This is a re-upload because our video editor accidentally pulled gaming footage from our Asus Strix Scar 17 rather than the Zephyrus M16. So the gaming footage in this video reflects the correct (much cooler) CPU temps for the M16 with slightly lower FPS. Nothing else changed in our video.
I prefer their Vivobook line, they get the super accurate and bright HRD400 3.2K OLED displays without MiniLED, they don't have distorted gamma (with MiniLED's actual contrast varies inside the same frame and depending on the content, an aberration! The traditional measurements don't eve have a way to factor this into their test ratings!!) like the MiniLED, much more accurate and natural looking for HDR!!! The Vivobook 16X Pro OLED with 3070 is the sweet spot!! And only 1900 grams!
@@EpicGamer-xn4bg I think you may be confused there was a 3060 model last year and 2 years ago, both still for sale but not new by any means. You would have 11th or 12th gen processor and much different experience and screen among other things.
Really cant decide between this and the Flow X16, I know this gpu combo blows that out of the water but the glossy screen on the Flow really seems to make those colors pop. Its a shame the 4070 only has 8 g VRAM
@@orpon0098 M16 is great so far, seems to have noticeably better build quality and I don't really miss the glossy screen on the X16 with how bright the screen gets. Also nice to know the 4080 is a genuine upgrade vs last year's GPU.
Just a note for everyone, I was able to land a Open Box Excellent Condition Asus M16 with RTX 4080 at Best Buy for $2025. Recommend anyone looking for one keep hawking Best Buy as these pop up and get sold super fast as you would save $700+ between product price and taxes. Also if user is looking to upgrade RAM to 64gb Teamgroup Vulcan has the lowest CLAS at 5200mhz that I found. I installed them and they are working really well. Right now at Stacksocial have Microsoft Office Pro 2021 with Windows 11 Pro for $59.99. I bought the code and redeemed Microsoft Office works within Microsoft Store and the Windows 11 Pro code will work in the activation setting of windows 11.
I understand the display is capable of 1100 nits. Can the laptop be used outdoors, not in direct sunlight, and be set to take advantage of the super bright display for normal work and web browsing? Thank you.
Question; looking for a gaming laptop now, this laptop with the 4090, 2tb ssd, 32gb is now for sale at 2899 euro. Would it still be a good buy with next year laptops coming out soon? I do not want to spend more than 2900 euro. Thnx
That's an ongoing question that pops up every year. There is always next year's model... Get what you want now and stay put for at least 3 years. Go 4090 if you can, you wouldn't go wrong doing what you have started to do... ;)
Yep! See the pinned comment. Our video editor accidentally pulled gaming footage from the wrong ROG in the previous upload. Now corrected (much cooler, a bit lower fps). Nothing else has changed, was simply wrong footage shown in the first video.
@@mobiletechreview Thanks. 98 degrees on the CPU was making me not buying it. Do you think the Mini LED worth the upgrade? I'm not sure if I get the 18" Strix or 16" Zephyrus. Not sure if the quality of Mini LED will be better than the 2 extra inches.
@@timviei Really a personal choice. I wish they made an 18" micro LED for the best of both worlds (right now the MSI GT77 Titan is the closest with its 4K 17.3" mini LED and a huge price tag). I do find the mini LED a really strong feature and personally enjoy it immensely... but I also miss the larger display. Sigh.
Would you say this is worth in 2024? Found this model: Laptop ASUS Gaming 16'' ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VZ, QHD+ 240Hz G-Sync, Procesor Intel Core i9-13900H (24M Cache, up to 5.40 GHz), 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, GeForce RTX 4080 12GB, Win 11 Home, Off Black for 2500 USD / 2300 Euros ( it has the IPS 500 nits pannel ).
Dear Lisa, I bought exactly this same model with the 4080 a couple of months ago. I noticed that the screen gets dimmer along the edges (vignetting of sorts). It is something I see also in your review model. Is this an issue or common with such miniLED screens? Def doesn't affect day to day use but something I now take more notice of especially in white windows.
If you were able to get a used blade 16 without the mini LED display for the same price as a new zephyrus, which laptop would you choose? Both would be the RTX 4080 models…
Good video I wanted an opinion, I'm looking to buy a laptop between the ASUS M16 and the ALIENWARE M16 which would be better although the HP OMEN TRANSCEND 16.1 also came out
Lisa is the best tech reviewer on UA-cam! I wish Asus would start doing better keyboards, with more of the U-shaped and indented keys like Thinkpad, I just hate those flat chiclet keys!
