Jarrod: "Let's take it slow with a first look, benchmarks, thermals then the full review" Jarrod with the G14: "AIN'T NO BRAKES ON THE REVIEW TRAIN!!!!"
Really thank you for adding Ubuntu support part. I have bit hesitated since I wasn't sure how Linux works on this machine and now all doubts are gone. Looking forward to having this one soon!
@@TabalugaDragon 1.1 DIMM Slot is available to user 2. Upgradeable SSD and WIFI adapter 3. It's a 14 inch device that weights 1.65 kg 4. Intel 9750H reaches 95°C on 17" chassis 5. Many people hate having webcam for privacy reasons also even if it was included it would have been crappy anyway. 6. No MUC switch so in video playback the battery life is sub-par, in light usage it last for 9-10 hours check any other review. Overall it's a slim and light gaming laptop that's actually small and portable, what more can you ask for, the variant Jarrod reviewed costs $1449, so competitively priced.... Great for regular use.
For ppl actually considering buying this, Best Buy offers it at a lower price than what Amazon offers it at. Please like this up so more ppl can see this
@@blackpanthertchallalem8522 If you buy this, I would advise you not to. The laptop is supposed to pull a certain amount of wattage during gaming and since you will be limiting its wattage input it could either be going back to battery while you are gaming (plugging itself in and out constantly), limit your FPS significantly, launch the game with the iGPU since it would be the only one satisfied with that power. In my opinion, use a 65 Watt charger for simple and not so GPU demanding tasks.
I am seeing dozens of these laptops popping up used and I cannot thank Jared and Hardware Unboxed enough for these reviews that are useful years later. It really helped make my decision and start deal hunting. Clearly this was a very popular model.
Intel may be down now, but you can't assume the present situation is permanent. Hopefully they learn from the experience of being beaten for a while. When Intel and AMD are being highly competitive, that is best for consumers
Now i didnt know the review would drop this soon... well im surprised by the temps in this little guy... and wow, the performance... it seems those new amd 4000 cpus are really awesome...
First video that I've watched on this channel and honestly I don't think I've ever seen a review this thorough! Great work! So many things you pointed out that other reviews didn't mention.
@@theskywalker8416 the 5500m one doesn't do much better in fact, it barely manages to compete with 1660 ti as seen from test. But the sweet thing is that you can do cloud gaming with it(radeon gpus)(although its still in its early phase)
I would love to see a comparison with a similarly specced G15, since the extra size may help with thermals and throttling and those two ASUS models are under my radar for a future purchase.
@@TabalugaDragon 90°C is normal for this kinds of laptops. I bet if they used an i7-9750H for this laptop you wouldn't complain just because it's Intel.
200-300Mhz more under all-core load. The 4900HS appears to throttle back after 3-minutes of sustained load (after things like Cinebench already complete), and appears that it would have maintained 3.5.3-6Ghz with a 45W TDP. At 35W, it dips down closer to 3.3GHz. 10% sustained all-core performance gain on the H series vs HS. Benchmarks of the 4800H under sustained load appear like it'll outperform any of the HS series. The 4900H may do slightly better, or it may pull back to the same speed as the 4800H under sustained load.
never smashed like so fast. wanted to like it just by looking at it. You are one of the first Jarrod! I haven't even watched yet because I'm at work haha. Doing the work the people need, but don't deserve!
@@JarrodsTech This is funny because I mean't you here "Doing the work the people need, but don't deserve!" hahaha. I'm sure this one took a lot of hard work and long nights. Thanks for your work. Everyone appreciates it. See you at LTX2020!
@Martin M thats not how it actually works. If people have less disposable income they will end up saving more, not spending. The reason why firms throw out deals is to increase sales and maintain some profit. I would think prices will be increasing since PC parts are becoming more and more scarce (since factories in China and other places are shutting down). but hey what do I know
Thanks for testing silent mode, I bought asus zepherus M with 2060 from last year and 80% of the time i use it in silent mode for work and gaming and i love it! (I use cooling pad + turbo for VR as it helps a bit with frames) cpu and gpu boosts just not worth the noise, I see it is the same case here, absolutely love how it performs while been so quiet. Keep up the great work! :)
I bought it recently as a portable video editing machine for my wife. We went with 32 GB of RAM, 1 TB of SSD and 2060 config. After the short period I have to say it's one of the best purchases I did in last couple of years.
@@Jacksparrow-wt5ys TBH I didn't disassemble it or upgrade in any way, but I would be surprised if you couldn't? As for the recommendation - sure, but you can get a better spec for that price nowadays
7:43 disappointed it wasn't the average of three different holes... but more impressed that you stuck the same one three times in a row. Awesome review, JT
ASUS's Zephyrus is such milestone lineup. I remember 3 years later they debuted the first real slim and light gaming laptop with Nvidia Max-Q and now this. Kudos!
I bought this a few days ago. I fucking love it. It's basically a Macbook Pro 13 with a great GPU, especially when you setup Authotkeys and map Alt+arrow keys to replace Home/End/PageUp/PageDown. Just need to update some settings and the bios to improve thermals and battery (and maybe cover the logo in the front, but it's really subtle). You can also purchase 32GB RAM from Corsair to upgrade it to 40GB ram (I think 16GB max dual-channel with the 16GB model)
Why are so many people complaining about the 14’’ size not being desirable? So many people are a big fan of the Lenovo ThinkPad, and that also has a 14’’ screen, although the ThinkPad is quite lighter
This is literally has everything you could want from an 14 inch device adnd for the performance its at a fantastic price. I feel ghat for most people you can probably be just fine with a ryzen 7 rather than 9 and only need 16gb rather than 32gb. That will reduce the price even more and perform similar when it comes to gaming. I say if you are going to use the cpu alot and on heavy task then get the model he reviewed. This laptop is honestly great and better than what even intel can offer and 2 or even 3 tkmes the price Thank you jarod for taking the time to make this review I really appreciate the hard work you put into the video
I like it, in some ways, but the gaming/stress CPU temps seem as if cooling is indeed an issue. Which kinda surprises me, provided that during simultanous loads, CPU+GPU power consumption wouldn't surpass 100W. Now Razer has been putting 100W GPUs into their 15" thin and light Razer Blade laptops for a while now - they thermal throttle alright, but combined with the up-to-60W Intel CPU, they'd have to be able to dissipate 160W of heat at any moment. This laptop, which appears to have been built around cooling, struggles at 100W. I didn't think cooling was this hard.
