Asus has squeezed a full discrete laptop GPU into a chassis barely larger than a hardcover book. The ROG GR70, which first appeared at CES 2026 and launched in China earlier this year, is now available in the US with configurations ranging from an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 up to an RTX 5070 mobile paired with AMD's Ryzen 9 995HX3D processor and its extra 3D V-Cache. The whole system fits inside a 28.2 x 18.8 x 5.7 cm (11.1 x 7.4 x 2.2 in) enclosure cooled by three fans, which Asus brands as its QuietFlow system.
The GR70 shares its chassis with the Intel-powered ROG NUC, a lineage that traces back to Asus acquiring Intel's NUC brand. Asus reserves the NUC name for Intel builds, so the AMD variant gets a new designation. Inside, the GR70 supports up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 across two SO-DIMM slots and offers an M.2 2280 slot that accepts both PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 drives. Connectivity is generous for a system this size: USB4 Type-C with DisplayPort alt mode, two HDMI 2.1 ports, two DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 7 with Bluetooth 5.4, and a pair of USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports. The system can drive up to five displays simultaneously.
Early reviews from KitGuru note that the GR70 handles 1440p gaming comfortably and can manage 4K in select titles with DLSS, though the CPU can hit 100°C (212°F) under sustained all-core loads. Fan noise ramps up considerably under those synthetic workloads but stays quieter during actual gaming sessions. The 330W external power supply keeps the compact enclosure free of an internal PSU.
The RTX 5060 and RTX 5070 Laptop GPUs in the GR70 belong to NVIDIA's Blackwell generation, which requires NVIDIA's open-source kernel modules rather than the proprietary driver stack on Linux. Both mobile GPU variants are listed as supported in that repository, with driver version 570 or later required.
The base configuration ships with a 60W Ryzen 9 8940HX, RTX 5060 with 8 GB GDDR6, 16 GB of RAM, and a 2 TB NVMe SSD for $2,400 (€2,200). Stepping up to the 70W Ryzen 9 9955HX with RTX 5070 graphics brings the price to $2,600 (€2,400), while the Ryzen 9 995HX3D variant starts at $2,800 (€2,550). A top-tier configuration with 32 GB of RAM runs $3,700 (€3,400).
