NEW ROG Zephyrus G14 + G16 - SUPER Thin OLED Gaming Laptops! [2024]
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- My First Look at 2024 ROG Zephyrus G14 & G16 Gaming Laptops - with Refreshed Designs, OLED Screens & Next-Gen CPUs - these are the real Gaming MacBook Pros!
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Hey Chaps! Would you get the 14 or the 16??
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Does the speaker sounds as good as macbook pro? If so I'm considering getting these over mac
I just wouldn't get this years. No replaceable ram, worse battery, and a OLED is not an "upgrade" compared to mini led, burn in and a reflective screen. I just hope next year they change it back up this seems very much a design over function change. Speaker upgrade and bigger track pad though is nice to see
I have the 2023 G14, probaby the g16 in white.
ASUS has done it. It looks like a Razer laptop, and will 100% be a more cost effective option than Razer. I love my 2021 model, and this is REALLY terrific progress they’ve made from them till now.
These are nowhere near the TGP of razer laptops though.
But they have to do the white model with a black keyboard
@@yuko4632 I would love that, but I will settle for an actual white keyboard unlike the previous ones, the offwhite color looks weird sometimes.
@@aoikemono6414 For the 4050 to the 4070, 100w is already pretty much limit, and any higher will have diminishing returns. So for the 14" laptops, the 90w G14 will pretty much perform the same as the 140W razer blade 14. Only the 4080 and 4090 have benefits from higher TGPs.
@@aoikemono6414 Razer's 140W TGP for the 4070 sku is false advertising, as the comment above mentioned, 90W and 140W on a 4070 will have pretty much the same level of performance.
A gaming laptop that actually looks good? That is a more than welcome change
I just got a 2024 G14 with the Ryzen 9 and the 4060 about a week ago, from Best Buy, for $1600. It’s played everything I’ve thrown at it flawlessly. It has a great RGB keyboard, excellent sound (good bass for laptop speakers) and the webcam look good (it should. It’s 1080p). So far it has exceeded my expectations in performance and also appearance. It’s a solid metal construction chassis (not plastic like so many others) and the white RGB lit keys against the silver chassis looks elegant. The OLED screen and available brightness level is amazing. Definitely happy with my purchase.
How did you get it for 1600
@@krisg900 got it at Best Buy online
did u have any problems with it so far i heard it makes a lot of fan noise. i am thinking of buying the same one should I?
@@nikhilrmahi zero problems. Mine is very quiet, even when playing games. Most of the time I use headphones. It gets hot at near the screen, but my fingers never touch that area so it’s not an issue. It’s the best laptop I ever had. Definitely happy I got it instead of other laptops. The workmanship and quality of the metal construction is outstanding.
What is the battery backup?
😮 wow 👌 ASUS SMASHED it with this one! 👏
Razer has finally been dethroned. Their Apple mentality was their own downfall. Let’s go Zephyrus!
Bruh... 🤦🏾♂️ If you think a 115 watt 4090 is going to outperform a 175 watt 4090 you are mistaken. As grown up as Asus' new lineup now looks, their top of the line Zephyrus is nowhere near the power level of Razer's top of the line 4090. They aren't even in the same league. 😂
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the price isn't in the same league either
When it comes to reviewing OLED laptop displays, reviewers must besides burn-in also emphasize on pwm flickering, given latter is a huge downside for such displays, especially when employed in laptops where brightness is often set around or below 50% to extend battery life when unplugged.
90% of people aren't sensitive to PWM flickering so it doesn't really do much to point it out.
That is a rather arbitrary statement (check your sources) but even so refers to max or close to max brightness. When dimmed, flickering becomes much more prevalent, especially at low levels, which considering we are referring to laptop panels is often the case. Moreover, different OLED panels have different flickering frequencies, meaning the effect varies. Say, if the frequency of PWM flickering is high enough (e.g. above 500Hz), the effect won’t be noticeable, however, many panels employ frequencies of 200-300Hz. There are rumors pointing towards panels utilizing frequencies of >1000Hz in the years to come, though this is not the case today.
