Hey guys. Some of you were wondering about the Intel Core i7-10750H Benchmarks: 1) I was told I can actually post results from the laptops I have here (I'm editting the MSI GF65 you see in the graph right now for those of you interested! :) ).. 2) Several Intel Core i7-10750H Laptops are actually already available in stores here in the Netherlands right now. I don't know at what level it went wrong, but I got a green light and apparently so did some stores.
wait your dutch? That's awesome! Wil voor mn opleiding deze laptop kopen. Ja klinkt raar maar heb het nodig voor virtualisatie. Waar heb jij hem gekocht? Heb de laptop namelijk gezien voor 1600 maar ik hoor je zeggen dat ie 1500 is. Alvast bedankt :) (sorry for the Dutch)
Wow your dutch, did not hear any accent! Bumped into this video cause I'm doing research of switching to windows com from macos. Still not sure if I should go for zpyherus, legion or razor. My preferences tends to lean towards the razor models
Breaks my heart. This thing has a lot of potential but I would want a cam, thunderbolt 3 support, windows hello, and a better graphics card. Other than that it's a beaut!
Would you ever consider doing a short segment on your plants/flowers/vegetation/foliage that you've got set up around your studio? Looks nice! As for the Zepherus it's the nicest looking 'gaming' laptop out there at the moment imo, Alienware and MSI take note... less is more!
I didn't knew much about the G15 until now, thanks to your review. I'm looking to change my laptop in the near future and i'm looking at all the reviews about any laptop that has these new AMD CPUs. I like that this laptop has a great battery life and USB-C charge, the GPU is a good choice if you're not that much into gaming, but still wanna handle well. That screen though...but i'm waiting a review on a 240Hz panel review to see the actual RGB values (the colours on my actual laptop, which is an Asus...lol, are kind of faded and i don't like it, it's tiring for the eyes). Thank you again for your review, I've heard a rumor that Lenovo wants to put the new AMD Ryzen CPU on their legion laptops....waiting for your reviews. Take care!
Hi Nada! Thanks so much for this review. I've been trying to decide between the G14 and G15. Hopefully one of them will soon become the first laptop I own. I subbed to your channel.
It's interesting that this deal with the soldered 8GB on the motherboard, runs for some time at Asus (various other Zephyrus models), but apart from single channel vs dual channel tests (8+8=16), I could not find anywhere on the net performance tests with 24GB (8+16). It would be interesting to test impact in games with the discrete GPU and the APU as well.
I bought this laptop 2 days ago, after I saw this review! It has a really slick design and modern look. It performs like a beast! Thanks for the review!
harold peredo hi, haven’t removed them, but it gets pretty warm if I play games like Cod: warzone. The center of the keyboard and the top side of the keyboard get really warm. I still want to use the warranty so I won’t take ‘em off for a while.
Hi Nada & Stephan. Stumbled upon your channel when I was researching Zephyrus laptops. Really like the review structure, production value, and clarity on your videos. You even took time to segregate the video timeline, so I can jump to relevant topics that I'm curious with! You just earned another subscriber. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for this wonderful review. I'm considering selling my current laptop and buying the 240 hz version of the G15, and I was 1) wondering about upgradability especially since i have a 2 tb ssd I would like to put into it without wasting the 1 tb already inside (the 1tb option is the only one I found available), and 2) whether or not the 240 hz version is worth the money. Your video is the first one I found that had information about these issues I have.
@@edwardhoffenheim3249 She showed that the CPU and GPU run cooler without out, but it seems to have been designed to force the intake air over the motherboard. 'The motherboard' is more than CPU and GPU and you would need to check that other elements on the motherboard are not overheating as a result of changed airflow.
I've come full circle. I first saw this video when you released it and then purchased the laptop shortly after in June. I'm now going to add a second NVMe SSD and I knew to come back to this video to confirm it does have a second slot. Thanks again for a great video! Edit: in case you were wondering "why does he need more than 1TB?", the main storage drive is for games whilst the second drive will be for astrophotography! Just finished a session outside and the raw images from tonight take up 10GB of space, so the drive will eventually get full at this rate.
@@jaydhillon4960 Over the past 7 months this laptop has served me well for my purposes! What part(s) of the negative reviews concern you the most, hopefully I can address those specific points?
@@jaydhillon4960 It'll be interesting to see if that holds true. I suppose the biggest issue is temperature. Unmodified, the CPU and GPU can get up to 95°C which is very hot. However, if you follow the many guides out there (r/Zephyrus G14 or G15 subreddit) you can disable boost to significantly reduce temps. For comparison, I run Warthunder on max settings on my RTX 2060 version at 120fps and temps do not exceed 75°C so I'm very happy. Borderlands 3 runs at around 80fps on ultra settings. Battery life wise, my wear rate is at 7-8%. I understand that battery wear increases quite quickly early on but then stabilises. I've configured battery to charge to 60% only to increase lifespan of battery by not continually charging and depleting.
Something you missed is that this laptop has Adaptive Sync (both FreeSync and G-sync)! It's a big deal and is what really enticed me as it makes my competitive game-play very smooth. Even the razer blade 2019 I bought last year and ended up selling, lacked this feature and that was $1000 dollars more. Hard to find adaptive sync laptops that aren't a brick and pack a 120+hz screen and decent gaming power. I did end up buying this laptop on newegg and am for the most part happy with this laptop beside a few flaws I've found all of which covered in this video.
