Customers find value in the ROG Zephyrus G16's vibrant OLED display, robust build quality, and impressive performance for its thin form factor. Many appreciate its portability and lightweight design, along with the positive feedback on its speakers and keyboard. However, some users note that the laptop can get warm and the fans can be noisy at times. A few also mention concerns about the GPU and RAM limitations.
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Pros mentioned:
Build quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Extremely Nice Gaming Laptop
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About
The ROG Zephyrus G16 is a high end gaming laptop brought to you by Asus. It boasts a 14-core Intel Ultra 9 processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, 240Hz refresh rate, solid state hard drive, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. Generous connectivity options are provided while keeping the laptop to a thin and lightweight design.
Packaging and Contents
The packaging has a nice appearance. Contents included the laptop, power adapter, and small instruction manuals. Note that Asus recommends that you charge the laptop for 3 hours prior to setting it up.
General Specifications
Screen Size: 16” OLED
Screen Resolution: 2560 x 1600 @ 240Hz
Processor: Intel Ultra 9 (14-core)
Memory: 32GB DDR5 (2 16GB Sticks)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (12GB of GDDR6X Video Memory)
Storage: 1TB SSD
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit.
Audio: 6-speaker Dolby Atmos
RGB Lighting: Backlit keyboard with customizable keyboard lighting. Slash lighting at cover.
The touchpad mouse is the biggest laptop touchpad I have ever seen. It takes up half of the keyboard.
Ports and Connections
WiFi: Wireless AX (WiFi 6E)
Bluetooth
Headphone Jack
HDMI Out: 1 (2.1)
USB Type A: 2 (3.2)
USB Type C: 2 (3.2)
USB Type C: 1 Charging
Thunderbolt 4: 1
Media Card Reader: SD Card Slot Reader
Power: 330 Watts
Camera: 1080p
Differences from Best Buy’s Website
There were a few things about the laptop that currently do not show up correctly on Best Buy’s website:
Media Card Reader – There is a Media Card slot installed on the right side.
Mic Input – Best Buy shows a Headphone jack and Mic input listed. There is a headphone jack. There is not a separate Mic input. The webcam does have its own microphone built-in.
Audio Technology – Best Buy shows a “-“ for this model under Audio Technology. It will do Dolby Atmos.
Gaming Experience
The screen had a very sharp picture. It was really pretty stunning. The video while gaming had an enjoyable smooth movement. It didn’t have any lag or jitter. Excellent job here.
I had one issue with a Steam game not loading. I will accredit the issue as a problem with the game and not with the computer. The other several games worked very well.
Other Things I Noticed
Features vs Size – Asus did a masterful job with providing a loaded laptop with a larger screen while creating a thinner, less bulky device. It looks good and works well.
Mouse Pad – This was one of the few things that I did not like about the laptop. The mouse pad takes up half of the keyboard space. It actually makes it harder to type because it’s so big. This isn’t new for Asus, as my 2022 ROG laptop also has this.
Asus Switch – Asus has a program to transfer your files from your other computers over to help you set up the new device. I have 3 other Asus laptops/ROG Ally that have been saved to this profile. I did not want the files brought over to this laptop, but it did it anyway. I told it to set up as a new PC, but it brought over folders, files, and shortcuts against my wishes. That could be improved by Asus.
Heat – For gaming laptops, this can be a big issue. I was very impressed with how the laptop handled heat. It really did not get very warm for most anything that I did. The warmest temperature I experienced was while playing a game, Batman: Arkham Knight, but it wasn’t near at hot as my Alienware work laptop just performing normal day-to-day activities. This is a win for Asus.
Fingerprints – The gray aluminum finish does show fingerprints. It’s not a huge deal though for me.
