TRUTH About Asus ProArt P16 After ONE MONTH of Testing!

[@BenGKaiser]

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[@photo-markus]

I ordered p16 based on your videos! Pls teach us more about the Asus dial. Film yourself by using it, show us how you customized it for use with Lightroom, photoshop and premiere pro.

[@classyorb]

Just bought one for $1400 out the door, open box at Best Buy. It was basically brand new. I love this thing

[@basicelement]

I've been using the ProArt P16 for 3 months now, and I have to say, it is a beast!!! I create video content and graphics, and I also edit and produce my own sound with Ableton Live. It's always smooth and fast, like nothing I've ever seen before. As for the support, there was an issue with a BIOS update causing the laptop to bootloop, so I contacted them through the dedicated app they offer to ASUS users, and they assisted me until the issue was resolved.

[@cleberlimacls]

can you tell me more about? Im thinking about buying for 3d modelling. I have a Mac Pro and I love it but there are a very important software not available for Mac

[@Petitelapinou1]

Ok im here cause I saw your G16 comparison and the discount on this is huge in comparison.

[@tonysanti2966]

Dude, your hairstyle is epic

[@Bc232klm]

Only reason it's not 240hz is because there's no 16" 4k OLED 240hz panel available right now.

[@rawd1497]

I think a really important thing that you haven't mentioned is the flexibility of the laptop. Like you mentioned with the bounciness, using a pen is not that great when it cant bend backwards. To me that's a huge downside especially when I'm trying to work on-the-go and I can't carry my large drawing tablet.

[@alestbest]

Thank you for the warning. Start thinking the Asus product anagers are insane

[@TheRandyPenn]

Hey Ben, I have a random question for you. I don't know if you have a 64GB P16 around, but if you do, could you go into your system info in Windows and see if you have 64GB usable? I got one of these the other day, and although 64GB is installed, Windows (and all applications that show this type of info) indicate only 32GB usable.

[@CharvatBros]

Hey Ben, thanks for the vid. Just in a market of a new laptop. Im wondering if 32gb ram is enough for me? The price difference for a 64gb seems to be quite big so im not really sure if its worth the money. Mainly Davinci Resolve video editing up to 4k. Thanks.

[@thenotred]

I think having a higher refresh rate with the OLED display might make it consume even more power, draining the battery faster but I think they can mitigate that by turning down to 60Hz when unplugged and 120Hz when plugged in

[@ExoticCarDIY]

I went to go buy one and found many people were reporting issues ith an auto boot recovery boot loop (blue screen) every 1 star review mention this. anyone else report this?

[@BillHughesVideo]

Eact same reason, I am nervous to buy 😢

[@kennethderamus7946]

​@BillHughesVideo So I bought one, and of course, it immediately had the boot loop issue 24 hours after I set it up. Fix from the people on Reddit, was to flash an older version of BIOS. That did work, but it still made it do a full system restore, so I would have lost everything if I had actually used the thing. I contacted ASUS and let them know about the issue, back the light was the first time they had heard about it. But it turned out that I did make them aware that they had released a corrupted bios. They have since come out with two newer bio updates, 312 and 313. Both seem to be running stable on my machine after 2 weeks now I will say however, so far this machine is not all it's cracked up to be. If I run it in any kind of battery saving mode, it's very laggy, and you can't run video editing software like DaVinci. So if you turn the performance on, the batter is gone in like 2 hours. I'm still in my return window, struggling with what to do.

[@J.C.Productions-gm8zp]

sounds like a OS problem rather than hardware. when mines arrives ill do testing for you

[@abc_cba]

If only this laptop had a refresh rate of 120 Hz or above, this would've been awesome for content creation especially for video editing!

[@1ozcaffeine]

just hook it up to your oled then

[@JoshComley]

That and a numpad

[@leftclot]

No editor really needs 120Hz for editing though

[@jkhuv87t5]

Be real, 120Hz is not needed at all for video editing.

[@abc_cba]

@@jkhuv87t5 I need it, that's my comment. I'm allowed to express myself.

[@froctavio]

Thanks for the review Ben. I remember seeing one video of the preview of this Asus laptops from earlier this year at a convention that showed someone briefly using the Asus pen to draw on the trackpad of the P16 like someone would with a Wacom tablet. I am not sure if this is something that actually works in this manner with pressure sensitivity? Or maybe it was the trackpad registering the tip of the Asus pen as it would with the tip of a finger driving the cursor on the screen. Just curious. Also was wondering if the Asus pen allows for changing the buttons layout in similar manner as a Wacom pen. Thank you Ben. Cheers.

