2024 Asus Zephyrus G16 Ultimate Review! RTX 4090 10+ Game Benchmarks! 240 hz OLED Display Test!

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00:00 - 2024 Asus Zephyrus G16 Ultimate Review!
00:34 - Specifications and Build Quality Overview - Zephyrus G16
03:01 - RAM and SSD Benchmark Results - Zephyrus G16
03:52 - Display Test Results (16" QHD+ 240Hz OLED) - Zephyrus G16
05:14 - Competitive Options (Blade 16, Alienware X16) - Zephyrus G16
06:48 - Pros and Cons - Zephyrus G16
07:15 - Unboxing the 2024 Asus Zephyrus G16
07:34 - Port Selection - Zephyrus G16
08:46 - Removing the Bottom Panel - Zephyrus G16
09:07 - BIOS Settings - Zephyrus G16
09:21 - Webcam Quality and Windows Hello Overview - Zephyrus G16
09:42 - Keyboard Impressions - Zephyrus G16
11:00 - Trackpad Impressions - Zephyrus G16
11:21 - Software Overview - Zephyrus G16
11:39 - Speaker Test - Zephyrus G16
12:20 - Cinebench R23 Results (Core Ultra 9-185H) - Zephyrus G16
12:24 - Time Spy Results (Ultra 9-185H, RTX 4090) - Zephyrus G16
12:37 - Overall Gaming Performance Overview - Zephyrus G16
13:21 - Apex Legends (QHD+, Low Settings) - Zephyrus G16
13:36 - Counterstrike 2 (QHD+, Very High) - Zephyrus G16
13:53 - Illuvium (QHD+, Epic, DLSS Q) - Zephyrus G16
14:43 - God of War (QHD+, Ultra then Original, DLSS Q) - Zephyrus G16
14:56 - Cyberpunk 2077 (QHD+, RT Ultra then RT Medium, DLSS Q, FG On, RR On) - Zephyrus G16
15:19 - Hogwarts Legacy (QHD+, RT Ultra, DLSS Q, FG On) - Zephyrus G16
15:56 - Dead Space (QHD+, Ultra, DLSS Q) - Zephyrus G16
16:32 - Starfield (QHD+, Ultra, FSR3, FG On then DLSS 3 with FG On) - Zephyrus G16
17:41 - Baldur’s Gate 3 (QHD+, Ultra, DLSS Q) - Zephyrus G16
18:13 - Witcher 3 (QHD+, RT Ultra then RT Off, DLSS Q, FG On) - Zephyrus G16
18:40 - Overall Recommendation - Zephyrus G16

[calvinholloway]

OK, this is my review. I love this thing. It’s so grown up. Doesn’t sound like a jet engine and it does perform.

[sfh]

Good review! 1 major issue .. 22 mins of review and not a single mention of battery life 🤦‍♂️ one of the biggest selling points of this laptop compared to the higher powered machines is much longer battery life which should have been mentioned 🤷‍♂️

[Cleopatra-rxoe]

it would be cool to see your g16 4090 tests with 175 watts of cast vbios from scar 16 2024 (do not forget to do an undervolt, put a limit of 150 watts in afterburner and similar things)

Furthermore, try to change liquid metal to kryosheet, it also would be very interesting tho

I saw on the Reddit who that turned such, but I would like to see everything in video format

[mikemischler]

Good job on the review, I appreciate the detailed comments on how the laptop will preform when the correct settings are setup. Very thorough review sir!!!

[indianajonze]

kind of disappointing you didn't ever do a follow up video like this for the scar 18. it deserves it

[SHISUI]

You forgot to test its igpu while on battery. I can see myself buying this over the newer gaming handhelds even if its a lot more expensive

[rayanheidari-wbcf]

I'm wondering why should a company put a 4090 in such a thin laptop like this and limit its power :). thx for the review tho ❤

[eVzxiLLuSioN]

Can you please restart the entire review uninstalling Armoury Crate and installing G Helper instead ? So we can have final temps, noise and performance results, since the gap is massive between both software.

[yuding]

Pls review the 2024 RAZER BLADE 18 PLEASEE

[exdee]

95 watt 4090 is a waste, dont get me wrong i know they cant put a full power 4090 in that thin body. I wish they just maxed out at 4080 as they cant utilize the full 4090 or the 16gb vram.

[puyaaaa]

Me looking at this while Im still saving up for a lenovo slim 5 1220$

[jungwookson]

what about the fan noise ar rhe maximum performances? some reviewers noticed loud fan noise cause of small chasis

[ducati-uvov]

Just bought one for my son. Same model.

[lorenzorisaliti]

Do you use G-Helper or Armory Create for testing and performance management?

[javadizadi]

What is your preference between this laptop and scar 16 2024? Does oled display really change the experience compared to that new miniled?

[gabeishere]

I see the CPU temp is around 80-85c in this video, but I heard of people with the G16 having their CPU temp over 100c just from idling. Is this a serious issue? Does it have to do with the tri fans versus the vapor chamber cooling setups?

[AkaruIez]

Great review! Do you think 60 fps locked games will have good motion without motion blur in game settings on this display? And could you try Ark Survival Ascended too as it's one of the most demanding games out of there? First question is important to me so if you can answer it would be awesome for me deciding whether I would buy one or skip for other models. I just want a good motion clarity on 60 fps content. OLED panels seem to have lowest response times so I thought getting one would serve me good.

[vegagamer]

Please review lenevo loq ryzen 7 8845hs, Rtx 4060, 1440p display

[coreyhunter]

in my testing, setting the display mode to optimus increased my cpu time spy score to 12500+
best time spy score so far-
overall- 17053
gpu- 18088
cpu- 12880

there seems to be an issue where optimus is increasing cpu performance. this performance increase was very dependent on settings and I was using Ghelper to stop asus services which seemed to have an impact on cpu performance.
putting it in optimus, making sure gsync is full screen only, using g helper to stop asus services, seems to give the best performance. any variation of these settings seems to cut the cpu score in time spy from 12500ish to 11500ish.

also did a 150/250 overclock on the gpu and that score was with cpu boost on efficient aggressive.

[lucagiaco]

2 thunderbolt ports and i would have said it was the best 2024 laptop.. but they should have used solid state blowers instead of the fans