It's Good.. and Bad - 2024 ASUS Zephyrus G16

Its a really nice laptops, with some problems. Let's check it out

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Specs:
Core Ultra 9 185H
RTX 4060
32gb RAM

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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
2:32 Chassis
4:36 Teardown and Internals
7:05 Keyboard and Trackpad
10:26 Software and Performance Software
15:32 Screen and Audio
18:57 Noise.... It's annoying AF
21:40 Benchmarks
23:10 Gaming Performance Modes and Noise
24:50 Game Testing
28:16 Let's Talk

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[markhd]

They should have added a vapor chamber for the 4060/4070 models too, I mean for the price it makes sense that it should be there

[saigudbai]

I think you are completely right on the purpose this machine fills. If you already do your primary gaming on a good desktop but need a nice portable work laptop than can still game... This is a nice option. Traveling around the planet with a huge high performance gaming brick gets old, trust me I've done it for decades.

[renstillmann]

Honestly, I got the Zephyrus G16 with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. And I disabled the dGPU and can play pubg on Low settings 1080p with medium textures and high antialiazing around 100 fps. The fans do run, but very quiet. I got the 4070 model which came at 2600 euro incl tax. It sure is a lot of money, but I am honestly happy with this laptop especially since the power consumption is very good even while gaming. Also you can do general tasks and you still get around 6 to 7 hours on battery. I also like the large touchpad. If they had an 18" option I would have gone with that.

[Raju]

In-depth, detailed and informative videos eh! - fellow Canadian 🍁

[Omen]

I've read somewhere Asus supposedly fixed that high pitched whining noise on turbo mode with a bios update, by not running that third fan as fast or something like that. Might be worth checking out.

[yurioliveira]

From what I've seen and read, g-helper is a must for zephyrus laptops, makes noise much more convenient and you get rid of asus armory crate

[TheDedloc]

not 2 months later and I bought the Zephyrus G16 4080 OLED 32G Ram on sale for $2300

[paulk]

Love this laptop, but so incredibly expensive in NZ, like 5k here

[tinybit]

G16 AMD is better, much cooler and more headroom for noise aka fan curve adjustments on G-Helper (it's 10-20 degrees cooler on the CPU side, for the same game).This is why I kept the version with HX, also in general more comfortable/smoother to use.. Battery is slightly better as well. No issues with throttling because there's none, thus FPS are more stable, too.

I would say it's a good portable creator/productivityr+gaming laptop. I would agree on the Intel version that this is not a good gaming laptop because it was boody hot. But the AMD version is pefectly fine, besides working on it, I can play literally all AAA games on ultra. With DLSS&FSR&FG nowadays you have more choice as well. It's also cooler than other thicker gaming laptops I've tried with a 4070. You're getting 99% performance of the 4070 with 105W TGP.

If you're never moving the laptop and use it as a desktop replacement, then of course there are other better choices with a 4080/4090 if you look for the highest FPS, e.g. Legion. But honestly, when it comes to a 4070, personally I wouldn't choose a different laptop if discounted and money is there to spend . Perfectly fine for gaming and perfect for movies etc. as well. It's so easy to pick up, it's so thin and light. In my case, it's 50% personal with gaming, 50% work-related. I take it on business trips or when I want to be in a different place in my house, like the living room (I have a good PC already). Perfect for that. I love OLED :D
Plus. As everyone says: Use G-Helper. Better UX, minimalistic and less unneeded services running.

[Reaper]

Exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks for the detailed review.

[pedrwm]

Great review! Please do a TUF A15 2023/2024 review too if possible.

[ВладТах]

Omg, THANK YOU for the noise test and temperatures! I hate promotion videos when people don't show it all and just say "it's a perfect gaming laptop! Asus made a grate notebook!"

[goboldly]

Any Wifi issues? I've read very mixed experiences where some say the Wifi cuts out frequenty, others where it stops working entirely after coming back from sleeping, etc. Something with the wifi manufacturer asus uses vs Broadcom or Intel Wifi cards.

[NateBuildingBricks]

What is a better gaming laptop with an oled? Is there any difference in gaming between the g14 and g16?

[mariussm]

Of course it's bad. That's why they have a new version with AMD inside. But that has the same issues there too. Which is weird. Becuase Lenovo has a slim laptop as well: Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i with Core Ultra 9 and RTX 4060 and that one is crazy silent, and acceptable noise in heavy tasks and games.

[theirregularadventurers]

got it for the equivalent of 1450$ in europe which is an insane price for europe for this laptop. I guess for this price range it's more of a justifiable acquisition (even if still not the best gaming laptop for the price probably better in all other aspects) and a very good value laptop if this is within the budget of the buyer... sincerely the only issues that would remain is the loud fan noise (that you can tweak putting it in silent mode for most situations even though not ideal) and also the battery feels just a bit average and sincerely i don't know how can you get the advertised times (it's not bad but i think everyone expectations is at least a bit higher on this)

[JT]

Beau Ive been waiting for this review, from other reviewers who compared the 4080gpu version vs the Legion 7i 4070 (Hardware Canucks), the gaming performance is about the same across the board bar about 10 fps more for the G16, so I would say if you want to game on this thing, there is no point buying the 4070 or below, and ofcourse, the 4080 is ridiculously expensive, and its even more insane in europe, damn right a scam

[satwikk]

I really wish you just went for the new amd g16 instead. it's much more expensive than this one though. I'm not sure if you keep these laptops with you without returning them, but if you do, then best buy does have 60 day returns. will the amd version's review still happen sometime in the future? thanks!

[gary]

Since you are in Canada, I was wondering if you knew AI 9 HX 370 RTX4070 version comes with a English keyboard layout?

[michaozga]

I wish the 2025 one had miniled. I can’t settle for
Oled. There also IPS but idk ..