ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 16” ROG Nebula Display 1610 QHD 240Hz, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070, Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX, 16GB DDR5-5600, 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Win 11, G614JIR-AS94 : Electronics

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great Gaming Laptop

This is my third gaming laptop but first Asus. I have to say it out shines my previous alienware laptops. It’s faster, better graphics, the rgb is nice but not overly done. This clearly could have to do with new technology but it feels more solid, runs warm when gaming but when packing this type of graphics you epect it. Battery life is on par for what you would expect. Overall design is great!

5.0 out of 5 stars

Genial

La batería no dura mucho pero es una belleza el sistema de enfriamiento, los materiales son increíbles, difícilmente se calienta.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great gaming laptop for game enthusiasts!

This laptop is a dream! I had the ROG strix G16 with RTX 4070 . The i9 13980hx has all the cores i need for the heavy deanding games and 3d modeling softwares. The battery life has been awesome on this thing. Keeping it on in Battery Saver mode still reserved great brightness and speed and im currenlty seeing 5-7hrs depending on my use case. Im happy i invested in this incredible device.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

A Tweak to Speed

I was concerned about the lackluster performance of this top end system. Installing a Samsung 990 SSD as the boot drive made all the difference. That, and turning off drive encryption gave me a system that is a pure joy to use.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Pretty powerful laptop for the money

This thing is a beast of a laptop, Intel’s top of the line mobile processor paired with a 140 watt 4070 means top tier mobile gaming.I personally found the RAM and storage to be a bit on the lighter side, hence my ordering an additional 2Tb SSD and 64Gb of DDR5 at the factory 4800 speed, which worked flawlessly in spite of Asus claiming a max of 32Gb.So far it has passed every benchmark I have thrown at it with ZERO issues and has proved to be a stable and well performing powerhouse without breaking the bank or turning my gaming space into an oven.A solid purchase and worth every dime.

5 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

FIRST TIME Start Ups May Be Slow

Overall a solid working product. I have the RTX 4070 version. Understand it may take time to fully boot up, the first review given for this laptop talked about the black screen and how it never displayed anything on boot up. That reviewer unfortunately may have gotten a defective unit which happens and sorry that person had to go through that. With my unit it did take 2-3 minutes to fully boot up and get working the first time, so GIVE IT TIME. I don’t know why ASUS laptops sometimes have long first time startups. Just be patient for a few minutes. Just note it may not work for everyone, take action at your own discretion.

20 people found this helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars

Excellent high performance laptop

Liked everything about it including performance, build quality, design. Except :1. Lack of numpad in keyboard design.2. The charging cables adapter is a bit loose.3. It is a bit thick but the design incorporates for better airflow.4. Only 2 type A usb portsI am recieving a 3 month warrently extension for an unbiases review

4 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Exactly what I wanted (so far)

Exactly what I wanted so far. Wanted something sturdy, reliable, and fast to replace my old dell G15. A lot of people have issues right out of the box and early on or with dead pixels. I haven’t had any of those issues.I’ve owned for almost a week and so far everything has been great, zero issues. Display looks great, sound is so so, performance is amazing. One thing is that the cpu temps are high because the i9 runs so hot, however you will not feel a thing because even when I was running 80C playing games, I couldn’t even feel it. Port selection is also awesome, I have everything I need. I do not use it on battery, so I cannot comment on that, however I have heard it’s not the best unless you specifically set it up for that. This thing should be able to handle basically any game you throw at it, you just might want to upgrade the ram so it’s on par with the other specs. I’m not sure if I’ll have issues in the near future, but so far the laptops been pretty perfect.NEED TO KNOWS FOR NEW BUYERS:1: Manually select gpu only in nvidia control panel instead of integrated graphics which is on by default for whatever reason (haven’t had that happen for other laptops)2: uninstall armory crate and install g-helper. Not only does this free up resources and battery life, g-helper is a much more lightweight and easy to use version of armory crate that has the same functionality (armory crate sucks)3: You are buying a 13th gen i9 that runs very hot, UNDERVOLT! Download throttlestop (both this and g-helper are very safe and vetted don’t worry). Throttlestop and g helper are defaulted to not start on startup, so if you mess something up, just reboot and you should be fine. Search up what others did for their i9-13980HX and see what works for you. My undervolt did pretty amazing, going from constant 80C while playing an fps game, to only 60-65C mostly hovering between 61-63 while only taking a small performance hit(350-550 frames to 300-400). Not only will this help the longevity of the cpu, but your fans won’t be nearly as loud. And so far the high temps I’ve seen my gpu go up to undervolt or not, is 60C.

