Asus ROG Event and Zephyrus launch in India.

The 20th Aug 2017 was a very special day because I got to attend the first PR event for a laptop in Bangalore after a very long time. It was the release of zephyrus in India just after about 2 months from  it's USA release.

For a gamer be it either professional,amature or casual their device means a lot this beast of a machine is the best device on the block right now in India as it is also a sense of pride for the gamers.

At the event we were shown the device which was something like a normal laptop but then when the specs were revealed with all the customizations and touches of asus we were awestruck by it's elegance and power.

So all of you maybe wondering what’s so special about the laptop that I have been praising it all along wait patiently as I will get into it.

The Good

About the laptop i would say is that Asus has gone out of their way for certain nuances of the laptop to make it more friendly and useful for the gamers by focusing on the thermal and noise emission on the laptop. They have incorporated a water cooling system along with tweaks like adding an hinge mechanism to  the base which helps in cooling the laptop faster with help of air thus improving it by 20%.

And also have set a new industry standard for noise reduction at around 40 dB which in my opinion means less distraction to the gamer and also to the person in the same room.

The chassis of the laptop is aluminium with a slim and fairly light build to go along with the design.The super-slim design of the Asus Zephyrus hides excellent gaming performance and a powerful Nvidia 1080 graphics card.
One of the points Asus has been trying to drive home with the ROG Zephyrus is its thinness. The company goes on to elaborate how NVIDIA’s design philosophies have helped companies to make thinner gaming laptops with better performance compared to the previous generation. Termed Max-Q, laptops designed with this philosophy in mind include support for the all the latest gaming technologies – NVIDIA G-Sync, VR, 4K gaming and other features.The graphics duties are handled by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 that comes with 8GB DDR5 VRAM and Max-Q design. To keep the system working at optimum temperatures, Asus has included its cooling solution exclusive to the ROG line-up called ‘Active Aerodynamic System’.

The Bad

With goods which are needed they fell a bit short with the screen topping at 1080P or full HD even though they have a 120Hz screen fps refresh rate.

The offset keyboard which focus on reducing heat or exposure to heat for the user made the touchpad also the mousepad get offset which may lead to a bit of a learning curve.

I also feel that the speakers could have been a it more louder as this may actually be nitpicking for having negatives at this point about the laptop.

Whats new ?

The specs of the laptop and configurations it's coming in are.

• Nvidia G-sync.
• 32-64GB SD RAM and offers 256GB, 512GB and 1TB of M.2 PCle options.
• The laptop also comes with a USB Type-C port, four USB 3.0 ports, Bluetooth 4.1, HDMI 2.0, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The price set at launch is INR 299,900 so about 3,00,000 at MRP.

The bottom line

The Nvidia and asus collaboration with the gtx 1080 for the zephyrus has brought and amazing new gaming laptop with a lot of potential to the market in India. Asus has created a surprisingly slim Nvidia 1080 gaming laptop in the Zephyrus. It's expensive and has a few design quirks, but it's also very portable and just plain fun to use.