1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,680 We're here at the ASUS headquarters where they have sponsored a video for us 2 00:00:03,679 --> 00:00:10,559 to take a look at their latest and greatest technologies. Now, there are 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,920 the new 5060 laptops and we'll briefly look at those, but what I think is a lot 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:18,000 more interesting is their new display stuff. We're going into their secret 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:24,160 tech demo room where we have some very nice displays and also a whole lot of 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:27,039 echo. Wow, I am so sorry about the audio 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:31,439 of this video, but I am not sorry about these displays, man. Look at these. I'm 8 00:00:29,679 --> 00:00:36,960 not sure if you'll be able to tell after YouTube compression, but we have the 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:39,840 last gen Stricks G and the current gen. 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:45,040 And they have the same panel minus the coating. And the difference it makes is 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,680 incredible. They have a new ACR coating. 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:54,399 And apparently the reflectivity has gone down from 6% on the old one to 3% on the 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:59,120 new one. I really hope that you can tell just how apparent the difference is in 14 00:00:56,879 --> 00:01:04,960 the rejection of my phone's flashlight when I'm shining it on these because it 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:07,760 is wild. And also, it helps so much with 16 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:13,520 being able to see details like this cat right here. The contrast on this display 17 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:18,240 is so much better. You can see a lot more detail in these sort of bluish 18 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:23,040 highlights compared to the last gen. And overall, it just looks a lot better with 19 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:26,240 nothing more than a different coating on top. Continuing with display 20 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:32,000 improvements that are incredibly important, but also very subtle, is the 21 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:37,680 Nebula Display HDR. Now, we already took a look at this on ShortCircuit, and it 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,680 is exceptional, but it and basically 23 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:45,200 every other HDR display on a Windows laptop have this problem where they 24 00:01:41,759 --> 00:01:48,640 overblow all of the colors. Not so much 25 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:51,759 anymore. We can go in here, turn off 26 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,600 vivid mode, and go into true color HDR. 27 00:01:51,759 --> 00:01:59,360 And man, it looks so much better. The 28 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:03,040 difference between looking like a real 29 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:05,280 leaf right here or some real grass and a 30 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:09,119 television that you look at in Best Buy is 31 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:13,840 exceptional. Here's the last gen panel. This one is,00 nits compared to the 32 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:19,440 12,200 nit one. And even though this one probably looks brighter and more 33 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:21,760 colorful to you, man, this one looks so 34 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:26,160 much better. Probably the highest praise that I could give to this display is 35 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:31,560 that with its new true color mode, I was able to compare it to a certain fruit 36 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:38,800 company's fourth iteration of their Pro laptop, and the display looks almost 37 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,400 identical. There's pretty much no higher 38 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:44,480 praise that you can give for an HDR display right now. But fortunately, not 39 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:49,200 only mobile devices get display upgrades. You do too for much less money 40 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:54,720 than previously. This right here is the Tough 41 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:56,560 Gaming and it is an exceptional value 42 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:02,879 probably depending on Terra stuff. But what we have right here is for probably 43 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:07,360 under $300 a 300Hz 1440p display that 44 00:03:02,879 --> 00:03:09,920 covers 95% of DCIP3. And honestly, I 45 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:14,959 have been looking at it and it looks really freaking good for the price. In 46 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:20,159 the past, if you wanted 300 Hz on a display that wasn't super duper 47 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:25,920 expensive, it looked like hot. But fortunately though, this one right here, 48 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:28,480 like look at this. It isn't mindblowing 49 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:32,720 in the visual department, but it looks more than good enough. And 50 00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:38,400 unsurprisingly, it is fantastic for gaming. This thing right here being 300 51 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:43,120 Hz of course is fantastic for playing shooters like CS:GO. As long as you're 52 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:47,519 not bad like myself and in the past for something that had this kind of visuals 53 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:54,000 and half the refresh rate, you'd be paying $600. That's what my monitor was. 54 