Asus ROG Flow X13 announced! Know price, specs, launch date & more

Asus ROG Flow X13 announced! Know price, specs, launch date & more

Asus ROG Flow X13 has been announced during the CES 2021 online event. Here is everything about ROG Flow X13 price, specs, launch date & more.

The CES 2021 is having a great exhibition with various tech giants unveiling their upcoming products. In the same online event, Asus managed to raise eyebrows of many with its CES 2021 Republic of Gamers portfolio. In the same, the organisation unveiled its upcoming line of products one of which is the Asus ROG Flow X13. So, if you have been wondering about the recently introduced ROG Flow X13x, then do not worry here is all about its specifications, price, and more.

The CES 2021 is having a great exhibition with various tech giants unveiling their upcoming products. In the same online event, Asus managed to raise eyebrows of many with its CES 2021 Republic of Gamers portfolio. In the same, the organisation unveiled its upcoming line of products one of which is the Asus ROG Flow X13. So, if you have been wondering about the recently introduced ROG Flow X13x, then do not worry here is all about its specifications, price, and more.

Asus ROG Flow X13 Specifications

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 with ROG Boost
• AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS processor (16M Cache, up to 4.5GHz)
• 120Hz 13.4' PANTONE Validated IPS-Type WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10 touchscreen display
• 16GB LPDDR4X RAM | 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD | Backlit Precision Gaming Keyboard
• Bundled with Innovative ROG XG Mobile Docking Station with onboard RTX 3080
• 360° 2-in-1 Design: Stand, Tent, Tablet, or Laptop mode for easy versatility
• Gig+ Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | USB Type-C Charging Capable | 720p HD Webcam
• ROG Intelligent Cooling system with self-cleaning anti-dust tunnels
• ASUS Stylus and laptop sleeve included with purchase

Spec Check: A Super-Slim Laptop With a Rare Small eGPU

While most of the details are in the video, here’s a rundown of the fundamentals. The Flow X13 measures just 0.62 inch thick and weighs 2.9 pounds. That’s pretty portable for any laptop in its size class, but great for a gaming system. Granted, the GeForce GTX 1650 that the Flow X13 packs onboard is just an entry-level GPU, one you may find in some general-use laptops that want to offer some 3D-graphics acceleration capability. The Flow X13 is also a very rare convertible gaming laptop, bending into tablet and stand modes. You'll be able to get it with a 16:10 display in one of two varieties: a 1080p, 120Hz-refresh-rate panel, or a 4K resolution screen.

That’s where the XG Mobile comes in as its partner. This eGPU enclosure can contain up to a fully powered Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU despite measuring just 1.14 by 6.1 by 8.1 inches (HWD). Asus estimates this is about 6% of the size of standard eGPUs, and having tested some much larger eGPU boxes from the likes of Razer and others, I can confirm that this is much smaller than your average model. It's cooled by a compact vapor chamber to keep it running within spec at its small size.

If you're unfamiliar with the eGPU concept, the idea is that you plug a laptop (usually a less-powerful machine) into an external graphics "amplification" box that has its own dedicated GPU inside. When connected, the laptop uses the external enclosure's GPU for graphics processing instead of its own for a boost in performance.

That way, you can take a portable laptop everywhere with you for daily use, and when you come home, plug it in to the eGPU for an elevated gaming experience, without having to buy a separate gaming computer. The XG Mobile takes this a step further by making the eGPU itself portable, too, so you can move around your whole gaming setup with ease.

The XG Mobile can connect to your laptop via a custom PCI Express 3.0 x8 interface, which Asus claims is faster than Thunderbolt 4 (63Gbps of bandwidth exclusively for graphics transfer). The connector and cable used are, at least at the moment, exclusive to these two products...

Even speedy Thunderbolt interfaces usually see some level of performance loss between the eGPU and the laptop, and this solution seeks to mitigate that. Alienware, similarly, has utilized a proprietary port for its Graphics Amplifier eGPU for years, and Asus seeks to maintain the interface used on the XG Mobile and X13 Flow moving forward across multiple devices.

Check out the video above for more details on the Flow X13 laptop and the XG Mobile eGPU, and stay tuned for a full review once units become available.

Asus ROG Flow X13 Price 

With a 360° 2-in-1 Design, the Asus ROG Flow X13 is surely one of its kind. You can now charge the laptop with your mobile charger as it has the USB Type-C Charging capability. While so many features of this incredible product are attracting the attention of the buyers, it is priced at $2,999.99 only that is approximately Rs 2,19,516.77 (INR). However, the product is not yet launched.

Asus ROG Flow X13 Launch date

As we all know, Asus has just introduced the ROG Flow X13 laptop in the CES 2021 online event. The official date of the Asus 2021 laptops has not been yet announced. Nevertheless, all we know is that it will be available in the first quarter of 2021. But, you can opt for the "Arrival Notice" on the official site of Asus and all you will need to do is create an account on the site and they will send out notifications about any development.