it's always the same damn tradeoff do
you want performance or portability in a
laptop well ASUS thinks they have solved
both of these problems by creating a laptop that is only 1 and 12 mm thicker
than a MacBook Pro but houses a freaking
GTX 1080 graphics card but even if you
can cram all of that Hardware into a
form factor like this can a machine this
thin possibly get the most out of those
components not quite but it gets close
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link below the Rog zephrus looks and feels
special and is possibly the most uh 2017
laptop that we've ever seen almost all
the boxes are checked it's thin it's
light especially for a gaming laptop and
there is plenty of brushed aluminum and RGB lighting there is is a tiny bit of
flex around the keyboard and screen but
for something this thin the chassis is impressively rigid so full marks here I
also feel like this might be some of the best industrial design to come out of
ASUS so far it strikes a wonderful Middle Ground between premium gamery and
professional and honestly I don't think you'd feel weird pulling it out of a
backpack a briefcase or even a trendy messenger bag
looking a little closelier when you open the zephrus you can see why it's named
for the Greek god of the West Wind and bringer of light spring this 6 mm Gap at
the back is the one somewhat flimsy
feeling thing on this device but it serves a couple of
purposes inclining the laptop slightly
for a more comfortable typing experience and helping it move warm wait did I say
warm sorry I mean hot hot air away from
the components crammed into this puppy
is an NVIDIA GTX 1080 an Intel Core
i77700 HQ a 500 GB NVMe SSD to boot and
up to 24 gigs of ddr4 RAM although North
American models will ship with 16 gigs
IO wise the zephrus strikes a great balance again
thin enough to be very portable but thick enough that you can fit three
full-sized USB type A's Thunderbolt 3
HDMI and a headphone jack ASUS even
Chucks a USB to Ethernet adapter in the box so you don't have to game over
Wi-Fi but and I feel like we need to get
this out of the way pretty early in the review the zephrus doesn't defy the laws
of physics and when we hit it with a full synthetic load the thermal solution
got overwhelmed and we did experience
some thermal throttling a lot of thermal
throttling with that said in a more realistic load like actual games at room
temperature both our CPU and GPU put up
a much stronger showing now as some of you have probably
figured out by now at 1500 MHz the max Q
GTX x 1080 in here is probably not going
to keep Pace with a full-size desktop one or even a full TDP mobile one the
kind you'd find in bulkier gaming laptops but it's still enough to Crush
games at the native 1080p resolution and
120 HZ refresh rate of the IPS g-sync
display it Trails its 1080 Brethren by
anywhere from 7 to as much as 20% but it
should be noted that compared to the bigger heavier Alienware 15 it's 10 to
15% faster so it's 1080 hasn't been
downclocked to the point where you might as well have saved a few bucks and gone
with a 1070 Acoustics were another
strong point it's very impressive how ASUS was able to keep a laptop this thin
so quiet it's easily one of the quietest gaming laptops that we've tested with it
not even being in the same ballpark as the g71 vi went under load but also not
particularly loud are the speakers which along with the webcam get a solid fine
out of 10 rating the keyboard though is
both quiet and comfortable it features full RGB lighting with two zones and the
throw on the keys is short but they provide enough feedback that I never
questioned whether I actually pressed the key at a desk with the thankfully
included wrist rest it feels amazing but
on your lap the position of the keyboard means that some folks will have a bit
more difficulty balancing it at first but it's actually surprisingly easy to
get used to and at any rate you won't have to worry about using it on your lap
for very long the zephrus doesn't use
Optimus technology to switch to onboard Graphics at idle so the battery life is
abominable even while performing money mundane tasks and the numpad trackpad
combo doesn't get great marks either I could get used to the position
but the shape just kind of sucks I
understand why they did it under the normal keyboard area is where you'll
find all that juicy Hardware with swappable sodm and storage slots which
is nice but I don't have to like it
thankfully though ASUS includes a decent gaming mouse in the box so I would
recommend just using that all in all if
nothing else the ASUS zephrus feels like something new sure it doesn't offer the
best performance available but if that's what you're going for get a desktop
because in as close to an Apples to Apples comparison as we could find the
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