@@ireminmon I don't see the cooling problems. As far as I can see it was never throttling. The reason Jarrod was getting slightly better performance with better cooling is because that's a particular behavior of AMD boosting algorithm. Instead of having a single max temperature where the CPU starts throttling, AMD boost has various point of inflection. So, for example if the CPU is running under 70ºC, it will boost more aggressively than if it's hitting 75ºC, even though it's not throttling. The boost has like three different points of inflection in the temperature lather which gives the temp management more granularity than Intel CPUs which have a single max temp point. AMD desktop CPUs behave like that too, though it's not as noticeable since cooling is generally better in desktop compared to laptops.
Your videos are exceptional. They are so thorough. There is nothing else I would need to know. I only wish you had your response time software available when you did this review as I'd be curious to get your opinion. Your summary mentioned the form factor, but it's also the speakers. I have no idea why expensive laptops don't provide good speakers. Not everyone wants to game with something on their heads or in their ears all the time. Not to mention on silent mode watching videos this machine is probably excellent. Still deciding if I'll get one, but your video helped a lot.
WHAT A GREAT DETAILED REVIEW. YOU COVERED LINUX SUPPORT TOO!!!!!!!!!!! NOBODY DOES THAT.. HATS OFF SIR! AND THE SUMMARY YOU GIVE IS JUST ICING ON THE CAKE
You can upgrade the RAM later. The single 16GB stick is always soddered on no matter what. There's a seperate slot for another 16GB stick that you can upgrade whenever you like in the future.
The copper “heat shield” on the bottom panel is there as a heat spreader. Your thermal image shows it doing its job well. Thank you for this thorough review.
Yeah I thought that, but at the same time I wonder if it wasn't there, how much would really pass through all in the center vs the whole bottom heating up more evenly?
@@JarrodsTech, a quick look on McMaster-Carr (industrial supplier in the US) shows the thickest copper tape to be 0.0035" or 0.09 mm. Despite the added thermal resistance of the tape, and it's adhesive*, the spreading effect reduces the thermal density from the ~9 cm^2 each of the CPU & GPU blocks. Magnesium has ~3/4ths the thermal conductivity of aluminium/aluminum, which in itself is about half that of copper. The only way they could maybe do it better would be to use a graphite like [Panasonic's] PGS, but for the size, the costs would be more for the latter by a significant margin. Side note that I forgot about. You noticed that 8-10 °C difference between the sticker and chassis in your thermal image? That is because the emissivity of the sticker is much closer to the nominal 96-98% the microbolometer is calibrated for in software. When you do additional thermal imaging of laptops with metal chassis, put a bit of masking tape on the hot area to see what the actual temperature, else you're under reporting. If you re-ran the test and imaged it again without that spreader, I would expect to see ~70 °C right above the CPU & GPU assuming both are stressed. Probably more trouble than it's worth.
Not a deal breaker (and can probably use my phone), but wish they added a camera. Been doing a lot of zoom lately with school. Gonna grab this for work/gaming 🔥
this 2020 model still performs better than the RTX 3050ti model G14 they released this year right? Maybe a cooling pad would fix the potential heating issue of the 2020 model
@@JarrodsTech As someone who is interested in running Linux on my laptops, I find the information very useful. There are cases where trackpads and other components don't work well. As a suggestion, I recommend that you load Pop OS on the laptops instead of Ubuntu. Basically, it's the exact same thing, but they preload the Nvidia drivers so you won't have to boot into safe graphics mode and tweak things around. Nvidia drivers are always tricky to get working on linux, and loading Pop OS will hopefully make things easier for you and give your audience more info about Linux support. Here is a link to it: system76.com/pop .I really appreciate the depths of your reviews compared to other channels and the time they take to make.
I was just watching the itx build and red your comment that next vid will be of g14 then decided to check it once again and found your vid 2 min. ago wow!
Are you sure its height is 1.79 CM? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that if you stacked a hundred G14s on top of each other the stack would roughly equal the height of an average man.
Awesome review, thanks Jarrod. I've got the RBS but always interested in the smaller factor options. Pity about thunderbolt missing, otherwise seems amazing, 8 cores in 14" wow!
Just remembered, this is the *high end* 8 core in a 14". There's a lower powered 8 core that uses less than half the wattage. Imagine what sort of horsepower smaller laptops can have now...
Haha, well there were more screws than average, but I mean in terms of actually getting the panel off because it literally pops itself open when you undo the non-removable screw.
@@JarrodsTech better than the type of back panel which u need to ply open after taken out all the screws and with plastic hooks (example: MSI GE63 Raider). This is way more serviceable and good accessibility
Happened on other reviews too (like Hardware Unboxed). At a guess they get supplied a link to use in the description, but they haven't managed to put the products on Amazon yet.
Its available from Hi Devolution currently, however they have this model being reviewed at 150$ markup because they provide some kind of thermal upgrades to it
this might be the perfect review of a laptop i have seen online. all tests performed as objectively as possible, all important features pointed out. thank you for this! as for the laptop, battery is a little bit of a downer, but other than that it may just be my next laptop.
Still a couple weeks til I can share that one, I didn't have time to do in depth CPU comparison, however I do have another 8 core 10th gen laptop here I could compare to! Ideally I'd want to wait til I get a Ryzen laptop with the same GPU though so we can also look at gaming.
@@JarrodsTech man part of me really wants this chip to be incorporated to the top end of what intel has to offer. I can't imagine what battery life and thermals can do for the 4900HS under the same chassis as the GS66 with a 99whr.
liked your review . actually i was planing to buy MAG 15 but now I'm having big confusion which one i ll go for it , could you please compare both laptops - Screen quality , performance etc ... thank you
I'm having the same problem too. I'm still thinking of going for the MAG because of the 2070 Max-Q with 115W, because in the end, it's the GPU that limits gaming performance, not the crazy CPU. In saying that, the build quality, battery life, and overall of this laptop is insane for the price. If only it had Thunderbolt 3 so I could use another GPU besides the 2060, then this would be an insta-buy
@@assizetech9059 The i7 does act as the bottleneck, but even so the gaming performance is still higher because of the GPU. I'm personally going to wait for laptops that feature the 4900HS/4900H + Thunderbolt 3 so I can provide my own GPU
@@gamersanditparadise I think AMD new that Intel will immediately after them release new mobile 10gen, and I'm sure that AMD already have something prepared that will destroy and humiliate Intel even more after this. Can't wait to see how will everything move in the rest of the year! :D
@@drfleka Yeah. Intel will now be pressurized to bring 10nm quickly by the starting of 2021. It was Intel being super lazy, so much that Intel became the heir and AMD became the tortoise - resemblance is pretty much there.
