Before You Buy an AMD Gaming Laptop...
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Yeah you never do anything anymore we can understand how you respond to our support you don't even remain regular.it is like you are forgotten
@@syedsaim3470 get a life
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you forgor to pin your comment
Does it support LINUX?
When a sponsor says "just saying what it actually is is enough " , it means they really have a good product.
It also means, they know you are competent
They respect Dave.
Dave is not stupid, Dave knows to say something positive or else future sponsorship could get ruined.
Every marketing doesnt have to be pulled out from ass
Marketing that is not wrong from a technical POV doesnt mean that its a good product
@@suntzu1409 but in this case. They're remarkably good product.
Nothing wrong with doing sponsored content, if you advertise it accurately and its a product you stand behind. All for it, Dave. Take care of your family and your wealth!
Health, you mean
The things we need to consider is when we doing sponsored content, we can only talk about the good side of the product. Even though the good part is accurate, we also need to hear about the bad oppinion about the product, which is restricted when doing sponsored content
@@tienatho2149 Well in this he did mean mention where AMG GPU falls a little short compared to Nvidia GPU
Not every sponsor will give you free reign like this. But if it does and he tells us about it like in this video I don't see a problem. But it's just so rare to see cuz companies pay you to say good stuff about them.
I wonder why he didn't show or opened the laptops for a better view
I think another huge advantage you did not talk about is the battery life. Every single AMD Advantage notebook has significantly better battery life than notebooks without it. I think this is an important thing to mention especially for students.
I agree. Less power consumption also means quieter and cooler laptop.
Apparantly u didn't watch whole video and making unnecessary comments here.
03:25
he talked about it for a sec. at 03:25 , but he could go more into detail.
For most students and MacBook Air for $899.99 is normally the best option for students
Showing gratitude to your audience and being absolutely honest with them is something all can't do. Mad respect Dave !
The fact that he's so happy to have been contacted by AMD makes him a real tech fan :)
Anyone would be exited if they were offered to be sponsored by a big ass company.
@@scouttf2143 sounds like he skipped plenty offers.
I think this time amd make a good laptop that’s why they contacted him 😂
I am awaiting for a laptop with high TGP 3060 or 3070TI laptop for Data Science and AI Simulation and algorithms for big data visualization. I was thinking of going for Ryzen 6900HX or i7 12th Gen. I am also working on Network technologies and learning Firewall and cybersecurity over Cloud.
What would be the best option for a working professional who also needs atleast 4-5 hours of battery life?
Budget: 2 lac INR
Should I wait longer for another laptop or go for anything that's around for 2000-2200 USD?
Looking for usually 17.3 inch or so for better screen as I am working on large data and visualizations. Small screen makes tough to work on large models...
@@Samdevay Definitely recommend that you should go for AMD laptops as they have lower TDPs in more powerful systems that give more battery life.
What really sold me that on that this was an unbiased opinion is that you still acknowledged DLSS and raytracing, where nVidia has the edge. Sign of integrity
Some firms don't allow the CZcamsr to say any competing brand. This is a nice vid. We got a little AMD-Nvidia comparison and Dave was paid.
He didn't mention that the g15 advantage edition has ram problems. And buying the g15 is a lottery, a number of ppl have restart+bugs+crash issues which is mentioned in reddit. Despite amd giving software updates, it went from frequently crash every single day to crash every couple of days.😂🤦
@@michaelchan1876 might be asus problem cause MSI all amd laptop are A grade
@@michaelchan1876 Its issue with asus laptops and not on amd.. I have intel chip and I still have those problems
Amd graphics often crashes working with unreal engine or related rendering apps. The Ray tracing cannot be done if the file is bigger than a certain size. It freezes and crash.
I have once created a file with Nvidia graphics using high settings, and can't be open with AMD graphics with low settings. So disappointed at AMD.
very few that actually respect their fans, thank you of disclosing the sponsorship, and the unbiased reviews, KEEP UP
He's required to disclose sponsorship. Every CZcamsr does it
you can't do a sponsor without disclosing it soo ya.
Every CZcamsrs needs to disclose if the video is sponsored.
