# Meet the 17-inch powerful, detachable gaming laptop – the ASUS ROG Mothership

URL: https://technosports.co.in/meet-the-17-inch-powerful-detachable-gaming-laptop-the-asus-rog-mothership/  
Published: 2019-01-08  
Updated: 2019-01-08  
Author: Raunak Saha

## **Want a gaming laptop that’s just like the Microsoft Surface Pro? The ASUS ROG Mothership is 17-inch detachable gaming laptop with Nvidia’s RTX 2080 GPU and Intel Core i9-8950HK** **might be the best choice for you**

Gaming on a laptop always seemed to be overblown with the heat dissipated. Typical gaming laptop vents are on the bottom sides making airflow a bit choppy.

So, ASUS has made a bold move by removing such format and making a gaming laptop quiet similar to that of the Mircosoft Surface Pro. That means the ASUS ROG Mothership will have a vertical design, Surface-style pop-up kickstand, and detachable folding keyboard.

> 👀 [#ROGMothership](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ROGMothership?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has landed. [pic.twitter.com/hmJSLd0H5G](https://t.co/hmJSLd0H5G)
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> — ROG Global (@ASUS_ROG) [January 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/ASUS_ROG/status/1082290763449262083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Now, this idea makes lot of sense because by this way the heat which could earlier only come out from the bottom vents getting trapped in the keyboard and desk, now can easily get through the huge, but not that much noticeable vertical vents.

The **Surface-like kickstand** helps to bend it in three different angles, and you can either keep the keyboard attached to it or just completely separate it, giving a desktop feel to it.

![Meet the 17-inch powerful, detachable gaming laptop  - the ASUS ROG Mothership](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DwSfhvsXgAUi0Gt.jpg)

The ROG Mothership (GZ700) has a huge**17.3-inch 1080p (FHD) display**with a**144Hz refresh rate**. Also, it has a 3ms response time and equips the **Nvidia’s G-Sync**.

It is powered by Intel’s top-of-the-line **Core i9-8950HK processor**. The graphics has been powered by the newly announced mobile version of **[NVIDIA’s RTX 2080 Max Q GPU](https://technosports.co.in/2019/01/07/nvidia-geforce-rtx-20-series-max-q-gpus-coming-to-laptops/)**.

![Meet the 17-inch powerful, detachable gaming laptop - the ASUS ROG Mothership](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DwSZzNkUYAAkNnk-1024x641.jpg)

Both of the CPU and GPU according to ASUS are overclocked beyond stock speed because of the better cooling that the vertical design offers.

The storage is provided by a **RAID 0 array** with **three NVMe SSDs** and with up to **64GB of DDR4 RAM** rounding throughout the internal hardware.

![Meet the 17-inch powerful, detachable gaming laptop  - the ASUS ROG Mothership](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DwZUrI5WoAA8lZq-1024x577.jpg)

Also there’s the supports for Windows Hello facial recognition from the built-in webcam for quick access.

Coming to the ports & connectivity we have a **USB-C Thunderbolt 3**port, a standard **USB-C port, four USB Type-A ports, HDMI, an SD card slot**, and an Ethernet port with support for **2.5G ethernet**. Also, there’s the latest **802.11ax Wi-Fi**or the Wi-Fi 6 support.

![Meet the 17-inch powerful, detachable gaming laptop  - the ASUS ROG Mothership](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DwV_8lSUYAAgQL3-1024x751.jpg)

Also, there are **dual 280W charging ports** which most of the superpowered gaming laptops demand these days. The ROG Mothership weighs about 4.7 Kg and it is expected to be available from **Q1 of 2019.**

How much excited are yo with this laptop? Tell us in the comments below 🙂

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