40-42 db in performance mode?! Could this be true?! That sounds insanely good. I’m in the market for a new laptop and being quiet and cool is at the top of my priority list.
My Zephyrus M16 does closer to 44, maybe 45 dB in performance mode, but yeah it is pretty damn quite while still having decent performance on high settings in many AAA games! Temps can hit around the 85°c mark. But when you kick it in turbo mode, this thing gets crazy loud! 55 dB+! Granted, it allows you to get max performance with temps around 75°C. There's also a Manual mode if you want to fine-tune things
@@skymutt964 44 to 45 is crazy quiet compared to most machines! That’s up their with the 2023 blade 16 and rog flow. I would def be happy with that. I primarily play rts games so performance mode would be more than enough for me. I just want to keep the fans reasonably low.
Just to let you know ddr5 ram is dual channel with a single stick there is no such thing as single channel on ddr5 ram. So even when you have that single stick of 4800mhz ddr5 its running in dual channel=)
@Dingming Zou yeah I agree but the price isn't worth it when the 4070 is already going to crush any of the 1080p/1440p stuff. Maybe 4080 if you connect to an external 4k? But even then it's not great
I wonder how long it takes before the first incident with Asus not taking care of their customers when these start to have issues. Asus is no longer known to stand behind their products and care about customers. They only look after their own ego. Tho: excellent review again Lisa. You are the best reviewer!
I think asus won’t be over the head for too long. How well their laptop shows that there are still people in the company that are competent and still care It’s only 1 year but my g14 from last year is still working fine.
@@sentryion3106 yeah I don’t think the general quality is an issue. It’s how they treat people when they do run into an issue that’s now baffling the industry. If I was still working in an electronics store selling computers, I would not dare to sell them now based on the fact I would be in trouble when they refuse to handle the product but the law says I’m responsible then if they don’t do as they should. We have very strict consumer protection laws in Norway.
This is nothing new, over 10years ago I had an asus android tablet they refused to service even with me paying for it they wouldn't fix it because of a rom flash problem, instead they offered a "solution" to replace the motherboard and everything on it that almost cost near new price.
@@robinhosleftfoot I've had thinkpads for a very long time now,10+years. on site service has always helped me well and fixed all issues without complaints.
Hello, I have this question. Can you check if the BIOS allows me to run Windows from both SSD slots? I need to have two Windows systems - one on each SSD. I want to be able to run either of them at any time and switch between them.
Hi Lisa you very much need to review the new Lenovo with the foldable screen - very much like to your thoughts especially anything you might say about battery life-thanks George SLC UT
how comes they screw up battery life so much? I got a 2021 zephyrus g15 and I can do regular 9 to 10h30 of office work with half of 5hat being google meet calls no problem. What hapened to the zephyrus line? it used to be good no that they put an intel cpu in it they slashed battery life in half? What is the point of a thin really portable laptop if you got to plug it all the time?
can you please make an optimisation video becuase i have this laptop and when im off the battery i get 30fps on valorant, is it possible that ScanS scammed me with parts? i paid 2600
I'm hoping the price drops like a black friday sale price, to 1900 or maybe even 2000, like some laptops do in the new year, as that would be the ideal laptop for me...
Must be nice paying $2700 for it. In my country, it sells for $4300! Which is $50 more expensive than the Gygabyte Aorus 17X that has the 13900HX, an RTX 4090, and a 17.3 inch screen.
Imagine actually being able to buy literally ANY good laptop this year. This thing is sold out everywhere at all times. I swear they try to purposely send out too little stock to Best Buy as well. Artificial demand. Bullshit
Good afternoon - Great video as always 😀 Just a question, could you make a comparison between ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) and the MSI Stealth 16 Studio? I'm really in a dilemma here 😞 Kind regards from Portugal
guys, I can't believe this year's model DOESN'T have a Ryzen HS option 😠 only desktop HX. And only the crappy G14 with soldered RAM and low TGP GPU has HS.
Sadly I think Best Buy is going under.. clicked on their link today and it says this for the 4080 model - "This item is no longer available in new condition." this is a new product !
Pero vamos a ver señora a quien se le ocurre hacer una review de un PC gaming que llega hasta 150W de GPU y no usa el modo Turbo para ver la capacidad real de procesamiento gráfico del PC???????????????????????????????????? Dislike. Denunciame si quieres pero las verdades son verdades.