There are some low-end CZcamsrs who might shill for no-name products without disclosing sponsorships, but there is zero chance that any CZcamsr with a substantially monetized channel would do that with a multi-billion dollar company like AMD. It's not worth the risk.
He has to legally.
AMD has so many good great features that nobody talks about. Switching from a GTX1070 to a Radeon RX6600XT I was absolutely amazed with what AMD is offering in their Software suite. Radeon Chill has been absolutely amazing! Lowering my overall power consumption, heat generation and noise. Let say I am playing Doom Eternal with raytracing enabled. I can quite easily reach 120fps, however, If I set the fps range from 60-120. The software will limit the framerate to 60fps when standing still, once I start move forward or sideways, it instantly reaches 80fps, and once I turn it instantly reaches 120fps.... I save about 60% power. and it makes a lot of sense, the card only renders what is necessary depending on your movement, you don't need insane framerates when you aren't moving. It still feels exactly the same way as if the game was locked to 120fps at all times... Sure this doesn't perhaps apply to competitive games with twitch-movement like CS:GO, but it works great for anything else. And for laptops that are usually thermally constrained Radeon Chill must be a godsend. AMD just need to step up their marketing :)
AFAIK Only other brand that that has done dynamic/smart power allocation well is Eluktronics' custom motherboard-to-BIOS mod they called "Eluktroboost".
The MAG-15 was able to boost the RTX 2070 Mobile from the "standard max TGP" of 115W to 135W in short bursts.
yeah i have a rx 6600 and the amd software is great
of course that feels different, you change from low end gpu to high end one, duh
@@agamikhwana8596 The 1070 was an upper mid-range GPU at release, and the 6600XT one series down. But my comment wasn't really about performance but rather about software features, and how absolutely brilliant "Radeon Chill" is. I am amazed and will have a hard time returning to Nvidia due to how good the AMD software is.
I am awaiting for a laptop with high TGP 3060 or 3070TI laptop for Data Science and AI Simulation and algorithms for big data visualization. I was thinking of going for Ryzen 6900HX or i7 12th Gen. I am also working on Network technologies and learning Firewall and cybersecurity over Cloud.
What would be the best option for a working professional who also needs atleast 4-5 hours of battery life?
Budget: 2 lac INR
Should I wait longer for another laptop or go for anything that's around for 2000-2200 USD?
Looking for usually 17.3 inch or so for better screen as I am working on large data and visualizations. Small screen makes tough to work on large models...
Get your bag, dave!!!
i'mma give you your 69th like
dave: “thank you so much AMD for giving me this oppertunity”
also dave: “AMD used to be not great”
at least he is honest. Also im for team Red cos they are cheaper and more efficient for budget XD
It’s true.
It's true though. It's pretty a general knowledge at this point in the tech world.
It's not really a secret though haha, it seems weird now in 2022 but when Lisa Su took over AMD was a company that many expected to go bankrupt in months/years
the sad true, continues being the true
Hey Dave... Why aren't there laptops that are advertised towards engineers (mechanical, electrical, civil....)? The design tools required in the engineering world are very CPU and GPU heavy which results to all engineers that I know using gaming laptops as their professional devices. This seems an interesting topic to talk about.
They r called workstations n their employers buy them from Dell...hp
mostly because those laptops are provided by the company itself
there are laptops advertised towards engineers (mechanical, electrical, civil….)….
Workstations read about them
We all need the cuda cores as well.
Ridiculous that we are still without an all in one.
So many gaming laptops with specs that could fit into a stylish All in one to rival iMac.
Do the engineers at these companies just think every other engineer uses a workbench
Workstations are over price by 2-3 fold. Gaming laptops have incredible specs but are ugly.
To me, the main AMD advantage in the laptop space it their latest U series of low power CPUs, without discrete graphics. Amazing, leading performance per watt, and comparing to their last gen U series, Vega is out and rdna2 is in. Amazing little things they are!
Also their discrete GPUs are more efficient that 3000 Nvidia as well. With smart shift no wonder you get a lot of performance per $$$.
