Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED (M7600) - designer review

[@MoltenHelium]

I've had this laptop for a few weeks now. The display is amazing. haven't had any issues with it, and everything seems to run just fine. Great review.

[@AstroHunter5280]

How do you like typing on this computer? Is it ok with the touchpad centered on the entire keyboard instead of just the keys? Is the RAM soldered on?

[@MoltenHelium]

@@AstroHunter5280 I haven't had any issues typing. No false input on the touchpad. I don't mind the keyboard, it's what I would expect from a laptop. Average. I do believe the ram is soldered on from the other videos I've seen. Haven't opened it up. No screen issues. No fan issues. I believe Asus might have fixed issues others had had early on.

[@AstroHunter5280]

@@MoltenHelium Im looking at one on Newegg so im worried that maybe he could be a model before any fixes? Although, it wasnt released very long ago. Do you have the 16 RAM? Fast enough?

[@baharrrr]

Hi, I've read that this has Dolby Vision andvthat gives a yellow tint to the screen, making true whites impossible. Is that true?

[@MoltenHelium]

@@baharrrr I haven’t personally noticed it.

[@t.damianboyle622]

A straightforward, clear, and thorough exposition. Excellent work. Thanks! 👍

[@rockymarquiss8327]

When you remove the sticker on the touchpad the dial pad shows up better. I have the high end one with the the Ryzen 9, 32GB of memory. I am a touch typist that types > 75 words per minute on a regular computer. This keyboard doesn't slow me down - works very well. The smaller numeric keypad takes a little bit to get used to because it having a smaller footprint. I don't see the hit that you can't charge using the type-C - not many places that would be a requirement, especially with the battery lasting as long as it does. Charge it at night using the supplied cable. The only thing that I see is that it's not thunderbolt - which may or may not be an issue depending on your requirements. If that's important to you, get the Intel version and you'll have all of this capability.

[@Telencephelon]

No USB-C charging is a dealbreaker. Has been for 5 years

[@rockymarquiss8327]

@@Telencephelon I can see it for some. If you spend a lot of time at airport terminals where they have usb charging stations.. but generally speaking I see no problem in plugging in a power cable. For one they aren't as flakey as usb cables. I'm on my fourth cable at work...

[@Telencephelon]

@@rockymarquiss8327 I want to he able to upgrade to the latest and tiniest GaN charger and have one cable to power all of my devices everywhere. Yet you are right. My profile is that of a traveller. At home it does not matter

[@rockymarquiss8327]

@@Telencephelon then the Intel version has what you need. I see the benefit for those who do a lot of travel.. especially overseas where different villages and power cables /adapters would be needed... Where the specs for the USB is the same wherever you go.

[@danieln1161]

very brief, concise, no BS...overall great review. Thank you.

[@3polygons]

Loved so much that you are using Affinity Photo for the review :) 👍👍👍

[@KruMark]

Affinity Photo is great!

[@emgee44]

I recently purchased this exact model laptop, it was on offer for just under £1000 including carriage. For the money it fits my needs and the display is amazing, I guess the ports are the only let down but for the price a paid, not a deal breaker. I played Forza Horizon 4 with everything set to max, I was getting around 30 fps, it coped well albeit it did get loud and hot after about 5-10 minutes of play, but that’s to be expected I guess. (I’m not intending to do any real game play on this machine anyway). A good and fair review.

[@baharrrr]

Hi, I read that it has Dolby Vision and that gives a yellow tint to the screen. Did you have such an issue?

[@JonDoe-uc3km]

Just bought this laptop today. My Scar 15 with an rtx 3070 ti is a monster for gaming, but thats about it. even with the rtx gpu turned off, battery saver on, and screen brightness turned all the way down. my battery life is between 3-5 hours with browsing and streaming. Oled and at least 8 hours of battey lifer per day while watching youtube/movies? I can't wait till my vivobook arrives next week!!

