Asus Zephyrus Duo 16 Unboxing, Benchmarks, Overclocking, Display Test, Internal Analysis, and More!

[@FaZeredemption3]

This guy has unlimited money

[@jimmynguyen5024]

Companies send him their products to review.

[@FaZeredemption3]

@@jimmynguyen5024 plus infinite money

[@mariozamora9684]

@@jimmynguyen5024 I believe he gets most from Bestbuy

[@Xecuter1174]

Nah, just plastic cards 😂

[@airsoftbros2541]

I think his only sponsor is asus. The rest He buys them and He returns them… he might keep one or two depending how much he makes on these videos.

[@josemanuelaguilar3292]

It would be good if the brand started making models of the rog zephyrus duo with an 20" screen, I would buy one of this model with this screen size

[@taralavenda]

Thank you for another great video, you are killing it this year. Do you have a date for the Scar 17 review you've mentioned is on the way?

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Later this month hopefully

[@sonichedgehog36]

There is a way to get the frame rates up to snuff, actually! AMD is still more sensitive than Intel to memory clocks in gaming performance. Per AMD's official PR representatives, 6000MHz is the sweet spot for Zen 4/Ryzen 7000 series. This rule of thumb applies here too since the 7945HX is the same core and die configuration as desktop 7950X, just in a slightly different CPU package (soldered ball grid array). Unfortunately, 6000MHz DDR5 SODIMMs are unobtainium. However, you can get 5600 MHz modules. You can get the Kingston Fury Impact 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MT/s DDR5 CL40 Laptop Memory Kit of 2. Provantage sells that specific 64GB memory kit for $223.32. Provided that the BIOS allows for RAM speeds higher than 4800MHz, throw that puppy into the Zephyrus Duo 16. That one easy trick (based on how Ryzen 7000 series on desktop scales) should close a bit of the frame rate performance gap you had noted.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Those will only work if Asus allows the ram speeds. Do you know if they do?

[@sonichedgehog36]

@@GizmoSlipTech Not sure yet, but I have a kit on order to find out!

[@ragaadin9408]

@@GizmoSlipTech you can use UniversalAMDFormBrowser for overclock the RAM on AMD laptops. I tested it in my Scar 15 G533QR (5900HX) and it works! increase my RAM clock speed from 3200 to 3600. It's work also in my Yoga Slim 7 Pro X (6800HS), but since it use LPDDR5, not DDR5, I'm afraid for made change in the ram settings. I'm sure that UniversalAMDFormBrowser also work in 7045HX CPU. Just like Hifihedgehog mentioned above. just buy kingston fury 5600CL40 and overclock it to 6000MHz with that tools.

[@UncleMacc]

That’s true. I have one duo 16 now being built, but I think the bios from ASUS does not allow the ram to run over 4800mhz. I hope I’m wrong since I think 4800mzh on a $3999 machine is not acceptable🥲

[@UncleMacc]

@@sonichedgehog36 In addition the thermal condition of the 5600 ram could be a problem, as you see the two rams stack together in this chassis and im a little bit concerning that of replacing with 5600 ram the heat might be a problem

[@GUY-on-Earth]

I like the concept of the Dell Duet and Yogabook 9i better for a dual screen laptop. It fixes the keyboard placement issue and gives u agency for your preferences. If Lenovo made a Legion gaming laptop in the form of the new Yogabook 9i i’d buy it immediately

[@GizmoSlipTech]

That would be very interesting to see a RTX 4060 in a Yogabook 9i style chassis for sure.

[@lolik_89]

HI. Thank you for your video What is your advice? I am considering Zephyrus Duo 16 (2023) and titan gt77 hx 13v (2023). Which one will you choose for gaming?

[@deepelements]

I ordered this laptop to day for my on the go dev 3d dev machine it's the best for what I need. I'm so excited.

[@zfornight]

Has anyone experienced the same issue where, when playing games on the same laptop, if the second screen is opened, the frame rate drops by about one-third? Closing the secondary screen restores the game's frame rate to normal.

[@allstargaming2500]

Hey please give us an overview of the battery life.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

I go over this at the end. Asus claims 3-6 hours depending on optimization.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

@@MrXerxes I think the better battery life will be on the 4 nm 8 core ryzen chips this year, like the Zephyrus G14

[@phatminhphan4121]

They always give intel platform their best cooling solution and with Ryzen , well guys ... i guess i dont have to talk much about that right ? But in Deadspace test , when Gizmo lower the TDP down to 80w , this bad boy still kicking at 5.1Ghz which i think is awesome 🤩

[@danny200mph5]

I guess he won PowerBall lottery to have the money to test all these 4090 laptops.