Overall, this is an excellent gaming laptop. The video motion is smooth and the picture is stunning. It’s simply a higher end machine. While there were a few minor things that I mentioned I still believe that this product deserves 5 stars. I think that most people will find it to be a very solid gaming machine and should be happy with their selection. Asus continues to make good products. This is my third laptop from them, and they all three still work very well.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance, Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great gaming laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Switched over from a MacBook Pro to this Asus with the 4080 GPU because let’s face it. Apple doesn’t care about gaming. I had a gaming desktop rig that I replaced with this laptop and have been very happy with his performance. Not only does it look and feel like my old MacBook Pro, it’s thinner and lighter. It’s fast enough to play all the games that I like to play at really high frame rates and the OLED screen is beautiful to play them on. They only cause this is sometimes it gets a little too hot to keep on my lap and it’s tough getting used to not having a haptic feedback trackpad. Overall, it’s a five stars and would highly recommend it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Sleek, Powerful, and Flexible Laptop For All
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The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (GU605MZ) is capable of making you second guess the need for a gaming rig because this laptop packs a ton of power. Out of the box, you can see the beautiful design and feel the quality. There’s nothing cheap about this laptop on both the outside and the inside.
From the time you start it up, you can see and hear the quality of the laptop. It was super smooth from setup to the first time I fired up a video. The power is there and there wasn’t a ton of noise to let you know it was being stressed either. The combination of the GeForce RTX 480 with the 240Hz refresh rate of the OLED screen presented beautiful colors while gaming, streaming, and more. To touch on the gaming a little more, I didn’t notice any lag or screen tearing either. I was really impressed with how smooth things were as well as how vivid the colors were. It really had me questioning if it was better than my ASUS gaming rig. That says a lot.
There are three more things that came to light while I was gaming as well. The first was the noise level that the laptop produced while working hard. The fans were working, but it was really quiet. I turned up the volume a tad, but it was nothing compared to what I have had to do on other laptops that I have played games on. The second thing is the sound quality. I thought the sound was pretty crisp and I didn’t feel like it was muffled or inadequate at all. Like I said, the speakers are more than capable of making you forget about the noise level of the fans because they are producing brilliantly. The last thing is the battery. This is one knock that I have to throw out there. The battery went quick when I was gaming. This is where you can tell that the power of this laptop is really working hard. I didn’t time it to the exact minute, but I definitely didn’t get two hours worth of battery life. That was disappointing. I would certainly recommend gaming while plugged in when you can. The good part is that it charges at a pretty good pace too.
In addition to the gorgeous display and great performance, this laptop has a really impressive keyboard and trackpad. The backlit keyboard is a wonderful touch and you can use the function keys to work through a number of options. You can also use the Aura Creator to create your own too. There are also keys for the brightness of the display, Armoury Crate, keyboard brightness, airplane mode, and more. They did a great job designing it. The trackpad is nice too. It’s very large and I had no issues with its responsiveness. I prefer a separate mouse, but it can certainly get the job done.
Ultimately, there are only a few small things that keep the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 from being perfect. However, they aren’t enough for me to not recommend it for the gamers and high productivity users that want something portable. There’s just too much power and beauty for anyone to ignore.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Build quality, Portability
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Pretty good 16” Thin Gaming Laptop
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Fans too noisy, even during simple tasks. Great screen, very thin. Personally I am preferring the 14” form factor these days for extra portability. (As I also have a desktop.) But if you want just one computer to do it all, this is a pretty good desktop replacemnt that is still light. If you want something smaller woty better battery life, try the G14, it also has an OLED screen. Its just not quite as powerful graphics wise.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Oled quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Not All Laptops Are Created Equal!!
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I have been a PC gamer since the late 90’s early 2000’s. I remember when a gaming desktop weighed 80 pounds and had multiple hard drive bays for 20 gigabyte hard drives and CD-RW writers and 512 MB of ram was a huge deal. To see what pc-gaming has become in 2024 especially in the form of a laptop is astounding to me. Asus was a big motherboard brand back when I did my pc builds, but they never really were big on computers in general. Fast forward to now and I believe that Asus is the best out the box gaming setup you can buy, period. I am reviewing the Asus-ROG Zephyrus G16 laptop today and I feel blessed to have this computer in my hands. It is an absolute BEAST of a machine in such a tiny package its incredible. If you read no further than this just know that you 100% can’t go wrong with this laptop, but let’s dig into the review!
