ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14

I can tell you how I got duped into buying their product - a Zephyrus G14: ASUS at the time had an exclusive deal with AMD to ship their Ryzen 4xxxHS line. Initially it worked fine, but two years later performance was already much worse and dominated by thermal throttling. [...] I still don't know the root cause of the issue, but I investigated declining battery performance and it turned out that the iGPU was going full throttle at all times. Setting the dGPU as the preferred device actually improved battery life somewhat. [...]

[...] This is on a Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 from 2021 (GA401QM) laptop with a Ryzen 9 5900HS + NVIDIA 3060. The screen is at full resolution at 120 Hz. Keyboard lights work, audio works, WiFi worked out of the box, sleep works etc. [...]

I've had 4 different ASUS devices, two of them Gaming Laptops. [...] Excellent build quality, top notch specs at a fair price. My current laptop I've had for 5 years and it just keeps going.

[...] I don't use it every day or anything, but it's still holding strong five years later. Battery life is still pretty decent as well.

The build quality is absolutely horrible. [...] I keep it in perfect condition never drop it or knock it around and the bezel is peeling off the front of it. I've had it for 3 years and the case has not held up well at all. [...]

[...] The G14 is fantastic, but prices have risen. [...]

[...] This is aided by the fact that Apple hasn’t touched the MacBook Pro chassis in 5 years, making it quite dated especially with the underutilized, oversized notch and the horrendous menu bar software implementation that plagues the notch as a real problem for me and something that doesn’t just “disappear into the background.” The software solution is to just disappear menu bar items that don’t fit, making them unusable. [...] Haptic trackpad? [...] Graphics performance? [...] Battery life? [...] And I’ll be getting numerous advantages over a MacBook: cross-compatible modular hardware, upgradable RAM and storage, customizable I/O, low cost DIY repairs, 3:2 screen ratio ideal for coding. [...] I’ve myself eyed the Zephyrus G14 or G16 as a gaming and general purpose system in a MacBook Pro-sized form factor. It’s refined, it feels premium, the OLED display is gorgeous. Apple’s best chips can’t touch the graphics performance of a dedicated Nvidia GPU, so long as a huge amount of VRAM isn’t a requirement for you. [...]

[...] I have a Framework 13 Pro on preorder [1] but some other laptops are also showing impressive results on battery life and GPU performance. If I had more money to blow I would totally grab a Zephyrus G14 2026 with the panther lake CPU and RTX 5070Ti. [...] As of now you pretty much have to buy it from Framework as nobody else has it at a more reasonable price.

I have a 2024 Zephyrus G14 and it has bursts of stuttering which seem to be directly linked to running off USB-C power. It doesn't do it on the original power brick, but on a 70W USB power brick, it slows down massively every now and then, to the point where the mouse cursor is only updating every few seconds and any playing audio starts underrunning buffers. [...] It's fine running off battery, and it's fine when I plug USB power back in, even straight away. [...] If I just unplug the laptop stick it straight in a backpack, it'll keep doing this (getting hotter and hotter, and burning half of the battery capacity) until it hits the critical high temp shutdown. It's great fun taking it out at the start of a plane flight and finding out it's on low battery and has bbq'd itself. [...] The solution to both of these (for me) is to reassign the power button to be 'hibernate' instead of 'sleep', and to explicitly hibernate it every time I'm packing it up. [...] The OLED screen is beautiful and the build quality feels great. [...]

Depends on what you mean by "overall performance", but my Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2023 is full AMD, and outperforms my work issued top of the line M1 MacBook Pro from a few months earlier in every task I've done across the two (gaming, compiling, heavy browsing). Battery life is lower under heavy load and high performance on the Zephyrus, but in power saving mode it's roughly comparable, albeit still worse.