[@hohostriker_8882]

I think ASUS should have istalled vapor chamber cooling in ROG Zephyrus Duo 16.

[@videocardzrule354]

IMPORTANT: Do note everyone I have seen maximum reported wattages from the power adapters, the MSI GT77 has pulled over 410 watts at the wall under extreme loads. So, I’m wondering if those thinner girly power adapters are capable of this. Those slim Razer adapters are beautiful and sleek though.

[@tahaabderaouffritis1161]

how is this mini LED screen doing comparing to the GT 77? Did you lower the brightness on this Asus on purpose? I hope u do a screen compression between the Mini LED ( GT 77 ) and the Mini LED for the Asus's

[@ThevosPL]

That would be very good move

[@ThichKhumNum]

I think you can use AATU for undervolting amd hx series. I've seen g15 users use that last year

[@phatminhphan4121]

Tụi nó luôn oem cho đám intel tản loại mới ( khủng hơn , ngon hơn ) và trên Ryzen thì cứ gắn mấy tản loại cũ thì ko nóng cũng lạ ! Nếu như chơi công bằng lấy tản như của con G18 Strix scar bên con i9 13980HX đặt qua cho con 7945HX này thì mới fair ! Mà khúc ổng test DeadSpace thấy ở 80W chạy cũng khá ngon rồi , xung cũng 5Ghz

[@ThichKhumNum]

@@phatminhphan4121 vụ tản không để ý lắm nhưng thấy điểm r23 con amd khá tín thậm chí hơn con i9 13980hx stock luôn, để coi có uv được không rồi đem 2 thằng bem nhau tiếp.

[@setteledAawaareh]

I am one of those user. Got a -16 undervolt and my cinebench jumped from 11600 to 14300 on ryzen9 5900hx (rx6800m)

[@ThichKhumNum]

@@setteledAawaareh Damn that is a very good point.

[@gladiator7787]

Thanks much for the video.. I just got this laptop and your video is super helpful :)

[@zbaldz2925]

AMD mentioned that their Zen 4 i set to work at 100 degrees. So shouldn’t be problem, but if there is under-volt it will be sooooo sweet!

[@SerCommander]

Zen 4 foes above 100 often

[@josephvecchio8528]

you think the pricing will come down soon?

[@kalkydra]

Great review. Quick question, the window between the 2nd screen and the keyboard, does that one does not light up and show the details of the coordinates and logo of ROG in a clear way like the previous models of the DUO? Cheers.

[@don_d1997]

Is the Alienware M18, Acer Predator Helios 18 and Acer Nitro 18 out yet?

[@jaefrmbk2k]

👀🤞🏾

[@SC-ey7xv]

Alienware M18 is a joke. Look at the processor instead of the i9-13980HX they using the i9-13900HX. Also the brightness nits is 300. nah thank you with that price i buy something else lol

[@Marcinator]

This or Hp omen 17,3 2023 with rtx 4090?

[@g8la263]

Was hoping some coverage on pbo2

[@dvdganon0812]

i have duo 16 2023. almost 1y old. i got second hand at great price. i am getting 33000 top at cinabench and the cpu temp are at max 98c. when i am in performance mode i an getting 70-80 temp just on idle or surfing the web. do you think i need to get it to fix ? or replace the thermal paste ?

[@matematicainformaticaege]

Tell me, will the video cut from this translocation be released soon? I just use an intelligent translator for subtitles, because I'm bad at English

[@JuniorStreetCrew]

Hi, is the keyboard backlighting changeable in color and mode?

[@praveengeorgian]

But can you connect behind Monito and give brief sometimes....

[@vasilesarca]

Hello. I saw that it has a second ssd slot! Can i install a second ssd? If so, do i need anything else, like thermal protection or something like that? because I saw the main ssd is protected!

[@louismarkoya2784]

The 2nd screen is said to be pen sensitive, does it have levels of sensitivity as a Cintiq or the pad on the ProAert units? Can it be used as a CInTiq replacement? Please let me know. Thank you

[@SerCommander]

I've had the opportunity to have old one for use at home. Personally, I have no idea how average user will MAKE USE of the second screen. Creator software or howebrew addons - that I can understand.

[@lalitsehgal21]

Does this have win hello support?

[@GaroSlayer]

This one doesn't have Advanced Optimus, right?