Initial impressions of the laptop out the box were shocking. How could such a powerful machine be put into such a paper-thin aluminum chassis? The laptop is only .59 inches thick which is insane! Asus has blown me away with how they’re able to fit an Intel Core Ultra 9 with a RTX 4090 with sufficient cooling into this laptop and weigh less than 5 pounds total. The design is sleek and sophisticated coming with an Eclipse Gray color and a cool customizable LED feature on the top of the screen. The lighting pulses when the laptop is awake like it’s a living breathing entity. You can even setup in the Armoury crate app to have it pulse to the beat of music you play. I will say if you’re a big user of hooking up an additional monitor to your setup and keeping the laptop closed I did find it a tad distracting, but it’s easily able to be turned off if you so choose. Initial setup with Windows 11 was a breeze and I was up and running in a few minutes, did all the updates and off we go!
Out the box this laptop is an absolute gaming monster. You can feel confident that anything you throw at it will perform at absolute top specs on any game. An Intel Core 9 185h processor with 32 gb of LPDD5RX ram and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 leaves little more to be desired in a gaming rig. The laptop also comes with dual USB-C ports, HDMI 2.1, USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports, and a dedicated UHS-II MicroSD card reader which is handy for me since I am a photographer, so this machines doubles as an editing powerhouse! A 1TB SSD is the only thing I wish it had a little bit more space, but that’s easily fixed with an additional M2 slot for upgrades or adding some external hard drives. But 1TB is plenty to hold what I really need on the computer itself. The computer also has a built-in camera that recognizes you when you login which is a nice touch for bypassing the windows pin and handy when doing Microsoft Team meetings! The keyboard is responsive and the keys feel great under your fingers and the mousepad is a robust size. They even have keys dedicated to bringing up Armoury Crate on the fly! The OLED 16-inch monitor is beautiful with great contrast and a buttery smooth 240HZ refresh rate and .02ms response rate. The NVIDIA G-sync makes screen tearing a thing of the past. I also have a 34 inch Samsung widescreen monitor and the I play Apex legends A LOT and that game performs beautifully even with everything going on in the heat of battle. Games like Forza, Starfield, HI-Fi Rush and the new remastered Resident Evil 2 are absolutely breathtaking and I love that the computer comes with 3 free months of XBOX game pass to really give you a wide range of games to test out the box.
The one thing I really truly love about ASUS computers though is the Armoury Crate, to me ASUS really knows that gamers and hardcore pc users really want customization and the ability to manipulate settings on the fly! Silent mode is great when your computer usage doesn’t need to be maximized and prolong battery life. But throwing the Laptop into Performance/Turbo mode really unlocks the potential. Being able to adjust the Processors and GPU to tailor what type of games you’re playing whether its Racing, FPS or RTS/RPG’s gives the computer that much more flexibility. OLED Care settings to make sure the OLED settings are correct to help maximize your displays lifespan is a nice touch as well. It’s a very robust app overall that makes ASUS laptops the best in the game in my opinion.
