WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.399 CES 2021 is in full swing here at our 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:12.080 office and behind me is not one not two but seven brand new gaming laptops from 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:16.960 ASUS including this one which has 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:19.920 onboard Graphics a dedicated GPU and a 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:24.840 second dedicated GPU that hangs off the side of it that's right this right here 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:30.080 is an RTX wait are we not allowed to say the 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.840 specs yet not at all well that's fine 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:37.079 viewers are really smart so I'm sure that if I said this is the powerful next 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:41.160 gen graphics card for mobile they can put the pieces together so come on let 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:47.399 me show you this stuff after I change into my segue pants and hey do you look 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.399 at that I'm already wearing 00:00:53.879 --> 00:01:01.559 them right out of the gate ASUS has seemingly broken the laws of 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:03.719 thermodynamics with the Rog flow x13 on 00:01:01.559 --> 00:01:10.479 the surface it appears to be a solid thin and light notebook with some Rog 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:13.600 flare so it's 1.3 kg and 15.3 mm thick 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:15.439 kind of like an XPS 13 or a razor book 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:20.360 but thinner and lighter than both of them and it flips around like this 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:25.600 pretty cool I'd forgive you for assuming that it's got a quad core CPU and 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:28.119 integrated Graphics but no not at all in 00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:32.840 this miniature monster we have a Next Gen ryzen processor which rumors 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:40.280 indicate could give it up to processing cores and what it's someone else's rumor 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:46.799 we can report on that up to eight processing cores and a GTX 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:55.040 1650 that's the same amount of power as an XPS 15 which is considerably heavier 00:01:52.320 --> 00:02:00.000 now we can't do performance testing or game on it until the 26th so get 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:05.640 subscribed to see if the answer to how the heck they did this is just made it 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:09.800 super loud but ASUS has given us a couple of Clues it seems they've taken 00:02:08.119 --> 00:02:15.400 what they learned from the Rog Mothership that a laptop performs better 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:19.160 when it's pulling fresh air in instead of you know suffocating against the 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:24.760 surface of a table and they've applied that same logic with maximum performance 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:30.440 apparently being available in either stand or tent mode even better this 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:34.959 screen doesn't just hit the points for a notebook including being the only laptop 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:41.760 here that actually has a webcam it demolishes them as far as I know this is 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:44.560 the first 16x by10 touchcreen with a 120 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:50.319 HZ refresh rate it's like they made this thing for me given my first look so far 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:54.959 my main criticism is the trackpad is on the small side and I would have loved to 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:59.400 see them move the keyboard up just a little bit to give it more room but I 00:02:57.159 --> 00:03:04.959 suspect they needed as much space as possible up here for cooling while still 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:06.799 giving you decent keyboard travel IO is 00:03:04.959 --> 00:03:10.640 surprisingly solid for a notebook in this class we've got USB type c and type 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.879 A along with a power button does that have a fingerprint sensor in it I don't think so kind of looks like it should 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:21.360 well we'll figure that out in the production units along with an audio 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:24.400 jack HDMI port and a what in the crap is 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:27.519 this thing okay that is where things get 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:30.159 extra spicy if you heard GTX 1650 and 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:38.000 thought great I get to play cyberpunk at 18 frames per second fear not in my hand 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:40.400 is the XG mobile GPU and inside it is 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:45.599 the next gen mobile graphics card that I talked about it connects through this 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:52.200 proprietary connector that supplies PCI Express by8 for the GPU and remember 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:56.159 this is Gen 4 so by8 is a lot of 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:59.000 bandwidth along with I yes a USB type-c 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:04.360 for a healthy mix of extra ports that you can plug all your other crap into 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:07.040 now unsurprisingly this all doesn't come 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:11.920 cheap and I don't have finalized pricing but ASUS told us to expect about the 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:18.959 price of a zephrus G14 for the laptop and another zephrus G14 for the egpu 00:04:14.920 --> 00:04:20.639 dock thing so that's a a big ouch what's 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:26.720 going to be exactly the price of a zephrus G14 though is well the new 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:28.560 zephrus G14 on the outside not a whole 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:33.400 lot has changed here but that isn't a problem given the original G14 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:38.800 absolutely effortlessly took our gaming laptop of the Year award in 2020 now we 00:04:36.280 --> 00:04:44.080 don't know exactly what's inside besides new ryzen and new NVIDIA stuff but based 00:04:42.080 --> 00:04:48.479 off the old model we can pretty safely guess it'll be packing an 8 core