The Asus X16 is the best laptop I've ever had. And I've had Razer Blades, Alienware, Dell XPS amog other premium models. I got the 6900 HS with 3070 Ti. The AMD CPU is honestly required on this product I think. You get great performance on battery with great integrated graphics when disabling the 3070 Ti. Battery life is also great, you can tune the AMD CPU to use very little wattage.
@@theawesomeking5513 Was hoping to get at least 60 FPS at 1080P or 1200P and most games have exceeded my expectations there with high or even max levels of detail in some cases. Just initially testing it out and running games at 1080P/1200P resulted in: -Elden Ring: Ran at high settings at 60 FPS -Wo Long: Ran at mostly high settings at 90-120 FPS -Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II: (DLSS performance) 130-140 FPS in multiplayer at 1200P. 120-130 FPS at 1440P. -Cyberpunk: (DLSS performance) 80-100 FPS -Control: (DLSS) 80-90 FPS -Resident Evil 4: Anywhere from 100-140 FPS with the settings on performance. Have seen dips as low as 80 and it may depend on the area. -Street Fighter V: 60 FPS at max detail at 1440P -KOF XV: 60 FPS at max detail at 1440P -Yakuza Like A Dragon: 35-45 on ultra settings at 1440P. 55-60 FPS with the same settings at 1200P. -Samurai Warriors 5: 60 FPS on highest settings at 1440P. I don't think I'd be as impressed with this on a larger laptop like the X16, but this is really amazing to see on a 13" tablet. We can see from Tech Guy Beau's game performance video that 1600P isn't going to result in the best performance because of that 6GB VRAM limit, but it seems like the 4050 handles games very, very well at lower resolutions around 1080P. I never used a laptop with a 3060, but I assume this is pretty much the same for its levels of performance?
I think the fact that you can connect an xg mobile with up to an 4090 12vbVRAM is what makes this laptop so unique. You will be able to connect a 50 or even 60 series which is nice for long term usage considering the screen is also quite nice.
@@volcalstoneyeah I agree on that but hopefully Asus can develop their upcoming XG Mobiles to have better PCIe to lessen the effects of bottlenecking. Asus’ way of incorporating this iGPU is better than most iGPU’s which use thunderbolt.
As long as Asus keeps putting the egpu put I'll be happy. I'd like to get the current model with a 4060 and then when that isn't cutting it get a 5xxx series or 6xxx series eGPU from Asus. Also because the screen is glossy and gorgeous compared to other matte gaming laptops. Failing that other 3rd party eGPU solutions will still cut it for a while.
I'll wait for the AMD processor one next year. I've bought the 2022 AMD one with a 3060 GPU. Then when the 4090 igpu or more goes open box, I'll get one.
Bought an open box buy from Best Buy for $1249. It was Flawless. Recently sold my G14 3060 for $900. So I upgraded to this for $350. I couldn't be happier. So many more features with the flow X 16 also my gpu total power draw went from 60 watts to 125 watts
He is making it look really light. Mine is quite heavy and I wouldn't juggle it like that really. Just saying, it is heavier than it appears on this video.
Great review, you clearly have very in-depth knowledge about high-end laptops. The only thing that I'm curious about that you didn't cover is the ghosting/tearing of the panel... if you have a high speed camera, it may be nice to compare its display with the 240hz golden standard (which I think is the ZOWIE XL2540K, at least according to the CSGO community afaik :D).
The 6850m xt is my primary laptop. It’s a bit bigger but also has better build, superior battery life, and is more powerful in games. The cpu on the asus is more powerful when plugged in. When it comes down to it both are good, but I prefer my legion 7
This laptop specs right up. To 64Gb DDR5 with 4060 8GB and twin 4Tb NVME's makes this a cracking all round 2-in-1 Laptop very portable, not heavy and plenty of storage, speed and if you want to play games. It kills everything. Yes it expensive but boy is it worth it.