Overall, I can’t recommend this laptop enough, it’s an absolute beast of a computer that leaves nothing to be desired in a gaming rig. ASUS has hit a homerun with this laptop and I’ll be curious to see where they go from here because this ones going to be tough to top! If you’re on the fence about it due to the high price tag you should jump immediately and never look back, it’s the best of the best!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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great oled and performance only downside is probably developing fan noise
I would recommend this to a friend
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Outstanding audio, with proper tuning can go toe to toe with a MacBook Pro 16. With Ghelper instead of armory crate, I could manage 6-9 hours of streaming videos, web browsing. Battery and performance felt in line with a mobile Ryzen from a few years ago. OLED screen was fantastic above 70% with minimal reflections. Below 70%, you start to see sand paper textures on grey and dark backgrounds. Fans were acceptable, however the air noise pushing against the frame can be audible at low loads with silent mode off. Unfortunately my unit had a rattling track pad and severe dpc latency with audio that would cause skips and buzzing that I did not have on the 2024 G14/2022 G15. Overall a good choice in contrast with options on the current market if you’re looking for a ultrabook with the exception of audio creation.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A Metal Multimedia Monster
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PROS
+ Gorgeous 240hz OLED panel
+ Super-slim, all aluminum shell that seeps quality, is solid, and lightweight for size
+ Super solid gaming chops with RTX 4080 Laptop GPU and Intel Ultra 9 185H CPU
+ Great full-sounding speakers with plenty of volume and impact
+ Very quiet operation in Silent and Performance modes
+ Huge and responsive trackpad
+ 32GB of memory and fast SSD
+ Plenty of I/O
CONS
- Sounds like a jet engine when in Turbo mode
- Can’t fight physics, it outputs some real heat during stressful gaming sessions
SO-SO
* Armory Crate software has some useful features, but can feel a bit clunky
* RTX 4080 has 115w TGP, so not full 175w TGP potential, but still plenty fast, especially given the size
* Battery life is solid for all of the specs, but likely won’t last a full day of usage
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 is targeted at gamers, but this is a multimedia powerhouse through and through. While it certainly possesses plenty of gaming chops, software, and the tools necessary to have a super solid portable gaming experience, where I think this laptop really excels above and beyond is being an all-around multimedia machine. It has the best screen I have ever seen on a laptop, rich speakers, a solid GPU & CPU for content creation and gaming, lots of I/O, fast memory, quiet operation, great portability, and a respectable battery life for the power. There is really no area where this laptop doesn’t excel. Being a thin and light laptop, that also is doubling as a portable workstation, it cannot outrun physics, and so does require a lot of cooling and fan power to operate in an efficient manner. But if you are looking for a jack of all trades that can do it all well, and are willing to pay a premium for it, this is a fantastic option.
BUILD QUALITY
At 0.59” thick, and weighing 4.3lbs, it is a very portable 16” laptop that houses a lot of powerful components in a slick package. The body is made of aluminum and has this gunmetal gray finish that looks and feels very premium. The body is rigid with no keyboard flex, creaking, or cheap feeling construction. The screen hinge feels great and can be opened with one finger easily, there is a bit of screen flex if you look for it, but no wobble or issues with screen construction of any form.
In terms of lighting, the lightbar/slash on the back looks great when lit-up with its individual LEDs and custom light patterns, although you won’t really see it much during use, so I tended to leave it off to give the laptop a more understated look. The keyboard is a bit on the mushy side, but key travel is just about perfect for me. Overall the keyboard is very comfortable to use for long periods of time and I had no issues writing for several continuous hours on it without issue. The backlight is RGB, and can be fully controlled with lighting patterns as you would expect. If I had one nitpick with the keyboard, it would be that I wish the page up-down left-right buttons where a bit larger, as they are all half-key sized, but this really is a nitpick and not uncommon for a laptop of this size.
Overall, the build quality on this laptop is top notch, and I honestly have no complaints at all. It is a premium laptop and it feels like it. Very well done.
EVERYDAY USE
Everyday usability is where I think this laptop really shines. This all starts with the 240hz OLED screen, which is absolutely gorgeous. It has a very wide color gamut, with perfect black levels and an infinite contrast ratio. It can get plenty bright, and everything from gaming to movies to daily browsing is a visual treat. I can’t speak for color accuracy, as I don’t have the equipment to measure this, but to my eye it looks highly color accurate, playing content that I have played many times on my calibrated monitors. It really is the best screen I have ever used on a laptop, and is buttery smooth with the 240hz refresh rate.
