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I found that Music - Off worked best for music and that Game - Warm worked well for gaming. Within each setting is a preset equalizer. Within Atmos, you can configure your audio settings for games, movies, music and voice. The voices in the game were loud and clear, while the combat, which involved releasing arrows on my enemies, had a sweet, satisfying snap and pierce.Īsus comes packed with Dolby Access, which gives you access to Dolby Atmos as well as Dolby Vision. While the immersion was nice, it became overbearing and the sound was too sharp. I played Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and immediately noticed that the speakers highlighted the atmospheric sounds around me, which I could only imagine was the sound of terrifying cicadas. However, the guitar sounded bright and lovely. The percussion sounded okay during the chorus, but lacked oomph.

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I listened to Eliza Grace’s “I Can’t Save The World If I’m Not Happy,” and the opening vocals were melodic and enchanting, but the speakers couldn’t capture the full depth of Grace’s voice because there wasn’t much bass to back it up. This is, by no means, master-class gaming audio, but it’s not hollow sounding drivel either. The Zephyrus M16’s bottom-firing speakers are decent.

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Windows 10 gestures like three-finger tab switching and two-finger scrolling worked like a charm. The 5.1 x 3.4-inch touchpad is smooth and offers solid clicks, making it easy and satisfying to use. The RGB lighting is limited to only one-zone, which you can configure in the Lighting section of the Armory Crate app. The keys aren’t just well-spaced, but they also feel great to type on. I hit 84 words per minute on the typing test, which blows past my usual 78-wpm. Also, the keyboard doesn’t flex like crazy when I type on it - which happens way more often than you might think. The keys are clicky, punchy and offer solid travel. I’ve messed with a bunch of Zephyrus keyboards, but the one in the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 is by far my favorite. Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 keyboard and touchpad It crushed the Stealth 15M (45.3%), but was just short of the Triton 300 SE (80.6%).īut at 479 nits of brightness, the Zephyrus M16 absolutely crushed the category average (298 nits) as well as the Stealth 15M (255 nits) and Triton 300 SE (292 nits). When I cranked the graphics down, I felt the smooth 165Hz refresh rate as I rapidly fired arrows into my enemies.Īccording to our colorimeter, the Zephyrus M16 covered 75.8% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which slides past the mainstream gaming laptop average (68.8%).

When I was chatting with an NPC in the middle of a dark forest, the panel was bright enough to detail the leaves on the trees and bushes around us. In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I dashed across a cobblestone road to fight a zealot, and the sunset hit the greenery around me just enough to make the screen glow in a vivid cinematic shot. Willis’ forehead wrinkles were also sharp. During the night shoot with the CGI-planted rain, I could see the detail in the tire rims thanks to the bright panel.

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In the Out of Death trailer (yet another Bruce Willis B-movie), Jaime King’s violet shirt popped on the display despite the dark color palette the movie uses.