Asus ROG Zephyrus S (GX531GX)

The larger GX701GX is for those who prioritize performance over all else, while the GX531GX is for those who want a more balanced offering. They cost S$4,998 and S$4,498 respectively, so you're paying a S$500 price premium for the additional features and the slight performance boost on the GX701GX. If I had to pick one though, I'd go for the smaller model, since the performance differences aren't that significant. And if I want a larger screen, I can simply hook it up to an external monitor.

A significant upgrade over the old GX501 in terms of performance, weight, thickness, and appearance. The GX531 is Asus' most visually stunning 15.6-inch gaming laptop to date, but it had to sacrifice some useful features to reach such a thin and light form factor.

The Zephyrus S GX531 is a niche product within an already small niche, and that's because Asus chose to sacrifice on practicality and portability in order to favor cooling and performance. As a result, this laptop performs better than the other RTX 2080...

The Zephyrus S GX531 is the pinnacle of the Asus ROG laptop line-up, which shows in its balance of features, specs and design aesthetics.It's not the best gaming laptop ever though. Some compromises have been made in order to make it one of the...

Asus thinks this, their new Zephyrus S, is the ultimate gaming laptop. With a new RTX 2080 Max-Q, i7 8750H, 16GB of ram and a 512GB NVME SSD, they are really going all out here. An area where you likely wish they didn't go all out on is the price tag,...