![The ROG Zephyrus M16 2023 gaming laptop comes with RTX 4090... and a slot machine!😂[REVIEW]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zfPxK47AaWo/mqdefault.jpg)
This is a re-upload because our video editor accidentally pulled gaming footage from our Asus Strix Scar 17 rather than the Zephyrus M16. So the gaming footage in this video reflects the correct (much cooler) CPU temps for the M16 with slightly lower FPS. Nothing else changed in our video.
Thank you
I prefer their Vivobook line, they get the super accurate and bright HRD400 3.2K OLED displays without MiniLED, they don't have distorted gamma (with MiniLED's actual contrast varies inside the same frame and depending on the content, an aberration! The traditional measurements don't eve have a way to factor this into their test ratings!!) like the MiniLED, much more accurate and natural looking for HDR!!! The Vivobook 16X Pro OLED with 3070 is the sweet spot!! And only 1900 grams!
Im a bit confused I bought the newest M16 and it has a RTX 3060 not 4080
@@EpicGamer-xn4bg I think you may be confused there was a 3060 model last year and 2 years ago, both still for sale but not new by any means. You would have 11th or 12th gen processor and much different experience and screen among other things.
How are the speakers?
this is by far the best and most real test I have seen, not like most of those 4090 configs and running games that they never play. Thanks a lot.
I have the Zephyrus G15 and I think the Zephyrus G/M line are the best portable gaming laptops out there, great choice for college especially.
And they are one of the few laptop brands that arent razer that dont look ugly
Really cant decide between this and the Flow X16, I know this gpu combo blows that out of the water but the glossy screen on the Flow really seems to make those colors pop. Its a shame the 4070 only has 8 g VRAM
bro we are same😊
@@orpon0098I returned the flow x16 because I kept getting loose trackpads, should be getting this as a replacement soon!
@@orpon0098 M16 is great so far, seems to have noticeably better build quality and I don't really miss the glossy screen on the X16 with how bright the screen gets. Also nice to know the 4080 is a genuine upgrade vs last year's GPU.
If it wasn't for the loose trackpad which would you rather gotten? In the exact same situation right now
Just a note for everyone, I was able to land a Open Box Excellent Condition Asus M16 with RTX 4080 at Best Buy for $2025. Recommend anyone looking for one keep hawking Best Buy as these pop up and get sold super fast as you would save $700+ between product price and taxes. Also if user is looking to upgrade RAM to 64gb Teamgroup Vulcan has the lowest CLAS at 5200mhz that I found. I installed them and they are working really well. Right now at Stacksocial have Microsoft Office Pro 2021 with Windows 11 Pro for $59.99. I bought the code and redeemed Microsoft Office works within Microsoft Store and the Windows 11 Pro code will work in the activation setting of windows 11.
I just got one open box yesterday! anything i should look out for it being open box?
I have 16gbram 1tb ssd , not sure if they sell different skews
Are the Intel CPU giving you issues? Did you have to update bios? Thanks
Wow I watched other reviewers where they took off the rubber! You’re the first to show it correctly. You’ve earned a subscriber!
Yeah, isn’t it crazy for people who calls themselves as Technology reviewers!
I understand the display is capable of 1100 nits. Can the laptop be used outdoors, not in direct sunlight, and be set to take advantage of the super bright display for normal work and web browsing? Thank you.
Confusing. One website says mini led for 4080. Another days IPS?
Mini LED is a yes on best buy website.
Question; looking for a gaming laptop now, this laptop with the 4090, 2tb ssd, 32gb is now for sale at 2899 euro. Would it still be a good buy with next year laptops coming out soon? I do not want to spend more than 2900 euro. Thnx
That's an ongoing question that pops up every year. There is always next year's model...
Get what you want now and stay put for at least 3 years.
Go 4090 if you can, you wouldn't go wrong doing what you have started to do...
;)
Hey! The temperatures changed from the preview video! What happened? Way better now!
Yep! See the pinned comment. Our video editor accidentally pulled gaming footage from the wrong ROG in the previous upload. Now corrected (much cooler, a bit lower fps). Nothing else has changed, was simply wrong footage shown in the first video.
She probably installed an update. And when you do that and it’s marked beta with asus then your warranty is void.
@@mobiletechreview Thanks. 98 degrees on the CPU was making me not buying it. Do you think the Mini LED worth the upgrade? I'm not sure if I get the 18" Strix or 16" Zephyrus. Not sure if the quality of Mini LED will be better than the 2 extra inches.
@@timviei Really a personal choice. I wish they made an 18" micro LED for the best of both worlds (right now the MSI GT77 Titan is the closest with its 4K 17.3" mini LED and a huge price tag). I do find the mini LED a really strong feature and personally enjoy it immensely... but I also miss the larger display. Sigh.
