Customer Ratings & Reviews

Let’s be honest, 50 series GPU’s from Nvidia have been a huge disappointment. However the 5070 Ti is the only one that does not disappoint. This G16 is a huge step up from last year’s 4070 model in performance while also doubling the RAM. Yes, it’s more expensive, as almost all laptops are this year. But I’d argue this one is one of the few that nearly justifies the cost. As someone who came from the RTX 4090 G14 and G16, I was getting very similar frame rates to those on this device. The battery life has improved a bit as well, getting about 10 hours in YouTube playback. The CPU, the Intel 285H, will run decently warm but it isn’t throttling and it is giving me all the performance I’d expect. The 5070 Ti is what makes this laptop shine though. More VRAM than 4070 and 5070, and WAY more performance. Nearly hitting the equivalent performance of about a 150-160w RTX 4080 laptop from 2024. That is insane for a laptop this slim. And puts this in a much better “cost-per-frame” value bracket than the RTX 5080 and 5090 model of the same laptop. Otherwise, the fans, the heat, almost everything else is identical to last year’s model. If you found that to be a problem, then you may have had a dud unit or you’ve just never used a gaming laptop before. The fans can get loud but can also be tuned to your liking. Certain parts of the body of the laptop can get hot, but that is by design. They know you’re not going to be touching the power button area all the time, so that is where the heat gets soaked to, on purpose, to keep it away from your hands on the keyboard. It does it’s job very well in this regard. Other than that - best Windows laptop speakers, nice big glass trackpad, full metal chassis that does not feel cheap, it feels super nice, good keyboard, and gorgeous OLED display. I saw a review complaining that this wasn’t a good OLED. The dude had no idea what he’s talking about - this is up there in quality with the best of them. I have measured the colors and brightness with calibration tools and it is wonderful. High gamut color coverage and surprisingly bright on a full-screen window compared to others I’ve used. I am seriously enjoying this laptop more than I thought!

Performance: with the new DLSS 4 and 4x Frame Gen Tech is excellent. If you listen to all the tech youtubers they'll try to convince you frame gen is bad and causes latency and other issues, which used to be true last year but I haven't experienced that at all with this laptop. It seems with this 5000 series Nvidia has really worked on their DLSS and Frame gen features. I think the much higher memory bandwidth plays a big factor in their improvements. They also now have whats called "Smooth Motion" Which is driver level frame gen that works with every game, and works really well. It doubles your fps in with little added latency and almost no stuttering. I've been using this laptop on balanced mode because its WAY quieter and the performanc difference compared to turbo is ~10%. Thermals are great in balanced mode, cpu hovers around 80c and gpu around 70c in games. Speakers: are crazy good. Compared to a Macbook Pro 16 they are nearly identical if not better. Battery Life: seems good, The intel 285H is very efficient and the igpu seems to handle light tasks well. Display: The HDR Oled screen is a sight to behold, If you've never experienced OLED before this screen will amaze you. The blacks are perfect, The colors are vivid and contrast is amazing. On top of that its a 240hz Gsync panel. Wifi 7: is really fast, I was able to transfer over 2TB of games over Wifi from my pc using steams local network game transfer. It's copy rate would max out at 2.5gb/s because thats the maximum my pc ethernet port can do.

I saw other reviews of certain games not working or other issues, but I have not hit the same wall now that everything is further updated (July '25). The frame rates are up over last year's 40xx GPU. Some games and apps might need further updates to really get every visual goody/performance tweak that the 5070 Ti is capable of. As of July 2025, all my programs and games are working as expected, but YMMV. I mostly game from GOG and Steam, but have other sources that also work well. My day one advice: Before you even power up your new toy. Install a second SSD if you want it (2 hidden screws under the rubber feet). Next, update everything before even doing Windows hello, which will disappear when the BIOS updates. After all those long legal agreements and you updated Armoury Crate and MyAsus. Then setup the apps and games. I jumped in too early and some stuff would not boot/incompatible. Refresh every update first...Windows, Armory Crate, and MyAsus G16 Build Quality: At this price point you are getting a solid nearly zero flex laptop. The enormous glass touchpad is great. Keys are solid with short travel and not too clicky for those looking to be discrete. Plenty of ports, although no thunderbolt 5. Speakers are likely the best you can get on any laptop. Loud and enough bass with just a bit of direction detection for in game tracking. Most users are still likely to go with headphones and the 3.5mm jack is here if not on BT. The light bar on the back is neat, but still not all that useful to me. Wish that Asus would have made it RGB this time. Also would have wished for per key RGB for the keyboard. Performance: The new 5070 Ti is the sweet spot of the 50xx series the experts tell you to buy for bang for buck. I would agree. Gaming is fantastic. Gorgeous Oled with refresh rates beyond my eyes capabilities. I can turn graphics up to ultra and it looks amazing in my most demanding test game of Cyberpunk (plan to get newer titles in the second week of July sales.) In this game, and others I played, I did eventually go down to recommended ultra settings and the fans are not spooled up as much and still runs most of the eye candy and gained about 10+FPS. You can max out most games and the fans are not too obnoxious, but I don't think running the laptop at flat out for hours is great for longevity. But you do your thing. As for programs. I did not setup anything too demanding, Davinci seems to work well, but did not have a project right now to fully test. Battery Life: You just bought a supercar. Fuel economy is not great, but you knew that, right? Running the GPU on the lowest "silent mode" will get about 4 hours. Turn the GPU off in "Eco mode" stretches to little over 6 hours but not much more. Sadly, gaming might only be 1 hour. So, time off outlet is possible. Best bring the generously long cabled power brick with you. On laptops like these I see the battery more like a UPS. It's there for when the power cuts out and you get a little time to finish up before shutting it down. Final thoughts: Aside from what felt like endless updates to all the various devices within this laptop. Once you get past that. Asus has likely put the sleekest best laptop on the market. You can get faster GPU's and more RAM (soldered and not upgradable) or save a few dollars for less. I think, like many experts, for a laptop this size/price. You get the best bang for buck on the G16 Zephyrus with 5070 Ti. Hopefully future buyers won't see import pricing.

