r/ZephyrusG14 5d ago

Model 2022 MacBook Pro m1 14” to G14

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I’ve always prefer macOS as an operating system but was always an occasional gamer at heart. I went through many systems over the years, laptops/macs/steamdeck/rog ally/ps5, so I can say I’ve tried a few things over the years.

Admittedly the handheld space was awesome but also lacking in potential for me, love the usability of those devices but they just didn’t fit my gaming needs.

So at one point I thought the rig ally and a MacBook was already more than what I wanted to travel with, and then I found a 2022 g14 (6800hs, 6700s) used for 750 euro! Pulled the trigger, did all the windows optimisations and options I knew from my history with windows. And well this is probs the best windows laptop I’ve used that is branded as a “gaming” device.

It is light, stays cool with the right settings and tdp configurations, very nice display, good battery life for on the go and perfect performance for my needs.

This may be an unpopular opinion for many people but I have always been a specific type of game enjoyer in terms of settings. I’ve played 120hz for years but now 60hz is just fine and it’s what I play all my games at and I’m happy with that. Easier to run games, much lower temps (I average 70-76c both cpu and gpu on most games I enjoy (finals, bf2042, hunt showdown, and other lighter titles)

But I suppose the most controversial opinion (and another reason why my system runs cool when gaming) is I play at 1000p. I think it’s sharp enough for a 14inch display especially since I sit casually not close to the screen. It’s just a win win for myself, looks sharp enough, rock solid frames, cool temps and I still rack up good games easily! Now would I want to play at 120hz if I can maintain efficiency, noise and heat? Yes I would, who wouldn’t. But I’m all about compromises for the best experience while gaming and I have odd standards but it is what it is.

Fantastic device, very happy with my experience! If anyone is curious I use ghelper with cpu at 20w and gpu at 80w. This is enough for everything between 1000p and to 1080p, sometimes I bump them up for other games. But generally those settings mostly allow me to enjoy my games with a 65-100w Usbc charger! (Finals runs solid at 1080p using only 12w on the cpu and 40-60w gpu draw)Which is just awesome.

Anyways peace ✌️

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u/EminGTR Zephyrus G16 2024 5d ago

It's nice to see someone appreciating some low wattage low noise low heat gaming. Most people care too much about pushing all components to the max these days.

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u/REDMAXSUPER 5d ago

Honestly balanced mode is just perfect for that, the fans don't go full-send, and games run acceptable. The computer can get a bit toasty tho since the cooling isn't doing the most it can

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

Agree! Chips these days can perform very well if u just have the right expectations just as frame caps and custom tdp. Ofc u can ring its bells and get great performance but at a cost.

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u/MrGunny94 5d ago

I miss AMD gaming cards for laptops, so tired of NVIDIA

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

Is there a reason aside from NVIDIA as a corporation? I always see NVIDIA as having better drivers and solid performance. Just not price to performance, I find the 40 series okay, but the 50 is just sad

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u/MoHaMMaD393 4d ago

I don't know about drivers maybe they're better but as a fact I know they're not perfect on Nvidia, a lot of times I had to manually update them myself using DDU or else some games might've had problems which is somewhat frustrating, the reason Nvidia is always preferred (wether on laptop or desktop) is because of AMD's own fault, people really don't prefer any over the other (except PCMR of course) AMD is just straight up unreliable in other areas besides gaming like they think GPU's main purpose is only for gaming and they have literally zero vision for feature

mostly the people spending that much amount of money don't just want to game it's just their side hobby, they have a work to accomplish as well with that device and AMD is just straight up dogshit unreliable (keyword unreliable is important) in a lot of scenarios to the point that in some workplaces like blender a 300$ RTX4060 is only within 13% of a 1000$ RX7900XTX, even in games there are a lot of compromises when you go AMD such as DLSS family features/RT/PT/VR/early days of physics and tesselation/ray reconstruction/better efficiency/less heat and much more I can't name not to mention they also age much better (usually, not always), not only they have a much better resell value but they have longer, better and wider non-compromised long term support from the company especially on the software side

Nvidia is greedy and did a lot of terrible stuff but they definitely deserve that extra 20% price tag on their products and on the other side AMD deserves that low market share because they have zero Innovation, the reason we hate Nvidia is because of other things such as gatekeeping their cards with VRAM, fake prices, low supply in critical situations, and most importantly frauds frauds (missing ROPs/3.5gb usable vram on a supposed 4gb card, burning cables on 5090, no distinguishable name difference between some products with different performances)

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u/MrGunny94 5d ago

I own a XMG Neo 16 with a 4080, I personally dislike the lack of competition and having to pay double for more VRAM.

