No, we’re not kidding. Asus has introduced the first “gaming” Chromebook
At the fair CES 2021 Asus introduced its first “Game” Chromebook Flip CM5. It is powered by a processor AMD Ryzen and the design really resembles gaming laptops. But does playing on Chrome OS make sense? Or what does the Taiwanese giant really mean? We will answer this in today’s article.
Asus introduced the first “gaming” Chromebook
The new Chromebook is dominated by 15.6 ″ IPS LCD panel with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The refresh rate is then the standard 60 Hz, you can immediately forget the higher one. The mood can be restored by the 57 Wh battery that promises endurance up to 10 hours. So what about the performance? She takes care of him here AMD Ryzen 3500C with an integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics card. This can be helped by up to 16 GB of RAM, but they are basically only 4 GB.
There is also support Wi-Fi 6 či technologie Asus Wifi Stabilizerwhich makes sense. Asus thinks that this laptop is an ideal candidate for playing on Google Stadia and this service requires a high-quality and stable internet connection. But in addition to it, you can also get to Chrome OS Nvidia GeForce Now, which in our opinion is a better service. And how did we even figure out that this Chromebook should be gaming? Around the keys WASDThat is needed to control most games is the orange backlight that is typical of gaming laptops. If you’re not attracted to cloud gaming, you can run some Linux versions of games or most games from Google Play on Chrome OS. In our opinion, however, it is still not a gaming computer.