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,159 This stuff is supposed to come out in 55 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:02,560 July. But maybe you're a true esports gamer and you can't just have 300 FPS 56 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:07,040 and you can't just have 600 FPS like their competitors have. No, ASUS has 57 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:11,920 taken their Super TN panel and overclocked it to an 58 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:15,760 astounding 610 FPS, beating the 59 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:18,079 competition by 1.6%. But honestly, this 60 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:23,440 thing is freaking sweet. You can probably tell watching this at 30 FPS, 61 00:04:20,799 --> 00:04:28,479 the response times of this are wild. like just moving the mouse around on 62 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:32,320 this. I have such incredible control of 63 00:04:28,479 --> 00:04:35,919 where it goes. It is insane to just look 64 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:39,040 at, but also it isn't too bad to look at 65 00:04:35,919 --> 00:04:41,600 for a TN panel. Now, it doesn't look 66 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:46,240 amazing if we're totally honest, but compared to panels that are super highly 67 00:04:44,479 --> 00:04:50,720 tuned for FPS that I've seen in the past, this thing is really quite good. 68 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:55,120 and they were able to achieve that by changing the way that the backlight is 69 00:04:52,960 --> 00:05:00,960 done. So, as you might know, if you want incredibly crisp motion on your display, 70 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:07,039 you need to strobe the backlight so the backlight's only on when the pixels are 71 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:09,600 in their correct orientation. Basically, 72 00:05:07,039 --> 00:05:14,160 you don't want to see the pixel changing colors while the backlight is on. This 73 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,600 can cause problems though on older monitors where they had a backlight that 74 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:23,440 goes all the way along the bottom which can for one just not look very good. 75 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,960 Kind of nails your contrast, but also it 76 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:29,199 doesn't allow them to have the kind of control that they have now. By putting 77 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:34,160 the back lightss along the sides, they've actually been able to have it so 78 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:40,080 that as your pixels refresh from the top to the bottom, the backlight is able to 79 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:42,400 strobe at the same time, which gives you 80 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:47,199 incredible motion clarity. They call this 81 00:05:43,479 --> 00:05:49,440 ELMBB2, enhanced blur reduction, and it 82 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:54,080 works pretty freaking good. Combine that with their 0.8 8 millisecond input 83 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:58,880 latency and you have an exceptional gaming display for those hardcore gamers 84 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:04,000 out there. This ROG Stricks Ace is expected for around $800 and will be 85 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:08,000 launching in July. But maybe you're like me and not a true esports gamer and you 86 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:13,199 just want something that looks pretty darn good. Well, that's where the new 87 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:17,120 ROG Stricks OLED XG32 comes in with 88 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:19,520 their new true black glossy version. Or 89 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:23,759 maybe you want the semig gloss version. or maybe you want the matte version. As 90 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:28,080 we have already discussed in this video, the coding of your display can make a 91 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:32,160 huge difference to how those colors are going to be represented and the contrast 92 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:35,600 you're able to get. So, it's really nice to see that they have a bunch of 93 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:40,080 different options depending on what you want to do. So, maybe you're in a bright 94 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:43,840 room, get the matte one. Maybe you can't decide, go for the semig glossy one. Or 95 00:06:42,479 --> 00:06:49,280 I really think you just get the true black glossy cuz man, like Glenn, just 96 00:06:46,479 --> 00:06:56,000 have a gander at this display. It looks freaking exceptional. Now, we do kind of 97 00:06:52,639 --> 00:06:58,880 expect HDR OLED displays to look pretty 98 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:03,720 darn good in 2025. I was particularly impressed. This one, depending on 99 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:08,560 tariffs and crop, is 100 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:11,120 $800. For that, you get 4K at 165 FPS. 101 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:16,160 Or, if you're more of a hardcore gamer, you can change it over to be 1080p at 102 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:21,759 330fps. That said though, I'd probably just 103 00:07:18,479 --> 00:07:24,440 leave it on 4K because it is OLED, which 104 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:30,000 means that you get those incredible 0.03 millisecond response times because 105 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:34,479 each individual pixel just gets to turn on and off as it wants to. One neat 106 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:39,199 little feature about this display is that it has a proximity sensor. So, 107 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:44,639 you're able to have it so that your OLED display doesn't just continue displaying 108 