ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2024: What Reddit Really Thinks

The screen is absolutely insanely awesome. Speakers have a nice sound stage. The laptop does get warm as reviews have said. But honestly for how well built it feels, I'll take the tradeoff. It feels so solid in the hands.

If the price is right it's all good. Problem with the g14 4080 model was no one was buying it. No one wants to spend that much on a small laptop in the current economy.

As for the speakers making voice a bit muffed, download Dolby Access and change the default setting to 'Movie - Balanced'. It's a night and day difference. Dolby Access EQ for Music is a bit off, if you want more details and highs, 'Movie' EQ is way better.

Love the screen, keyboard, chassis, trackpad accuracy, and hardware capability. Speakers are basically as good as a MacBook. I think this is one of the best keyboards out of all the laptops best buy has on display right now. The CPU and GPU are both very capable.

I disagree that it's ruined. I've had 2 g14's, the 2020 and I just recently bought the 2023. I wish I had held off for the 2024 because it is perfect for my use case. As the manufacturer asus has so much market data on their products — they did something that YOU dont like and now they 'epic failed'.

I am LOVING this model. The only thing I'm really bummed about is no upgradeable RAM. But otherwise, you're getting an OLED screen, better speakers, bigger trackpad and a fresh redesign which honestly looks sick.

If Asus sees that more as a more sensible solution money-wise, whatever. It's a publicly shared company, so they're not tailoring to a niche enthusiasts' community but where the market is headed. If market wants mid-range performance in sleek and boring package, that's what they do.

Performance and cooling — it gets pretty hot. It doesn't overheat, like the laptop won't shut down due to it, but it definitely gets in the high 80s. Disabling CPU boost helps a lot. Battery life — yes, running on integrated graphics gets really good battery life, some of the best for a non arm laptop with a GPU. Software — always ghelper. Much easier to use, less resource intensive, very compact.

I forgot to mention the fan noise — it gets louder than the 2022 model. I don't know if it's just a higher pitch or if it's actually louder but it definitely sounds louder. I was able to play a round of Warzone no problem without headphones although realistically I'd be wearing headphones anyway. In general this is everything I wanted.

I don't get why everyone thinks 8gb of vram is horrible suddenly. It's like when people thought 16gb of RAM isn't enough when most gamers will be fine with that. Unless you play the most demanding titles at max graphics without any setting like DLSS or something like that, 8gb of vram is fine. I can get over 60 fps easily on Cyberpunk with DLSS on quality and max graphics.

Every other 14 inch gaming laptop, including the old G14s, had fucking miserable build quality compared to the blade and the Macbook. I had a dent in the top of my 2020 G14 within a few months of owning the Magnesium Alloy dogshit. The aluminum unibody is a massive step up in build quality.

Tbh the design looks so much nicer this year.

It's great if u want a compact and light yet a powerful laptop. Its screen and speakers are by far the best in a windows laptop along with its gaming capabilities.

I use my OLED at 0% or 10% brightness, as such, do not have a single hint of burn in or anything. Ghelper is in every single way superior to armory crate. Using the Web or watching a movie my temps are 20c cooler now with Ghelper, so about 30-35c. It could very possibly sway me into buying another ASUS laptop in the future.

The performance gains weren't that great outside of benchmarks. I had the G14 4080 and it started to lose performance after a while in gaming. It was also too hot on the surface for my taste. I did some comparisons and when the G14 was set to performance, it was quite close to the Blade's performance for longer gaming sessions. For such a chassis, I think 4060/70 is the best decision to make.

I have the 2022 top model with 6800s, this does not justify an upgrade in my case. The performance increase is too minor. Also the increased fan noise in turbo mode is just not cutting it.

Wow it's beautiful! Looks so much like a blade 14 at a glance I thought this was a troll post until I looked closer.

There's nothing like a MacBook. No company will ever beat Apple's quality. However, if you want something on the Windows side, this thing is pretty damn good. If ASUS listens to feedback and makes adjustments on the next model — this thing could be perfect. So far, it's the best Windows device I've owned.

Honestly, I think it's incredible! I got mine new for $999, and for that money, I can play most games maxed out while targeting 60fps. Now obviously there are games you're gonna wanna use DLSS and such, and some that you might have to get creative in the settings and make compromises. BUT for how compact and light this thing is, it really has no business getting almost within striking distance of my main gaming rig.

This years design and quality are incredible. They feel so premium, light and look so good. Also the OLED is just beautiful. Other aspects that are very good are the sound and the battery life. Definitely a very recommendable laptop.

The laptop design and chassis construction is beautiful and well built. OLED screen is gorgeous and bright. Comfortable keyboard, basically the same as the 2022 version slightly modified but same feeling. Huge track pad which is very responsive and has a nice thud click if you use it. Great battery life.

Way too expensive. Anything below 2000 Euros with 32GB would have been reasonable.

G14 2024 is one of the least problematic gaming laptops out there. It's pretty much very good (but not perfect) in all aspects with no big problems. Overheating is usually caused by user error, as from my experience the thing literally runs near room temperature if you just don't run apps that consume unnecessary power.

If your resolution is at 2880x1800, put the display scaling at 200% not 225% (that's the default for 2024 G14s) and you'll get a perfect 1:1 pixel mapping and sharp/crispy text.