A pity though that those tiny ultrabooks can't give enough power to both the CPU & GPU parts of the APU!
I know they still perform well at lower wattages, but maybe in something like a G14 or maybe a NUC/Mini-PC with 65W+, it would be just brilliant!
I'm just waiting for refreshed HP Aero & Lenovo IdeaPad/Yoga models with the 6800U
@@sushimshah2896 yeah, for my use case I'd like to have the super low wattage ones (15w versions). They have a super long battery life and are plenty fast for what I use them for. My three main priorities for laptops are silence, low heat and a long time without the need to plug in.
@@sushimshah2896 the yoga 6 is amazing but with r7 6800u it would be even better
Vega isn't out, they still gonna release new Cezanne like the 5825U, 5625U, and 5425U
I'm a computer science grad student and here's something I wish I knew sooner: Don't buy an AMD GPU laptop if you're looking to use it for machine learning related work! AMD GPU has great price-performance ratio on gaming, but the amount of software support on it for machine learning is seriously lacking. It needs a couple more years to catch up to Nvidia in that area.
Many AI frameworks are written in CUDA, which are Nvidia only instead of OpenCL which is open to all manufacturers
Also an engineering student, but a manufacturing one, would this translate to any problems with programs at all (specifically Fusion360 and AutoCAD)? In the market for a laptop for the next school year and I'm seriously considering a full AMD laptop for the battery life
@@lillianolkkola Here is a video that might help where they review the laptop for 3d modeling work - czcams.com/video/y4IrdGWrVOA/video.html
Gonna second this! I've been using AMD GPUs on my desktops my whole life, and got a Ryzen 4000 laptop for school. My ML models have been chugging along, CPU-only. In the end a laptop won't be enough to train larger models anyway (look to colab or aws or other services), but having a dedicated Nvidia GPU still helps a lot for assignments, smaller projects, testing etc
I’m not too familiar with this area, but do you basically need to offload vector math to the GPU using openCL calls if you want to use AMD to accelerate ML?
That was incredibly informative for being a sponsored video! As a total newbie to gaming laptops, the explanation between the different pairings of CPU and GPU was so helpful because gaming laptop configs are so confusing to me. I've been weighing the 2022 G14 vs its 2021 model and this video helped me make the obvious choice. Awesome 101 explanation. Thank you!
I simply want the AMD to have good hardware encoder/decoders for video editing.
AMD encoder/decoder but according to parsec nvenc and generally 2.59 times faster, but AMD VCE is not bad at all
Yes. AMD is way behind for Adobe Premiere and Davinci Resolve. 😭
They just fixed it by introducing b frame support. It is equal to NVidia right now but I expect software providers to take a few months to update their products with what is now enabled through their drivers.
nah the reason I avoided AMD at first pace when come to professional and creative user...Intel Nvidia still ahead in this league ..from music production video creator and AI machine learning?AMD GPU?completely joke redshift V-ray still lag behind Nvidia...RTX and DLSS Nviida > AMD GPU
Dont forgoet Broadcast with webcam and voiceisolation
I felt the same way looking for an AMD laptop the last couple years, the complete lack of a half decent or premium screen. I found one with my Ryzen 4700u in the Xiaomi Redmibook 16” Ryzen Edition …. It wasn’t a gaming screen at 60hz, but had terrific colour a accuracy 🥰🤯👍. Seeing a number of newer Ryzen 5000 and 6000 CPUs in laptops with great quality and high fps screen is a step in the right direction for many laptop manufacturers and also AMD. AMD Advantage gives users a certification now to guarantee a very high standard when shopping, regardless if it’s an entry level, mid-range or high end model.
Thank you for bringing the AMD Advantage editions laptops topic!, however there is something that nor AMD or OEM will mention, some vendors (ASUS,DELL) I don´t know about others, will not honor the Adavantage program as they sell units with different VBIOS firmware depending on who they sell their units to (ebay,bestbuy) instead of their on asus/dell store, this VBIOS discrepancy causes the unit to randomnly crash, this has been a nightmare to me as an owner to the Asus G15 advantage edition as the only work around is to patch the most stable firmware with linux otherwise if tried on windows it would brick the GPU, Asus and dell do not follow the Advantage guidelines nor they do make themselves responsables to fix it, there's a big reddit post about it there ,I felt that it is my duty to warn people about this, this is not an AMD issue its an AMD- OEM relationship issue, and I dont think AMD is even aware, would love for you to voice out these issues to AMD, thumbs up so Dave can see it, regardless of this keep the good work up Dave!,
Wow, did not know that.