38 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Perfect laptop!

So I had a fully upgraded Alienware M16 for about 3 months. Within those 3 months, I’ve had Dell replace the board twice and my issues still weren’t resolved. To make a long story short, they did a full refund (thankfully) and after doing a lot of research and watching a ton of videos I decided to pull the trigger on the ROG STRIX G16 and I’m glad I did! I bought the I9 13980HX/RTX 4070/16GB ram and 1tb SSD. I upgraded it to 64gb of ram (yes it’s compatible as you can see in the photo I posted) it’s also compatible to run at 5200mhz instead of the slower 4800mhz. It also has a 2nd SSD slot so it has 2 of the crucial T500 2tb SSD’s in it for a total of 4tb now. This laptop is fast and extremely solid and can run anything including games at high settings without a problem. I got the 165hz panel and I guess I was lucky because I don’t have the infamous backlight bleed. It’s vibrant, and very crisp. The keyboard is nice and highly customizable and nice and bright. It’s not mechanical but still has a nice feel to it. The mouse pad is large and responsive. The speakers surprisingly sound really nice considering they’re laptop speakers (I’m actually impressed) and as far as heat, it stays between 65-72 degrees under heavy load so I couldn’t be happier about that! I love this laptop and it puts other “high quality” systems to shame! I really don’t have any cons about it as of now. If something comes up, I’ll come back and update my review but as of now, I’d definitely recommend buying it if you’re in the market! I can’t stress that enough! It’s a beast and I love it!

39 people found this helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars

Mostly a review of the keyboard

First a few short notes on things other than the keyboard:My least favorite thing about this laptop is the coil whine. At one point it sounded like a 19.2kbaud modem connecting, and I was considering returning it just because of that, but it was running the GPU off USB power, and I discovered that it’s not nearly as bad when using the included power brick (which you want to do anyway because the GPU can’t run at full power without it). I think it will be tolerable, but we’ll see. It is not only when the dGPU is running.I have the 1200p 165kHz screen, and it does have some very noticeable backlight bleed, but it’s totally fine for coding and web browsing, and I use an external monitor for content creation anyway.I’ve heard that it works fine to upgrade the RAM to 64GB, even though Asus says the limit is 32; I’ll update this review in a few days when my upgrade kit arrives. UPDATE: It’s working. There was a scary minute when it seemed like it wasn’t going to turn on, but then it did; I have no idea what that was about.I wish it was thinner and lighter, but I decided I could compromise on that since I don’t carry my laptops around all that much these days.Armoury Crate seemed to work ok for me, but it’s very bloated. Luckily I discovered there is now a lightweight replacement called G-Helper. Asus ought to include this instead of Armoury Crate, or at least advertise its existence and make it easy to switch. It does everything at least as well, including controlling the fans and RGB lighting and remapping the customizable function keys.Ok, the keyboard. tl;dr: it’s pretty good.Keyboards are important to me as a coder (and writer and other things), and although I spend the majority of my time at my desk with an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor, I do like to be able to work elsewhere, and sometimes I work in a client’s office where I don’t have access to a good external keyboard.The keyboard was an important factor in my choice of this laptop. For one thing, its layout is my favorite type: it has an extra column of keys at the right, but not a full keypad. On this one they’re designed as media control keys (play/pause, stop, back, forward), but I map them to Home/End/PgUp/PgDn to match my desktop keyboard. (Asus advertised that there were customizable hot keys, but that turned out to mean only the 5 little keys at the top, so I’m using AutoHotKey, which I use for other things anyway.)The full-size arrow keys are also a good match. It would have been better if they didn’t include the Fn and PrtSc keys in the bottom row; then they could have increased the size of the control keys and space bar. I’d suggest having Fn further off the the left, and PrtSc somewhere at the top.The F1-F12 function keys are smaller and not quite where I’m used to them, but I can adjust. They actually act as F1-F12 by default, and you have to use the Fn key to use their special functions like adjusting screen brightness. Fn+Esc doesn’t seem to change this; I think there’s a way but I like it this way anyway.There are five additional keys at the very top, which are the customizable hot keys Asus advertises. By default they are volume down, volume up, microphone mute, fan mode, and open Armoury Crate. If you don’t have Armoury Crate or G-Helper installed, it seems like there’s no way to make use of the 4th and 5th ones; they don’t send a code that AutoHotKey can use. The first 3 continue to have their default functions.Per-key RGB seems silly to me, but I like that I can set it to some color other than white. It’s hard to get it to do orange/amber or yellow; yellow ends up green, and orange is just a sort of yellowish-greenish-off-white. I’m leaving it on that color all the time, because the key labels are hard to see otherwise except in really good light. The lighting is a bit uneven, but it does the job.For some reason the F1-F12 labels on the function keys are just printed on and don’t let light through, but it’s easy to remember where they are.The keyboard feels good. Clicky but not terribly loud. Decent travel, and the key caps are very slightly concave (I didn’t even consciously notice at first, but this does contribute to the nice feel).This version of the laptop does not have any transparent keys, nor does it have the touchpad that can turn into a keypad. I’m totally fine with this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

