Asus ROG GL503

I can test witcher 3, but I do not have the other games.

 

yes please, and post it here later the result of hwmonitor with normal fan and overboost fan after 1 hour of playing.

thanks

 

So I ran witcher 3 for about an 50 minutes.

On fan auto mode, temps are as follows:
GPU: 86-88 degrees (these are on stock graphics settings.
CPU : 85-94 degrees

Will run on overboost later when I get home.

EDIT: Ignore the initial result Maybe be inaccurate because I was screensharing witcher 3 with my GF via discord. I am redoing the test now.

 

So Here are the actual results without the discord screenshare.

Running Witcher 3 on Overboost after a cold boot for about 50 mins.
CPU : around 75 degrees
GPU: 80 degrees.

I then switched fan mode to auto and after about an hour:

CPU : 82 degrees
GPU : 88 degrees

Tried to switching back to overboost mode but by then the laptop already generated too much heat and temps dropped to 87 degrees for GPU, CPU about the same. So temps are a little high but the good thing is you dont really feel on the area where you type and use the keys

Will probably do another test with overboost mode from cold boot again for 2 hours and see what happens.

 

actually, your warm test is more informative.

Most people are not just gonna play for an hour. so we need to see how well the fans extract heat.

Kinda disappointing that overboost doesn't do much. I thought those 12v fans would be cyclones

 

oh they are cyclones, pretty dam loud if you dont have headphones on lol.

Also an update on the battery life.

Its quite bad, barely last 2 hours 4 mins using PCMARK 8 battery test.
Pretty lame..considering of returning this laptop. This is with sound muted, brightness to 30%... Guess reducing the battery from 74 whr to 64 whr made a pretty big difference.

 

i wonder what's hogging the battery so much. That 17" screen must be a huge drain, because the 15" GL50x gtx1060 can get ~3.5 hours on a 64whr battery.

But do a real world test just browsing the web for hours with lowest brightness. and time it.

 

I get about 2.5 to 3 hrs of battery life. I have to return the laptop it seems, tthe ROG Aura core does not work with my laptop, I may go with the 15 inch counterpart but I kinda like the traditional look compared to the hero edition. Will see.

 

Hello guys, asking for help to choose!
I'm confused between three options, I really like 17' screens and the 1070 is much better in the long run.

rog gl503VS: 1070 but 15 inches

rog gl703VM: 1060 and 17 inches

rog gl702VS: 1070 and 17 inches but bad keyboard layout and back-lighting and terrible thermals

I don't care about the price, weight and design and I it must be ASUS to pick from. Shall I compromise the screen size for the performance or get a 1060 and wait 5 years to switch again or pick the old model and live with terrible keyboard ?

I use my laptop as a desktop replacement and my usage is browsing the net, watching tons of media and coding from time to time. Your opinions are highly appreciated.

 

Fwiw, both the GL702VS and the GL503VM (1060) both have the type of screen matte that's noticeable on white backgrounds (it's hard to describe, but a white background doesn't look uniformly smooth, instead it looks a bit 'spacey', I believe b/c the matte is more pronounced when manufactured; notebookreview.com mentioned this in one of their in-depth reviews). For most, it's perhaps not an issue, but to me it was immediately noticeable and I just couldn't un-see it when demoing the models in-store.. I'm sure I'd get used to it eventually, but would still prefer it not being a factor.

I'm awaiting a review of the GL503VS to hear how its IPS 144hz panel performs. And I'm really hoping it doesn't have the noticeable matte effect the other Asus models have. Though I'll likely still get it regardless, since there's nothing else out there that's 15.6" and IPS @ 120-144hz, aside from the Zephyrus (no thanks) and the earlier 502 model this is replacing. Only Asus produces these high refresh models with IPS screens, every other maker's 120hz laptops are all TN panels I believe.

While the faux-brushed metal (but actually plastic) casing of the 502/702 models is decent, I'm personally a big fan of the smooth/soft black plastic casing of the new 503/703 models (though have heard they're grease and scratch magnets, so handle accordingly).

Weight is a factor for me (and I find 1080p resolution to be much better suited for 15.6" from a PPI perspective), so I'm solidly in the 15.6" camp. If one day they can make a 17.3" rig under 6lbs with a 3k/1440p @ 120hz IPS screen, I'll be in gaming laptop heaven..

 

If money isnt a problem, id go with the GL702VS or the GL503VS since you are going for a desktop replacement. Theyre both actually lighter than the GL703VM. The GL703VM is 6.7 lbs ( I weighed this on two scales at work). Both the VS versions have thunderbolt support while the VM does not. This means down the road, you can use an external GPU if you want to.