As someone using an OLED laptop, I haven't noticed this at all.
But I know ASUS made a statement recently on it in Paul's Hardware ASUS CES video where they mentioned it for their OLED panels.
@@kostaskg4819 Studies have shown that only about 10% of people are sensitive to PWM flickering of OLED in all brightness levels.
I personally don't know of anybody sensitive to PWM but I guess it may be worth it for those 10% who are sensitive.
@@Patrick-y4d1zand is it high ? I don’t need to notice it. It’s just really harmful whether u see it or not.
Asus wasn't even on my radar until the 2022 G14 went on sale for $999 (6700S) a while ago, and never realized how much of a cult following it had/has. Fast forward a couple of years, and virtually all feedback was considered from customers and implemented. I ALMOST pulled the trigger on the Legion Slim 5 14" as an upgrade but boy am I glad I waited it out. This thing is gorgeous. And the only problem I have now is we have to wait.
I literally just bought the Slim 5 “14 haha I’m happy with it but I now wish I would’ve at least waited just a little bit longer. I’ll probably sell it and upgrade to one of these Asus models next year though
@@justjami9619 The Slim 5 14" is a great machine. It has really good thermals and extremely well made. Also Lenovo released a white version of the Slim 7 16" which is also an amazing machine. So MAYBE they release a white version of the Slim 5. Also HP released a gorgeous white 14" too. Also with OLED. It's the year of the 14" gaming laptop.
I had really bad experience with my old Legion 5. Now I've got an ASUS laptop and I'm loving its OLED screen (Zenbook flip, not gaming laptop).
I'm tempted to pick one of these up, but I might just grab an eGPU and keep my super thin and light laptop.
Really hoping you’d do a comparison with the current G14 and the Legion Slim 5 14in
I am definitely after screen quality and will accept a compromise on the TGP. I need to get it through peoples heads that you’re staring at this screen ALL day long. You want it to look good not fuzzy.
I wanna get the G14 but still don't know if it's a good choice as I like to play some AAA games. Will wait for reviews and some pro tips if you're willing to give some 😅 but the laptop looks amazing!
looks good, can't wait for the performance review.
really curious about battery life and thermal for 4090 in such slim chassis.
It will likely perform very similar to the 2023 G14 4090, and the new Intel ultra CPU’s are supposedly much better with battery than 13th gen. I have a G14 4090 review on my channel if you’re curious.
Can you please ask Asus why they decide to go with a 3k resolution on the 14inch and 2.5k on the bigger 16 inch model? That makes very little sense. Asus did such an amazing job with redesigning these laptops. That one decision, I cannot quite wrap my head around it.
@@user-pt1qe2qq8k ohh yeah. That 14" is going to be amazing. It's perfect to be honest. You don't need a 4090 in a laptop that small. And till 4070 the graph shows that they will reach their maximum performance around that 105w anyway. So you don't lose too much there. I just don't get why they decided to screw the perfectly good 16" model. I wanted to get it. But now I dunno.
@@user-pt1qe2qq8k yeah, you?
@@vs3.14what do u mean screw ? Is the resolution too high on 16?
@@michaozga7825 too high? If a smaller screen gets 3k, common sense dictates a bigger screen should get more. The reason we need higher pixel density on laptop screen is due to the way they handle the led dimming in the cheaper laptop screens as compared to your standard monitors. Last year every single (above $1.4k) 16" OLED had 3.2k resolution and 14" had 2.8k resolution screen. Rightly so. Both at 120hz.
Great Video Tom, ROG have really stepped up this year. This laptop is the perfect balance between a MacBook Pro for Creators & a chunky dedicated gaming laptop for hardcore gamers.
Asus seriously outdid itself. Man I cannot even BRING myself to replace my G14 with another brand. I feel like getting a G14 refresher.
Probably better off waiting for the RTX 5000 series refresh at this point.
I'm presuming going forward that these will be the new chassis and screens. So give it 12 months and pick it up with a 5070 or something instead of a 4070.
