speeds,sequential was the same.Loving it!
@@Techtablets I haven't did anything like that in a while.I gathered up the nerve then watched the teardown video.Seems like a lot but take your time,it took a while to boot back up though.
Thanks for the review. I'm in the market for another ASUS laptop but want a Duo. I think this might be the one for me. And you're right, that hatch under the stand should've been aligned with the SSD.
this thing has EVERYTHING I am looking for. 32GB RAM, and 2 TB SSD. New core ultra chips, icing on the cake is dual screen. now if the battery life can double what I get with my surface pro 7 I will be buying one. I currently get about 4 hours of life on battery with my SP7. I usually has either VScode, or Rstudio open, along with email, youtube, google search, and claude3,gpt3.5, and/or gemini. I love my SP7 but the battery life really kills me. I have to bring my charger and a power brick with me wherever I go because of battery anxiety.
Well light work and the screen (just one) at 30% it's 10 hours so really good. But using both screens at 3k 120hz it's half that. But that charger is tiny so not really a big issue to take it with you.
@@Techtablets I need a good data science laptop that will get me at least 8 hours on battery doing medium to heavy work. Maybe there is not such a thing as a windows laptop doing this lol
Great review but i'd like to correct you on gaming performance aspect if people really would want to on this. i got the Zenbook Duo 2024 120hz oled, ultra 7 155H & 16GB version. In the asus system setting app i put 8gb allocation to the arc GPU & the fan speed option to performance mode with the AC power and was able to really play all current games on high setting with few tweaks in graphics setting of the games including cyberpunk 2077 on high settings with ray tracing off. Quite impressive tbh. Having a 65W powerbank with me i actually don't have any issues with this lol
Hi, okay great to know I just reviewed it with stock ram settings I didn't tweak up the allocated RAM or anything like that but I did use performance mode of course. Such s cool laptop I really like it!
Sorta disagree regarding the price. It keeps getting brought up when comparing the price to other normal laptop, but this thing has to include a whole extra high res OLED panel, as well as the extra complexity of a detachable and standalone keyboard/trackpad. Honestly I've been impressed with the price they can sell these at, the Ultra 7 spec is $1500 which feels fair
I've been using a Gigabyte Aero since 2019 (upgraded to newer model in 2020) and this laptop is very interesting to me as my next upgrade. The only thing that's missing is a dedicated GPU. I personally am not looking for a super-small laptop so I'd be willing to trade some weight and thickness for something that has a massively better GPU. My laptop has an RTX 3070 in it that can run Red Dead 2 at 4K and it plays great. For this, I wouldn't be opposed to docking to an external GPU, but that's a cost I'd like to avoid. Still though, the dual screen and the way Asus put it all together looks very compelling. Will definitely consider this one.
Just got mine I went for the ultra 7 as the ultra 9 was out I love it the fans aren’t noisy at all cause there’s 2 ot stays pretty cool and I thought I’d hate the 14 inch screens but because there’s 2 it’s actually a good size brilliant laptop really like ASU’s
They have to come out wit a version like what they did with the Zephyrus pro duo, or it is not a powerhouse! 1. It needs to me 15.6-17"... i know that it will be heavier 2. 1080pm is sufficient to the average consumer. 3. It needs dedicated graphics.... 4. The top screen can be just as thin, just bigger
In the US the website says that the model with the Ultra 9, 32GB RAM, and 1TB storage only costs $1699 USD. That's far off of the $2700 or so you were talking about. Does that make your opinion on price any different?
Thanks for the video. 4 questions: 1) Is there fingerprint sensor? 2) Does it have a pen? 3) Can to keyboard connect to two laptops via Bluetooth say Asus Dou and Surface Pro? 4) Is there a mechanical shut off switch for the cam? Thank you.
As a photographer and hobby musician this would be awesome Having the mixer on the top and other Software on the bottom Im just afraid its not powerful enough for audio production and high res photo work
I am on the fence for getting this laptop. Trying to decide either this or a surface pro. I read reviews that it’s very slow and takes forever to boot up. Is this true? Has anyone been using this in real time as their daily driver? Any of these issues?
I guess due to a few factors like the cost, engineering required for the hinge and maybe the reliability of a flexible OLED. I know other brands are releasing now flexible OLED laptops so it's only a matter of time before Asus dies the same I would think.
