CES 2020: Asus Announces the Zephyrus G14 Gaming Laptop

After unveiling its new360Hz gaming monitorthat it built with Nvidia, Asus has now unveiled the Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop atCES 2020. According to the company, the G14 is the world’s first laptop of this size to featureRTX graphics, and the company is claiming that it’s the world’s most powerful 14-inch gaming laptop.

The laptop comes with a chassis that’sunder 20mm thin, and Asus says it has put in a customised cooling solution in the laptop to ensure it runs at peak performance. The deck of the laptop is built out of magnesium alloy and is fingerprint resistant. Moreover, Asus is using a honeycomb structure under the palm-rest for added reinforcement without adding too much material to the laptop.

One of the exciting things in the Zephyrus G14, as far as design is concerned, is theoptional LED matrix on the lid that can be customised to show imported GIFs and other graphics.Moreover, users will also be able to create custom animations frame by frame, and even type text messages on the LED matrix on the lid.

In terms of hardware under the hood, the Zephyrus G14 brings the up to the latestAMD Ryzen 7 4800HS processor, paired with up to the NvidiaGeForce RTX 2060GPU with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM. There’s alsoup to 32GB of 3200MHz RAM, and up to 1TB NVMe SSDstorage.

The laptop comes with a14-inch display,and there are options between a 14-inch FHD 120Hz display with AMD FreeSync, a 14-inch FHD 60Hz display, and a 14-inch 1440p 60Hz display.

There’s also a ton of connectivity in tow here with aUSB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port with Power Delivery, a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port, an HDMI 2.0b port, a headphone and mic combo jack, and a Kensington lock thrown in for good measure.

The Zephyrus G14 also comes with abattery that, according to Asus, lasts over 10 hours, but that’s a claim I’d really like to test. The laptop ships with a 180W charger, butsupports 65W charging via USB Type-Cfor times when you don’t need the discrete GPU, but wanna charge your laptop quickly.

Asus hasn’t announced pricing or availability details for the Zephyrus G14, but the company did say it’s going to bring the laptop to market“at a price that brings gaming to an even wider audience.”

Akshay Gangwar

Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.

Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.

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