The ROG Strix 18, will likely boast the Core Ultra 9 285HX and Core Ultra 9 275HX CPUs along with NVIDIA “Blackwell” Laptop GPUs, with up to an 175-watt RTX 5090 Laptop with 16 GB of GDDR7 VRAM. Multiple other GPU options will also be available, with the RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU being the entry-point as per the leaked listings. Clearly, the Strix 18 is poised to be a powerful and power-hungry desktop replacement-class laptop, along with a massive 18-inch mini LED screen with a speedy 240 Hz refresh rate. Needless to say, the G18 has no intention of being affordable.
Next up, we have the ROG Flow Z13, which has also appeared in previous leaks which we have reported on. As expected from a “Flow” product, the laptop will likely feature a detachable keyboard and a compact chassis, at least by powerful gaming laptop standards. At its core, the Flow Z13 will be powered by AMD’s upcoming Strix Halo APUs, which will feature a Zen 5 “only” setup with extremely powerful integrated graphics with as many as 40 CUs, making the system powerful enough to not require discrete graphics at all. ASUS has stated that the laptops will drop between January 5-6th, 2025, which means we won’t have much waiting to do to see what ASUS has in store for us.