This is the firsr review of this laptop I've seen that did a wiggle test on the screen and keyboard! The level of detail was really cool :D I never know what a lighter load is supposed to mean, though, especially considering non-gaming tasks like chrome and skype-calls like to drain battery and take up so much memory! This is obviously a review for a gaming laptop, not an ultrabook, but it would be useful to know if one can bring this to the library and use it with many, many chrome tabs (+word processor, +spotify, etc) open without bothering other people with fan noises :]
Got mine two days ago and LOVE IT. I got the Ryzen 9 4900HS, 2060 max q, 1080p 120hz, 16gb ram model, just like the one in this video and it’s INCREDIBLE.
It's still a thin and light gaming laptop. Let's see how it performs in the bulkier gaming laptops. Also, if you want better performance there's the 45W 4900H compared to 35W here.
When is this released because i’m very interested in it for my freshman year of college that’s coming up. I could game, make youtube videos, and do all my school work on one device
But AMD cannot have intel exclusives like QuickSync which makes DaVici resolve a breeze hope they make something similar to it (I am not an intel fanboy)
@@ca9inec0mic58 I'm just looking at the positives of an AMD powered laptop. I never imagined that we could get i9 tier performance on a thin and light chassis which weighs just around 1.7 kg. My office laptop HP Probook is another 14 incher at the same weight, is light years slower with i7 8550U and an integrated GPU. And the 4900HS is not even trying and is delivering i9 level performance at 35 Watts - imagine what will happen if Asus puts the same chip in its bigger Scar chassis and lets the horses run free with the standard 70W limit it allows for the current 9th gen parts. And if they slip in one with an unlocked multiplier, even Cinebench will break, let alone Intel.
It's not hard limit. 4900HS gets 65W for few seconds and if full load continues limit drops to 55W. It stays there until cpu reaches 90C(takes couple minutes) and then starts to slide towards 35W preserving 90C thermal cap. Clock speeds at each limit are ~4GHz@65W, ~3.7GHz@55W and ~3.3GHz@35W. Power figures and clock speeds aren't fixed, thermals have significant influence on them as boost algorithm tries to extract additional performance before cooling system gets saturated. It takes about 3 minutes of full load to drop down to 35W limit. This is how Asus G14 works, different laptop with different cooling capacity can have different boosting profile. Weaker cooling with less thermal buffer certainly reduces time on boost. Intel chips do similar thing, they aren't capped at 45W or whatever TDP they have.
@@kognak6640 Intel too dynamically changes its power limits through it's so called 'DPTF', famously known as cancer software by many. But the point that I'm asking is, when Jarrod says at the same 35W power draw, adding more cooling is able to increase the frequency by 100-150 MHz, which I don't think is the case with Intel chips - an Intel CPU running at 60C seems to run at almost the same speed at 90C as well - if there's a drop in frequency, the power drops to match it. But that's not the case with AMD as, with increasing temperatures, the power doesn't drop even after drop in frequency I mean, the CPU's efficiency (clock vs temperature) on Intel is not as affected as AMD is.
Man, Americans are so lucky, here in Indonesia, the Zephyrus G14 Ryzen 9 4900HS + 2060 Max-Q is around Rp 27.000.000 ($1800) Whilst the cheapest model (Ryzen 5 4600HS + 1650 Ti) is around Rp 16.500.000 ($1100) I don't understand how Asus is more or less the most popular brand here
@@fiorathegrandduelist4444 The fact that it is cheaper, more powerful, consumes less power and produces less heat, is a total NO BRAINER for Gaming Laptop manufacturers.
I just have thought "Yeah, i'll put it on performance mode" *Hear the fan* Yeaaah.....I'll think about that... The game you tested, is it set on 120hz ? it's 60 right ?
You cannot game with complete peace and no matter how well fans work none work good enough to be mute while gaming.......... I mean look at iMacs and their laptops they suck at gaming even with loud fans.
It's hard to get how it sounds across yeah as it depends on my mic, youtube compression, and your volume. I use the same settings so the volume is at least comparable between laptops I review if that helps. Not sure what you mean by the 120 vs 60 thing, I tested games at 120Hz, but this doesn't affect the FPS reported.
If you're viewing this in November 2020 in the US, go grab this at Best Buy. I just grabbed this exact model for $1200 as a Black Friday deal. Easily the best laptop I've ever used and it doesn't run hot. Definitely recommend
Helios is not $1000 anymore, it’s over $1300 so price is almost comparable now. I chose this over the Helios. Do your research on the Helios 300 and check their forums
@@WeatherxCalipha with 2x less power draw and a much thiner and lighter 14inc model, the upcoming new 10th gen intel is still on 14nm so nothing will change in terms of efficiency
Thx for the review. I'm waiting so hard for the 15, hope it's affordable as they said :D I need a new laptop so for me it's between the g15 and the msi gs66
Just bought one and think I'll do a review after a good month of use. I need a nice small laptop for (usually traveling) sales and I really miss being able to game on the smaller 14" options. Very excited to get my hands on this 👍👍
@@JarrodsTech I absolutely will 😎 & Thank you so much for your review! I know they've been selling like wild fire and impossible to find, but mine's supposed to arrive by 5/11. I'll run it through the paces of my life; work, play, casual use and let you know how it compares to my current Asus 2:1 3500u, my "old" 3700x PC and my current 3950x machine. I've been ready for desktop level performance in a 14" thin & light laptop forever and I'm thinking this is finally going to deliver! I'll keep you posted. Thanks again!
At 5:00, am I right in thinking there is actually *no way at all* to type the Home key? I don't see it as an alternate function anywhere. I've seen a few recent systems ditch the "Pause / Break" key, or very occasionally PrintScreen, but Home/End/PgUp/PgDn are super important and it would be crazy not to have any way to type them!
Good start. Thanks for the vid. Really really hope we get to see a premium high end laptop like a Aero 17 running 4900H and a RTX2080 max Q with a color Accurate 120Hrz 4K screen and Thunderbolt ports.
no thunderbolt yet for amd chipset devices. this is changing soon I believe they have started to grant amd the licence. usb 4.0 will have it native anyway I think I read somewhere
@@JarrodsTech Man you are such a lucky guy getting your hands on all these cool gadgets, never mind being a world class teaze I really hope it will run Ryzen 4900HS or H
@@JarrodsTech Cheers, mate! Watched the entire video without skipping a sec! I really appreciate all the small things you mentioned! Thanks as always.😁👌
Hey Jarrod, apparently the G14's screen has a slow (≈40ms) grey-to-grey / black-white response time, and Dave2D noticed some ghosting playing Overwatch. Did you notice any ghosting when testing games ?