GL503VS is good if you are okay with the screen being 15 inches. If it is too small, you can always plug it into a monitor when you are at home and still be portable when you are on the go. The GL702VS has a thicker chassis even though its lighter which makes it tough to carry it around.

As for the keyboard layout, they re more or less the same. But the 17.3 would feel less cramp than the 15.6 inch version. Though if you prefer RGB lighting then the 503VS is the better choice.

If you do go with a 503VS, you can do some test for the community here on the temps, battery life and etc.

Good luck on your decision.

 

Hey I was thinking about buying the 703vm/ 503vm, but your guys initial impressions of the laptop don't seem good. And is it true that it does not have optimus or integrated graphics in it? Also the thermals look horrible.

 

yup no optimus. Thermals are average i would say. If you look at alot of reviews for CPU and GPU temps on notebookcheck, typically the cpu and gpu of other laptops can get to 80-90 degrees. If you are afraid of high temps, you can undervolt your gpu and cpu, turn off turbo boost, and re-paste.

Battery life is pretty disappointing int he GL703VM if thats what you are looking at. I was getting about 2.5 to 3 hours max. 3 hours if u used it lightly , on 30% screen and low volume levels. I did a youtube loop test and it lasted roughly 3 hrs.

If you have a higher budget, you can get the MSI GE63VR Raider, though it has a smaller battery but since it has optimus you can get it to last about the same or more according to community on this forums.

 

Hey guys, any information about the gl503vm traditional edition ? When is it going to be release

 

The GL503VM-DB74? It's already released (shipping at BB, Newegg, Amazon and elsewhere). I tried an in-store demo of it at both BestBuy and the Microsoft store a couple weeks ago.

 

Anymore updates on the GL503VS? Would a repasted one have decent temperatures running games hours at a time?
Looking for a 15 or 17 inch model with at least 120hz, 144hz being better, IPS and gtx 1070 that doesnt shout gamer laptop..

 

Still waiting on a review on the GL503VS-DH74.. kinda surprised that the resellers like Xotic/Gentech haven't posted anything yet :\

 

I think that's the hero edition. you tried it ? how was it ?

 

Discussed it a bit here. I really like the new soft black casing. Audio, mousepad, & keyboard were all of my liking as well. Minor white/matte screen factor, but really only noticeable to pixel perfectionist/ocd types like me.

Just waiting on a review of the GL503VS to make a final decision. For me it's down to that vs the MSI GE63VR. If only the MSI 120hz panel was IPS instead of TN, it would make this decision easier..

 

Same here i really hope the cooling solution is improved(or at least extra heatpipes)for the GL503VS.
Also the TN Panel for the raider isnt that bad considering the refresh rate and i have no issues with tn panels(lived with them for years) but at this price point it doesnt feel worth it... no thunderbolt 3 or gsync..........dealbreaker :/

 

True they've certainly closed the gap in terms of color gamut, and the viewing angles are improved. Still, based upon the angular shots in this review, there's noticeable color gamut loss immediately outside of the head-on viewing angle.

It's been >10 years since I used a TN panel and I don't miss them one bit. I'm the type that would probably be adjusting the angle every time I shift in my chair to remain in that optimum gamut zone (and trying to use a TN in bed is even more of a headache, as noted by Aorus X5/X7 owners).

Hopefully we'll get a review of the GL503VS soon. I'm mostly curious about its battery life. XOTIC claims "4 - 5 hours" (presumably idle/web) in the Amazon Q&A. That's a bit unbelievable for a 62whr battery and no Optimus.. Many other g-sync models are lucky to get 2 hours of non-gaming and 1 hour in gaming on battery. If the VS battery lasts at least 3 hours of non-gaming use (web or streaming video), that would seal the deal for me.

 

Any idea what panel model the gl503vs 144hz has? Can’t seem to find any info online

 

No idea either. Notebookcheck seem to be the only reviewers that list the panel manufacturer and serial number, hoping they'll publish a review of this model before long.

 

I hope they publish one before the black friday sales end.