I really like Zephyrus G16 a lot as a high quality laptop that is also a capable gaming machine. You do lose out on some performance relative to similar ‘full size’ gaming laptops, but you’re not missing out on that much, especially with the RTX 5070 Ti configuration, which I think has the best value proposition for this form factor due to wattage limitations at the higher GPU options. It’s a beautiful device with excellent build quality and great performance. The G16 definitely gives MacBook Pro vibes. In fact, the dimensions are nearly identical to the MacBook Pro 16in, which makes trying to find a sleeve or carrying case convenient. The case is aluminum throughout and it feels very well put together with a good hinge and minimal flexing. This is a gaming laptop, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at it and the only thing that really gives it away is the diagonal light strip on the lid, but even this is a relatively restrained addition that looks just as good when it’s off as it does when it’s on. One thing I don’t like about it though is it’s a fingerprint magnet and if your hands are completely clean they will leave smudges, so I’d keep a good microfiber cloth handy. The G16 weighs 4.3 lbs. which is not light, but not heavy either. The specs on my configuration include the Intel Core Ultra 285H and the RTX 5070 Ti GPU. Neither are the best you can get on a gaming laptop, but they fit this form factor well. According to Asus’ specs on the G16, the 5070 Ti can run up to 115W with Dynamic Boost, though the Nvidia control panel reports 125W. This is a short of the maximum 140W Nvidia specs for the 5070 Ti, but not too far off. With the 5070 Ti you also get 12GB of GDDR7 VRAM, which feels like the minimum you’d want for high-end gaming in 2025 and I think this amount of VRAM matches the performance the GPU is able to offer so that neither is hamstringing the other. This configuration ships with 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM clocked at 7500 MHz and this is not upgradeable, but with 32GB I’m not concerned about it. The 1TB SSD is a Western Digital SN5000S NVMe Gen 4, which is not the highest end Gen 4 drive you can get, but it’s not bad by any stretch. The port selection on the G16 is very good. You get 2 USB-A (10Gbps) and 2 USB-C (10Gbps for one and Thunderbolt 4 for the other). I am mildly disappointed to see the Thunderbolt port is Thunderbolt 4 and not Thunderbolt 5, but it’s not a dealbreaker. There is also an HDMI 2.1 out, a full size SD card reader, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Lastly, there is Asus’ proprietary power connector that connects the included 240W charger. Both USB-C ports also support DisplayPort out and charging up to 100W. In terms of upgradeability it’s somewhat limited on the G16. The bottom opens up by removing 11 T5 torx screws. The screws are of varying lengths, so make sure you keep track of what goes where. Once the screws are removed, the bottom cover pops up on one side and can be carefully lifted away. I thought that the cover popping up was a sign of some kind of imperfection or damage, but it does appear to be by design to help with getting the panel off. Inside, you’ll see the vapor chamber cooling system and battery. The SSD and WiFi 7 card are replaceable and are hidden under a paper cover that can be pulled off. There is 1 additional NVMe SSD slot as well that you can populate with another drive, which is nice to see. The 32GB of RAM is soldered to the motherboard. One thing to note if you do open up the G16 is there is a light sensor inside that will detect when the cover has been removed and will prevent the laptop from turning on until it’s connected to a charger again. It’s similar to what I’ve seen on the ROG Ally and as soon as you connect a charger and boot it you can go back to running it on battery power. Setting up the laptop is the standard Windows 11 setup process of signing into your Microsoft account, connecting to WiFi, downloading updates, etc. The install of Windows on this laptop is pretty clean. The standard Windows 11 apps are all there and you’ll need to spend some time uninstalling some bundled apps like LinkedIn and others, but there’s no shady antivirus or anything like that bundled. Asus does preinstall some of their apps and utilities and most of them are fairly innocuous, but I ended uninstalling most of them except for the MyAsus for updates and Armory Crate for managing performance and power modes. The OLED screen on the G16 looks fantastic. It’s a 2560 x 1600 panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio, 240Hz refresh rate, and G-Sync compatibility. The specs state 500 nits of brightness. LCD will definitely be brighter, but it’s really tough to beat the contrast and punchiness you get from an OLED. The default display mode is ‘Native’, which brings a bit more color saturation and looks great, but I ended up going to sRGB mode for my everyday tasks. The keyboard is backlit with single-zone RGB lighting. There are a few effects you program in the Armory Crate software, but for the most part I just left it on a static white color and let Windows control it. It covers the keys well and they are easy to see. Typing on it is about as good as I’ve experienced on most other laptops. It’s a chiclet-style keyboard, no fancy mechanical stuff here, but it works just fine for gaming or typing and there’s a little nub on the W key to help you find WSAD. The trackpad is very large and it works well, but it feels a little sensitive. I found my palms registered clicks on it enough that it started to get on my nerves. It could be how I rest my hands on the keyboard, but I think Asus needs to work on the palm rejection here. I installed a few games that I know have challenged my full size PC’s in the past. The specs of the RTX 5070 Ti in terms of the actual GPU chip and CUDA cores line up with a 5070 non-Ti desktop card, though obviously you are working with a much lower power limit. In practice I found the performance to be about on par with something like an RTX 4070 non-Super or an RTX 3080 desktop card, which is great to see in a laptop like this. Alan Wake 2 at 1440p and DLSS Balanced I could run Path Tracing, though frame rates in the forest sections were in the 30’s. Turning Ray Tracing to Low (no Path Tracing) yielded a much better result with frame rates in the 40’s. Continuing with Remedy games, I ran FBC Firebreak next and was able to get frame rates in the upper-50’s at 1440p DLSS Balanced with both graphics and ray tracing presets set to high. Last of Us Pt. 2 and Horizon Forbidden West I was getting 70-80fps at 1440p DLSS Quality using the Very High presets. It feels like a substantial upgrade over the 4070 laptop I was previously using. This was all run at the highest ‘Turbo’ performance setting and even under heavy loads it stayed cool to the touch and never got very loud. I also didn’t notice any slowdowns while gaming even after several hours. At their loudest, the fans can be heard, but they never sounded unpleasant to me and putting any kind of headphones on instantly drowned them out. The G16 has Advanced Optimus, which will intelligently switch between the integrated graphics and dGPU, though this transition takes a few seconds and freeze everything up while it’s happening. For battery life I was seeing about 7-8 hours in the Silent power mode. The G16 will automatically switch the screen to 60Hz when it’s off the charger to save on battery. HDR is also disabled on battery. This was doing everyday tasks like writing this review, watching YouTube, and general web browsing, so it’s certainly going to depend on what you’re doing, but I’d consider it to be okay based on my experience. I did get curious about using the G16 with a 100W USB-C charger to see if maybe I could game without having to carry the 240W charger with me and the results were interesting. On USB-C power, Armory Crate enabled Turbo mode and the screen switched back to 240Hz, but I was not able to figure out how to turn HDR back on even after disabling all the HDR battery-saving settings in Windows. I suspect this is some kind of bug and hopefully they can fix it soon. I did try running The Last of Us Pt. 2 for a little bit in this configuration and performance seemed similar to what it was with the 240W charger plugged in, but I’m sure there are limitations to using the laptop this way that might not even be advisable. The speakers sound very good for a laptop. They’ve got good clarity and even a bit of bass. The 1080p webcam looks good, but is not the best. I looked a bit soft in a relatively well lit room. You do get Windows Hello for logging in though which is great. So overall I’m really happy with the Zephyrus G16. It’s a great all-rounder and will last a long time. I think the 5070 Ti version in particular has the best value compared to other models. You can get this with a 5080 or 5090, but they are power limited to 120W, which is well below their maximum wattage compared to the 5070 Ti and the performance gain moving from that GPU to the higher-tier ones at those wattages is not as pronounced.