I bought this laptop and haven't had a Windows machine since 2005. I'm enjoying it so much. I got worried when I was using it in clamshell mode and it was turning off by itself because I was rendering in Iray and it made it too hot. I didn't know laptops do that when they get hot. I'm enjoying GTA5 and other PC games. Still using my iMac but Windows has improved so much and Asus makes great hardware. Thanks for the review and the teardown. Can't wait to upgrade ram and ssd.
The fan covers wha? I love the smell of bs in the morning. So that plastic suffocates the laptop and raises the component temps and voids the warranty if you remove them....
aaahm actually it makes perfect sense to have them since those grills are intake grills not output and when air comes in the plastic sheets slightly lift up and let the air come in, this video explains it so bad, Im sorry that people watch this and then get the wrong idea. Those are there just to keep the intake filtered kind of from taking in large pieces of dust and other things you don't want in your laptop.
@@gokalpcetin4763 Holy shit cant believe people actually buy into this shit.The grills exist on the intel variant without any shitty cover in the back,but they expect to undermine the performance of the 4800h by using it. How tf does a 100% opaque piece of plastic work as filter?
@@prathamdave5849 Yea, I found his comment odd too. I have also seen both in person. It's the same vents, with exception of covers applied to the AMD variants. Wonder why they did this? ;)
Excellent review, literally the best I have seen yet. PLeasant surroundings, described everything, pros and cons, especially the screen and graphics editing. Kinda of torn between this one and spending a bit more. I have a desktop with Ryzen 5 3600x and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB and it's great. Trying to find a laptop comparable since mine is a loner.
Trying to stay with Ryzen, I am looking for a laptop that will give me excellent gaming and editing abilities. I play via HDMI to TV, so 15” screen is s fine. Suggestions since you are knowledgeable? Thanks
You have to unscrew the bottom cover like shown in this video. For the covers, you would have to use a thin flathead tool to pry off the metal parts holding the black plastic covers. I took out both the metal cover and the plastic cover. This worked well for the laptop’s performance and was worth it for me. But yeah if you haven’t bought this laptop I just wouldn’t.
Nice review, also kudos for factoring in the height of the laptop in your review, a small but good to know detail a lot of other reviewers don't usually add into their reviews
This was a perfect review. Thank you so much. I’m considering this laptop (spec’d the exact same) or a P1 Gen 3. I’m now leaning towards the thinkpad because of the single ram slot, lack of camera, less color accurate display, high temps, and slightly less ram, even if it is around $150 dollars cheaper. What are your thoughts on the P1 Gen 3?
@@TechTesters The Thinkpad's primary use is for workstation things such as Solidworks or other similar applications. This means that the P1 Gen 3 has a Quadro GPU. I currently am looking at one with an i7-10750h, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, Quadro T1000 Max-Q (about the same performance as a GTX 1650), and a 1080p 60hz display that is pretty bright and color accurate. I've done a little bit more research since posting that comment, and it seems to me that a P1 Gen 3 will stay just a few degrees cooler, but the AMD performance and a GTX 1660 TI is a very tempting offer (at a lower price, too). The only drawbacks that I see to the Zephyrus is heat, lack of webcam, and single ram slot, which means that the maximum possible ram is 24gb running in single-channel mode (assuming I understood everything correctly). What are your thoughts on the matter, if any? Sorry I kinda typed a whole essay.
Given that Asus tuf a15 1660ti model which starts at a mere 1000$ with Ryzen 4800h instead 4800hs in the g15 which costs 1250$, given that both have displays with 60% srgb which one should I buy? Between how bad is 60%srgb in real life?
I bought this laptop 4 days ago and have to say it runs like a champ so far. I had no problem playing Hitman 2 on the highest settings and the processor blazes through games like football manager all countries loaded (most are view only) and total war games. I checked the temp on Armoury crate at times and the highest temps I saw were between 85-87c. The fans are loud and ran around 45db max. Overall I love it but have to caveat I also have a MacBook and really only use the Asus for gaming. If I could only have one laptop I probably wouldn’t buy this because of the lack of webcam and color accuracy but as a secondary laptop used entirely for gaming it’s absolutely fantastic.
Once again, great review like always. And also would you guys review the new MSI GS66? I really need to know it's temps and battery life for i am a student and also a competitive gamer
Just picked up the last year GU502GV last week on sale with RTX 2060 and 9750H 240HZ 16 Gb 512 gb variant, So far its good running all the demanding titles on high settings and giving decent thermals on fan settings set to windows. And I am sure there won't be hardly any more than 10 FPS difference if I would have gotten the newer version so save yourself some bucks and pick the last year version instead.
Always a catch. Asus lower end have bad screens. Msi gs66 looks amazing but very expensive for its specs. And they have well known build quality issues! Lenovo seems to be the best overall in the budget region
I'm not actually too fussed about the colour accuracy for myself, but the response times on the 144Hz panels used on Intel based Asus laptops have been great and since the colour accuracy in them was better than this I can only guess it's not the same panel model. I don't understand why they didn't just use the same bloody panels :(
Maybe they are not confident with AMD processor for laptop yet, i think they are still "testing the waters" before they fully give in with better screen and non maxq gpu.
Glad that you mentioned the 144hz panel downside as i was about to get this laptop for autocad, illustrator, gaming and day trading . It would be a let down if I had not seen your review , thx heaps!!
you have definitely got the price wrong. I’ve watched a few videos and checked some websites and the 240 Hz RTX 2060 Ryzen 7 4800HS version costs 1399$.
great review. i just got one of these in may. i did not get a warranty with best buy and i might just go ahead and open it and remove those fan covers in a few months
Nice review cheers! Waiting for G14/G15 to start popping up for sale in New Zealand and Australia, keen to buy one just need to decide which one and with what specs.