Have really been enjoying your reviews! I'm looking for a really quiet/cool laptop for real time strategy gaming. This would probably be a good option for me but I hate the fact its got a touchscreen and could be used as a tablet. I have an old 13 inch MacBook Pro I use for work. My gaming laptop won't leave my house. Only reason I want something slim and light is because 90% of the gaming I do in bed. I would be buying this with the 4070 so a lot of what you said doesn't really apply. I just have too much of a hangup with the touch screen/tablet feature for some reason so I'll probably end up moving forward with the Blade 16 with the Mercury Finish.
Lenovo has sent me over something special that I’ve been wanting to review for a long time. I think it will fit your needs well. I’ll have a review out this week
@@TechGuyBeau interesting! Looking forward to the review! I'm waiting for best buy to carry the mercury Blade 16 anyways. I have antotal membership so I would have to spend the extra $$$ on the extended warranty.
Slim 7i is more portable and a bit more streamlined. It has a better keyboard and much better battery life The x16 has more upgradeability and a more powerful cpu. It’s bigger but not too big
well i checked the specs from the other new 40series laptop ok less tdp a bit vram if you have already 30series laptop no need to upgrade maybe next year or 2 years then maybe upgrade. there is no compation for intel nvidia and the prices are high for the new gen here in europe, skip for months if you want to save some money like summer sales.
@@philippelambinet1425 when? where did you find this? In any case, I just found out some good news, 2022 and 2023 have similar battery life, due to the improved energy efficiency of the Intel 13 gen. It doesn't make sense anymore to get the 2022 model. The 2023 model has 1080p webcam, better screen, DLSS3, HDMI 2.1...
Battery life isn’t good regardless of what you do. Probably 4.5 hours is a reasonable high end expectation. More of a take somewhere and plug in device If you need all day batter, perhaps grab last years model with amd 6000 series (or look at a g14 2023 with amd cpu)
Im an architecture student who will be running programs like AutoCad and Lumion. Im really interested in this laptop, but I can’t decide on the 2022 or 23 version. Any suggestions?
2022 better battery life 2023 more powerful cpu, better screen, better gpu Unless the price is much different get 2023. But 2022 is still great In the end for your workflow both will be superb. What are the price differences
@@madelynblankenship1467 for the work you are doing, probably not worth it I’m using 2022 x13 currently (same specs), it’s more than enough. I’m in a similar field
I want to desperately own this laptop ROG Flow X16 2023 can you bring buy this laptop for me in your country and bring to India I will give money of the laptop
@@TechGuyBeau the previous variant had a weak hinge , when you picked it up it would easily swivel .. you can see many reviews in RUclips where they expressed their concern regarding the longevity of the hinge.. I wanted to know if they've made any improvements to it ..
I can get the ryzen 7 6800 model at a discount, the only drawback is, it doesnt has usb 4.0 port, do you think its such a major factor? What do i missed without usb 4?
USB for would be important if you were going to run an external GPU, which isn’t a factor since this has an XGM port. Although the other benefit is if you want to have a USB for dock running three 4K screens or something It’s still supports 10 Gbps transfer can still run 4K screens and docks and such.
just wondering, is there any performance difference of the ROG Flow X13 and X16 2023 models ? for the 4070 gpu variant, the X16 has about 100w of gpu and X13 has about 60 to 65w...
@@TechGuyBeau why are these laptops more affordable in western countries than in Asian ones? If I could find it here in this price with these specs I would grab it first hand
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The Asus X16 is the best laptop I've ever had. And I've had Razer Blades, Alienware, Dell XPS amog other premium models. I got the 6900 HS with 3070 Ti. The AMD CPU is honestly required on this product I think. You get great performance on battery with great integrated graphics when disabling the 3070 Ti. Battery life is also great, you can tune the AMD CPU to use very little wattage.
I got the Z13 with a 4050- gaming performance has been surprisingly good to the point where I would recommend it to someone looking at these machines.
