Asus ROG Flow X16 Review - The gaming convertible is back with Intel and an RTX 4060 

Your website is great and it's a wonderful idea your started posting video reviews as well. I've been following your website for years.. keep up the good work!

Curious to hear about the DPC latency on the 2023 model? I would like to use this for music production. I'll wait for the full review if you can't say anything yet!

Amazing in-depth review, thank you! Do you happen to have a link to the laptop stand you used in 3:40 of the video? Would be greatly appreciated.

I've got the 4070 version with the mini led display since last week and I'm very happy with it! Great display with wonderful colors, fast an snappy! The battery life is not very good, but for the power its really not too bad. But it sitting on the lap, in the summertime it wont be too comfortable with the heat I think

Probably few of the most powerful 2 in 1 in the market. This is definitely a great device for creators who games a lot.

Great review, excellent presentation. Thank you!

Great video Are you going to review legion slim 7i gen 8?

Great review! It looks like the USA version has 1024 mini LED and 4070 GPU. I'm really going back and forth between this laptop and the new ROG M16 with the 4080. As you have reviewed both, do you have a personal favorite? It's going to be my productive/work laptop that I also game on. I do travel a lot so portability is pretty important, but my guess is with the USA config the M16 and X16 will be similar sizes/weights with similar battery life since that LED screen sucks up battery. I think I'd rarely use the touch/2 in 1 features so that's not too important to me.

The Flow so far for me looks like the ideal device with its gaming capacities and touchscree. The battery life results in combination with the fan noise it makes really makes it in something that I am quite willing to get. Wonder how much better it can run with Linux installed on it as well.

From other review I saw of this exact same laptop with the same specs, the price listed was 1850 dollars in the US. I was wondering why it is 2600 Euro in Germany? Solely because of the International Shipping cost? Or is there a catch to the US pricing?

I wouldn't be surprised if the battery life increases come more from the lack of a Mini-LED backlight in this model compared to the one tested last year, but nonetheless it is certainly good to see. If this model comes to the US I would be pretty excited, but that is not a given. And as for the 4070 model, I love the chassis but $2,700 for a midrange GPU is hard to swallow when you can get a Legion Pro 7i with a 4080 for less.

I love your channel and your website duudeee it's the best keep it up please 🙏🙏🙏

Hi there! As you mentioned before the most popular config goes with 16Gb of RAM. So, the most valuable question is - What is the model of factory RAM for the 32Gb config? To upgrade 16Gb with 32Gb of OEM memory model.

I am curious about the written review, any idea when it will be available?

As I always love your videos, I would like to know which one would you choose with the Asus Zephyrus M16 or the ROG Flow X16 (2023)? I'm still undecided 😅, I recently bought ASUS ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED 2023, it came with a faulty oled panel, you can see the screen door effect, it's like the screen has a very fine mesh overlay, you see tiny dots, like a screen door Very thin is very annoying, and I wanted to know if that happens with the ROG Flow X16 (2023)? I've seen that happen a lot with touch screens.

This model ROG Flow X16 (2023) GV601 (GV601VV-NL031X) is available with RTX 4060 along with Mini LED Display. Also Please can you start including speaker/sound test as well from next time in other laptop reviews.

Is it still worth it to go for the x16 2022 model? (it's like 1300$ for the RTX 3060 in my country) or should I wait for the 2023 model to drop in price? For context I don't play games a lot anymore, because cooperate life XD, I'm mainly interested on the 2 in 1 design which will come handy for my work in machine learning (I like calculating and taking notes manually like using a pen and paper). But my concern is the hinges, is the 2023 model stronger? and is the chassis made out of full magnesium for both model, because if it's plastic I'm afraid it will break long term like my old Lenovo yoga

Where can I find this laptop, Im in U.S but only the 4070 edition is avaliable in the market right now. Is there a website with the 4060 verizon out in other countries?

I have the x16 4060 with the miniLed panel and I was surprised by how hot the top and bottom of the laptop are during gaming in performance mode. I game on our couch with it, and it is so much heat that even with a 1cm thick stand on my laps, it is uncomfortable after 30min. My last gaming laptop was a G752VS with a 1070 and it does not get anywhere nearly as hot during gaming. If someone has a good laptop recommendation to game on the laps, even if it's thick and heavy, I take it.

Are you guys reviewing the Zenbook 14 pro oled 4070? Seems like the perfect all around laptop.

