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 world’s most powerful gaming tablet is coming to #CES2022.
Full reveal at the #CES2022ROG virtual launch event, January 4, 11AM PST.
👉 https://t.co/tVAhAej7zY#TheRiseOfGamers pic.twitter.com/4bRhKMqMUQ— ROG Global (@ASUS_ROG) December 30, 2021
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.
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