ASUS often uses the keyboard as an air intake on its gaming laptops, but with a second screen covering the entire bottom portion of the Zephyrus Duo, that isn't possible. Instead, it has an oversized intake panel on the bottom of the PC to feed the fans inside. ASUS built a custom vapor chamber here to cover nearly 50% of the motherboard, and it uses a Graphite Nano insulation layer between the board and the OLED display. Something I've never seen before is an angled exhaust vent that doubles as a raised footing. It's joined by a much larger heatsink exhaust running along the entirety of the b
The most "desktop" gaming laptop ever made? I tested the new ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo to see why it's getting so much attention.ASUS offers two ROG Zephyrus Duo (2026) configurations. The more affordable model (GX651AR) costs $4,499.99 and comes with the Intel Core Ultra 9 386H CPU, NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti mobile GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. ASUS also has a model with an RTX 5090 mobile GPU and otherwise identical specs for $5,499.99. That's a full $1,000 upcharge for the RTX 5090, as both models have the same displays, ports, cameras, etc. Here's a deeper look at the specs available in the new ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo. Swipe to scroll horizontallyASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo (GX651AR) specificationsRow 0 - Cell 0 ASUS ROG Zephyrus
The most "desktop" gaming laptop ever made? I tested the new ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo to see why it's getting so much attention.