Monday, March 16th 2015
ASUS Announces Republic of Gamers Announces G501 Ultra-Slim Gaming Laptop
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the G501 series gaming laptop. One of the thinnest laptops in its class, G501 is just 20.6mm tall and weighs as little as 2.06kg (for non-touchscreen models) - ideal for gaming on the go.
G501 is powered by the 4th-generation Intel Core i7 processor and the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics for an unrivalled gaming experience. This impressive power is supported by ASUS-exclusive Hyper Cool technology with dual independent fans, delivering smooth, stable performance for both gaming and professional content creation. In addition, G501 has a 15.6-inch 4K/UHD (ultra-high definition) display with 8.2-million pixels to treat users to incredibly detailed visuals and lifelike colors.
Ultraportable design for gaming on the go
ROG G501 is one of the world's thinnest gaming laptops, with a height of just 20.6mm. It features a lightweight aluminum construction and weighs just 2.06kg (non-touchscreen). Its modern, elegant design sports red bezel accents and gaming features like a red-backlit keyboard with 1.6mm of key travel for a responsive feel, a numeric keypad, and marked WASD cursor keys.
Exclusive Hyper Cool technology
G501 is also the coolest and quietest gaming laptop on the market, with exclusive Hyper Cool technology built in. This advanced cooling system employs dual fans and copper heat sinks to remove heat efficiently with minimal fan noise. Both processor (CPU) and graphics-processing unit (GPU) are cooled independently based on each component's demands to ensure maximum efficiency - delivering extremely cool gaming experiences that are both whisper-quiet and silky smooth.
Uncompromised gaming performance and fast content creation
ROG G501 is powered 4th-generation Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor for the smooth, powerful performance required to drive today's fast-paced games. G501 also features the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics with up to 4GB of GDDR5 video memory for sharp, vivid visuals and smoother in-game animations. The powerful GPU also drives hardcore content-creation, enabling even the most demanding creative to produce any kind of content on the go.
In addition, G501 can be specced with PCI Express x4 (PCIe x4) solid-state disks (SSDs) for data-transfer speeds of approximately 1400MB/s - more than twice (2X) as fast as SATA III SSDs or 16X faster than SATA III hard disk drives! Optional Onboard Intel Thunderbolt technology provides a single-cable data and graphics interface with speeds of up to 10Gbit/s - twice the bandwidth of USB 3.0.
Immersive 4K/UHD visuals and ASUS SonicMaster audio
ROG G501 has a 15.6-inch, 4K/UHD display with 8.2-million pixels to give users sharper visuals and vibrant colors for an immersive viewing experience. This in-plane switching (IPS) display has wide 178-degree viewing angles, and gives improved contrast and color consistency even when viewed from extreme positions in both the horizontal and vertical planes. G501 features ASUS Splendid enhances color brightness, contrast, and sharpness to produce deeper, richer colors for a visually stunning experience when viewing any content. In addition, the built-in HD camera provides excellent recording performance even in low-light environments.
G501 features ASUS SonicMaster audio, incorporating ICEpower, Bang & Olufsen technology, for high-quality sound. ASUS AudioWizard gives users five preset audio modes with settings tailored to suit different game genres.
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G501 is powered by the 4th-generation Intel Core i7 processor and the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics for an unrivalled gaming experience. This impressive power is supported by ASUS-exclusive Hyper Cool technology with dual independent fans, delivering smooth, stable performance for both gaming and professional content creation. In addition, G501 has a 15.6-inch 4K/UHD (ultra-high definition) display with 8.2-million pixels to treat users to incredibly detailed visuals and lifelike colors.
ROG G501 is one of the world's thinnest gaming laptops, with a height of just 20.6mm. It features a lightweight aluminum construction and weighs just 2.06kg (non-touchscreen). Its modern, elegant design sports red bezel accents and gaming features like a red-backlit keyboard with 1.6mm of key travel for a responsive feel, a numeric keypad, and marked WASD cursor keys.
Exclusive Hyper Cool technology
G501 is also the coolest and quietest gaming laptop on the market, with exclusive Hyper Cool technology built in. This advanced cooling system employs dual fans and copper heat sinks to remove heat efficiently with minimal fan noise. Both processor (CPU) and graphics-processing unit (GPU) are cooled independently based on each component's demands to ensure maximum efficiency - delivering extremely cool gaming experiences that are both whisper-quiet and silky smooth.
Uncompromised gaming performance and fast content creation
ROG G501 is powered 4th-generation Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor for the smooth, powerful performance required to drive today's fast-paced games. G501 also features the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics with up to 4GB of GDDR5 video memory for sharp, vivid visuals and smoother in-game animations. The powerful GPU also drives hardcore content-creation, enabling even the most demanding creative to produce any kind of content on the go.
In addition, G501 can be specced with PCI Express x4 (PCIe x4) solid-state disks (SSDs) for data-transfer speeds of approximately 1400MB/s - more than twice (2X) as fast as SATA III SSDs or 16X faster than SATA III hard disk drives! Optional Onboard Intel Thunderbolt technology provides a single-cable data and graphics interface with speeds of up to 10Gbit/s - twice the bandwidth of USB 3.0.
Immersive 4K/UHD visuals and ASUS SonicMaster audio
ROG G501 has a 15.6-inch, 4K/UHD display with 8.2-million pixels to give users sharper visuals and vibrant colors for an immersive viewing experience. This in-plane switching (IPS) display has wide 178-degree viewing angles, and gives improved contrast and color consistency even when viewed from extreme positions in both the horizontal and vertical planes. G501 features ASUS Splendid enhances color brightness, contrast, and sharpness to produce deeper, richer colors for a visually stunning experience when viewing any content. In addition, the built-in HD camera provides excellent recording performance even in low-light environments.
G501 features ASUS SonicMaster audio, incorporating ICEpower, Bang & Olufsen technology, for high-quality sound. ASUS AudioWizard gives users five preset audio modes with settings tailored to suit different game genres.
21 Comments on ASUS Announces Republic of Gamers Announces G501 Ultra-Slim Gaming Laptop
On a more serious note, do they really think a GTX 960M is enough to power a 4K display? Also wondering how astronomical this thing's price will be
The 960m should be adequate for the 15.6 4K screen, but not a large 4K monitor with all the eye candy.
960m is capable card - but it you will have to turn resolution down - even under 1080 at most demanding games... but it definitely will run 4K porn on your 4K screen.
And about the notebook, I'm just wondering what is advantage of independent cooling of GPU and CPU. I have this design in old gaming Asus G53 and CPU fan could use some help from the GPU one. This solution is much more noisy. But as it is cheaper, Asus just markets it as advantage.
Detail is more noticeable on larger screens so users tend to turn up the eye candy, which isn't needed on small screens.
Either i'm not making myself clear enough, people like to nit pick, or there are a lot of people lacking comprehension skills.
You have failed Asus.
A GTX 960M is a little slower than a desktop GTX 750 Ti.
that doesn't even make sense. 4k on one screen is the same as 4k on another.
and the size of 4k screens you can get today, you don't need AA whatsoever
See my previous post, i'll leave it up to you to choose which category you fit into.
Honestly IMO is pretty stupid to have a 4k screen on a laptop ran by a 960m GPU in general.
"gaming laptop"
It's fine as a regular ultra thin laptop at 4K but it shouldn't be called what Asus is calling it. It's misleading at best to the unaware consumer.