Asus Zephyrus G14 & G16 (2024) One Month Later: the GOOD and the BAD!

Asus nailed it with these new Zephyrus laptops. I'm loving the new slimmer profile, and the less-gamer-forward design with the slash LED lighting. If you're in the market for a new laptop and you're looking for a laptop with amazing speakers, amazing performance, and a beautiful OLED display that not only looks good, has a high refresh rate and VRR, these laptops are it. There are other laptops out there that's around the same price range, but I think Asus really did a killer job here for its overall package, and you just gotta use one for yourself to believe it.

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Pinning this here in case people are curious about battery life:

G14 Casual Use: 8-ish hours
G14 with RTX GPU: 1.5 hours with gaming
G14 with AMD iGPU: 3-ish hours

G16 Casual Use: 7-ish hours
G16 with RTX GPU: 1.5 to 2 hours with gaming

[UzixCarti]

This laptop has been something I've been looking for. Something that I can game on occasionally, and use it for school/work. The battery life and how light it is, is amazing.

[unbreakableironman]

For those who do not understand the reason for the micro sd card port, it's not that you can just use a dongle to read any card, but it's a cheap way to add storage to the laptop. Some 1 TB micro sd cards can sell for about $65, so in a way, it converts the laptop from 1 TB to 2 TB albeit one is the ssd.

[hayleyoh]

just bought mine - its impossible to overstate how incredible the speakers are. sounds like im playing sound from an external speaker with NO distortion on higher volumes. the display is GORGEOUS too // edit: i got the g14! I find the smaller size perfect for my needs :)

[Mesteviet]

When you actually look at the wattage specs on the gpu for the g16 4080, does it say 115W or 125W because i have seen both appear on the same laptop for different people which is confusing me.

[brycefadeway]

Hey why did you prefer more to game on ghe g14 vs g16? I didn't quite got that part ! Thxs

[angus]

Hi, compare with asus vivobook pro 15, how should I choose between them, while their graphic card could choose the same, and beside the cpu and aspect ratio, anything I should concern abou?

[theprince]

What about battery 🔋 in ultra settings ?

[Empire]

Is the fan noise of G16 so loud that it can affect music production ? I am looking for a laptop for production but afraid of the fan noise. Though i will use a good pair of headphones but, i really want to know about the fan noise. Or should i go for MacBook pro 16" M3 pro ?

[bartsimpson]

Hey Mark!
G16 (2450e) or Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 (2300e) ?
They both have the same specs 4060, 32gb/1tb, Ultra 9. The Yoga has the 3.2k touch Mini-LED.
I would mainly use it for music production. I don't game.
I already ordered the Yoga (might still be able to cancel), since I heard its much quieter than the G16 with 3 fans, but heard that there might be a fix for the G16 noise.
I love the design of the G16, but figured the Yoga was the safer option because of less fan noise, heat, brighter screen (blacks almost as good as OLED.)
I now you haven't reviewed the Yoga yet, but I would still love to hear your opinion.
Thanks!

[giushuddin-dwbg]

Hi mark. please suggest me. I really like this laptop but concerned about the oled panel as i want to use the laptop for 5 years atleast. will oled last that long? specially if i do heavy gaming on it?

[TheOnlyName]

Been using my 2024 G14 for two weeks now, been loving it!!

[rayn]

Hi, I want to get myself a gaming laptop. Looking towards this laptop Zephyrus G16, but I didn't like the fact that it has a cut-down graphics card that only uses 115 TGP. Maybe I should take Legion pro 7, if I want my laptop to be relevant for another 3 years and that would be to me as my main computer ? What do you think or what other laptop can you recommend ?

[galabavamsi]

im confused between ASUS ROG Strix G18 (2023) i9 13980hx and this laptop....i have more emphasis on engineering programs, ai is better?....on other hand i want oled but worried about burn in and but also want 18inch i need upgradability...which is in strix g18...which is better?

[ANIMERIUM]

Whats the model number of the g16? I tried to find it on asus website but i can't find the oled variant. 😢

[michaozga]

Do 4060 versions come with 32 ram
And oled? The lineup is super confusing.

[noname-vlvy]

hope this has a version with the CAMM2 ram

[aquasparx]

Thinking on getting the G14, though I am relatively new to the computer tech/specs world. So I maybe be juggling myself between this and the Razer Blade 15 or Lenovo Legion.
Mostly concerning the storage (a 1TB s my primary goal, and maybe there are two ssd slots), rtx, good performance and 16/32 ram.

[redllamachan]

Hi, I have a question about the G16, I was looking into getting the 4070 model which retails for £2599 in the UK. How does the 4070 feel with the 240hz display in comparison with the G14s 120hz?

[rudstar]

I’ve been looking at buying a MacBook for productivity (video editing, audio and 3d softwares) for some time now, and I only just found out these things exist, whats the comparison between these two laptops? Does one perform better than the others? It’s pretty hard to find comparisons between Apple and Windows hardware that’s easy to understand. Thanks for the help.