So far great upgrade from previous Legion

Don’t get me wrong I LOVED my Legion 5 but it started to fall apart. I loved this Strix, the first time I got an ASUS machine.Only thing I WISH it had was dedicated F keys and well a full size keyboard with number pad like the Legion 5.Other than that I love the heat dispersing and LED lights are cool but not necessary for me.I upgraded it and added a Samsung 980 pro 2tb nvme and added 32 gb crucial ram and while the original specs were great I can do my ADHD multi-tasking of playing games, editing videos etc without any performance issues.The keyboard keys are great and feel solid when you type. the screen is amazing. I haven’t checked the battery life but let’s get real if you are playing a game on battery power it prob not the best idea.Overall impressed and satisfied with the purchase. Would recommend to friends/family/colleagues.But add an option for a Full KEYBOARD FOR US old folks who like to have num pad and dedicated F keys lol but that is such a minor thing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

AN Incredible Machine for Creative Work

I have been struggling with upgrade all my hardware and for video post and cad design. I initially bought this machine to replace a laptop but its performance and value compete with desktops nearly double the price. First off it needs 64GB of RAM so get the upgrade RAM it’s well worth it. It tears through rending video frames at 4k in Premier Pro, handles frame rendering in after effects extremely well, 3D rendering in Adobe Stager is pretty fast for even complex scenes (in 3D my desktop 4090 PC performs noticeably better) and it handles 3D design and rendering AutoDesk Fusion360 very well. In photoshop it handles neural filters with ease, even on huge files it processes on machine in minuets. I can setup very large illustrator files with ease making large designs a breeze. Overall its an impressive machine for designers and creators. As for cooling, it is processing a lot at max performance settings and does get hot, it needs to be on a stand with clean cool airflow to run at max power. For the price it is unbeatable imo and I am considering getting another to have as a desk top.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

AMAZING gaming laptop

I am an old school gamer and have been gaming as long as I can remember. When it comes to choosing laptops I am super picky so when I found this one it got me really excited because i know what it takes to be a great system. The cooling on this tells you everything you need to know about the thought they put behind it. It delivers amazing speed and phenomenal graphics with FPS 150 on average for most games and stays super cool to the touch because of the overall design of the case. I love the keyboard because it reminds me of a conventional, old school feel but with the added softness of more modern designs. The laptop is genuinely fool proof even for those who dont know much about what a great PC should have to run high demand games. I also use this as a work laptop and absolutely love it. Highly recommend for everyone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

First ASUS I have bought that hasn’t had major overheating issues.

I take laptop reviews with a grain of salt. I have bought a couple of the ASUS G14 and G16 line and have returned them all because of overheating issues. I understand that thin gaming laptops get hot. When you can feel it in the keyboard and the area in front of the screen gets up to 100c, that is a little crazy. The SCAR is a little thicker and a little heavier than the G series but the cooling is a whole lot better. No more burning my fingers while playing games.