Asus’s ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop, driven by an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU, is one of the best-balanced mobile devices I’ve ever used. It hits the mark in just about every dimension: thin enough to be portable while powerful enough to serve as a desktop replacement in many cases. It’s not perfect, but I don’t know that there is anything really quite like it: this is probably as much hardware as you can (reasonably) fit into a chassis like this. Anything that can allow for higher TDP parts won’t be as thin or as portable, and I think the 5070 Ti hits the spot well for this design, especially as it’s the lowest TDP Nvidia part this generation that has more than 8GB of RAM. The chassis is very similar to previous ROG 16” designs: the gray aluminum metal color scheme offset by the configurable slash lighting (on the back of the lid) and backlit keyboard. Two USB-C ports (one of them serving as aThunderbolt port as well) along with 2 USB-A 3.2 ports give connectivity, along with an HDMI 2.1 port for video and a microSD card reader. The backlit keyboard is nice and gets a little warm but not uncomfortably so (the hot spot is definitely above the keyboard, near the power button). There’s no number pad here, and the keyboard is flanked on both sides by speakers. Below the keyboard lies a very large trackpad that is quite responsive. Power is supplied via a proprietary connector from a 240W brick. The 240 Hz OLED screen is 2560x1600, a 16:10 ratio that is a good compromise between media consumption and media creation. Like all OLEDs, the contrast and response time is superb, and while the 500 nit brightness doesn’t reach the searing levels of some LCDs, it remains plenty bright enough. Under the hood, the laptop is driven by an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H CPU. It’s one of the faster mobile parts Intel makes, exceeded only by some models with higher TDPs, and it provides 16 cores. These are configured as 6 performance cores, 8 efficient cores, and 2 low-power efficient cores. These in turn can process 16 total threads–no hyperthreading here–and the P-cores are capable of boosting up to 5.4GHz. The 285H also has a fairly competent iGPU built-in as well, which is good if saving battery with the dGPU disabled. There’s an NPU along as well for AI-task acceleration, providing 13 TOPS, which isn’t very high at all, considering Microsoft requires 40 TOPS for Copilot+ certification, so on device AI usage will probably need to be GPU-driven somehow. That said, for everyday use, you’ll be fine with this CPU for a variety of tasks, including keeping the 5070 Ti fed for gaming. The CPU is given ample bandwidth via the 32GB of fast LPDDR5X RAM running at 7467MHz, but alas, you cannot upgrade it–it’s soldered. But whereas I’d be upset with having only 16GB of soldered RAM, with 32GB I’m not worried: it should suffice for just about every use for this PC. Storage I found to be just adequate. A 1TB SSD sounds like a lot until you look at the state of modern AAA games: 100GB installs are de rigueur at this point. Unlike the RAM, however, the storage can be upgraded, with an open M.2 slot available if you remove the back panel. (Not hard, just keep track of the screws!) The included SSD, a Western Digital SN5000S, is fast enough: it’s rated for 6,000MB/s read/5,400MB/s write, and this indeed what I found in testing: 6,340MB/s read and 5,423MB/s write. Those with expansive gaming libraries, or large projects, may well find themselves availing use of that 2nd M.2 slot. The real question, however, is about gaming performance. And I found myself quite pleased with this. While I’ll dig into some numbers in a moment, the bottom line is this: you can play just about any game at the screen’s native resolution with details turned up, if not maximized (and typically with ray tracing effects), and get a very acceptable frame rate. Doing so may well involve DLSS, but the new DLSS 4 is really quite excellent with regards to picture quality, and you do get the benefit of the 5000-series’ multi-frame generation capabilities. I use frame generation sparingly, and the key really is to ensure that the base frame rate (before frame generation) is adequate because while additional frames can be generated, the game’s input and latency is tied to the frames actually being rendered, not the AI-generated ones. But when it works, it’s really almost magical. Hooked up to an external 4K display, there are plenty of games that are playable at this resolution as well–this is where having 12GB of VRAM really helps. The details: I tested the following games, plugged in, with power settings set to Turbo and the latest Nvidia Game Ready drivers: -Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered: native resolution, maximum quality settings, DLSS Quality: 88fps -Doom: The Dark Ages: native resolution, Ultra quality, DLSS Quality, no path tracing: 75fps -Forza Motorsport: native resolution, Ultra quality, all ray tracing enabled, DLSS Q: 68fps -GTA V Enhanced: native resolution, Maximum Ray Tracing preset, DLSS Q: varied, typically 70-90fps -Cyberpunk 2077: native resolution, RT Ultra preset (DLSS sets to Auto): 54fps/90fps (with 2x frame generation) I also tested some games that don’t have benchmark utilities like the above, such as the enhanced Witcher 3, Hogwarts Legacy, and Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, and found similarly agreeable performance. Again, it all reinforces my general point: this machine’s CPU/GPU are adequate to drive games at the panel’s native resolution with fluid frame rates and high details. Turning down the details could allow you to avail yourself of the 240Hz display, or if you play older, less demanding games. All of these tests were performed with the Turbo power preset in Asus Armoury Crate. This is the highest preset power setting, with the loudest fans. And you will indeed hear the fans. This won’t be an issue if you game with a headset, or if you’re not particularly bothered by fan noise. Dropping down to the Performance power preset, which is more balanced, might cost you a little in games, but perhaps not enough to fundamentally change the experience while providing a quieter experience. (Or you could try DLSS Balanced or Performance mode instead of Quality, or a slight drop in quality settings, to compensate.) To put this in perspective: this system has a 240W power brick. I have a gaming desktop that I built, centered around an i9-12900KF and an RTX 3080 10GB. The 3080 itself draws up to 400W, yet this laptop can often keep up with the beefy desktop GPU, running typically somewhat behind in rasterization, but close (even or sometimes ahead) with ray tracing. (Again, 12GB VRAM helps here.) And of course I can turn on frame generation with this, which the 3080 cannot do. That’s seriously impressive performance within this power/thermal envelope. I wish it had more storage out of the box, but storage is pretty cheap now and adding it isn’t difficult. The fans can get loud at maximum power, but physics remains undefeated: that heat has to go somewhere, and this chassis is thin. But really, you get so much with this: a nice big OLED screen, a fast CPU, plenty of RAM, and just about as much GPU as you can reasonably put into such a laptop without throttling it constantly. This is a really good, well-balanced laptop, both for gaming and productivity, and I have no difficulty in recommending it to anyone.

