Dual-screen laptops are familiar territory for Republic of Gamers (ROG), but the company’s latest marks its boldest venture yet. Following a two-year absence, the Zephyrus Duo is set to return with two 16-inch OLED displays stacked on top of one another, a step-up from its previous half-height, thinner secondary panel.
As announced during CES 2026, the edge-to-edge Nebula HDR touchscreens feature 3K resolution (2,880 x 1,800 pixels), a 120Hz refresh rate, a 0.2ms response time, and a peak brightness of 1,100 nits. The design now aligns more closely with that of the Zenbook Duo, with a hinge opening of 320 degrees and a built-in kickstand allowing for five different user modes, including Book Mode that sets both screens in a portrait orientation, and Tent Mode, where the inverted V-frame lets two people use the device at once.
Expect a bit more heft to the laptop – it measures 246.8 x 355 x 19.95mm and weighs 2.85kg, versus its predecessor’s 2.67kg chassis. The detachable keyboard can be used over the bottom display like a traditional laptop or removed from the setup to maintain a full view of the screen, and the trackpad is more centrally positioned.
While the previous iteration ran a powerful Intel Core i9 HX or AMD Ryzen 9 HX mobile gaming processor, this latest model is powered by a new Intel Core Ultra chip and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics, offering a maximum TGP of 135W and up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of storage.
Keeping the ROG Zephyrus Duo cool are a vapour chamber, liquid metal, two fans, and a graphite sheet under its second display. Other notable features include a 90Wh battery, six Dolby Atmos speakers, a fair mix of ports, and stylus support for writing or drawing directly on the screen.
As for the standard gaming laptops, the ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 now ship with an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor, codenamed Panther Lake, and 50 TOPS of NPU compute. The former is also available with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 processor and up to RTX 5060 graphics (RTX 5080 for the Intel variant), while its larger sibling supports up to an RTX 5090 GPU.
The ROG Nebula OLED display has gotten an upgrade, bringing 3K resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 0.2ms response time to the 14-incher, as well as 2.5K resolution, a 240Hz refresh rate, and the same response time to the Zephyrus G16.
All three devices are expected to launch mid-to-late Q2 2026, with no official pricing announced.
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