Seven simple ways we would make the Asus Zephyrus G14 even better

[Redaktion]

We think these subtle quality-of-life changes could make the 14-inch system easier to use and more appealing at the same time.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Seven-simple-ways-we-would-make-the-Asus-Zephyrus-G14-even-better.459700.0.html

[Ashley..]

Good points, but you missed one simple thing that would make the laptop a lot better: thunderbolt!

I don't care about internal graphics, would rather save the cooling capacity and power for the CPU

[King]

If only it came with a full 2060 mobile, or better yet, a 2070 Max-Q...

I don't understand why companies are so reluctant to put Ryzen 9 into higher end gaming laptops, instead of the significantly hotter and more power-hungry but similar-performing Intel 10th gen mobile chips. Whichever company manages to do this first (so far, only Lenovo has announced plans to match a AMD CPU with a higher end graphics card, and only a Ryzen 7 at that) would stand to make a lot of money.

[RicoVIking9000]

Good points, but you missed one simple thing that would make the laptop a lot better: thunderbolt!

I don't care about internal graphics, would rather save the cooling capacity and power for the CPU

Thunderbolt is an Intel technology, so it isn't available on laptops with an AMD CPU. For example, the ThinkPads with AMD CPUs don't have USB-C thunderbolt ports.

[Indra Maulana]

Good points, but you missed one simple thing that would make the laptop a lot better: thunderbolt!

I don't care about internal graphics, would rather save the cooling capacity and power for the CPU

Thunderbolt is an Intel technology, so it isn't available on laptops with an AMD CPU. For example, the ThinkPads with AMD CPUs don't have USB-C thunderbolt ports.

Even Intel H-series processors don't have integrated Thunderbolt controller. And Asus really cheap out on its new Zephyrus line up, the new Zephyrus S and M with Intel H series also don't have a Thunderbolt port.

And as far as i know, Thunderbolt controller is sold to anyone who interested. Not too long ago Asrock announced one of its X570 motherboard is Thunderbolt supported. I think not too far ahead we will see Thunderbolt on AMD-based laptop.

[william blake]

1. yes, this is straight up dumb. because they could.
2. whatever. easy to make tho.
3. common problem. 50ms in 3k ultrabooks, 25ms in so called 120hz. laptop market sucks.
4. best feature for creators-a laptop for creators. ordinary looking, powerful and silent device.
5. bells and whistles
6. whatever, just buy a dock or something.
7. bigger, low rpm coolers. the main solution and the only to start from. laptop market sucks #2

[Thomas Serruques]

What about throttling?
does the CPU or GPU throttle under load (typical: AAA gaming)?
I have an Asus notebook and both CPU and GPU throttle.

[Suyash Singh]

If only it came with a full 2060 mobile, or better yet, a 2070 Max-Q...

I don't understand why companies are so reluctant to put Ryzen 9 into higher end gaming laptops, instead of the significantly hotter and more power-hungry but similar-performing Intel 10th gen mobile chips. Whichever company manages to do this first (so far, only Lenovo has announced plans to match a AMD CPU with a higher end graphics card, and only a Ryzen 7 at that) would stand to make a lot of money.

People are actually this naive is what amazes me. This is 14 inch laptop that weighs 1.6kg. Have you seen the benchmarks before typing about full RTX 2060.

The Asus G14 performs better than full RTX 2060. You can easily see the benchmarks on LTT, Pc world, Hothardware.

Point is... a great thermal managed laptop is better than powerful laptops.

[Jesse]

Move the power connector to the back of the left side.

There is a reason nobody makes white or silver keyboards anymore.  Backlight issues.

NotebookCHECK should fix some things as well.   Start with eliminating all ads that are slow to load or resize constantly.   I'm quite done with seeing the text jump around for the first 20 seconds as adds trickle in.

Agreed, there should be a 'fans off' silent mode.

[fen]

Will there be a 15-inch version? (with Ryzen 4800H or 4900HS)
There Asus TUF, but it's not premium and have plastic cover...

[nothx123]

per-key RGB lighting

Do people really eager to pay for that? In current real world meta value-per-price value is a king ;)

[doing_once]

This article could have the title

"According to Intel, we should find at least 7 wrongs in this laptop"

Some reasons do not make sense (per key lighting?), other reasons are not easy for this kind of performance, in this type of laptop (fan noise? buy a new 135W TDP Intel "mobile" CPU and enjoy the silence, or probably the fire), other are just here to make the list bigger (let's have USB Type A ports in all sides, because we love to see cables or large USB sticks coming out from all sides) and others are out of the price range of this laptop.

[BobWellington]

This article actually highlights how good this laptop is. For me the only things I'd really care about on this list would be to make the keyboard keys like a dark gray and have a screen with less ghosting, but even then I'd be fine with how it is now.

[Omri]

Undervolting is the biggest drawback for me, it could have solved the heat issue.

[R3Z3N]

Unfortunately the poor display and brightness of the display kill it for me, along with the smaller trackpad. Seriously, 250nits? Can barely see that indoors...