The sweet spot in gaming laptops—power, style, and surprising value The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 delivers where it counts. Sporting a CNC aluminum chassis and a sleek 0.59" profile, it's light enough (4.3lbs) to go anywhere, but loaded with enough firepower to take on AAA titles and creative software alike. Gaming & Graphics Let’s be honest—NVIDIA’s 50 series GPUs haven’t exactly set the world on fire. But the 5070 Ti stands out as the exception. It’s the sweet spot of the 50xx lineup, striking the perfect balance between power and price. Compared to last year’s 4070 model, the G16 is a huge leap forward—not just in GPU performance but with double the RAM, now at 32GB. Gaming is simply fantastic. The OLED Nebula display is gorgeous, with refresh rates so fast they outpace what your eyes can process. Cranking Cyberpunk to ultra settings was stunning—realistic lighting, smooth frame rates, no stutter. I eventually dropped to recommended ultra to tame the fans, still kept most of the eye candy, and gained around 10+ FPS. You can absolutely max out most games, and the fans won’t deafen you… though I wouldn’t run it flat out for hours if you care about long-term longevity. But hey, you do your thing. Creative & Productivity I haven’t stressed it with demanding creative programs yet, but DaVinci Resolve loaded up quickly and ran without issue. With Intel’s Core Ultra 9 chip and built-in AI accelerators, it’s clearly built to keep up with serious work. Display & Build The OLED screen, with 2.5K resolution and 240Hz refresh rate, paired with G-SYNC, eliminates visual tearing and input lag. It’s stunning for both gaming and editing. The CNC aluminum chassis and customizable lighting elevate the design—solid, sleek, and personal. Thermals & Cooling Liquid metal cooling paired with Arc Flow Fans keeps the system relatively chill under pressure. The vapor chamber does its job, and while you’ll hear the fans during intense gaming, they’re not overly obnoxious. Intelligent cooling plus the automatic MUX Switch make balancing performance and battery life seamless. Audio & Connectivity Six speakers, boosted woofers, and Dolby Atmos mean you won’t feel like you need external audio unless you’re mixing tracks. Connectivity is great too—USB-C, HDMI 2.1, UHS-II MicroSD, the works. Extras & Overall Impression The 3-month PC Game Pass is a nice touch. Windows Copilot AI features are neat but feel like they’re still evolving. For now, they’re more novelty than necessity. Final thoughts: If you’re looking for a premium gaming and creative laptop that doesn’t fall into the trap of flashy specs with underwhelming delivery, the Zephyrus G16 with the 5070 Ti might just be your best bet. It’s stylish, ridiculously fast, and surprisingly well-balanced. Not perfect—but pretty darn close.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 laptop offers plenty of impressive specs that should satisfy most gamers looking for a gaming laptop that’s both powerful and compact. It’s 4.3 lbs, so a little heavier than a typical lightweight notebook. It’s thinner and more size efficient than my previous Asus ROG laptop from several years ago, so I like the direction it’s going. It features an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor (2.9 GHz, 16 cores) with an Intel AI Boost NPU up to 13TOPS, making it very responsive to handling modern games. Fortnite, for example was able to handle both high textures and frame rates. At 120 fps, I was able to run most of the graphic settings on the “Epic” setting, and it was smooth in both menus and gameplay. Even at 240 fps, which is maximum, worked surprisingly well on the same settings. Single player games work well too. Control, for instance, played fine on default settings. Unfortunately, control was lost when trying to push the graphics even further, but I blame the instability on the game in this instance. The 16” OLED display is 2.5K with a 16:10 aspect ratio. HDR is available for supported content, but even SDR content looks incredible on this display. The blacks are nicely dark, the whites are pleasingly bright and the colors are rich and detailed. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (12GB) seems to handle the graphics beautifully. There’s a switch to “Olympus” when starting games, which is a new concept for me, but it seems to be an AI powered way to enhance graphics even further. The combination is truly making games enjoyable to look at. With 32GB memory, the G16 laptop is not only capable of handling modern games, but also video editing. A nice added bonus for a laptop that will fit in most backpacks. In case you’re wondering, I checked my backpack that is limited to 15” laptops, and although the display is 16” on this one, it fit perfectly. The 1TB SSD is fast and responsive, both in regards to downloading games and running games and programs. Wi-Fi 7 allows for smooth, quick downloads of modern games, and with a 1TB SSD, there’s plenty of room for your favorite games. Connecting my Bluetooth mouse took only a few seconds, and it even suggested downloading the app for the mouse shortly after that. I was using the mouse mostly for gaming, but with that being said, the trackpad works excellently for typical tasks. Audio-wise, the laptop offers a 4-speaker system with Dolby Atmos with plenty of loudness and clarity. If you don’t have a headset, there’s a built-in microphone to allow in-game communication. There’s also some form of AI noise-canceling technology, that seemed a bit confused between my voice and my air conditioner while I was testing out the Copilot feature. The top of the laptop features “slash lighting” which is a constantly flashing strip that is customizable through an app on the computer. You don’t see this while using the laptop, so what you do with it, is entirely up to you. Personally, I reduced the brightness quite a bit. Additionally, the keyboard features customizable RGB backlighting. The webcam is 1080p (30 fps) and can be used for Windows Hello. The image quality is nothing special, and seems to feature some kind of AI enhancements on certain things, like my eyes. Very convenient for video calls. Connecting other devices is easy with one 3.5mm audio jack (mic and headphones), one HDMI 2.1, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (with DisplayPort support), one Thunderbolt 4 (with DisplayPort support) and an SD card reader. The only thing missing in my opinion is an Ethernet port. Lastly, it comes preinstalled with Windows 11 Home. There are several mandatory updates on day one, which took about an hour to complete. This included updates for Windows, Windows Store, ASUS and BIOS. After that, you can game all night! I highly recommend this laptop to anyone looking for a portable gaming setup that will work internationally, in case you’re a world traveler. Enjoy high frame rates, SSD speeds and an OLED display that makes any game look beautiful!

