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expired Posted by Dr.Wajahat • Apr 15, 2024
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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16: Intel Ultra 9 185H, 16" QHD+ OLED 240Hz, RTX 4070, 1TB SSD
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If this was the 4080 version with the better cooling solution that they skimped on with this 4070 model then I would be tempted for sure, but not with this as it is. Way overpriced.
Noise: no worse or better than a G14. I didn't mind the noise. I mean who doesn't wear headphones when gaming? But I'm telling you with these speakers you don't even need them.
The vapor chamber might be a little quieter but you're not going to upgrade for that (at least I don't recommend it) - you're going to upgrade for the 4080 and 32GB RAM.
If the specs work for you, don't be worried about heat/noise. My G14 feels like lava is about to spew from it at times. I am pretty sure the G16 feels cooler to the touch due to the aluminum chassis that naturally dissipates heat better.
Yes you can spend $300 more and get a Legion Pro 7i with 4080 and get about 50-60% better performance or more in games. The tradeoff is it's about 2 pounds heavier with a worse screen. Legions have excellent keyboards and although they switched to plastic for the trackpad this year, reviews say its fine. Speakers supposedly very good on the Legion as well which is important to me. But I know for a fact they're extremely good on the G16.
So yeah, you're paying for the size/weight and the screen on the G16. Everything else, you're far better off with the Legion. Is the screen worth it? Honestly outside of gaming probably not. OLED is great and all but it's not the end game. Text still looks best on standard subpixel layouts - which is not a fault of OLED, it's Windows poor handling of the situation.
But the G16 is definitely THE MacBook of the PC gaming world - more-so than Razer Blade IMO because of size and weight alone.
The Legion is what your rational brain wants but the G16 is what your heart wants.
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If this was the 4080 version with the better cooling solution that they skimped on with this 4070 model then I would be tempted for sure, but not with this as it is. Way overpriced.
You can get better specs for less $$ but only on desktop replacement type of laptops that weight a ton.
If this was the 4080 version with the better cooling solution that they skimped on with this 4070 model then I would be tempted for sure, but not with this as it is. Way overpriced.
I hear conflicting things about the heat and noise. Do you have first hand experience? And was it months ago or recent? The core ultra laptops have had wild reviews about battery life and heat on numerous laptops. The very first ones gained like 20% multicore performance after a bios update.
I hear conflicting things about the heat and noise. Do you have first hand experience? And was it months ago or recent? The core ultra laptops have had wild reviews about battery life and heat on numerous laptops. The very first ones gained like 20% multicore performance after a bios update.
Noise: no worse or better than a G14. I didn't mind the noise. I mean who doesn't wear headphones when gaming? But I'm telling you with these speakers you don't even need them.
The vapor chamber might be a little quieter but you're not going to upgrade for that (at least I don't recommend it) - you're going to upgrade for the 4080 and 32GB RAM.
If the specs work for you, don't be worried about heat/noise. My G14 feels like lava is about to spew from it at times. I am pretty sure the G16 feels cooler to the touch due to the aluminum chassis that naturally dissipates heat better.
Yes you can spend $300 more and get a Legion Pro 7i with 4080 and get about 50-60% better performance or more in games. The tradeoff is it's about 2 pounds heavier with a worse screen. Legions have excellent keyboards and although they switched to plastic for the trackpad this year, reviews say its fine. Speakers supposedly very good on the Legion as well which is important to me. But I know for a fact they're extremely good on the G16.
So yeah, you're paying for the size/weight and the screen on the G16. Everything else, you're far better off with the Legion. Is the screen worth it? Honestly outside of gaming probably not. OLED is great and all but it's not the end game. Text still looks best on standard subpixel layouts - which is not a fault of OLED, it's Windows poor handling of the situation.
But the G16 is definitely THE MacBook of the PC gaming world - more-so than Razer Blade IMO because of size and weight alone.
The Legion is what your rational brain wants but the G16 is what your heart wants.
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I feel like generations get suckered into laptop gaming and then realize they're basically thermonuclear space heaters, kind of unreliable, impossible to upgrade. Put the money into your desktop, get a cheap MacBook or whatever else and run GeForce now for portability.
Still I agree a MacBook is generally better alongside your beefy desktop as long as you're not going to be gone for a long time. But the more time goes on, the more you wish you had your capable gaming machine with you.
Still I agree a MacBook is generally better alongside your beefy desktop as long as you're not going to be gone for a long time. But the more time goes on, the more you wish you had your capable gaming machine with you.
For a person who literally works on the road, stays in hotels, the Internet there is probably not good enough for competitive play anyway, but if you wanted to play offline games (do those exist anymore?) I guess something like this would fit the bill.
(I say all this having literally burned through 3 gaming laptops since my ASUS ROG with a 1070)
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Noise: no worse or better than a G14. I didn't mind the noise. I mean who doesn't wear headphones when gaming? But I'm telling you with these speakers you don't even need them.
The vapor chamber might be a little quieter but you're not going to upgrade for that (at least I don't recommend it) - you're going to upgrade for the 4080 and 32GB RAM.
If the specs work for you, don't be worried about heat/noise. My G14 feels like lava is about to spew from it at times. I am pretty sure the G16 feels cooler to the touch due to the aluminum chassis that naturally dissipates heat better.
Yes you can spend $300 more and get a Legion Pro 7i with 4080 and get about 50-60% better performance or more in games. The tradeoff is it's about 2 pounds heavier with a worse screen. Legions have excellent keyboards and although they switched to plastic for the trackpad this year, reviews say its fine. Speakers supposedly very good on the Legion as well which is important to me. But I know for a fact they're extremely good on the G16.
So yeah, you're paying for the size/weight and the screen on the G16. Everything else, you're far better off with the Legion. Is the screen worth it? Honestly outside of gaming probably not. OLED is great and all but it's not the end game. Text still looks best on standard subpixel layouts - which is not a fault of OLED, it's Windows poor handling of the situation.
But the G16 is definitely THE MacBook of the PC gaming world - more-so than Razer Blade IMO because of size and weight alone.
The Legion is what your rational brain wants but the G16 is what your heart wants.
All I can tell you is the G16 is the real deal. It's everything I've ever wanted out of a laptop. It's not perfect but it's the closest it's ever been to perfection for me. But if you use your laptop professionally and time is money then I would not recomend it as it's just a bad deal in terms of performance.
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