I'm typing my response on this very laptop. I've had it for a week now and I'm actually pretty blown away at all that I got for the $$. You mentioned it was 2500 euros but I didn't pay anywhere near that here in the states. I got the tricked out model from B&H Photo (same price at CDW) for 1585.00 euros ($1699.99 USD). I don't know if the price has come down significantly or if it's just more expensive wherever you got this (Australia? UK?) Excellent review. Very thorough. My experience has been exactly as your review states. An amazing amount of horsepower, features, and utility for $1700 USD.
Great to hear that, yes I think it's an amazing laptop especially with that dual screen for using with video editing has been amazing for me. As for the price it's what I was given for the top spec model 9 185H and max storage but it seems they dropped that pricing very quickly which is just as well. Great price you got!
Hi, thank you for the throughout review, however, I noticed you didn't mention the stylus. I'm a student and was thinking on getting this laptop, and want to use it to take notes. Is this a good option for it? Does it have palm rejection?
Thank you very much for the review, also for testing Linux compatibility! Regarding the M.2 SSD: Is it 2280 form factor? (I cannot do with less than 4TB, so would need to upgrade this.)
what about the lag when you flip/orientate the screen? =/ This issue make it looks really like an 2015 Android device it can be fixed with a firmware upgrade?
Saw this only now. It appears to be cheaper in Italy and Germany than 2500 € as mentioned in the video. Where did you get this price from? And have any of you seen it for an even better price by now?
Wish it would have come with an NVME M2 storage slot to upgrade storage for the price. But it's still an awesome laptop. I'm seriously thinking about getting one.
The only one who answered all my questions. Can i run adobe 2 screen and can i have screen the keyboard. Thank you good sir. Now can you do both at same time. Full screen preview up top and then half screen digital key board and other half screen the time line in adobe
At the 8:36 mark, can this configuration be used to display two pages of sheet music simultaneously and then turn two pages at a time? What software/settings would you use to do this? This would be a great setup for musicians.
I'd get that thing. You can just hook up a Razer Core on it and slap on a RTX 4080 card for more graphics performance for video editing. Just put 32GB of RAM on this thing, it'll just fly through video editing and multitasking. Have you tried 4K60 on that without the Razer Core? Its a lot harder on the system than 30fps is.
Is there something wrong with the Arc GPU driver or the wattage perhaps? This Core Ultra 9 should be stronger than the Core Ultra 7 which (correct me if I'm wrong) seems to perform similar to the mobile Ryzen 78XX APUs. edit: I just went back and checked some other vids and it looks like the 7840HS (etc) outperforms these Core Ultra chips, but still it seems a bit too low.
Hi, it's more drivers I think as the tomb raider performance was good as was 3DMark but then in most games the Radeon 780M still seems to come out on top.
Would you say that the *Core Ultra 7* variant would a better pick for long-term battery health and heat management? considering the lesser-resolution screen and less-intensive chip on the base model that should perhaps take a lesser toll on the battery and system. And do you know if there's a way to switch it to Windows 11 Pro? Their site says that that's what ASUS recommends but they don't seem to give you an option to do it.
The chipset would make much of a difference to battery life but the lower Res screens definitely would give battery life improvements over the top spec model here.
I'll have to test that distro out soon. There is also the issue of all the software specifically for it that's only available in windows. All the My Asus stuff with many tweets etc like screen and battery care (charge to 80% only) With Linux we miss out on that unfortunately.
True true ;-; But Fedora uses GNOME desktop which automatically opens a virtual keyboard when you tap a text box, if it detects you are in tablet mode on your laptop :D and Linux is well able to handle more than one display, just may need to set it not to mirror it by default!@@TechtabletsEDIT: There are ways to put a charge limit in place on Linux, but those solutions often require a bit of terminal command action! but totally possible
Hi Champ, can you do me a huge favor and benchmark frame rates for STREET FIGHTER 6 at 720P and 1080P both at low graphics. Thank you so much as this will help me a lot, subscribed
Thank you for the review! Could you tell us what is the PWM of the screen on low brightness levels? For some reason, all reviewers ignore this, even though it may be a complete dealbreaker for some people. For me for sure. I hate OLED's for that.
Super/windows key and type manjaro settings. Open that. Then you have 6.7.X kernel and you could try that. Or maybe even 6.8.X experimental. Altought I from "nicco loves linux" that manjaro is shady about some certificates. endeavourOS has latest newer stable kernel. You could try that.
whilst it may look cool - the actual product does not work. Its sluggish - and when switching orientation - it switches off. In fact use the web camera and it switches off. Try talking to Asus customer services in the uk - which is non existance. They hide behind emails. When asking for a refund - they first state 3-5 working days - now i have been told it will be 10 working days. The company is run like a corner shop. No professionalism at all
man I hate laptops but asus's are the only ones worth buying nowadays as for phones everything is e waste I'm stranded on a galaxy s10 I'm thinking of permanently wilding a dex dongle to the back of a used galaxy s23 ultra
They are the best of them I think ASUS and then their ROG line for gaming. So you're still on an S10? Wow that's wild but hwo is that battery? Using Dex with a portable monitor, mouse and keyboard is something I've done many times myself. But what annoys me is I would like to see 4k60 Dex desktop support not capped at 1440p which is terrible on my 4k screen.
