Hi! Welcome back, I’m a donkey~ As usual, today I will update you on what kind of gaming laptops ROG 2024 has launched. This year’s ROG during CES 2024, I personally think the most eye-catching gaming laptop product is the ROG in my hand. Zephyrus G14 and G16 are also the first AI PC products of ROG this year . I also got the Taiwan commercial version of ROG Zephyrus G16 first. Although the time for this episode is limited , since I borrowed the machine, I am really sorry to watch the video. Everyone , so the first focus of the video is to simply show you the actual experience and performance of this majorly revised ROG Zephyrus G16, which can definitely compete with the MacBook Pro next door . And the second highlight of this episode is The key point is even more exciting. Laptop performance progress in 2024 can be said to be a generation with regular updates and major architecture changes. Yes, friends who have understood it already know that I am talking about the status of the current two product lines of Intel CPUs, the high-performance series. Laptops are still powered by Intel HX series processors, that is, Intel Core i9-14900HX. This year’s HX series is the same as last year. It is also a generation of products that puts desktop processors into laptops. It is still very powerful in terms of peak performance. It’s more powerful than the desktop computers in many people’s homes! Therefore, it also tests the laptop's heat-removing capabilities. When I say the architecture has been significantly changed for another product line, of course I am talking about the Intel Core Ultra series processors, which are built using a new architecture and the latest Intel 4 process , combined with TSMC's N5 + N6 process. The new generation of CPU also opens up the AI PC outpost battlefield , which is one of the highlights this year . This year’s Zephyrus G16 is equipped with Intel Core Ultra 9 processor. You can directly see the NPU information in the work administrator and in the graphics card Of course, some of the top products use the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, which is still the most powerful on the market. Another highlight of this year’s laptop display is the screen. Although ROG calls the top screens of its own laptops ROG Nebula technology. E-Sports Screens But in fact, ROG has introduced top-level OLED and top-level Mini LED in its own laptops this year, bringing both major display technology camps to ROG laptops . It seems that this year’s screen performance is worth looking forward to! Today is to find out two key points. First
, the actual texture of ROG Zephyrus G16 and the key performance performance. Second, we also help you sort out all the new product specifications of ROG 2024 at CES according to our usual practice . So everyone Get ready. Let’s start. At the beginning of the program, I will introduce you to the six key laptops released by ROG at CES 2024 this year . They are ROG Strix SCAR 16 and Strix SCAR 18. These two can be said to be ROG’s signature products. The product is a flagship gaming notebook that focuses on ultra-high performance. It has top-level specifications in terms of CPU, GPU, peripheral specifications, and screen. And because last year, ROG offered a very good price for these two top-level machines . It has been out of stock for a long time since the day it was launched. In the early days, it was really in stock and would be sold out immediately. Anyway, if you are looking for the highest performance ROG Gaming laptop, then look no further than the Strix SCAR. These two models are not available. Wrong . The next two laptops are also in the Strix series. They are called Strix G16 and Strix G18. These two laptops can be said to be relatively user-friendly and high-performance laptops. They look similar to the aforementioned Strix SCAR in appearance, but their specifications are mid-to-high-end and they are also ROG. The last two very popular mid-to-high-end gaming laptops are the two gaming laptops that have attracted the most attention this year. They are ROG Zephyrus G14 / G16 . Let’s start with these two laptops! The biggest appearance point of ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 is that ROG uses a large amount of aluminum alloy and it is a very solid material . Especially if you look at the various CNC cuts on sides A and C, they look very delicate to the touch. The matte finish or the metal reflectivity that takes a lot of time to adjust can be seen at a glance , and the metal strength can be felt by actually pressing it. The weight control of the whole machine is also very strong. Zephyrus G14 is the lightest only 1.5 kg Zephyrus G16 The lightest is 1.85 kg. From all angles, you can tell that ROG must be serious