[@jose_amor]

Which Laptop is Best for Architects in Early 2025? For an architect on the go using Autodesk programs, rendering engines like Unreal Engine or D5 Render, and graphic design software, which laptop gives the best bang for the buck? Also, how do the build quality and overall finish stack up between them? Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 Intel Core i9-14900HX NVIDIA RTX 4080 ASUS ProArt P16 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX370 NVIDIA RTX 4070 ASUS Estudiobook 16 Intel Core i9-13980HX NVIDIA RTX 4070 Identical RAM and storage configuration

[@J.C.Productions-gm8zp]

what size are you after and do you cherish battery life? I recommend the Pro ARt 13 with 32gb ram nvidia 4070 gpu :)or the asus G14 if you want a better refresh rate on screen

[@dflro]

Please do some Lightroom/Photoshop AI Noise Reduction tests on raw files (please specify the raw file resolution). Thank you!

[@BenGKaiser]

Can you send me RAW files that you would like tested? [e-mail]

[@louloup4246]

Ouh yeah a New video ! Last year Technotice takes the lead with the proart but this year .... it s you .

[@louloup4246]

I have just seen your intro and what i feel it is that you are real youtuber . Sometimes it could be said like a critic but here it s not . What it means for me it is that you take care about your audience and needs and you create relation with them through a product . What i feel it is with that method you push normal sponsored random average youtuber in the past . People Who have the same action than you deserve during the buy of a computer to pass by a link to you . Thanks . I have not seen the video just the beginning and maybe you ll broke my dream laptop but what is important it is that you speak about your expérience and real stuff .

[@louloup4246]

You put lots of ads and normaly i hate and give me bad opinion to People Who do that . But how you give a subjective detailed and personnal opinion of your feeling and use .... it s really ok

[@louloup4246]

Wow great review . For me this laptop is like a New generation of pc . To have acces to macbook but the difference is that it is more original to have proart than macbook. Also nearly twice less expensive . Great review . Clear honest practical . I like your work . For me you are the future . This kind of review puts other channel to the old age

[@BenGKaiser]

Wow! I REALLY appreciate your support. I'm glad that my mission comes through clearly... create simple laptop reviews that help viewers make the right buying decision... no hype. Hope you have a great day!

[@thehumblespinster]

Would this laptop work for Adobe illustrator?

[@Natalie-Galle]

Hi Ben, I really love your videos. Very informative, detailed and you have a great feeling for the special needs of creative artists. I also like your way of explaining, your enthusiasm for small specifics and your speaking speed! Thanks for all of that! My question is: Do you have any experience with anti-reflective films for the display? Could you perhaps test whether the touch display and the pen still work properly? I'm already looking forward to your next videos!

[@andrewdavidjamesburke]

Not going to lie, I stayed for the hair

[@elin_ostad]

real

[@dragonuv65]

I just got the ASUS ProArt P16, and my screen has this black flicker that happens randomly for like one second, and I have updated everything. All Windows updates, all GPU driver updates, and I saw at least one ASUS firmware update during the slew of updates. However, I continue to have this black flicker, and it's especially bad with lightroom. Anyone else experience this and fix it?

[@J.C.Productions-gm8zp]

could be amd apu drivers, could be nvidia drivers try updating these also

[@alitariq3059]

Same here ! Same laptop same issue, I just got mine a couple weeks ago open box

[@SiqcCafeNyc]

I'm try to find the 2023 model you mentioned that has the numeric keypad. Can you provide the model# or link?

[@markg5664]

Camera Raw has an Ai denoise button that is not showing up on your version for whatever reason. This is very GPU and CPU intensive. If I had an option to show you a screenshot I would show you what it looks like. It maybe because you are not using a RAW file and it doesn't work with .jpeg images.

[@BenGKaiser]

Hi Mark 👋 Send me a screenshot or Loom screen share video to [e-mail]

[@ondrejbobek.]

Yes, it's "Lightroom Denoise" which uses "AI" for denoising and needs a modern GPU, which makes most laptops with iGPUs unusable for photographers if they sometimes need to denoise RAW images (it can take minutes with iGPU versus 10-30s with a dedicated GPU per picture).

[@markg5664]

@@ondrejbobek. The Intel Arc GPU I have is the A370M dedicated GPU that was released before they used the Arc name for their newer integrated gpu's.