Unfortunately I don't have tools to measure it, though can't say I noticed any problems, that said I'm not the best to ask as I don't think I'm personally that sensitive to it.
Awesome! you posted literally 2 minutes later than Hardware Canucks. Gonna watch your video first and then theirs. Me like what I see. Might be time for an upgrade!
Heh wonder if they manually posted it a minute before the embargo 👀 I just used the TH-cam schedule option for on the hour, I was asleep when it went up 😅
8:32 WIFI is not soldered onto the board, it is beneath the SSD. you can see the antenna black wire and white one
AMD, YES!
Its an Intel 6 Wifi card so wont need any changing anyways.
yeah true, saw this with D2D
@@P1X3L5L4Y3R if it craps out it's nice to know you can just buy a new one and repair it yourself.
@@sharkexpert12 not that it will in the near future, anyway. I mean it _is_ an Intel card.
Jarrod: "Let's take it slow with a first look, benchmarks, thermals then the full review"
Jarrod with the G14: "AIN'T NO BRAKES ON THE REVIEW TRAIN!!!!"
There wasn't even time for the 5 second intro in this video 😂
Really thank you for adding Ubuntu support part. I have bit hesitated since I wasn't sure how Linux works on this machine and now all doubts are gone. Looking forward to having this one soon!
Came to say this.
Happy to help! It was my first time so wasn't really sure what things to mention, let me know if there is anything else I should be looking for!
Nice job on the review Jarrod
Cheers mate!
Hi
@@JarrodsTech can you please say if i had to choose between alienware area 51m or g14 which should i buy
@@vanguardx891 G14 definitely
So when amd claimed that they worked with asus for the G14 they weren't kidding, well done to both asus and amd
Nailed iiit!
Yeah seems to be the case!
@@TabalugaDragon 1.1 DIMM Slot is available to user
2. Upgradeable SSD and WIFI adapter
3. It's a 14 inch device that weights 1.65 kg
4. Intel 9750H reaches 95°C on 17" chassis
5. Many people hate having webcam for privacy reasons also even if it was included it would have been crappy anyway.
6. No MUC switch so in video playback the battery life is sub-par, in light usage it last for 9-10 hours check any other review.
Overall it's a slim and light gaming laptop that's actually small and portable, what more can you ask for, the variant Jarrod reviewed costs $1449, so competitively priced.... Great for regular use.
@fifty YT Exactly and people still crib about lack of webcam on laptops, they are useless, a smartphone front camera is miles better in comparison
@@TabalugaDragon Soldered RAM is already dual-channel (c) ASUS Russia 2019 for Hi-Tech YT channel. Also + 1 DIM slot
For ppl actually considering buying this, Best Buy offers it at a lower price than what Amazon offers it at. Please like this up so more ppl can see this
$35 cheaper
@@LarryRichelli $200 difference when I just checked the 2060 max-q version a minute ago
I appreciate you, Thank You
Just got it for $1,059 before tax!
can we upgrade the ram and rom in this?
Oooh now this is a laptop I can finally take on an aeroplane.....when flying becomes a thing again.
I want to know the same thing can it be charged with the 65 watt while gaming or how long will it last
@@blackpanthertchallalem8522 If you buy this, I would advise you not to. The laptop is supposed to pull a certain amount of wattage during gaming and since you will be limiting its wattage input it could either be going back to battery while you are gaming (plugging itself in and out constantly), limit your FPS significantly, launch the game with the iGPU since it would be the only one satisfied with that power.
In my opinion, use a 65 Watt charger for simple and not so GPU demanding tasks.
@@johnh.3823 no, it'll likely just take the 65w and discharge while gaming. depends on settings though as for how itll act with charging
Haha, yeah upgrade time!
My msi stealth is perfect size for travel. Only inch bigger.
I am seeing dozens of these laptops popping up used and I cannot thank Jared and Hardware Unboxed enough for these reviews that are useful years later. It really helped make my decision and start deal hunting. Clearly this was a very popular model.
In the next 10 years people may say
“Intel is my childhood”
lol
Lol i have never had an Intel
The next Cyrix
Yup. That's me.
Intel may be down now, but you can't assume the present situation is permanent. Hopefully they learn from the experience of being beaten for a while. When Intel and AMD are being highly competitive, that is best for consumers
Now i didnt know the review would drop this soon... well im surprised by the temps in this little guy... and wow, the performance... it seems those new amd 4000 cpus are really awesome...
Yeah impressive stuff for a 14"!
That startup sound is so cheesy, I love it!
lol
as always, the fairest and deepest reviews...A+
Cheers David!
YES! The review its FINALLY HERE!
About time!
First video that I've watched on this channel and honestly I don't think I've ever seen a review this thorough! Great work! So many things you pointed out that other reviews didn't mention.
Cry intel cry. This is payback time for ripping us off. My next laptop is gonna be with a Ryzen CPU.
lol
@@lxDastanxl but isn't rtx still faster than radeon 5000 series? In normal mode?
@@mikaelhans4861 depend on what type. RX5300 on msi bravo 15 is kinda weak
@@theskywalker8416 the 5500m one doesn't do much better in fact, it barely manages to compete with 1660 ti as seen from test. But the sweet thing is that you can do cloud gaming with it(radeon gpus)(although its still in its early phase)
You'll be able to make stir fry on them for a lower price.
I would love to see a comparison with a similarly specced G15, since the extra size may help with thermals and throttling and those two ASUS models are under my radar for a future purchase.
@Clorox Tree dont even need to OC for a 9980 to hit 90w, it just has to hit power limit before thermal limit and It'll go to 99w no problem
Me too, but alas, ASUS have not provided the G15 yet, not sure when it will be available.
@@TabalugaDragon 90°C is normal for this kinds of laptops. I bet if they used an i7-9750H for this laptop you wouldn't complain just because it's Intel.
@@TabalugaDragon Remember undervolting will cease to exist starting from 10th Gen onwards. Courtesy Plundervolt.
@@gamersanditparadise wait what? I haven't heard of this is it true? So now neither amd nor intel will won't be able to get undervolted?
I wonder what the 4900H will do with that extra 10W TDP.
about an extra 10c I’d guess.
The HS processors are supposed to be binned versions that hit the same performance levels, so I imagine it would just run hotter.
m.th-cam.com/video/Y9JcW_LtXH8/w-d-xo.html
200-300Mhz more under all-core load. The 4900HS appears to throttle back after 3-minutes of sustained load (after things like Cinebench already complete), and appears that it would have maintained 3.5.3-6Ghz with a 45W TDP. At 35W, it dips down closer to 3.3GHz. 10% sustained all-core performance gain on the H series vs HS.
