Pros
- Excellent, color accurate OLED display
- Very well designed
Cons
- Bottom gets hot when plugged in
- Doesn’t support USB-C charging
- No Adobe RGB profiling
Asus brings OLED displays to its ROG Zephyrus line in 2024 and does a fab job for a first timer. The new flashy slash programmable-LED on the cover of the well-designed laptop, plus solid performance for its 14-inch size, makes the G14 an excellent choice for a small model that’s adept for both gaming and creating.
Despite being a member of Asus’ gaming-focused ROG family of laptops, the G14 has a more creative bent; it’s technically considered an Nvidia Studio model and ships with Nvidia’s Studio driver rather than the more common Game Ready version. (You can switch to the latter if you want the more frequent and game-optimized updates.) It comes in two models: the $2,000 version I tested, equipped with a AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, GeForce RTX 4070, 32GB RAM and 1TB storage; and a $1,600 version with 16GB RAM and an RTX 4060.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403UI (2024)
Price as reviewed | $2,000 |
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Display | 14-inch, 2,880×1,800 120Hz OLED (DisplayHDR 500 True Black) |
CPU | 4.0GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS |
Memory | 32GB LPDDR5-6400 (soldered) |
Graphics | 8GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 mobile; AMD Radeon 780M (integrated) |
Storage | 1TB SSD, micro-SD slot |
Ports | 2 x USB-A, 2 x USB-C (1 x 4.0 w/ 100w PD, DP mode), 1 x HDMI 2.1, combo audio |
Networking | MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922, Bluetooth 5.3 |
Operating system | Windows 11 Home (22H2) |
Weight | 3.3 lbs./1.5kg |
The cheaper model can probably suit most people’s needs. If you play games at 1080p or lightweight ones at 1440p, the 4060 should be OK; if you’re not a big multitasker or don’t work with a lot of large photo or video files the 16GB of RAM shouldn’t be much of a limitation. But if you’re going to push to, say, 1800p (the screen’s maximum resolution)…
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