Are you CEO material? There is something about powerful laptops that have an understated profile and don’t draw much attention to themselves. Discrete, reserved, thoughtful, classy, sleek, smooth – you get it!. Usually powerful laptops or gaming laptops are over styled just to reflect what is inside; sometimes devices like the Zenbook Pro 16X come along and show how infantile the others are for trying so hard!

From the moment, I read about the Asus Zenbook Pro 16X, I knew this laptop would be the one for me. Surely nothing is perfect and there are a few things about it that are certainly compromises but the Pro 16X still manages to stand out as my chosen laptop of the year 2023 ( best gaming laptop 2023 ); I absolutely love it despite its imperfections. I think a great note to enter 2024.

For the asking price on this though, there are A LOT of options out there. Good ones too like the Alienware X16, Razer Blade, MSI stealth, Legion 9 and even the ROG or the Zephyrus series; but none of those quite compare in terms of the intelligent design here. This was quite a difference from my last review of the Asus ROG G18.

Considering the hefty price tag, I have tried to detail out the key aspects of the device to help with your purchasing decision. Hardware details of the Asus Zenbook Pro 16x ( UX7602 ) as as follows:
-CPU: Intel® Core™ i9-13905H Processor 2.6 GHz (24MB Cache, up to 5.4 GHz, 14 cores, 20 Threads)
-GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4080 Laptop GPU | 12GB GDDR6 | 192 bits memory
-Display: 16.0-inch, 3.2K (3200 x 2000) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio, 0.2ms response time, 120Hz refresh rate, 550nits HDR peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1,000,000:1, VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 500, 1.07 billion colors, PANTONE Validated, Glossy display, 70% less harmful blue light, Touch screen, (Screen-to-body ratio)90%, With stylus support
-RAM / Memory: 32GB LPDDR5X on board (Soldered on)
-Storage: 1TB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 4.0 Performance SSD – Samsung ( 1x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0x4 )
-Sound: 6 Speakers (like a JBL Bluetooth speaker)
-Weight: 2.40 kg (5.29 lbs)
-Dimensions (W x D x H): 35.50 x 25.10 x 1.69 ~ 1.78 cm (13.98" x 9.88" x 0.67" ~ 0.70")
-Battery: 96WHrs, 3S2P, 6-cell Li-ion
-OS: Windows 11 Pro
-Build: Aluminum 6000 - US MIL-STD 810H military-grade standard

I honestly thought I would find a low powered RTX 4080 here but I was hugely surprised by the performance out of this; this device really can properly game. It may not have the crazy endurance as that of the purpose built quad fan Alienware X16 or of the specialized ROG Strix series, but as an overall portable powerhouse, it kind of does a little bit of everything, It may be a jack of all and a master of none but that is what made it so charming!

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Other devices seem in the footage include:
-Legion Go
-Motorolla Razr Ultra
-Legion 7 Gen 7 2022 – AMD Ryzen 6800H – Radeon 6700M
-Dell Alienware X16 – 13900H – RTX 4080
-Corsair Voyager 1600 – AMD Ryzen 6800H - Radeon 6800M
-Bose Quiet Comfort 2
-Samsung S22 Ultra
-Razer Basilisk Ultimate
-Razer Blade 15 (Advanced Edition 2021) – i7 11800H – RTX 3070
-Legion Pro 7i – 13900H – RTX 4070
-Legion Slim 7i – 13700H – RTX 4060

Games that were shown being played / benchmarked in this review include:
- Assassins Creed Mirage
- Assassins Creed Valhalla
- Assassins Creed Odyssey
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Forza Horizon 5
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Forza MotorSport 2023
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Gears of War
- Modern Warfare 2 | Modern Warfare 3 | Modern Warfare (COD)
- Farcry 6
- Cyberpunk 2077
-Last of us
- 3D Mark Timespy

I hope next time I can review the Legion Go against similarly priced budget gaming laptops like the HP Victus or the Lenovo LOQ as budget gaming pc options.

Video chapters as follows:
0:00 Intro
1:34 The Hardware
3:02 The Screen
5:32 Pricing / TG
6:05 Build & Dimensions
8:26 RGB / Software
10:54 Keyboard / controls / trackpad
13:28 Webcam / Biometrics
14:42 Sound / Speakers
15:12 Ports / IO
16:00 Asus Dial
17:13 Thermals
18:54 Performance / Gaming
20:44 Conclusion
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