alekhkhanna
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Upgraded after 13 years !
Congos and similar pinch.
Eagerly waiting for review
Woah, how much did this cost and where did you buy this from?
It seems he has bought this in US.Woah, how much did this cost and where did you buy this from?
feedback pleaseZE 3000 from Final.
Well i think there is not much to tell so including everything i have now in this spoiler. Sorry don't hate me after reading it as i still don't have enough information about them.feedback please
Congratulations. I love their laptops. When it comes to innovation and trying to do in a different way, they would get the top ranking among OEMs. What is the bloatware situation now? I used to review their laptops and those laptops would come with too many ASUS and partner apps.View attachment 194520
New everyday setup - replaced the Surface Pro 8 (8GB | 256GB) with the ROG Flow X13. Beastly specs in an unbelievably thin and light form factor - just 1.3kg for a Ryzen 9 6900HS, 120hz screen, 2-in-1 functionality and a 3050 Ti! The 6900HS beats my 2.4kg gaming laptop from 2021 handily in terms of CPU, despite being launched just a year later in 2022.
No matter what anyone says about AMD, they really did make Intel and the whole CPU space competitive again. This sort of performance in a machine this thin would have been unthinkable even 5 years ago, yet here we are! And what I find the most unbelievable is that the 6900HS is 2 generations old already! Can't wait to see where we are in 2 or 3 more years
Attaching CPU-Z benchmarks for just a quick comparison between the old and the new. The 10870H was at 65W and the 6900HS at 50W, for context.
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Even the battery life is astonishing. I barely got about 5 hours with my old Surface from 100% to 20%, and this was with Windows' battery saver kicking in at 40% or 50%. It's not like I got great performance either - it had just a hyperthreaded quad core i5 1135G7 in it, with no discrete graphics.
With a little bit of tweaking using GHelper (open-source alternative to Asus' Armoury Crate software) by undervolting the 6900HS and limiting power to 15W on battery (which is still more than snappy enough), I easily get about 7hrs battery life going from 80% to 20% (with Windows' power saving mode kicking in at 40%). The 6900HS limited to 15W on battery still feels more snappy than the Surface and my gaming laptop connected to power. although that may be due to the Gen4 NVMe SSD as well.
Lastly, the X13 only weighs less than a 100g more than the Surface with the Type Cover attached, so it's not like there was a massive increase in weight either. The only thing I miss moving from the Surface to the ROG is the beautiful 267PPI display. While the Asus has a 1920x1200 500nit screen, it cannot match the sharpness of the Surface in any manner. However, after the first few hours, I don't notice it at all anymore and it's well worth the gains in battery life and all other departments
So, I got this laptop used with about 4 months of manufacturer warranty and then another year of BestBuy coverage. The OEM image/drivers it came were plagued with issues leading to various bluescreens which I tried to diagnose and fix for about week. I almost sent it back to Asus but the BestBuy technician advised me against it saying that they have had very bad experience with Asus service, and urged me to try and fix the laptop instead. He said that they often receive devices back from them with a lot of visible scratches and even with more problems than they were originally sent in for (as per their policy, if the laptop is past the 15-day return period but still within manufacturer warranty, they have to send it to Asus first. Else, BestBuy replaces the device as per their discretion only after the manufacturer warranty is up). Seems that Asus' support isn't great in the States :/Congratulations. I love their laptops. When it comes to innovation and trying to do in a different way, they would get the top ranking among OEMs. What is the bloatware situation now? I used to review their laptops and those laptops would come with too many ASUS and partner apps.
First impressions - supremely comfortable, but they sound trash out of the box, even considering the fact that they were launched almost 5 years ago (my unit was manufactured in December 2019). However, after using Wavelet (on Android) to apply auto-EQ and further boosting bass to +3 in the Bose Music app, they sound pretty decent. Soundstage is non-existent without EQ, and slightly better with EQ. Even after applying EQ, I would say that they are still only on par with the Signature Acoustic (SA) Raven earphones, which I got for about Rs. 2000 on Amazon 4 years ago. The soundstage is still smaller than those IEMs even after EQ, but the noise cancellation is well worth it. I like that they have an auto-shutdown feature if they don't detect motion in an hour, and that you can also switch off noise cancellation completely (this is not a feature on many newer ANC headphones).Got this beautiful Bose NCH 700 for $50 off of Reddit - pristine condition. First pair of ANC cans, and they greatly help with my ADHD and focus issues too!
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Congrats . Don't put your finger in frunkTime to turn it upto 11
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Say hi to the beast. @rdst_1 its here.
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