r/zephyrusg16

Budget: 5K or less
Country: USA
Use Case: College/Engineering/Personal
Preferred Specs: was looking at 5070ti, newer gen arrow lake or panther lake intel processors
Notes:

Hi! In the process of buying a laptop for college that will last all 4 years and beyond. So for I've been considering the ASUS G16, Lenovo yoga pro 9i, and possibly a thinkpad ( though not sure which one to get). Money really isn't much of a factor but reliability is important to me and I feel like the ASUS would struggle in that department? Seems like the yoga pro 9i might have a much shorter battery life though reliability should be good.
Going in as a mechanical engineering major so would like something with significant power for solid works and such, but also good battery life and portability for on campus traveling. Maybe there is an option I'm not considering? Love apple and MacBooks but feel that there would be too many Software compatability issues for engineering, though I could see myself buying one for personal use later on out of college when workplaces typically provide a laptop for you. Want it to be fast and efficient with little lag and loading times overall. There are desktops available but I don't want to have to rely on those.

Just moved from the US to the UK and don’t have my power supply handy. Wondering if I need all-new, or if I can just replace the cord from the brick to the wall. Anyone done it?

Hello everyone, I know this question has been asked many times, but I've just got a few questions about people who've either owned both, or either one. I'm looking to upgrade from my Lenovo Legion Y540, specced as follows:

i7 9750H, 1660 ti with 16 GB of RAM

I've searched throughout my region as thoroughly as possible, and narrowed it down to one spec. I'm afraid the price jump between 16 and 32 GB RAM is far too large for me to justify. (Over 500 USD)

Is the G16 specced with the 5070, 16 GB of RAM and the Ultra 9 285H a good pick, that'll last me for the time being, and more importantly for the future? I've owned the Lenovo since 2021, and since then it's been perfect but has been starting to show its age.

My usage varies, I don't play many AAA games, but on the occasion I do, I'm perfectly fine with either having it connected to a 1080p monitor or scaling down the resolution to help accommodate the VRAM. I'm also a recent graduate, but I don't plan on using it for running AI locally, nor do I plan on using it for video editing or anything of the sort. It'll mostly be used for light to medium browsing and data editing and analysis. I'll also game on it as mentioned.

I'd really appreciate some insight and opinions on this from this sub. Thank you in advance.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been looking into the 2026 ROG Zephyrus G16, specifically the RTX 5080 version with 64GB of RAM, but I’m having a hard time finding it in Eclipse Gray / the darker gray color.

Most of the listings I’ve found seem to split the specs by color: the 64GB RAM version usually shows up in Platinum White, while the Eclipse Gray version seems to be listed more often with 32GB RAM.

Does anyone know if ASUS is intentionally limiting certain colors to specific configurations? Like, is Eclipse Gray only available with lower RAM specs in some regions, or is it just a stock/restock issue?

I don’t really care that much about storage since I can upgrade it later, but the RAM is soldered, so I’d rather not settle for 32GB if a 64GB gray version actually exists.

Has anyone seen this exact config available anywhere, or heard anything about restocks? Just trying to figure out if I should wait, buy the white one, or give up on the gray color dream lol.

Thanks!

Bought my Asus 16" G16 GA605WV at the beginning of 2025. Super fancy screen oled/amoled whatever died few weeks ago.

I was watching in real time how screen gets dark green borders, getting darker to black, then starting to creep deeper to the center of the screen to total blackout.

Process took about 4 hours. I work from home so laptop was never moved from the table, dropped or hit in any way.

For me, this is probably last laptop purchase in this price range. I hoped that price is measurement of quality, thinking at least 3 years of proper functionality. I hoped too much, I guess.

Next purchase will not have oled/amoled, nor GPU. I'm not gaming or doing anything to give a hardware a hard time, settings are on Balanced / Standard since first days, GPU probably never even activated since my biggest activities are browsing and sublime text editor for coding, internal card is absolutely enough for me.

