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expired Posted by Sanras • Apr 21, 2025
Apr 21, 2025 4:03 PM
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 Laptop (Open Box Excellent): i7 13620H, 16" 1080p, RTX 4070
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Primarily, it will black screen crash at high loads with the GPU. SO exiting a game, the optimus switch to intel will trigger a bluescreen. I've used both B16 (latest bios) as well as B15. Multiple re-installs.
It would crash on shaders as well.
Last straw was booting into Batocera (linux). I figure my problems were windows related and an eventual bios/driver fix would solve them. But same problem under Linux.
I ended up building a desktop PC w/ RX 9070XT and zero crashes.
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Really, it seems to be running fine right now. The bluetooth issue is just sort of annoying, but not annoying enough to go out to buy a new computer. I have a growing suspicion that there's an issue with the video card causing the restarts or at the very least issues switching between the onboard GPU and the GPU card. If it gets worse, I'll probably look at changing things up. My current thinking is actually a miniPC with an external GPU instead.
If that is correct, how old is this thing?
I kept getting the Blue Screen of Death. The Geek Squad "FIXED it" THREE times, but shortly after I got it home, same thing, BSOD!
Sent it into the Asus service center, and when I got it back 15 days later, got BSOD twice within 4-min.
Asus said the WARRANTY does NOT include any replacements or refunds.
I will never buy another ASUS product. And will avoid buying from Best Buy also.
FYI - Asus has a D- at Better Business Bureau - https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/fremont...1116-16870
I was able to upgrade with WIFI 7, DDR32 ; bringing it up to 48GB, and two M2. slots.
In theory,this was a perfect machine for my needs except the 1080p screen which didn't bother me as it would be docked on a desktop with a good monitor.
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Absurd.
No, 8GB vram is not enough to play AA/AAA games at ultra/high presets with stability, and it will not be enough to do so a few years from now.
In 2017, I bought an open-box ASUS ROG GL702VS with i7 7700HQ and GTX 1070 8Gb for about $1200. That thing lasted me until thr end of 2023 and only reason I bought a cheaper costco pre-built and upgrade the GPU was to play Starfield and cyberpunk comfortably.
This laptop will not last you 6 years of solid decent performance on high end games if you buy it in 2025 for a thousand dollars.