Performance and cooling — depends on what you're doing but most of the time no overheating, just disable CPU Boost. Battery — I get 5-7 hours, I'm a software engineering major. Software — G-helper solos, not even close. Longevity — just don't abuse it and it will last over 4 years.

I'd personally go with AMD over Intel. Either way these laptops get hot. They'll likely hit whatever their target temperature is for the CPU. You can adjust that though — it's easy with Ryzen processors at least. My 2021 G14 still works as good as it did when I first got it.

As a 2023 G14 owner myself, let me tell you almost all G14 and G16 laptops suffer from micro-stuttering and rapidly degrading battery health. Mine stutters every now and then in desktop environment and also while I'm working on AutoCAD and MS Office apps.

Linus had the Asus rep on and at least they had the rep there to explain the thought process on why they made these changes. The only thing they didn't give an answer for was the soldered ram even though it was brought up.

It looks a lot better imo and they improved a lot of quality of life things about the design. New more rigid chassis with a lot lower thermals and similar performance. Sucks that they can't remove ram any more. But I was never a fan of the excessive ROG gamer design, glad that the chassis is made more rigid now. The new one is a lot quieter too.

I love it so far, it is thin, light, has excellent speakers, a relatively professional design (if you turn off the slash lighting), an excellent keyboard, and a great screen. The QOL improvements over others windows laptops is so far above the competition that I went with this laptop in spite of the soldered ram.

Yes, it is worth it. My 2021 RTX3060/5900HS still holds up after all those years and I play most of my games and recently released ones at 1440p, low-mid settings. I set the games to 60 or 120FPS depending on what genre of game I play.

Quite unhappy, lots of blue screens, shit doesn't work often times.

You might struggle with the technical service if you get a problem. A high number of asus laptops suffer from bsod and there is no way to mend it as it might be related to faulty hardware components. Use g helper. Avoid activating oled. Use it intensively after buying it as you can return it.

Zephyrus is an amazing laptop, good screen quality, amazing sound quality, slick design etc. However it comes preinstalled with armory crate, which is the most outrageous bloatware I've ever seen, even with all bloatware uninstalled and running G helper, I still can't get memory usage down below 40% without using additional Ram management software.

My only concern would be the OLED display on this laptop. Unfortunately, OLED displays will get burn in eventually and even with the pixel shifting done in software it will only delay the inevitable. There is simply too many static UI elements in Windows. I reckon the panel would probably last you around 4-5 years with proper care before you may have to replace it.

Very happy, portable how i wanted for when i take it out, excellent battery life, when i want to game i plug it in and connect an external monitor and boom great gaming experience. Honestly zero, literally zero complaints ive had with this other than maybe software from asus could be better.

Absolutely love it! Don't do that much gaming, but I need the GPU for work stuff. It's a fantastic all round laptop in my opinion.

I love the OLED screen the vibrant colors are unmatched with any other laptop i've had. The graphics are great and on every game i've played it all runs smoothly with little to no lag. I will say the only issue i've had is the wifi chip in this laptop. It is shit. I actually went in and replaced the chip myself because of this issue.

I was unhappy with the 2020 g14 but after RMA it was stable. Decided to risk the g14 2024 4060 32gb and have been extremely unhappy with it. So many random reboots and crashes. Tried everything under the sun. Even had to downgrade a bios update because the new one caused even more crashes. Will have to RMA it and will probably sell it as soon as it is back. No more Asus for me.

I bought mine a few months ago. I had a Legion 7 Pro. My Legion's performance was absolutely insane. My issue — big, bulky, heavier etc. To me personally, it wasn't portable. The trade-offs were worth it and I can tell you without hesitation that I made the right decision. I'm extremely happy.

Screen: beautiful! 3k oled dude, one of the best in class. Speakers: same as above, so good and crisp, especially for a gaming laptop. Overall build quality: Common issues you'll find are creaking from the hinges. Can get very hot but again small laptops. I've also had a lot of bugs with the software.

Still going strong all this time. Gotta clean the fans every 6 months or so depending on your environment. My laptop is due for a cpu repaste for sure.

I recently bought the same model, and so far no problems! The only thing I noticed though was that it tends to find internet connection a bit more slowly (especially 5G) which I assume is why everyone here strongly advises to replace the MediaTek wifi card.

I got the same model a month ago. It's the sweet spot for me in terms of mobility, power and design. Also I just enjoyed Black ops 6 on external 4k monitor. I came from a Lenovo legion with 3060, owned for 4 years. Enjoying this one so much more.

I have that exact model and honestly the 4070 essentially performs like a laptop 4060 due to power limits. In my experience, the laptop can't really run most new AAA games with high settings at the native 3K resolution of the screen. This is because games nowadays are hideously unoptimized, but also because the card itself isn't that powerful compared to desktop cards.

I bought it a month ago. It is the 4070 32gb version after rocking for 5 years with the 2020 RTX2060 G14. I can say that is the best laptop model I've ever had. Hope in 5 more years I can buy the successor of that time.

I have that model and I must say I'm quite happy with it. I've just used the base Armory Crate and found a mix of settings that keeps it cool and quiet under normal browsing and office workloads then ramps up for gaming or heavier processing. The key is having both the latest Ryzen/Radeon Software AND the nVidia studio drivers both fully installed and updated.