 

Well even 3 hours of battery life doesnt sound like a gsync thing at all,but its a 15.3 inch screen so i doubt it will suck that much power. Excaliber pc is offering this laptop with a free 500gb ssd nvme storage (for a limited time i guess) so yh i also doubt we will get a single review by then. Still tho overall am more concerned about the thermal solution
If this thing is a heat blast with throttles(i mean its a 1070)there is no way am killing my wallet for it.The previous generation was hot and the gl503gtx 1050 ti also lines up in this category.(it kinda weird that there is no single review for this laptop anywhere on the internet but am still willing to wait).

might as well consider acer predator triton 700 it comes with a gtx 1060 and it seems to tick all boxes including gysnc,ips panel and thunderbolt at 1650 buckshttps://us-store.acer.com/laptops/gaming/nh-q2kaa-001?utm_source=us.acer.com&utm_campaign=CLM&utm_medium=referral .only drawback is that ugly predator logo

 

Is it 120hz as well?

edit: nvm it is. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-...080-Max-Q-Full-HD-Laptop-Review.251794.0.html

 

It literally just came out within the past few weeks, I actually wouldn't be surprised if the first reviews don't hit for another 1-2 months. I went back to check the GL502VS reviews for battery life tests and the review publish dates were all over the map (Notebookcheck Aug '16, Anandtech & Engadget Dec '16, TechSpot & Toms May 2017).

My must-haves are IPS and 120-144hz (I'm fine with no g-sync, but only if there's Optimus in its place).

edit - ah, didn't know the Acer has IPS & 120hz too, awesome. Just wish it didn't have that front-placed keyboard, that must be atrocious to use on couches, planes, in bed, counter cafe tables.. (i.e., anywhere you can't fit a wrist pad..)

 

My must-haves are IPS and 120-144hz (I'm fine with no g-sync, but only if there's Optimus in its place). At the moment, only these Asus models fit that bill.



I see....that gl703 scar rlly killed its purpose with no optimus at its price point.
Am just hangin with the gl503vs because of its non gamerish design.

 

youtubers(some of them) who reviewed this laptop confirmed that they had no issues with the keyboard while using it on their lap

 

if the trition is at that price point I think i will get that instead of gl503

 

Hey everyone,

I bought the Bestbuy Asus GL503VM 2 days ago. It's the one with 1060, 128 SSD + 1TB HDD, 120hz screen etc. for $1299 USD. I like it a lot so far, but have a problem with sleep mode.

When I close the lid, it seems to go to sleep normally. And if I open it not long after closing, like several minutes, it will wake up fine. BUT, if I close it and go away for several hours, it will not wake up sometimes and I must press power to reset it.

What scared me tonight is that the lid was closed and I went to bed. When I woke up, I opened the lid and the fan was running and it was warm/hot. And it wouldn't wake up, so I had to hold power to reset.

The BIOS has been updated to most recent, and I have the latest Windows updates including the 1079 creator's updates.

Any ideas on solving the sleep issue? Thanks in advance.

UPDATE 1: OK, I see that in power settings in device manager, it was set to hibernate after 180 mins on both AC and battery. I have set both to "never" (change each to 0 mins). I think that is probably the culprit. Hopefully that will fix it. I don't need/want hibernate, just regular sleep. I will report back with some results later.

UPDATE 2: Good news. I left it sleeping for 3 hours and it woke up perfectly when the lid was opened. So, the hibernation was the problem and is now fixed.

 

Could you do some gaming test on it ? Please share with us the temperature while gaming and does it get pretty loud ?

 

I have only had it for 2 days, so nothing comprehensive yet. But I can share some thoughts.

For example, though, I played a great session of Titanfall 2 campaign yesterday, where I was getting 70 - 120 fps at high+ settings with gsync on. It was a great experience. In most interior settings I was getting 100+ fps, and the gsync works very well. The fans, IMO, are not really that loud even when gaming. At least, not to me, but then I expect a small gaming laptop to make fan noise! At for temps, in my brief assessment, I have not noticed temps higher than low - mid 70s just after quitting a heavy game session. So, I think the cooling is effective. In normal use (like right now as I type this) it seems to stay in the low 40's, and I don't hear the fan unless I try to listen closely.

Other observations:

1) The screen works great, and really is 120hz + gysnc. It has an anti-glare coating, which does decrease observable brightness and color intensity a little I think, but it is very effective at stopping glare, so I actually do like it.

2) The SSD is only 128GB, so I think in a few weeks I may upgrade to 512GB. The 1TB HDD works fine, and is quiet and seems decently fast for what it is.

3) I love the keyboard and the trackpad seems fine on mine (I saw some reports of bad trackpad buttons, but mind seem ok). The "rubber" black plastic material inside is very nice IMO. I know some worry about it wearing out, and I don't know about that, but I really like how it feels. Very comfortable and no sharp edges to catch your wrists.

4) I like the Sonic Studio 3 app. I used it to make my own equalizer settings, and was able to get good sound volume with some nice bass considering this is a relatively small gaming laptop.

5) I love how it looks. Really nice understated design. One note, this Bestbuy version does NOT have the red color behind the exhausts. I don't miss it, but anyone who does want more styling should see the other ones out there. This Bestbuy one is pure black with just the silver logo that glows red when powered (looks nice both ways).

