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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. Other configurations should also be available down the line, and I’d especially keep an eye out for the QHD screen option when available. 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). Nonetheless, the FHD option is not that bad either; here’s what to expect based on our X-Rite i1 Display Pro sensor: Once done go ahead and add a thin coat of liquid metal on both the heatsink and processors then carefully resemble the heatsink.
Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List. 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. Second Best: Crucial DDR4 3200 MHz CL22 ( Currently with my testing it beats the Fury Impact CL20 ) 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. 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.There’s a 90Wh battery inside all the 2021 ROG Strix models, both the 15 and 17-inch options, a welcomed upgrade from the 66 Wh in the previous generations. Much closer results, with still an edge for the 3070 model at FHD resolution, but wins for the 6800M at QHD on an external screen. Now, we do know that the single-rank memory impacts the all-AMD model. Still, we haven’t yet documented the impact of the same kind of RAM on the AMD + Nvidia configuration, which I plan to pursue in a future article. As for the GPU, this is a match for the RTX 3080 chips in the Scar 17 and comes with 10-20% of the 155W RTX 3080 in the Raider GE76 in rasterization tests, but the Nvidia chips maintain a clear lead in RTX, where the 6800M is at the level of a lower-power 3070. Thanks to the coupling of the AMD CPU and GPU, the ASUS Strix G513QY gets to take advantage of the shared power and AMD SmartShift. When the GPU is not active, the CPU can use up to 90 Watts of power, or up to 54 Watts sustained when the GPU is active. The GPU has a rated sustained power limit of 145-Watts, but can be increased up to 15% by leveraging some of the CPU’s power limit if it is not needed.
These are good runtimes, and merely a bit shorter than on the 2021 Scar 17 and Strix 17 tested in the past. The system still automatically switches the screen to 60Hz while on battery and on the iGPU, plus the AMD Ryzen 5000 H platform prooves to be efficient with lightweight loads.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%. 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 That aside, though, this all-AMD notebook is a beast. We already knew how compelling the Ryzen 9 mobile processor is, and the Radeon RX 6800M proved to be more capable than any of the previous AMD mobile GPUs of the past, able to trade blows with the more expensive RTX 3070/3080 configurations out there. Except for RTX, where Nvidia is still unchallenged, for now. 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
We’ve also run some tests with the upgraded memory to see how that impacts the results, and it’s not by much: For two reasons. Firstly, this ships with single-rank RAM, which impacts the performance in some games. Asus says this kind of RAM is the norm now for 2×8 GB kits, and the impact should diminish with newer and more memory-efficient games. Nonetheless, I’d recommend swapping the RAM for the faster kind, and while you’re at it, even consider upgrading to a 32 GB 2×16 kit, which are all dual-rank (for now).I’ll also mention that there’s no MUX switch or similar technology on this laptop, and the internal screen signal is mounted through the Vega iGPU, which results in a slight performance toll in certain cases. While some of you might have preferred a MUX, Asus decided on this more seamless approach that changes between the iGPU/dGPU on the fly and will probably make most users’ lives simpler with this laptop, even if that means some fps are lost in the process. I see both points, and having experience MUX and MUXless laptops in the past, I agree with Asus’s decision, especially on a mid-range product such as this one.
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