ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503RS 15.6″ WQHD 165Hz Gaming Laptop
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503RS 15.6″ WQHD 165Hz Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen R7-6800H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Per Key RGB, Windows 11), Moonlight White
FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVITYDrive a second display via the USB-C port with DisplayPort 1.4. Watch 4K UHD movies on the big screen with HDMI 2.0b. Expand your storage with a fast micro SD slot. 3.5mm headset jack built in.
” data-position=”triggerHorizontal” />A STROKE OF GAMING GENIUSKeyboard’s desktop-inspired layout, which has separate function blocks for intuitive identification, dedicated hot keys that put volume, microphone mute, and ROG Armoury Crate software in easy reach
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IMMERSIVE SURROUND SOUND
Six speakers powered by Dolby Atmos technology put you in the center of the action. Turn up the volume at events and enjoy louder, more dynamic audio.
| Weight: | 1 kg |
| Dimensions: | 24.3 x 35.5 x 1.99 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | GA503RS-HQ016W |
| Colour: | Moonlight White |
| Batteries Included: | Yes |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 24.3 x 35.5 x 1.99 cm; 1 Kilograms |
Very sturdy, good size screen, sound quality is spot on, the performance of the laptop is very good, it has run all of my games without issue. Very good value for money
The G14 is possibly one of the best 14 inch gaming laptops out there; however, it can run too hot while gaming. The temp can be lowered slightly by creating your own custom CPU/GPU/Fan settings in the Armoury Crate.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed using this laptop but when it first arrived, I was a little disappointed to find out that the model I was sent did not have the Anime Matrix display as described on the product.
It’s not a deal breaker though, as the laptop is excellent value for money and probably saves battery life not having an always on led display on the cover.
I would recommend this laptop but please beware that you may not get the Anime Matrix model.
Just remember to check the side of the box to see if the model you have comes with Anime Matrix.
A brilliant laptop, considering the trade-offs needed.
It can get too hot, and it can get too loud (if you allow the fan settings to go up), however the speed and the portability are amazing. Build quality is excellent.
A Macbook has better thermals and battery life, but wont run Windows (x64 version) or play Windows games.
Couple of points…
1 – The screen is the regular Nebula display on the 4080 version, not mini LED, don’t let this put you off though. The screen is bright, colour accurate, has absolutely no noticeable backlight bleed. It is stunning, I personally prefer this to the mini LED on the Flow X16 that I previously owned. It also has the benefit of lower power consumption / better battery life, (I’m getting about 8-9 hours in silent mode).
2 – For some reason they don’t put the RGB keyboard on this model, but the keyboard itself is really good and the backlit keys are very easy to see and use in the dark.
I really cant say enough about how truly amazing and efficient this little machine is. It plays all my AAA titles between 120 and 165Hz, on Manual mode with a total power draw of approx 75W !!!!!!!!!! The fans remain almost silent and the temps for the GPU and CPU never go above 75 DegC. (I get this by setting CPU sustained power at 20W and reducing the GPU temperature target to 70 DegC in Armoury Crate, then setting a quiet fan curve, around 30% between 70 and 80 DegC).
Silent mode is truly silent. When on battery the fans never come on. When idle or streaming video the full system power draw sits between 5-10W, the laptop is fast, cool to the touch and the battery lasts around 8-9 hours!!!!
The 4090 may be ever so slightly better in games, but I’m not sure you would get much more out of it given the power limitations (120W). And I don’t see how the display can look any better with mini LED, especially given how many dimming zones there are on the G14 4090 model. And the battery life will take a hit.
I’ve spent way too long on this review, but I’m just blown over by how good this thing is. Hope this helps if you are looking at one of these.
Although it does get a little loud with the fans dissipating all that heat I ordered it from Amazon for a great price, and it gave buttery smooth performance in every game / task thrown at it. Unfortunately the dedicated graphics card just.. stopped properly working after about 18 months of use, no amount of reinstalling/rolling back drivers/windows/bios/even checking the heat sink and removing dust etc would fix it. Every monitoring tool showed the RTX3060 drawing 600W (physically impossible) so it wasn’t able to deliver any performance, games dropped from 200FPS to 10FPS. After a couple of days hunting down a solution via every internet forum I found a few people with the same problem who ended up RMA’ing via the reseller or manufacturer, so I opened a chat case with Amazon and let them know the problem, initially customer support suggested I speak to the manufacturer, however I said I’d rather deal with Amazon support as I hate the whole circus of multiple layers of support… Within a few hours I got an email accepting a return/refund request from customer escalations even though I’d not asked for one; love the laptop so perhaps I should have tried for a new motherboard form Asus. Anyway it’s all packed up ready to be returned and I’ve ordered the closest 2023 version to replace it.
Camera is OK but I didn’t but this for the camera but its great for windows hello, the 2022 zephyrus does not have a fingerprint reader as the 2021 zephyrus had, the 2021 zephyrus fingerprint wasn’t completely reliable anyway, as I said works well for windows hello
The performance is top quality, on par with a 4070 however not 3000 so basically half the price.
The battery is amazing easy getting 8 hours video playback and browsing.
The speakers are very good for a windows laptop and using dolby atmos they sound great.
The screen is really nice, colourful and is bright enough for a great experience. Mine has the usual top bezel light bleed due to the clamping force of the plastic frame however only notable on a completely black background,
Playing Warzone 2.0 at 120FPS high quality at 1440p is amazing and DayZ on Extreme getting around 90-110 FPS.
Yes its not the new gen chips however i cant justify the jump in price especially with how well this sexy laptop performs.
Just buy it and ignore any haters 🙂
This laptop is a lovely design and the build quality is amazing. The performance was ok for the configuration, and the animi lid lights up beautifully in daylight and night. Unfortunately, the deck and keyboard will get extremely hot in minutes, and the fans are incredibly loud. The display is small, but colour accurate. The keyboard feels nice and works great. However, the position of the ‘# key above the ‘enter’ key makes it a bad keyboard design for me. The key arrangement makes it difficult to use for fast typing, and many times I hit the ‘# key’ instead of hitting the ‘Enter’ key. Overall, it’s a great laptop with a decent performance in gaming. But when is used for more than 30 minutes to its full potential in gaming or editing, the cooling performance and the fan noise are a real issue for me.
It is extremely lightweight, compared to my last gaming laptop.
The only problem I have is that for gaming, the performance at 1440p is lacking and you can’t really downscale the resolution without everything looking blurry. This can be fixed by connecting an external monitor – which you then lose portability for. This could also be because I haven’t optimised the laptop yet, so I do expect to see improvements (there’s tutorials out there).
Overall, very pleased. I mainly bought this for mobile app development and to play a few games on the side when travelling.
The battery life is also excellent – lasts several hours with an IDE, emulator and tabs open, provided you set it to use the integrated GPU when not in game.
Keyboard is excellent. Trackpad was a bit strange to me but I got used to it because I was used to having discrete buttons.
All in all, very premium product and it is on sale right now for 600 less than the usual price! It is still, after that, in my opinion still not great for value in terms of performance but you get solid portability and it doesn’t stand out as a tacky gaming laptop.
Beautifully constructed laptop with an understaed industrial design. Handles everything i’ve thrown at it so far.
I handle large 3d projects just fine with this device, screen brightness and response are easy on the eyes. Runs quite hot (around 90-94c under heavy load) which from what i’ve read is normal for the system.
Switching to silent profile with armory crate brings temps into check when using it lightly.
Super happy with my purchase.