When will you review the x13? been waiting for months

So glad asus is selling a non mini-led option, as I’m very sensitive to PWM, and it’s significantly cheaper than the other models (in the US at least)

I m looking to buy the 4060 varient but I live in India. Can someboy guide me for where can I buy this? Its not releasing here till now

I want a quiet/cool laptop that would be good for in bed gaming. I would get this with the 4070 and that would be more than enough performance for me since I play RTS games exclusively. I just hate the fact it has a touchscreen/tablet. I'm not interested in those features at all. I know I could just use it as a laptop but I have too much of a hangup about it.

Cool video, but at the end I opted for the more affordable tuf gaming a16 with ryzen 9. I definitely would love the x16 form factor but man is it expensive and in times like these I do prefer longer battery life as well as better energy efficiency in general, better for the environment AND for my bank account. 😅

do you thing the hinges feels more stable lack of heavy mini led panel or they have made some improvement

Where can I get that wallpaper? It looks amazing!

Alex, did you change anything in the youtube monitization settings or is it something they adjusted? I have had to watch 4 blocks of 2 20 - 40 seconds commercials in this video. Quite annoying and way more than average for a 10 minute video.

The config is all over the place, in UK the i9 4060 model costs £2100, but it does have Nebula HDR Miniled display tho, so still better than Germany I guess

Curious if the XG Mobile was available for testing as well?

We really need a new version of the rog flow tablet!

Hello! I can't find any mention of the version with a regular IPS panel on the official website. Want region is it for? On the official website there are only the options with mini-LED (both on the global website for ROG flow x 16 (2023) and on the German and Polish as well)

I wish asus would release the flow x13 2023 already, I hope you can review that one too

The battery life difference between last year model may due to the display. Mini led will drain more power than the IPS varient.

Do you think the battery life is so good because of a 4060 instead of 4090 on the m16?

What do you think about the long term life of the laptop? I am getting the 4070 version in USA and was wondering how this laptop will hold up 4/5 years down the road?

While I wish the 4060/4070 were better performing GPUs, this is still one of the best laptops around in 2023!

Im a uni student who likes to draw amd game. I was thinkjng about getting this laptop because i know it can game but is it good for just general usage? I hear the battery is bad and it heats up a lot.

I feel the dig about "it'd be better with AMD" 😂 Honestly, remember the XPS 15? This is a XPS 15 that reached its full potential. Jarrod's very illuminating video on RTX 4050-4070 performance per watt shows that 100W is pretty much all you need for max performance, and this does just that. I'd pay about 10% more for a 4070 over a 4060, but beyond that it's pretty pointless. Honestly, if it at least had 12 GB of VRAM... There is just about no compromise on this machine, not for its category. It's about 2 cm thick, 2.2 kg, battery lasts all day, has extremely good performance, sleek and elegant chassis, fits about as much IO as you can expect, and does so smartly. The sound samples show a machine that's exceptionally well behaved. The webcam is fine enough. And it does all that while being a bloody 2-in-1, and ain't that just a smack in the face of the competition. In a generation where anything up to a 4070 needs only 100W to extract the full potential of its dGPU, models like this Flow 16 and Lenovo's Slim series become very appealing, as there is no real point in beefier designs unless you spring for a 4080 or 4090. And I'm struggling to find fault with this, besides the price, of course. But I'm already growing jaded to everything "nice" being 2500+ USD. For a segment that is "I'm willing to pay a premium for something that does it all, and does it well", I think this is a strong argument for taking the crown. The performance is there, the packaging is there, and it being a convertible kind of blows away whatever advantages any of its competitors that I've seen so far have over it, because there is simply no more performance to be extracted from a package this size- or at least no truly significant amount. Maybe someone fits in a numpad, maybe another adds a card reader or an ethernet port, maybe they have better speakers, maybe the styling looks sleeker, but these are the sort of points that I can see the competition scoring against it- which is to say, relevant but minor. And all of those, in my opinion, pale compared to a gorgeous touch screen and the versatility of a convertible. Accepting the pricetag for what it is, this just doesn't have any real sin. Do the speakers sound OK? Maybe if someone uses a magical cooler and fits a 150+25 Watt 4080 in something this size, but that's the one thing I can see beating this.

an 14,5 inch version of this laptop would be sweet

Warming up to this laptop

Hmm strange, on my Asus website I have 4 models of mini leds with rtx 4050,4060,4070 from this year 2023.