Oh yeah I am purchasing one next year and not 2024. I thought just the same. I want the newer RTX cards. @@Patrick-y4d1z
can you do a test g16 with rtx 4080/4090 with the macbook pro m3 max please?
I actually am in favor of this redesign, I am at the point in life where I want a nice premium mac-like laptop with good battery life to do gaming and programming on. However, the one thing I am not a fan of is the soldered ram. Inexcusable on the 16 inch, plenty of room. At least they could have offered higher RAM models.
Where are the "exhausts" of the fan located? Also the laptop is now flat when opened, while previous models lifted up a little bit to improve air flow. Don't know whether I like this design choice, but otherwise really cool design upgrade
Compare to Legion 5slim 14, which one is better actually?
Every RUclips video I’ve seen about these they always say they’re going to put pricing in the description but never do, I just want to know how much they’re going to cost 😡😂
Wish this tiny laptop wasn’t soe expensive
These are the best looking laptops ive seen so far. Asus is really killing it in their designs. Might take this over my Apple M1 Max if i could!
Ill wait for it to go on sale next year especially since the model is going to be the same a tiny bit more powerful.
ASUS made a copy of the Razer Blade 14. But much better
Soldered components in a gaming laptop? is this fkn nightmare? is asus trying to become crapple?, completely garbage!
@@viewviewview1236 Lol
The LPDDRx superfast RAM does not ship in modular form. So, if you want the fastest RAM with the lowest latency, all 2024 laptops will likely be soldered. You can still buy the slower RAM versions, and that may be one reason they are still selling the 2023 variants.
Really cool to finally have a gaming laptop that looks professional. I love my MacBook Pro 2022 for its impressive battery life and performance consistency without the battery plugged in. I will continue using it, but I am definitely thinking of replacing my gaming PC desktop with this laptop. Especially considering that a big trip across Asia awaits me at the end of the year and I'm travelling relatively often.
this is the best looking laptop Asus have ever made , that is amazing!
its a great review, but would be better if you an provide more gaming benchmark or footage of the gameplay for a gaming laptop, thanks
I would love the larger model. Brilliant!
The new Zephyrus 2024, looks pretty. Maybe much like the MacBook design 😅😅
Man, looks soo sleek, thin and yet powerful
Guys, what do you think about the ROG gaming experience comment below
This Laptop Best For Game Development?
Now I don’t know if take the 2023 model on sale or wait for this one… 😅
I just ordered the 2023 M16 with the RTX 4090 for $3,000. I hope I won’t regret it when the newer version comes out, but I expect the price to be close to $ 4,000….so not feeling bad about it
@@marcotalotta did the same got the 2023 model
@@michlang259 Let's hope we did the right thing. If they price the new model with an Oled display and the RTX 4090 around $4000, that would save me about $1000...still having an awesome looking mini led screen.
@@marcotalotta I got a refurb 2023 G14 40GB RAM, 2TB SSD, rtx 3060 for $900
Fcking hell i was always a rather legion fan but this is something amazing looking device
If it didn’t have that ugly lighting strip I would seriously consider this. I just want a sleek laptop that can also be used for a bit of gaming. The rest of the laptop looks great and then they put on some weird ugly gimmick.
Edit : just ordered a legion 5 slim with also a 14.5” oled and 4060.
I don’t find useful that you mention a MacBook while comparing PC gaming laptop.
Might have to trade in my MacBook Pro.
Did you end up trading in? I’m in the same spot
Hello Sir,
Thank you for all your videos.
I have a question about the new ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 - super thin OLED gaming laptops (2024): Are these laptops suitable for installing DaVinci Resolve Studio?
whats better because of cost for gpu? rtx 4070 with 90 watt tdp or the rtx 4080 with 115 watt tdp?
If I could get an AMD advantage G16 I would be very happy
Is this laptop better than the ASUS ROG Strix 17" 144Hz Gaming Laptop 1920x1080 FHD AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX 16GB Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 1TB SSD and will those laptops last a few years before upgrading to another? I would also like to know if you can play VRPC games with the Quest 3 on those laptops?