Now I use some old Acer external 27" screen, I like bigger screen for multi tasking and more windows so I will not fix the laptop screen (700 usd on their site, plus customs, repair service etc, all together no less than 1100 usd for a fucking screen), in a month or so purchasing some 32" screen, still looking options on Amazon.

If so could you please dump your VBIOS?

I have a 130W USB-C power supply I use to charge my drone batteries.(I've measured the output and know it can deliver nearly the advertised power.) Because it's so much lighter than the Asus brick, I thought I'd try it on my G605MY (G16) to make travel lighter. Now I no longer have a 4090 GPU. Although I was not gaming or doing anything with heavy GPU loads, the spikes during booting or even casual use can cause conditions that will blow out the MOSFETs that supply the power rails to the GPU. Running GPU-Z shows 0 memory, indicating either failed MOSFETs or failed VRAM. This is an out-of-warranty unit, so sending it to ASUS for repair (almost certainly a motherboard replacement) makes a new machine look competitive.

Even a warranty might not cover it if you admit to using the USB-C power supply, since the manual says to use only the original power supply. Of course, that conflicts with the section that says the USB-C port supports power delivery, though at perhaps lower performance and reliability.

Bottom line - like the title says - use at your own risk.

Hi, so I purchased a 2026 Zephyrus G16 and am a bit puzzled about the VRR frequency showing as (103Hz -240 HZ) when running 2560x1600 @ 240HZ. Can someone with a 2026 model please open System > Display > Display information and let me know or upload a picture showing the Variable Refresh Rate Details?

I thought it was suppose to be 48Hz - 240HZ? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I have been a console gamer until now and so this really is all new to me in terms of specs etc. I’m permanently travelling for the next 5+ years but miss gaming and so I am planning to buy a laptop that will A) allow me to play games well and B) use as my primary device for all admin, watching movies, writing and storage, and in the future possibly running software for editing film. The Zephyrus has been recommended to me to if you have anything better in mind let me know. Game wise it would be mainly for AAA games such as Elden Ring, Baldurs Gate 3 and new releases but also some online gaming such as Marvel Rivals.

Apologies is this is too vague. Essentially a capable enough laptop for gaming as well as general pc use and running software. I will be using this as my only gaming device for the foreseeable future and so I want something that will be equipped for this.

I execute a EC Reset yesterday, and now the boot time from button pressing to lock-screen is approximate 32s (several times after EC Reset), which is longer than before ( around 20s).

Wonder what can do to fix it...

Also, I do EC Reset due to the Battery Charge Limit settings, I was able to set limits for 5%, such as 95%, 90%, 85%, but yesterday I can only set 100%, 80%, 75%, 70%, 65%, 60%. So I tried EC Reset, and problem not solved. Can anyone help me figure this out? <3

Thank you!

Hii everyone hope you all are doing well and find my post in good health
I wanted to ask can someone kindly give me the g16 2026 wallpaper please I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the internet
Thanks for the help !!!

Hi.

Using G helper, can someone offer the best configs they use. My use case is gaming but I want little to no fans. 1440p.

My unit has the 2025 5080 and hopefully suggestions are for that particular unit.

I can’t seem to get a balance. The CPU is just so damn thirsty and gets hot. Which I hate.

Thank you.

Both are 32gb ram, 2tb

I'm a student but i dont use an external monitor and have used 15.6 inch laptops all my life an hance am skeptical that 14" might be too small, plus the thermal throttling. But the portability and lower price also helps.

I'll be using it for CAD, Blender, Unreal, programming, maybe some Vid Editing, and Gamez obv. And watching movies.

G14- ₹2.8L / $3k
G16- ₹3.6L / $3.8k

These are the only models available in my country except the 5060 model which might be limiting me. Prices are inflated here gotta live with that, 2026 prices are just stupid not even considering them.

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...Was it worth it? Did you find a way to physically and digitally swap the keys for your language's? Or did you paint the keys on, or used stickers? Were you able to get used to your laptop and work fine?

Thinking of this because sometimes I find amazing deals online, but they aren't in my country's keyboard layout.

Thanks.