Hi there, Can I ask you, if you would choose this laptop over the Razer Blade Base model? This one with 240hz and 2070 gtx. Razer with 144hz and 1660 gtx. Same price range. Have a nice day :-)
Watched your review before i bought a G15 with R9 4900H and Rtx2060 max Q 3 month's ago, since I was confused whether to get G14 or G15. so far I'm satisfied with how it performs while gaming and working.
Very good and detailed review. I'm still not understanding why Asus is using MAX Q graphics card even in their bigger 15 inch chassis. For 14 inch chassis, I can understand the reason of thermal constrains but for 15.6 chassis, this does not make any sense at all.
Minor correction at around the 3:00 mark: Zephyrus laptops are actually metal. I don't know if they keyboard deck is covered in thick paint or if it's just a plastic shell, but if you open the laptop and peak underneath near the battery and trackpad area, you can see it's made of a magnesium unibody.
There's definitely metal in the chassis, but the final feel (whether due to an extra layer, or the paint) remains plastic-y. Not sure how much it matters in the end, but it does become a bit complicated to talk about :D
@@TechTesters it certainly is a complicated subject, just thought it was worth mentioning as in my personal experience, plastic chassis don't last as long. Still a great review and I hope my comments don't come off the wrong way
Man I have to subscribe to your channel. You're like the only one who got the MSI Bravo reviewed and now you got the G15? Subscribed! I would get a Bravo IF the screen improves for a productivity device. Mainly music production. My current laptop is a Whiskey Lake quad core i5 that runs well enough (I tested it in Cinebench). But for heavier tasks, I wouldn't mind having the power of that Ryzen.
Thanks! :) For music production though, does 60% sRGB hurt? I know it sounds low, but in reality it's not that huge a difference imho until you get to color critical work.
Bought the 1660Ti version which went on sale in memex for $130 off last week. They sold LOTS in store. It's really good as an all arounder, minimal design and doesn't scream "HEY I'M A GAMER LOOK AT ME" like the TUF A15.
Whats was the SSD drive in there? The previous version had an Intel 660p SSD and it's performance was terrible in Windows 10 unless you turned off System Protection. I'm not a fan of any gaming laptop having soldered in RAM. 16 GB is the minimum for today, but in the future, I can see 32 GB being more ideal, plus I like to get a good combination of speed with the lowest CAS latency possible. Were you able to see the CAS Latency of the soldered RAM?
Wonder why the vents are blocked? Why does the *AMD* version with 144hz display uses a panda display 144hz 20ms 56%srgb colour accuracy? Why the intel version has unblocked vents, great 144hz display 3ms 100%srgb colour accuracy?
This. Fuck this Asus G15, horrible temps, silent mode has abysmal performance, basically either way you're fucked using it lmao. Either loud airplane-jet with good performance or silent with terrible fps.
Hello! Great reviews and channel, very interesting to watch. I'm currently looking for a gamer/creation laptop and I'm hesitating between the Asus M15 240Hz and RTX 2060 and the MSI Stealth (with the RTX 2070 Max-Q). I'm concerned and the heat and 4k videos editing performances. Which one would you recommend (or do you have any other suggestion perhaps)? Thanks a lot!
Just bought this laptop mainly because you also showed the 2nd M2 slot and benchmarks :) My first AMD pc since the early 00s and a good upgrade from the 7700HQ
I frankly just wouldn’t recommend this one because of the vent covers. I removed my covers and the performance improved significantly, but just buy a different laptop without this flaw.
Wow，what a wonderful pc review! Your video is better than most of the pc review video in Chinese website.You succinctly tell us about the perforence and appearence about this G15,which give me such a good impression.Thank for your afford!
Thanks! I can't see a mentioned response time. Feels pretty similar to most recent panels, so I'd assume it's 3-5 as well. As for the speakers, they're "meh". Good enough for informative videos, not something to really get excited over, watch movies on or play games with. Grab a headset for gaming for sure.
Anandtech was saying that on their unit there's a bug where the display stays at 120 Hz even during desktop use, causing the Nvidia GPU to fire up and use more battery than necessary. Did you encounter the same issue? Did you try testing it at 60Hz
This is best laptop review i have seen. i have ordered Asus zephyrus G15 Ryzen 4800H version. so more performance... was removing covers from fan good idea?
I still stand by removing the covers. Still a warranty risk though, but wait a bit, I was talking to ASUS about how they would handle warranty cases with covers removed.
Hey, Great review. I heard the zephyrus G15 would emit a lot of fan noise and become quite loud while gaming. Any ideas about that? Would it be too loud/annoying to use in an office setting?
Thanks! It's quite loud in gaming while in turbo or performance mode, the results for Turbo are in the video. But that goes for every gaming laptop ever. But! It has a fan-stop mode in idle/low power use, so it's almost completely silent in office use! :)
i just got the laptop its wonderful thx for the review but since i can't take out the battery should i use it plugged all the time or take out the charge when its fully charged
Have you seen the G14 and G15 next to each other? I like the form factor, better color accurate 240Hz display and upgradability of the G15. But the plastic keyboard deck and plastic bottom case concern me (I've had plastic laptops in the past and they don't wear well). I like that both the G14 and G15 are fairly slim and doesn't have the childish gamer PC design. I wonder if any other manufacturers might make a more premium, magnesium or aluminum build with similar specs, slim and not screaming gamer PC.