How good is the performance?
@@theawesomeking5513 Was hoping to get at least 60 FPS at 1080P or 1200P and most games have exceeded my expectations there with high or even max levels of detail in some cases.
Just initially testing it out and running games at 1080P/1200P resulted in:
-Elden Ring: Ran at high settings at 60 FPS
-Wo Long: Ran at mostly high settings at 90-120 FPS
-Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II: (DLSS performance) 130-140 FPS in multiplayer at 1200P. 120-130 FPS at 1440P.
-Cyberpunk: (DLSS performance) 80-100 FPS
-Control: (DLSS) 80-90 FPS
-Resident Evil 4: Anywhere from 100-140 FPS with the settings on performance. Have seen dips as low as 80 and it may depend on the area.
-Street Fighter V: 60 FPS at max detail at 1440P
-KOF XV: 60 FPS at max detail at 1440P
-Yakuza Like A Dragon: 35-45 on ultra settings at 1440P. 55-60 FPS with the same settings at 1200P.
-Samurai Warriors 5: 60 FPS on highest settings at 1440P.
I don't think I'd be as impressed with this on a larger laptop like the X16, but this is really amazing to see on a 13" tablet. We can see from Tech Guy Beau's game performance video that 1600P isn't going to result in the best performance because of that 6GB VRAM limit, but it seems like the 4050 handles games very, very well at lower resolutions around 1080P. I never used a laptop with a 3060, but I assume this is pretty much the same for its levels of performance?
@@lyteedgeAny experience in terms of battery life?
@@theawesomeking5513 the z13 should theoreticaly perform around the same as the z16 in my gaming video (if that helps).
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I think the fact that you can connect an xg mobile with up to an 4090 12vbVRAM is what makes this laptop so unique. You will be able to connect a 50 or even 60 series which is nice for long term usage considering the screen is also quite nice.
The only problem with that is your CPU might be bottlenecking your GPU in the future.
@@volcalstoneyeah I agree on that but hopefully Asus can develop their upcoming XG Mobiles to have better PCIe to lessen the effects of bottlenecking. Asus’ way of incorporating this iGPU is better than most iGPU’s which use thunderbolt.
The 40 series is a upgrade from the 30s but the lower tdp & Vram makes them sit at the same point
Yeah the 4000 series are good in terms of watt to fps performance. But the raw performance isn’t that impressive for the price
And you're paying huge price just to buy the higher numbers only not the performance
@@Inc0gnit045 not true, 4000 series shines at lower wattages, especially if you use the performance mode which sits at 80-100w
Especially without an AMD cpu.
Why is nobody using the Stylus on this...Damn...
As long as Asus keeps putting the egpu put I'll be happy. I'd like to get the current model with a 4060 and then when that isn't cutting it get a 5xxx series or 6xxx series eGPU from Asus. Also because the screen is glossy and gorgeous compared to other matte gaming laptops. Failing that other 3rd party eGPU solutions will still cut it for a while.
The screen is absolutely incredibly. Objectively a huge selling point
I'll wait for the AMD processor one next year.
I've bought the 2022 AMD one with a 3060 GPU.
Then when the 4090 igpu or more goes open box, I'll get one.
Bought an open box buy from Best Buy for $1249. It was Flawless. Recently sold my G14 3060 for $900. So I upgraded to this for $350. I couldn't be happier.
So many more features with the flow X 16 also my gpu total power draw went from 60 watts to 125 watts
Which model x16??
@@TechGuyBeau ryzen 9
3060
16gb
Ips
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He is making it look really light. Mine is quite heavy and I wouldn't juggle it like that really. Just saying, it is heavier than it appears on this video.
Great review, you clearly have very in-depth knowledge about high-end laptops.
The only thing that I'm curious about that you didn't cover is the ghosting/tearing of the panel... if you have a high speed camera, it may be nice to compare its display with the 240hz golden standard (which I think is the ZOWIE XL2540K, at least according to the CSGO community afaik :D).