I was in the market for a new laptop with the new 5000 series nvidia graphics card. I was running an Alienware M16 R1 with the 4070. I pretty much could run everything with that but it was huge and I wanted a glossy screen for video and photo editing. So here comes this ASUS ROG Z G16. It might have a funny name but it looks like a serious competitor for 2025 Laptop of the Year. Love the style, the thinness, and the lack of a huge screen bezel. Pros: -Screen is bright -screen is glossy -Screen has a lot of color contrast -No ghosting -Keyboard feel good (RGB too) -The back RGB is a nice touch -Speakers sound good (better than my already good Alienware) -Plenty of usb ports -SD card reader -the 5070 ti rips through AAA games -stays cool during gaming (no throttling noticed) -significantly quieter than my Alienware m16 Could Be Better - intel processor is meh - touchpad is huge and makes it uncomfortable to play my hands - power brick is small and only 240w (my Alienware is 330w but it is huge as is the laptop) - seriously 1TB generic ssd - small battery - windows OS is just terrible* This laptop gives off MacBook Air M4 vibes in the styling. *Took me 30 minutes from initial power on to get into windows. That is after I ran the code to not have to sign into Microsoft account. But that is not the last of it. Once I got into windows more drivers were being downloaded and I was prompted to update the bios. So another 15 minutes of setup puts me 45 minutes from initial startup. But hold on, one more windows update needed a restart. So onto downloading war zone. The laptop freezes. No response. Had to hold power down and force restart. Let’s try running war zone again. Nope get some weird static on the screen and yup we are frozen again. Another forced restart. Back at it, weird static again. Get kicked out, Optimus kept switching back and forth from Nvidia GPU to iGPU. Once that was settled everything was good. I blame windows more than asus on that one. That is the reason I am taking off one star and the stingy storage.