I'm looking into converting a van and living in it full time. My current desktop is just not space efficient, and even if it was, the vibration caused by driving would not be good for the hardware. This is a very, VERY tempting solution to that problem. However, I would be sacrificing some performance as the laptop version of the 4090 is not really a 4090, it's like a 4080 in disguise, and my current desktop does have a 4090 in it. That being said, I'm very interested.
Good I was holding my urge to get 2023 with 4080. I have 2022 G14 with 6800s. 😊
Can’t tell , but does the web cam not have a privacy shutter?
The G16 is the ultimate gaming laptop at the moment, it supports Dolby vision gaming and a peak brightness of 850 nits(HDR), for a laptop it is a unique achievement, I also expect them to be relatively visible outdoors even in sunny/cloudy areas, the G14 with the performance that an rtx 4070 offers I must say that with the frame generation(DLSS 3.5) it will be able to saturate the 2.8K panel at 120Hz while the G16 will offer more power for those who also need to work with video editing and 3D graphics, as soon as the SCAR 16 arrives and 18 can you compare them with these?
My Macbook Pro is almost perfect if it weren't for my gaming needs not being met.. this one looks so good but I just KNOW that the fan would bother me.. even when just writing or browsing probably right? Also non mac trackpads are just not it
Any price ?
Will This Play Cod With Mods? , And Newer Games Well? And Will this Laptop be able to use my Elgato Streaming Stuff? For My RUclips?
Are you coming back to do performance review?
Hello, where can I find the wallpaper on the notebook? Can you please send me a link?
according to you which is a best all rounder laptop?
still 5600x, the 65w tdp is out of the world
G16 is looking mighty fine.
maybe one day i will be rich enough to afford this
2023 is still king. This generation is a joke when it comes to design langauge and everything else. dissapointed, wont buy.
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This Computer looks really cool!
But is it compatible with Adobe Animate CC?
Cannot upgrade the RAM? Why? To sell another product with a higher RAM next year??
Copying razers homework, frfr. 😅 If it's even remotely cheaper tho, that's perfect, lol. 😌
Hey Tom, I have been following your channel for quite a long time. How about you send me a giveaway of one of those gaming laptop?
But 4060 model g14 only offers 16 gb ram and it's not upgradable
But this laptop doesn't have the digital moving photos for the back of the laptop so I don't think i'll buy this :[
The 2022/23 models are made out of magnesium alloy its not plastic......
So I wanted to ask which colour looks better the white or black
Now I can only find black in the config that I want as the white ones are all out of stock
Does it have battery management like the macbook Pro? When always plugged in.?
Until Asus catch with MacBook interm of battery life. I will be all in Asus
they really did the design very well. It looks awesome and premium
I got the 14" 2024 4060. Not for gaming but for content creation.
Using 2021 G14 and still works fine, hoping to switch to this soon
Oh shit, they fixed the worst part, the screen! Sign me up!!
Razer laptop with a more modern look. :)
Which one would you guys get?! These are both deadly machines!
Is it just me or has his body stopped being white and turned silver?
As a hardware pro it's hard to recommend this laptop for gaming or creative work. For usual tasks? maybe, but then again you don't need to splash on a laptop that costs between 2-3k USD for office or light work, much cheaper laptops achieve that goal. For creative or gaming? a big no no. Why? The design is nice and the OLED display is great but that's where it ends 1. The CPU is basically a rebranded 7940HS - this is basically last year's CPU in a "new" packaging. If the 2023 G14 is already running very hot imagine what would happen with this year's thinner chassis and inadequate cooling while gaming or doing a high res video editing - it's going to thermal throttle and run super hot a lot more. 2. the 4070 GPU is slightly slower than last year's model, not by much but still slower meaning it would perform worse at an extra cost for this year's pricing. The 4050/4060/4070 are capped (voltage wise) by Nvidia to 100W-110W, anything above it is lost and you wouldn't feel any difference, and with the thinner chassis and bad heat handling it would become an issue very fast for gamers and creative/content creators related tasks. 3.The RAM is soldered! 32 GB soldered is alright but they sell a 16GB soldered RAM! this is not enough for a 2024 gaming or creative laptop, it's arguably borderline ok for current gaming but won't stay that for long, and really? stuck with a 16GB soldered ram and 1 SSD slot for an over $2000-$2500 "gaming' laptop? if you're after 32GB then you're getting closer to $3000 which is sick pricing wise! In the G14 2023 version the RAM wasn't soldered so you could add in more memory if needed. So what this year's g14 gets you? you're paying 2K-3K USD for last year's hardware with degraded performance at extra cost when you have better alternatives out there. Sure the display is great but what you end up buying is a screen and a sleek design - paying a premium for design and an OLED screen.
