The Asus ROG Strix G16 offers up a slightly more affordable take on the modern gaming laptop. But there's one big compromise you'll have to make to get there.

Small footprint with powerful AMD Ryzen ... 8 x 8 x 0.5-inches (30 x 20.4 x 1.29 x 1.49cm), making it ridiculously small given what's under its hood. It features a 13.4-inch 2560 x 1600 pixel ...

Earlier today, AMD lifted the review NDA for the Ryzen 7000X3D processors ... of this approach and recently released chipset drivers, version 5.01.29.2026, for the same with improved optimization.