Asus' next gaming laptop could blow the competition away with RTX 3080 Ti and new Ryzen CPU
The new Asus ROG Strix G15 has just hit the FCC
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When it comes to thebest gaming laptopswhen we’re in the middle of GPU generations, there aren’t a lot of exciting developments. But a new gaming laptop from Asus has leaked out of the FCC Certification Office with both a Ryzen 6000 chip and anNvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
Neither of these components currently exist for gaming laptops right now, but it’s not the first time we’ve heard about anRTX 3080 Ti makingits way toa notebook near you. This newAsus ROG Strix G15will also apparently include the Ryzen 9 6900HS, which is the first time we’ve seen the newAMDchip leak out.
This is still early days, so we’re not sure whether or not the specs will actually look like this, but the leak, as reported byMyLaptopGuide, the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX will have 8 cores and 16 threads, which is the same as the 5900HX. And the configuration with the RTX 3080 Ti at least will have up to 32GB of RAM.
That’s about all the information that’s out there for the processor, but as we get closer toCES 2022, we’re sure more information will start to leak out. Just try to be patient.
Analysis: AMD’s big strike back
While ourIntelCore i9-12900K review hit a serious snag and now won’t be coming until afterBlack Friday, there are plenty of other reviews out there that point to IntelAlder Lakeas being AMD’s first serious competition from Team Blue in years. And right now, AMD still only has its 7nm Ryzen 5000 processors to combat Intel.
But not for long.
We haven’t heard much about Zen 4 quite yet, and it’s been a little over a year since AMD launched its Zen 3 processors. If we were to hazard a guess, we’d imagine AMD is going to have a big showing at CES 2022.
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What remains to be seen out of Zen 4, obviously, is how well it combats Intel’s latest efforts. Going with a big.LITTLE design was a big risk for Intel, especially given how Windows onARMhas gone in the past, but it has essentially paid off. AMD is likely going to stick with having the same type of core layout as it’s had in the past, and we can’t wait to see how it uses that to pull further ahead of Intel.
Either way, we won’t have to wait long - CES 2022 is just under two months away on January 5.
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Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN. Previously, she was TechRadar’s US computing editor. She is fat, queer and extremely online. Computers are the devil, but she just happens to be a satanist. If you need to know anything about computing components, PC gaming or the best laptop on the market, don’t be afraid to drop her a line on Twitter or through email.
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