The Asus ROG Strix G16 is the brand's answer to chunkier, slightly cheaper gaming laptops. It's not as performance-focused as the Strix Scar line but still offers a little extra grunt compared to the portability-minded Zephyrus. In essence, this is your true middle ground and after two weeks of testing I can confirm, that's exactly how the G16 behaves.
There are some surprises in here. The mobile RTX 5070 inside my test device gave me some real gen-on-gen performance upgrades (something missing slightly from the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 rigs I've tested so far), and battery life in a productivity scenario is certainly impressive. The G16 doesn't quite excel in any one area enough to be considered one of the best gaming laptops on the market right now, but it is a jack of all trades worth checking out.
