ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WR-XS97

ASUS

ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WR-XS97

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Anon purchases a laptop.

I do occasional video editing, a lot of adobe lightroom, and I did most of my computer science degree on one. I also have an Asus ROG G14 gaming laptop with a 3060 in it, which is more capable than the macbook, but for day to day stuff it feels like junk to use in comparison.

etheran123 in r/greentext

November 30, 2025 10:46 PM

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AMD Strix Halo & 128 GB RAM in a 13-inch convertible - Asus ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition Review

Asus' premium laptop offerings are so disjointed. The Zephyrus G14 is prime candidate for Strix Halo. Didn't get it. The TUF A14 does get it, but is LCD only. You also need to pay for the 12-core version even if you don't need it because they're "evaluating" the 388. Then we have this thing. Fully u

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Hour_Firefighter_707 in r/hardware

February 27, 2026 8:07 AM

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Do you guys think the 2026 version will implement an improved heatsink for the liquid metal? Like how sony did to ps5 pro

Liquid metal was a bad idea by ASUS and frankly more of marketing stunt. Perhaps even planned obsolescence. After swapping LM for PTM7950, my G14 doesn't behave chaotic as it did all the time before. I saw some spots on the die, I think it was the CPU.

tominicz in r/ZephyrusG14

February 16, 2026 9:33 AM

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Intel Panther Lake Arc B390 performance and efficiency analysis: Intel's new iGPU trades blows with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050

As much as its nice to see it competing with low powered 4050. The 4050 and even full powered 5050 and 5060 laptops are significantly cheaper than the B390 laptops. You can get 5070 to 5070 ti laptops for the price of of laptops using the b390 On Best Buy Dells XPS 14 is 2249 with the X9 388H with 3

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From-UoM in r/hardware

January 27, 2026 9:32 AM

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Asus ROG says it is 'actively investigating' gaming laptop stuttering issues after a user apparently identified a 'cascade of firmware design failures'

Yup. Got a G14 ASUS laptop about 6 years ago. Got constant blue screens. There were many, many threads on r/ZephyrusG14 about it. Turns out they fucked up how the dynamic processor adjustment works. Had to modify power management in Windows and explicitly disable processor performance boost mode, or

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da_chicken in r/technology

September 21, 2025 11:30 PM

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I have finally found the ultimate portable gaming experience (the most no one asked review ever)

Ai generated TLDR, after handwriting that entire post I didn’t have it left in me to summarize it as well, hopefully this gets the point across Wanted a portable gaming device to complement a high-end 5090 desktop, mainly for travel and gaming around the house Needed AAA + online games, good perform

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Normal-Loss-6776 in r/ZephyrusG14

December 24, 2025 10:04 PM

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Flow Z13 - 64gb ram + 1TB Storage from Best Buy Open Box Arrived, but...

If you don't know, there's a goated charger setup for this device. It's the SlimQ 150W charger https://slimq.life/products/150w-usb-c-gan-charger-for-universal with the SlimQ G14 cable connector https://slimq.life/products/asus-mini-port-rog-zephyrus-g14-g16-2024 With this, you have a tiny charger t

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Supercc in r/FlowZ13

February 26, 2026 12:59 AM

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I accidentally got a Zephyrus G14 and it was probably the best thing that could have happened to me (this is a bit of a long story)

If you are lame and don't wanna read the whole thing. An employee brought us the Zephyrus G14 on accident instead of the Asus TUF F16. It turned out to be way better for me, so I ended up buying it, good laptop 9.9 out of 10. Update: The Asus TUF 16 model was a 5060 with 32gb, It would not have been

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Stock_Brilliant2981 in r/ZephyrusG14

October 4, 2025 2:22 AM

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G14 screen just died on me after months of issues

Ok this isn't your g14. Dying this is just asus's armoury crate being crap. Use Fn+V

izerotwo in r/ZephyrusG14

February 8, 2026 5:23 PM

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ASUS cooling deteriorating

As a former G14 user and a current Legion user, bro what are you going to buy other than G14? Like seriously. HP? Acer? MSI? Razer? Gigabyte? Alienware? In the 14inch laptop market, G14 has literally no competition at all. Asus mostly offers the best laptops for rather more reasonable prices compare

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Cap_R3x in r/ZephyrusG14

March 13, 2026 4:21 PM

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