This model Ive been playing with is the top-spec, 2000 version.
The ROG Zephyrus G14, however, isnt averse to some gamer-y flashiness.
Now, Im no LED puritan who demands PCs be featureless black rectangles.
But truthfully, these flashing animations on this thing are a bit… much?
Another upgrade, the vapour chamber cooling system, is also only partially successful.
In fairness, it’s significantly harder to cool a full-blooded gaming laptop when its thin and compact.
And to its credit, the the ROG Zephyrus G14 is both.
Which, itself, is one of the very few gaming laptops that can rival it for portability.
Its all backlit and customisable, too.
On a smaller screen like a 14-incher, it also looks fantastically sharp almost like thebest 4K gaming monitors.
The panel is also a strong performer.
The power behind that screen, of course, is drawn from these freshly launched internals.
First up is the Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU: all eight cores and 16 threads of it.
For comparison, theAsus ROG Strix Scar 15 G533Q which had a Ryzen 5900HX scored 570 and 4935 respectively.
Watch Dogs Legion, for instance, averaged a smooth 64fps on its High preset at native 1600p.
And Assassins Creed Valhalla wasnt far behind even on its Ultra High setting, producing 56fps.
With its Highest configs and SMAAT x2,Shadow of the Tomb Raideralso managed 68fps.
Some of our other benchmark games werent as forthcoming.
And considering the Ryzen 9 6900HSs power, I doubt its being held back by CPU bottlenecking.
And tool loading times in general.
Random writes are nice and quick too, at 230MB/s.
Anyone wanting their laptop to act like a laptop, though?
Beware that battery life.
