At the start of November, we reported on leaks indicating that ASUS might be planning to launch a new notebook that will be the successor to the ROG Flow X13. Now, a new leak has surfaced revealing that the device might actually be a tablet. According to the tweet by ROG Global, the upcoming ASUS tablet dubbed the ROG Flow Z13 is slated to launch on January 4th at 11 AM PST. The announcement comes with a poster that claims that the device will be the world’s most powerful gaming tablet.
The teaser image posted by ASUS appears to
confirm that the tablet will have an XG Mobile connector. The presence of the
XG Mobile connector confirms that the upcoming device will support the external
eGPU (external GPU) from the Taiwanese PC maker. This external GPU is called
the XG Mobile that could boost the gaming performance of the thin and light
convertible tablet. Apart from just gaming, the eGPU also acts as a USB dock
that offered a number of ports.
Additionally, the presence of XG Mobile
connector also means that the tablet is Windows-based and will target the same
market Microsoft Surface Pro 8 does, which are powerful 2-in-1 convertibles.
Since the tablet is a spiritual successor of the ASUS ROG Flow X13, it is
expected to come featuring the upcoming AMD Ryzen 6000 series APUs. The Ryzen
6000 series APUs feature Zen 3 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU architectures with
significant improvements in the Vega iGPU department. The APUs are expected to
perform on par with Nvidia’s GTX 1050 Ti and ever deliver an experience close
to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650.
As mentioned in the poster, the device
will be released on January 4th i.e. CES 2022. So stay tuned as we will be
covering the launch event.