Hey Techtester, do you have a 2021 review of this unit w all the AMD hardware installed? I’ll wait for a response before I buy and subscribe!! Trying to decide what the differences are: i. e. Zephyrus vs Strix vs Gigabyte etc. etc.
Hi i want ask one quesion... Its god idea to buy this notebook or not? I want somethink with i can du school workout and huge fps games.. Its laptop good for this? :)
Hello, thank you so much for the review And it's been really helpful, just a few questions: 1. I had seen a review somewhere else where the host said the 1660ti was bottle necked by the Ryzen CPU and ram? So is this true in this laptop? And how does the fps get affected if it is? How is the Wifi on this? I'll be gaming + programming on this laptop so I'll need a pretty good speed? Thank you
There will always be some games that are more CPU heavy than GPU heavy. But as a whole, no this is not a CPU bottlenecked machine in the majority of games. Also, if you get a good WiFi 6 router, yeah this'll go really fast on WiFi ;)
Hey guys. Some of you were wondering about the Intel Core i7-10750H Benchmarks: 1) I was told I can actually post results from the laptops I have here (I'm editting the MSI GF65 you see in the graph right now for those of you interested! :) ).. 2) Several Intel Core i7-10750H Laptops are actually already available in stores here in the Netherlands right now. I don't know at what level it went wrong, but I got a green light and apparently so did some stores.
@Techtesters how hot do they get during gaming/idle?
it is same shit as 9750h only other clocks and of course higher price
wait your dutch? That's awesome!
Wil voor mn opleiding deze laptop kopen. Ja klinkt raar maar heb het nodig voor virtualisatie. Waar heb jij hem gekocht? Heb de laptop namelijk gezien voor 1600 maar ik hoor je zeggen dat ie 1500 is. Alvast bedankt :)
(sorry for the Dutch)
Wow your dutch, did not hear any accent! Bumped into this video cause I'm doing research of switching to windows com from macos. Still not sure if I should go for zpyherus, legion or razor. My preferences tends to lean towards the razor models
good review but there are other reasons to install another m2 even if "1 TB is enough"
Nice video 😎
Aw man, thank you so much for watching it! Huge fan of your channel :)
Checking rival ? =D joking
Waiting for ur review
Wow jarood is here am fan of jarrod vedios this maaan is great
give us a review !
So glad you didn't get a G14 and had to settle for this one. Much more interested in it and now there's a good review on it!
Subscribed
Yeah g14 is way much exspensive just for the anime matrix
@@frifayergarena8591 well because it's for the fashion, this is for praticality
@@frifayergarena8591 and tiny screen
Never seen a reviewer take apart a laptop and make the design better... subbed lol
whoa, first ever G15 review I seen 👍👍
thank you!
A review that comments on screw sizes, where has this channel been all my life?
I was looking around the room and was thinking “She is in a freaking Jungle!”
Room looks awesome
Girls love their plants
@Pete Eddy Yes. This is what happens when a woman is so attractive.
Even the wallpaper tho
This is like the only review of this exact model. Thank you!
Battery life is the key when your switching to PC to laptop. Sometime I need portability but can last longer for my line of work. Very nice!
Miko Merca from pc to laptop*
Hardward Canucks: Look at my widdle plant on top of the computer case. 🌿
Nada: That's cute........... 🎍🎄🎋🥦🌴🌲🌳🌵
Breaks my heart. This thing has a lot of potential but I would want a cam, thunderbolt 3 support, windows hello, and a better graphics card. Other than that it's a beaut!
Let's hope USB4 is coming soon
@@MrShroombot Thunderbolt 3 on an AMD laptop seems unlikely, but that would be very cash money of Asus if they could pull it off
@@MrShroombot thunderbolt 3 is trash 🗑
@@MrShroombot its fuckin slow that's why most manufacturers are adopting a type 3 .fff
Would you ever consider doing a short segment on your plants/flowers/vegetation/foliage that you've got set up around your studio? Looks nice! As for the Zepherus it's the nicest looking 'gaming' laptop out there at the moment imo, Alienware and MSI take note... less is more!
My support to your opinion..
Yep definitely agree. Love my GX701
I didn't knew much about the G15 until now, thanks to your review. I'm looking to change my laptop in the near future and i'm looking at all the reviews about any laptop that has these new AMD CPUs. I like that this laptop has a great battery life and USB-C charge, the GPU is a good choice if you're not that much into gaming, but still wanna handle well. That screen though...but i'm waiting a review on a 240Hz panel review to see the actual RGB values (the colours on my actual laptop, which is an Asus...lol, are kind of faded and i don't like it, it's tiring for the eyes). Thank you again for your review, I've heard a rumor that Lenovo wants to put the new AMD Ryzen CPU on their legion laptops....waiting for your reviews. Take care!
Really great review, especially liked the taking it apart section and removing parts to see if it runs better. Precisely what I would of done heh
Did asus sabotage AMD with those fan covers? That's really interesting. Subscribed to this channel.
Cool! :)
Yeah I am angry ! I really think they could have squeeze in a 1660ti 80w or 2060 80w !
@@rahuldogra there's a 1660Ti 80W part?
Nope because those are for noise cancelling
Am thinking of removing it but worried about the warranty
Hi Nada! Thanks so much for this review. I've been trying to decide between the G14 and G15. Hopefully one of them will soon become the first laptop I own. I subbed to your channel.
Which one you got??
@@mufeedmk5882 I eventually got the G14 and I love it.
It's interesting that this deal with the soldered 8GB on the motherboard, runs for some time at Asus (various other Zephyrus models), but apart from single channel vs dual channel tests (8+8=16), I could not find anywhere on the net performance tests with 24GB (8+16). It would be interesting to test impact in games with the discrete GPU and the APU as well.