This ROG Flow X16 with RTX 4070 or Legion 7 2022 with RX6850XT 12Gb? I'm both a gamer and content creator. Which one would you recommend?
The 6850m xt is my primary laptop. It’s a bit bigger but also has better build, superior battery life, and is more powerful in games.
The cpu on the asus is more powerful when plugged in.
When it comes down to it both are good, but I prefer my legion 7
your channel is really famous now sir congradulation
Just got this laptop, Got it for Blender and Substance Painting, but also some gaming.
Great laptop
This laptop specs right up. To 64Gb DDR5 with 4060 8GB and twin 4Tb NVME's makes this a cracking all round 2-in-1 Laptop very portable, not heavy and plenty of storage, speed and if you want to play games. It kills everything. Yes it expensive but boy is it worth it.
Have really been enjoying your reviews! I'm looking for a really quiet/cool laptop for real time strategy gaming. This would probably be a good option for me but I hate the fact its got a touchscreen and could be used as a tablet. I have an old 13 inch MacBook Pro I use for work. My gaming laptop won't leave my house. Only reason I want something slim and light is because 90% of the gaming I do in bed. I would be buying this with the 4070 so a lot of what you said doesn't really apply. I just have too much of a hangup with the touch screen/tablet feature for some reason so I'll probably end up moving forward with the Blade 16 with the Mercury Finish.
Lenovo has sent me over something special that I’ve been wanting to review for a long time. I think it will fit your needs well. I’ll have a review out this week
@@TechGuyBeau interesting! Looking forward to the review!
I'm waiting for best buy to carry the mercury Blade 16 anyways. I have antotal membership so I would have to spend the extra $$$ on the extended warranty.
waiting to check this out in store and make a comparison to the new Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i (Slim Pro 9i).
Hey I know you... Small world. Cool channel, keep it up!
Ahhh you found me randomly. How are you good sir!?
Since you have already reviewed this and slim 7i what would you prefer?
Slim 7i is more portable and a bit more streamlined. It has a better keyboard and much better battery life
The x16 has more upgradeability and a more powerful cpu. It’s bigger but not too big
How many fingers does the touchscreen support?
How do the hinges of the 2023 model feel? They're strong ?
Yes the laptop feels very sturdy
do you think you could show us a shipping link, so i can get it here in aus?
I'm planning to upgrade my laptop, can you suggest for me, should it take 2022 rtx 3060 with R7 version or 2023 version with rtx 4050 i9?
The 3060 is more powerful that the 4050. And the ryzen processor will have better battery life. Personally I’d take the 2022 model
I just bought 2022 model with miniled display, bought it reburbished a very good deal. Strongly recommend the miniled version if budget allows!
@@herbertng522sadly in my country they only give us the ips version:(
@@herbertng522 how much was it?
@@manslayer66 i bought in china it was 1600 USD (vs new 2600 USD). stylus not included tho.
well i checked the specs from the other new 40series laptop ok less tdp a bit vram if you have already 30series laptop no need to upgrade maybe next year or 2 years then maybe upgrade. there is no compation for intel nvidia and the prices are high for the new gen here in europe, skip for months if you want to save some money like summer sales.
Asus ROG FLOW x16 2023 doest it support with thounder port desktop version GPU like razer blade laptop ?
Ordering the 4070 model soon. Does it come with a stylus?
No
@@notsohandyandy ya figured. Thanks!
@@Valmed87 ASUS has released the USB4 drivers for the AMD model
@@philippelambinet1425 when? where did you find this?
In any case, I just found out some good news, 2022 and 2023 have similar battery life, due to the improved energy efficiency of the Intel 13 gen. It doesn't make sense anymore to get the 2022 model. The 2023 model has 1080p webcam, better screen, DLSS3, HDMI 2.1...