I got the 2024 G16 4090 and I can say this thing is amazing how much power does it pack for its size also de built quality and the screen are top notch. I don’t think there is anything on the market right now besides the pricier razor blade that competes with it. I love it

I got my 5070TI Rog 14” last month on sale at Best Buy for $ 2899. They even had the 5080 for the same price, but there was none available so I just got the 70ti it’s incredible, it runs the new gears of war on a 34 inch OLEDLG monitor on native at 240 FPS on ultra settings

I recently purchased a ROG Zephyrus G14, and unfortunately, I've been experiencing grounding issues even while running on battery. This issue is also affecting the speakers, causing strange electronic noises and distortion. I already received a replacement unit, but the problem still persists in the new device. This is really disappointing considering the premium price I paid, and it's impacting my experience, especially for school use. [...]

hey andres 👋 maybe use the zephyrus instead of the macbook, i'd say windows is a lot better in my perspective since i am a 14 year old coder i use a core i3 11th gen 3,00Ghz it is certainly powerful for my tasks and i got the same wallpaper and my hp 15 fq2717tu's battery health is at 74.8% battery health but the laptop is almost 2 years old which is solid for a budget laptop at my perspective right now my parents a broke from making the wrong financial desicions but this laptop has always been at my side annd looking forward to the next vid and just wanted to know how's ur fiance and say hi for me will ya!

[...] The 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 has a better screen and speakers than any laptop I've used, including top of the line MacBook Pros. The speakers are damned fine for a laptop. [...] And this screen! [...]

I bought a top of the line G14 back in 2021... [...] I added an extra 32GB back when I got it (40GB) and never have maxed out the thing... its been such a great experience, I've always went with cheap crappo computers before, but i'd buy another G14 in a heartbeat!

I own the 4060 version of this. [...] When I called in about Warranty they noted that the damage was caused by ware by the user and didn't mention that it may be a factory coding defect. [...]

I had a 2023 ASUS Zephyrus G14 (AMD 6800 + 6900HD dGPU) and I took a battery hit, but not near what you saw. [...] It’s bigger problem was it was far too eager to trigger the dGPU, especially with accelerated graphics in browsers and the like. [...]

[...] I currently have an m1 mbp and an asus zephyrus g14 They're the same size and weight, but + the macbook has longer battery life, though this varies. [...] - the macbook's display is worse, because of apple's insistence on these terrible glossy finishes - needlessly sharp edges. [...] part of the worse battery life of the g14 is controlling when that graphics card is in use, but at least it has it, so that i can do certain creative & ai workloads. - keyboard is just worse. and that's before getting into that macos has forced the keyboard to be worse by having 'option' and 'command' keys to be an obstacle for anyone who uses every other OS that isn't macos. With enough key interception and remapping I got it to act like linux but the keys are still named wrong

I own this laptop and I'm really liking it so far. [...] The cons for me are: - Sometimes when I tap click on the trackpad, it just does not work. [...] I don't know if it just my unit but it is annoying. - My unit came with a pre-calibrated color profile that is too saturated for my taste. [...] - Battery life could be better. I'm getting between 4 - 5 hours of battery in Silent mode. [...]

[...] I’m currently using a 16" MacBook Pro M3 Pro, but I’ve been thinking about switching to the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14. [...] That said, I’m still not completely sure about the switch — I’ve heard a lot of negative things about the Zephyrus, like it being noisy, having poor battery life, and occasionally glitching. [...]

I still can't change display brightness on Linux Mint on my 2 year old ASUS Zephyrus G14 with 4090 because ASUS used some microLED panel and Linux has no drivers for it. The combination of AMDGPU and Nvidia drivers also leads to situations where Nvidia GPU is not switched on for ML workloads. The only choice is still to run W10 on it.

I had a 2020 Zephyrus G14 - also bought it largely because of the reviews. First two years it was solid, but then weird stuff started happening like the integrated GPU running full throttle at all times and sleep mode meaning "high temperature and fans spinning to do exactly nothing" (that seems to be a Windows problem because my work machine does the same). Meanwhile the manufacturer, having released a new model, lost interest, so no firmware updates to address those issues. [...] I for one bought it because I tend to damage stuff like screens and ports and it also enables me to have unusual arrangements like a left-handed numpad - not exactly mainstream requirements.

[...] Even in the Intel Mac days, I ended up buying a Asus Zephyrus G14, which had nothing but glowing reviews from everyone. [...]

This laptop is an absolute beast. I've been using it for a year now, grabbed it back in early April last year and honestly, it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made of owning this handsome 😎😎

📰 If I could only have one laptop for work and gaming, I ’d get this one I've loved the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 since it launched in 2020. I bought one for my wife after reading about how awesome it was on a little site called The Verge dot com. [...]

I have mine for 6 months and is pure perfection. I will stick with it at least 5 years.

