Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) Whatever your reason for needing an extra screen, a portable monitor can help increase your productivity—and often for less money than other display types. When selecting a portable monitor, your primary concern should be image quality, but there’s more to consider than just finding the prettiest screen. Depending on what you’ll […]
Enlarge (credit: Asus) Early last year, graphics card makers like Asus announced that they would be raising their prices amid an intensifying GPU shortage. This price hike was partly a result of tariffs imposed on some Chinese products by the Trump administration; the tariffs had been waived for several years but were allowed to go […]
Produced by Sean Dacanay. Transcript coming soon. (video link) Specs at a glance: Asus ROG Strix Flare II Animate Switches Asus ROG NX Red or Brown Keycaps Doubleshot PBT plastic Connectivity options USB-A cable Backlighting Per-key RGB Size 17.13×6.5×1.5 inches (435×165×38 mm) Weight 2.55 lbs (1,157 g) Warranty 1 year Price (MSRP) $220 Other perks […]
Enlarge / Asus PD5 with white light bars. (credit: Asus ) Asus’ ProArt Station PD5 desktop, announced Tuesday, aims to make it easier to multitask while you’re rendering, as lights on the tower’s front panel notify you when the process is complete. An embedded smart module controls a thin pair of LED light bars, which […]
Enlarge / The Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED can take many forms. (credit: Asus/YouTube ) When Intel unveiled its 12th-gen Intel Core mobile CPUs on Tuesday , the company pointed to the chip’s suitability for foldable PC designs by showing unidentified concept images. It didn’t take long to figure out what Intel was talking about. On Wednesday, […]
Enlarge / Asus announced an animated mechanical keyboard, the Asus ROG Strix Flare II Animate, at CES this week. It has many of the trendiest specs found in modern premium gaming keyboards, including an ultra-high polling rate. But it’s the programmable LEDs that really make it stand out—and no, I’m not talking about RGB keys. […]
Enlarge / Burned out MOSFETs on an Asus Z690 motherboard. (credit: Reddit user Duhjahno ) Intel’s high-end 12th-generation Core processors use a lot of power and generate a lot of heat, but Asus’ ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboard takes things to the next level. A “potential reversed memory capacitor” in some boards can cause them […]
Enlarge / The Asus ProArt Studiobook Pro 16 OLED (W7600). (credit: Asus ) On Monday, Asus released a number of clamshells, including new business-focused ExpertBook B5s, which start at $1, 300 . Four brand new ProArt Studiobooks begin at $2, 000 . But if you want to splurge, look to the Asus ProArt Studiobook Pro 16 […]
Enlarge (credit: Asus ) Asus’ latest machines aimed at creators offer the latest and not-so-latest Nvidia mobile graphics. Armed with newer tech, like an OLED panel with up to a 90 Hz refresh rate and 11th-gen Intel and AMD Ryzen 5000-series mobile CPUs, the Asus Vivobook Pro 14 plus 15 OLED laptops announced today also have […]
Enlarge / Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED. (credit: Asus) Asus has announced an upcoming laptop with a 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen that you can detach from the keyboard. OLED-equipped laptops are not unheard of, but the Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED stands out due to its form factor and price. Asus’ upcoming two-in-one has a stand you […]