Omg thank you so much for telling us! I'm looking at getting a G15, do you know which stores do honor the advantage title? Is it only safe to buy directly from the vendor?
@@lillianolkkola as far as I'm aware of only the laptops purchased from Asus directly have 0% of getting this issue otherwise it's a 50% depending on which firmware your GPU got, don't get me wrong at 1300- 1500 usd it's a killer value but I would rather wait for the next generation advantage edition laptops from Alienware and Lenovo and see if they DO follow AMD Advantage program's guidelines.
@@lillianolkkola Best Buy does too, i got my g15 ae from them and it ships w asus bios firmware
@@shreyansdey9495 its a gamble at that point, 2/4
I just got my 2022 g14 last week and its the first laptop of about 40 I have owned in the past 10 years with AMD. I am so happy with it. No Bluetooth lag with wireless mouse with my MX Vertical mouse that I had with intel chips, runs so quiet but fast, and I am running Lumion which is super heavy GPU work with it and it is great! Good work AMD. I am so tempted to try an M16 but have to wait on that! My first high performance machine was an Asus G74 and am back to Asus again and really thrilled with the whole package.
You get 4 laptops a year wtf
I absolutely love your style of reviewing, and very much appreciate your honest feedback!
This is so funny. I bought the STRIX G15 Advantage edition because of your previous video you referenced. At the time, it was a pain to find any good machine at a reasonable price point. I upgraded the RAM to 64 GB and the SSD to 4 TB. Other than the heft of the machine (I am a long term Macbook Pro user) and the sound not being very loud or good, I absolutely love the machine. In fact, am typing on the same machine right now after watching the video.... So yes, the AMD Advantage does deliver the promise!
And yes, you make fantastic content! Keep it up!
Its wonderful to see that you're getting this much leeway to talk about something that is ultimately a positive for consumers. Its also great to see manufacturer's willing to support such a method of sponsorship. At minimum, it reflects how confident they are in the 'AMD Advantage' program
Informative as always! I don't mind the sponsored content because you actually make it clearer for us. Thanks, Dave!
Appreciate the up front transparency. And you're one of the few reviewers who I think will continue to be objective, regardless.
Dave +AMD is a combo I stand for.
AMD Advantage (I will abbreviate this to AA) is a really good move from AMD
In my country, last year's Lenovo Legion 5 AA Edition with Ryzen CPU + RX 6600M 8GB is actually cost less than Legion 5i with Intel 11800H + RTX3050Ti 4GB
I am still waiting AMD's FSR, RSR, and Smart Access Memory technology to mature and can compete with Nvidia's DLSS
thank you for making this video! it helps narrow what laptop I'm looking for a lot
You content are always so good man, keep up thebgood work
I picked up the Asus G15 Strix Dave mentioned in the video. Bought it used from someone for $850. Performance is insane for the price. Of course once I changed out the RAM. Glad I went this route and didn’t overpay for nvidia.
I think the current battery systems for laptops has a big issue. Like when you are gaming and the laptop has power connected; the system still draws the high demand of power from battery itself. Only thing is the connected power continuously charges the battery
having said so, this high rate of power drawing, kills the battery fast. Only sensible way i.e., to direct power supply to the system is being done by no manufacturer.
Please let me know if I am right about that.
Got to love the wrap it up music and Dave rushing to get the last words
Dave you have a high level of agnostic credence - if you produced some sponsored deconstructions of tech you wouldn't lose my subscription! Always very enjoyable & concise videos mate (UK).
