1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,819 I'm here at ASUS's booth at CES 2023 and 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:09,780 we have so many fast gaming laptops to look at but all of it starts with this 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:13,920 guy right here this is the flow x16 and they released it earlier this year but 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:18,359 in order to fit all of the Power into a chassis that's this small they had the 5 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:22,199 heatsink go all the way along the back after they did that they were like huh 6 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:27,119 that's a pretty fantastic idea we should just do that for all of our laptops and 7 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:32,160 then they did look look at this David no it's just only heatsink the whole 8 00:00:30,119 --> 00:00:38,579 back of the laptop on all of them it's all heatsink I love it first up is the 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:41,160 scar 16 and this thing is an absolute 10 00:00:38,579 --> 00:00:45,600 Beast somehow in this well it's not exactly small or thin or light but for 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:53,039 the amount of performance it certainly is this thing has an RTX 4090 in it with 12 00:00:49,379 --> 00:00:57,840 a tgp of 175 Watts as well as the Intel 13 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:59,460 Core I9 13980 HX which is just it's such 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:04,920 a stupid processor it's absolutely beautiful eight performance course 16 15 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,560 efficiencies course 5.6 gigahertz all 16 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:13,560 core this thing Freight and rips I imagine they have done that by just 17 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:16,080 heatsink heat sink even more heatsink 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:22,259 now ASUS brought over a whole bunch of motherboards and a whole bunch of things 19 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:24,060 like this the problem though there's no 20 00:01:22,259 --> 00:01:27,600 fans I kept on talking about we have a big fan we have another fan there's a 21 00:01:25,740 --> 00:01:31,619 whole other third fan down here that's new and we can't see them but I have a 22 00:01:29,939 --> 00:01:35,100 solution for that there's a few things I like more than taking apart laptops on 23 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:39,740 the show floor it's too bad this isn't earlier at CES so that everyone would be 24 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:43,820 way more stressed they still look very stressed 25 00:01:43,860 --> 00:01:52,140 one thing that I really appreciate in the past on their scar models ASUS had 26 00:01:49,020 --> 00:01:53,700 this RGB light but it was attached to 27 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:58,920 the bottom panel so when you take it off there are these really fiddly RGB cables 28 00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:03,119 huge pain in the butt now it's attached to the front of the laptop so that might 29 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:07,680 not be a problem aha 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:11,039 look at that it's so small I like this 31 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:14,580 one as you can see here the cooling in 32 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:16,980 this is obscene just so much heat sink 33 00:02:14,580 --> 00:02:21,360 all the way around now what you might be wondering ASUS has Vapor Chambers on a 34 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:26,640 whole bunch of their laptops but this guy does not apparently NVIDIA's new 35 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,720 chips are so power dense that if you try and put the whole 175 Watts through a 36 00:02:28,980 --> 00:02:34,379 vapor chamber she just dries up doesn't even work that's why you need all of 37 00:02:32,220 --> 00:02:39,060 these heat pipes or with all of that heat away and take it to well all of 38 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:43,980 that right there also they added this additional third fan just sort of blow 39 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:47,220 air across the CPU and GPU so you don't get stagnant air there and also 40 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:52,560 apparently it helps with your keyboard temp so your fingers don't get all toasty after a long gaming session 41 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:57,000 underneath this heat sink they're using liquid metal so it's thermal Grizzlies 42 00:02:54,239 --> 00:03:00,780 conducto knot extreme and that has two main benefits first of all stuff just 43 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:04,860 runs cooler fantastic the thing that's even better though is that apparently it 44 00:03:03,060 --> 00:03:07,980 just lasts for I don't know they don't actually know how long they've had it 45 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:12,540 running in laptops for three years so far with no performance degradation but 46 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:16,200 either way that's way better than the typical stuff where like your silicon 47 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,860 thermal paste they sort of dry out after a while and then performance tanks you 48 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:23,519 need to take this all apart replace it pain in the ass don't have to do it here 49 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:28,860 while we're in here you have two upgradable ssds as well as two 50 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:33,900 upgradable RAM slots this right here is 4 800 Mega transfer per second ddr5 51 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:39,239 it looks like I have 64 gigabytes of the stuff in here this this cannot be a 52 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:42,780 cheap laptop also they have a 90 watt hour battery which I don't know how long 53 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:48,900 that's going to last but given the fact that it's 175 watt GPU and CPU they can 54 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:52,799 only do so much choosing a laptop gaming display can be 55 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:57,900 a little bit difficult especially for gamers because sometimes you might have 56 00:03:54,659 --> 00:04:00,180 one that's very fast but it just kind of 57 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:05,099 looks like poo or maybe you have won that on paper sounds pretty good but the 58 