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when Nvidia released their max Q line of low-power gaming GPUs notebook manufacturers fighting to make Barre devices as thin and powerful as possible made headlines with some let's call them unconventional designs I'm sorry you put the trackpad where oh I don't know if that's any better now they were cool to play with but the usability sacrifices made them very hard to recommend so a soos backtracked on some of their more edgy design choices in this the second generation Zephyrus speaking of choices today's video is brought to you by a great choice private Internet access near the VPN service that encrypts all of your Internet traffic and uses a safe protected IP p ia has a ton of other useful features as well so you can check them out at the link below the Zephyrs GM 501 is a sexy machine and opening it up at the local coffee shop is bound to draw attention the guy watching summit 1g on twitch will notice the keyboard area lifting up creating a gap for the internals to breathe and then everyone else will probably turn their heads when you boot it up really guys that's the idea you rip off from a shirt and you guys will hear just a moment the start engine noise that comes to this notebook it's pretty cool anyway the vent flap itself is a little flimsy feeling when it's lifted but the feel of the entire machine including the keyboard is nothing short of premium noticeably better than last gen and the flap closes when you pack up making it a total non concern if you want to throw those efforts into your bag and then get to class if the first thing you do when you get home is fire up Netflix or a game stream the speakers are potent enough that you won't need to grab a pair of headphones but if you want to be the one doing the streaming you are definitely going to need some accessories in spite of the fairly complete IO including Thunderbolt 3 first and foremost you're gonna want a Type C to display port adapter for your external display then you're gonna want a Gigabit Ethernet adapter and finally you are definitely going to want a different webcam because the one that's included is well I think the best way to put it is not very exceptional even if you are considerably better-looking than me it's definitely got enough power though not only will its full-fat gtx 1070 push a high enough framerate in modern triple-a titles but it's six core cpu means that finally we've got a portable device that covers you for both your game and your streaming coating the experience is shockingly similar - what you'd get from a very decent desktop machine but the same is not true of acoustics and thermals with a full-blown synthetic load there is some overheating at first despite the spoiler but the good news is that the frequency on the CPU doesn't drop too much to get the temps reasonable again so in productivity tasks the new Zephyrus is faster than every seventh gen laptop we tested and the only laptop it loses to in Cinebench is the G 702 zc that one with a tries in cores with an actual desktop chip in it so needless to say this one is about 44% thinner than that one so this is great news for video editors or other on-the-go content creators as for gaming well you've actually got a couple of tuning options in shadow of war in silent mode we've got 77 frames per second which is respectable but it clearly wasn't designed to be used like that so we toggled overboost cranking up the fans now this is not a quiet experience but if you play games with sound especially if you wear headphones it's definitely worth it a hundred and four FPS dang like that is an insane improvement so with the fans on bust the Zephyrus beats out even it's much thicker seventh gen siblings and that is in spite of a touch of thermal throttling on the CPU probably the coolest thing happening in laptops right now alongside incredible performance is high refresh rate displays and this 1080p IPS one is fantastic now the colors aren't quite what I would describe as pro grade but they are heaps better than any high refresh rate laptop display from a year or two ago and at 144 Hertz with g-sync you will finally be getting the most out of your Opie mobile graphics card so there are no huge surprises so far a gaming laptop that games whoo but it's actually more than just a one-trick pony the RGB lighting on the keyboard might not be for everyone but this typing experience probably will be most gaming laptops have low actuation force keys that are awesome for quick split-second actions but fall flat once you try and type but with a long 1.7 millimeter travel the zephyrus offers a surprisingly tactile feel like I could easily sit and write scripts or long letters to people who are mad about my recent you know insert controversial topic here video honey below the keyboard is a trackpad it's a little on the small side but thanks to its somewhat sensible positioning thank you Asus it's perfectly suitable for casual on-the-go use that is if you want to carry around the 1.8 pound power adapter with you on the go on the subject of which we were actually expecting much better battery life than other gaming laptops a soos has given you the option to turn off vsync and then with a restart enable Nvidia Optimus which lets the laptop use the Intel integrated graphics for tasks like web browsing and Microsoft Word but in practice we were still only getting around two and a half hours in our work battery test and opening it up reveals why the 55 watt hour battery doesn't stand a chance against a six core CPU now I think the solution is ditching the two and a half inch drive bay for more battery capacity here but the upgraders out there might like it better this way maybe let us know in the comments so is the Zephyrus for you then well at 2200 US dollars for the gtx 1070 model with some better battery it would be a lot easier to recommend but that doesn't mean we're recommending against it either because the Zephyrus has one of the best mobile gaming experiences available on the market it's got an awesome keyboard great screen and heaps of sex appeal so if you can afford the not entirely ludicrous premium the zephyrus TM 501 asks for the fewest compromises we've seen out of a gaming fin and light so far just like our sponsor Squarespace Squarespace offers 24/7 support via live chat and email and Squarespace starts at just 12 dollars a month and you get a free domain if you buy it for the year every one of their gorgeous templates features responsive design to your website skills to look great on any device it comes with a free online store their cover pages feature lets you set up a beautiful one-page online presence and minutes and everyone can publish content in apple news format directly from there Squarespace blog module and it's got tons of other features as well including their logo designer the fact that it's all stored in the cloud it's like super stable and you don't have to take my word for it you can start a trial 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