about making metal and textured notebooks this time. I personally think that these two machines are really nothing to say in terms of appearance and materials. Everyone must have it. Sora wanted to actually touch the laptop , and what impressed me deeply was that ROG was not restricted by metal materials , but had a high degree of recognition on the ID . One of the highlights of this time on the A side is ROG adds Slash dynamic lighting effects to the classic bevel design. This is really super cool. In Armory Crate, ROG has also built-in several themed lighting effects , and there are several groups under each style. The preset lighting effects can be applied directly. You can also choose to change according to the rhythm of music and games , or when there is an App notification, a specific lighting effect will be displayed. However, it is a pity that there is no customization option yet , but I personally It is irresponsible to speculate that ROG products will be customizable one day. In fact, after the launch of AniMe Matrix, I have been thinking about what cool designs ROG can come up with on the A side , and ROG Slash is their simple design. What do you think of the answer sheet submitted in the metal body era ? Let us know in the comments below. There is another small detail on the A side. The concept of the ROG nameplate in the lower left corner has also been retained. ROG is directly on the metal of the A side. The CNC cut out the highlighted text marks, which are very detailed if you look closely. I think friends who like metal materials will definitely be healed by this logo. Finally, we pressed the A side hard to show the strength. It is very solid and basically only has a slight sag strength. This A-side is quite adequate. I think it can be said to be simple enough without unnecessary design , but it still retains ROG’s extremely high recognition and gaming feel. I think the designer who thought of this ID should really add a chicken leg, right? As a small detail, look at the Slash light strip in the middle. The entire shiny surface covered by it feels to me to be a metal material that has been polished and precisely cut. The gaps between the light strips are also very sharp and neat . There should be a problem of dust getting stuck in the seams, but it shouldn't be too difficult to clean. It can be easily cleaned with a small brush. Then we see the keyboard, touchpad, speaker openings and even the above ones on the C side. Shortcut keys and the classic hexagonal power button They are all very neatly opened. The key point is ROG. Even the sides, which people didn’t pay much attention to in the past, are also very beautifully opened. There are even laser-engraved super small characters next to each socket. Each icon of the small characters has also been redesigned . Putting my finger next to it, you can see how small the characters are. The accuracy requirements are very high. Let’s compare it with the old Zephyrus G14 in my hand. You can see that the craftsmanship and texture are really improved. Finally, we actually pressed the metal on the C side. It also has a very solid touch. Why do we keep pressing it? Because friends who pay attention to laptops know that many laptops are advertised as using metal materials , but when you actually press it, you may find that the body is obviously sagging and the loose texture is really real. It was cut in half in an instant , but my personal favorite is ROG. It has its own style in metal materials and still retains a certain sense of gaming. I believe it is because of this that this time's Zephyrus G14 and G16 attracted everyone from the moment they were unveiled. The focus is so much on the exterior design that I almost forget about its internals and specifications. In fact, the Zephyrus G16 in my hand is equipped with the newly launched Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 185H, which is also the processor of this year’s AI PC series. The performance choice of the processor is paired with the GeForce RTX 4090 with the highest 115W. The laptop has 32GB LPDDR5X RAM and 2TB PCIe 4.0 high-speed SSD. Due to time constraints, we cannot carry out detailed testing , but of course we cannot let everyone return empty-handed. We simply We measured several key performance SSDs. Through our actual measurement, the sequential read and write speeds can reach 7140 MB/s and 6530 MB/s respectively , which is the performance of the first echelon of PCIe 4.0. CPU performance part Zephyrus G16 is equipped with Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 185H. In Cinebench R23, we measured a single-core score of 1871 and a multi-core score of 19240. Compared to last year’s Intel Core i9-13900H, the single-core score increased by 9.5% and