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:09,480 response times are very bad ASUS wants to try and simplify that using their 59 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:14,159 nebula standards so nebula at a minimum gets you 165 Hertz three milliseconds 60 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:18,660 gray to gray 500 nits Peak brightness and full DCI P3 coverage that is 61 00:04:16,739 --> 00:04:22,560 excellent and what we have on here but if you want to go even a step further 62 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:28,860 they have their mini LED displays with nebula HDR so that gets you 1100 nits 63 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:33,020 Peak brightness 240 hertz and this thing 64 00:04:28,860 --> 00:04:37,440 is just so good to look at there's 65 00:04:33,020 --> 00:04:39,720 1024 dimming zones in this making it one 66 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:46,139 of the best displays I have seen here the contrast ratio they claim is what is 67 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:48,360 this a hundred thousand to one it's not 68 00:04:46,139 --> 00:04:54,000 it's not quite OLED but it's very close and so much brighter 69 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:59,520 it is very impressive below the panel things keep on being good this is so 70 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:04,680 cool they have this plastic that it's made out of but it's translucent up in 71 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,460 here apparently that was a huge pain for the designers of the laptop but they did 72 00:05:06,780 --> 00:05:12,000 figure it out in the end and I think it looks fantastic especially like back 73 00:05:10,139 --> 00:05:15,900 here look at that I really appreciate that people are having fun with plastics 74 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:22,320 again as well even though it is plastic it is stiff like I'm gonna absolutely 75 00:05:19,139 --> 00:05:24,840 give her here that's about as much as 76 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:30,360 you can get and if we look here like I'm gonna press on it that's almost nothing 77 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:35,580 and of course with a stiff chassis that gives you a much better chance of having 78 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:37,860 a good keyboard and I'm happy to report 79 00:05:35,580 --> 00:05:42,000 yeah ASUS is gaming laptops have had fantastic keyboards for years and this 80 00:05:39,780 --> 00:05:46,979 one's no exception here you also have a track pad and if you press right here 81 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:48,360 you get a numpad look at that as a bonus 82 00:05:46,979 --> 00:05:54,720 just a little treat it's sort of thing you don't know if you're going to get with ASUS they have webcam on top who 83 00:05:52,199 --> 00:05:58,680 would have thought it and also the i o is pretty solid so we have headphone 84 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:02,460 microphone combo Jack right there love to see it can't take it for granted 85 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:07,259 these days even from ASUS we also have USB type c that is wired directly to the 86 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:12,900 GPU for all of your external monitor knees and Thunderbolt 4 HDMI 2.1 2.5 87 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:16,680 gigabit Lan and over on this side we have USB type A if 16 inches isn't big 88 00:06:15,479 --> 00:06:22,319 enough for you though we have the strixcar 18. this thing has a massive 89 00:06:19,460 --> 00:06:27,180 18.3 inch display and even though it's only nebula and not the nebula HDR I 90 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:33,419 don't think you're gonna complain Quad HD 240 hertz DCI P3 500 nits oh I didn't 91 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:37,259 even match without a 16 by 10. I absolutely love that gaming laptops have 92 00:06:34,919 --> 00:06:40,560 16 by 10 now it's gone past productivity and stuff like this makes it just like 93 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:45,600 if you want a video edit on something like this which given you know the color 94 00:06:42,660 --> 00:06:49,800 accuracy you can just makes it easier so many more timeline bits the specs remain 95 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:53,220 the same from the 16 inch because well you can't make it any faster NVIDIA 96 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:58,139 actually just doesn't let you increase the TDP even if you can kind of sucks 97 00:06:55,380 --> 00:07:04,800 anyway it doesn't matter because you still get a RTX 4090 and I9 175 Watts on 98 00:07:02,580 --> 00:07:07,440 both of them Absolute Beast this one's probably a little bit quieter you guys 99 00:07:06,180 --> 00:07:12,180 know probably probably it has a bigger fan 100 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:19,080 we already know this but if you want to be just a tiny bit cheaper we have the 101 00:07:15,180 --> 00:07:22,319 strix G18 so this thing's not quite as 102 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:25,259 powerful you only get a 4080 oh poor you 103 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:31,699 you only get a 4080 geez that's about like a 30 80 30 90 and a laptop 104 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,699 no one knows okay 105 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:39,900 the cooling system Remains the Same on this guy although if you go for lower 106 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:44,160 than the RTX 4080 you are not going to be getting that conducto not extreme not 107 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:48,300 that you're really going to need it moving around from those big powerful 108 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:53,039 boys to the more smaller ones but first of all ah you guys have too many awards 109 00:07:50,580 --> 00:07:59,280 jeez you need to move them so we can see the laptops the new flow x13 is an 110 00:07:56,460 --> 00:08:04,380 absolute Monster not just like you know power wise you kind of expect that but 111 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:10,620 it has a 75 watt hour battery in this thing I know it's friggin amazing how 112 00:08:08,099 --> 00:08:16,380 so small I love it for real I don't know how they crammed so much stuff into this 113 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:18,060 so you can get up to an RTX 4070 in this 114 00:08:16,380 --> 00:08:24,479 and it's not even the it's not even that garbage 35 watt version it goes up to 60 115 00:08:20,940 --> 00:08:27,180 watts in this on top of that they have 116 00:08:24,479 --> 00:08:32,219 an AMD processor that gets you up to 55 Watts 55 Watts excellent yes this is 