Benchmarks of the 4800H under sustained load appear like it'll outperform any of the HS series. The 4900H may do slightly better, or it may pull back to the same speed as the 4800H under sustained load.
It’ll be faster than any current intel chip until 10th gen comes out probably
never smashed like so fast. wanted to like it just by looking at it. You are one of the first Jarrod! I haven't even watched yet because I'm at work haha. Doing the work the people need, but don't deserve!
Dude I'm in the same boat. I can get away with reading these comments though 😂
Cheers! Let us know what you think when you're able to watch haha
@@JarrodsTech This is funny because I mean't you here "Doing the work the people need, but don't deserve!" hahaha.
I'm sure this one took a lot of hard work and long nights. Thanks for your work. Everyone appreciates it. See you at LTX2020!
this is the best video about this laptop that I've seen. Short sweet and traight to the point, talking while showing the laptop. excellent video
Wow, thanks!
Been waiting for this one for a while. I appreciate your hugely in depth reviews, Jarrod.
My pleasure!
Now I just need to wait for corona to go and prices to drop😂😭
I though corona makes them cheaper
@Super JLK What makes you think so?
Already seems like a decent price to me if you need CPU performance, compared to say more expensive thicker i9 👀
@Martin M thats not how it actually works. If people have less disposable income they will end up saving more, not spending. The reason why firms throw out deals is to increase sales and maintain some profit. I would think prices will be increasing since PC parts are becoming more and more scarce (since factories in China and other places are shutting down). but hey what do I know
@@JarrodsTech yeah I just realised that one of the highest variants cost that much, need to wait for this corona to end though lol
Thanks for testing silent mode, I bought asus zepherus M with 2060 from last year and 80% of the time i use it in silent mode for work and gaming and i love it! (I use cooling pad + turbo for VR as it helps a bit with frames) cpu and gpu boosts just not worth the noise, I see it is the same case here, absolutely love how it performs while been so quiet. Keep up the great work! :)
Cheers! No worries, good to hear the extra testing time was useful haha 😁
I bought it recently as a portable video editing machine for my wife. We went with 32 GB of RAM, 1 TB of SSD and 2060 config. After the short period I have to say it's one of the best purchases I did in last couple of years.
Can i install 2tb ssd to this device.. And will you u recommend it in 2023
@@Jacksparrow-wt5ys TBH I didn't disassemble it or upgrade in any way, but I would be surprised if you couldn't?
As for the recommendation - sure, but you can get a better spec for that price nowadays
7:43 disappointed it wasn't the average of three different holes... but more impressed that you stuck the same one three times in a row.
Awesome review, JT
That's a good point, FLAWED TEST UNSUBSCRIBE
Thankkssss! Finally! I've been waiting for this one and the tuf A
No problem!
ASUS's Zephyrus is such milestone lineup. I remember 3 years later they debuted the first real slim and light gaming laptop with Nvidia Max-Q and now this. Kudos!
Never press my screen so hard
I'm not the only one then
Lmao! I did a double take when I saw it
Never screamed so loud
We were waiting for this video for a long time then hahaha
Then suddenly all the youtubers post the g14 video all at once
Best review I’ve seen of this laptop! Great as always Jarrod
Thanks a ton!
I bought this a few days ago. I fucking love it. It's basically a Macbook Pro 13 with a great GPU, especially when you setup Authotkeys and map Alt+arrow keys to replace Home/End/PageUp/PageDown. Just need to update some settings and the bios to improve thermals and battery (and maybe cover the logo in the front, but it's really subtle). You can also purchase 32GB RAM from Corsair to upgrade it to 40GB ram (I think 16GB max dual-channel with the 16GB model)
Why are so many people complaining about the 14’’ size not being desirable? So many people are a big fan of the Lenovo ThinkPad, and that also has a 14’’ screen, although the ThinkPad is quite lighter
FINALLY the review is out!!! YAsssssssssss
About time!
Yes! Thank you so much Jarrod! You're the absolute best!
Cheers!
This is literally has everything you could want from an 14 inch device adnd for the performance its at a fantastic price. I feel ghat for most people you can probably be just fine with a ryzen 7 rather than 9 and only need 16gb rather than 32gb. That will reduce the price even more and perform similar when it comes to gaming. I say if you are going to use the cpu alot and on heavy task then get the model he reviewed. This laptop is honestly great and better than what even intel can offer and 2 or even 3 tkmes the price
Thank you jarod for taking the time to make this review I really appreciate the hard work you put into the video
Anthony Chavez how much does it cost
@@zayxkzakazeta-reborn749 idk but the one you can pre-order at Best buy is like $1450 USD
I like it, in some ways, but the gaming/stress CPU temps seem as if cooling is indeed an issue.
Which kinda surprises me, provided that during simultanous loads, CPU+GPU power consumption wouldn't surpass 100W. Now Razer has been putting 100W GPUs into their 15" thin and light Razer Blade laptops for a while now - they thermal throttle alright, but combined with the up-to-60W Intel CPU, they'd have to be able to dissipate 160W of heat at any moment. This laptop, which appears to have been built around cooling, struggles at 100W. I didn't think cooling was this hard.
Cheers!
@@ireminmon
I don't see the cooling problems. As far as I can see it was never throttling. The reason Jarrod was getting slightly better performance with better cooling is because that's a particular behavior of AMD boosting algorithm. Instead of having a single max temperature where the CPU starts throttling, AMD boost has various point of inflection. So, for example if the CPU is running under 70ºC, it will boost more aggressively than if it's hitting 75ºC, even though it's not throttling. The boost has like three different points of inflection in the temperature lather which gives the temp management more granularity than Intel CPUs which have a single max temp point. AMD desktop CPUs behave like that too, though it's not as noticeable since cooling is generally better in desktop compared to laptops.
Your videos are exceptional. They are so thorough. There is nothing else I would need to know. I only wish you had your response time software available when you did this review as I'd be curious to get your opinion. Your summary mentioned the form factor, but it's also the speakers. I have no idea why expensive laptops don't provide good speakers. Not everyone wants to game with something on their heads or in their ears all the time. Not to mention on silent mode watching videos this machine is probably excellent. Still deciding if I'll get one, but your video helped a lot.
WHAT A GREAT DETAILED REVIEW. YOU COVERED LINUX SUPPORT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!
NOBODY DOES THAT.. HATS OFF SIR!
AND THE SUMMARY YOU GIVE IS JUST ICING ON THE CAKE
Glad you liked it!
and this is how LEDs can be used to make something interesting instead of Unicorn Rainbow puke.
Yup, hate the stupid rainbow lights
Haha, give me the rainbow!
As always, top quality content. You never fail to deliver. Thanks.