@@Techtablets the battery is an issue to say the least the screen burn in is not noticable after 4 years on my brother's s20+ but I've replaced the screen twice on my phone so it's as good as new lol, I mainly use dex for lectures with a usb-c to HDMI cable I used to use it on my tab s5e back when I had no pc but I have a desktop pc so I've rarely used it, but my standards just not allow me to buy something coming out in 2024 with no headphone jack no removable storage or no desktop mod these chips are too powerful to be used for doom scrolling and those cameras are way too high resolution to throw the ludicrous amount of photos I take of nature (5 takes on average per shot) on the device's storage I want to access them and I want to access them fast and nothing is faster than physically moving them since Samsung refuses to use newer standards of USB (we are on usb 4 now btw) and because USB SUCKS and is goofy when it come to transfer speeds it's sad to see self deprecated e-waste after e-waste coming out from all companies Sony included and you have to pick your poison with either the best software but unusable hardware (Samsung) or the best hardware but unusable software (Sony) I'm never buying a new phone because I refuse to give any company my money anymore since they don't deserve it
@@Techtablets I can't reply to your comment youtube censored my reply I copied it beforehand tho because I'm used to being treated differently based on my skin color on this platform
@@Techtablets the battery is an issue to say the least the screen burn in is not noticeable after 4 years on my brother's s20+ but I've replaced the screen twice on my phone so it's as good as new lol, I mainly use dex for lectures with a usb-c to HDMI cable I used to use it on my tab s5e back when I had no pc but I have a desktop pc so I've rarely used it, but my standards just not allow me to buy something coming out in 2024 with no headphone jack no removable storage or no desktop mod these chips are too powerful to be used for doom scrolling and those cameras are way too high resolution to throw the ludicrous amount of photos I take of nature (5 takes on average per shot) on the device's storage I want to access them and I want to access them fast and nothing is faster than physically moving them since Samsung refuses to use newer standards of USB (we are on usb 4 now btw) and because USB SUCKS and is goofy when it come to transfer speeds it's sad to see self deprecated e-waste after e-waste coming out from all companies Sony included and you have to pick your poison with either the best software but unusable hardware (Samsung) or the best hardware but unusable software (Sony) like what is it with companies throwing around camera claims but not having the most basic necessary components to use a camera (headphone jack and SD-card slot) like how am I supposed to use discord on a phone with no headphone jack HOW IS A PHONE FAILING AT COMMUNICATION ITS MAIN JOB in 2024 I guess I'm never buying a new phone because I refuse to give any company my money anymore since they don't deserve it
@@Techtablets btw u can use goodlock to unlock dex at 4k60 "According to Samsung devices running UI 5.0 and Android 13 (or higher) are capable of 4K 60Hz"
Had this laptop, but returned. Annoyed with screen flickering - intermittent issues. And if I buy a new laptop for easy of my life, then it should not be spent on customer care or fixing issues yourself! No go for me! Thanks just wanted to share with you all.
That's odd I didn't notice any flickering with my unit. I'm sure you tried the myAsus software disabled power saving refresh settings and the OLED care disabled could fix it. But running at 120hz I didn't see flickering.
@@Techtablets maybe I received a bad piece. Did not touch or disabled settings! Used it as-is and hence was annoyed. But thanks for the video and comments. 🙏
One of the most complete reviews I've ever seen on this laptop. You deserve more recognition. Keep it up.
Thank you.
Most of the other "reviews" were paid-for ads by Asus. This was an actual review and no one does it better than Chris.
Finally a proper review including benchmarks, battery life and linux support. Great review - thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching!!
I just received mine. I bought the I9 version with 32GB. Last year I bought the Lenovo. Compared to the ASUS, last years Lenovo was slow with a low powered CPU and less memory and SSD size. THis one is a huge improvement. I am not a gamer but I use my laptops for stock trading and analysis. THe extra monior on the road is a huge win. Not using a handicapped CPU is a big win. Having a small lightweight charger for a road warrior is incredible.