I have RTX 4060 version of this, so far I am loving it😅 Update: It's been a year since owning it. So far it's still working fine and loving it

[...] Used the laptop for a few months and it's a beast! Still own a Macbook Pro for specific tasks, but the Asus is my go to!

96% battery health after 7 months of use?!? My MacBook Pro M4 Pro 14"'s battery for the past 11 months is still at 100%.

[...] i own this exact model and i have been using it for almost a year now i travel a lot and i carry my laptop with me everywhere including daily walks to the uni my backpack shakes quite a bit when i walk and i am not always very gentle with how i use the laptop i use it on my bed in all positions horizontal, vertical etc. [...] (i really love my laptop mister Crimson i want nothing bad to happen to him)

[...] I was looking to upgrade my asus zephyrus g14 from 2021 and things were looking very expensive. [...] Then again, I was looking in the UK, maybe prices are extra inflated there.

you guys are my favorite reviews channel, it's just pleasant to hear you guys! I'll be using your website for upd to date prices for when I replace my laptop, have a great day!

[...] This namespacing is enabled by default, while the server at large was developed and tested on an AMD-NVIDIA system (Asus Zephyrus G14) from 2021 atop Gentoo Linux. [...]

[...] The Zephyrus G14 that's also collecting dust and weights essentially the same also felt handy (just can't ever start from 0% battery powered via PD). [...]

FWIW I have an Asus Zephyrus G14 and the dual graphics cards works pretty well in Linux in hybrid mode. [...]

Happens on my ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, personal laptop frequently enough i do a full power down when not using it. Definitely a hardware/Windows problem.

[...] I've just tried to install the very latest Mint released a few days ago on ASUS ProArt P16 with 5090 and it couldn't even boot the Mint installer, it just froze with the Mint logo on the screen. You typically need to wait up to 1 year to get the latest HW supported on Mint, sometimes it won't even fully support it like my previous Zephyrus G14 with a 4090 that never got e.g. display brightness control implemented.

I recently switched to Debian on my laptop (Zephyrus G14) because it was the only way I could get it to NOT run into the problems you described. Went from 2 hours of battery life to 10, and no more of the constant jet engine level fan activity I experienced with windows.

I have a Zephyrus G14 and have experienced these issues. Audio crackling, lots of stuttering when playing back video on the iGPU. Throttling has been less of an issue for me. [...] Stuttering continued even after I manually expanded the iGPU's available memory pool in the AMD kernel settings. [...]

If you already know Macbook M1 and want a competitive laptop in same range and better features in terms of Build Quality, OS integration and Reliability go for the Zephyrus G14 range. They are the best, if you have any questions simply ask on r/G14 sub reddit, there are a lot of users with unparalleled info on computers. I'm personally using one they're also highly upgradable, except for framework which provides more upgrades than anyone right now.

I can't get Ubuntu working well on my Zephyrus G14 4090. They seem to have dropped the ball...

You can buy GaN chargers of up to 180W nowadays, they weigh half as much as regular power bricks and are fairly affordable if you need them. You don't even need to cover the peak power usage and can go with a smaller charger covering regular usage and let the battery come to help when momentarily drawing more power (this is what I do with my Zephyrus G14 + 65W Voltme).

I was waiting for a 2025 model G16, but when I saw the crazy price increase I grabbed a 4080 2024 G16 on sale. I love this laptop, it's amazing. I've been using gaming laptops for over 20 years and this is easily the best one I've owned.

I Def want to go 14. Compact size for almost every use. Asus should sponsor this man. He's fair and gets people interested in the product. Good luck young man. May the gods of karma fill your table with laptops and other pc related products

"oh no i dont have a macbook anymore, im stuck with this stupid fucking asus rog zephyrus g14 2025 2 thousand dollar laptop, poor me"

[...] I bought an ASUS Vivobook S 14 (S5406SA) recently for Fedora 42. [...]

i got the 2022 black with anime matrix with 6800hs and 6800s for cheap in early 2024 for less that 1500 Canadian brand new . best one for the price at the time !

I still have ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2023 edition, got it for sale off Amazon in 2024, it still works well, and has plenty of battery health left.

I bought my 2022 G14 for $1100 and that one had, a upgradeable ram. These new machines cost double and have soldered parts. They're absolutely not worth the money that they used to be.