Asus refreshes their ROG Zephyrus and ROG Strix gaming laptop range – now available in Australia

There’s a heap of new games on the horizon and to make sure you can run them all, Asus has just announced their latest gaming range of laptops. Asus has announced a range of new models across the ROG Zephyrus and ROG Strix brands.

Asus is bringing a range of new tech to their ROG gaming laptops, from 10th Gen Intel processors to DDR4 memory running at 3200MHz, as well as their liquid metal thermal compound for extreme cooling.

ROG Zephyrus
The range is headlined by the eye-catching ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 (GX550) with it’s innovative secondary ROG ScreenPad Plus touchscreen, which launched on the Zenbook Duo. There’s also the Zephyrus S15 and S17 all of which come with FHD resolution 300hz, 3ms response displays which are 100% sRGB rated and Pantone validated. There’s also the Zephyrus M15, the more ‘budget friendly’ Zephyrus which still includes options for up to UHD resolution displays.

The Zephyrus Duo 15 can be configured with a range of processors up to Intel’s 10th Gen Core i9 CPU, while the Zephyrus S15, S17 and M15 get options for Intel’s 10th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU. For gamers Asus is offering NVIDIA’s trailblazing RTX 2080 SUPER GPU for the Zephyrus Duo 15, S15 and S17, while the M15 has options ranging from the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti up to the RTX 2070 GPU.

One of the features of the Zephyrus Duo 15, as well as S15/S17 is the RGB keyboard lighting, as well as the isolated Hot-Key support. Looks great, and helpful to target those much needed keys in the heat of gaming.

Asus has given starting prices for the new ROG Zephyrys range, which are all available to configure now:

• ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 (GX550) – $5,199
• ROG Zephyrus S15 (GX502) – $3,999
• ROG Zephyrus S17 (GX701) – $4,299
• ROG Zephyrus M15 (GU502) – $2,899

ROG Strix
Asus has also refreshed their ROG Strix range, with the ROG Strix SCAR 15/17 and ROG Strix G15/17 which also includes a hot new Electro Punk colour scheme – there’s also a complementary ‘Complete Electro Punk Set’ with pink highlighted Headset, Mouse, Mousepad and Keyboard.

The ROG Strix SCAR 15/17 include options for the latest 10th gen Intel Core i7 processors, and up to RTX 2070 SUPER GPU which powers the 300 Hz
panel. The ROG Strix SCAR 15/17 also includes easy-access expansion slots.

To make your new laptop stand out, the Strix SCAR includes some awesome looking ‘customisable RGB LED lighting effects, including a wraparound light bar, keyboard backlighting, and illuminated RGB logo on the laptop’s lid’.

The ROG Strix G15/17 is described as ‘Gaming essentials meet contender style’ but still comes with options for up to an Intel 10th Gen Core i7 CPU options, as well as up to 32GB 3200MHz RAM and up to 1TB PCIe SSD storage – and of course for gamers there’s a range of graphics options up to RTX 2070 graphics with the 17.3” and 15.6″ displays coming with a 144 Hz panel.

The ROG Strix G15 and ROG Strix SCAR are both available to configure now, with prices starting at $1,999 for the Strix G15, while the ROG Strix SCAR starts at $3,199.