Great you like it. Yes for working that extra screen is amazing really good for.my video editing. Overall such an amazing machine.
I also consider buying it for trading on the road, do you like it so fare?
Yes. Actually am in air right now and was trading using Delta WiFi and the multi monitors. I am pleasantly surprised by the performance and all my trading programs work fine.
Best review of this model. I had bought it but still wanted to see a detailed usage test. As always you never fail to deliver!
Thank you very much! Enjoy the laptop it's a really good mahcine.
TRULY PRODUCTIVE. MOAR SCREENS MOAR PRODUCTIVE. love your reviews sir!
Glad you like them!
Love mine,185h with 32gb ram.I upgraded the ssd to 4tb though as i wasn't getting 5k read or write speeds like you.I went with the silicon power 4tb us75 m.2 2280 ssd.I got 7077read and 6497 write speeds,sequential was the same.Loving it!
Nice! Was it hard to upgrade it?
@@Techtablets I haven't did anything like that in a while.I gathered up the nerve then watched the teardown video.Seems like a lot but take your time,it took a while to boot back up though.
Thanks for the review. I'm in the market for another ASUS laptop but want a Duo. I think this might be the one for me. And you're right, that hatch under the stand should've been aligned with the SSD.
Now that's how a review should be done.
Many thanks
this thing has EVERYTHING I am looking for. 32GB RAM, and 2 TB SSD. New core ultra chips, icing on the cake is dual screen. now if the battery life can double what I get with my surface pro 7 I will be buying one. I currently get about 4 hours of life on battery with my SP7. I usually has either VScode, or Rstudio open, along with email, youtube, google search, and claude3,gpt3.5, and/or gemini. I love my SP7 but the battery life really kills me. I have to bring my charger and a power brick with me wherever I go because of battery anxiety.
Well light work and the screen (just one) at 30% it's 10 hours so really good. But using both screens at 3k 120hz it's half that. But that charger is tiny so not really a big issue to take it with you.
@@Techtablets I need a good data science laptop that will get me at least 8 hours on battery doing medium to heavy work. Maybe there is not such a thing as a windows laptop doing this lol
@@deltax7159Dell XPS series
Can't believe i caught this the 2nd it went live
You even bet the pesky spam bots!
A uni student, I appreciate this review! Would you think its convenient to use the second screen with the Asus pen for notes possibly?
Great review but i'd like to correct you on gaming performance aspect if people really would want to on this. i got the Zenbook Duo 2024 120hz oled, ultra 7 155H & 16GB version. In the asus system setting app i put 8gb allocation to the arc GPU & the fan speed option to performance mode with the AC power and was able to really play all current games on high setting with few tweaks in graphics setting of the games including cyberpunk 2077 on high settings with ray tracing off. Quite impressive tbh. Having a 65W powerbank with me i actually don't have any issues with this lol
Hi, okay great to know I just reviewed it with stock ram settings I didn't tweak up the allocated RAM or anything like that but I did use performance mode of course. Such s cool laptop I really like it!
Please tell me..
how was the performance of this laptop?
is it best for trading or graphics designing?
this guy will have many subscribers, he much better than many on youtube. better than all i know
😂 C4etech is better bro. Ash
Thank you for the kind words but my growth is very slow 😂
You should look harder Lolo rubbish review
@@Techtablets😂𝕫𝕨𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕤𝕊 𝕊𝕤𝕏𝕊 𝕊𝕊𝕊𝕊𝕊𝕊𝕫
@@Techtablets u will get there, the algos can be weird
Just ordered 👍🏽
Sorta disagree regarding the price. It keeps getting brought up when comparing the price to other normal laptop, but this thing has to include a whole extra high res OLED panel, as well as the extra complexity of a detachable and standalone keyboard/trackpad. Honestly I've been impressed with the price they can sell these at, the Ultra 7 spec is $1500 which feels fair
Thanks for the review. Much appreciated.
Thanks for watching!
I ordered mine lastvweek. Still waiting, hope it arrives soon
I can imagine this design with a foldable screen. That would be amazing
you can just buy a dual portable touchscreen panel . expensive though . google it . Uperfect make it without touch ,
That's probably what they would be doing next I think using foldable OLEDs like Lenovo is experimenting with them.
@@Techtabletscould you make a video of xiaomi 14 ultra camera test.
Soon working on it
foldable laptops don't work well we've had a couple of them.
