Asus has updated its XG Mobile eGPU to the RTX 5090, and it's also made some major changes to the gaming hardware to make it much more open.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) unveiled the latest additions to its Zephyrus G series, the Zephyrus G14 and G16 ultraportable gaming laptops.

ASUS refrershes ROG XG Mobile fort 2025: new Thunderbolt 5-ready external GPU enclosure handles NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.

The new Asus ROG NUC 2025 has a killer spec for such a small machine, including an Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, and you can even overclock it.

There's the new Zephyrus G16, which comes with Intel's Core Ultra 9 processor 285H and choice of RTX 50-series GPU, up to an RTX 5090. And the Zephyrus G14, my pick of the two, which keeps the same Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 as last year's model but up to an RTX 5080 this time around.

ASUS unveils its new ROG Strix G18 gaming laptops: 18-inch 2.5K 240Hz display, up to Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU.

Asus is addressing the performance criticisms of the Zephyrus G14 by cramming an RTX 5080 into the 14-inch laptop. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox