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Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE is a dual-display gaming beast for $2,899

The special edition announced for CES 2021 will feature new display options and the latest AMD processors and Nvidia graphics.

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Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE

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As part of PC and component maker Asus' CES 2021 gaming announcements, the company unveiled a special edition of its dual-screen gaming laptop. The Zephyrus Duo 15 SE features a new 15.6-inch main display, next-gen components from AMD and Nvidia and a broader range of configurations to make it accessible to more people. However, it still starts at $2,899 in North America where it is available for preorder from Asus' US store.

The Zephyrus Duo 15 features a main 15.6-inch display and a secondary 14.1-inch touchscreen that lifts up when you raise the lid on the laptop. You'll now be able to get it configured with either a 4K UHD panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time and 100% Adobe RGB color gamut coverage or a full-HD panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time and 100% sRGB color gamut. The 14.1-inch touchscreen will now also be available with either a UHD- or FHD-resolution panel. 

Component configurations will include:

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800H or Ryzen 9 5900HX
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or 3080
  • 16GB of DDR4 3200MHz memory onboard plus one open SODIMM slot for up to 16GB additional memory
  • 512GB or 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD with RAID 0 support

The cooling system is improved, too, to make sure you can keep those new components running at top performance. While much of the rest of the Duo remains unchanged from last year, Asus did add one small new feature: A microSD 4.0 card reader. 

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