I've been using a Gigabyte Aero since 2019 (upgraded to newer model in 2020) and this laptop is very interesting to me as my next upgrade. The only thing that's missing is a dedicated GPU. I personally am not looking for a super-small laptop so I'd be willing to trade some weight and thickness for something that has a massively better GPU. My laptop has an RTX 3070 in it that can run Red Dead 2 at 4K and it plays great. For this, I wouldn't be opposed to docking to an external GPU, but that's a cost I'd like to avoid. Still though, the dual screen and the way Asus put it all together looks very compelling. Will definitely consider this one.
Nice review as always Chris Sir
Thank you sir
Just got mine I went for the ultra 7 as the ultra 9 was out I love it the fans aren’t noisy at all cause there’s 2 ot stays pretty cool and I thought I’d hate the 14 inch screens but because there’s 2 it’s actually a good size brilliant laptop really like ASU’s
Love how u show adobe premier with it super useful
ONCE AGAIN, I love your videos, buddy.. let's hang out next year at CES. I live in Vegas and have worked CES 5 of the last 14 years. Haha
Sure if I make it to Vegas again. I burned a hell of a lot of money for that first trip to CES.
top notch review! thanks. Is the stylus included in that model??
Thanks. No it wasn't included with mine sold separately.
Thank you very much for this video. I would like to know if the power button includes a fingerprint feature for login.
Gotta love this channel to always include a Linux section! 👍
The Best Buy reviewers complained this one even 32GB memory, ultra9 CPU, it is still very slow to boot up. Is it True?
They have to come out wit a version like what they did with the Zephyrus pro duo, or it is not a powerhouse!
1. It needs to me 15.6-17"... i know that it will be heavier
2. 1080pm is sufficient to the average consumer.
3. It needs dedicated graphics....
4. The top screen can be just as thin, just bigger
With those high temps and subsequent unacceptable throttling, I can think of a perfect use for that easily openable flap under the laptop ;).
Haha
In the US the website says that the model with the Ultra 9, 32GB RAM, and 1TB storage only costs $1699 USD. That's far off of the $2700 or so you were talking about. Does that make your opinion on price any different?
It’s an insane deal
A 16 inch dual screen with nummeric keypad would be perfect
Thanks for the video. 4 questions:
1) Is there fingerprint sensor?
2) Does it have a pen?
3) Can to keyboard connect to two laptops via Bluetooth say Asus Dou and Surface Pro?
4) Is there a mechanical shut off switch for the cam?
Thank you.
Thank You!!!
As a photographer and hobby musician this would be awesome
Having the mixer on the top and other Software on the bottom
Im just afraid its not powerful enough for audio production and high res photo work
should be fine for that
I am on the fence for getting this laptop. Trying to decide either this or a surface pro. I read reviews that it’s very slow and takes forever to boot up. Is this true? Has anyone been using this in real time as their daily driver? Any of these issues?
Why didn't they make the middle screen flexible like the galaxy z5 fold?
I guess due to a few factors like the cost, engineering required for the hinge and maybe the reliability of a flexible OLED. I know other brands are releasing now flexible OLED laptops so it's only a matter of time before Asus dies the same I would think.
. Thanks for posting this video.
Thanks for watching as always!!!
Thank you for what you do!@@Techtablets
I'm typing my response on this very laptop. I've had it for a week now and I'm actually pretty blown away at all that I got for the $$. You mentioned it was 2500 euros but I didn't pay anywhere near that here in the states. I got the tricked out model from B&H Photo (same price at CDW) for 1585.00 euros ($1699.99 USD). I don't know if the price has come down significantly or if it's just more expensive wherever you got this (Australia? UK?)
Excellent review. Very thorough. My experience has been exactly as your review states. An amazing amount of horsepower, features, and utility for $1700 USD.
Great to hear that, yes I think it's an amazing laptop especially with that dual screen for using with video editing has been amazing for me. As for the price it's what I was given for the top spec model 9 185H and max storage but it seems they dropped that pricing very quickly which is just as well. Great price you got!
Nice review! Do you know many external monitors can I connect using a Thunderbolt 4 dock + the HDMI out?
thx for testing linux support
Hi, thank you for the throughout review, however, I noticed you didn't mention the stylus. I'm a student and was thinking on getting this laptop, and want to use it to take notes. Is this a good option for it? Does it have palm rejection?
Yes it has palm rejection.
Thank you very much for the review, also for testing Linux compatibility! Regarding the M.2 SSD: Is it 2280 form factor? (I cannot do with less than 4TB, so would need to upgrade this.)
Yes it's 2280 and it requires opening it and flipping the motherboard over but I can be upgraded up to 8TB.
Amazing, its base variant is value for money. I love it but when we will be able to buy it in India?