the multi-core score increased by 8.9%. However, this is not the focus of the Core Ultra generation. This time, the biggest The key point is that Intel has adopted a new architecture of multiple Tiles and 3D packaging on Core Ultra. Let’s look directly at the Core Ultra CPU. From this picture, you can vaguely see that the CPU is composed of several partitions. That’s right. It is really manufactured separately and then encapsulates the four partitions. The lower left corner is called the Compute Tile , which is the CPU. The most important area for performance computing is built using the Intel 4 process. Then there is the Graphic Tile above , which is the GPU part. It uses TSMC N5 to build the internal display. This time, the internal display has also been greatly upgraded to Intel Arc. The next two are SoC and I/O Tile, both of which are built using TSMC N6 . Finally, Intel encapsulates the four partitions through 3D. The reason why this time it is called AI PC is that Intel has added NPU to the SoC Tile to help AI-related applications achieve higher computing efficiency , such as the AI audio noise reduction or video software that has been standard in laptops in recent years. In fact, the back blur effect can be calculated through the NPU and can achieve similar effects with lower wattage. For example, in the past, most video background blur was done through the GPU , but now as long as the software supports the built-in video background blur in Windows, The processing can already be performed through the NPU. You can see that when I turn on the blur effect on the left, the NPU starts to operate simultaneously. Compared with the past, the power consumption of independent computing through the GPU was about 30W. Now through the NPU, it only takes about 30W. It can be completed in 5-10W. In the application of AI software, we also briefly tested the generation speed of Stable Diffusion. With the blessing of Ultra 9 and RTX 4090, we continuously generated 100 results. The average generation of 512x512 took about 2.1 seconds. The speed is very, very fast. However, currently Stable Diffusion can only use Intel's OpenVINO acceleration and cannot directly access the NPU performance. This year, NPUs will become Ready one after another. We hope that the ecosystem will catch up soon. We also quickly test the heat of the CPU after 20 rounds of 3DMark Time Spy tests. The average is 82 degrees, the GPU is 79 degrees, the fan noise is maximum 53 db. Through thermal imaging, we can see that the highest temperature falls on the upper row, reaching 50.2 degrees . The keyboard operation area is controlled at around 30 degrees , and ROG also has airflow for the C side, so the operation area is The temperature control is OK. In addition, Core Ultra has two major highlights. The first is that Intel has added a low-power E-core design to the Core Ultra generation . This is a more power-saving version of E-core that can help laptops operate in standby or very small environments. It can also have good energy consumption performance under load . Another important point is that the internal graphics of this generation have been greatly improved as mentioned just now. For example, Intel uses 8 Xe processors for the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 185H. According to the actual test, this internal display scored 2958 points in Time Spy. Compared with the previous generation Iris Xe internal display with 96 EU, this performance has improved by 84% . It has reached the level where you can smoothly play some masterpieces by slightly adjusting the image quality settings . In fact, the performance of Iris Xe was not bad when it was launched. It can be said that it allows notebooks to play LoL. The Intel Arc internal graphics of Core Ultra 9 is the biggest help. In the case of Zephyrus G16, I think this laptop will not only have In addition to gaming players, there should also be many users who use them for creative design purposes. In fact, judging from the previous users of Zephyrus G14 and Zephyrus M16, there are really many people who bought them not for gaming but for users in multiple scenarios . The composite scenario is that a laptop can meet the requirements of switching from paperwork to editing or doing creative-related work at the company at any time , and then occasionally playing games at home. This type of laptop is usually called an all-round laptop . It is as thin and simple as possible and can be integrated into various usage scenarios while maintaining high performance to meet the needs of creation and gaming . Therefore, Zephyrus G16 is designed by friends who prefer such needs. In addition to its performance, it is suitable for creators and gaming. You see, it also gives Full-size SD