If there’s one person whose proven themselves to be objective over the years and id trust with promotional content, it’s Dave 🔥
I don't know why, but i love watching your reviews. The video's aren't too long. Well explained. And i like you as a person as well. Which helps quite a bit actually. I am very selective of which video's i watch these days. And there aren't many anymore. Good job Dave!
Awesome Video as always Dave! I was waiting so long for you to talk about AMD's Advantage Programme and honestly it didn't disappoint for one bit! Really shows that AMD's not dicking about making products that are just well rounded to the point where you don't need to compromise regarding the screen or the specs!
Love the disclosure in the beginning.
Great video as always! I will say that i bought the g15 advantage and I've had some issues, especially with the gpu vs cpu graphics and not auto switching. I often need to restart the computer to force the gpu to be used in games. When it works its great, and maybe i just had bad luck on the specific one I got but it can be annoying.
Is it fixed? Do you recommend it against legion 5 pro (rtx3060 tgp140w and i7 12th gen)?
Sponsored content is absolutely fine! We are here for your unbiased, polished reviews, as always.
I like that you're upfront about the sponsorship and yet give the pros and cons in a well rounded manner, always a treat to watch your content.
Top notch Sir, Much obliged for the insight.
AMD Advantage laptops are good for Linux as AMD's drivers are fully open source. Even though Nvidia now has the Kernel open source on their 20 and 30 series of GPUs and could have fully open source drivers in the future. But still
Nvidia kernel module is still on alpha most stuff doesn't work
Ah so this is why Playstation , Steam Deck based on AMD platform, their OS are based on Linux right?
@@latebloomer2 playstation is based on bsd ;)
His content always feels legit. Same old pure style. Nice.
Mah Davey looks happy with sponsored content. Looking good, bro!
Great Info. thanks Dave.
I have to say only you who is not overhyping things like max tech or ijustine. You are totally genuine with your great content and giving us actual real life information about laptops or computers. Thanks for all. Keep it up
Those people you mentioned are just toxic unlike Dave
Max tech just like to talk about apple like he was born from an apple tree
@@elivegba8186 Talk about low hanging fruit.
I thought max tech was told he was being negative on Twitter so he changed his approach?
There are plenty others. Lol. You forgot a few.
This is literally the best sponsored content I've ever seen, period. They gave you the green light to say whatever and you talked about AMD's past shortcomings and how it stacks up against Nvidia.
This felt super genuine. This was a fantastic partnership.
There are very few creators like Dave out there, too good as always.
Thank you. Your review helped me to save up on spending too much on a laptop. Much appreciated Dave!
The only thing that stopped me from getting advantage edition is missing the DLSS. yes, FSR exists, but in its current state, DLSS is more common to be found in games than FSR, with Nvidia can use both options.
Nvidia Broadcast webcam blur is pretty nice too. And Noise cancelling. Another factor imo
@@BlendlogicTech True, it's just that Nvidia is safer choice overall. also it's different with AMD vs Intel situation (efficiency vs single core performance). In a way Nvidia and AMD GPU deliver similar GPU performance, just with different TDP / pricing.
One important thing to note is Ram is super important for smartshift, my g5se has a broken ram slot due to liquid damage, and as a result my FPS in game has dropped significantly more than what usually drops from 2channel -> 1 stick of ram. Shows that smartshift does really work though
ram is important to ryzen
That’s not smartshift. That’s just how CPUs work. Especially with copying frames from the dgpu to igpu to display on the internal display.
That's not smart shift, the thing is, each RAM stick can only do 1 thing at a time (write or read) but on dual channel with 2 sticks the CPU can send, for example, 1 reading command and while the stick is reading the data the CPU can write to the other stick, having only one stick means the CPU have to wait for it to read so it can write to the memory, thus causing a performance impact
More like a broken ram slot. Did you test w/ smartshift on/off?
@@ev2477 I've seen plenty of tests of single vs dual channel ram and the performance difference has never been as drastic as I've seen on my machine. Somewhere around 50% less fps
Dude all your videos are great do what you want ,i value your opinion and that is not going to change
Thank you for saying before that this one is a kind of sponsor with your authentic experience. Great channel, accurate info. Everything fine about this channel. Cheers from GT
The big thing why I NEED a Nvidia GPU is CUDA. For machine learning and dev work, there sadly is no alternative. And this wont change anytime soon I am afraid. It takes so much more than having the hardware. 15 years of CUDA and all the frameworks, tools and products built on it, cannot be easily replaced. I would love to be proven wrong though.
