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gaming laptops are getting slimmer and more powerful and that's definitely a good thing helping this evolution along is a new Nvidia concept called max-q which combines more energy-efficient versions of GeForce 10 series graphics chips with thinner laptop bodies the first real-world example of this we've tested is the new Asus zephyrus laptop I just test him I don't come up with the names the zephyrus is a 15 inch gaming laptop that's incredibly slim despite having an intel core i7 and nvidia 1080 GPU which is really the combo u14 a high-end to gaming PC it's just seventeen point nine millimeters thick and a hair under five pounds which makes it the slimmest GeForce 1080 laptop we've tested a typical laptop with a similar set of parts can weigh 8 pounds or more and be much much bigger part of the secret is this hidden vent under the system keep the lid closed it looks like any slim midsize laptop open it up and the entire bottom panel lifts away creating a 6 millimeter high air chamber to keep the system cool it's as good at gaming as other g4 standard laptops we've tested and even has enough power and enough ports to support virtual reality the one thing that struck me as a bit odd though is the touchpad which gets moved to the side and can double as a number pad with the tap of a button for a gaming laptop touchpad it's actually not terrible but moving its location plays against decades of collective muscle memory and you do that at your own peril