That aside, though, this still gets a pretty good layout and it’s a quick and friendly typer. At 250 nits, though, this panel is good enough for indoor use, but the 51% AdobeRGB coverage is barely OK for daily use in this day and age and definitely not optimal for those interested in performing any sort of color-calibrated work. If not, get the Asus ROG Zephyrus G GA502 without any hesitation. As mentioned earlier, the Zephyrus G maintains the design lines of the higher-tier Zephyrus M and S models. Traditional to the ROG series, the GPU can further elevate processing to 1435MHz at 60W on Turbo Mode. We do not collect your personal data. In very few words, this is a proper alternative for the Core i5 8300H/9300H CPUs in Intel’s camp, with some benefits in intensive loads and drawbacks with gaming, but it can’t match the performance of the modern six-core i7s. Dedicated buttons on the top for volume, microphone and armory crate made things a lot easier for when you need to use those functions. The Asus ROG Zephyrus G GA502 is already available in stores around the world in the GA502DU variant reviewed here, with the Ryzen 7 3750H processor, Nvidia GTX 1660Ti 60 W GPU, 8 GB of RAM, a 512 GB SSD and the 120Hz screen, with an MSRP of $1099 in the US, 1100 GBP in the UK and around 1300 EUR in Europe. On Silent, the fans keep at about 36 dB, which makes them barely audible even in a quiet room. Next, we’ve included a set of benchmarks, for those of you interested in numbers. 99,990 maybe reasonable, although I felt for a 1660Ti and no RGB-keyboard, that’s a bit too much. Send latest launches, News, Best Deals once a week, Allow notifications to get our latest updates. That aside, though, the interior keeps the rectangular shape with tapered edges and the annoying status LEDs and always-lit power button placed beneath the screen, but unlike the other variants, there’s an air-intake grill at the top of the keyboard, which suggests a redesigned thermal module, and we’ll get to talk about it in a further section. On the whole, the Zephyrus G GA502 is well-made laptop. Digit caters to the largest community of tech buyers, users and enthusiasts in India. On Balanced, as Turbo is disabled on battery, the CPU stabilizes at 3.1+ GHz, which translates in scores of 630+ points and temperatures of around 62-64 degrees Celsius. mid-2019 lineup of Asus ROG Zephyrus gaming ultraportables in several previous articles, many other 15-inch laptops in the $1000-$1400 price range, there are definitely better options for you out there, Follow this link for updated prices and configurations at the time you’re reading the article, ASUS ROG Strix G15 G512 review (2020 G512LV model – Core i7, RTX 2060), Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE review (AMD Rzyen 5 4500U) – the almost perfect budget notebook, Asus ZenBook 14 Q407IQ with AMD Ryzen 5/Nvidia MX350 – what to expect, The search for the best wireless keyboard: Logitech K400 Plus vs. K830 vs. MX Keys, 15.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 px resolution, IPS, 120 Hz, matte, Panda LM156LF-GL panel, Radeon RX Vega 10 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti 6GB 60W (GeForce 431.36), 16 GB DDR4 2666 MHz (8 GB soldered, 1x DIMMs – up to 24 GB), 512 GB SSD (M.2 80 mm PCIe x2 – Intel 660p SSDPEKNW512G8) + 1 extra M.2 80 mm slot, Realtek 8821CE AC 1×1 WiFi with Bluetooth 5.0, Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit LAN, 3x USB-A 3.2, 1x USB-C gen 2 with DP, HDMI 2.0b, LAN, headphone/mic, Kensington Lock, 360 mm or 14.17” (w) x  252 mm or 9.92” (d) x 20.4 mm or .79” (h), 2.08 kg (4.58 lb), .56 kg (1.23 lbs) power brick and cables, EU version, white backlit keyboard with per-key control, 2x bottom stereo speakers, FHD external webcam, a fine allrounder, handles daily use and games well, no card-reader, no biometrics, no USB-C charging, not a great screen - rather dim and washed out colors, just a 60W implementation of the 1660Ti chip, runs hot with games, both internally and externally. The laptop charges slowly though, with a full charge taking around 2 hours and 30 minutes. Price difference between the two is negligible. I’d personally look for another machine that has a newer graphics processing capabilities for that kind of price segment. The Zephyrus G GA502 sits at the bottom of the line, beneath the Zephyrus S GX502 and Zephyrus M GU502 variants we’ve previously reviewed, as still a compact and light gaming ultraportable with similar design lines and particularities, but quite a few differences compared to the other variants: a mostly plastic construction, a 120 Hz screen, a hardware platform based on an AMD CPU and a lower power version (formerly known as Max-Q) of the Nvidia GTX 1660Ti GPU, a white backlit keyboard and a slower 1×1 wireless implementation, among others. And here’s how these compare in terms of speeds and temperatures in Witcher 3, all on the Tweaked