Much appreciated!
You can upgrade the RAM later. The single 16GB stick is always soddered on no matter what. There's a seperate slot for another 16GB stick that you can upgrade whenever you like in the future.
Got here from hardware unboxed, and i was not disapointed, subbed, very detailed content.
Welcome to the channel!
The copper “heat shield” on the bottom panel is there as a heat spreader. Your thermal image shows it doing its job well. Thank you for this thorough review.
Yeah I thought that, but at the same time I wonder if it wasn't there, how much would really pass through all in the center vs the whole bottom heating up more evenly?
@@JarrodsTech, a quick look on McMaster-Carr (industrial supplier in the US) shows the thickest copper tape to be 0.0035" or 0.09 mm. Despite the added thermal resistance of the tape, and it's adhesive*, the spreading effect reduces the thermal density from the ~9 cm^2 each of the CPU & GPU blocks. Magnesium has ~3/4ths the thermal conductivity of aluminium/aluminum, which in itself is about half that of copper.
The only way they could maybe do it better would be to use a graphite like [Panasonic's] PGS, but for the size, the costs would be more for the latter by a significant margin.
Side note that I forgot about. You noticed that 8-10 °C difference between the sticker and chassis in your thermal image? That is because the emissivity of the sticker is much closer to the nominal 96-98% the microbolometer is calibrated for in software. When you do additional thermal imaging of laptops with metal chassis, put a bit of masking tape on the hot area to see what the actual temperature, else you're under reporting.
If you re-ran the test and imaged it again without that spreader, I would expect to see ~70 °C right above the CPU & GPU assuming both are stressed. Probably more trouble than it's worth.
One word: IMPRESSIVE!
Just placed my order 😎
Great video man, as usual! 👍🏻
Thanks, hope you like it! Let us know how it goes!
Hey how is your experience with this machine
@@AhsanNadeem If you asked me, I cancelled my G14 order and bought an Eluktronics THICC-15 instead (same as the XMG APEX 15). Couldn't be happier.
ASMR: Relaxing voice
Jarrod: Hold my cooling pad
Yikes
Thank you for testing a Linux distro! That is a great addition to your reviews! Cheers
Cheers!
Not a deal breaker (and can probably use my phone), but wish they added a camera. Been doing a lot of zoom lately with school. Gonna grab this for work/gaming 🔥
this 2020 model still performs better than the RTX 3050ti model G14 they released this year right? Maybe a cooling pad would fix the potential heating issue of the 2020 model
Loved the review! Also, the laptop looks clean in moonlit white. When does the review on MSI GS66 Stealth come out?
Thanks! A couple of weeks until I'm allowed to share that one, but the specs within will go up this week.
@@JarrodsTech Thanks!
Which one would you choose between the G14 and the GS66?
Conclusion: RIP Intel 💀
big oof
Was waiting for reviews after bob dropped his!!!
Hope it lived up to the hype!
@@JarrodsTech the Laptop surely did , Hope Intel's Hexacore laptops come down in price soon
LINUX SUPPORT! Thank you for including this in your reviews!
No problem, hope the info was useful I wasn't sure how in depth to go
@@JarrodsTech As someone who is interested in running Linux on my laptops, I find the information very useful. There are cases where trackpads and other components don't work well. As a suggestion, I recommend that you load Pop OS on the laptops instead of Ubuntu. Basically, it's the exact same thing, but they preload the Nvidia drivers so you won't have to boot into safe graphics mode and tweak things around. Nvidia drivers are always tricky to get working on linux, and loading Pop OS will hopefully make things easier for you and give your audience more info about Linux support. Here is a link to it: system76.com/pop .I really appreciate the depths of your reviews compared to other channels and the time they take to make.
I was just watching the itx build and red your comment that next vid will be of g14 then decided to check it once again and found your vid 2 min. ago wow!
Haha good timing!
Are you sure its height is 1.79 CM? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that if you stacked a hundred G14s on top of each other the stack would roughly equal the height of an average man.
This is the best, you win.
Ok, does imagining 10 stacks of 10 g14s stacked on each other help?
this is almost the perfect laptop and size, I just wish it had a webcam built in....
just buy a exernal webcam.
Don't ditch this beast for just a webcam.
In this world situation no webcan is a crime.
I never use the built in crappy cam in any laptop... especially when decent 1080p external webcams are $30.
Yooooo what is that name of that cooling pad!? I need it! I’m definitely gonna buy this laptop
Awesome review, thanks Jarrod. I've got the RBS but always interested in the smaller factor options. Pity about thunderbolt missing, otherwise seems amazing, 8 cores in 14" wow!
I'm so jealous right now. I'm really keen to check this out to get though this "isolation" period
Sounds like a gaming period 😎
Just remembered, this is the *high end* 8 core in a 14". There's a lower powered 8 core that uses less than half the wattage. Imagine what sort of horsepower smaller laptops can have now...
Yeah pretty impressive stuff!
"Back panel easily removed"
"14 phillips head screws"
LOL. I now have bad flashbacks to my days repairing laptops. I HATED all the screws. HATED.
Haha, well there were more screws than average, but I mean in terms of actually getting the panel off because it literally pops itself open when you undo the non-removable screw.
@@JarrodsTech better than the type of back panel which u need to ply open after taken out all the screws and with plastic hooks (example: MSI GE63 Raider). This is way more serviceable and good accessibility
I'm still unable to find it on Amazon, your links sent me to older zephyrus models
It's not yet available, you can find listing on bestbuy tho
Happened on other reviews too (like Hardware Unboxed). At a guess they get supplied a link to use in the description, but they haven't managed to put the products on Amazon yet.
Yeah might not be up on Amazon just yet 😰
@@JarrodsTech still not up, how much USD was the one you reviewed?
Its available from Hi Devolution currently, however they have this model being reviewed at 150$ markup because they provide some kind of thermal upgrades to it
Probably the most detailed review! Great review, as always. I am sold! 👌
Wow, thanks!
this might be the perfect review of a laptop i have seen online. all tests performed as objectively as possible, all important features pointed out. thank you for this!
as for the laptop, battery is a little bit of a downer, but other than that it may just be my next laptop.
Cheers! I spent a lot of time trying to make it one of the best I've produced as so many people wanted to know everything about it.
Waiting for the MSI GS66 Stealth review to drop! A smackdown of the two in the future maybe? ;)
Still a couple weeks til I can share that one, I didn't have time to do in depth CPU comparison, however I do have another 8 core 10th gen laptop here I could compare to! Ideally I'd want to wait til I get a Ryzen laptop with the same GPU though so we can also look at gaming.