Thank you so much for this review, was looking for a good solid review of the 4080 version of the m16.
Would you say this is worth in 2024? Found this model: Laptop ASUS Gaming 16'' ROG Zephyrus M16 GU604VZ, QHD+ 240Hz G-Sync, Procesor Intel Core i9-13900H (24M Cache, up to 5.40 GHz), 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, GeForce RTX 4080 12GB, Win 11 Home, Off Black for 2500 USD / 2300 Euros ( it has the IPS 500 nits pannel ).
Dear Lisa, I bought exactly this same model with the 4080 a couple of months ago. I noticed that the screen gets dimmer along the edges (vignetting of sorts). It is something I see also in your review model. Is this an issue or common with such miniLED screens? Def doesn't affect day to day use but something I now take more notice of especially in white windows.
Love the reviews. Any hopes to a G14 review? Thanks!
If you were able to get a used blade 16 without the mini LED display for the same price as a new zephyrus, which laptop would you choose? Both would be the RTX 4080 models…
Good video I wanted an opinion, I'm looking to buy a laptop between the ASUS M16 and the ALIENWARE M16 which would be better although the HP OMEN TRANSCEND 16.1 also came out
Lisa is the best tech reviewer on UA-cam! I wish Asus would start doing better keyboards, with more of the U-shaped and indented keys like Thinkpad, I just hate those flat chiclet keys!
I don't like u-shaped keyboard tbh but it will be good to see indented keys on Asus laptops
40-42 db in performance mode?! Could this be true?! That sounds insanely good. I’m in the market for a new laptop and being quiet and cool is at the top of my priority list.
My Zephyrus M16 does closer to 44, maybe 45 dB in performance mode, but yeah it is pretty damn quite while still having decent performance on high settings in many AAA games! Temps can hit around the 85°c mark.
But when you kick it in turbo mode, this thing gets crazy loud! 55 dB+! Granted, it allows you to get max performance with temps around 75°C.
There's also a Manual mode if you want to fine-tune things
@@skymutt964 44 to 45 is crazy quiet compared to most machines! That’s up their with the 2023 blade 16 and rog flow. I would def be happy with that. I primarily play rts games so performance mode would be more than enough for me. I just want to keep the fans reasonably low.
@@skymutt964 this laptop is more expensive than I thought! I assumed it was around the price of the Legion 7i with discounts
@@furnitureandbedding776your tripping bro...
@@Dima-dc5mf what am I tripping on? Correct me
Just to let you know ddr5 ram is dual channel with a single stick there is no such thing as single channel on ddr5 ram. So even when you have that single stick of 4800mhz ddr5 its running in dual channel=)
If dust gets in it, will it effect the performance
Your reviews are fantastic!!!
Man the 4090 model is such a hard pill to swallow on price and adding the extra weight on the anime matrix just makes the 4080 look that much better
Id argue the 4070 version is the sweet spot in this model.
@@whrussy no 4070 and 4080 are not even in a same class this year...
@Dingming Zou yeah I agree but the price isn't worth it when the 4070 is already going to crush any of the 1080p/1440p stuff. Maybe 4080 if you connect to an external 4k? But even then it's not great
I wonder how long it takes before the first incident with Asus not taking care of their customers when these start to have issues. Asus is no longer known to stand behind their products and care about customers. They only look after their own ego. Tho: excellent review again Lisa. You are the best reviewer!
I think asus won’t be over the head for too long. How well their laptop shows that there are still people in the company that are competent and still care
It’s only 1 year but my g14 from last year is still working fine.
@@sentryion3106 yeah I don’t think the general quality is an issue. It’s how they treat people when they do run into an issue that’s now baffling the industry. If I was still working in an electronics store selling computers, I would not dare to sell them now based on the fact I would be in trouble when they refuse to handle the product but the law says I’m responsible then if they don’t do as they should. We have very strict consumer protection laws in Norway.
This is nothing new, over 10years ago I had an asus android tablet they refused to service even with me paying for it they wouldn't fix it because of a rom flash problem, instead they offered a "solution" to replace the motherboard and everything on it that almost cost near new price.
Are other brands bad for dealing with issues? Have Acer Chromebook at moment. Been reliable for 6 years thankfully
@@robinhosleftfoot I've had thinkpads for a very long time now,10+years. on site service has always helped me well and fixed all issues without complaints.
Really like your in-depth videos, Just checked out your XPS one too. Thank you, Jedi!
