A computer this powerful needs a 32 GB RAM option.

The 3080 and the 5800hs will probably have way less watts than their desktop counterparts. So that will affect performance. It will be interesting how much wattage can get cooled in such a thin laptop.

I have always wondered why no big enterprises uses ASUS for either desktop or laptop, or mobile phones. It turns out ASUS's service is subpar to non-existent depending on where you are. That's too bad, because for some consumer stuff, ASUS seems at least competitive on the surface at the time of purchase. This laptop would be great if it had that durable aluminum body the G14 has. It kind of boggles my mind why a smaller body would use a more durable material than the bigger model. I guess ASUS has never built a bridge.

RTX 3080 laptops should have at least a 2k display. 4K would be great.
Ryzen 7/Ryzen 9 and RTX 3070 MX Q should be the sweet spot.
If they can make 3080 less power hungry then that would be great. I think a 6800 laptop would be better unless Nvidia goes for TSMC for it's mobile processors.

...Close to $3000 would be more like it.

Quote from: Phasor on January 01, 2021, 06:51:50
Didn't know Amazon was still trying to survive in China.. I thought Alibaba & JD.com would have kicked them out by now with the help of their 'home-grown companies loving' government.
Anyway, the laptop specs look quite good, hopefully the screen is good (100% sRGB) and the battery is bumped to 90Wh than the current G15's 76Wh, plus the biggest thing is availability, these Zephyrus G's are mostly out of stock..

Alibaba's owner pissed off the CCP, so they are trying to investigate all of his companies to death.

In North America, ASUS service is horrible. Just check out some ASUS desktop reviews on Costco. Often no local depots, need to mail in and wait a long time, and products returned damaged, not working or scratched up.

For me the selling point of Asus Zephyrus lineup is 1. Build quality and 2. Service.

I know I can easily get a gaming laptop with Ryzen + RTX from Clevo / TongFang resellers in my country for a much lower price but the build quality just doesn't match Asus and well, the service is pretty much non-existant here. If I'm getting a big expensive gaming laptop as my daily driver, I want it to last and be easily repairable from the seller.

Didn't know Amazon was still trying to survive in China.. I thought Alibaba & JD.com would have kicked them out by now with the help of their 'home-grown companies loving' government.
Anyway, the laptop specs look quite good, hopefully the screen is good (100% sRGB) and the battery is bumped to 90Wh than the current G15's 76Wh, plus the biggest thing is availability, these Zephyrus G's are mostly out of stock..

Hopefully they can make a 17 version with a bigger battery that isn't too much heavier, and add premium display options like 600-nit 144Hz QHD IPS for HDR + Ray Tracing gaming.

This looks promising already, can't wait for the early reviews.

The screen to get is the 240Hz 1080p screen, though maybe you'd get passable 4k frame rates with the 3080?

Asus and their shitty soldered Ram. How to lose the entire creative profesionnal segment in one simple move.
Too bad, MSI or Gigabyte it is once more..