Asus’ ROG, which produces gaming-centric devices, has relaunched its Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop with the new AMD Ryzen AI processor for AI acceleration, along with an Nvidia dedicated RTX 40-series GPU.
There are general-purpose laptops that are optimized for a multitude of things, including gaming. And then there are gaming laptops. If you do not know the difference, then maybe you are not a serious gamer. ROG (Republic of Gamers) is a brand from Asus that offers high-performance laptops, desktops, and other devices built for exceptional gaming experiences first and foremost, as well as other tasks performed on the laptop. Generally, gaming laptops have more powerful processors and graphics cards, better cooling, displays with higher refresh rates, and higher price tags.
In a move to keep pace with advances in artificial intelligence, ROG has expanded its gaming laptop line with an AI-ready model of its Zephyrus G16 with a built-in NPU for AI acceleration and Nvidia RTX 40-series graphics.
AI is not just the future; it is already our present. With the new AI-capable Zephyrus G16, customers will be able to benefit from a range of AI capabilities, no matter how they use this machine. With this update, the laptop will offer hand-gesture detection, eye-gaze corrections, and Windows Copilot tools such as email summarization locally. It also supports desired gaming features, such as DLSS Super Resolution, frame generation, and ray reconstruction, in the latest game titles.
This new model features an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor and up to an Nvidia GeForce 4070 laptop GPU, all in a thin and light design. Outside, the chassis is CNC-milled aluminum with a customizable Slash Lighting array on the lid. It has an ROG Nebula display with an OLED panel and supports Nvidia G-Sync. The laptop further sports a 16:10 aspect ratio, 2.5K resolution, and 240Hz refresh rate that’s ideal for gaming in addition to content creation. Inside, the ROG Zephyrus G16 comes with up to 32GB of LPDDR5X-7500 memory, along with support for the new SD Express 7.0 standard for ultra-fast SD card performance. It’s also the first ROG laptop to support Wi-Fi 7.
The Zephyrus G16 with AMD Ryzen AI processor is available now for $1,899.