Asus ROG GX531 Hands on Review

The new Zephyrus S GX 531 is the gaming laptop from Asus with latest hardware specifications. The top variant sports Core i7 processor, NVidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics and 1TB of SSD.

ROG gx531

Zephyrus GX 531 sports 15-inch full HD 144 Hz display panel. The thin bezels around the screen provides immersive viewing experience.  The short response time and high refresh rate makes it one of the best choice for gaming. The colour accuracy, contrast and peak are decent but not great.

Asus ROG GX 531 powered by the six core Intel Coffee Lake-H Core i7-8750H CPU with Intel HD630+Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q 8GB graphics.  Internal storage, one opt upto NVMe 1TB of SSD disc.  The new RTX 2080 GPU enables photorealistic graphics with help of real-time ray tracing technology and AI-enhanced image processing. The GPU boosts upto 1330MHz at 90W, with 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM clocked at 6151MHz. Both can be overclocked.

The keyboard placement on this gaming laptop is little different. It is downshifted. Instead of being in the usual spot, it is downshifted. There is no palm rest area. Coming to Keyboard, it has standard layout with well-sized and spaced keys.  Virtual NumPad is available on touchpad. 

Key Specifications

  • 15-inch full HD 144 Hz display with 3ms response time.
  • six core Intel Coffee Lake-H Core i7-8750H CPU with Intel HD630+Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q 8GB graphics.
  • Upto 1TB SSD storage.
  • Upto 24GB 2666MHz DDR4 RAM.
  • Anti-Dust Self Cleaning Fans

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