card slot, simple and neat design, equipped with up to Intel Core Ultra 9 processor Adding a GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is a dream choice for this kind of combined needs. And another key point is that this 16-inch laptop is really light. The version I have is Intel Core Ultra 9 plus RTX. The measured specifications of the 4090 are only 1.9 kilograms, which is actually about 300 grams more than many thin and light laptops with a metallic texture. However, the performance is completely different. We also disassembled the Zephyrus G16 to see how the ROG is doing in terms of heat dissipation. It has a large area of VC vapor chamber and the CPU is equipped with liquid gold. It can be said to be the most luxurious cooling specification in this size. Moreover, this time Zephyrus G16 also has two m.2 SSD slots. This one has been pre-inserted. Regarding heat dissipation , it is worth mentioning that this machine also has a light-sensing automatic power-off design. That is, the system will automatically power off when you take off the back cover . It is really worry-free and practical for novices. It also provides peace of mind and can save a lot of money. Unfortunately, the method of powering on this product is also very simple . Just plug it in and the system will power on again . However, even so, this size still cannot reach full health. The maximum wattage limit of the graphics card is 115W , but I think it is It is a completely reasonable choice because for those friends with complex needs, we have tested and verified it many times before. The wattage does not have a great impact on the creation software. Instead, the number of CUDA is the performance these friends need. In other words, we have previously It has been tested that even the 90W RTX 3080 Ti with an RTX 30 series graphics card that is severely short of power is still a little faster in Pr video output than the 175W RTX 3080 with full blood. Let’s test it with an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor plus 115W RTX. When comparing the output performance of a 4090 laptop with an Intel Core i9-13980HX plus a 175W GeForce RTX 4090 in the GPU acceleration scene, the 175W RTX 4090 took 15 minutes and 23 seconds to complete, while the Zephyrus G16 only took 14 minutes and 52 seconds. The completion was even 3.4% faster than last year’s top machine! Of course, it also benefits from the Intel Arc internal graphics acceleration of the new generation Core Ultra. You should understand this difference after seeing this difference. This is really a dream machine for creators with complex needs. In the past, I must hold a machine that is close to three kilograms. The high-performance model now only weighs less than 1.9 kilograms, is a little faster, and is really comfortable. And the Intel Arc internal display I just mentioned is much more powerful, and it can also help creators when they go out to demo or write books in foreign languages. You can select the power saving mode in Armory Crate to turn off the GeForce RTX 4090. As long as the new Intel Arc internal display is used, it can fully handle Photoshop, LR, color correction and other image processing tasks , while greatly extending the battery life. We have also measured it in PCMark. In the battery life test, the Zephyrus G16 can reach 8 hours and 12 minutes of battery life. This performance is very good for a high-performance laptop. This also benefits from the energy consumption advantage of Ultra 9 under medium and low loads. Another important point is that this generation of Zephyrus The screens of G14 and G16 have completely removed the plastic frame. The screen is a whole glass mirror. You can see that the texture has really improved a lot. I also directly compared it with the Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker co-branded version that I use when I go out . The plastic frame is really refreshing. I am really envious when I see the screen of the new Zephyrus G14 on the right. The point is that the screen is also very good. The Zephyrus G14 uses a 16:10 3K 120Hz OLED screen supplied by Samsung , while the Zephyrus G16 It uses a 16:10 2.5K OLED screen. This screen supports a screen refresh rate of up to 240Hz and a maximum brightness of 500 nits. After our actual measurement on Zephryus G16, this screen can indeed reach a brightness of about 410 nits in HDR under a full white screen. It can reach a peak brightness of 658 nits, which is also the first echelon of notebooks. In terms of color gamut and color accuracy, ROG Zephyrus G16 provides a total of native sRGB DCI-P3 and Display P3. The actual measured sRGB is limited. The sRGB color gamut reaches 97.49%, and the color accuracy is also very accurate. Delta E reaches 1.998. This