Can y'all review this year's TUF A15 (with 4070)?

I sent my 4070 model back due to a very annoying sound coming from the third smaller fan and the gpu fan even at low rpms. Very high pitched whine that hurt my ears. Did yours have nothing of that? Im planning to get another one in hopes i had just gotten a bad one

I got the 2022 flow x16 with mini led HDR + rtx 3060 125watt + ryzen 6900Hs ...and m having a blasst esp with the display

dang when is the x13 finally going to come out

This one is a keeper!

Could I buy the laptop which u're reviewed? I'm looking for this one in US market place, and it's sold out 😢

Where do you get your wallpapers?

Total domination of intel this gen 😮

2600 euro’s, Thats what the 4080/4090 should have been. Now you only get a 4060

Can ASUS USA please release the 4060 version 😭

Only few people know that 140w dynamic boost is just a show coz after 100w you only get to see at mere 4 fps + on screen while 40 to 90w shows atleast 40% uplift in fps ..so its like cheating ?

What is the pen that you are showing @ 2:59 ?

Omg, reviewer is so attractive. Good review btw ❤

Btw please upgrade your gaming test with modern games. Most of those games are cpu bound

I've watched so many videos. Can someone please tell me in plain language whether the asus x16 (or the x13 for that matter) laptop will run my games without the mobile gpu. I don't want and cant afford the mobile gpu. but I want a 2in1 that I might as well be able to play games on. thanks

if you want amd,this year model is x13 with 7940hs

A full sized SD card would be nice to have. Everything else is quite good.

is available mini LED for 4060? 3:17

tablet is good idea . but window totally not useful in tablet mode . its hard to use for pan , drag motion move in window , bcoz most software design base on hold the mouse button & move

Awesome laptop. I wish I could buy it in Thailand.

is this laptop available in germany ?

When Triton review?

And you should tell everyone that model WITHOUT mini led has terrifying black colour level. I mean in most games black colour is a darkgray. All dark scenes in games are like if there is a gray fog everywhere. I personally don't suggest to buy basic IPS screen version. This laptop is acceptable only with mini led veriosn.

Sorry man, but I have the same model and I removed the folder eSupport, which contains drivers. Is there any chance you can backup this folder and send me?

So you're telling us by spending 2600 € you just get an okish overall package? :( That's quite sad to be honest

So 3070 (amd led) or 4060 (intel ips)?

Is there place to add another ssd?

the speaker, how are they ?????

There are cheaper alternatives around?

this is a great laptop!

One of the great tech from ASUS

may i know your laptop stand at 3:00 ?

Can someone tell me what's the stand at 00:04 and 03:01?

Where is the legion pro 7i

What happen with AMD mobile marketing this years?

if it was AMD though, we could have decent integrated graphics so we could play lower demanding titles longer.

Had 3 of the 2023 4070 Mini LED ones. It´s a quality nightmare. Rattling touchpads, dead pixels, creaking hinges. I´m done with Asus.

Oof, 2600 for a 4060 is rough. Even if it's a 2 in 1.

If noise were the only criterion, I would buy this. My objections are: €2600 for 4060 in a well built 2-in.1 is €1000 too much, I need 4080 speed (at ca. 100W would be fine), small arrow keys, I expect weak keys having seen lots of recent notebook keyboards. --robert jasiek

now if they just make 4090 xg mobile

Damn, that GPU reaching 88C though 😬😬😬

where to buy stylus??

Only at the price of my whole families kidneys

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 please

your face like junior witcher 3

Why is nothing ever just available it’s always a game of catch the in stock before others because shit sells out in an hour every time. No Xg mobile dock anywhere to be found. Fucking asus man

16 gb of RAM lol

Too bad it's ASUS so no way in hell one is buying that.

Quality German review, thank you.

Guys i bought 2022 Asus Rog Flow X16 with RTX 3050ti, Ryzen 7 for INR 1.3Lakhs ($1580) I know its a bummer but listen to me, i also seperately bought Asus Rog XG Mobile AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT-12GB for INR 80K ($972) Total i spent (~$2550) Now i have Best (2022) AMD Laptop GPU with Good ROG Nebula Display (Not Mini LED😌 but more than good enough display for gaming) and still i have a option to buy ROG XG 4090 (Maybe after 3 years when it becomes cheap) which is backward compatible so it will support 2022 Flow X16 - Future Proof Is it a good buy? Please do comment!

is this laptop available in germany ?