ryzen 00:04:46.039 --> 00:04:54.120 5000 processor that'll make its Intel counterparts blush and a 60 class RTX 00:04:51.840 --> 00:05:01.400 graphics card honestly the biggest upgrade on this one though is the screen 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:03.360 with a 1440p 144z panel this is exactly 00:05:01.400 --> 00:05:08.759 what we've been asking for in a gaming laptop for years now we recently did a 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:13.320 ShortCircuit video where we looked at this screen actually a lot of these 00:05:10.919 --> 00:05:16.960 screens frankensteined onto the older models so we could actually game on them 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:20.880 so you should go check out that video if you want to hear my full thoughts one 00:05:18.919 --> 00:05:27.240 can only fit so much power into a laptop of this size though and that is where 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:30.880 the all new zephrus g15 comes in and she 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:33.440 is a beauty now in the past ASUS has 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:40.280 made premium gaming laptops but they've always skewed heavily gamery and often 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:44.199 included what I will describe as interesting design decisions that 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:48.560 occasional Gamers would just find unacceptable but here ASUS has finally 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:53.680 made something that not only has the horses but also the looks to go 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:57.600 toe-to-toe with the best of alien wear or razor by the way it's also available 00:05:56.080 --> 00:06:02.960 in Black if you don't trust yourself to keep this one clean we've got a massive 00:06:00.440 --> 00:06:08.880 glass topped trackpad a very good keyboard with a nice soft touch feel and 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:11.000 a 90w hour battery to hopefully deliver 00:06:08.880 --> 00:06:15.360 all day juice well we'll have to see how that goes again we only know for sure 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:21.520 that it will have a NextGen ryzen CPU and NVIDIA GPU but the rumors are that 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:23.800 it'll have up to an 8 core ryzen 5900 HX 00:06:21.520 --> 00:06:30.520 and a freaking RTX 380 all of the frames will be beamed to 00:06:26.520 --> 00:06:34.440 your eyeballs via a 1440p yes 65 HZ 00:06:30.520 --> 00:06:36.000 screen with 100% dcp3 coverage what 00:06:34.440 --> 00:06:41.080 doesn't deliver as much color though is the keyboard CU as far as we can tell it 00:06:39.039 --> 00:06:45.199 only does white so if you're craving something a bit more colorful well we've 00:06:43.440 --> 00:06:52.880 got our keyboard t-shirts in your favorite colors like brown at LTD 00:06:47.479 --> 00:06:57.639 store.com and also this ASUS RG stricks 00:06:52.880 --> 00:07:00.840 g15 ah yes there's the Unicorn vomit you 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:02.919 guys were all waiting for much better 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:07.720 here we get a replaceable vanity plate wait where's the vanity plate here we 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:12.280 get a replaceable vanity plate so that's 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:14.160 neat I guess uh and a cool kind of like 00:07:12.280 --> 00:07:20.360 see-through design on the top that's reminiscent of like N64 controllers from 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:22.680 the late '90s uh with some more 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:29.599 thickness compared to the zephrus and also a Next Gen ryzen processor that 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:32.400 either will run cooler or quieter or 00:07:29.599 --> 00:07:38.960 will just get pushed to the absolute limit so that it can handle the up to 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:40.520 300 htz full HD panel option the big 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:43.639 selling point here though is the mechanical keyboard 00:07:43.960 --> 00:07:51.919 which very interesting is quite clicky 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:55.360 indeed if you want this but bigger we've 00:07:51.919 --> 00:07:58.159 also got this Trix G7 you can see we've 00:07:55.360 --> 00:08:02.639 swapped oh well this one doesn't seem to either it doesn't have the vanity plate 00:07:59.919 --> 00:08:09.199 or it's like broken on this early unit the rumors say this one will Top 00:08:05.440 --> 00:08:13.000 out at an RTX 3070 but if I had to guess 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:14.680 I would say the up to 360 HZ display 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:21.479 would indicate that it might need a little bit more grunt than that moving 00:08:17.479 --> 00:08:24.440 on we've got this laptop ah that came in 00:08:21.479 --> 00:08:29.120 a box and the reason we left it in the box is cuz the box is actually kind of 00:08:26.039 --> 00:08:33.640 cool come on over here Brandon oh yeah 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:34.880 how's that for box un undoing unboxing 00:08:33.640 --> 00:08:42.680 look at that list it right out of the box for you isn't that convenient this 00:08:37.959 --> 00:08:46.160 is the updated zephrus duo with a 4K 120 00:08:42.680 --> 00:08:49.200 HZ panel on the top with 100% Adobe RGB 00:08:46.160 --> 00:08:51.839 and a secondary touchscreen this thing 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:57.080 is a beast for Content creators and Gamers alike once again we get a next 00:08:54.680 --> 00:09:02.200 gen ryzen CPU and NextGen NVIDIA Graphics presumably the fastest ones 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:06.959 available and a 90w hour battery to hopefully keep both screens going for I 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:12.839 don't know maybe half a day that seems like a a lot to run on battery does it 00:09:09.079 --> 00:09:15.560 not finally we've got the ASUS tough 00:09:12.839 --> 00:09:19.519 Dash F15 there it is oh there's so many laptops on the table its main selling 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:27.839 point is a good price to Performance ratio and surprisingly this is the only 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:29.680 Intel laptop out of the entire Bunch wow 00:09:27.839 --> 00:09:35.800 the times really have changed haven't they just like I'm changing from the 00:09:32.079 --> 00:09:38.279 body of this video to the sponsor segue 00:09:35.800 --> 00:09:42.519 fresh books is the easy to use accounting software that's designed 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:47.120 specifically with you in mind the small business owner freshbooks has everything 00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:51.480 you need to manage your books invoices expenses time tracking and more and 00:09:49.680 --> 00:09:54.959 fresh books is 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