Hello, I have this question. Can you check if the BIOS allows me to run Windows from both SSD slots? I need to have two Windows systems - one on each SSD. I want to be able to run either of them at any time and switch between them.
Hi Lisa you very much need to review the new Lenovo with the foldable screen - very much like to your thoughts especially anything you might say about battery life-thanks George SLC UT
Have the same Laptop, I can't go over 14800 pts on Time Spy in performance mode.... any idea?
Think I’m just gonna keep saving a buy a razerblade 16. I’d prefer the high end intel cpu with a 2070 and a qhd screen for gaming
What performs better in games? The legion pro 7i or the m16?
I'm surprised there hasn't been more comps of these this year.
The battere looks not so big. How long batt will last? Can it reach 5 hours?
M16 4080 or Blade 16 4080?
Wish you showed the white on black background haloing.
Great review...sticking with AMD CPU would have had much better battery life 😔
Also can't believe battery life is only 4hrs even with IGP...thats pretty horrible😢
how comes they screw up battery life so much? I got a 2021 zephyrus g15 and I can do regular 9 to 10h30 of office work with half of 5hat being google meet calls no problem. What hapened to the zephyrus line? it used to be good no that they put an intel cpu in it they slashed battery life in half? What is the point of a thin really portable laptop if you got to plug it all the time?
I get 6 hours with mine and 8-9 with my power bank
can you please make an optimisation video becuase i have this laptop and when im off the battery i get 30fps on valorant, is it possible that ScanS scammed me with parts?
i paid 2600
I have notice more VR ready laptops are flooding the market, great to see this too.
wait what did i miss something? where's the anime matrix demo? its the differentiator! apart from the mini led.
She didn't get the matrix model...
This comes with 4080 and 4090 but not 4070.
It losts frames. Or my PC is too slow to play video smoothly
Asus g14 2023 review please!
I'm hoping the price drops like a black friday sale price, to 1900 or maybe even 2000, like some laptops do in the new year, as that would be the ideal laptop for me...
1900 right now
@@SadalDay no way where
How are the speakers?
Great!!
M16 4090 or SCAR 16 4090?
Why does the gaming graphs look so laggy even though this laptop has a 4080 GPU? Please enlighten me.. I’m very ignorant on this topic
Where did you see the laggy?
Must be nice paying $2700 for it. In my country, it sells for $4300! Which is $50 more expensive than the Gygabyte Aorus 17X that has the 13900HX, an RTX 4090, and a 17.3 inch screen.
Can't wait for this model to go on sale through Best Buy
Disappointed it's only $200 off! Guess it's better than nothing
how does this compare to the dell xps 17
Why gameplay looks so choppy
Imagine actually being able to buy literally ANY good laptop this year. This thing is sold out everywhere at all times. I swear they try to purposely send out too little stock to Best Buy as well. Artificial demand. Bullshit
I have this model and I LOVE it!!!
Reupload? What's different?
Wrong footage and temperatures. She answered one of the comments
ASUS ROG laptops are becoming slimmer? I still have my G703GXR 2080 and it comes with 2 x 280w adapters.
Good afternoon - Great video as always 😀
Just a question, could you make a comparison between ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) and the MSI Stealth 16 Studio? I'm really in a dilemma here 😞
Kind regards from Portugal
This laptop is 🔥
what happened with the first review??.?
See pinned comment.
Super good view.
There is actually a Blade 16 sku with Mini-LED and 4080 under $4k. It’s the Mercury color and it’s $3800. Still, this is $1100 cheaper.
And razer synapse doesn't support single dim zone, which is crazy because the mercury target is professional creatives.
Hi OG laptop reviewer on YT :)
4:13 is why I love Lisa. Tell em!
guys, I can't believe this year's model DOESN'T have a Ryzen HS option 😠 only desktop HX. And only the crappy G14 with soldered RAM and low TGP GPU has HS.
Nicest Red Deaths test 😂
agree to disagree about the awesome anime display
Sadly I think Best Buy is going under.. clicked on their link today and it says this for the 4080 model - "This item is no longer available in new condition." this is a new product !
Hi mom
pass me one of your laptops
You sound like girl in Leonard’s lab from tbbt
V special design laptop 💻
ugly design. 3 zone RGB 4090 we need
ох ну и бабуся
Pero vamos a ver señora a quien se le ocurre hacer una review de un PC gaming que llega hasta 150W de GPU y no usa el modo Turbo para ver la
capacidad real de procesamiento gráfico del PC???????????????????????????????????? Dislike. Denunciame si quieres pero las verdades son verdades.
FAKE !