![EXCaliberPC [2023] ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ301VV-Z13.I94060 (Intel Core i9-13900H, 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB, 13.4" QHD+ 165Hz, Windows 11) Touchscreen Gaming Laptop](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/617sKVfH4qL._AC_UL140_SR140,140_.jpg)
After looking at most of the gaming laptops available for $800, this is by far the best mainly for the 512 gig HD which is twice as large as all of the other laptops in this price range. After playing many games and having multiple programs running (multitabbed Chrome, VLC playing movies, whilst also playing games which I shall list shortly), I find that only having 8 gigs of ram (and of course the 4 gigs of video ram), this laptop has very little stuttering/lag while switching between said programs. I was pleasantly surprised at how great it performs with only 8 gigs, that I might not even bother with getting it up to 16 at some future date.
The only downside to this laptop that I find after nearly 4 weeks of use is the battery life, because playing a game with only a battery would at best give me an hour and a half of uptime. But honestly, who buys a gaming laptop expecting to play games without it being plugged in you know what I mean? If you need battery life, look elsewhere, but for everything else, this is a great bargain for around 800 US.
Below is my list of games and the performance I got with this laptop with mostly max settings:
Elite Dangerous - 80+ fps
Rome Total War 2 - 100+ fps
No Man's Sky - 100+ fps
Star Wars The Old Republic (on station with hundreds of players) 120+ fps
Civilization 6 (DX12) 70+ fps
Player Unknown Battleground 100+fps
I have to say the 1650 GPU combined with the outstanding Ryzen gives magnificent gaming for such a good price. For 1080p gaming you really don't need anything better. As far as plugging this into a 4k tv/monitor, I wouldn't know, but I plan on doing it in the future if for anything to play some more forgivable games and I will update this review for when I do. But for now, I highly recommend this laptop.
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 Pixels |
| Processor | 3 GHz |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 3200 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 512 GB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | GTX 1650Ti |
| Wireless Type | 802.11ac |