I bought this laptop 2 days ago, after I saw this review! It has a really slick design and modern look. It performs like a beast! Thanks for the review!
how are your thermals? did you also remove the black plastic inside blocking the air?
harold peredo hi, haven’t removed them, but it gets pretty warm if I play games like Cod: warzone. The center of the keyboard and the top side of the keyboard get really warm. I still want to use the warranty so I won’t take ‘em off for a while.
Hi.. are the logo rog is lights on??
how has the laptop been in the long term with regards to reliability?
@@ryp6078 There are no lights on the Rog Logo
Hi Nada & Stephan. Stumbled upon your channel when I was researching Zephyrus laptops. Really like the review structure, production value, and clarity on your videos. You even took time to segregate the video timeline, so I can jump to relevant topics that I'm curious with!
You just earned another subscriber. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this lovely reaction 😊
Thanks for this wonderful review. I'm considering selling my current laptop and buying the 240 hz version of the G15, and I was 1) wondering about upgradability especially since i have a 2 tb ssd I would like to put into it without wasting the 1 tb already inside (the 1tb option is the only one I found available), and 2) whether or not the 240 hz version is worth the money. Your video is the first one I found that had information about these issues I have.
Great video, thanks!!! I would love to see last years model compared to this years ✌️✌️
hmmm maybe a "certain company" "encouraged" Asus to "enhance" the thermal performance by adding those vent fan "dust protectors"
Intel?
Lol they didn't even say it protects from dust. They say it keeps the heat off the motherboard. Pretty much the opposite of what we're seeing here.
@@edwardhoffenheim3249 She showed that the CPU and GPU run cooler without out, but it seems to have been designed to force the intake air over the motherboard. 'The motherboard' is more than CPU and GPU and you would need to check that other elements on the motherboard are not overheating as a result of changed airflow.
@@kichaa13 s
what a terrible design solution...these amd laptops are getting screwed...
Even if removing the covers voids the warranty, couldn't you uhmmm place them back in when you have to get repairs done?
I've come full circle. I first saw this video when you released it and then purchased the laptop shortly after in June. I'm now going to add a second NVMe SSD and I knew to come back to this video to confirm it does have a second slot. Thanks again for a great video!
Edit: in case you were wondering "why does he need more than 1TB?", the main storage drive is for games whilst the second drive will be for astrophotography! Just finished a session outside and the raw images from tonight take up 10GB of space, so the drive will eventually get full at this rate.
how has the laptop been in the long term? asking because I am interested in purchasing one and I have seen a lot of negative reviews
@@jaydhillon4960 Over the past 7 months this laptop has served me well for my purposes! What part(s) of the negative reviews concern you the most, hopefully I can address those specific points?
@@IcedReaver I just heard about long(er) term reliability issues and it just going bust on people
@@jaydhillon4960 It'll be interesting to see if that holds true. I suppose the biggest issue is temperature. Unmodified, the CPU and GPU can get up to 95°C which is very hot. However, if you follow the many guides out there (r/Zephyrus G14 or G15 subreddit) you can disable boost to significantly reduce temps. For comparison, I run Warthunder on max settings on my RTX 2060 version at 120fps and temps do not exceed 75°C so I'm very happy. Borderlands 3 runs at around 80fps on ultra settings.
Battery life wise, my wear rate is at 7-8%. I understand that battery wear increases quite quickly early on but then stabilises. I've configured battery to charge to 60% only to increase lifespan of battery by not continually charging and depleting.
@@IcedReaver ill look into the guides and worst case scenario ill take advantage of amazons return policy, thanks!
Really good review. Subscribed. Was looking for G15 review actually.
Something you missed is that this laptop has Adaptive Sync (both FreeSync and G-sync)! It's a big deal and is what really enticed me as it makes my competitive game-play very smooth. Even the razer blade 2019 I bought last year and ended up selling, lacked this feature and that was $1000 dollars more. Hard to find adaptive sync laptops that aren't a brick and pack a 120+hz screen and decent gaming power. I did end up buying this laptop on newegg and am for the most part happy with this laptop beside a few flaws I've found all of which covered in this video.
The review I've been waiting for
I bought this laptop and haven't had a Windows machine since 2005. I'm enjoying it so much. I got worried when I was using it in clamshell mode and it was turning off by itself because I was rendering in Iray and it made it too hot. I didn't know laptops do that when they get hot. I'm enjoying GTA5 and other PC games. Still using my iMac but Windows has improved so much and Asus makes great hardware. Thanks for the review and the teardown. Can't wait to upgrade ram and ssd.
FINALLY someone reviews the G15. Thank you techtesters
I'm always so impressed by how well shot and edited your review videos are. Everything is so clean and vibrant. Great work! 100k subs incoming!
The fan covers wha?
I love the smell of bs in the morning.
So that plastic suffocates the laptop and raises the component temps and voids the warranty if you remove them....
aaahm actually it makes perfect sense to have them since those grills are intake grills not output and when air comes in the plastic sheets slightly lift up and let the air come in, this video explains it so bad, Im sorry that people watch this and then get the wrong idea. Those are there just to keep the intake filtered kind of from taking in large pieces of dust and other things you don't want in your laptop.
@@gokalpcetin4763 Holy shit cant believe people actually buy into this shit.The grills exist on the intel variant without any shitty cover in the back,but they expect to undermine the performance of the 4800h by using it.
How tf does a 100% opaque piece of plastic work as filter?
