Compared to the 2022 Zephyrus G14’s cam, this is a big upgrade. It also proves a strong performer in a darkened room, where the webcam is able to unnervingly pick out the details of my pale face. Whether you’re dealing with sunlit or dreary conditions, the Zephyrus’ cam delivers sharp, precise images that convey good detail, regardless of your ambient light. While some gaming competitors think that 720p still cuts the mustard in 2023, this Zephyrus goes for a full 1080p webcam. Like most other aspects of this year’s G14, there’s no screwing around with this laptop’s webcam. Nighttime results prove surprisingly strong.Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) review: Webcam Lyrics are clear and punchy, bass is delivered with real verve and considering this is a thin laptop, the room-filling soundscape it produces betrays the slim design. Listening to some of my favorite tunes on YouTube, the G14 never sounds less than full-bodied-provided said songs are playing at the laptop’s highest volume. Dolby Atmos support is appreciated, as is AI noise-canceling tech, but it’s the four-speaker system with ‘Smart Amplifier ‘Technology’ that leaves the most lasting impression. The speakers on the G14 are well-placed to deliver the goods. This is a laptop that needs to be experienced at full volume.Full-bodied speakers deliver great audio. Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) review: Audio That’s right on the line of what we consider to be okay for everyday use, yet considering the power of this laptop’s GPU and CPU, this is a reasonable result. The rest of the laptop averaged about 95 degrees. The results of our heat testing are more borderline, though we still consider them to be just about acceptable.Īfter we put the laptop through 15 minutes of video playback we scanned it with a heat gun, and the highest recording we took was 98.2 degrees on the underside of the laptop. Heat output is just on the right side of acceptable.Battery life is strong 9:51 when not gaming.Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) review: Battery life and heat Gaming is obviously the focus with the new G14, but as the table above demonstrates, this is a well-rounded performer that can meet both work and downtime demands. That's only a bit behind the Razer Blade 14 and about 20 seconds slower than the Acer Predator Helios 300. The ROG also impresses on the video editing front with a time of 4 minutes and 51 seconds in our video editing test, which times how quickly the laptop transcodes a 4K video down to 1080p using Handbrake. This solid showing is backed up by a respectable result in our 25GB file transfer test, which clocks the top speed a laptop achieves when transferring multimedia files across the SSD. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU ensures the Zephyrus hands in decent performance in our Geekbench 5 tests. Performance testing results Row 0 - Cell 0 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) review: General performance Poor PCs ports or not, whatever way you slice it, the G14 is one of the most impressive gaming laptops out there. Simply put, Dead Space is poorly optimized regardless of what level of hardware you own at the time of writing. Stutters are ever-present in this sci-fi horror title, but the same issues occur on my RTX 4090-powered desktop PC. The only slightly sour experience I had on the G14 was with this year’s Dead Space remaster. With its flourishes of fluorescent lights and a creeping system of barely-lit corridors to stumble though, the loud colors and general gloom play to the strengths of that awesome mini-LED screen. My best experience gaming on the 2023 Zephyrus G14? That would be this year’s excellent System Shock remake. I also revisited the equal parts gaudy and ghostly Night City in Cyberpunk, where that superb mini-LED display made every scene look colorful and punchy. I had a terrific time finishing the PC version of Resident Evil 4 remake on this G14. High framerates are great, but it's the anecdotal experiences that will stay with me. It’s a great example of how Nvidia’s AI-driven upscaler can provide significant performance boosts in such titles. If anything, they do the G14 2023 a slight disservice in terms of daily usage.įrom my experience, enabling Nvidia DLSS 3 in the likes of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 on this laptop provides high quality 90 fps+ playthroughs at native resolution. While the above numbers are strong compared to competing gaming laptops in its size class, they don’t paint the full picture. Game benchmarks (in FPS, 1080p) Row 0 - Cell 0
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