There is openCL, and many companies use it, but yeah cuda def better support and tooling..
now that's the exact reason why i can never shift to AMD based machines
@@Kmrabhinav569 I really hope amd and intel will bring more competition. On a hardware level, they dont seem really behind. I just hope they invest enough money in the software development. Things like spending a few million to make popular frameworks such as pytorch run natively on AMD gpus would be a HUGE step in the right direction.
nvidia understands this, which is precisely why they have built a framework that locks you into their hardware by paying devs to optimize for them.
@@SJ-eu7em Open CL is either not or poorly supported by most things Machine Learning.
hey Dave, when is nothing phone (1) review coming ? I plan on buying it. waiting for your review.
Probably the 15th as that's when embargo lifts
@@vedaryan334 How do u know? What are your sources?
I bought the Zephyrus G14 cuz I saw your video, and this is the best follow up I could have while I wait for delivery. Thanks for keeping a sponsored video so honest..
Hi im new here hope the fam is alright and Dave thanks for your guidance in pc gaming. Love to start but wasn't sure til you came so again thanks
I kind of want to buy an AMD advantage laptop and try Linux on it. If I can get an incredible Linux gaming laptop experience without crappy nvidia drivers then I am sold.
My daily driver is an AMD 4700u laptop and I run Linux (Pop_OS! on it). It's been great.
Do it, not first hand info, but lots of people have shared that it worked great for them.
What AMD is doing with advantage edition lineup is pure genius.
I agree with everything you said Dave but I think there's a 3rd perspective that we all should take on to this topic; BUSINESS
AMD is probably not "forcing "the manufacturers to use better screens for this lineup. They probably offer a better bundle than what the manufacturers are forced to choose with an NVIDIA based product.
They sell the components for cheaper, offer or maybe help the manufacturers to use a better screen for their products and close the deal.
Result? A product that offers great performance, great experience and costs less for users AND provide better profit margins for the manufacturers and their trading partners.
Like I said; genius. In the long run AMD Advantage edition devices will look like the apple of windows platform.
I have selected three models
Asus G17 Strix R9 6900 HX and with 3070 TI at 2 lac and 5 k, DDR5-16, QHD panel with 240 Hz ( 17.3 inch)
Asus GP vector GP 76 MSI rtx 3070 ti and 12700h , fhd 360 hz, ddr4-16at 2 lac ( 17.3 inch)
Legion 5i Pro with RTX 3060 and 12th gen 12700H cost 1.65 Lac. ( 16.1 inch)
Which one should i choose for better AI modelling and Networking ( CCNP, FIrewall and BIg data modelling using AI)
@@Samdevay i don't know man :)
I'm not an expert in these areas.
But I recommend you to choose a platform that has natural advantages in this area. Which platform has better performance in modeling and AI? What's your budget? Do you plan to use it as a workhorse or a general use? Multimedia etc?
That's a very good looking keyboard behind on your desk!
Great video Dave!
Never heard of AMD Advantage before, nice to give this some exposure. Though AMD should step up their game as well. Currently the "Shop AMD Advantage Systems" section on their AMD Advantage page has ZERO systems listed when visiting from a Dutch IP-address.
Dont buy AMD radeon gpu it crashes all the time. Nvidia is way better and has less complications. The AMD CPU is good tho
@@vano7235 I have G15 from ASUS from last year with AMD CPU and GPU (Andvantage Edition), no problems for me, blazing fast, good battery life
@@vano7235 fake news
For the few people like me who want to game on their Linux system mid to high end AMD Graphics are defo the way to go. Much better driver support
I think this was the easiest sponsored content I've ever seen dropped. 😁 Great job in explaining things and keeping it balanced with the evolution of the history.
Wow thanks for the transparency! I’ve been looking into one of these, I’m just a sucker for the AMD hype and I like that it’s matching.