@@prathamdave5849 Yea, I found his comment odd too. I have also seen both in person. It's the same vents, with exception of covers applied to the AMD variants. Wonder why they did this? ;)
@@gokalpcetin4763 Nope!
Excellent review, literally the best I have seen yet. PLeasant surroundings, described everything, pros and cons, especially the screen and graphics editing. Kinda of torn between this one and spending a bit more. I have a desktop with Ryzen 5 3600x and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB and it's great. Trying to find a laptop comparable since mine is a loner.
Trying to stay with Ryzen, I am looking for a laptop that will give me excellent gaming and editing abilities. I play via HDMI to TV, so 15” screen is s fine. Suggestions since you are knowledgeable? Thanks
For editting you'll want that sRGB gamut. 240Hz G15 should be a good choice there. But I can't judge other models I haven't seen yet.
Can you make a video on how to remove the fan vent blocks without damaging any other components?
Just dont buy this laptop
You have to unscrew the bottom cover like shown in this video. For the covers, you would have to use a thin flathead tool to pry off the metal parts holding the black plastic covers. I took out both the metal cover and the plastic cover. This worked well for the laptop’s performance and was worth it for me.
But yeah if you haven’t bought this laptop I just wouldn’t.
Nice review, also kudos for factoring in the height of the laptop in your review, a small but good to know detail a lot of other reviewers don't usually add into their reviews
Loved the * disclaimer you put on the advert in huge letters .. 🤣
This was a perfect review. Thank you so much. I’m considering this laptop (spec’d the exact same) or a P1 Gen 3. I’m now leaning towards the thinkpad because of the single ram slot, lack of camera, less color accurate display, high temps, and slightly less ram, even if it is around $150 dollars cheaper. What are your thoughts on the P1 Gen 3?
I don't know the P1, does it have gaming specs at all? I like Thinkpads in general though, but mostly as durable office laptops.
@@TechTesters The Thinkpad's primary use is for workstation things such as Solidworks or other similar applications. This means that the P1 Gen 3 has a Quadro GPU. I currently am looking at one with an i7-10750h, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, Quadro T1000 Max-Q (about the same performance as a GTX 1650), and a 1080p 60hz display that is pretty bright and color accurate. I've done a little bit more research since posting that comment, and it seems to me that a P1 Gen 3 will stay just a few degrees cooler, but the AMD performance and a GTX 1660 TI is a very tempting offer (at a lower price, too). The only drawbacks that I see to the Zephyrus is heat, lack of webcam, and single ram slot, which means that the maximum possible ram is 24gb running in single-channel mode (assuming I understood everything correctly). What are your thoughts on the matter, if any?
Sorry I kinda typed a whole essay.
Your hair looks wonderful. I'm guessing hair salons are still open in the Netherlands?
Oh I wish! They are all closed, unfortunately. DIY :)
Given that Asus tuf a15 1660ti model which starts at a mere 1000$ with Ryzen 4800h instead 4800hs in the g15 which costs 1250$, given that both have displays with 60% srgb which one should I buy?
Between how bad is 60%srgb in real life?
Okay time to go down the rabbit hole with this channel and see what’s up haha
I bought this laptop 4 days ago and have to say it runs like a champ so far. I had no problem playing Hitman 2 on the highest settings and the processor blazes through games like football manager all countries loaded (most are view only) and total war games. I checked the temp on Armoury crate at times and the highest temps I saw were between 85-87c. The fans are loud and ran around 45db max. Overall I love it but have to caveat I also have a MacBook and really only use the Asus for gaming. If I could only have one laptop I probably wouldn’t buy this because of the lack of webcam and color accuracy but as a secondary laptop used entirely for gaming it’s absolutely fantastic.
Once again, great review like always.
And also would you guys review the new MSI GS66? I really need to know it's temps and battery life for i am a student and also a competitive gamer
I think I will buy ROG Zephyrus G15 or ROG Zephyrus G14. Which one should I buy?
G15 for sure.
How the heck are people getting these laptops retail? I want to buy one, but it looks like I'll have to wait until at least May.
Just picked up the last year GU502GV last week on sale with RTX 2060 and 9750H 240HZ 16 Gb 512 gb variant, So far its good running all the demanding titles on high settings and giving decent thermals on fan settings set to windows. And I am sure there won't be hardly any more than 10 FPS difference if I would have gotten the newer version so save yourself some bucks and pick the last year version instead.
They have stores
@@S1nw1th1n i was pretty close to picking that one up for $1350, but I think I will wait instead.
I got mine the day that Newegg put them for sale, I've had it for almost 2 weeks now and I absolutely love it, it flies
@@S1nw1th1n since the price went back to normal, I had to pick this one up :( it's fine though :) can't wait to play VR with it tomorrow
First time chancing upon this channel. I think you guys really deserve more subscribers. Great content, keep it up!
Asus tuf A15 next pleasee!! Ur review is so amazing
In the making ;) And thanks!
Ignore that laptop. Trash screen
@@LibertyFixxxer but its cheap 🤣
And the review is live, go check it out! :)
tuf vs rog ? last years versions ??
Love the content.. Your reviews are top-notch. Keep up the good work
the no webcam is a dealbreaker for me
the no webcam is a GO for me
Not 3 minutes in you almost Sold me this thing 👌 Key aspects in super short time, perfect delivery 🙋♂️
Glad you liked it!
Intel: Who are you!!!