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:48,240 stuff if you leave it alone. And also, I have had problems in the past with 109 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:53,919 laptops and stuff like that having their proximity sensors be way, way too 110 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:58,479 sensitive. So, I'll sort of turn, look away, come back. My laptop's locked. H 111 00:07:56,319 --> 00:08:05,840 damn it. Well, here they have a tailored mode. So, I can come in here. How far do 112 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:08,919 I want to be? 88 cm. Oh, can I get 69, 113 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:13,039 72, 73, 114 00:08:08,919 --> 00:08:17,440 66? Ah, I tried. I'm sorry. The Stricks 115 00:08:13,039 --> 00:08:20,400 OLED XG32 is able to hit 1,300 nits. But 116 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:28,319 if you get an extra $150 laying around, you can spring for the version that does 117 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:31,199 4K 240 Hz or 1080p 480 for that wildly 118 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:34,719 fast gaming. But I don't know, I'd probably just go for the 165 if I'm 119 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:40,719 honest. Moving on from displays though, we do have new 5060 laptops. We have the 120 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:44,800 Tough Gaming A14. This right here was one of my favorite laptops of last year 121 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:50,720 and it does have a little bit of a price bump this year, but such is everything 122 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:56,320 in the world these days. Moving over, we also have some F-series laptops which 123 00:08:53,360 --> 00:09:01,519 get you bigger displays and not quite as much chassis rigidity if I'm honest, but 124 00:08:58,959 --> 00:09:07,399 they do have the new A18 right here which is a bit large and a bit floppy, 125 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:12,880 but at the same time for an 18-in gaming laptop is not too bad. In the interest 126 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:16,800 though of actually saving you a buck, ASUS has made this right here, the Tough 127 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:22,480 Gaming T500. It is somewhat like a normal compact 128 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:28,720 desktop, but if you look a little bit more closely, uh, what the heck is this? 129 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:34,080 What the heck is that? Well, what they have done is they have taken a mobile 130 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:36,480 CPU and slapped it onto a sort of 131 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:40,480 desktop motherboard thing. They did this because they realized that mobile CPUs 132 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:44,560 can actually be had for less than their desktop counterparts. Then if you just 133 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:49,120 throw a big old heat sink on it and give it a bunch more power and cooling, they 134 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:58,160 perform pretty darn well. This one right here with a 5060 Ti 16 GB is only $1299 135 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:01,040 with an i7, which is pretty darn good, 136 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:07,839 especially for a little compact desktop thing. And finally, we have the new Asus 137 00:10:04,519 --> 00:10:10,720 G14. This guy right here is really quite 138 00:10:07,839 --> 00:10:14,959 cool. so cool that I think I'm not going to look at it too much because I want to 139 00:10:12,959 --> 00:10:20,720 do a full video on it in ShortCircuit with full Labs testing and it's going to 140 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:22,720 be pretty sweet I suspect. What we can 141 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:29,440 look at right now though is the difference between the 5080 version and 142 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:32,560 the new 5060 version. Unsurprisingly, a 143 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,399 5060 is a lot smaller than a 5080. You 144 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:39,839 can see it right here. There's just way less memory, way less VRM around it and 145 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:45,920 all of that goodness. That did mean that on the 5060 model here, we'll just slap 146 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:48,560 the SSD right there. Everything's good. 147 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:52,959 On the 5080 model, they had to have clearance for a couple of the power 148 00:10:50,959 --> 00:10:59,120 modules and stuff here, which means that this SSD to be a little bit higher off. 149 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:04,480 The 5080 version also gets a larger heat pipe and an extra heat pipe contributing 150 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:10,240 a little bit to that thickness. And also the fans are a tiny bit bigger just to 151 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:14,720 deal with that extra cooling that they need to do. That logic doesn't apply to 152 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:19,839 every single laptop though. This right here is the Stricks G16 and no matter 153 00:11:17,519 --> 00:11:24,160 what GPU you get, you get a vapor chamber on it. Meaning that your 5060 154 00:11:21,839 --> 00:11:28,079 can be cooled really, really well. Your 5090 can be cooled really, really well, 155 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:32,160 and ASUS can be thanked really, really well for sponsoring this video. Huge 156 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:35,680 thanks for watching, guys. Hit like, get subscribed, and check the links down in 157 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:39,519 the description to see what ASUS has on sale. They have so much more stuff in 158 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:42,959 this booth that we just did not have time to cover, but does not mean that 159 00:11:40,959 --> 00:11:45,360 it's not cool. See you later. Have a great day.