profiles. As far as I know, the keyboard is identical between the Zephyrus models, but for some reason, it actually felt even mushier on this unit and my accuracy struggled more here, barely poking above 90% at fast speeds, so perhaps there’s a level of variation between implementations. Here’s what we got on our sample, with the screen set at 50%, roughly 120-nits of brightness. It means you can perform multi-finger taps and swipes without needing a third-party driver or utility. There are two M.2 slots inside, and they share a PCIe x4 connection, so although PCIe x4 SSDs are compatible, they’re not going to run at full speed on this laptop. If you aren’t wearing noise-cancelling headphones, this noise could creep into your gameplay experience. On the resting surface of the Zephyrus you find six-distinctive cushions. System boot-up, game load times and browsing were an absolute breeze. Doom was perhaps the smoothest game on both High and Medium. Despite its compact form-factor, the laptop still gets a properly sized armrest and the blunt lips and corners make it comfortable to use every day. I noticed quite a number of skips and stutters in the cutscenes of Battlefield V (High and Medium) but none during gameplay. We’ll get to gaming down below, but first, you should know that this handles everyday chores smoothly, while running coolly and quietly. Smart Amp is an advanced digital modelling Gaming tests have an error in the column header, it looks like. Gaming on battery is possible though, as both the CPU and GPU run fairly well in this case, but the GPU is limited at 30W and you won’t be able to do game for more than an hour and a half, though. Inside you’ll find the single RAM slot, the two SSD slots, the battery, speakers and a simpler thermal module than on the 1660Ti Zephyrus M. Before we proceed to talk about our review unit’s behavior and performance you should know that it is a production model with mature drivers from Nvidia (GeForce 431.36). The Ryzen 7 3750H processor settled for clock speeds of 3.7+ GHz, temperatures of around 86-88 degrees Celsius and scores of 770+ points, with a reported TDP of 18.5 W. That’s most likely an error with Hwinfo though, as its exactly half the designed 35 W TDP. However, while gaming on the Silent profile is possible, it’s at reduced performance, as both the CPU and GPU clock to lower frequencies (1.4 GHz – CPU, 1.25 GHz GPU in Witcher 3), and with increased interior and exterior temperatures, so it’s not something we’d recommend. The chassis gets fairly hot with games as well, not just the components inside, with several parts reaching temperatures in the mid-50s, and the WASD keys averaging a barely comfortable 40+ C. The fans spin fairly loudly as well, at 48-49 dB at head-level, although not as loud as on the Zephyrus M and most of the other laptops out there. This Ryzen 7-powered Zephyrus G GA502, on the other hand, costs Rs 99,990. The Ryzen 7 3750H is a quad-core eight-thread CPU with a max TDP of 35 W, Turbo Boost speeds of up to 4.0 GHz and the ability to clock down with basic chores in order to save on battery. Copyright © 2007-19 9.9 Group Pvt.Ltd.All Rights Reserved. The 15.6-inch display on the Zephyrus G GA502 is understandably not the same unit as that on the costlier Zephyrus M GU502. The Asus ROG Zephyrus G GA502 is a cheaper alternative to its Intel Core i7-powered counterpart, the Zephyrus M GU502. We ran them on the default Turbo profile first, and here’s what we got: We also ran a few more tests on what we’ll further call the OC profile, with the CPU on Turbo and default settings, but the GPU overclocked in the Asus GPU Tweak II app at +150 MHz Core and + 1000 MHz memory (further OC lead to instability). The costlier cousin Zephyrus M GU502 comes with a full-size Turing version of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card but the Zephyrus G GA502 gets a Max-Q version of the same. On the inside, though, the magnesium main-deck has been replaced with a plastic shell, and plastic is also used for the underbelly. Gamers aren’t strangers to the Republic of Gamers hardware. On battery, our sample returned better performance than other R7 3750H laptops tested in the past. We haven’t noticed any electronic noise on our sample, yet that’s not a guarantee you won’t encounter any on yours. You can keep the laptop on Silent with basic use, but that limits the performance, so you’ll most likely want to switch to Balance for everyday multitasking, or Turbo for demanding loads and games. Even so, there’s no doubt you’re going to sacrifice on the screen quality and performance compared to other laptops in the same price-segment, and you’d be lacking features that you might want, like an RGB keyboard, fast wireless or an SD card-reader, among others. If you’re planning to get the cheaper alternative so you can save Rs 43,000, you’ll be happy to note that you won’t be losing out on too much kit.