[@sircsolerom764]

I'm so confused, my 2022 Razer blade 14 AMD came with USB4. 6900HX 3080Ti. I really wanna wait for an update to see if AMD updates this laptop and I'm sold. My Razer AMD didn't come with USB4 out of the box it was an update.

[@bilaltahir9978]

Has the webcam been improved on the 2023 model compared to the 2022 model?

[@Prizmadelik]

It's 1080p now instead of 720p

[@amandinehasi-dim5531]

i have 2 laptop duo 16, 1 duo 16 6000 series ryzen 9 (2022) and 1 duo 16 7000 series ryzen 9 (2023) , i think both is great laptop, but i like duo 16 (2023).

[@tanguyman6069]

I waited this video Thank you :)))

[@dnbqup]

Hey there, I have a question: How far does the screen bend back? I want to put this laptop on a stand, somewhat vertically, so I want to know how far to 180 degrees the screen can tilt.

[@Smokeblast1]

it bends back pretty far i would say 120 maybe but its not a reliable laptop as it has an issue with the thermal paste that frys the motherboard

[@NVGEAR]

Does it support dual sided SSD? (4TB)

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

Yes

[@NVGEAR]

@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000 thanks, in for one then.

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

@@NVGEAR I am also looking forward for one

[@vishnushaji1168]

34000+ multi score using 127w, while intel's top end i9-13980HX pulls avg 120-140 and maximum peak near 200w and score lower than this unless you overclock it ( getting same multi score ( as 7945HX ) on that intel cpu is not possible in stock settings ). if you limit this new amd cpu at 90w+, it still get 31000+ which means it will out performance most i9-13980HX laptops pulling 130w+ minimum. i guess amd was working hard on these new ryzen mobile cpu's when they got owned by intel desktop cpu's ( gaming perf and excluding 7000x3D ).

[@hsuyaager8557]

Bro! I just compared your scar review with this one and the cpu score in timespy is low because its pulling almost 20W less than i9 literally, but temps are high typical AMD, however I think those 4,000 points can be reached if it was 20 watts higher

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Can’t compare amd and intel wattage precisely, dont mean the same amount of work done per watt exactly, which is why we would compare actual performance numbers mainly. The i9 chip is clearly designed to go to higher rated watts, and yet the Ryzen still beats it in Cinebench R23, crazy-because of the more power eficient 5nm process vs Intels less efficient 10 nm process, which forces intel to go with efficiency cores to boost multicore performance, while AMD can go with all fat p cores.

[@orangeblast]

​@@GizmoSlipTech this very same model delivers to me Tueaday, next week. I gotta admit though, I'm disappointed in the gaming experience and temps so far. Is this something that can be addressed through drivers, or hotfix, or even a firmware update? I expected a better gaming experience given it's ability to beat Intel's 13th gen. in many ways.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

@@orangeblast we need to see more benchmarks, but at least in cpu bound gaming, it appears to be behind the i9-13980hx. More testing is needed though. It’s not a terrible performer, overall. This did beat the Scar 18 in a number of games overall. Maybe higher speed ram would help push this 7945hx chip to better fps.

[@greebj]

Something was wrong with that. 50-60% CPU utilisation only. Not enough threads spawned by 3dmark?

[@bilaltahir9978]

Does it have a micro sd slot?

[@asmrnaturecat984]

10:51 micro sd slot

[@rajathn1990]

Hey Brandon, when you were testing for Witcher 3, the dlss setting accidentally got set to ultra performance right before you left the settings menu........as per what I saw in the video 😅

[@rajathn1990]

The 2:21:46 time stamp section actually.......so you might wanna retest 😊

[@rajathn1990]

Sorry time stamp is wrong😅

[@rajathn1990]

3:13:30 is the right one.....sorry 😅

[@rajathn1990]

Oops sorry........it's already rectified 🤣🤣😂😂

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Yeah, I was like.. this doesn’t look like full clarity!

[@ARain1973]

never really got the concept of the duo.... i think they should make an 18'' SKU and make it a true desktop replacement... because this thing isn't a portable laptop with that keyboard.

[@Prizmadelik]

I had the Zenbook pro duo before realizing the 2023 Zephyrus duo 16 was coming out so I returned it and got a preorder of this one. Let me tell you, multitasking with two screens on a laptop is amazing especially when it's touchscreen. For school, I watch the lecture on the main screen, open a textbook pdf and take notes on the 2nd display. For music, my edit window is on the main display and my mixing window is on the second display where I can adjust the faders and plugin parameters via touch screen. It's awesome.

