Testseek.co.uk have collected 110 expert reviews of the Asus GX501VI ROG Zephyrus and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus GX501VI ROG Zephyrus.
July 2017
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110 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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134 Reviews
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The editors liked
Thin and light form factor
Good build quality
Except for the moving plate
Nice 120Hz IPS matte screen with GSync
Decent keyboard and trackpad with Numpad solution
Top specs and solid performance
Upgradeable RAM and SSD
Fair price
The super-slim design of the Asus Zephyrus hides excellent gaming performance and a powerful Nvidia 1080 graphics card. The hidden kickstand vent provides cooling while not interfering with portability
Stunning Max-Q design
Quiet under heavy load
Inclusion of an Nvidia Max-Q GTX 1080 GPU
This second-gen version of the Asus Zephyrus keeps the inventive raised cooling vent
Lowers the price
Adds a new six-core Intel Core i7 CPU
And fixes the poor touchpad placement in the original
Incredibly thin
Very light
Impressively powerful
Very thin
Powerful
Good sound
Quiet fans
Thin and light
Excellent performance
Stylish design
120Hz IPS panel with GSync looks very good
Very quiet even under full load
Excellent Intel 802.11ac WiFi
Powers through games at 1080p
Impressively thin and light
The editors didn't like
Moving plate on the bottom feels fragile
No way to turn off the red lights and accents
The keyboard's positioning could be tough to get used to
Runs quite hot
But also fairly quiet
Poor speakers
Short battery life
Due to having a small battery and
The large cooling vent feels flimsy when opened. The display tops out at standard HD resolution
And the misplaced touchpad on the far right side is tough to get used to
Very expensive
Poor battery life
Dark and dull display
The fans still get quite loud
Battery life is short
There's a thick screen bezel around the non-touch display
And there's no built-in Ethernet jack
Which is important for downloading large game files
Body may be a little weak
Likely to be expensive
Slightly esoteric layout
Weak battery
Very poor battery life
Too hot to use as a laptop
Battery life is poor
The keyboard and mouse positions make them awkward to use
Published: 2017-07-27, Author: Dan , review by: cnet.com
The super-slim design of the Asus Zephyrus hides excellent gaming performance and a powerful Nvidia 1080 graphics card. The hidden kickstand vent provides cooling while not interfering with portability
The large cooling vent feels flimsy when opened. The display tops out at standard HD resolution, and the misplaced touchpad on the far right side is tough to get used to
Asus has created a surprisingly slim Nvidia 1080 gaming laptop in the Zephyrus. It's expensive and has a few design quirks, but it's also very portable and just plain fun to use...
As powerful as a gaming desktop, Thin and relatively light design, Great cooling
Battery life is terrible, Screen resolution is just 1080p
No matter how you look at it, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus is remarkable. It marks a new era for gaming laptops, one where you can expect a thin, 5-pound notebook to pack as much power as an 8- to 10-pound machine from a few years ago. It could conceivably be th...
Excellent gaming performance for its size and weight, 120Hz display with Nvidia G-Sync, Top-notch build quality, Quiet fans, RGB keyboard backlighting
GTX 1080 Max-Q graphics wasn't much faster than a standard GTX 1070, Chassis gets very hot while gaming, Short battery life
The Zephyrus is a revolutionary gaming-laptop design, packing a mighty GeForce GTX 1080 graphics chip into a body under 5 pounds. Just know it runs hot while gaming, and the gaming performance is close to that of some thicker, bigger GTX 1070 models we'v...
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Published: 2017-06-30, Author: Alexander , review by: tomshardware.com
Solid build quality, Amazing aesthetics, Outstanding performance for a thinandlight laptop, Color and grayscale accurate display with great contrast, Unique thermal dissipation approach
Awkward touchpad placement, Performs much warmer than a traditional gaming laptop, Poor battery life, Thermal panel is flimsy, Expensive
The Asus ROG Zephyrus packs outstanding performance in an ultrabook-like form factor, accomplishing what we previously thought was impossible. Plus, you won't get judgemental stares if you use it in public! This laptop is sexy. - MORE: Best Gami...
Published: 2017-06-27, Author: Alex , review by: gizmodo.com
Abstract: A couple of weeks ago I was braving the big crowds of E3 to meet with the Nvidia team, and while I was ostensibly there to check out Destiny 2 on a PC, what I really wanted to know was what the hell Max-Q Design was. Nvidia announced its new design philo...
I initially went into this review thinking that I would be comparing two very similar notebooks and while the Aero 15X and Zephyrus may both use NVIDIAs MAX-Q design language, they're both cut from very different cloths. ASUS targeted a gamer demographic...
