ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G15 15.6" QHD Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 - 32GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 1TB SSD - Moonlight White
Model: GA503QSXS98QWH
SKU: 6451631
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Customers commend the ROG Zephyrus G15 for its impressive RAM, powerful performance, and stunning QHD screen resolution. Positive feedback also highlights its excellent build quality and relatively light weight, while some users experienced issues with the GPU's power limitations and noted that the laptop can run hot. The high price point was also a recurring concern for some buyers.
I sometimes marvel at how they were able to pack so much performance in such a slim chassis. Yes, you can find more power in a laptop with a bulkier and heavier chassis, but the trade off is obviously the size and weight and these bigger laptops trend to garish when sometimes you want something more subtle that doesn’t scream to everyone around you that you’re a gAmEr when you whip it out. The moonlight white finish is beautiful. Very few gaming laptops come in white, period, so it really stands out but it’s subtle and classy at the same time. This is the opposite of edge lord black with RGB flashing from every nook and cranny and massive logos everywhere. It’s understated but I like that. A lot. The finish being matte lends a premium feel, and while the eclipse grey model shows fingerprints like crazy, the paint being white and matte means you never see any on this one. The 165hz QHD screen is brilliant. No ghosting, very fast response times, colors are accurate and extremely vibrant. I’ve never seen reds that are so deep and red like on this screen. I have read that some people have backlight bleeding issues, but this is common to LCD screens anywhere and is just a quirk of the tech. For what it’s worth mine has very, very minimal bleed that is almost nonexistent and no dead pixels either. Overall I have no complaints and I am very satisfied with my purchase. I haven’t had any crashes, BSOD, no problems at all really. The performance matches the specs and the 3080 has handled every game I’ve thrown at it with ease. I feel like with the G15, the slim chassis gaming laptop segment has been taken to its limit by ASUS. I really don’t think anyone else can put in much more performance in a laptop this thin without it melting into a puddle.
Posted by Sang
Handles everything i throw at it with grace (mainly games) while still feeling more like an ultrabook than a gaming laptop. When not gaming, i can get upwards of 8hrs battery life on it.
Posted by Physics131
Summary: Solid portable gaming laptop, but overpriced when considering you could get all the same specs minus 16gig of RAM for about $500 less. If you are just gaming, get the cheaper model (3070 or $1999 3080). If you need 32 gigs of ram I hope you like white. Pros: -Power efficient R9 5900 cpu -Top end Power efficient GPU (80–100 watt) (this could be con depending on your perspective but I value the increased battery life/thermals) -Beautiful 165hrtz 1440p screen -Perfect middle ground of portability vs screen size (g14 is better portable but screen is just a tad too small for gaming in my opinion) -great quality build (I have tested 3 of the 3070 versions and found this one to feel more sturdy but could be coincidental) Cons: -overpriced considering the specs you get compared to other asus products (my understanding is it is actually the white paint job that caused this) -only 8 gigs of vram (an issue if considering deep learning) -not as smooth a set up experience as my g14 was (this could be personal coincidence and has mostly been firmware/software issues that I have been able to work out) -optimus does some weird things with the GPU watts. I personally haven’t figured out how it decides on how much power it gives. Day I opened it I often got under 80 watts and nearly boxed it back up then and there. By that night I was getting consistently 80-95 watts which made a huge difference to the performance. Still a large power difference considering i have no idea how it is picking. I went through a similar issue with one of the 3070s which is why I didn’t return right away. Benchmarks (built in monitor @1440p max settings (80-95 watts) Turbo mode preset): RDR2: 54 FPS (3070 got 40) SotTR: RTX shadows + DLSS: 61 (3070: 51) AC odyssey: 53 (3070: 44) Doom Eternal: 130 (3070: 120) Deep learning: A simple CNN with 10 epochs with batch size 10 and 25000 cats vs dogs: 6.92 minutes (3070: 7.43 minutes). (Note: i did this test multiple times and found the results vary but typically the 3080 beat the 3070).
Posted by Deeplearned
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