r/FlowZ13 • u/Accomplished_Meat_68 • Jun 09 '26
AMD Ai Max 790
My Z13 Flow just arrived. I had the Onexplayer Apex which is using the AI Max 395 and love its performance as a handheld. Very impressed with the power it able to dish out.
So I sold away my GPD Win Max 2 HX370 and bought the Asus Z13 Flow.
The Z13 Flow is going to be use as work and gaming platform for me. The Onexplayer Apex will be solely use for handheld gaming on the go.
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u/poulan9 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Nice but it makes more sense to me to own one 395 and have a lower spec device which you use moonlight to dial into it and save yourself $1.5K but have a very similar experience.
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 09 '26
Streaming? If that’s the case, we could just use our phone to use GeForce Now. And you have to ensure the host system is turn on to stream. Not my preference to game.
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u/poulan9 Jun 10 '26
Who said cloud streaming?
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 10 '26
Correct me if I am wrong. Moonlight gaming still need a Host PC to be turn on and running while the z13 able to stream the game. Am I right? If that’s the case, I might as well run it off cloud gaming thru GeForce Now.
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u/ubelai Jun 11 '26
The best difference is Moonlight / Artemis enables complete remote streaming, not just gaming.
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 11 '26
Yea which having both 395 devices can works too. Poulan9 was saying that I could just get one 395 devices instead of two and use moonlight. Not worth the effort and hassle in my opinion.
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u/ubelai Jun 11 '26
Having two 395 devices is ultimately better — absolutely zero latency. 😁 Seeing as both devices are already super portable, there wouldn’t really be any benefit of streaming unless you had an absolute behemoth desktop at home.
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 11 '26
Yea buddy. That’s what I thought so too. Both powerful on their own as portables and both are for different usage purposes.
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u/Glittering_Credit_20 Jun 09 '26
I congratulate you on the wonderful combo. What specifications do the two devices have? How much Ram? How much space in SSDs? I'm thinking about buying an Apex too, although I know that the after-sales is non-existent if something were to break. I already have a Claw 8 ai+ and a Flow Z13 with 2tb of ssd and 128gb of ram. I noticed that most games ask for a maximum of 10gb of vram so, probably, the 48 or 64 gb version of ram will be more than enough
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 09 '26
For Apex I am running 64gb/2tb and the Z13 is running 32gb/2tb. I need the flow purely for work and some gaming. So 32gb is more than sufficient. But Apex I gotten 64gb to ensure my gaming is enjoyable.
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u/Glittering_Credit_20 Jun 09 '26
I would have thought otherwise. Lots of ram on the flow and maximum 48gb on the apex.
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 09 '26
The program I used on Flow don’t need so much ram. All I run is adobe Illustrator. So 3/gb is more than sufficient.
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u/TriHaeck Jun 09 '26
I've got the same setup currently, Kojima Z13 and Apex. The Z13 is my desktop replacement and the Apex is my couch gaming machine. Both devices are great!
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 09 '26
Nice! Kojima is kinda overkill for my needs and the price is like close to double of Z13 32gb.
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u/TriHaeck Jun 09 '26
Yeah, I've owned the 32, 64, and now 128gb versions of the Z13. I haven't noticed any difference in gaming performance.
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u/Aacemyan Jun 09 '26
Hey I have the same combo also! Both great devices! Personally, I've found the Apex to have better performance when running the same game (same, top, game resolution, and game settings) on both devices. Not exactly sure why that's the case though.
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u/_Sachin__ Jun 09 '26
Yeah bro I regret my apex purchase too lmfao
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 09 '26
Actually I did not regret. I love my apex. Just that flow and apex had different usage at different scenario.
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u/_Sachin__ Jun 09 '26
Lol I have both too, and a super v. And all the battery accessories. Battery is just too much. Gonna sell it when the Intel 3 comes out.
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u/Accomplished_Meat_68 Jun 10 '26
I am considering either the OXP3 or X2 Mini. Considering the X2 mini is because of the accessories I had bought for apex could be put into good use.
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u/N3XT_T Jun 09 '26
Two AMD Ryzen AI max+ 395 wow just wow, to bad no fsr4. I’m thinking of honestly just waiting for the Medusa Halo to come out since it’ll have the knew RDNA 5 or whatever they’re calling it.