I want to start off by letting folks know what exactly the Zephyrus line of ASUS laptops actually is. This specific line focuses primarily on thin/light/mobile design vs trying to be the fastest and highest performing laptop in ASUS' lineup. --Design-- The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 is a super thin 16" OLED gaming laptop. For reference sake, it is identical thickness to the M series Macbook Pro line. On the lid, there is a cool diagonal LED strip which can be customized to flash in different ways vis the Armory Crate app. I found the effects to be plentiful and all of them had a really cool, cyberpunk like effect. The only drawback is that white is the only color. The backlit keyboard was plenty bright and offers an array of RGB color options. Key presses are snappy and responsive. It's on part with the best laptop keyboards around. There is a very large touchpad that has touch sensitivity capability, meaning, you can "tap" the touchpad anywhere and it responds. 1 finger for normal click and 2 fingers for right click. It can however actually press, however, it's a dive board mechanism so you must have ringers towards the bottom to register. I wish this was more haptic feedback non mechanical, but the touch make this mostly ok. The grey color has a nice look to it, and there is an embossed Republic of Gamers icon on the lid as well, though only visible in certain lighting. This is a very clean, minimal laptop. Ports are all that is necessary, though since it's so thin, no dedicated ethernet ports are included, which for a gaming laptop, may be a deal breaker. The 240hz OLED panel is gorgeous and super sharp at 2560 x 1600 resolution. Colors are very accurate as well. Since this is a Zephyrus, despite having top of the line hardware (Ultra 9, Geforce RTX 5070 ti) things have to be curtailed a bit to maintain proper throttling. My last gen ASUS laptop with a RTX 4080 for example, is significantly faster than this laptop. This Zephyrus is more about balancing performance with thin and clean design. Some 3DMark benchmarks you should compare to other laptops before making a purchase: TimeSpy: 13592 Storage: 1944 CPU Profile: 1233 - 11113 Speed Way: 3489 Port Royal: 9705 Steel Nomad: 3316 I found I had to significantly reduce graphics and visuals compared to other, older machines I had. For example, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 I had to take from the ultra highest settings, where i get an average of 100 FPS down to "low' to achieve something half way decent around 60-80 FPS Even easy, non taxing games like Counter-Strike 2 needed some of the higher graphics setting toned down. Before anything thinks I simply didn't have the dedicated GPU enabled, I did. I even disabled the onboard and forced the 5070 ti to be the only dedicated GPU in the system to avoid the annoyance of the constant switching. Other use cases such as Photoshop, video editing, etc should be just fine. You may need to tweak the automatic GPU detection so that you're using the Nvidia GPU vs the onboard. If you're i the market for a balanced gaming yet thin and light travel companion, the Zephyrus line is worth considering. It's excellent in this category. If you simply want the best gaming laptop you can get or only care about performance, look at a different model