@@JarrodsTech man part of me really wants this chip to be incorporated to the top end of what intel has to offer. I can't imagine what battery life and thermals can do for the 4900HS under the same chassis as the GS66 with a 99whr.
@@JarrodsTech G14/15 vs GL 65?
liked your review . actually i was planing to buy MAG 15 but now I'm having big confusion which one i ll go for it , could you please compare both laptops - Screen quality , performance etc ... thank you
I'm having the same problem too. I'm still thinking of going for the MAG because of the 2070 Max-Q with 115W, because in the end, it's the GPU that limits gaming performance, not the crazy CPU.
In saying that, the build quality, battery life, and overall of this laptop is insane for the price. If only it had Thunderbolt 3 so I could use another GPU besides the 2060, then this would be an insta-buy
Ahkam Nihardeen actually cpu is bottleneck, i7 9750h runs way too hot
Thanks, hope it was useful!
@@assizetech9059 The i7 does act as the bottleneck, but even so the gaming performance is still higher because of the GPU. I'm personally going to wait for laptops that feature the 4900HS/4900H + Thunderbolt 3 so I can provide my own GPU
So basically this is the best cpu in the market.
No it's not it final form there the 45 watt one
It's looking like it, and it's not even the H version!
@@JarrodsTech What if they slip in an unlocked multiplier variant of 4900H? That's surely gonna one shot intel.
@@gamersanditparadise I think AMD new that Intel will immediately after them release new mobile 10gen, and I'm sure that AMD already have something prepared that will destroy and humiliate Intel even more after this. Can't wait to see how will everything move in the rest of the year! :D
@@drfleka Yeah. Intel will now be pressurized to bring 10nm quickly by the starting of 2021. It was Intel being super lazy, so much that Intel became the heir and AMD became the tortoise - resemblance is pretty much there.
This is the firsr review of this laptop I've seen that did a wiggle test on the screen and keyboard! The level of detail was really cool :D
I never know what a lighter load is supposed to mean, though, especially considering non-gaming tasks like chrome and skype-calls like to drain battery and take up so much memory! This is obviously a review for a gaming laptop, not an ultrabook, but it would be useful to know if one can bring this to the library and use it with many, many chrome tabs (+word processor, +spotify, etc) open without bothering other people with fan noises :]
Thanks, unfortunately it's really difficult to test that sort of stuff in any sort of repeatable manner, that's why no one does it.
Got mine two days ago and LOVE IT.
I got the Ryzen 9 4900HS, 2060 max q, 1080p 120hz, 16gb ram model, just like the one in this video and it’s INCREDIBLE.
My next laptop will probably come with a Ryzen CPU. With R7 4800H already killing most i7, actually I expected a bit more power from R9 4900HS.
It's still a thin and light gaming laptop. Let's see how it performs in the bulkier gaming laptops. Also, if you want better performance there's the 45W 4900H compared to 35W here.
👍
When is this released because i’m very interested in it for my freshman year of college that’s coming up. I could game, make youtube videos, and do all my school work on one device
Same I'll also buy this for college
I was told late April for Australia, not sure about other regions, it's not really clear, likely delays due to virus issues.
If we could unlock that 35W power limit like we can do with Intel chips, AMD's gonna break 2 things:
1. Cinebench
2. Intel
But AMD cannot have intel exclusives like QuickSync which makes DaVici resolve a breeze hope they make something similar to it (I am not an intel fanboy)
@@ca9inec0mic58 I'm just looking at the positives of an AMD powered laptop. I never imagined that we could get i9 tier performance on a thin and light chassis which weighs just around 1.7 kg. My office laptop HP Probook is another 14 incher at the same weight, is light years slower with i7 8550U and an integrated GPU. And the 4900HS is not even trying and is delivering i9 level performance at 35 Watts - imagine what will happen if Asus puts the same chip in its bigger Scar chassis and lets the horses run free with the standard 70W limit it allows for the current 9th gen parts. And if they slip in one with an unlocked multiplier, even Cinebench will break, let alone Intel.
It's not hard limit. 4900HS gets 65W for few seconds and if full load continues limit drops to 55W. It stays there until cpu reaches 90C(takes couple minutes) and then starts to slide towards 35W preserving 90C thermal cap. Clock speeds at each limit are ~4GHz@65W, ~3.7GHz@55W and ~3.3GHz@35W. Power figures and clock speeds aren't fixed, thermals have significant influence on them as boost algorithm tries to extract additional performance before cooling system gets saturated. It takes about 3 minutes of full load to drop down to 35W limit. This is how Asus G14 works, different laptop with different cooling capacity can have different boosting profile. Weaker cooling with less thermal buffer certainly reduces time on boost.
Intel chips do similar thing, they aren't capped at 45W or whatever TDP they have.
@@kognak6640 Intel too dynamically changes its power limits through it's so called 'DPTF', famously known as cancer software by many. But the point that I'm asking is, when Jarrod says at the same 35W power draw, adding more cooling is able to increase the frequency by 100-150 MHz, which I don't think is the case with Intel chips - an Intel CPU running at 60C seems to run at almost the same speed at 90C as well - if there's a drop in frequency, the power drops to match it. But that's not the case with AMD as, with increasing temperatures, the power doesn't drop even after drop in frequency I mean, the CPU's efficiency (clock vs temperature) on Intel is not as affected as AMD is.
Yeah that would be fun to tweak 🤤
OMG thaaaanks Jarrod !!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS !!
Hope it lived up to the hype!
Man, Americans are so lucky, here in Indonesia, the Zephyrus G14 Ryzen 9 4900HS + 2060 Max-Q is around Rp 27.000.000 ($1800)
Whilst the cheapest model (Ryzen 5 4600HS + 1650 Ti) is around Rp 16.500.000 ($1100)
I don't understand how Asus is more or less the most popular brand here
14:44 hmmm... well done AMD
And yeah, I think this laptop gonna need dust protection for the lid, because of those LEDs
Get the compressed air out!
The King is Dead : Intel
Long Live the King: AMD
in laptops? i dont think so mate ;)
rip
@@fiorathegrandduelist4444 The fact that it is cheaper, more powerful, consumes less power and produces less heat, is a total NO BRAINER for Gaming Laptop manufacturers.
@@fiorathegrandduelist4444 what do u mean in laptops?
did u wtach the review or not?
@@Radhaugo108 Apparently, the no brainer is just go Intel anyway. Since AMD laptops hardly exist.
I just have thought "Yeah, i'll put it on performance mode"
*Hear the fan*
Yeaaah.....I'll think about that...
The game you tested, is it set on 120hz ? it's 60 right ?