Amd: i am your friend but strong and cheaper
ASUS: But Intel gives us more money so we're going to block the vents on our AMD laptops to make AMD CPUs look hotter
@@ArmourGX Money = everything
Hi what about alienware m15 r3 you think is a good laptop? Thanks so much for your reviews
Seems to be a theme with these AMD laptops so far: hobbled with sub-optimal screens :(
Always a catch. Asus lower end have bad screens. Msi gs66 looks amazing but very expensive for its specs. And they have well known build quality issues!
Lenovo seems to be the best overall in the budget region
the 240Hz should be much better color wise!
I'm not actually too fussed about the colour accuracy for myself, but the response times on the 144Hz panels used on Intel based Asus laptops have been great and since the colour accuracy in them was better than this I can only guess it's not the same panel model. I don't understand why they didn't just use the same bloody panels :(
Maybe they are not confident with AMD processor for laptop yet, i think they are still "testing the waters" before they fully give in with better screen and non maxq gpu.
I think they do that to achieve the price point.
Good review! Been thinking about buying this or the G14 version when they come out. Might go for this one because of the bigger display.
And much better screen response time!
@@gianmarcopow-sang8690 so does the G15 have confirmed better response time for the screen than the G14 on the 1080p 120/144Hz screens?
@@roman993_ the 240hz screen has a 3ms response time as per asus' product details on their site
7:48 that damn uneven length screws exist in their non-gaming products as well sadly
Glad that you mentioned the 144hz panel downside as i was about to get this laptop for autocad, illustrator, gaming and day trading . It would be a let down if I had not seen your review , thx heaps!!
you have definitely got the price wrong. I’ve watched a few videos and checked some websites and the 240 Hz RTX 2060 Ryzen 7 4800HS version costs 1399$.
Shubham Shakya that’s the US region. She is talking about prices in the EU region, which can have quite a big difference in retail prices.
Thanks for calling out thermals and the screen. Good honest review 👍
Key light for plants 😂😂😂
great review. i just got one of these in may. i did not get a warranty with best buy and i might just go ahead and open it and remove those fan covers in a few months
Nice review cheers!
Waiting for G14/G15 to start popping up for sale in New Zealand and Australia, keen to buy one just need to decide which one and with what specs.
Fantastic review, but what is the sound quality like?
Hi there,
Can I ask you, if you would choose this laptop over the Razer Blade Base model?
This one with 240hz and 2070 gtx.
Razer with 144hz and 1660 gtx.
Same price range.
Have a nice day :-)
First review of the laptop! thanks!
Love your plants!! As a landscape designer I appreciate to see also the nice gaming laptop
Watched your review before i bought a G15 with R9 4900H and Rtx2060 max Q 3 month's ago, since I was confused whether to get G14 or G15.
so far I'm satisfied with how it performs while gaming and working.
Nice, enjoy it 😁
Just discovered this channel. Keep up the good job!
Very good and detailed review. I'm still not understanding why Asus is using MAX Q graphics card even in their bigger 15 inch chassis. For 14 inch chassis, I can understand the reason of thermal constrains but for 15.6 chassis, this does not make any sense at all.
I haven't seen the G14 yet, but I assume they put more money into the cooling?
@@TechTesters G14 is also having RTX 2060 Max Q but the considering the form factor, that's expected.
Minor correction at around the 3:00 mark: Zephyrus laptops are actually metal. I don't know if they keyboard deck is covered in thick paint or if it's just a plastic shell, but if you open the laptop and peak underneath near the battery and trackpad area, you can see it's made of a magnesium unibody.
There's definitely metal in the chassis, but the final feel (whether due to an extra layer, or the paint) remains plastic-y. Not sure how much it matters in the end, but it does become a bit complicated to talk about :D
@@TechTesters it certainly is a complicated subject, just thought it was worth mentioning as in my personal experience, plastic chassis don't last as long. Still a great review and I hope my comments don't come off the wrong way
Hi
Which laptop is good for VFX work?
Laptop good or assemble PC?
Please help...
Svaka cast na prezentaciji. Ove godine u svakom slucaju kupujem AMD Renoir laptop, pa cekam vase buduce testove. Hvala.
Man I have to subscribe to your channel. You're like the only one who got the MSI Bravo reviewed and now you got the G15? Subscribed!
I would get a Bravo IF the screen improves for a productivity device. Mainly music production. My current laptop is a Whiskey Lake quad core i5 that runs well enough (I tested it in Cinebench). But for heavier tasks, I wouldn't mind having the power of that Ryzen.
Thanks! :)
For music production though, does 60% sRGB hurt? I know it sounds low, but in reality it's not that huge a difference imho until you get to color critical work.
Bought the 1660Ti version which went on sale in memex for $130 off last week. They sold LOTS in store. It's really good as an all arounder, minimal design and doesn't scream "HEY I'M A GAMER LOOK AT ME" like the TUF A15.
Enjoy! 😁
Whats was the SSD drive in there? The previous version had an Intel 660p SSD and it's performance was terrible in Windows 10 unless you turned off System Protection. I'm not a fan of any gaming laptop having soldered in RAM. 16 GB is the minimum for today, but in the future, I can see 32 GB being more ideal, plus I like to get a good combination of speed with the lowest CAS latency possible. Were you able to see the CAS Latency of the soldered RAM?
First time watching this channel, I love the review, subscribed.
Wonder why the vents are blocked? Why does the *AMD* version with 144hz display uses a panda display 144hz 20ms 56%srgb colour accuracy? Why the intel version has unblocked vents, great 144hz display 3ms 100%srgb colour accuracy?
