@@ImperialGoldfish my apologies! I had switched to new project templates during editing and I overlooked adding the resolution and wattage for CPU and GPU. This was benchmarked in the G16's native 2560x1600 resolution. Hope this helps!

​@@KevinEvangelista Thanks for responding! That is very helpful. Maybe pin a comment or something for other viewers to see?

Bro is this laptop really good?

I get that! It's really unique and weird looking, so inevitably, there are going to be folks that won't like it. Perfectly fine.

Mine arrived today too 🎉 So excited to get started with it

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Got it! I'm actually fielding suggestions for new titles to add / swap into the benchmark roster. I know for sure that the Black Myth Wukong benchmark tool will be in it. Got any suggestions?

Oh, absolutely.

You might want to check out the newly-released AMD versions of the G16 2024, running the new Ryzen 9 AI HX CPUs. Early reviews show that they've got a nice boost of performance over the Intel version I showed here, and significant advantages in battery life. They only go up to the RTX 4070 though, so you might want to account for that.

@@KevinEvangelista yes Im aware, 4070 is a HUGE deal breaker, tri-fan system sucks and will still be somewhat weaker compared to other 4070 laptops like Legion 7i, the only point of buying G16 2024 imo is to get the 4080/90

@@JT11111 there will be no lunar lake version. If they release a new one it will probably be the 50 series plus arrow lake. Lunar lake can not be combined with a dedicated gpu. I personally am waiting for the next year I want arrow lake plus 5090. And probably a faster wifi card from the next generation this one is still from generation 6 not 7

@@Smiles216 how do you know? They’ve released a new G14 & G16 every January/February, and Lunar Lake has just been released, so I cant imagine them skipping this window. Also the current G16 has upgradable wifi card, so its easy to replace it to a higher version, not that 7 makes much difference over 6E

I just picked one up with the intel ultra + 4080. If you can get one on deep sale, this or the 4090 is the one to get. If you don’t mind the 4070, then the amd version is one to get. Yes we can wait and see if Lunar Lake will be implemented but who knows? It’s plenty fast. I was very lucky, got mine on deep sale with 32 gob ram and 1 tb ssd with the 4080 for $2100.

All temp testing was done flat on my desk, with a cloth mousepad underneath.

Yes, you can connect the Thunderbolt 4 to DP2.1 and it will run at 165Hz-- although I can't be entirely sure if the Zephyrus G16 supports a DP2.1 signal, since it doesn't state on any documentation, I have to assume it's running on DP1.4. Either way, it will still run 3440x1440 at 165Hz. As for the modes, the only change that you'll see is in Eco mode-- this disables the dedicated GPU, so you won't have any Displayport or HDMI output from the laptop, only the laptop screen will be enabled. Standard runs both, and Ultimate just runs the dedicated GPU exclusively.

@@KevinEvangelista will the right side USB c (connected to dGPU 4070) and HDMI (idk what this is connected to) give only 4k 120hz? Also what is mux and how does it affect this?