Did not know there was so many AMD advantage laptops coming out, really wish there was a Razer one coming out though :(
No stream?
That's what i love about dave even when doing sponsorship he disclosure that and speak only the truth.
This is where I come to for the straight to the point no BS POV. Good Work!
I didn’t even know this existed. Good info, I’ll consider this when buying a new laptop at the end of the year
No stream
All for sponsored vids as long as your giving your own opinions on it as well. Nice video!
Thank you Dave for your content, your videos are always helpful and enjoyable to watch :)
been a huge fan for a very long time dave!
I'd definitely like a comparison of the new M2 chips with the competition. It makes me happy but also frustrates me that apple is now so good at chips that nobody can properly compete rn supposedly. (Also bcz Macs had terrible performance before and everyone still regarded them too highly)
I actually would like to know if AMD/Intel (of Nvidia for that matter) will attempt to use unified memory architecture like Apple's M series SoC. Honestly I think that's the major source of efficiency/performance. And, so far, only Apple can achieve that because they have the biggest economy of scale on the market.
@@polaromonas I think it's the cost thing. AMD has a unified memory product for datacenter in the works called MI300. But for laptops I think it would cost too much. Apple can charge exuberant prices for it and skimp on things like RAM and SSD. Can't really do that on PC as no one would buy it.
Check out hardware unboxed 6800u and 1260p vs m2
G14 was already a near perfect 14 inch Windows machine. The 2022 one finished the job, all their previous issues are gone
I prefer 2021 version. NVidia gpu drivers and DLSS
@@B1u35ky yeah Nvidia GPUs come with their own perks. I'm also still on the 2020 version
@@B1u35ky AMD drivers are great these days. And you get more performance per watt and dollar. AMD driver for instance lets you use RadeonChill which could be awesome for gaming on a battery.
I would say its so close tho, the webcam, why 720 for such a good product, i get it the aim for gaming performance, but a 1080 would really round off the specs for it. Then it can be the 14 inch laptop for school, work and leisure.
@@k11da Man, the earlier models didn't even come with a webcam 😂. Now that I think about it, yeah 2020 came with hella downside. It's the only acceptable 14-inch high performance laptop though
You deserve to be sponsored man. Happy you got to do it your way. Maybe now others will follow!
Thankyou Dave for such an informative video, i was planning to buy the 2021 G14 with the 45ms screen response time 💀 But now im gonna wait for the AMD version for the 5ms even tho it doesnt have 100%srgb coverage.
A Razer Blade 15 AMD Advantage would be insane. I’d gladly spend the premium; cooler, faster and far better battery life.
this.. cmon razer
razer blades tend to have a ballooning batteries problem after a few years. Saw that happen a few times from the LTT channels.
@@syrupybrandy2788 that’s a simple fix tbh.
AMD does not need to fake results like intel.
I literally just bought a G14 last week as saw the title and was like, "Uhh ohh..." Glad to be reassured on my purchase! It's a wonderful laptop! Thanks for the info, Dave!
Love you’re videos thumbs up
Damn it, I just bought an AMD laptop.
Why, you can get intel 12 gen laptops and they are best on the market
same, just got my Zephyrus g14. oopsies.
@@HDRPC mhm with trash battery life and awful heat
@@HDRPC Lol Alder Lake laptops aren't the best. Let's see - U config means 2 real cores and 8 atom junks, P is 6+8 I believe. All in power hungry package where even U chips (which should be 15-28W) draws more than 50W and Xe graphics is great in synthetics and that's it. Radeon 680M on Rembrandt wipes floor with it.
@@SuperSlapek p sides chips for light works. Coding, browsing, email, Photoshop etc light works on which you needed single core performance more so intel is king in multicore. For high end laptop or desktops. Intel is king again.
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Dave2D writing his resignation letter having discovered sponsored content :)
he used to do sponsored vids couple of years ago
I wouldnt have seen that sale on that g15 thanks dave!
I love the perspective of this video
I wish more laptops would come with the AMD combo 👌
And just imagine a world where the new Macbook Pro’s would come with 6000 series AMD silicon. Man that would be AWESOME! Being able to run Mac and Windows natively on the same device and also having real horsepower on a Mac laptop thanks to the update 140W power brick!
