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ASUS ROG Strix Advantage Edition G513QY Full HD 300Hz Windows 11 Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen R9-5900HX, AMD RX 6800M 12 GB Graphics, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Wi-Fi 6)

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Follow this link for updated configurations and prices in your region at the time you’re reading this article. Final thoughts- ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage review UL’s PCMark suite is a comprehensive benchmark tool which stresses all aspects of a system. In the overall suite, there are three sub-categories each focusing on different aspects of the system. The Cezanne powered ASUS G513QY is slightly behind the Intel reference system with the latest Tiger Lake-H processor in the CPU-related tasks, but the grunt of the Radeon RX 6800M GPU pulls it up significantly in the Digital Content Creation subcategory, which bumps the ASUS up to the very top of the list on the overall combined score. Cinebench

W (~8+ h of use) – 1080p fullscreen video on Youtube in Edge, Silent Mode, screen at 60%, Wi-Fi ON; My review unit is the configuration mostly available in stores today of the ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage G513, code name G513QY, built on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 8C/16T processor, 16 GB of DDR4-3200 memory in dual channel, 512 GB of fast SSD storage, and dual graphics: the Radeon RX 6800M chip with 12 GB of vRAM, and the Radeon Vega integrated within the AMD processor. The 1989 film Field of Dreams offers one of the most memorable quotes in movie history. “If you build it, he will come” was, of course, a reference to a baseball diamond in Iowa, but for AMD, this same quote (gender removed) also succeeds in defining AMD’s success over the last couple of generations. Once the realm of budget-conscious devices, AMD-based products are now the premium in the market and are sought after by consumers looking for the ultimate in performance. With the launch of the Zen 3 based Cezanne laptop processors, AMD now offers the most powerful laptop CPUs available. But that is only a single portion of a successful product. AMD is today announcing the launch of their latest graphics architecture, RDNA2, into the laptop market. AMD has built it. Now they must see who will come. The G15 Advantage is available with a choice of two panels: an FHD 300 Hz with 100% sRGB colors or a QHD 165 Hz with 100% DCI-P3 colors.There’s a 10-15% performance difference at FHD on the laptop’s internal screen in most titles, except for Cyberpunk, where the gap is only around 5%. For connectivity, there’s Wireless 6 and Bluetooth 5 through an Intel AX201 chip on this unit, as well as still only Gigabit Lan. Our sample performed well on WiFi both near the router and at 30+ feet with obstacles in between. This is an above-average rating. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that about one fifth of all tested models receive a better rating. The performance difference depends on the game and graphics settings, but is generally smaller for newer titles that use more efficient memory management mechanisms. Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a major Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer based in Taipei, founded in 1989. Under the Asus brand name, the company manufactures a wide range of products, including laptops, desktops, motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, smartphones and networking equipment, complete systems and PC components for end users.

Asus updated the thermal design of the Strix G15 Advantage over the regular Strig G series, to cope with the higher-power hardware inside. They went with a dual-fan quad-radiator cooling module, with a massive vapor-chamber in between and updated VRMs and Thermal Grizzly liquid metal on both the AMD CPU and GPU. In the meantime, we also ran some Workstation related loads on this Ryzen 9 + RX 6800M configuration on the Turbo profile: On to more demanding loads, we start by testing the CPU’s performance by running the Cinebench R15 test for 15+ times in a loop, with 1-2 seconds delay between each run. Spec-wise, this Strix G15 Advantage series is an all AMD notebook and the first to bundle the Ryzen 9 5000 processors with the RX 6000M graphics chips, alongside AMD’s software suite. SmartShift is the more interesting software part and is AMD’s alternative for Nvidia’s Dynamic Boost technology, but it works on a larger range of powers. From what I’m seeing, the 6800M in this laptop runs at between 110 to 160 W between the different titles and resolutions, and the combined CPU+GPU power of this platform is around 180W, with the technology seamlessly allocating the power between the CPU and GPU. Gaming aside, this laptop runs quietly with everyday multitasking, browsing, or video streaming, even if there’s no 0dB Technology and the fans are active most of the time. I also notice some occasional electronic noises when running Specviewperf, but they’re usually covered up by the fans, and did not occur with everyday use.

I have tested both and compared them to what people have shown online, the HyperX's are expensive but best performance and have tighter sub timings. While the Crucial's are decently priced, easy to get with looser timings. Although Cezanne comes a long way here, it is still slightly behind Tiger Lake in terms of web performance. Much of this comes down to the single-thread performance of the processor, and AMD’s efficiency advantage does not come into play, as the system will not be anywhere near its TDP. Storage Performance

Once done go ahead and add a thin coat of liquid metal on both the heatsink and processors then carefully resemble the heatsink. Far Cry 5, Middle Earth, Strange Brigade, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tomb Raider games – recorded with the included Benchmark utilities;

System Performance

We’ve also run some tests with the upgraded memory to see how that impacts the results, and it’s not by much: Memory on the unit is dual-channel DDR4-3200, with 16 GB in the review unit, but up to 32 GB available from ASUS. As this is a gaming laptop, the DDR4 will be in removable SODIMMs, allowing owners to upgrade their memory if they want. AMD has certainly struggled in the past to land design wins in the premium end of the market, but with new products come new opportunities, and it appears that those days are behind them. The tight product integration of processor and graphics is certainly a benefit that their competition does not yet enjoy. AMD has never really captured much of the gaming laptop segment but is clearly aiming to remedy that with this launch. AMD says that the Radeon RX 6800M should be able to compete with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080L, which will put them in a much better light than the previous mid-range market they targeted before. Coupling that with their Cezanne platform makes for a very strongcombination. It also explains their effort to add Wi-Fi to the mix as Intel uses that as a key component of their platform.

Customer satisfaction with ASUS notebooks concerns performance, the features, and the good price-performance ratio of ASUS notebooks. However, as with any brand, there are occasional reports of problems such as overheating, driver compatibility, or build quality issues. As a purely CPU test, Cinebench allows choosing between a single-thread workload, or multi-threaded, which is useful for many reasons. In terms of single-threaded performance, the Cezanne APU blows past the Skylake-based laptops, and the Zen 2 Ryzen 5 as well, but it is behind by just a hair compared to the latest Tiger Lake processor. But, thanks in part to TSMC’s 7 nm process, and the efficiency of the Zen 3 core, when all sixteen threads are active, the Ryzen 9 spreads its wings and takes off. It is a huge gap, even compared to the Clevo which is outfitted with a desktop-class 95-Watt processor. Part of the AMD advantage is that the system is able to dedicate more power to the CPU when the GPU is not active, and that clearly helps in this scenario. Handbrake It starts at 1649 USD for the Ryzen 9 + 6800M + FHD 300 Hz screen variant tested here, which is very competitively priced. It’s 100-150 USD cheaper than the Ryzen 7 + RTX 3070 variant of the regular Strix G15 and hundreds of dollars cheaper than the RTX 3070/3080 versions of the Strix SCAR 15, which outmatches in certain loads. To make things straight, we’re going to upgrade the RAM to a 32 GB dual-rank kit further down in the article and see what that translates into in terms of performance. The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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Here’s what we got on our review unit in terms of battery life, with the screen’s brightness set at around 120 nits (~60 brightness).

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