The do-it-all laptop exists

No need to compromise anymore...

The all-around laptop for the first time actually now exists.

light and portable, premium metal build, colour-accurate high-refresh screen, powerful enough for 1080p high graphics gaming (including RTX option), excellent for video editing.

And comparatively it's actually very good value.

Asus ROG G14, thanks to AMD's new cpus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYqG31V4qtA

MrMusician18

I'd have bought it two months ago but I wouldn't buy it now.

The often ignored and forgotten feature that is the webcam of now very much essential. I'm hoping we will actually see an improvement in the quality of cameras note included in laptops.

MrMusician18

MrMusician18 wrote: »

I'd have bought it two months ago but I wouldn't buy it now.

The often ignored and forgotten feature that is the webcam of now very much essential. I'm hoping we will actually see an improvement in the quality of cameras note included in laptops.

you can buy a click-on one pretty cheaply that will be of a better quality tbh

e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Widescreen-Noise-Reducing-Automatic-Correction/dp/B01BGBJ8Y0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=241N46U078L9&dchild=1&keywords=webcam+for+pc&qid=1586031804&sprefix=webcam%2Caps%2C279&sr=8-5

all those apps can be run through a phone or tablet also

mordeith

What kind of power draw would that take going full pelt gaming I wonder?

mordeith

mordeith wrote: »

What kind of power draw would that take going full pelt gaming I wonder?

35w + graphics card watts

you wouldn't game off battery really though if possible - although it has excellent general usage battery life

https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 battery life

Along with the Zephyrus G14's killer performance, what stands out about the laptop is its wild battery life. After the Zephyrus continuously surfed the web over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness, its battery died at 11 hours and 32 minutes. That makes it the longest-lasting gaming laptop you can buy right now. It's nearly three times as long as the 4:26 mainstream gaming laptop average. The G7 15 (3:12) and the Scar III (5:09) were all put to shame.

mordeith

glasso wrote: »

35w + graphics card watts

So probably in the region of 70w all in. Not much more than my current PC Specialist which is only running a GT 940m

mordeith

mordeith wrote: »

So probably in the region of 70w all in. Not much more than my current PC Specialist which is only running a GT 940m

no.

e.g. RTX 2060 is 80 to 90 watts in mobile version
mobile 1660ti is 80 watts.

so 35 + 80/ 90 watts = 115/125 Watts

ShadowHearth

The mobile CPUs are getting really fast, I can only imagine how good next gen AMD desktop CPUs will be.

This little CPU made every single other option redundant.

mordeith

glasso wrote: »

no.

e.g. RTX 2060 is 80 to 90 watts in mobile version
mobile 1660ti is 80 watts.

so 35 + 80/ 90 watts = 115/125 Watts

Fairly eat through the battery so. Still as you say you are not really looking at this for portability.

mordeith

mordeith wrote: »

Fairly eat through the battery so. Still as you say you are not really looking at this for portability.

this can do everything but intensive gaming still to be done on power really.

that will not change anytime soon

it has very good battery life as stated for normal tasks.

so you have a gaming laptop that can also be portable

What sort of funds is this?

available from 1049 $ (+sales tax) in the us I believe for a version with the 1650 card.

for what it offers that is pretty good value imo

slim availability at the moment

CV19 supply chains probably don't help

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 price and configuration options
ASUS ROG ZEPHYRUS G14 SPECS
Price: $1,449
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9-4900HS
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 1TB SSD
Display: 14-inch, 1080p, 120Hz
Battery: 11:32
Size: 12.8 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
Weight: 3.5 pounds

The Zephyrus G14 I tested costs $1,449 and is outfitted with an AMD Ryzen 9-4900HS processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU with 6GB of VRAM, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and a 1080p at 120Hz display.

You can pick up the base model for $1,049, and it'll come with a Ryzen 7-4800HS CPU, a GTX 1650 GPU, 8GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a 1080p at 60Hz display. If you want to go all out, you can pick up the $1,999 model with a Ryzen 9-4900HS CPU, a RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, a 1440p at 60Hz display and the AniMe Matrix display.

https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14