[@WildGlimpse00]

Hi Is this laptop's fan produce more noise as compared to others? If I use this laptop only for studies at standard or whisper mode, then there would be any noise ? Thank you.

[@lee155912000]

Nice review and timestamps. You should add a link in your description to the product page or an amazon link.

[@teohontech7141]

Thanks for reminder

[@RADERTECH]

Excellent review, thank you. The screen on this one looks amazing.

[@a.j.m8736]

Thanks for this review! Greetings from Poland!

[@SergiyOs390]

Thank you for the most informative review of this laptop.

[@kedox6856]

Awesome review! thank you

[@ChaseMaximilian]

Thank you, great review.

[@blue4059]

This is a good laptop but it is already a year-old with last year's specs meaning people shouldn't buy it new at full MSRP.

[@AyeshaPunjabi-s4y]

Hey Teoh, Thank you for sharing this useful video. I am planning to buy this same laptop, I extensively use Adobe Creative Cloud for Graphic design and a bit of motion design. I am wondering whether I should go for the Intel Evo version which has an Intel Iris graphic card or should I go for the Nvidia graphic card?

[@kafakafaa3950]

Hi, i can confirm USB-Charging is possible on Intel Version - i got no bag tough

[@teohontech7141]

There is USB C charging

[@DecimateTheWeak100]

Nice review. My question relates to the intel versions. You said Intel had the edge in video exporting. Is that just in exporting or is it other tasks as well?

[@teohontech7141]

From my limited testing, it seems to be just video exporting. Video editing performance is quite similar on AMD and Intel, except exporting.

[@abhirupchakraborty1442]

Can you review this years Vivobook pro 16x ? I wanted to see how the new RTX 4070 performs for gaming

[@markuselias6017]

The laptop is almost perfect, but I don't like the glossy screen as a designer. Otherwise I would have bought it directly!

[@baharrrr]

Is it too bad to work on the glossy screen? I'm just starting design and was thinking of buying this.

[@VNtheOnly]

​@baharrrr I prefer glossy screen it look more premium than those on gaming laptop

[@pratham8629]

Touch screen??

[@maxmi5534]

When is the 2022 version coming out?

[@kinanhloubi1935]

really great review! i am interested in this model heavily! just don't if i take this one or the Pro 14X... both with Ryzen 9 9500HX and Nvidia 3050ti RTX. which one would you more recommend ? thanks again for your effort! :)

[@teohontech7141]

Really comes down to your budget. 16 is good and still not that heavy

[@kinanhloubi1935]

@@teohontech7141 i got the 14 model, love the design and its is capable enough for what i need, battery isnt that good though

[@dreistheman7797]

@@kinanhloubi1935 How many hours do you get from the battery? Does it dial down to 60hz when on battery?

[@JENGGOwk32]

I lost my charger, is there anyway I can get it back or any website for me to buy the same charger for my laptop. Please reply 🙏🏻

[@riccardovescovo]

Can we remove that plastic thing with branding/tags from the lid of the laptop?

[@teohontech7141]

The protruding part? No.

[@fishycomics]

thanks for the explaination, not sure if I understand you clearly, you are saying that rendering a 4K 10 min will be slower on the identcial AMD or the top of the line AMD.

[@teohontech7141]

AMD will export videos slower than Intel. But it's still good enough for 4K video editing. But if you need fast video exports, go with Intel processor.

[@fishycomics]

@@teohontech7141 Big thank you Teoh, i will then need the M16, if i do not want OLED. while the vivobook 16X was looking good till the mention of screen burn and blue light.

[@teohontech7141]

@@fishycomics Laptops with OLED displays are still considered new. Not sure how the OLED displays will perform in long term though.

[@fishycomics]

@@teohontech7141 totally understand, not like our stationary tv sets. I am going to think about a mac Book pro and a windows Operating system have both worlds, that solves my delima thank you for your speedy help big time.

