Zephyrus Duo 16 Review - Ryzen 9 7945HX Put to the Test with Dual Laptop Display! Worth Buying?

[@deepelements]

If you use Unreal 5, Blender, Substance painter, Zbrush, max, or Maya just to name a few, and are on the go like me this laptop will blow your mind. The The RTX 4090 and Ryzen 9 7945HX is a dream to use for an 3D artist. If you only play games I don't think you really need this unless you love the design as much as I do :)

[@amandinehasi-dim5531]

it's true.

[@wilbertandrews]

how about video rendering and color grading? have you tested it?

[@zuhdymuzammil1303]

Ooookkkkkk🎉

[@cAg3d_Khaoz]

I'm so grateful finding you for this review as I became enamored with the dual screen. After watching this I am glad I waited to purchase this.

[@johncandelario294]

I’m getting it anyways

[@houstongaragepro8343]

Great review. The downsides mentioned are prefrences. Laptops have never been ideal for using on your lap for any real productive usage. That name should be obsoleted. The games are always evolving and no game pc or laptop is perfect because technology advances as soon as they are released. But all in all its a great piece of equipment. Im convinced i want one for 3d design.

[@ajaypuri130]

Lucky guy. Have fun. It seems the DUO with double screen overheats next to the 18inch SCAR version. I live in HK. From what I see the 7945 will only be available with the standard 2560x1600 the standard dull technology from the 129__ version. The DUO has non yet been introduced. The 13980 has two versions one with 16" Mini LED with 4080 12 and the 18" non Mini LED with 4090. I remember earlier with the 12900 series the DUO was there but the 3080TI would only go to 150W. Cheers!

[@PeterDBalazs]

No battery life test? I'm really interested how does it perform (autonomy time) under light load (browser, text editor, etc) when the dgpu is not used.

[@redcloud2992]

Great review as ALWAYS , I’m learning a lot Thanks !!!

[@therealbilaal8758]

i heard during a stream that you might be looking for a part time editor, im pretty new but can do basic stuff, add and edit audio/clips, use effects, add subtitles, etc. im looking for something i can do to gain more experience and maybe potentially some pay down the line, but i really dont mind working for free for a couple of months so that i can gain experience and you could see how well the situation works out and if my current skill set is enough to assist you. of course, if you're not interested in someone still reletively new i totally understand, thanks for thr consistently great videos and streams!

[@72breezy]

This isn’t the place to do this…

[@jamestaylor954]

I’m waiting on the 4070 version of this pc just don’t know when it will be released 🥺

[@consistentialist]

I love the Asus Duo family, because the positioning of the keyboard and trackpad force me to maintain proper sitting posture. Currently have a UX581IL and I will be buying all my future laptops from the Duo family as well. Great detailed review 👍

[@akaemzett]

These are great arguments for the wife why you would shell out so much more on a dual screen laptop!

[@consistentialist]

@@akaemzett got mine for $800 mate

[@akaemzett]

@@consistentialist Amazing, I have to do some more research, I just looked at the max spec 23 version for €5k+...

[@consistentialist]

@@akaemzett Always buy laptops second hand my guy. why are you scamming yourself...

[@akaemzett]

@@consistentialist But that new Ryzen generation is soooo tasty, especially the 7840HS in the G14...

[@me-hk4ic]

its a dream come true for work and school while also being cheaper than the razer blade series

[@hohostriker_8882]

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

[@LuisCoronado-op7xv]

I really don't play video-games on computers, but I want to buy it just for editing and working . So I think I won't have any problem if I but it. I know it cost too much money, but it's beautiful.

[@chriscarr003]

I love how in-depth you go! Amazing content man. ❤

[@Serj10Up]

Will there be a review of the Legion 7 Pro (7945HX)?

[@victor46464646]

Ok, someone has to say it. This is best looking laptop with most futuristic design and most innovative idea with second screen and I love it, but second screen is in most case scenario useless. (second screen could be great for music editing for plugins)

[@theconfusedllama]

Hi, not sure if you kept the Duo but if you have, does it still work with no problems? I've heard a lot about its questionable longevity without issues

[@keenandowling4998]

great review thanks! subbed! do i wait for anything that could possibly be better this year with 2 screens?!

