1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:10,000 calling it now in my hands is the best gaming laptop of 2022 this is the allnew 2 00:00:06,879 --> 00:00:12,519 zephrus G4 and it's one of the seven 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:19,279 laptops eight laptops that isus sent us over for CES 2022 that run the gamut 4 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:22,119 from incredibly practical all the way to 5 00:00:19,279 --> 00:00:26,439 well I sure hope the engineers had a lot of fun making 6 00:00:23,439 --> 00:00:29,160 it like I had fun telling you about our 7 00:00:26,439 --> 00:00:33,280 sponsor AMD thanks to AMD for sponsoring this video they're Halo Advanced combat 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:37,200 exercises contest is on now and Gamers can watch live streams or enter via 9 00:00:35,239 --> 00:00:41,920 email for a chance to win an AMD radon RX 6900 XT Halo infinite limited edition 10 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:44,160 graphics card learn more at the link down 11 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:58,800 below out of the gate we're going to fix a recent screw up of ours that was 12 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:01,320 caused by a communication snafu this is 13 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:06,400 the ASUS mother ship concept something that I had honestly assumed sort of died 14 00:01:03,879 --> 00:01:13,560 as a weird Skunk Works project never to be seen again but boy was I ever wrong 15 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:17,720 by removing these four screws that's 16 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:20,799 right you have to unscrew it sorry we 17 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:23,680 find the conclusion or at least the next 18 00:01:20,799 --> 00:01:29,920 evolution of the mothership Saga the ASUS flow 19 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:35,040 z13 it's a 1.1 kg tablet that's just 20 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:37,040 just 12 mm thick and has a core I 9 12 21 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:45,600 900h that is 14 processing cores with a maximum turbo 22 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:49,920 of 5 GHz it's got an RTX 3050 TI 23 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:51,759 featuring a MX this is a 40 watt GPU and 24 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:56,759 the craziest part of this is Microsoft has been struggling for years to cool 25 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:59,280 the Surface Pro how the heck did ASUS 26 00:01:56,759 --> 00:02:04,719 manage this well they've got a vapor chamber that apparently has 44% coverage 27 00:02:02,399 --> 00:02:09,720 of the main board as well as liquid metal for the cooling system and using 28 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:16,239 the kickstand allows for even more airflow ASUS claims it will be only 32 29 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:18,519 DB under heavy load 40 DB Max which is 30 00:02:16,239 --> 00:02:23,040 incredible if true and I can't wait to properly try it out but I can't because 31 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:27,560 this is just a dummy unit it'll be available with up to 32 gigs of ddr5 32 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,760 5200 megat transfer per second memory and up to a 1 tbte SSD well there is one 33 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:37,040 that's working behind you there's a working one yeah it's right there well then what was the point of sending us 34 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:41,400 this mockup one that's a good question we're not allowed to use it well you 35 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:46,959 can't run games you can use it we're not allowed to run games no but we could run 36 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:52,080 games yeah you could but they'll yell at us yeah and it's not like ASUS will yell 37 00:02:50,239 --> 00:02:55,920 at us NVIDIA will yell at us and that's not a good 38 00:02:53,640 --> 00:03:01,280 time there are two different options for the touchscreen although if you get a 4K 39 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:05,920 panel on a 13-in device you're well that's not a very nice thing to write 40 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:09,879 Alex says you are all bone from the Jaw up I am not going to take a stance on 41 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:14,280 that either way but I will agree with him that the 1080p 120 HZ panel will be 42 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:19,640 more than enough resolution while offering a much better gaming experience 43 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:24,000 and with 100% coverage of srgb and 500 nit brightness it shouldn't look too 44 00:03:21,519 --> 00:03:30,200 shabby either for I/O it's got Thunderbolt 4 with DP 1.4 running off 45 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:32,360 the igpu and support for power delivery 46 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:39,280 it's got an egpu port with support for up to an RTX 3080 mobile that's right 47 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:43,560 just like the flow x13 it's got a type a 48 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:45,799 USB 2.0 which is weird micr SD HDMI 2.0 49 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:51,239 man this thing is absolutely loaded for bear with I/O and it finishes things off 50 00:03:48,519 --> 00:03:54,799 with a 56w hour battery no idea how long that'll last given how powerful this 51 00:03:52,720 --> 00:04:01,599 thing is but it's pretty impressive given the size my question while looking 52 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:04,720 at the flo z13 though is is who would 53 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:07,319 buy it over the flow x13 which is 54 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:14,599 basically the clamshell version that has a much more usable keyboard and a better 55 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:17,400 sort of weight balance and the answer is 56 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:22,560 um according to ASUS people who don't type very much the z13 is lighter and 57 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:26,440 easier to card around so if you primarily just plan on gaming and 58 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:30,479 consuming content it could actually make a lot of sense no word on pricing but 59 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:36,199 I'm confident that it will have a high dollar to gr ratio and arrive sometime 60 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:38,280 in late q1 or Q2 2022 as an aside can I 61 00:04:36,199 --> 00:04:44,039 just say that I fully support a return to transparent and translucent 62 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:46,400 Electronics yeah this is so cool I love 63 00:04:44,039 --> 00:04:50,280 it got the window into the back what even is it showing nothing particularly 64 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:53,880 important as far as I can tell we'd have to open it up to find out for sure 65 00:04:52,039 --> 00:04:58,520 moving on let's Circle back to the zephrus G14 here and talk about why I 66 00:04:57,039 --> 00:05:04,400 think this is going to be the gaming laptop of the here the specs are 67 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:12,160 freaking exceptional this is an AMD ryzen 6800 HS so that is 8 core 16 68 