@@Valmed87 I live in Switzerland and that's the model they sold in 2022 here. I agree with you, the 2023 model is the one to get in 2023 ;-)
I cant find this laptop in stock. Also, what do you think of the battery life after cutting the framrate in half and limiting thr cpu and or gpu?
Battery life isn’t good regardless of what you do. Probably 4.5 hours is a reasonable high end expectation. More of a take somewhere and plug in device
If you need all day batter, perhaps grab last years model with amd 6000 series (or look at a g14 2023 with amd cpu)
Im an architecture student who will be running programs like AutoCad and Lumion. Im really interested in this laptop, but I can’t decide on the 2022 or 23 version. Any suggestions?
2022 better battery life
2023 more powerful cpu, better screen, better gpu
Unless the price is much different get 2023. But 2022 is still great
In the end for your workflow both will be superb. What are the price differences
A big difference but I’d be willing to pay if its worth it.
@@madelynblankenship1467 for the work you are doing, probably not worth it
I’m using 2022 x13 currently (same specs), it’s more than enough. I’m in a similar field
Is 2022 model still worth it when it is like 40 percent off now?
It has less vram on the gpu and not as nice of a screen, but the battery life and cpu are amazing.
Personally I’m using a 2022 model right now lol
I want to desperately own this laptop ROG Flow X16 2023 can you bring buy this laptop for me in your country and bring to India I will give money of the laptop
I wish they had kept a ryzen procesor in the 2023 model
Could you do a hinge test please ?
What do you mean by this? The hinges overall seem solid. Not flimsy or cheap
@@TechGuyBeau the previous variant had a weak hinge , when you picked it up it would easily swivel .. you can see many reviews in RUclips where they expressed their concern regarding the longevity of the hinge.. I wanted to know if they've made any improvements to it ..
what's the price in (CAD) for this x16 with the rtx 4050? I want one haha
$2200-2300 CAD
Can you get OLED or miniLED on X16 Flow?
MiniLED
Is the body from metal or plastic?
Metal
Interesting.. ❤
I can get the ryzen 7 6800 model at a discount, the only drawback is, it doesnt has usb 4.0 port, do you think its such a major factor? What do i missed without usb 4?
USB for would be important if you were going to run an external GPU, which isn’t a factor since this has an XGM port. Although the other benefit is if you want to have a USB for dock running three 4K screens or something
It’s still supports 10 Gbps transfer can still run 4K screens and docks and such.
@@TechGuyBeau does the asus pen stick magnetically somewhere on the laptop? Or does it come with pen holder or some sort?
@@joydboy1382 you can kinda just stick in anywhere since the pen is magnetized. But yeah a holder would be nice as it’s easy to knock off
@@TechGuyBeau 👍🏻🙏
One more thing, how long have u own flow x16? How is the hinge after long term usage? Getting loose or...???
just wondering, is there any performance difference of the ROG Flow X13 and X16 2023 models ? for the 4070 gpu variant, the X16 has about 100w of gpu and X13 has about 60 to 65w...
100 watts vs 60 watts would be a fair bit of a difference yes. Both should perform well, but it’s approaching double the raw wattage
@@TechGuyBeau so the 100w is still better than 60w by a small margin or higher margin ?
It will be noticeable, but it’s not going to take you from 70 FPS down to 30 or something. But she will probably lose 10 or 15% performance offhand
What's the price of this intel version?
$2300 CAD
@@TechGuyBeau why are these laptops more affordable in western countries than in Asian ones? If I could find it here in this price with these specs I would grab it first hand
How is the drawing experience? Do you think it competes with the sensitivity of the iPad Pro or the Surface?
Good. But it doesn’t compete with a surface (not sure if anything does)
@@TechGuyBeau ok, thank you.
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If you go to a coffee shop for six to eight hours a day do you need to rethink your life situation.
lol. youd be surprised how long some students and "creators" linger in these places.
How do the hinges of the 2023 model feel? They're strong ?
Yeah they feel good. An upgrade from my previous x13