[@rajathn1990]

Hey Brandon, first of all, your videos are really awesome and informative, keep up the good work man. I had a query about its dGPU mode, on the primary display. So, when you set it to dGPU mode on the mux switch, in armory crate(gpu Ultimate), do you get any form of adaptive sync?, in dGPU mode? and does it degrade performance?.......thanks in advance. This info could really make or break my decision to purchase the duo 16...😁😄

[@perdanielsorenby9368]

What laptop with 7945HX and RTX 4080 do you think will be the best one?

[@arprasad]

Legion pro 7

[@NadeemAhmed-nv2br]

@@Showz333 legions laptops still have the most juice. Duo shows 175w but only pulls 165w while legions laptops will cross that threshold not to mention they come with oc'ed ram by default 4800 to 5600 mhz for others vs 6000mhz for legion pro getting even better performance

[@ciscokiduk]

Great review , what i would like to know is how well does it drive an external screen such as the g8 neo 4k from samsung im assuming you would be limited to 144hz by using adaptors etc ? Thinking of a desktop replacement but dont really want to loose the 240hz.be interesting to hear your thoughts. 1:19:44

[@videocardzrule354]

@GizmoSlipTech RAZER just release the new Blade 18 that uses the 13980HX CPU, and 64GB DDR5. Considering that’s a better binned CPU. Are you going to exchange yours for the better Blade 18 model?

[@PKperformanceEU]

Xd

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

So the difference between the duo 16 4090 and the 4080 is just a 13% fps difference 40% the price?

[@LemonCet]

the 4090 runs cooler due to better power efficiency

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

@@LemonCet Yeah I have it now

[@teddym2808]

No USB 4 kills it entirely for me. I would lose use of my Seagate Firecuda Thunderbolt 3 dock, which has a 4TB drive, 5 port USB A Gen 2 hub, and 4TB Nvme I have installed. I would have been really tempted otherwise.

[@arprasad]

Which one is the top of the line laptop from Asus ? duo or scar

[@marounkhattar260]

Hi there. I'm very tented by the dual screen concept. Very helpful with BIM and cad software programs. I'm only confused because of the AMD Ryzen instead of intel i9-13980HX. For revit and lumion usage, do you think I'll get less performance with the AMD? Do you recommend this model for revit Autodesk, lumion and twinmotion?

[@thomasbitsch5488]

What did you end up with choosing a PC? Im about to drop up to 3.5k on a PC. I'd love you to answer, thanks!

[@fredyzord]

The dia monitor Is good for trading?

[@ukaszKos9836]

Hi! You do a great job 👏 What do you think: for content creator work(photoshop, corel draw, illustrator, premiere)...and occasionally playing games, which processor will be better? The newest AMD or Intel? I travel a lot and I'm confused about which laptop I should pick up.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Both Intel/Ryzen processors will be excellent. The Ryzen was a bit faster in those workloads, mostly. I'd get whichever CPU came paired with the better features and price tag.

[@ukaszKos9836]

@GizmoSlipTech thank you 😊 this year has given us a lot of cool laptops. Can't wait for your zephyrus g14 test (of course, if you will do it). I really like M16, but I'm afraid about termos, noise, and performance on the battery:(

[@louismarkoya2784]

Will the SSD slots allow for double sided 4TB drives?

[@DarthRaver-og7qq]

Are they going to offer this laptop with the 4090 but with the Intel high end gpu?

[@tunes2k1]

Is this with liquid metal thermal paste

[@wegener5540]

Battery life test should be added

[@MaxPotatoesLucky]

so u buy a laptop like this..two screens and high end components and u want battery life. Come on mate!!

[@GizmoSlipTech]

I do talk about this at the end, though I can't test the battery life in the middle of a livestream. I am thinking about doing a battery life battle royal livestream test though...

[@OC.TINYYY]

Said nobody ever spending 3K+ on a gaming laptop. But but battery life. You fucking kidding me?

[@steffdia7080]

3 hours battery life

[@nandarisya4255]

Lol it's like buying a ferrari but wanting to be an efficient car

[@35cmsiyahlazerkilici]

Hey Gizmo! Would you recommend ROG Strix G17 with RTX4070 and AMD 7945HX? Could they work well together?

[@planetfade2522]

I would these new mobile rtx 40 series cards and new cpus are insane!