Looks like a Macbook
RTX 4070 only, on the 14 inch...UURRGGHH!
The 4070 is THE worst mobile 40 class GPU in the range if spending that kind of money.
The 8GB frame buffer makes it a joke.
Sorry but there are too many compromises on the 2024 models, especially the cut back TDPs of the graphics cards.
If I were looking to buy a gaming laptop like these, I'd take the 2023 models any day of the week.
This might be ROG Zephyrus but I think they will increase the price from the previous one
I love OLED and use an OLED monitor for my desktop I think I very much rather prefer LCD for my laptops. I love the Mini LED on the MacBook Pro 14 I just got. LCD and more specifically Mini LED is brighter which is important for Laptops.
I loved your video. You explained everything in detail. But I have a question about battery backup. Like, How many hours do these laptop run when you are not gaming and just doing work without plugging them in?
ooh nice that all models get the light up slash 👀
See? There are 120hz OLEDs. Can we please get a 32" 120 hz desktop display? I dont understand the excessive 240+ hz mania going on right now. Barely anyone can run any modern games at 4K 240 hz
Cool Asus make other gaming laptop design is old and bad design
misfortun I don't like the design of keyboard
I have a question, can we charge the 2024 g14 with type c?
Yes, you can charge it through USB-C as well.
Never really liked the look of most Windows laptops, but I wanted preformance in a 14-inch macbook-like body shape, perfect.
i want a gaming oled tablet so much, z13, but oled and curved ages and no nonsense gamery look, like here, 120hz 2560x1600 oled 10 bit is all we need in a tablet.
I really hope I dont see something like "AMD ryzen 7 8830u", or "ryzen 7 8835hs".
It will burn in within a year, tanking resale value. MiniLED was superior plus brighter. Chassis upgrades are welcome. Keyboard font is heinous and the person who chose it should be soundly flogged for trying to appeal to 12 year old gamers who can't afford this machine in the first place. Overall, nice.
I love this but I'm waiting for the black one to come out, the problem with white keyboards is they are hard to see during the day. I have this problem on my current XPS.
That g14 is a beauty that you could take to uni without having a bulky piece of metal looking like Christmas Eve. I love this laptop.
These are the actual macbook killers in any aspect
probably not in performance / battery life or speakers
Whenever a company says you still can buy the old one, it means they they will keep selling the year old device at the same price and the new one will be jacked up to a higher price. That’s why M1 Macbook Air is still in the market, to manipulate consumers into thinking M2/M3 Macbook Airs are worth the higher price.
Nice, now I just need to wait for 2025 and hope the G14 got a Intel CPU and a RTX 5070? :P
You still haven’t done a video on the battery life yet.
g14 2024 pourquoi il ont changer le design. il abuse
ah i really would. I like how its thinner and the charging port has been moved. But i just got my g14 in Nov when i replaced my z13. Maybe ill get the 2025 model
bruh i just bought a lenovo slim pro 91 cus i didnt like the look of the 2023 version of this pc and they decide to fix it this year
Thank you Asus for bringing MacBook Pro quality speakers to Windows gaming laptops! I have the 2022 M16 but the battery life and heat is just atrocious. Can’t wait for the full review when they come out.
Trash, no 4080 and 4090 options. Supposed to be a gaming laptop not a look pretty laptop.
New intel this year is, of course not really an upgrade, so its a new screen, nicer design , less powerful GPU and more expensive