[@MrMagoo-tq7md]

Wow, nice KZbin channel! Bought the zypherus duo 16. Looking for review. Can you test 3DMark with HT/SMT - on/off in the future(process lasso). Looking for your findings. Abo+1

[@KRFrostFire1]

This will take around 3 months to iron the out bios, had the 15 SE and the 1st 3months is a mess. Will need ATTU to be applied if it now supports it

[@Smokeblast1]

they first need to sort out the liquid metal cpu thermal paste killing the motherboard issue that all asus ROG laptops of this year are having

[@KRFrostFire1]

@@Smokeblast1 depends, i never had LM issues

[@Smokeblast1]

@@KRFrostFire1 you have the older one before they did the Liquid Metal right

[@KRFrostFire1]

@@Smokeblast1 DUO SE used LM on CPU. I might mod it to add on GPU

[@Smokeblast1]

@@KRFrostFire1 don’t

[@schmuuv6393]

Would love to buy it for the us price. Sucks hard.

[@juriaanoussoren]

That cool Lord, Lord of the Gay-mer room

[@jiaxuanxie63]

I ends up getting Strix Scar 16 (same 1100 nits screen, 4090)... Zephyrus Duo 16 without G-Sync under dGPU Mode is just a dealbreaker for me :(

[@jiaxuanxie63]

@@Showz333 Zephyrus Duo 16 doesn’t have G-Sync. I believe it only has FreeSync under Optimus/MSHybrid mode.

[@jiaxuanxie63]

@@Showz333 1:59:06

[@GizmoSlipTech]

The Scar 16 should have G-Sync.

[@jiaxuanxie63]

@@GizmoSlipTech appreciate the confirmation! Unit is at border (no 4090 option in Canada so have to order from B&H). Hope the thermal is only slightly worse than Scar 18, lol

[@SC-ey7xv]

Why does the zephyrus Duo 16 not have G sync if the laptop has the RTX 4090 graphics card. I just don't understand

[@whoistheroach136]

Sweet!

[@sprkzz.9759]

Can i have it please? I will sing for you!

[@wackyxx3388]

Cant afford the cheapest laptop he reviews

[@vishnushaji1168]

temp is not amazing ? it scores higher than i9-13980HX in a thinner laptop and only reaching under 90c. i9-13980HX laptop you tested are thicker laptops with even more than 2 fans . this cpu also getting 4.7ghz all cores ( i mean all fucking 16 cores getting 4.7ghz ) while i9 getting way less Clock in P-cores even tho it only have 8 P-cores. i9 was getting 94c+ minimum while having lower clocks. i know i9 is 24 cores and power need to go for all 24 cores but since its pulling more power, we can say it doesn't matter, even with that more power, those P-cores still doesn't get higher clocks😑 even maximum clocks i9 showing was under 4.7ghz😆

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Clock speeds are irrelevant in this case since the two cpus have different amounts/types of cores. The performance is what matters. The ryzen seems fast in multicore workloads, while the i9 looks to be faster in games.

[@vishnushaji1168]

@@GizmoSlipTech i saw in a benchmark in another channel that showed 7945HX+RTX4090 ( Laptop ) with 150w performing not much lower than a Laptop with i9-13980HX+RTX4090 with 175w. so i don't know why this laptop with 7945HX+RTX 4090 with 175w which higher than the laptop test i am talking about performing lower than i9-13980HX with RTX 4090 with same 175w power ? Based on what i saw in that other laptop review from another channel, 7945HX+RTX4090 with 175w should be same level as i9-13980HX with same gpu with same power🤷‍♀

[@dbm8925]

Das mit den schrauben ist halt Asus spezial. Die versuchen es immer den Kunden schwer zu machen für Aufzurüsten oder zu reinigen 🤦‍♂Muss man halt mit leben, oder ein anderes Notebook von anderen Herstellern kaufen 😉

[@Smokeblast1]

I want to come here to make sure nobody buys this laptop ASUS has terrible quality control the liquid metal they have on the cpu ends up destroying the machine in less than a month or in my case a week and since this is such a new product there's a keyboard issue where screenpad plus locks the keyboard and there's no option to unlock it and it doesn't play well with other screens as for a 2023 laptop there's no reason it doesn't have advanced optimus I shouldn't have to restart to get best performance and ASUS support sucks liquid balls

[@Ekami67]

Oh jeez, you have exactly that model or the 2022 model? How did you figure out that the liquid metal was responsible for destroying your unit?