6) Quick battery life report: just now as I type this, I am running on battery with "better battery" power setting, and brightness at 50%, and using Wifi. At that setting I am getting estimated around 3 - 3.5 hours. I probably could get more by lowering brightness to 25% (still a decent brightness level on this screen) and using the "battery saver" power setting. When gaming, I think you'd get maybe 1.5 hours depending on settings, but that's just a guess since I have only gamed when plugged in so far (which is my usual usage scenario).

***NOTE*** Anyone using this laptop, if you find your games stuck at 30fps in battery mode, don't panic -- all you have to do is set the fps limiter higher in Geforce Experience. I set mine to 60fps, which can help save some power.

Any other questions, please ask and I will try to answer.

 

Could you send a screencap of the nvidia control panel settings showing the 120hz and gsync on this one? Also what display panel does it have? Thanks!

 

Here you go:

 

Thanks! This panel is quite new from AUO. Not much reviews on it yet online.

Deciding between this and the GL703VM. It has no gsync but has better colors.

 

I really wanted a 15 inch, so my choice was easy to make. If you are OK with a 17 inch, I'd say go for it. For me, the 17 inchers are a bit too big on my table.

I will say the gsync works really well. The combination of 120hz + gsync has been a revelation for me. Before this I only ever used regular 60hz screens. Playing games at 100+ fps and zero screen tearing as the refresh rate syncs dynamically is amazing!

 

True. Portability would be a bummer as well if i go for the 17 inch. Where’d you buy yours and did you get it with the black friday sale?

edit: I see you got it from Bestbuy.

 

First review of the GL503VS is out!

https://www.ultrabookreview.com/18807-asus-rog-gl503vs-review/

 

thanks for the link alphaprime

Seperate heatpipes,no thermal throttling and am looking at an average battery life
and its lookin plain and sexy lol

 

They finally got rid of shared heatpipes on the cpu.

no more overheating

They should have done this a long time ago with the GL502.
I've always wondered what would happen if I cut one of the shared heatpipes on my GL502.

 

woot! separate pipes. They had a 3 shared pipe w/big plate version for the VM, but they actually did separate pipes for the VS

The contrast ratio on that monitor is bumming me out though at 750:1. The Aero 15x hits about 1000:1.

This is most concerning though:

"Performance plummets on battery though, as you can see in some of the pictures below, and while this might be addressed with further software updates, I think it’s safe to assume you’ll want to keep this laptop plugged in when playing your games. BTW, GSync doesn’t work while on battery either."

Why would G-sync not work on battery? GL502VS had some major power issues so I'm suspect.

 

that thunderbolt 2x pcie is a persistent problem.

 

A slight disappointment in the contrast ratio, brightness in the screen panel but cooling looks good. I think this will be what I go with as AW 15 R3 suffers from cooling issues and the MSI ge63vr lacks g-sync and design is too loud for me.
Will be a huge jump from my Razer Blade 14 2013 model

 

This heatpipes setup exist for the GL503VM-DB74 (120hz G-sync) as well? Or just the DH74?

 

Hey guys I understand that the 17 inch scar edition laptop does not have g-sync or nvidia optimus, but i just wanted to know

1) If it has an integrated graphics chip like an intel 630 HD graphics, so that we can manually set certain programs to only use the integrated graphics chip.

2) Can nvidia optimus be added by a software or driver update? (considering that it has an integrated graphics chip)

3) Is it likely that Asus would launch an updated model of the 17 inch scar with nvidia optimus or g snyc ( any one of them)?

 

No TB3 4lanes and freaking loud under gaming load ... no buy ... sorry ASUS (I say that as an actual ASUS owner).

From Ultrabookreviews: "With games the fans spin faster and are noisier than on most other gaming laptops I’ve came in contact with, averaging 54-55 dB at head level."

This is a nightmare, my current laptop is running at 38-39dba at head level while running several hours of Witcher 3.

 

Cool man, thanks. It was quite confusing, some people said it won't have a gsync even in the rog website they didn't mention it but your laptop has it

 

yeah i agree with both of you, why the hell asus did not put ThunderBolt 3 full 4 lane 40gb/s speed in such expensive laptop?

this is the same goes for MSI GE63 series, a good product, but no TB3 full speed 4 lane?
very disappointing...

 

is that true?

I think it's a design limitation. I remember reading that the xps 15 could not incorporate 4x pcie. It just wasn't possible, not a cost limiting factor.
The xps15 had the full fat thunderbolt chip, but connected to 2 pcie lanes.