Pairing with this are the 6 built-in Dolby Atmos speakers, which are surprisingly rich sounding for their size and the overall real estate within the laptop. They get quite loud, and at larger volumes have a good frequency presence from the low-end to the high-end. While I would definitely recommend a good pair of headphones for media consumption with any laptop, including this one, as that will still offer a better overall experience, the speakers in this are more than sufficient for casual sessions. You won’t get any real spatial audio presence from the Dolby Atmos capability of the speakers, but you do get a solid stereo presentation that is fully above average for most laptop speakers you will find. I should note that I did initially have some distortion issues with the speakers when I first got the laptop, but after a firmware and BIOS update, it all seems to have sorted out and I have not had any more issues since.
Elsewhere on the laptop, you get plenty of I/O, with HDMI 2.1, USB-A, & USB-C ports, all of which mean you should be able to use this laptop without the need for an external dock, unless you need more peripherals. The charger that comes with the laptop does use a custom port, which is non-standard if you want to use the full-sized power brick, but you can also charge via USB-C, although at a slower-rate. If gaming, I would recommend using the included charger however to ensure you are getting the full power.
GAMING
Being a gaming laptop first and foremost, the main question I had getting this laptop was how it was going to perform with modern games, given it is a thin and light laptop first, and not the traditional bulky gaming laptops of old. The RTX 4080 laptop GPU has a 115w TGP, which is less than the 175w possible, but when combined with the Intel Ultra 9 185H CPU & 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM, is a very potent machine. I threw some of my favorite AAA games against it, and I was genuinely surprised how well it performed. With DLSS, Cyberpunk 2077 was playable with medium ray-tracing settings and Alan Wake 2 was playable with medium settings and path-tracing, yielding a better performance than almost any console can do today. While these games are some of the heaviest you can play today, the fact that this laptop was able to play them at playable framerates was really impressive.When I moved to less intensive games, like Resident Evil 4 and Spider-Man, the laptop excelled with high framerates in the 100’s and no real slowdown.
Most of my time spent gaming with the laptop was in the “Turbo” mode while plugged-in, which results is a very loud fan and a lot of heat being pushed out the back of the laptop. In this mode I needed to use headphones to enjoy the games fully, but heat was kept well away from the key board and my hands, which meant I was never uncomfortable gaming on the machine. Playing in “Performance” mode was sufficient for lightweight games, and operated significantly quieter and cooler in operation. Battery life while gaming in any of these modes is not great, and you will definitely want to play any serious games while connected to power, unless you want to play on a shorter 1-2 hour timeframe.
Overall, I was really impressed by the gaming performance of the laptop. It offers a serious experience, which is scalable depending on the games you play, and when coupled with the build quality and size of the laptop, feels a bit like magic at times, given it is often delivering a superior experience to most modern consoles while being significantly smaller and more power efficient. It isn’t a miracle worker, and you do still have a lot of heat and cooling needed to keep the laptop functioning well, but the machine is very effective with its vapor cooling system at removing heat from the system. If all you play is modern AAA games, I wouldn’t use this as my primary system unless I wanted an all-in-one machine I could take with me, but for non AAA gaming, or even games just a few years old, this machine should be able to handle them without a sweat. DLSS in particular is a real game changer for this machine, and really lets you leverage the higher refresh rate capabilities of the display.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Oled quality, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Future Proof
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Asus cooked when they designed this laptop, and it's practically future-proof due to the powerful hardware packed into this thing, and all into a thin & light design (and boy is it thin!). It should also be noted that the speakers on this laptop sound insanely good, the sound quality rival Apple's Macbook speakers, which are known to sound amazing. I think the star of the Zephyrus is the 16-inch 240hz OLED display. Packed together with the RTX 4080 GPU and the Core Ultra 9 CPU, the Zephyrus makes for an insanely good gaming experience. Wi-fi is super fast on a wi-fi 6/6e network. The Zephyrus G16 checks all the boxes that make for a good gaming laptop. You can'r go wrong with the ROG Zephyrus G16 and I highly recommend it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance, Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
G16 Big punch in a lightweight package!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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This 16-inch laptop is an excellent choice if you're looking for a device that's perfect for both productivity and gaming on the go. It is light enough to take with you, yet powerful enough to handle any game you throw at it today with pretty good settings.
