Customers often highlight the keyboard's design and customizable features, with many appreciating its high quality and unique design. The laptop's performance also receives significant praise, with users reporting its ability to handle demanding tasks such as video editing and complex scientific simulations. No significant drawbacks were reported by customers.
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Pros mentioned:
Keyboard, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
First Gaming Laptop - And Impressed!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I've always done my gaming on a PC, and up until the one I'm using now, built them myself, But the need to mix spending time in front of the tv with the wife and edit videos or create missions in Arma 3 for an online gaming group had me looking for a powerful gaming laptop. While I didn't tell the wife, I also wanted it to play online while on vacation.
The must-haves; SSD with at least a TB, RTX card, a screen that looked good, and not be too bulky. I've used Asus in my PC builds and though I would've liked 32 GB of RAM, ASUS - ROG Zephyrus S GX701 beat out two others that made the short list.
It's really nice! A quality build, the screen pumps out rich colors and performs nearly as well as my gaming PC. It burns through Premiere Pro and the RTX card adds something to Arma 3 over the 1080 Ti in my PC that I cant quite put my finger on.
It is heavier than it looks, but that's only because the thing is so thin for the performance it packs. And yes, you can hear the RTX cooling fans kicking in when you start to push it, but they're not overly loud at all.
For the more subdued gamers out there, the laptop isn't overboard on lights or the RGB glitz that's overtaken gaming. The color changing keys can be adjusted to your liking but quite frankly, they haven't been annoying enough to be taken of the default settings.
The only minor complaint (and this is a 1st world problem) is the metallic black case smudges very easily, leaving ugly marks on an otherwise sleek and impressive looking laptop.
I would warn anyone of having this delivered by UPS. Not only did they deliver it to the wrong house, not once have they followed up on my complaint. Nor did they follow up on my complaint about not following up on the complaint!
Fortunate for me, my neighbors housekeeper is an honest woman and I tracked down the incorrect delivery. Needless to say, if I my only option is for Best Buy to deliver something by UPS, I'll go to another vendor that uses a different delivery service.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Keyboard, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Machine
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Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This laptop is an absolute powerhouse. The dropped keyboard is amazing and the cooling system in this thing is world class. Im a physicist and i use this to render galaxy simulations with several billion data points and this handles it no problem.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Keyboard
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it!!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is my 2nd Asus gaming laptop. My 1st one was purchased about five years ago and I loved it, but as the years went on it got really slow. It was time for a new one. I did tons of research and decided to go with this configuration and I’m so glad I did. It’s a beautiful piece of equipment. It’s narrow but has weight. It’s screen is gorgeous. My only complaint is that I miss having a cd slot. Luckily I had a usb CD player already so adding my game cd’s was a synch.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great laptop for the price!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Sleeky, sexy, and powerful. I picked up this laptop to head back to school and to also satisfying my mobile gaming desires and it does not disappoint. I had debated on a few models between MSI, Razer, and Asus but, I am glad I went with the ROG. 100% worth the price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Overall, I would say that it is a really good laptop. However, the camera which usually attached on the top of the laptop top cover, now provided as separate entity. In my opinion, this is a little bit impractical especially if you are a high mobile people because now you have to put the camera every time you want to use it, e.g. Skype.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
ASUS ROG Zephyrus
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great computer for game, very fast and clear color
Just right Computer for young age
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great overall
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
All around its great, I use it for Flstudio, apex legends here and there and school. I love it
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Keyboard
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Nothing but problems
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I wanted to like this laptop. Keyboard is a little awkward but quality is nice. G-Sync is a nice feature to have. After setting up Windows and logging in, the laptop kept freezing. Kind of ridiculous for a $2500 laptop. Also, I looked into the GX701GXXB78 model 2080 32GB RAM. Best Buy has incorrect information for the 2080 model. It doesn't have Gsync and it's a Max-Q model. I think I'm switching to an Msi Ge75.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Asus_Answers
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Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for taking the time to post your feedback on this model, we truly appreciate it. We are truly sorry for the device running slow and the missed information provided. We understand your disappointment and the inconvenience this may have caused you. ASUS products undergo intensive quality control testing and final inspections for both hardware and software before we send it out to the stores worldwide. ASUS provides warranty for the unit in order to fix or repair any isolated factory escape defect. Rest assure this information will be passed on to our development team.
This model does have G-sync. We truly appreciate your feedback. If you wish to discuss this further, feel free to contact us via email: [email protected] and provide this link for reference. Our customer loyalty department is dedicated to bringing a resolution to all issues related to our products.
Thank you for choosing ASUS
Best Regards, Lamoya ASUS Customer Loyalty US Support
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Powerful and light
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great gaming and everything computer and not as heavy as most
I would recommend this to a friend
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User rating, 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review on bestbuy-ca.