117 00:08:29,879 --> 00:08:37,440 better than most thin and lights and you can legitimately game on it how the heck 118 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:42,419 did they do this of course the build quality remains excellent and the 119 00:08:39,779 --> 00:08:47,459 trackpad's 57 percent larger so you can look it's actually a track pad now it's 120 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:51,120 not like a quarter of one not only is the trackpad bigger but they also 121 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:56,760 managed to somehow make it 10 millimeters smaller I really like this 122 00:08:54,779 --> 00:09:01,680 thing I really want to get into our office and see just how long it'll last 123 00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:07,920 with a 75 watt hour battery although then again 40 70 maybe it's not too good 124 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:11,459 maybe it isn't but either way they're finally putting proper webcams on 125 00:09:09,959 --> 00:09:16,320 everything Windows hello facial recognition up there unlock the laptop 126 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:18,779 super easily absolutely love it also 127 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:22,500 full HD webcam just thank you for putting them on your laptops guys it's 128 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:27,000 the absolute bare minimum but you're doing it now 129 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,620 for the flow z13 they haven't changed a 130 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:35,160 whole lot not that they really needed to we just get a very simple TDP bump to 65 131 00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:41,339 Watts on the GPU which given that Microsoft still can't manage to cool the 132 00:09:37,260 --> 00:09:43,860 Surface Pro is very very impressive also 133 00:09:41,339 --> 00:09:47,880 this little glass panel on the back that's all covered in fingerprints right 134 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:51,360 now it used to be kind of like out a little bit but now they've managed to 135 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:54,959 get it in just flush with this so it doesn't I don't know it just looks 136 00:09:52,800 --> 00:10:01,800 better of course you also get a nebula display on here so 16 by 10 Quad HD 165 137 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:04,260 Hertz fantastic 138 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:08,820 but do you know what's really crazy you know the G14 that like sort of small 139 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:14,160 sort of not too small gaming laptop they've had for a while well this is a 140 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:16,500 40 90 in it now how yes it has a four 141 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:21,959 it's not the full fat 490 like they had in the strix but it still has 125 watts 142 00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:26,040 and a laptop that's this big this one have the cooler that goes all the way 143 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:28,860 across the back no well it still is very impressive you should have done that 144 00:10:27,180 --> 00:10:32,519 though I thought that was a thing that's what I said at the start they put on 145 00:10:30,180 --> 00:10:35,640 everything yeah okay apparently that is a vapor chamber that's why they said you 146 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:40,200 don't need it but you need on the flow the big one anyway don't worry about it 147 00:10:37,860 --> 00:10:45,720 yeah it has an animatrix on the back the G14 also gets a display upgrade so 148 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:52,079 this right here is a Quad HD mini LED display and it has 149 00:10:47,959 --> 00:10:54,300 504 zones looks really good look at that 150 00:10:52,079 --> 00:11:00,240 we also want to look at is the new zephyrus M16 it's the same basic thing 151 00:10:58,260 --> 00:11:05,160 but just a little bit bigger this one have a heatsink that goes all the way across the back it does heck yeah there 152 00:11:03,540 --> 00:11:09,959 we go that's the theme of the video right there all the way across the back 153 00:11:06,839 --> 00:11:13,620 has an RTX 4090 in it once again but 154 00:11:09,959 --> 00:11:17,100 this one comes with a TDP of of a 140 155 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:19,320 watts in something that's this thin look 156 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:26,100 at that it even goes all the way flat we also have some excellent i o here so 157 00:11:21,779 --> 00:11:28,980 micro SD card USB type c type a it's a 158 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:33,779 Thunderbolt 4 HDMI and USB type a rounded out with a headphone microphone 159 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:38,459 combo Jack it has the same mini LED display as the scar and also it has a 160 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,700 webcam with Windows hello facial recognition again 161 00:11:39,839 --> 00:11:47,100 love to see it just on all of these laptops good job guys and finally for 162 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:52,620 the 16 they brought the animatrix to it great big so many LEDs I enjoy putting 163 00:11:50,820 --> 00:11:57,660 like line of spaces on here rabbit's fun too finally we have their 164 00:11:55,019 --> 00:12:02,040 new tough gaming laptops this one right here comes with a new sand color it 165 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:05,959 actually does look pretty cool now even though this is one of their more budget 166 00:12:03,779 --> 00:12:13,579 laptops I'm sure you can still get it obscenely expensive you can have options 167 00:12:08,820 --> 00:12:13,579 like Quad HD 240Hz display 16 168 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:21,839 foot again if you're topping this thing out I don't know how much it's going to cost 169 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:26,160 but uh they also don't yet either so we'll comment on budget laptops later 170 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:29,820 and finally I just a little cherry on top they have a gaming Chromebook uh 171 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:33,420 there's absolutely no reason that you should ever get a gaming Chromebook but 172 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:37,260 I can think of one and that's because these keys are orange and I do 173 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:41,820 appreciate that what I also appreciate is ASUS sponsoring this video huge 174 00:12:39,540 --> 00:12:46,339 thanks guys so hit like get subscribed and just have a fantastic cool day see 175 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:46,339 you later