Not sure sorry on when it will hit India
Can you close and carry the unit without the included keyboard? (What I like about tablets is that I can use my own keyboard.)
Yes you can do that no problem.
what about the lag when you flip/orientate the screen? =/
This issue make it looks really like an 2015 Android device it can be fixed with a firmware upgrade?
This could be my future upgrade, if not for the glossy freaking screens! I'll stick to my Acer ConceptD for now
Unfortunately all OLEDs will be glosslsy to get that contrast and deep blacks.
Although the fact that you can draw on both screens are really enticing
Saw this only now. It appears to be cheaper in Italy and Germany than 2500 € as mentioned in the video. Where did you get this price from?
And have any of you seen it for an even better price by now?
Wish it would have come with an NVME M2 storage slot to upgrade storage for the price. But it's still an awesome laptop. I'm seriously thinking about getting one.
The only one who answered all my questions. Can i run adobe 2 screen and can i have screen the keyboard. Thank you good sir. Now can you do both at same time. Full screen preview up top and then half screen digital key board and other half screen the time line in adobe
Do you think it would be a good choice for cad drafting? Lile autocad/civil 3d
The price you got, from where?
I managed to pick it up at 2,300EUR for the 2TB Ultra 9 (maxed out) version.
Off the Asus Spanish website. I guess your pricing is little better. So how are you finding it?
Could I ask where you got that price?
@@Techtablets US price is at $1699 for max configuration
Australia price is $3999 for ultra 9 1T
@@kwameryan Amazon UK
Can you run Llama on this machine?
I already bought it. I'm a developer. I need dual screen setup. I don't mind ssd speed.
Nice enjoy!
How come you didn't get the pen? I see other reviews they got the pen too.
But u didn’t say how to present the touch keyboard???
Would you worry about heat reduce lifespan of lower OLED display?
There is a 60 hz, 1920x1200 display variant which should get better battery life.
Much better I would say, far less demanding resolution.
Torn between the Core Ultra 7 v Core Ultra 9, wait for the 9 to come back in stock or get the 7 now
There isn't a huge difference between them the performance.
now what were to happen if i kept it plugged in only for gaming?
good review. thanks
Thanks for watching!
At the 8:36 mark, can this configuration be used to display two pages of sheet music simultaneously and then turn two pages at a time? What software/settings would you use to do this? This would be a great setup for musicians.
price is justified, you have so much with those screens and hi end cpu. 2 TB should be included though (or cost just 100 euros more)
I do feel it should be 2TB yes for the price. Shame that hatch didn't mine up with the SSD that would have been perfect for easy upgrades.
When is it coming out ?
How's the display in terms of eye comfort?? Does it control the brightness by pwm dimming?
It uses PWM but I'm not sure of the rate in Hz however I've seen no flickering.
What would this be like for emulation upto the switch and old games pre saying 2016? So not current games
Yes for those older lighter titles it's okay.
My only concern is: that's a lot of screen wobble already! Are those bevels strong? Frightening to think what that might look like after 2-3yrs
Wobble can't really be avoided but I think it will be fine. I saw the teardown of it in CES back in Jan and it looked good the hinges.
I'd get that thing. You can just hook up a Razer Core on it and slap on a RTX 4080 card for more graphics performance for video editing. Just put 32GB of RAM on this thing, it'll just fly through video editing and multitasking. Have you tried 4K60 on that without the Razer Core? Its a lot harder on the system than 30fps is.
Hi, well it has 32gb of ram my config. Yes 4k60 seems to be okay not as smooth as 4k39 but doable. Much better than the old iris xe.
Good bro but give us Xiaomi 14 Vs S24 review we are waiting 😢
I didn't get one sadly.
Is there something wrong with the Arc GPU driver or the wattage perhaps? This Core Ultra 9 should be stronger than the Core Ultra 7 which (correct me if I'm wrong) seems to perform similar to the mobile Ryzen 78XX APUs.
edit: I just went back and checked some other vids and it looks like the 7840HS (etc) outperforms these Core Ultra chips, but still it seems a bit too low.
Hi, it's more drivers I think as the tomb raider performance was good as was 3DMark but then in most games the Radeon 780M still seems to come out on top.
It needs to be at least 3k resolution for me to buy it for their price Im shocked they didn't do this
They are both 3k OLEDs on this high end model.
@@Techtablets what's the model name and suspected release date?
Model is the Zenbook Duo UX8406 that I've reviewed I think it's now out in Europe at last here in Spain it is.
@@Techtablets Meant for the US?
