There’s no other laptop like the Zephyrus G14 right now, with the same sort of performance in the same kind of compact form-factor and premium build. That’s a QLC drive and is supposedly connected via a PCIe x4 connection, so not as fast as some of the more premium SSDs out there. We’ve tested the QHD and 120Hz FHD versions. May 13, 2020 at 11:42 am. Not much though. But it’s portable enough in my opinion, and you can tell its size from the small bezels around the screen. As far as I can tell, that's metallic as well. I would like to ask you: what is (if there is any) the advantage in buying a separate USB-C 65W Charger (to leave at the office or at home, for example) when compared to buying a "compatible" 180W Charger that is adequate for this notebook. the GPU tries to take over and runs at slightly higher clocks and 65W, but reaches very high temperatures of 84-86 Celsius. He was not able to fix the black screen problem either despite showing my solution on reddit at the end. The GA401IV itself is offered with the Ryzen 9 4900HS processor in most regions, but the 7 and the 9 are both 8C/16T processors, so mostly the same in terms of performance in this small design. There is a choice when it comes to screens. However, there’s a single M.2 SSD slot on the laptop, and part of the RAM (8 GB) is soldered on the motherboard, while the other is accessible inside through a spare DIMM. *Gaming – Turbo â playing Far Cry 5 for 30 minutes, Turbo Profile, fans at 45-46 dB (43 dB in Armoury Crate) I will also start GPU undervolting experiments with Afterburner today. It's weird that I'm not experiencing the dGPU issue on all the laptops, and they're all running on the same drivers. The Predator runs fairly cool, but noisy. July 2, 2020 at 11:06 am, Best buy only has the 4900/2060 for the g14 and the 144hz g15. Furthermore, the interior doesn’t show a lot on finger oil on this Space Gray model either. In the end, though, if both portability and power matter for you, there’s no other notebook like this Zephyrus G14 out there right now, and it might not be for a while. Thanks for the review. As for that silver keyboard, you either accept it or go with the Space Gray model instead, which is what I’d recommend. That's probably a dealbreaker for me. The feedback is somehow better though, crisp and responsive. Don't have a 4K monitor to try out and haven't checked via HDMI, but I'd expect those to work as well. The USB-C charger is not included, you’ll have to buy that on the side. I am considering the Razer Blade Stealth for the smaller footprint and the webcam but I'm afraid about the longevity of this laptop as the gtx 1650ti might be old soon. Any other Linux based programmers here? (less than 10min 1080 or 4K footage), May 12, 2020 at 10:12 am, May 29, 2020 at 12:39 am, Are you sure it can handle 40GB? Would you recommend Ryzen over Intel for after effects rendering? The table above includes our findings with FHD Ultra settings, while on FHD Medium you should expect 27-32 avg framerates in Far Cry 5, Witcher 3, or Battlefield V. Looking through the logs above, I think there’s room for a slightly higher GPU limit on this Silent profile, which would push FHD Medium framerates towards more playable 40-ish. If I'm still using a system I bought in 2020 in 2024-25, it will probably seem pretty silly not to upgrade to 32GB, and that won't be an option with this one. I don’t have any recommendations, just make sure to pick something that can accommodate a 20 mm thick laptop. I think I am just going to shuck out the money and get a 2020 Razer OLED that is coming out.