[@shanelynn4277]

May I know how thick is the thermal pad if you want to add another ssd in the 2nd slot bay?

[@MrDairedo]

Hi there! Got Asus ROG Strix G17 Ryzen 7945HX and RTX 4080. The temperature of CPU in all games like Witcher, Cyberpunk and others are 95C all the time. I dont think it's normal... Where is the problem? The GPU hold aprx 80C

[@saitoTK124]

7945 has much smaller die size

[@achkatserenkhand2308]

Is that cpu 95c-100c temp is ok for long time use?

[@Leavenfish]

Ever notice he rarely if ever answers questions. Sad.

[@nero_defi]

@@Leavenfish No, it's not normal. I've got a ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE with re-applied liquid metal (on both CPU and GPU + nail polish around the chip) sitting on a IETS GT500. My temps on Warzone never exceed 78C for CPU and 67C for GPU. Stock it used to boil beyond 95C (sometimes hitting 100C wtf!). If you don't disassembly the Duo you'll kill your $$$$ machine and suffer... Forever.

[@switronic_]

i got the 4080 version. do you think it's a good choice for the money difference?

[@HouseClubMouseMickey]

I mean it's good obviously but still as you're already spending so much why not just pay a bit more and get the next version right?!

[@VanessaGarcia-mg2px]

@@HouseClubMouseMickey thats exactly how i think

[@0megaSW]

What software is that to get the cpu temps in games?

[@pearsonyam8676]

what's the battery life like?

[@LemonCet]

3 hours at the very least 5 hours max with full optimization

[@dvr1337]

mine never goes above 4,65ghz even single core. weird.

[@NVGEAR]

Is the charger a GaN charger?

[@dvr1337]

Didnt scar 18 have 2 power supplies? 330w and 100w or something

[@brandonblaze2300]

the problem im having with my Asus rog duo is that the keyboard light keeps turning off and i have to keep going to the ARMOURY Aura settings to switch it back on, and yes i pressed FN+F11 but nothing. Any idea what's causing this problem?

[@DA_GameDev]

You are the best dude keep the good job.

[@aksup4213]

have u heard any news about ryzen 7040hs laptops release? amd promised us by the start of march its already mid march

[@1jz_gte]

Can you do a review on the 2023 zenbook pro duo 14 rxt4060 ?

[@Romash.]

gizmo what do you think of acer predator helios 16 13800h ? 4060 will it be better worthn than legion 7 2021 3070 5800h

[@Romash.]

If helios 16 is cheaper than legion 7 will it be worth

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Yes, I would pick a high wattage RTX 4060 over a RTX 3070, especially with that processor which isn't nearly as fast as the 13800H--better CPU bound game performance by a lot.

[@Nikhil-yh9zc]

bro did you delete first upload and uploaded again ??🤨🤨

[@Kittiuk2g]

Yah I thought I was having a memory problem lol

[@skymborgV2]

I guess the other one was the live which he put as unlisted this one is the edited video, I may be wrong

[@GizmoSlipTech]

This is the cutdown version, much shorter, but still including all the tests. The other one is under the LIVE section on my channel still.

[@X75005]

Xd

[@Sparky-ssv]

Is the main screen touchscreen?

[@Leavenfish]

no

[@Jizousensei-R]

can you upgrade the USB type-c to USB4?

[@mikaelwhitelight]

How have you set the fixed 2800mV for the CPU?

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Haven’t. Which program? Which setting in the program?

[@mikaelwhitelight]

@@GizmoSlipTech it is very strange because in your video i see 2800mV as static Voltage (cpu) value in Armory Crate. Anyway in my device that number is around 1130mV and constantly changing but it almost never exceed 1400mV neigher during Cinebench benchmark. Result in "turbo mode" was 33700 (while in "manual mode" with all max it was around 32700, no idea why). The temperature reached 98C during the benchmark

[@Elev8minh]

Great Review with Asus’s horrible customer service I’m afraid to buy any Asus products. How is this laptop treating you? Worth the risk and buy?

[@pietpompies7381]

Thanks.

[@PhillipLearnTeach]

Is it faster than the i9 13980HX RTX 4080 or 4090? Anyone knows?