I thought the ARC GPU should be little better... I am dissapointed. For this price...
Would you say that the *Core Ultra 7* variant would a better pick for long-term battery health and heat management? considering the lesser-resolution screen and less-intensive chip on the base model that should perhaps take a lesser toll on the battery and system.
And do you know if there's a way to switch it to Windows 11 Pro? Their site says that that's what ASUS recommends but they don't seem to give you an option to do it.
The chipset would make much of a difference to battery life but the lower Res screens definitely would give battery life improvements over the top spec model here.
Okay the easy way to get windows 11 Pro is to upgrade from home and it downloads what it needs.
IYO what is a more powerful and battery efficient device , this zenbook duo or the new zenbook 14 oled ?
This but only just compared to the new Zenbook 14 OLED. Really not much in it.
Can you upgrade the storage?
can the virtual keyboard be sized to a mini version? like how small it can get on an ipad
What about Fedora Linux? That tends to have a lot better Hardware Support than Manjaro
I'll have to test that distro out soon. There is also the issue of all the software specifically for it that's only available in windows. All the My Asus stuff with many tweets etc like screen and battery care (charge to 80% only) With Linux we miss out on that unfortunately.
True true ;-; But Fedora uses GNOME desktop which automatically opens a virtual keyboard when you tap a text box, if it detects you are in tablet mode on your laptop :D and Linux is well able to handle more than one display, just may need to set it not to mirror it by default!@@TechtabletsEDIT: There are ways to put a charge limit in place on Linux, but those solutions often require a bit of terminal command action! but totally possible
Gosh, windows laptops don't even have batterie for one screen I can imagine with two.
Well using it as a normal laptop in laptop mode the battery is great (for windows) but running the two screens halves the battery life more or less.
@@Techtablets What you mean great, 14 Hours without charge in normal use ?
Put a real HDR display in the main display then I’ll buy it without thinking twice
To bad it does not flip like the lenovo duo screen :(
Hi Champ, can you do me a huge favor and benchmark frame rates for STREET FIGHTER 6 at 720P and 1080P both at low graphics. Thank you so much as this will help me a lot, subscribed
So SF 6 1080p low settings I get 55-60 fps. Haven't tested 720p but it should be 90-100fps
Thanks, but Any chance making a benchmark video with street fighter 6?
Asus Zenbook Duo UX8406
Nice laptop!
Thank you for the review! Could you tell us what is the PWM of the screen on low brightness levels? For some reason, all reviewers ignore this, even though it may be a complete dealbreaker for some people. For me for sure. I hate OLED's for that.
We haven't been told the PWM Hz from Asus I don't know it but I haven't had issues with flickering with the screens.
22:35 Which kernel did you use when testing linux?
Linux Manjaro build XFCE desktop version. Runs but not all was working.
Super/windows key and type manjaro settings. Open that. Then you have 6.7.X kernel and you could try that. Or maybe even 6.8.X experimental. Altought I from "nicco loves linux" that manjaro is shady about some certificates. endeavourOS has latest newer stable kernel. You could try that.
Is the ultra 5 version good for coding a lil bit gaming editing 3d modelling and all general tasks?
Yes but gaming on low settings and Res.
@@Techtablets thanks am good with kinda low graphics gaming since am used to it
I'll definitely consider this laptop
How does Genshin Impact run on the laptop?
Low settings 60 fps. It's good.
@@Techtabletsthank you!
whilst it may look cool - the actual product does not work. Its sluggish - and when switching orientation - it switches off. In fact use the web camera and it switches off. Try talking to Asus customer services in the uk - which is non existance. They hide behind emails. When asking for a refund - they first state 3-5 working days - now i have been told it will be 10 working days. The company is run like a corner shop. No professionalism at all
but can it do 3d rendering?
Nothing too demanding but if it is you need a TB3/4 egpu.
Is this better than an Ipad?
More productive but you can't really compare them very different tablet Vs PC.
NO RJ45 port. What a disgrace.
With the fast wireless I didn't really think about it it not having one. Sure a 2.5G RJ45 would have been great.
But do we really know the long term impact of wireless on human health? @@Techtablets
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lol of it was an advertisement I wouldn’t have mentioned the thermals and fan noise.
Thisnneeds to be compared with Lenovo i9
So I don't have that Lenovo sadly.
Could I add more RAM?
Sadly not it's all solidered onto the mothernboard the RAM.
Too many logos are printed on the chassis, especially the big intel logo and Asus are contantly in eyesight.
this vs the lenovo
The Lenovo with the curved foldable OLED screen?
yoga book 9i
seems like the same concept@@Techtablets
It isn't worth it with this price tag.