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:13,039 threads up to 5 GHz is a 6 nanom CPU uh 69 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:20,039 stopped working it's got an AMD rad on RX 6800s 70 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,280 that has a 105 W thermal envelope which 71 00:05:20,039 --> 00:05:26,440 means that in spite of the thinness of this thing it should be pretty darn 72 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:30,880 impressive in terms of performance and maybe even more efficient than an Intel 73 00:05:28,639 --> 00:05:34,720 NVIDIA combo thanks to AMD's control over the entire platform here though 74 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,600 we'd have to test it to be sure because the only other thing I'm sure of is that 75 00:05:36,039 --> 00:05:42,360 you should shop at LTT Store.com for your water bottle your indoor hoodie all 76 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:45,680 that good stuff actually one other thing we know for sure is that for the size of 77 00:05:44,039 --> 00:05:50,639 the laptop these components will be well cooled 48% of the motherboard is now 78 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:56,400 covered by a vapor chamber and it's got liquid metal on both the CPU and GPU up 79 00:05:53,960 --> 00:06:03,520 to 32 gigs of 4,800 megat transfer per second ddr5 one dim is swappable 80 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:05,440 and support for up to a 1 TB m.2 SSD and 81 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:09,280 it's an 80 mm one which means you could basically put in whatever you want we're 82 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:13,000 not clamoring over this laptop because of its power though I'm excited by the 83 00:06:11,199 --> 00:06:18,080 G14 because of its incredible versatility the screen is now 16 by10 84 00:06:15,919 --> 00:06:23,880 making it much better for productivity and there's a new QHD plus 120 HZ panel 85 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:28,720 that sounds exceptional with 100% coverage of the dcip 3 color space and 86 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:31,160 500 nit Peak brightness although to be clear I don't think you'll be 87 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:36,479 disappointed if you go for the full HD panel that we've got right here at 13 88 00:06:33,479 --> 00:06:38,919 and 14 in 1080P is pretty good the 89 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:42,720 trackpad is also 50% larger and the Magnesium chassis has been massaged to 90 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:47,560 give it more of a premium appearance rather than a gamer one rounding out the 91 00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:52,680 practicality they gave it a webcam hey and not only that but it has Windows 92 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:54,560 hello facial recognition and a 76w hour 93 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:58,879 battery that might be enough to pry Alex's Dell XPS from his hands or dare I 94 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:04,599 say my framework even though I'm invested in the that's my disclosure right there no word 95 00:07:02,039 --> 00:07:07,599 on pricing but I hope it isn't too much higher than the last Model because that 96 00:07:06,039 --> 00:07:12,240 one was very compelling and we're going to see this in late Q2 97 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:16,039 2022 what is still full on gamer though 98 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:19,639 is the strick scar 15 this bad boy is 99 00:07:16,039 --> 00:07:24,080 now available with up to a 150 wat RTX 100 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:27,400 380 TI that's right NVIDIA's new 38 TI 101 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:29,639 features 16 gigs of gddr6 memory and 102 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:35,319 7,420 4 Cuda course that's a 20.8% increase 103 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:39,840 over the standard 380 mobile that means that NVIDIA's claim that it is 20% 104 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:44,720 faster checks out at first glance but you will have to be careful since of 105 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:48,599 course the TDP of a laptop potentially makes a bigger difference to your 106 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:53,159 performance than the exact model of the GPU chip inside I'm really glad that 107 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:57,720 ASUS has published an article showing the TDP and GPU clocks of their gaming 108 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:04,039 laptops so I can easily go in and find out that ah yes this one is not the 109 00:08:00,479 --> 00:08:06,680 fastest one it is in fact this one right 110 00:08:04,039 --> 00:08:14,319 here the zephrus duo6 it has an eye-watering GPU TDP of 111 00:08:11,479 --> 00:08:22,080 165 Watts putting it at pretty much the limit of mobile Hardware with up to an 112 00:08:16,159 --> 00:08:23,800 RTX 380 TI and an AMD ryzen 9 6900 HX 113 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:28,080 this thing I mean it doesn't matter what you try to do on it gaming content 114 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:33,120 creation it's an absolute Beast the upper display is now 16 x 10 with three 115 00:08:30,599 --> 00:08:38,120 panel options that all frankly sound amazing though my favorite has got to be 116 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:43,680 the mini LED option with 1,00 nit Peak brightness 165 HZ refresh rate and QHD 117 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:48,760 resolution this is one of the few laptop displays that will give you a proper HDR 118 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:55,519 experience also available is a switching mode display that can be either 120 HZ 119 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:57,240 4K or 240 HZ 1080P and you can check out 120 00:08:55,519 --> 00:09:01,920 our ShortCircuit where I look at that display in a little bit more depth I 121 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:08,480 mean it's crazy when the worst panel available on a laptop is 165 HZ QHD with 122 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:12,720 500 nit Peak brightness like dang oh yeah and that's just one of the screens 123 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:16,560 this being a Duo there's a second one down here where our video editors really 124 00:09:14,839 --> 00:09:21,839 like to put their timeline while editing on the go that is if we were going to 125 00:09:19,279 --> 00:09:26,360 CES 2022 we might have brought a couple of these finally we've got a bunch of 126 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:34,240 tough family laptops are these the fs yeah those are 127 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:35,600 the fs 15 and F no what's this I didn't 128 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:39,200 even look at them cuz they're budget laptops we don't have pricing yet so oh 129 00:09:37,959 --> 00:09:46,160 yeah you can't really say much about a budget laptop that you don't have a price for well but at any rate they're 130 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:49,920 also introducing the tough Dash F-15 and 131 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:52,160 f17 which are at least assuming that you 132 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:56,279 know they are priced like budget gaming laptops surprisingly well built uh they 133 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