number is less than 2, which means it is accurate enough . DCI-P3 and Display P3 can both reach 99.62% and 99.4% of the corresponding color gamut coverage. Delta E in DCI-P3 mode also reaches 1.91, while Display P3 is 2.66, which is a little bit worse than <2. Finally, the native mode does not maintain the color rendering according to the standard . After actual measurement, according to the Ratio, it is about 151% of sRGB, 111% of DCI-P3 , and the coverage can reach 97.48% of Adobe RGB and about 80% of BT. 2020 is a bright and eye-catching orientation. I would like to add that this time the Zephyrus G16 does not just have a glass screen. This screen also has anti-reflective treatment. You can see that compared to the ordinary glossy OLED G16 next to me, the reflected brightness of this screen is obviously lower. Glossy glass must have anti-reflection to give a good review. In addition, this screen also supports Dolby Vision. Field test : Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos dual Dolby can be lit in NETFLIX. Finally, the speakers of ROG Zephyrus G14 and G16 are really good and support Dolby Atmos simulated spatial audio. I have the Zephyrus G16 here to compare with the Duo 16 I have . Everyone feels that it is difficult to reproduce the actual effect during transcription . Especially this time, the simulated sound effects of Dolby Atmos and the performance of the unit itself are really the best I have ever heard. If you have a chance, you can click on Dolby Access. The demonstration of driving the Wrath of Nature brings practical experience. Finally, I saw the square keyboard on the C side paired with ROG's redesigned text. It's really beautiful. And this time the keyboard ROG also made it very square, neat and beautiful . You can feel the chocolate keyboard. Looking at the dilemma of the ROG designer, he worked very hard to carefully arrange the small characters of Zhuyin and Cangjie so that the Zhuyin version can also have a very beautiful keyboard arrangement. However, it is a pity that the Taiwanese version has a white backlight without RGB , but this touchpad The super large and square shape is very easy to use. It has a quiet design and the feedback is very solid . The key point is that the keyboard coating this time is really smooth and comfortable. By the way, ROG has also replaced these two models with new square charging jacks this year. Both sides can be plugged in regardless of the direction. The Zephyrus G16 has HDMI 2.1. It can output 4K@144Hz and 8K@60Hz and Thunderbolt 4. , PD 100W fast charging DP picture output and a full-size card reader . Zephyrus G14 also has HDMI 2.1 and can output 4K@144Hz pictures , but because it uses an AMD processor , it only has USB 4 and no Thunderbolt card reader. MicroSD finally helps you sort out the specifications table. The CPU of Zephyrus G14 uses AMD's latest Ryzen 9 8945HS, which is paired with the RTX 4060 with a maximum power of 90W. The desktop version has only one specification and is paired with a 3K 120Hz OLED screen. A small surprise is that it comes standard with 32GB. The RAM SSD comes with a 1TB battery of 73Wh, and the weight is only 1.5kg. It supports Wi-Fi 6E, and the HDMI 2.1 FRL has the same color. There are two versions of platinum, silver, eclipse gray. You can choose Zephyrus G16. The CPU uses Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 185H graphics card . There are two versions : GeForce RTX 4060 and RTX 4070. Both are around the sweet spot, with a maximum of 100W. If you care about performance and CP value, this generation of RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 is a good choice and is also lighter at only 1.85kg, while the Geforce RTX 4080 And the RTX 4090 is 115W. It weighs 100g more and reaches 1.95kg. All versions are equipped with a 2.5K 240Hz OLED screen, which is good. They also come standard with 32GB of RAM storage space. RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 SSD give 1TB. RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 are 2TB. The batteries are all 90Wh , but the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 graphics cards have higher wattage, so the transformer is also 240W. Both support Wi-Fi 6E and HDMI 2.1 FRL. Please note that the Platinum Silver version currently only has two versions : RTX 4060 and RTX 4090. Eclipse is the RTX 4060 70, 80, and 90. There are four versions. In addition, it has been confirmed that this year’s ROG laptops also come with a 3-month free subscription to XBOX Game Pass Ultimate , followed by last year’s major revamp. Strix SCAR 16 and Strix SCAR 18 this year mainly evolved in terms of specifications. The main change in appearance is that the Slash on the A side has changed from the text Logo of the