This. Fuck this Asus G15, horrible temps, silent mode has abysmal performance, basically either way you're fucked using it lmao. Either loud airplane-jet with good performance or silent with terrible fps.
Hello! Great reviews and channel, very interesting to watch. I'm currently looking for a gamer/creation laptop and I'm hesitating between the Asus M15 240Hz and RTX 2060 and the MSI Stealth (with the RTX 2070 Max-Q). I'm concerned and the heat and 4k videos editing performances. Which one would you recommend (or do you have any other suggestion perhaps)? Thanks a lot!
Great video Nada!
great review, thanks for posting so fast
Is this laptop good for architecture students in running autocad sketchup lumion etc.? I really appreciate the reply. Thank you so much.
I dont know lumion, but it should handle most tasks. Just if you need accurate colors, you'll have to consider the 240hz panel.
Just bought this laptop mainly because you also showed the 2nd M2 slot and benchmarks :) My first AMD pc since the early 00s and a good upgrade from the 7700HQ
What is Panel's Response Time ?
& Battery Size ? Speakers Quality ?
How are the thermals while gaming?
Due to Easter I will receive the laptop coming Tuesday/Wednesday. Very excited.
Have you noticed any throttling issues? Thinking of buying one myself.
MSI GS66 vs this one
Which one would you prefer for high spec games?
Great review. I'll definitely be investigating the thermals more before making a purchase decision.
William Doyon Somecompany is going way too far to counter AMD with dirty tactics! I
I frankly just wouldn’t recommend this one because of the vent covers. I removed my covers and the performance improved significantly, but just buy a different laptop without this flaw.
Wow，what a wonderful pc
review! Your video is better than most of the pc review video in Chinese website.You
succinctly tell us about the perforence and appearence about this G15,which give me such a good impression.Thank for your afford!
Hey! Does the Power Switch has a build in Fingerprint Reader? By the Way I like your review!
What is 144Hz Panel's Response Time ?
& Battery Size ? Speakers Quality ?
New to Channel. Liked your Review. You've my Sub.
3ms & 76Wh I think.
@@ethanHat official website has 3ms only for 240Hz panel. So, confused
Thanks! I can't see a mentioned response time. Feels pretty similar to most recent panels, so I'd assume it's 3-5 as well.
As for the speakers, they're "meh". Good enough for informative videos, not something to really get excited over, watch movies on or play games with. Grab a headset for gaming for sure.
wow the first ROG G15 review on youtube, giving the credit to the reviewer since she is beautiful
Thank you for this reviews. I am new in your channel.
Gracias :D
Welcome! 😁👊
Just bought it. This laptop is beast! Its nice!
Anandtech was saying that on their unit there's a bug where the display stays at 120 Hz even during desktop use, causing the Nvidia GPU to fire up and use more battery than necessary. Did you encounter the same issue? Did you try testing it at 60Hz
Maybe there was a bios update before they tested this version?
Crystal clear video even in low res. You got a great camera.
This is best laptop review i have seen. i have ordered Asus zephyrus G15 Ryzen 4800H version. so more performance...
was removing covers from fan good idea?
I still stand by removing the covers. Still a warranty risk though, but wait a bit, I was talking to ASUS about how they would handle warranty cases with covers removed.
@@TechTesters waiting 👌
Hey, Great review. I heard the zephyrus G15 would emit a lot of fan noise and become quite loud while gaming. Any ideas about that?
Would it be too loud/annoying to use in an office setting?
Thanks! It's quite loud in gaming while in turbo or performance mode, the results for Turbo are in the video. But that goes for every gaming laptop ever. But! It has a fan-stop mode in idle/low power use, so it's almost completely silent in office use! :)
i just got the laptop its wonderful thx for the review but since i can't take out the battery should i use it plugged all the time or take out the charge when its fully charged
Have you seen the G14 and G15 next to each other?
I like the form factor, better color accurate 240Hz display and upgradability of the G15. But the plastic keyboard deck and plastic bottom case concern me (I've had plastic laptops in the past and they don't wear well). I like that both the G14 and G15 are fairly slim and doesn't have the childish gamer PC design.
I wonder if any other manufacturers might make a more premium, magnesium or aluminum build with similar specs, slim and not screaming gamer PC.
Hey Techtester, do you have a 2021 review of this unit w all the AMD hardware installed?
I’ll wait for a response before I buy and subscribe!!
Trying to decide what the differences are: i. e. Zephyrus vs Strix vs Gigabyte etc. etc.
Hey, I just came by your YT channel and I think that your videos are really helpful and entertaining keep up the awesome work!
I am so excited about these new CPU's. I have been putting off replacing my aging laptop and holding out for AMD
Outstanding review. Thanks.
Hi Nada, I'm really liking the flora & fauna in your house!
I was waiting to buy this model. Thank you kind miss for reviewing this.
welcome! : )
Hi i want ask one quesion...
Its god idea to buy this notebook or not?
I want somethink with i can du school workout and huge fps games..
Its laptop good for this? :)
Hello, thank you so much for the review And it's been really helpful, just a few questions:
1. I had seen a review somewhere else where the host said the 1660ti was bottle necked by the Ryzen CPU and ram? So is this true in this laptop? And how does the fps get affected if it is?
How is the Wifi on this? I'll be gaming + programming on this laptop so I'll need a pretty good speed? Thank you
There will always be some games that are more CPU heavy than GPU heavy. But as a whole, no this is not a CPU bottlenecked machine in the majority of games.
Also, if you get a good WiFi 6 router, yeah this'll go really fast on WiFi ;)
@@TechTesters Thank you so much! It means a lot :))