Pros: The speakers are fantastic, and the screen is breathtaking.
Cons: As this is my first gaming laptop, I am unsure if this is a genuine con. I would say the load times and the fact that some games have to be restarted several times before I can play them could be potential issues.
Despite these concerns, I firmly believe that I made the right decision in choosing the G16, as it perfectly meets my need for a portable laptop that allows me to play games and be productive while on the go without causing back pain from carrying a ton on my back.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Slim MacBook like Gaming Laptop!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Laptop build quality is solid, feels real nice and slim. Couple issues though, the trackpad has some wobble and the fans sound like bearings are rubbing at low rpm, which is a quality control issue because my 4070 version doesn’t have the same issues. Performance is great and tweaking settings in manual mode gets about 15.5k graphics in timespy and runs quiet.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Build quality, Portability
Cons mentioned:
Heat dissipation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best slim gaming laptop on the market
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very sleek and portable laptop.
I love how nice the screen is. The battery life is also amazing when you turn off the dedicated graphics card.
It does get quite hot, but this is expected with such a small chassis.
Buy now, you won't regret!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Still the Best Gaming Laptop in Its Class
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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ASUS has done it again—this laptop is hands down one of the best on the market, and it’s a shame it’s been discontinued. The G16 with the RTX 4080, Ultra 9 processor, vapor chamber cooling, and 32GB RAM strikes the perfect balance between performance, portability, and premium build—without compromise.
If you can still get your hands on one, I highly recommend it over most of the newer models, especially when considering return on investment. With a powerful GPU, premium vapor chamber thermals, and a solid aluminum chassis, it outperforms many competitors while staying sleek and relatively light.
I’ve seen some people leave negative reviews about heat under load—but let’s be honest:
People want ultra-slim gaming laptops with top-tier specs in an aluminum body and then act surprised when it runs warm. This is normal behavior for high-performance laptops, and ASUS’s vapor chamber cooling does a phenomenal job keeping temps in check for this class of machine.
For those who want powerful gaming and content creation on the go—with a clean, professional aesthetic and no RGB circus—this is the machine to get. ASUS absolutely nailed it with this one. I’ll be holding onto mine for years.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic laptop 4080
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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My first ROG, the build quality is outstanding. Display in best in the world easily. Keyboard feels really nice. Trackpad is large and accurate (though impossible to click at the top) preformance does.not disapoint. Its a definite win. Now the negatives:The keyboard font is a bit juvenile but i can live with it. Trackpad should have been haptic at this price. Overall Id definitely recommend this as a light very portable professional laptop or a gamer laptop. Its worth checking out if you have the $ and want the best. (Almost perfect) (haptics Asus... Haptics)
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance
Cons mentioned:
Heat dissipation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing performance and beautiful
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Beautiful laptop inside and out. Awesome performance, beautiful screen and overall. Only complaint i have is when playing games it gets extremely hot, like too hot to touch so i had to buy a cooling pad and it seems to help.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
First-of-its-kind combo ultra book/gaming laptop
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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This laptop's a real innovation. It stays perfectly cool to the touch with its Intel Ultra processor (as opposed to the HX variants) while at the same time having excellent battery life for non-gaming tasks. Oh... and it's got an OLED panel with G-Sync... And it's lightweight. Yeah, it rocks.