first generation to a relatively simple horizontal text , while the Slash on the C side has also changed from the text Slash. The design becomes similar to a translucent concept. The B side maintains 16:10. The screen ratio is also much sharper in the full version. In terms of specifications, Strix SCAR is ROG's true performance series CPU. Part of it is equipped with the Intel HX series. The beast Intel Core i9-14900HX adopts a 24-core design with 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. It is really a generation that puts desktop processors into laptops. In the GPU part, Strix SCAR 16 is equipped with up to RTX 4080 Laptop GPU . Strix SCAR 18 is available in two versions: RTX 4080 and RTX 4090. Both Strix SCAR 16 and SCAR 18 have full 175W wattage under Dynamic Boost. Of course , the MUX Switch, a must-have for ROG, is also available for direct connection. As for the screen, both SCAR 16 and SCAR 18 this year use 2.5K 240Hz Mini LED backlight displays, which can reach a peak brightness of 1100 nits. Finally, this year’s 18-inch version also has a Mini LED solution . The main body has up to two SO-DIMM slots , so it can be filled with up to 64GB of DDR5. Some versions are equipped with 16*2 for a total of 32 GB storage. There are also 1TB and 2TB versions to choose from. Both units are equipped with 90Wh. Battery , this year's Strix SCAR 16 and SCAR 18 also use a ring-shaped air outlet design, a three-fan cooling system and liquid gold cooling. Then there are relatively affordable performance models Strix G16 and Strix G18 . The CPU part is the same as the Strix SCAR series in terms of specifications. It is equipped with this year's most powerful Intel HX series Intel Core i9-14900HX. It adopts a 24-core design with 8 P-core and 16 E-core . In the GPU part, both models have RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 versions to choose from. And whether it is Strix G16 or G18, under Dynamic Boost, the wattage is full 140W independent graphics direct connection. Of course, on the screen, this year's Strix G16 and G18 both maintain 2.5K 240Hz LCD screens, which can reach up to 500. The peak brightness memory part of Nite has two SO-DIMM slots, with a maximum of 16x2 and a total of 32GB of DDR5. The storage is configured according to different versions. The RTX 4060 version is equipped with 1TB RTX 4070, and both are equipped with 2TB. Both are also equipped with 90Wh. Battery , and this year’s Strix G16 and G18 also use a ring-shaped air outlet design , a three-fan cooling system and a liquid gold cooling ROG. That’s about it for this year’s lineup of e-sports notebooks. The lineup is really rich and powerful. We will try our best. The details & specifications have been sorted out. If you have any questions, please leave a message below to discuss. Overall , this year’s Zephyrus G14 and G16 needless to say. I believe that all previous users of Zephyrus G14 and Zephyrus M16 will be immediately attracted by this machine when they see it. Performance enthusiasts will definitely say that the heat dissipation is not enough , so why don’t you use full health ? But friends who have bought Zephyrus G14 and Zephyrus M16 should know that what everyone wants is the most powerful performance in a light and thin size. If you want the top Strix SCAR, it will be very good, right ? Okay, I would like to add that this generation of G14 is really the best in terms of ID. The previous generation was 1.72kg. This generation is only 1.5kg, so its heat-removing wattage is not as high as that of the previous generation. So if you care more about performance release, stick with the previous generation or It might be an option to simply add about 100g and go straight up to the Zephyrus G16. The weight reduction of this generation of G16 is really beautiful. 16-inch, high-performance, high-quality 1.85kg. It is really beautiful in terms of specifications. At the same time, AI PC is also really hot this year. There are already many softwares in the first wave that can directly use the computing support of NPU , but I am also looking forward to the next one. After the software development ecosystem is complete, the NPU's low-power consumption and high-efficiency characteristics leave much room for imagination. Then there are Strix SCAR 16 and 18, which are even more powerful for a year. SCAR 18 is also equipped with a Mini LED backlight screen that can reach up to 1100 nits. Judging from the price point, the specifications are no regrets. Strix G16 and G18 are mainly equipped with the new HX series processors. Other specifications are also expected at the same price range! Let’s stop here for this episode. Let’s welcome the e-sports laptop market in 2024, which will allow us to see more surprises.