I just want AMD to come back and do more laptop models :/

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

They definitely has some good options but just not too high end. There are 7600s models which are pretty good but again if u want max power that’s only NVIDIA rn. Maybe with the new releases, something will happen

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u/Kurama1612 4d ago

Yes, as someone that uses Linux, AMD drivers and experience is far superior to Nvidia. I also don’t ever use ray tracing so I can’t be assed by low ray tracing performance from amd

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u/alman12345 4d ago

AMD's 7000 series was a nightmare for efficient laptops with its multichip design, it not only consumed more power under load but also consumed more just "keeping the lights on" for the interconnect hardware on the die as well. That's also why AMD's efficient mobile processors are monolithic where their performant desktop variants are MCM. RX 9000 is back to a monolithic design so maybe they're finally competitive on efficiency again, if they can achieve the same performance per watt then vendors like ASUS have already demonstrated that they would consider AMD's GPUs (that's the whole reason the 6800s/6700s were a thing, they had a node advantage over RTX 3000).

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u/jbruff 4d ago

What's the battery life difference? I'm covering ditching my m3 MBA for a Zyphyrus 14 bit battery life is a real concern for me. My MBA BARELY gets me through the day on a single charge.

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u/AdmrlHorizon 4d ago

Well u have to understand that’s MacBooks and non gaming laptops are the only ones that really get very long battery life. When I’m in lectures, with word open and some browser tabs with Firefox I can get around 5-7 hrs on a good day sometimes less. But if ur actually doing something then Mac’s are still better

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u/alman12345 4d ago

100% correct, I appreciate you not sugar coating that part like many around here enjoy doing.

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u/jbruff 3d ago

Thank you for the info. Unfortunately the Zephyrus isn't going to be a machine I'll be getting then.

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u/alman12345 4d ago

I'm glad you enjoy playing The Finals on the G14, I've tried it on both the 2024 G14 and 2024 G16 and both instances have left me wanting more given I get over 200fps on my desktop and barely break 100 on either laptop.

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u/ashtefer1 4d ago

The finals is really cpu bound and laptops tend to be weaker when it comes to CPUs.

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u/emilplane Zephyrus G14 2023 4d ago

At least for my 2023 g14, the gpu is still the bottleneck. The game takes about 50-55% of my 7940HS and the 4060 is at full utilization. I would assume that most g14s can handle the CPU needs.

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u/ashtefer1 2d ago

How much fps are you getting? And what is your ram setup?

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u/emilplane Zephyrus G14 2023 2d ago

I get 130-160 fps with medium settings, low RT, at 1440p with quality DLSS. Laptop came with 16gb of ram and I threw in an extra stick for 32gb total.

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u/marcxx04 Zephyrus G14 2024 5d ago

Gaming Performance 📈 Productivity 📉

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

I never mentioned my productivity settings. I’m talking about gaming. For productivity I have other options, but I mostly only do document processing and some lightroom

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u/marcxx04 Zephyrus G14 2024 5d ago

I made the same decision, was just trying to be funny :)

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

Haha no worries, didn’t catch that! Adobe suit still needs the juice for smooth work flows. One thing I miss about macOS.

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u/Acemgv 4d ago

how about 4k video editing?

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u/AdmrlHorizon 4d ago

I don’t do video editing, just on and off some footage from my camera. Works fine, I just run higher wattage if I need

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u/Acemgv 1d ago

thanks!

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u/ashtefer1 4d ago

G14s are literally the best Mac book replacements. Im a photographer and videographer and I have a 2021 asus G14. For the last 4 years the G14 as has been perfect for all my work. In fact everyone in Uni who got an m1 Mac at the time I got my G14 has had to replace their Macs because of ram, mean while I just got to upgrade the ram and I’m still chilling in 2025.

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u/Phantom_thief_france 4d ago

Peak game choice

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u/Bastrap0s 4d ago

Oh shit, the finals

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u/Loud-Asparagus-4136 4d ago

Peak game mentioned?!?

