Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review: hold up, integrated graphics are good now?

The Windows Games has returned, and they were done two things that I thought were impossible. It has made me respect integrated graphics, and convince me that Windows tablet can be fun.

the Asus Rog Flow Z13 It is a 13 -inch tablet with a semester keyboard, a bright screen, and a laptop computer courage. I knew it was a special thing when I used a clamp control unit to convert the pre -production model into a kind of Steam surface with great power. In daily use, it looks like the most Professional surfaceWith the AMD Strix Halo processor, which features powerful integrated graphics for games and a battery that lasts a full working day in the un shuttle tasks. It is a magical and multi -use device that can reasonably replace the desktop and the laptop and A tablet device or portable for a specific type of computer games – a person who does not mind the price of $ 2,100.

Rog Flow Z13 is a tablet device that also tries to be a hard -line gaming machine. It contains a 13.4 -inch touch screen, 180 Hz with pen support, 32 GB of uniform memory (up to 128 GB), and 1 TB M. Ryzen Ai Max Plus 395 APU offers a $ 299.99 review unit with amazingly well, especially for Disk. The separate keyboard with larger keying capsules and the tracking plate appears to be pulled directly from the excellent Rog Zephyrus. It makes a strong mobile game – a device you can use even on your lap without burning your legs.

I used it without a keyboard on the sofa for Discord and Night Game with some buds, and left enough space on my bosom until my cat is wrinkled. I hung on my office, between the giant 4K screen and my mechanical keyboard, and I doubled the desktop computer and a useful secondary screen. I even connected it to the TV set like the game console – one with a much better graphics than any hand. The ability to do all these things make it very fun.

The Flow Z13 Strix Halo processor is very capable of 2560 x 1600 inches. Do not expect additions like track tracking, however Do Expect solid tires in 50 to 60 frame frames on low to medium settings. In games that support FSR 3 and tire generation, you can pay things further: with these scaling options, Cyberpunk 2077 It hit more than 60 frames per second and even pushed into the seventies in high settings on an external screen 4K.

I also played a group of Two On z13. (Blame the modern nightreign Network test To give it itching again. By comparison, and First Z13, again in 202230 frames can hardly be mobilized in 1200 pixels on the middle settings in the land between. This was not far from the steam surface cheaper and less powerful, which exceeds about 40 frames per second in the 800p settings and medium settings, with many declines.

Two remains One of the most playing titles On valve $ 400 by hand. But a lot Better in the new Rouge flow, the Delta between the Z13 and the steam surface is now much broader. You can even play for 90 minutes on the battery on the Z13, instead of 70 minutes on the deck. The steam surface is cheaper and more comfortable to use, but it is also another device to follow it. The separate keyboard in Z13 gives it some interest anywhere in the Steam deck while it is still good for other things. If the Z13 has just custom control units I also tried to adaptIt will be like a super steam surface.

This is the first device of any type we experienced the new Ryzen Ai Max from AMD Strix Halo The processors, which combine a fast CPU nuclei such as the treats on AMD processors with the most powerful AMD integrated graphics centers. It also gives this z13 battery life a much better battery than previous models. It lasted 10 hours, very respectful in the battery -ending test, and I can wander on an eight to nine hours if I am not reckless (there are no games, about 200 to 300 brightness, power efficiency, and the battery providing 30 percent). the The last flow of z13 testedIn 2023, with the Intel Core i9-13900H and NVIDIA RTX 4070 GPU, it lasted about four and a half hours in regular use and only 48 minutes during games.

In our standards, z13 Amd Ryzen Ai Max Plus 395 Beat Ryzen Ai 9 HX 370 from Asus Zenbook S 16 (Laptop for Productivity) and Zephyrus G16 (Laptop for Games)-What INTEL chip that we have seen in a laptop recently-in a single-core and multi-core central treatment unit. And 40-Core Radeon 8060 is amazingly stronger for an integrated GPU, which competes with NVIDIA RTX 4060. Allow me to confirm again: Integrated drawings.

To get this performance on the Z13, the dowry will have to 2,299.99 dollars to configure Ryzen Ai Max Plus 395. This is more than 200 dollars from Amnesty International Max 390 The basic chip, but according to YouTube Cary “The Phawx” Golomb Deep diving for an hour In both versions of the Z13, the upgrade, which gets four other central treatment unit cores and eight GPU nuclei, deserves money.

All formations of Z13 0.51 inches thickness and 2.65 pounds without the keyboard, adding 0.86 pounds. By comparison, a Professional surface 11 is 0.68 inches thickness and 2.7 pounds with keyboard. Next Asus 2025 Rouge Zifiros G14 It will be a thickness of 0.63 inches and 3.46 pounds, which is slightly lighter and slightly thinner than Chonky-For-A-TABLET Z13. Excessive like Z13, its compact size and strict construction make it more pregnant and beaten than you expect. Kickstand is really strong when wandering around or re -placed home, where you can stick to your hands under it and raise it with the support of your aide, instead of only your fingers. It is still better to think about a laptop for games with a semester keyboard, but it is amazing how flexible it is.

Z13 also has a 5 -megapixel web and 13 -megapixel rear camera. You should be distorted to take actual pictures with the rear camera on the Windows tablet; It is mostly useful in viewing things on video calls. Double amplifiers are applicable but do not provide a particularly full sound, especially in the low end, and one may accidentally prevent when kept in the direction of the landscape. The ASUS 200W power converter uses the reversal (it supports 100W power delivery via USB-C 4 ports, too).

As a tablet device that makes a reasonable laptop to the desktop, Rog Flow Z13 is closer to the one -in -one device as now. Like any one in one, it is expensive and offers some settlements compared to traditional devices-the most obvious price. You can spend less money on a more powerful laptop (and more compromise) games such as Zephyrus G14, or you can go in the other direction and get a desktop and steam surface. But there is something about the enchanting and enchanting flow. If it is not very expensive, then he will be tempted to buy it instead of a laptop for traditional games and hand.

The Strix Halo chip may end inside the Z13 until it is a larger deal than the tablet itself. This is already clear by implementing it in Framework small desktop And more Traditional laptops On their way. However, at the present time, this interesting slide takes one of the most connected hybrids and the most amazing paintings that make it more powerful, more efficient and more convincing.

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