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Asus ROG Zephyrus (GX701)

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Price: $2,499

The Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701 is one of the best gaming laptops ever made, but the high level of performance and gorgeous thin and light design comes at a very high price, which makes it unaffordable for many people.
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83

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews
  • Excellent:
    3
  • Good:
    1
  • Average:
    1
  • Bad:
    0
8.6

User Score

Based on 27 reviews
as rated by Amazon users
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Last revision on September 3, 2019

Editors Liked

  • Clever volume scroll wheel
  • Per-key RGB lighting
  • Excellent gaming performance
  • Color, fast, G-Sync display
  • Well made, compact and light for its class
  • Fast and quiet keyboard

Editors Didn't Like

  • The touchpad is awkwardly shifted off to the right side
  • Impractical when not on a desk
  • Very poor battery life
  • Very expensive
  • Short battery life
  • No LAN port

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Expert reviews and ratings

By NotebookCheck on February 28, 2019 86

Sure, there are things to nitpick such as the selection of ports, fan control, maintenance options and input devices. Nevertheless, we were still pleasantly surprised by the 17-inch notebook. Users can get excited, not only about the color-accurate 144 Hz panel but also, about one of the fastest implementations of the RTX 2080 Max-Q on the market.

By TechRadar on February 25, 2019 90

The Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701 is one of the best gaming laptops ever made, but the high level of performance and gorgeous thin and light design comes at a very high price, which makes it unaffordable for many people.

By PCMag on February 11, 2019 70

The big-screen Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701 has its shortcomings, but it's hard to resist this GeForce RTX-based gaming laptop's frame-pushing prowess, advanced feature set, and sleek-looking design.

By cnet on February 06, 2019 81

Asus fits a larger screen and the newest GPU on the block into the slim Zephyrus GX 701, but at the cost of battery life and ergonomics.

By IGN on January 31, 2019 90

The GX701GX is the first of many gaming laptops to ship with Nvidia's RTX 20-series GPUs, and while it's an amazing laptop, there's nothing to compare it to directly at this time. It's faster than the last gen, for sure, but I can't give it a perfect 10 until I know what other companies will be offering. It is darn close to a perfect laptop though, with only the McAfee installation as a negative (aside from its high price).

By Expert Reviews on January 07, 2019

The new Zephyrus gaming laptop is more powerful – and more expensive – than ever, with a much improved display-to-width...

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