4.0 out of 5 stars

As of July 2024…

It will run whatever you throw at it, tested it with all current triple A games and none has dropped below 70fps on max settings including poorly optimized games. It is a beast for gaming. I don’t really do anything other than gaming with it but I imagine it’s really good for editing. Only thing keeping me from a 5 star rating it’s that the keyboard tends to stop working randomly but a simple restart will fix it.

5.0 out of 5 stars

It’s a beast

This thing is an actual beast. It can handle any game you toss at it. I mostly play at 1440p and was hesitant to buy a 4070 system since 4080’s seemed to be better, but it implies always paying more than 2k and I knew I’d also need to invest on a good gaming keyboard, monitor and mouse.This laptop runs at good temperatures, even with it’s hot processor. Haven’t had any actual issues so far, no BSoD or any kind of system hang. Everything has been smooth.Of course, expect the system to be loud since those fans need to keep the gpu and cpu at proper working temperatures. It’s best to use headphones when gaming. If you’re doing lightwork or just browsing the web, it’s very quiet.It’s also bulky, as all other gaming laptops, so I wouldn’t recommend it if you need a laptop for work that you’ll be traveling with constantly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Runs my game like a dream

Love alienware. This is my 3rd one. Time will tell how durable it is. Light weight, but I don’t like keyboard backliggting and have yet to figure put if it can be turned off. I always hardwire, so don’t use the battery or move it from room to room.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Fast, flawless, high gear mode!

Well it performs so well on this laptop that run anything games it throws at. So the only slight thing is does indeed run a little bit warmth. Between 90-95C heavily loads intensive gaming that is demanding most cpu usage and gpu usage too. But that not all it can handle ultra and highest maximum graphic quality settings that involves RAY TRACING WHOOPING ON TOP. of that and you still get a solid performance frames averaging 67 fps to 80s range mid to 100s frames on average the most. And this laptop is unique so you have to keep in mind not to freak out the cpu temps hitting 90-95C which is normal for the i9 13980HX with 24 Cores…. And 32 frigging logical processor and that is a lot of darn cores to run it. And that take cpu temps at normal temperatures rates between 90-95C on heavy load which was designed to run a little hot.The graphic cards itself does have 8Gb vram if you are concerned about the size of vram saying as 6gb it is not it actually 8 GB dedicated VRam.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Great system…

I waited several months before writing this review. I love this system! It plays all of todays games with ease at smooth, high detail levels. I would certainly recommend this to family, friends or anyone looking for a powerful, mobile gaming system.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Apr/2/2023 Absolute beast of a machine

I got the i9-13980hx with the RTX 4070 version.First thing I did when I received the laptop was open it up and replace the 2x8gb ddr5 with 2x16gb ddr5 and added my own additional m.2I feel kinda dumb for this next part, but I started running benchmarks from every major benchmark software that is commonly used to test computers. My thermals were running crazy hot. I was so worried that this was going to be a terrible heat monster of a machine. This is the part that made me feel dumb.. Somehow I completely forgot the benchmarking software is pushing the CPU to 100% usage and keeping it there. That’s why it was getting so hot.After playing a few games on ultra settings (Resident Evil Village, Fallout 76, 7 Days to Die) I can honestly say that none of them pushed this machine to the point that it was overheating, even on ULTRA settings. Resident Evil Village used to slaughter my last laptop with a 12th gen i7 and 3060. This i9/4070 put Resident Evil Village in the corner and said you do what I tell you to do, punk.I am using a $20 common cooling pad and I am having zero thermal problems in games. I am actually a little bit astonished at how well this hardware handles pretty much anything thrown its way.I give this thing a 9.9 out of 10. Knocking off .1 because whoever put the intel core i9 and nvidia RTX stickers on the laptop.. they made them slightly crooked. My OCD does not appreciate that lolMinus the slightly crooked stickers, this is a 10/10 for me. I love this thing so far

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5.0 out of 5 stars

A good product

I think it’s a good product and worth the money, but it’s not perfect. Be aware that Asus’s advertising can be a bit confusing. This model does not have an illuminated numpad on the trackpad. Additionally, it doesn’t have a camera compatible with Windows Hello or a fingerprint reader, so you always have to enter a PIN to log in.Regarding battery life, I haven’t been able to make it last more than 3 hours, which might be an issue with my settings. The screen is good, but there is noticeable light bleed.Overall, I don’t regret the purchase.

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