The only issue I have is that Nvidia Advanced Optimus is a little buggy and thinks the laptop is connected to an external monitor when it isn't. That seems to have gone away after restarting, however. Overall, this laptop works great for both gaming and creative work... plus office work and media consumption. Ennjoy!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Screen makes it worth it!!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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the screen is incredible!! gaming on the screen is mind blowing, blacks and colors are perfect. I had the 4070 version before this but returned it as the 16gb mem was not enough right out of the box and the fans were loud. Fans on this one are pretty quiet for being a 4080, you can hear them when gaming but its a smooth noise as opposed to loud annoying. touchpad is really nice. still getting used to keyboard as it seems a little to the right for me. having issues with the face recognition, you have to be close for it to work. warzone gaming i set to 120hz max running 1600p. no issues. lies of p maxed out no issues. fortnite no issues. wish it came with a case or mouse or bookbag though.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Mobile Beast Mode? Yes PLEASE!
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When I first saw the description of this computer I was a little skeptical of what exactly the Intel Core Ultra 9 was and what it could do. Well I'm here to tell you that this computer is an absolute beast. Everything about this computer kicks it up to 11. The rumors about the RTX 40 series of graphics chips are true. these things offer supremely detailed graphics and optimize even some of the more basic games. I played Team Fortress 2 (a game that's almost 20 years old) and it looked incredible. in the same sitting I loaded up one of the newest and hottest games right now: Helldivers 2, and the detail and beauty was simply astonishing. But the graphics chip shouldn't get all the credit for that, The crystal clear OLED 16" screen offers an awesomely sized view so you can hit tough shots or just take in beautiful scenery. Couple this with the speaker system that this computer has and you get amazing immersion on the go! The software that the computer comes with for customizing the way the computer operates is pretty intuitive and makes it easy to throttle things back when you don't need all that power or to push it into turbo for those high-end, sweat inducing gaming sessions. But with everything good that I can say about this laptop there are also a few drawbacks.
First, because it does have one heck of an engine going on within, it tends to get rather loud and awfully hot, especially when doing anything graphically intensive. It's not that the computer cannot handle these tasks but you pay for it in sound and heat. It will however mitigate the heat rather quickly once the tasks are over. but I wouldn't recommend having this thing sitting on a flat surface for too long if you're going to be doing any heavy gaming. The second thing is that while the keyboard is cool with all the flashy lights, it's not something I would use for actually doing the gaming. The main heat point is just under the top center f the keyboard and it makes it kind of uncomfortable if you plan on using any of the keys in the center of the keyboard during times when the processor is really cooking (pun intended) The trackpad while ample (which is nice for more mundane tasks) gets in the way a lot when doing any kind of keyboard use for gaming purposes. (my thumb hit it more often than I would like) And lastly, The computer came with only 1TB of hard drive space. most wouldn't see this as much of a problem and for me its not a deal breaker, BUT with games nowadays topping 80-100GB a game, that doesn't leave much room for a lot of games onboard. Like I said, not a deal breaker, just something to keep in mind These are the only reasons that I didn't give this 5 stars. Otherwise if you are looking for a mobile powerhouse of a gaming laptop you can't get much better than this one.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect work laptop
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Before buying this laptop, I daily used my Razer Blade 15. I wanted a new laptop with the same quality, but a lot more powerful than what I had and for a lot less. The zephyrus doesn’t disappoint; both in terms of gaming and productivity. I was able to hit 100fps on rather high settings for the new Indiana Jones game. And more importantly, it was able to flawlessly run my architecture software and was amazing with processing renders and post processing in photoshop. The screen is definitely the best aspect of the laptop; it’s bright color accurate, and high resolution. Can’t think of a single complaint
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
#1 tip - get G Helper
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
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Laptop is pretty great, i used many tips from YouTube to set up for max performance. The #1 best upgrade was going from Armory Crate to GHelper (make sure you research settings) - silent mode now gets 6 hrs vs 1.5hrs with armory crate, which is wild. Minus 1 star for bit having pixel shift technology to preserve the OLED screen. Asus has tech, they should have included it this premium & beautiful laptop!