This Asus Rog Zephyrus G16 laptop is an absolute powerhouse once it’s properly set up, but out of the box, my experience was rocky. I mainly play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and initially it was running terribly — only 40–50 fps, with frequent Bluetooth disconnects on my PS5 DualSense controller. It was so unstable I had to do a clean install of Windows 11 just to get the system running properly. After the clean install, things improved drastically. I now get 150–175 fps on high settings with DLSS 4 and Nvidia Frame Generation enabled. But the game still occasionally freezes completely, requiring a hard reset — Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn’t work. I suspect this is due to immature drivers for the new RTX 5070 Ti, which other users have also reported issues with. That said, Robocop: Rogue City ran perfectly on Ultra settings, so it seems to depend on the game and how well it’s optimized for the 50-series cards. Now the good: • The 240Hz OLED display is absolutely stunning — bright, colorful, HDR-capable, and better than even some MacBook Pros. • The glass trackpad is the best I’ve ever used on a Windows laptop. • The build quality is solid and premium — this thing looks and feels expensive. • The RTX 5070 Ti with 12GB of GDDR7 VRAM is a great value — noticeably better than my old RTX 4070 laptop, which struggled with only 8GB VRAM in newer games. Be prepared to troubleshoot during setup, especially with driver updates and maybe even a clean install. But once it’s tuned right, this is a top-tier gaming laptop with incredible performance and visuals.

I recently picked up the ASUS ROG laptop with the RTX 5070 Ti GPU from Best Buy, and it's been nothing short of incredible. The graphics performance is top-tier—smooth frame rates on ultra settings for AAA titles, and excellent cooling keeps temps in check during long sessions. The display is crisp and vibrant, making games and media look stunning. Build quality is solid, with that signature ROG design that feels premium and futuristic. Boot times are lightning-fast thanks to the SSD, and multitasking is effortless with the powerful CPU-GPU combo. Whether you're gaming, streaming, or doing creative work, this machine handles it all with ease. Highly recommend this laptop to anyone serious about performance and reliability. Great buy at Best Buy!

Before you read the title and look at the price and think "HUH?", allow me to clarify - this is CHEAP..ly made. The price is anything from it. Funny enough, the price was actually a couple hundred dollars lower until certain government things went into play and it landed where it is today. Bureaucracy aside, this thing runs HOT. I don't mean "well, duh, it's a gaming laptop" hot, I mean you can turn it on, leave it flat on a desk and allow the vents (raised by speedbumps on the bottom chassis) to do their thing, open Steam (not a game, just the launcher), and hear the jet engines fire up. Just downloading a game will push the CPU enough to need a fan on in the room - that's ridiculous for a laptop. It comes pre-installed with all your favorite ASUS bloatware - MyASUS, Armoury Crate, AURA Sync, etc. The Windows install itself takes forever, oddly enough, coupled in with any updates and ASUS registration screens - it took a solid 45 minutes before I was actually able to USE the laptop. The OLED screen leaves a lot to be desired if you've used an actual OLED monitor - both less-than-vibrant images and mediocre refresh rate unless you bypass the recommended power settings and/or leave it plugged in all the time. At that point, you might as well invest in a PC - one at the price of this laptop will hang around for a few years, actually. It's not all bad, though. The speakers are fairly balanced. While annoying as bloatware, the lighting options are fun (although the cover light effects seem entirely pointless). Although the keys themselves are a tough sell for a GAMING laptop, they are smooth to the touch and at least responsive. The trackpad, on the other hand, is a whole other beast with how it is TOO responsive - at some point I felt like I was playing a theremin with how it was responding to just the air between it and my palm. 3 hours on balanced mode off charger? Not bad, but always feels bad on these "gaming" laptops. ASUS products serve me well in my custom-built gaming PC but take factors like government taxes, the price bloat of RTX 50s, the portability of a laptop, and ASUS seemingly cheaping out on thermals, and this is not one of their proudest moments.

