The 2024 Zephyrus G16 sets a new standard for gaming laptops, coming remarkably close to perfection. For a 16-inch device, it’s impressively thin and light, making it as portable as it is powerful. The OLED display is a visual masterpiece—vivid, bright, and perfect for gaming or content creation. The keyboard offers a satisfying typing experience, while the oversized touchpad rivals the usability and precision of premium productivity laptops. This is essentially a gaming laptop with MacBook-level refinement, and it shows in every aspect. The silver finish adds a premium touch, and the overall build quality is among the best I’ve ever encountered. Performance is stellar, effortlessly handling games at native or QHD resolution. Even more impressive is the battery life—thanks to the AMD Ryzen AI HX processor, battery performance has been optimized to the point where you can expect near MacBook-like longevity. This is a game-changer for Windows laptops and finally makes the Zephyrus G16 a viable option for all-day use beyond gaming. If you’re considering a gaming laptop that balances power, portability, and premium design, I highly recommend checking out the Zephyrus G16 in-store. It’s an absolute standout in its class.

Prefacing this review with the fact that I came from an Alienware x14 R2 laptop: PROS... This device blows me away. I absolutely love the vividness of the screen, the size, and how sleek it is. It's so thin that it fits every bag I own without issue. Stays cool under pressure and I've see 0 performance issues. The keyboard is comfortable and super quiet. The trackpad is huge with all glass. No haptic motor, unfortunately, but it's one of the best click mechanisms I've felt. Doesn't rattle around like the cheap ones on most gaming laptops. Ports are excellent, I'm so happy they placed at least 1 USBC on either side. Speakers are INCREDIBLE. It rivals the laptop king -- Macbook Pro so color me impressed. Now for the CONs... Asus Armory Crate and all the bloatware that comes with it is awful. It looks like a 16 year old designed it. Very tacky, "gamer" menus that make digging for settings a chore. I replaced this with G-helper and it's been a night / day difference. The folks over at ASUS need to learn from that developer. There's also weird software like an ASUS AI bot... deleted immediately. The screen refresh rate options are bad. It only supports 60 or 240hz. There's no dynamic refresh rate, 120hz, or 90hz options. I can't tell the difference above 120hz so it feels like I'm wastefully burning battery on a screen stuck at 240hz. The BIOS is sparse. I wish I could do more from it (like force-adjust the refresh rate above). The keyboard backlight, while full color, seems cheap. It has very few options with only 3 brightness settings and when it turns on it's not a gradual shift...it just flashes on or off. This seems like a weird nitpick, but I like to have my keyboard light shut off after 15 seconds of non-use so when they flash on or off with every mouse shake, it looks janky. Copilot Key. This isn't ASUS's fault but the fact that I can't remap this to anything I want is a disservice to the consumer. It'd be nice if Armory Crate or G-helper had an option to do so. Power cable is proprietary and if you want one at your desk and one in your bag for travel, be prepared to spend lots of money. The good news is my 100w Anker USBC charger works fine as long as I'm not gaming. You'll have to turn the nagging "wattage too low!" Asus Helper off, but at least the laptop has power delivery! Even with these cons I'd still give the laptop 5 stars. It's been wonderful.

I got this during the open box sale back in Jan (got mine for $1600 exellcent condition open box). Unit was flawless and warranty started in Dec '25. I have a older gaming rig with ryzen CPU and amd 5700XT card that's struggling at 1440p gaming (espeically with modern games). I bought this as both a portable unit (I work from home so this doubles up in my home office) and to replace my primary rig in future. In short, this is the ONLY windows laptop that comes close to a Macbook (which sucks for gaming). The build quality, audio speakers, keyboard and the bright OLED display are as close to a Mac u can get out of a windows laptop. Everything is premium on this. I opted for the amd cpu with 32GB ram and rtx 4070 and 1440p gaming is a breeze. I literally spend 200 hours on Elden Ring (with HDR mode) and game looked fantastic. I beat the whole game on this laptop and it was a joy. No crashes, native res, all high settings and no lag whatsoever. Another excellent feature is the fact u can utlize the AMD gfx for gaming on battery (low settings but battery lasts for hours). I have some long international flights coming up this summer and I'll be bringing this laptop with me on the plane. The speakers (and Dolby settings) are the best I've heard on a laptop. Lastly, the OLED screen is fantastic. This is my 1st laptop with a OLED screen and I'll never go back to a non OLED laptop. Everything just pops on this laptop. Watch out for the open box sale and you'll save over $500 vs retail.

From the moment I unboxed the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 in its stunning Platinum White finish, I knew I had something special. This laptop isn’t just a gaming machine—it’s a statement piece. The 16” OLED QHD 240Hz display is breathtaking, delivering rich colors and buttery-smooth gameplay. Every frame feels alive, whether I’m deep in an RPG world or blasting through competitive shooters. Under the hood, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX and NVIDIA RTX 4070 form a powerhouse duo, effortlessly handling AAA games and intensive workloads. With 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD, multitasking is seamless, and storage worries are a thing of the past. Despite its raw power, it remains impressively thin and lightweight, making it easy to carry. The keyboard is a joy to type on, and the cooling system keeps performance steady under pressure. My only gripe? The battery life could be better for non-gaming tasks. But overall, this laptop is a beast wrapped in elegance, perfect for gamers and creators alike!

I have owned many leptops, and personally prefer Windows over Apple, last leptops I still own came from Samsung, they are beautiful optically, and with great specs if you pick top options, but with higher cost compare to other. Asus cought my eye because it's a gorgeous machine with good cpu and gpu options, good tracpad and fairly light for a such a powerful machine, I just bought new LG gram which is incredibly lightweight and thin, but just kept freezing on AI and Davinci resolve, even though has a dedicated 3050 gpu, so ended up returning it, and when i did a research on different set ups of g16, amd is just so much more powerful on lower power and runs cooler than Intel, I pulled a triger, I wished Amd came with 4090 option due to the vapor chamber, but 4070 I figured was plenty good enough. One common complain on these was a fan noise, that was fixed with bios update, and amd runs cooler so it's super quiet from my experience having this leptop over a week, all i can say it is fast, screen is beautiful, best speakers in windows letop you can find, and runs all my gear with breeze, it is worth every penny, white/silver color is also beautiful with the led strip on the cover, best leptop i ever owned. PS download GHelper that controls the leptops system to even further enhance your experience.