That's not what you actually hear though, it seems loud because of the mic, in reality its way less loud.
It indeed is loud on my Scar III 240 hz RTX 2070 So I think it will be loud here too
You cannot game with complete peace and no matter how well fans work none work good enough to be mute while gaming..........
I mean look at iMacs and their laptops they suck at gaming even with loud fans.
It's hard to get how it sounds across yeah as it depends on my mic, youtube compression, and your volume. I use the same settings so the volume is at least comparable between laptops I review if that helps. Not sure what you mean by the 120 vs 60 thing, I tested games at 120Hz, but this doesn't affect the FPS reported.
noName yet if u dont have noise cancelling headphones ur not gonna hear the game audio
If you're viewing this in November 2020 in the US, go grab this at Best Buy. I just grabbed this exact model for $1200 as a Black Friday deal. Easily the best laptop I've ever used and it doesn't run hot. Definitely recommend
Nice review, people must learn... This is how a review video should be
Jarrod just make a review on what to buy
This or Helios 300
Helios if you want gaming performance for less money, this if you want smaller or CPU processing power. Review over 😎
@@JarrodsTech i like the part " review over😎" xDDDDD
@@JarrodsTech thanks for the answer mate
@@ammarkhan5897 if only the g14 was cheaper
Helios is not $1000 anymore, it’s over $1300 so price is almost comparable now. I chose this over the Helios. Do your research on the Helios 300 and check their forums
Finally.. after 365 years waiting..
lol
This thing is so close to the i9, imagine the 4900H in a bigger laptop, ya intel are done for
Close to the LAST-GEN i9.
@@WeatherxCalipha with 2x less power draw and a much thiner and lighter 14inc model, the upcoming new 10th gen intel is still on 14nm so nothing will change in terms of efficiency
Agni Bhattacharyya even on this laptop as the temp isn't that high
I have a video in a couple days comparing the i9-9980HK at 90W 👀 the results are interesting to say the least.
I love that accent, it's kind of soothing but it's still funny how everything sounds like a question
Hell ya nice coverage Jarrod!
Thank you!
i just.... dont get the point of the one finger test.
who... opens a hefty investment laptop with.... one finger
It's a good way to demonstrate the balance of a laptop. Otherwise you'll experience issues while using it in your lap. Being all tippy and what not.
Opening with one finger tests the wight distribution..
If a laptop can be opened with one finger, it is well wight-distributed.
n!tromy It FEELS good, try it with any Macbook :)
Here you go: jarrods.tech/is-opening-a-laptop-with-one-finger-important/
Even tho the HDMI is not connected directly to the gpu the DP over USB-C is directly conencted
the best review so far... i owned one beast but in ryzen 7 with 1660 ti
Yaay the G14 review is now here! This laptop is small but packs a punch on specs ❤️ and of course still no SD Card slot 😭
😭 I guess limited space and targeted to gamers so not used.
Jarrod'sTech yup, but it’s still a great laptop tho!
Thx for the review. I'm waiting so hard for the 15, hope it's affordable as they said :D
I need a new laptop so for me it's between the g15 and the msi gs66
No problem! Still waiting for ASUS to hook me up with the G15 👀
Thought I only got to see one amd mobile 4000 review today. But this just come out.
THANK YOU BROO!! MUCH LOVE!!
No problem! Hope it was good!
i love having both usb c charging in addition to the original power brick, it makes traveling with other devices a breeze!
The main reason I chose this laptop to be honest. Future proofing
Jarrod deserves millions of subscribers
Just bought one and think I'll do a review after a good month of use. I need a nice small laptop for (usually traveling) sales and I really miss being able to game on the smaller 14" options. Very excited to get my hands on this 👍👍
Nice, let us know how it goes!
@@JarrodsTech I absolutely will 😎 & Thank you so much for your review! I know they've been selling like wild fire and impossible to find, but mine's supposed to arrive by 5/11. I'll run it through the paces of my life; work, play, casual use and let you know how it compares to my current Asus 2:1 3500u, my "old" 3700x PC and my current 3950x machine.
I've been ready for desktop level performance in a 14" thin & light laptop forever and I'm thinking this is finally going to deliver! I'll keep you posted. Thanks again!
At 5:00, am I right in thinking there is actually *no way at all* to type the Home key? I don't see it as an alternate function anywhere. I've seen a few recent systems ditch the "Pause / Break" key, or very occasionally PrintScreen, but Home/End/PgUp/PgDn are super important and it would be crazy not to have any way to type them!
I never use them personally, so I guess not all that crazy 🤔
Jarrod I can’t even express how I am excited about your review. 😆
Haha hope you enjoyed it!
Expecting this from last week, really appreciate ur videos
Cheers! We're finally allowed to post it! haha
You smashed it lad, well done!
Thanks!
Good start. Thanks for the vid.
Really really hope we get to see a premium high end laptop like a Aero 17 running 4900H and a RTX2080 max Q with a color Accurate 120Hrz 4K screen and Thunderbolt ports.
no thunderbolt yet for amd chipset devices. this is changing soon I believe they have started to grant amd the licence. usb 4.0 will have it native anyway I think I read somewhere
I have the next gen Aero 17 here 😎
@@JarrodsTech Man you are such a lucky guy getting your hands on all these cool gadgets, never mind being a world class teaze
I really hope it will run Ryzen 4900HS or H
@@JarrodsTech cool. did they licence thunderbolt to AMD on the unit? or is this NDA?
It's here! Your reviews are great, I want to thank you because your videos are always helpful, like button hit!
Thanks!
When I saw the notification I was literally like OH SHT OH SHT OH SHT!!!!! Finally the best laptop being reviewed by the best tech reviewer 😍
Haha it finally happened! Cheers!
@@JarrodsTech Cheers, mate! Watched the entire video without skipping a sec! I really appreciate all the small things you mentioned! Thanks as always.😁👌
Hey Jarrod, apparently the G14's screen has a slow (≈40ms) grey-to-grey / black-white response time, and Dave2D noticed some ghosting playing Overwatch. Did you notice any ghosting when testing games ?
Unfortunately I don't have tools to measure it, though can't say I noticed any problems, that said I'm not the best to ask as I don't think I'm personally that sensitive to it.
Awesome! you posted literally 2 minutes later than Hardware Canucks. Gonna watch your video first and then theirs. Me like what I see. Might be time for an upgrade!
Heh wonder if they manually posted it a minute before the embargo 👀 I just used the TH-cam schedule option for on the hour, I was asleep when it went up 😅
ordered today based on this fine review :) thanks Jarrod!
whoa you have this unit already!!! thank you for the review
No problem, cheers!