Overall the dock is fairly compact to be carried around in a backpack alongside the laptop. I was sent the RTX 3080 model that comes with a custom board that houses the NVIDIA chipset paired to a blower-style cooling fan and thermal solution, and a mini 280W built-in power supply. Apart from delivering graphics performance, the dock comes with various ports, including four USB Type-A, an SD card reader, an HDMI 2.0a, a Display Port, and a gigabit ethernet port. Sadly it comes at the cost of a proprietary connector, which means you can only use the ROG XG Mobile with the Flow X13. It supports a total of 8 PCIe 3.0 lanes which are double when compared to a Thunderbolt-based eGPU, thus allowing for wider bandwidth. The ROG XG mobile is one of the smallest eGPU docks packing up to a 16GB RTX 3080 GPU. It's the same case when it comes to gaming, although I wish ASUS had sent me the 120Hz refresh rate option. Having said that, I had a great time watching videos on the Flow X13 especially since there are options to prop it in different modes making it convenient to use almost anywhere. That's probably why ASUS has that option, but at 13.4-inches, I think a full-HD panel is excellent. This laptop goes beyond gaming and is made for a variety of users. I am not really sure about the 4K resolution panel though. It is rated to offer 300-nits of brightness, it isn't super bright, but it gets the job done, and I didn't have any issues using it indoors. I liked the colors on the display as they look punchy, and it should also be good for some creative work like photo or video editing. It offers Adaptive-Sync and is also Pantone validated as well. It sounds like an impressive display on paper as ASUS lists the panel as 13.4-inches, offering 116% coverage of sRGB, 86% of Adobe RGB, and 85% DPI-P3 color spaces. There's nothing really unique about it, and I'm not really into writing or sketching, so I didn't really bother using it at all. The display also supports a stylus pen which ASUS does bundle in the box. Having said that, ASUS sent us a unit with the 4K panel, which isn’t bad, but I prefer faster frame rates over a higher pixel count. Getting the latter option makes more sense, in my opinion, as you can appreciate the higher frame rates. The touch screen panel is protected by Gorilla Glass and is offered with either a 4K (3840 x 2400-pixels) 60Hz refresh rate option or a full-HD (1920 x 1200-pixel) with a 120Hz refresh rate. ASUS has included a built-in webcam on this notebook, unlike the ROG Zephyrus series, so you don't have to rely on an external one. The non-conventional aspect ratio also means that you are going to see black bands while watching content. The bezels are fairly thin on the sides but not so much on the top and bottom. The 13.4-inch display comes with a glossy finish, and being the first ASUS gaming laptop to offer a 16:10 aspect ratio, you get a bit more vertical coverage.
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