This thing is a beast. I have no complaints about game performance. Temps can get high (80-90 CPU, 70-80 GPU) but that is normal for a laptop. When on battery life there is no fan noise and it lasts quite long (although I haven't done a full test, just looked at wattage draw). Also, the speakers are some of the best I have heard. Definitely opt for gHelper over armory crate, it is just better. The only complaint I have is some noise around the hinges, but that doesn't warrant it losing a star.

The Laptop looks and feels good and well built. However, just as the other comments, the NVIDIA 5070 is defective. Computer crashed multiple times with a rendering software (Twinmotion) can’t even install the latest version of the software, leading to a crash and a blue screen a WATCHDOG VIOLATION error. Also it crashed when opening a game from Xbox Or PC. All fingers pointed to NVIDIA defective cards and missing ROPs which they claimed it affected the 0.5% of the 5000 series cards. I returned the laptop and wating for a replacement which I’ll be getting in 2 days. If the problem persist then I’ll return again and get a different laptop.

Probably the best thin and light "gaming" laptop you can purhcase. I would not call this a gaming laptop given it's form factor, portability, and complete lack of gaming appreance. This is more of a Macbook like laptop that can also game. Nothing even comes close to this thing in terms of form factor and performance.

Everything looks good and worth the money... please be aware of defective graphic cards of NVIDIA 50 series ... check for ROPs count by installing GPU-Z...Everone should get the good GPU for what we paid for.. I have returned mine and waiting for exchange.

Great compared to the G16 2024 rtx 4090 version, runs about the same and is significantly cheaper and this laptop feels more well rounded compared to the 2024 g16 models. However, I have had some issues with alt tabing causing a white flash on screen.

I really wanted to like this laptop; its performance was great for a laptop, and the screen is top tier. Unfortunately, it had so many tedious things. The first issue was powering it on. At first, I had no issues, but then after a single day, I would have to plug it in just to power it on, and then I could use it. I'm not sure what caused this, but the issues started after doing a BIOS update and updating Windows, etc. The second issue was power modes; they never saved, and every use, I would have to change all my settings back to what I liked. Third came down to noise levels. I get it's a thin gaming laptop, but if you wanted max performance, the fan curves, preset or custom, were all over the place. I kept this laptop for the better part of a week, and I tried my best to like it, but after so many issues kept stacking up any time I used it, I finally just got tired of it and returned it. Also, a warning: if purchased online, at least from my experience, UPS did not like delivering a high-value package, and after two days of difficulties, I finally got them to leave it at a drop-off point, but I unfortunately lost 40 bucks I spent on the faster shipping.

Alright so to start the laptop itself is very nice, screen is absolutely amazing, Keyboard feels great, speakers sound fantastic, even the chassis feels really solid, and lastly fan noise is good silent when doing basic things and can be loud during heavy loads.... Currently thats about were the good things end. Out of the box it gets decent battery life AC (Armory Crate) and the asus bloat can be very draining. However, AC for my laptop isn't showing PL1 or PL2 controls, which means the laptop CPU will instantly jump to 110w and almost hit 100C within 20seconds, and begin throttling, and if the gpu is loaded up the head combined will be almost too much for the system. (No Ghelper will not change the PL1 or PL2 either already tried). It also has a function to allow windows to control power but disables the fan profile so even on a balanced profile it gets over 95C almost instantly doing 65w on the CPU because windows doesnt spin up the fan properly for the load... Next problem if you use Davinci Resolve and want to render and were planning to use this for Cuda don't I tried everything and couldnt get it to complete 1 render on the 5070TI... integrated graphics no problem on rendering just takes a pinch longer.... Also had issues with it switch between dGPU and IGPU and not passing process currently to the dGPU on switch over when plugged in. I did have the whole system crash and shutdown mid-test on turbo mode so that was cool.... All this wouldn't be the end of the world except that, these laptops were supposed to release almost 4months ago and they kept getting delayed partly due to NVIDIA screw up with the 50series ROPs missing and supply delay. At this stage of the game the G16 which isn't a new line feels like its software is in early Beta Version that ASUS took previous years software throw it on here and was like no need to test our users will do that. I am going to give it another week now that others are getting the laptop but I have my doubts this will get corrected anytime soon, as I have seen the desktop 50series has been nothing, but problems and I was hoping the laptops would be better shame.... will probably be returning this laptop and either getting the last generation with a 40series or getting a Lenovo legion gaming laptop.... If any of the above does change and I keep it I will update my review.

I've been playing final fantasy 16 with clive. on high graphics looks amazing. just make sure your cord is plugged. also change your internet settings to 5g.