Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 review: A rip-roaring laptop for gamers and creators
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Pros
High gaming performance
Superb OLED screen
Powerful sound
Cons
Cooling is a little noisy
Mediocre webcam
Expensive
Our Verdict
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 is a solidly built laptop that offers blazing fast gaming performance, a stunning OLED display, and a comfortable keyboard. While it’s on the more expensive end, we feel it’s worth every penny.
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About two months ago, we tested the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, a compact 14-inch laptop that packs a serious punch in the performance department, making it a suitable machine for either gaming or content creation. It wasn’t cheap, but it was very good. Now it’s time to check out its big sibling, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16.
The concept is the same, but in a larger format. It’s a solidly built laptop that offers blazing fast gaming performance and a premium OLED display behind a glossy glass surface. You also get a sober, low-profile keyboard that’s comfortable to type on for hours at a time and a touchpad designed for creative work with a large surface area, fine precision, and multi-touch gestures. While it’s on the more expensive end, we feel it’s well worth the cost.
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Asus ROG Zephyrus G16: Performance, keyboard
If you like the look of a traditional gaming laptop, you’re in luck. You’re getting RGB backlighting in the keyboard as well as a diode strip in the screen that, although it only glows white, can be set to cycle light shows or sync with the computer’s audio.
You’re getting really good gaming features from both hardware and software. Performance is quite good thanks to the efficient cooling system inside the big chassis. The cooling pumps more air and is a bit noisy as a result, but it delivers high and stable frame rates even in demanding games.
You can also get the ROG Zephyrus G16 with either 4080 or 4090 graphics, if you really want to break all the graphics barriers, run dual monitors, or plug in a 4k monitor. But 4070 is good enough for this monitor and for someone like me, who isn’t a notorious fps maxer. Hitting 60 fps in most games is good enough.