[@VanessaGarcia-mg2px]

well this one is the 4090 which is supposed to be the fastest

[@misterringer]

asus website says no USB4/TB4. Both are 3.2 gen 2, one with DP passthrough. What an absolute disappointment. ASUS is missing an audience here. The dual screen setup seems perfect for audio engineers and recording artists who use DAW software. But many of the better audio interfaces are TB. Come on ASUS, get it together!

[@kalkydra]

Excellent video, one of the few if not the only one in English going into depth with this new model, great work!. One question, in the performance part for Warzone 01:09:54 what exact settings you used because there is another short review playing warzone on a previous model with the 3070 Ti that is getting better FPS tan this suppose most powerful model with the 4090? How that can be? kzbin.infoAwT6mQb61Mc?feature=share

[@WskyTngoFxt]

I hate barrel power connector

[@dvr1337]

So basically in europe its all scalpers? Official asus store wants 5000€....which is like 6000$?

[@PKperformanceEU]

Yes . I wonder if Asus Canada is shown in CAD or USD. Do you know?

[@divinusfilius3771]

A question to any owners of such machine - if you had a baby, and this laptop (a mere mortal cannot really afford both at same time, but...), seriously, if the forbidden may happen may God forbid, and you had a choice, would you chose to have dropped your own child on the asphalt or this baby instead?!

[@sudarshanrock9551]

is it ok get 100-101 celius cpu?

[@nero_defi]

No, it's not normal. I've got a ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE with re-applied liquid metal (on both CPU and GPU + nail polish around the chip) sitting on a IETS GT500. My temps on Warzone never exceed 78C for CPU and 67C for GPU. Stock it used to boil beyond 95C (sometimes hitting 100C wtf!). If you don't disassembly the Duo you'll kill your $$$$ machine and suffer... Forever.

[@sudarshanrock9551]

my laptop is zephyrus duo 16 2023 the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX The normal temperature is around 78 and 85. This temperature just normal work browsing, listening songs movies when I game it reaches sometimes 99 and touches 100 also. The post I did six months ago, I didn’t have the laptop. I just had a thought to buy it I don’t know about you temperature here in India. Reach temperature will become like 27 or 30 sometimes but that does not justify at all because my previous laptop was like 50-60 for normal work. Yeah that to reaches 100 but it’s rare literally that laptop is powered by intel i7 7th generation so what do you think my laptop is facing? Is this hardware or the software itself that overheats my processor even I keep the fans at turbo it reaches hundred sometimes and just comes down after a bit when I have a air-conditioned on in my room, the temperature reaches 95-98 even with minimal background process. The temperatures are same

[@nero_defi]

@sudarshanrock9551 I've traveled the world with this laptop (working and gaming with it), from the Bahamas to Indonesia to Italy, where I lived in these countries and the story's the same no matter what the temps are. You've got to fix ASUS' poor job: re-apply the liquid metal. As I've previously said I have applied the liquid metal to both CPU and GPU so that they are cool and nice next to one each other :)

[@Leavenfish]

@@nero_defi How does one 'reapply' the liquid metal? It sounds like something a reputable retailer would do...or a local pc/laptop technician.

[@nero_defi]

@@Leavenfish My girlfriend reapplied the thermal coating and liquid metal to the CPU and GPU, as well as thermal paste around the chipsets. I had her watch a couple of tutorial videos, even though she had no prior experience with computers; she's a beautician, so she has steady and accurate hands. I was the one who actually disassembled the laptop. (my first time ever lmao)

[@BullyGovJ4F7775]

Why are tech youtubers STILL making 1080p videos? Smfh

[@EVEREST95]

Where is the DVD 📀 pallette.??😅😅

[@GizmoSlipTech]

😂

[@EVEREST95]

@@GizmoSlipTech 😝😝😝😆😂🤣

[@amnajeeb5921]

BRO does the rog zephyrus duo 16 2023 have fingerprint sensor

[@simplysuperc]

No, but has IR webcam for Windows hello face login

[@dvr1337]

Why u never run native benchmarks? No one cares about upscaling

[@dvr1337]

Isnt 100nits totally bullshit? Like its the worst ive ever seen on paper

[@sudarshanrock9551]

pls play a plague of requim

[@matejmilacek]

Do you have a laptop for the first time? terrible review