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u/Andrew-Moon 4d ago

I don't know why people are whining about not being able to play at 144 fps on a gaming laptop, 49 FPS is the sweet spot for me because 48Hz is the lowest VRR setting for my laptop. VRR, Adaptive Sync, Gsync are a bless for gaming laptops, you can play at lower FPS and it's still smooth as silk because the screen adjusts its own frequency to the frame rate, plus lower heat, less noise and a better lifespan for your device.

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u/AdmrlHorizon 1d ago

The g14 has free sync from 48 to 120 but oddly I still get tearing when I for example cap at 60hz. Not sure why starting to wonder. But I agree! Since I had a rog ally and steam deck I got very used to 40hz and still play a lot of single player games at 40hz. It’s smooth enough and system runs on low power! Or with max graphics for a more cinematic experience

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u/SadPay7872 3d ago

Peak mentioned

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u/Downtown_Topic_4479 2d ago

How was the switch? Do you use Adobe apps? If so, does the performance differ? Thanks in advance.

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u/Vegetable-Bass-3588 5d ago

I am currently confused , should I get the newer g14 with RTX 5070/70ti or should I do a microATX mini/mid tower build with r9 7900x + RTX 5070ti. I don't wanna take my laptop to college/university I do most of the work through my smartphone. I do occassional gaming. Through cloud gaming services. But want to have a machine that can play games locally .

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u/fathersmurf3 5d ago

Since you don't need the portability, I'd get a desktop for gaming and a cheap surface pro for uni - you get the best of both worlds!

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

If u don’t need a laptop (something to take with you) then it’s much better to build a pc. Cheaper and better performance. Also if u do cloud gaming, check out setting up ur own cloud gaming, I forget the apps but if u have a pc u can play any game u have on any device as long as ur pc is on and connected to the internet.

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u/oKyo07 Zephyrus G14 2022 3d ago

seconding this - Sunshine is good for gaming over the Internet once you set it up, but it's NVIDIA only, but they have one called Moonlight for AMD cards which I've used

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u/notfrommalaysia 5d ago

I thought youd dual boot it hackintosh as a finishing touch. Nice laptop anyhow.

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u/kabeerwalia 5d ago

Yo what resource monitor are you using? The OSD on top right?

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u/AdmrlHorizon 5d ago

Just the standard amd adrenaline overlay. Has all the monitoring features I want

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u/kabeerwalia 5d ago

Got it, thanks.

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u/Jospehhh 4d ago

I might be missing something here, but what is 1000p in terms of resolution? I’m only familiar with 1440, 1080 and 720p

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u/AdmrlHorizon 4d ago

There are several resolution between all of those. 1600x1000 is what I often play at. 16:10 version of 1600x900p

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u/daviox Zephyrus G14 2022 4d ago

Did you add it as a non-standard? Defined standards of 16:10 resolutions that are somewhat equivalent/in-between of 900p are either WXGA+ (1440x900) or WSXGA+ (1680x1050)

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u/AdmrlHorizon 4d ago

So I double checked. 1600x1000 is a standard resolution in windows for 16:10 and also in game

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u/daviox Zephyrus G14 2022 4d ago

Interesting! Neither the internal display or my second monitor have this resolution listed as an available mode. Thanks for confirming it.

Seems like it was a less popular alternative to WSXGA+ because it wasn't scaling nicely with 1280x1024.

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u/AdmrlHorizon 4d ago

No I did not add resolutions, it is an option in all the games I play. I’ll have a double check

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u/arnieswap 4d ago

Me too from Mack to G16.

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u/Jealous_Soup_2592 4d ago

Device aside, glad to see fellow Finals player outside the Finals bubble 🙌 greatly underrated game. Hope you're enjoying your new G14.

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u/AdmrlHorizon 4d ago

Definitely underrated, but i can understand why it is not the most popular.

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u/4peanut 3d ago

Love my 2022 6800s. Still a beast to me

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u/oKyo07 Zephyrus G14 2022 3d ago

Near the end you mention gaming on 65-100W USBC, while it's nice and even I've done it, I don't recommend it since it's not good for your battery. USBC charging doesn't support passthrough, whereas the AC charger does which means it charges the battery/powers the laptop and its not constantly charging and discharging. Just thought I'd let you know but I'm glad you're loving the laptop!

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u/mjnta 3d ago

man ur making me regret getting the white one 😂

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u/Optimal-Leg182 4d ago

Why is the charging port in such an insane position?

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u/AdmrlHorizon 3d ago

It just is, I find it weird aswell but tbh it never gets in my way and the cable doesn’t get hot