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Jacob Fox

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

The Asus Zephyrus G14 on a desk with Metro: Exodus benchmark running on-screen.

I scour Reddit and support forums pretty regularly, and it's not exactly rare to see people complaining about systems or peripherals from specific brands. But it's often difficult to know whether those issues are widespread enough to designate a problem with those devices in particular. It doesn't seem like that's the case here, though, as Github user Zephkek seems to have found issues specifically with Asus laptop firmware (via Reddit).

I contacted Asus about this yesterday and am still waiting to hear back for more details, but in the meantime Asus ROG has released a statement on X explaining that its "team is actively investigating these cases." The "cases" in question are "performance interruptions on some ROG laptops," which Zephkek's Github analysis details.

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