[@ItsBlasFamous]

Teoh, would you recommend this over the LG Gram for Photoshop & Lightroom?

[@teohontech7141]

Both are capable. It comes down to whether you want the graphics card, or portability (1.19kg vs 1.95kg). I don't mind LCD and the LG has a good LCD.

[@deonangkasa6394]

The selling point is the display .. What about macbook vs asus vb 16x screen ? Who’s better you think ?

[@teohontech7141]

Many think OLED is superior. Personally I still prefer LCD. OLED displays can be too vibrant

[@АндрейНиколаев-т4с]

Hi! Thanks for review - it's really useful! Could you test touchpad for using with digital pencil? I've heard that ProArt has support pencil. Maybe this one as well?

[@teohontech7141]

Unfortunately I don't have this laptop to test anymore.

[@and-i-oop]

Hi thank you so much for the in depth review. I know this is may be out of topic, but i hope you or someone in this comment section could help me hehe. I'm a freelance interior designer and i'm using a lot of 3d software like sketchup, cad, 3ds max, vray, enscape. I am considering to purchase the (ryzen 9 5900hx version + rtx 3050 ti) version, but then i came across the intel version (i7-11370h + rtx 3050) and it was on sale for a quite good price. Should i go with the intel or amd version ?

[@teohyc]

If don't edit videos, you can go with either. Otherwise, choose based on price

[@and-i-oop]

Ahh pretty late to reply back to you but i finally got the AMD version. My 3d project runs buttery smooth hahaha thanks for the input

[@opensourcegameshoprama9338]

why type-c only one slot ? that's support display too? 3.2 Gen2

[@baharrrr]

Awesome review, very helpful! I have two worries about this laptop. I read it has Dolby Vision and that gives a yellow tint. Couldn't figure if you can bypass that. And the version I checked has 16GB LPDDR4X RAM on board. This type of RAM is used in phones. I wonder if it would be weak.

[@teohontech7141]

Not sure about the Dolby Vision's yellow tint though. The visuals look alright to me. As for the RAM, I won't worry about that. I think the days of worrying about RAM speed has passed years ago.

[@baharrrr]

@@teohontech7141 Thanks!

[@WildGlimpse00]

​@@teohontech7141 Hi Is this laptop's fan produce more noise as compared to others? If I use this laptop only for studies at standard or whisper mode, then there would be any noise ? Thank you.

[@teohyc]

@@WildGlimpse00 For non-gaming work, the fans will not be audible

[@WildGlimpse00]

@@teohyc it if I use it for study at standard or whisper mode then the fan would be completely quiet?

[@kennethkoh6072]

i am no content creator, nor uses any PS. is this too overkill to get it for basic office work and occasional gaming? would you be recommending another laptop against it. i need a 15inch laptop at least due to the needs of a num pad(excel), would love to have a oled screen.

[@teohontech7141]

If you want some gaming, anything with RTX 3050 is really nice. While this Vivobook Pro may be slightly overkill, the pricing is actually quite reasonable. Otherwise, you can consider the Dell XPS series. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with other brands so I can't really say much.

[@WildGlimpse00]

​@@teohontech7141does the fan noise more than other laptops?

[@jimmymax3405]

Im a prospective engineering student. I need battery life, performance and a great display. Would this laptop be good? And if not, which one?(Under $1500)😊

[@teohontech7141]

This has good battery life. 9-11 hours for a Windows laptop is very good. If you choose other brands, go with batteries that are at least 70WHrs or higher

[@I_am_Borissss]

What have you decide? I am looking for a high battery life laptop for solidworks

[@toxotis70]

how did you managed to calibrate the monitor ? I have spyderx but it sais its not combatible with oleds!

