With the ProArt StudioBook 16, Asus has been offering a high-performance notebook for creative users for a long time, which stands out from the crowd with an integrated rotary control, among other things. The 2023 model (H7604) continues this and pays special attention to the screen: Asus relies on a large OLED panel in 16:10 format with high resolution (3200 × 2000 pixels). It completely covers the DCI-P3 color space and displays moving content particularly smoothly with a refresh rate of 120 Hertz.
However, the display not only displays 2D content as usual, but can also do 3D – Asus calls it Spacial Vision. The technology combines a lens grid in front of the panel with eye tracking. Since the latter determines both the distance from the screen and the distance between the user’s eyes, the pixels of a 3D object can then be placed in such a way that each eye sees slightly different images. In the mind, this becomes a 3D effect – without the need for 3D glasses or other additional aids.
Asus had fewer gamers in mind during development than creative users. Accordingly, there are plug-ins for common CAD applications so that they can control the panel. If this sounds familiar: Acer has been selling a very similar technology (SpatalLabs) in its Creator notebook ConceptD 7 (with IPS panel) for some time. In both cases, the 3D panel is only an option for top models: the notebooks are also available with conventional 2D displays.
Asus uses 16 HX processors of the 13th Core i generation in the new ProArt StudioBook and provides these mobile GPUs from the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 family. In the maximum configuration, 64 GB of RAM and 8 TB of SSD storage space are possible – although it remains to be seen whether the maximum configuration in this country will also be available to buy directly from the factory. Two Thunderbolt ports, an HDMI 2.1 socket (up to 8K with 60 Hertz), a 2.5 Gbit/s LAN connection and a card reader that supports SD Express 7.0 are always on board.
OLED everywhere
Asus also relies on OLEDs for many other CES innovations. The VivoBook Pro 16X (K6604) can also have the 3D 120 Hz OLED display of the StudioBook (or a 165 Hz IPS) if desired, and the ZenBook Pro 16X (UX7602) also has a 16-inch OLED display. display in the data sheet.
A special design of the thirteenth Core i generation is used in the ZenBook Pro 16X,…
But the latter notebook has another special feature: In cooperation with Intel, there is a special SoM design (system on mainboard) in which the LPDDR5X memory chips nestle particularly closely to the more compact CPU carriers of the Core i-13xx5H special processor models. The design, christened by Asus Supernova, reduces the space required by the mainboard and creates more space for the cooling system, which can therefore be stronger. Incidentally, Intel itself simply refers to the more compact H design as Type 4 packaging.
… , thanks to the CPU and memory chips taking up significantly less space on the mainboard.
OLEDs in 16:10 format with 120 Hertz can also be found in the ZenBook Pro 14 (UX6404) and ZenBook 14 (UX3404). In addition, Asus also provides OLED as an option for the business notebooks of the ExpertBook B9 series (e.g. the 14-inch B9403), for several light ZenBook S models and even down to the inexpensive ZenBook Go versions.
Asus has not yet provided any information on local prices and availability.
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