Sounds like a great program, and they certainly chose the right guy to work with to present it. Well done! Now, if only Google would do the same thing with Android Advantage, it would clear 95% of the garbage hardware off the shelves.
Google is the garbage.
Google is the garbage.
I've been paying my bills video editing for work and gaming with a 2021 G14 and have never even noticed the screen lag issue. It's awesome that the AMD Advantage models have 5ms now though.
Hi Dave, great video!!
Do you have a release date on the M17 in this video? Im assuming that’s the one Alienware announced that will have the AMD 6980HX cpu.
I checked their website and I don’t see it available to configure yet.
Thank you!
The problem is, as harsh as it sounds, AMD Advantage, isn't really an advantage on the whole.
Because of AMD's lackluster effort in productivity features or tools, they overall lack the versatility of Nvidia cards which are great for both WORK and PLAY.
Yes almost all RDNA2 cards up untill the 6700XT provide slightly better fps/dollar ratio compared to Nvidia cards, but as soon as you include let's say, video editing which requires good encoders/decoders, or 3D modelling, where Nvidia can use Optix or AI acceleration using Tensor cores, AMD cards fall flat and provide way less value.
That's why I believe and personally always look for AMD CPU + NVIDIA GPU configs.
The Zephyrus G14 as good as it is, is not appealing to me because of a lack of an NVIDIA GPU.
No fanboying, this is fact. My hard earned money will be spent on the more complete product.
I think the AMD Advantage thing is mainly marketed to gamers, who is likely to not care much about productivity. But you do have a point here.
That and the 2022 g14 runs hot and has widespread QC issues. AMD advantage certification should include those things as well.
100% agreed. As a blender user, NVIDIA's optix + their rtcores provide up to 3x the performance of an equivalently priced amd card. The rtx 3080 is about 2.5x faster in 3d rendering than the 6900xt.
2021 G14 has served me well for this (AMD + Nvidia combination)
AMF is already implemented in blender and will hopefully come to other things as well
sadly its the amd disadvantage still. They need to get their software, drivers, ray tracing, codecs, and everything besides the actual graphics up. Its all way way worse in terms of every single thing and completely unstable and extremely underwhelming when you look at an intel/nvidia setup even for content creator workload. IF they fixed all the massive holes and had such competetive things to things such as nvidia broadcast for people that work at home i would love to say they are at least equal and go AMD all day long, hell i named one of my children Ryzen ffs LOL. I have 3 amd advantage systems currently (G14 2022, strix 15 2021, and an omen) but find myself on my asus m16 instead just because of the bennefits of intel and nvidia provide with what im doing.
Side note i cant wait until the APU's are so good that dedicated gpu isnt needed anymore and at THAT point AMD wins the crown hands down. Yes the RDNA 2 in the 6000 series in my g14 2022 is really really good and kills intels iris currently you know technology is coming shortly that kills this and once it becomes the "norm" then im set.
hey dave big fan man
your videos are awesome to watch
Great stuff! Only wished that the Strix Advantage Edition was available in my country
M2 MacBook Air will be available soon, would like to know what you think of the performance, especially against windows light weight laptop, like the x1 carbon.
No comparison
How can you be so platform agnostic? What would a slight performance difference mean to you if it also means using an entirely different OS/ecosystem over the other ?
For gaming a Mac is a non starter.
@@DeputyBurbank slight performance different? Are you sure? As for the OS, of course I know they are different, but it makes no different to me.
@@SirMo I know, and I don't play games anymore
Like for AMD👍
Learned something new today! Will look for that AMD Advantage tag as I buy a new gaming laptop. 👍
please do a video on that new setup behind you!
video starts at 5:15
No it doesn't
nO iT DoeSnT
@@exoaable 🤡🤡🤡
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Dave really did sponsored video and praised the competitor in the same video. That is a huge privilege to have. Love your videos!
I’ve never had an issue with sponsored content. Transparent creators deserve all the love and support in the world.