[@teohontech7141]

I'm using Spyder5pro and the calibration software from their website. No issues. The software should not know what is oled or lcd

[@EstherCin]

Can use Asus 14 vivobook pro , i7, 16GB, 1T, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 AMD RYZEN for revit, navis work and dynamo etc ?.. thanks

[@kenostrife8423]

yo guys maybe someone here can help me im really frustrated. im using the vivobook 16x pro (M7600QE) and i cant find out if it supports usb c to display port. i have a working cable but i cant find a solution. my external monitor wont show my laptops screen. please help me

[@joshk6929]

Cool, major downside - this baby is a fingerprints magnet.

[@jub8891]

why is the 3050 rtx only for light gaming??

[@teohontech7141]

With Red Dead Redemption 2, I was able to get only 35 FPS at 1080P resolution, and 45 FPS at 720P.

[@izkook3742]

Thanks man

[@deeomayall]

Worth mentioning - even if with AMD you're losing QuickSync, you still have NVEnc on the Nvidia Ampere card. Apps may (or may not) be able to use both encoders in tandem for multiple video streams, but you aren't just left without a hardware video encoder with AMD! Also, the R9 5900HX still has integrated graphics and still will have a hardware video decoder, although it's the Vega version which is worse than either NVEnc or Quick Sync.

[@teohontech7141]

Nowadays processors are so powerful that having QuickSync or not doesn't really matter. Not having QuickSync is only a dealbreaker if you are always working against deadline.

[@themadears]

Is 5900hx good enough for 4k editing?

[@labibahmed3894]

when is it gonna come with the amd 6000 proccesor

[@Jarblyy]

Got mine Dec 2022 and it has amd 6000 series. Also supports usb-C charging now, but it’s slow.

[@steviegbcool]

can you upgrade ram?

[@teohontech7141]

No

[@steviegbcool]

@@teohontech7141 output 4k 60?

[@swagm8919]

Is this touch screen?

[@teohontech7141]

No

[@matthewsalmon8194]

The laptop is let down by only having 4GB V-RAM - its not enough for gaming in 2023.. and not enough for the price. Ive seen it for £1100 recently - but Id still be cautious at that price. Prob not for a gamer really - but good for content creators

[@kaviisworld]

Is it available on india 🇮🇳

[@abeerfaisal1986]

Not allowed in that poor country

[@kaviisworld]

​@@abeerfaisal1986 means in your country also not available buy the way we are manufacturing in india asus product

[@aragonne50]

GREAT

[@waluigi5035]

dose anyone know what the hz of the monitor is?

[@teohontech7141]

60hz

[@waluigi5035]

@@teohontech7141 Good, I was worried it was 30

[@vladmihai306]

i don't like the fact that isn't laminated

[@teohontech7141]

It is a laminated display

[@vladmihai306]

@@teohontech7141 laminated it the one with glass and touchscreen. This only has a plastic screen, as far as I can understand from the video

[@HammaGaming]

you know that you need to remove the stickers !!!!

[@ACHIRASUANJAI]

👍

[@dodikteguh8767]

Compare with macbook pro, not macbook air 👍

[@sampadkar19]

Why Though? It is at the price of a Macbook Air not Pro

[@sieghart132]

Yesterday the 2022 updates were announced.

[@EinzMY]

I am getting excited about the 2022 models (M7601) until I learned that it gained huge weight gain (2.3kg) instead of 1.95kg of this laptop (M7600)

[@adredy]

designer of what ? XD of review :D

[@teohontech7141]

I'm a graphic designer and artist but I can't share my work due to copyright

[@amuletobudista]

problem with Asus is the plastic bodies and keybards. Which break and are britle,. I have to use mine with external display in clamshell mode after 2 years with an Asus TUF 17. Backlighting on the keyboards is crap too

[@teohontech7141]

ASUS TUF is the entry level gaming laptop and is very different from the zenbook laptops which have metal bodies and bright colourful dancing keyboard lighting. The build quality for this is 5/5. No flex at all.

[@jutyme424]

Intel will always be superior to AMD; first and foremost... also, half-assed review and no one cares...