[@COD14902010]

Please i wanna know if the stylus can be used in the trackpad and not only the screen

[@mystic_alchemist]

Few things I'd like to see on the next video: If you could use PX13 with RTX 4070 or the P16, Performance on battery compared to the Macbook pro Performance compared to M3 Max & M4 Max in Davinci, Lightroom & After Effects Noise Reduction in Davinci Resolve & Lightroom Enhance Denoise Performance in Luminar Neo (AI) And finally compared to a desktop PC with i7 14700k & RTX 4070, just to see how much performance gain I'm getting a PC instead, they both cost the same here. Basically I'm confused between the PX13, Macbook Pro & PC. Knowing the performance difference would help me make a purchase decision.

[@seekhearts]

😂

[@maxweinbach3996]

@@seekheartsbasically compare with everything in the world.

[@sanjacobs6261]

Great video, man, thanks. What is the trackpad like? Does it have a physical button below it, or is it "taptic"? Does it suffer from being more easy to click towards the bottom than at the top?

[@karunthapa354]

could you please also compare to the asus rog flow x16 with the rtx 4070 and the i9 13900H

[@Tom_Cubed]

When using the Asus ProArt16 did you even experience random moments where the screen would go completely black for a second? Just got mine a few weeks and every now and then screen goes dark, even when plugged into an external monitor. Seems like others have had the same issue, so saying it is normal while others are saying its a defective graphics card. Was wondering if you ran into that issue when testing the machine.

[@Zaphodbreeblebrox]

Just got mine, and it does the same thing...

[@tammygillettVictoryGarden]

i saw your short about the settings you changed on it. did you do vid on that?

[@hasandeniz6243]

My p16 laptop goes to endless bootloop. Once I had to do a fresh install of system. But after a few weeks, bootloop issuw again and it wont accept simple repair modes. I CANT install fresh windows via "reset the pc" over and over again . I NEED my programs. Can someone explain how to fix it? The laptop is pretty much useless. Never had such an issue with other brands so far. I AM quite dissappointed

[@leonvonminden771]

I need a laptop as a civil engineering student. Any recommendations?

[@J_Johnson.Productions]

Lenovo Legion 7i gen 9, spec i7 - 14700HX, 4060 and 64gigs of ram (I added this after I bought it). I’m an architectural and landscape architectural student myself. Hope this helps

[@665Thunder]

mentioning fan noise without specifying which mode the laptop is in (power saving vs performance, for example) is useless... this laptop can go well over 50db when in power mode and under high loads (as measured on other reviews)

[@oliviapaige2967]

Is there a laptop you would recommend for creators and digital media and video editors over this laptop?

[@J.C.Productions-gm8zp]

Im a windows guy but i can whole heartedly recommend the macbook pro 16 for this too :)

[@trotion]

Epic video! After watching this Im on the fence now. Ive moved away from workstation options for engineering CAD work and would like to try a consumer laptop. Would you recommend this ProArt over something like the G16? Having something that looks much better than a gaming laptop, however Im not sure if it'll cool well enough.

[@mihirojha4475]

It's the exact same chassis as the G16 2024, only with a 4k 60Hz panel instead of the 1600p 240Hz one and that dial pad thingy on the TouchPad. Also, it doesn't have that slash lighting on the lid. You can also buy it with 64 gigs of RAM unlike the G16 which tops out at 32 gigs. That's literally the only difference between the two I believe, and the lettering on the keys is more 'professional', so to speak.

[@BenGKaiser]

I have a G16 Vs ProArt P16 reviewing coming out soon. :)

[@FiistFlaag]

How does it xompare to the zenbook with a 4080, what would you reccommend

[@maxweinbach3996]

As they say, bigger = better

[@dlwynnjr7260]

I'm curious... does the dial work in conjunction with a Wacom Tablet?

[@MarcoPizzolato]

What about Linux compatibility?

[@basicelement]

I believe it is very difficult for someone to test this laptop with Linux because as soon as they install Linux, the 2-year warranty provided by the company is automatically voided. The disk must not be formatted or the boot sector tampered with.

[@hrae1810]

Always great videos! It's easier drawing flat, so would this model, or the H7604 (folds 175 degrees), or the Proart Portable Display be better? I use AutoCAD & Sketchup with Enscape, but also draw a lot freestyle to ideate. Seems only being able to draw at 45 degrees would be unusable, but want the 16" screen (and other features) that the 13" doesn't have. Thanks :)

[@tammygillettVictoryGarden]

I just got this in fair condition and it is flashing once in a while. We are using replacement cord bc it didnt come with one. Plan to buy the asus cord. maybe settings? or bc using bluetooth mouse. Hoping its not a hardware issue.

[@defiJohn]

I'll be waiting until they refresh this laptop with the nVidia's new 5070

[@tsunarun]

Nice review 👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁 One question PLS: Did the P16 handle H265 codec in première pro ? I have a sony camera and I want to use the XAVC HS 4K. Thanks

[@yannick9208]

Are the keyboard keys easy to remove for replacement? I have a key with a dollar sign that I want to replace with one that has a euro sign.