Alternatively, u can buy a normal flagship laptop with an AMOLED portable screen, and walla..
500 nits, is not too low?
Nope with a glossy screen like this I was normally running about 200nits indoors just fine.
@@Techtablets obviously indoor it’s always great, but for outdoors I think it is not
You can see it outdoors but the reflections... Big issue needs a matte screen projector over it.
Love your videos, but the title is just click bait shit.
unfortunately TH-cam forces us to this to get clicks............ But i'll change it soon.
Yeh. Doesn’t make any sense to compare with apple different products in every perspective
Sure thing I removed that.
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Thanks for watching
man I hate laptops but asus's are the only ones worth buying nowadays
as for phones everything is e waste I'm stranded on a galaxy s10 I'm thinking of permanently wilding a dex dongle to the back of a used galaxy s23 ultra
They are the best of them I think ASUS and then their ROG line for gaming. So you're still on an S10? Wow that's wild but hwo is that battery? Using Dex with a portable monitor, mouse and keyboard is something I've done many times myself. But what annoys me is I would like to see 4k60 Dex desktop support not capped at 1440p which is terrible on my 4k screen.
@@Techtablets the battery is an issue to say the least the screen burn in is not noticable after 4 years on my brother's s20+ but I've replaced the screen twice on my phone so it's as good as new lol, I mainly use dex for lectures with a usb-c to HDMI cable I used to use it on my tab s5e back when I had no pc but I have a desktop pc so I've rarely used it, but my standards just not allow me to buy something coming out in 2024 with no headphone jack no removable storage or no desktop mod these chips are too powerful to be used for doom scrolling and those cameras are way too high resolution to throw the ludicrous amount of photos I take of nature (5 takes on average per shot) on the device's storage I want to access them and I want to access them fast and nothing is faster than physically moving them since Samsung refuses to use newer standards of USB (we are on usb 4 now btw) and because USB SUCKS and is goofy when it come to transfer speeds it's sad to see self deprecated e-waste after e-waste coming out from all companies Sony included and you have to pick your poison with either the best software but unusable hardware (Samsung) or the best hardware but unusable software (Sony)
I'm never buying a new phone because I refuse to give any company my money anymore since they don't deserve it
@@Techtablets I can't reply to your comment youtube censored my reply
I copied it beforehand tho because I'm used to being treated differently based on my skin color on this platform
@@Techtablets the battery is an issue to say the least the screen burn in is not noticeable after 4 years on my brother's s20+ but I've replaced the screen twice on my phone so it's as good as new lol, I mainly use dex for lectures with a usb-c to HDMI cable I used to use it on my tab s5e back when I had no pc but I have a desktop pc so I've rarely used it, but my standards just not allow me to buy something coming out in 2024 with no headphone jack no removable storage or no desktop mod these chips are too powerful to be used for doom scrolling and those cameras are way too high resolution to throw the ludicrous amount of photos I take of nature (5 takes on average per shot) on the device's storage I want to access them and I want to access them fast and nothing is faster than physically moving them since Samsung refuses to use newer standards of USB (we are on usb 4 now btw) and because USB SUCKS and is goofy when it come to transfer speeds it's sad to see self deprecated e-waste after e-waste coming out from all companies Sony included and you have to pick your poison with either the best software but unusable hardware (Samsung) or the best hardware but unusable software (Sony) like what is it with companies throwing around camera claims but not having the most basic necessary components to use a camera (headphone jack and SD-card slot) like how am I supposed to use discord on a phone with no headphone jack HOW IS A PHONE FAILING AT COMMUNICATION ITS MAIN JOB in 2024
I guess I'm never buying a new phone because I refuse to give any company my money anymore since they don't deserve it
@@Techtablets btw u can use goodlock to unlock dex at 4k60 "According to Samsung devices running UI 5.0 and Android 13 (or higher) are capable of 4K 60Hz"
Had this laptop, but returned.
Annoyed with screen flickering - intermittent issues.
And if I buy a new laptop for easy of my life, then it should not be spent on customer care or fixing issues yourself! No go for me!
Thanks just wanted to share with you all.
That's odd I didn't notice any flickering with my unit. I'm sure you tried the myAsus software disabled power saving refresh settings and the OLED care disabled could fix it. But running at 120hz I didn't see flickering.
@@Techtablets maybe I received a bad piece.
Did not touch or disabled settings! Used it as-is and hence was annoyed. But thanks for the video and comments. 🙏