[@MrQuashu]

Thank You Ben for this review. For me, the screen is to big ( i have a tendency to put hand on screen when i use pen ) and hinge is to soft.

[@blaizecs1492]

Thank you Tech Andrew Garfield, very cool.

[@coreyhowell6969]

I bought this laptop and I have to say it sucks. When it actually works it does great, but I have had to reinstall two different drivers and take it to Best Buy twice after four months of owning it. Do not buy this laptop. My friend also had one and his completely fried it’s cpu after one month.

[@KickItWithTee]

Did you use Premiere Pro on it at all? I bought an M3 Pro and it couldn't even playback simple 4k footage smoothly so I returned it. Deciding on this or the G16

[@independhans]

Thanks you for making this one, Being in europe, I cant use this links. need to chouse anther shop unfortently. Could I use 2230 ssd or do I need 2280 ssds?

[@independhans]

I think, I would need 1x 2280 PCIe 4.0 x2 + 1x 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4

[@fishfromph]

can u compare px13 and the new zenbook s14 with core ultra 7 series2?

[@adityamgupta6341]

px13 has a dedicated gpu, worse battery life and it's thicc, but it's an inch smaller diagonally, zenbook s14 has more battery life, thin, an inch bigger, 120hz display and it's not a convertible unlike the proart, proart is more powerful tho

[@jkhuv87t5]

Go watch dedicated videos of those, and make a list comparing your pros and cons, and use your brain to figure out what's best for you. No need for a dedicated video.

[@J.C.Productions-gm8zp]

@@jkhuv87t5 are you saying hed have to do this by himself? this is a new snowflake generation they cant do that lol

[@cottonlarry8470]

Gods sake. What is happening with the hair?

[@Bc232klm]

Who are you? the police?

[@Poisoned2010]

'Something About Mary' situation?

[@maxweinbach3996]

“Pro art”

[@J.C.Productions-gm8zp]

LMAO

[@Romo23]

Why is the webcam so awful?? 😭

[@AnatoliyStrilets]

What is better for 3d modeling? Asus pro art with rtx4070 and 64gb of ram or Asus Zephyrus G16 with rtx 4080 and 32 gb of ram? Does 4K screen make any difference in 3d modeling? At the Best Buy they are priced the same $2699

[@BenGKaiser]

I’d go RTX 4080 for 3D Modeling.

[@statusquoreject]

I'm an industrial designer and so 3d modeling and rendering. Most CAD programs use your RAM and GPU. Depends on the software you use but programs like SolidWorks or Rhino prefer Nvidia Quadro cards which aren't in any thin laptops for cooling reasons. The 4080 is a much better GPU than the 4070, but it also depends on the how much power the GPU is getting so look at the wattage as well. If the 4070 gets more power than the 4080 it will perform better but I'm almost positive the 4080 gets more power and I think Nvidia caps the power at 100w anyways. 60hz doesn't matter in 3d modeling but may cause jittery movement when rotating a model depending on the size and complexity of the 3d model. if you can does the 64gb RAM then the p16 should be fine, but I think the price point is ridiculous for a 60hz screen and I'd lean to a g16, only downside with the g16 is its limited to 32 GB of RAM.

[@ambvlntSoul]

How is the pressure for the pen compatibility? I will be using this to illustrate in Photoshop and want to make sure I can get naturally tapered brush strokes.

[@BenGKaiser]

While using the Asus 2.0 Pen with MPP I noticed that it did NOT have tapered brush strokes. I'm going to dig into this in a video within the NEAR future.

[@The_Penguin_City]

What happened to this guy in the hair?😮

[@RevGunn-jq3cq]

No ram upgrade? TRASH

[@imrlucky_a]

hairr? HAIRRR

[@jgarri2rodriguez]

Peinate

[@Pattayaman999]

He needs a haircut

[@Bc232klm]

you need to grow yours and stop conforming to what you think you need to do.

[@notchipotle]

not having a 120hz option is the dumbest decision, it's not cheap, it's not for people who's looking for a cheap laptop, so why saving some pennies in area that are crucial.

[@Borisyadne]

They don’t want it compete with g16. Why do you need for 120+herz except for gaming?

[@popeye82]

Thank you for speaking in metric and using Celsius so the most people can understand. As always, great channel and reviews seem genuine, well rounded, and thoughtful.

[@jkhuv87t5]

Nobody really uses fahrenheit for measuring temperature outside of weather lol