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ASUS ProArt P16 (RTX 5090): The Ultimate Creator Laptop?The ASUS ProArt P16 with RTX 5090 is reviewed as a high-performance laptop targeting creative professionals. It boasts a top-tier display, powerful GPU, and efficient cooling. While expensive and with some battery life tradeoffs, it's positioned as a strong competitor to the MacBook Pro for users prioritizing RTX performance.
1. 🚀 Introducing the ASUS ProArt P16 with RTX 5090: A MacBook Pro Competitor?
- The video introduces the brand new ASUS ProArt P16, equipped with an RTX 5090 GPU.
- It's immediately positioned as a competitor to the MacBook Pro 16", particularly for demanding tasks.
00:00 - 00:13
1. 🚀 Introducing the ASUS ProArt P16 with RTX 5090: A MacBook Pro Competitor?
- The video introduces the brand new ASUS ProArt P16, equipped with an RTX 5090 GPU.
- It's immediately positioned as a competitor to the MacBook Pro 16", particularly for demanding tasks.
00:14 - 00:55
2. 🎬 Unmatched Performance: 4K Video Editing and Key Features
- The laptop can handle nine simultaneous 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 videos in DaVinci Resolve Studio.
- Key features include an RTX 5090 GPU and a vapor chamber cooler for improved cooling.
- It features the ASUS Luminina Pro OLED screen, offering 4K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, VRR, and over 1000 nits of HDR brightness.
00:56 - 01:51
3. 🆚 Comparing the New P16 to Last Year's Model: Display and Performance Upgrades
- The previous P16 model was limited to a 60Hz screen, which was a drawback for many users.
- The new model boasts a 120Hz VRR display and a more powerful RTX 5090 GPU, compared to the older 4070.
- The upgrades make the new P16 ideal for rendering, developing, and video editing.
01:52 - 02:28
4. 🚀 RTX 5090 GPU Performance Boost: Faster Rendering and Encoding
- The RTX 5090 significantly improves performance, with faster hardware decoders and AV1 encoders.
- DaVinci Resolve is 4.5x faster compared to the previous P16 with a 4070, and Premiere Pro is twice as fast.
- The RTX 50 series GPUs top out at a 1590 skew in this model.
02:29 - 03:34
5. 🥇 Best-in-Class Display and Cooling System
- The ASUS Luminina Pro OLED screen is described as the best laptop screen ever seen by the reviewer.
- The combination of the 5090, high-end CPU, and top-notch screen makes it a phenomenal gaming machine.
- The P16 features a vapor chamber cooler, allowing ASUS to push the GPU to 105W MGP or 120W with dynamic boost.
- The laptop maintains a slim and light form factor, comparable to the MacBook Pro in thickness and weight.
03:35 - 04:33
6. ⚙️ Internal Specs and Design Overview
- The P16 features a Ryzen AI 9 HX370 processor, 32 or 64GB of RAM (though 128GB is suggested), and up to 4TB of PCIe4 storage.
- It includes a 90Wh battery and a second M.2 storage slot for upgrades.
- The laptop has an all-aluminum chassis in nano black, with a sleek and understated design.
04:34 - 05:40
7. ⌨️ Ports, Keyboard, and Trackpad Features
- The laptop offers an excellent range of ports, including HDMI 2.1 and a full-size SD card reader.
- It uses a proprietary charging port for fast charging.
- The keyboard lacks a numpad, which the reviewer prefers.
- Terrific speakers are located on the sides.
05:41 - 06:33
8. 🖱️ Dial Pad and Keyboard/Trackpad Quality
- It features a large touchpad and a dial pad for multi-function input.
- The keyboard has excellent key travel and feels similar to a MacBook keyboard.
06:34 - 08:23
9. Display Deep Dive: Luminina Pro OLED Quality and Performance
- The 4K OLED display boasts 1,000 nits of peak HDR brightness and is exclusive to the 5090 model. Lower-end models have a 3K 500 nit display.
- The Luminina Pro OLED offers 100% DCI-P3 and sRGB gamut coverage with a Delta E of under one.
- It maintains brightness in a 5-minute test and is Visa True Black 1000 certified.
- The display has better reflection handling compared to a standard MacBook Pro screen.
08:24 - 09:55
10. 📊 Performance Benchmarks: Video Editing, Rendering, and Gaming
- In a 4K AV1 video export test, the new P16 is 2.5 times faster than the previous model.
- Premiere Pro H.264 exports are twice as fast.
- Puget benchmarks show almost a third higher score in Premiere and almost 50% higher in DaVinci.
- Blender rendering is 26% quicker.
- Gaming performance in F1 25 and Cyberpunk is significantly improved, maxing out the 120Hz refresh rate.
- Thermals are well-managed, with less CPU throttling.
09:56 - 11:15
11. 🔋 Battery Life, Storage Speed, and Webcam Quality
- Battery life is slightly lower than the previous model, with around 6 hours of general use.
- The new P16 loads faster, with read and write speeds being around a third faster overall.
- The webcam quality is average, suggesting an external camera is preferable.
11:16 - 11:53
12. ✨ Software Extras: ASUS StoryCube and GoPro Integration
- The laptop includes ASUS StoryCube, an AI media hub app for organizing media.
- ASUS has partnered with GoPro, offering GoPro cloud integration.
- A six-month subscription to GoPro Premium Plus is included for free.
11:54 - 13:27
13. 💰 Final Verdict: Pricing, Trade-offs, and Recommendations
- The ASUS ProArt P16 offers better graphics, cooling, and screen compared to previous models.
- Downsides include the same chip as last year, limited RAM upgradeability, a slight hit in battery life, and a very high price.
- The top-spec model costs £4,800, comparable to a high-end MacBook Pro 16".
- The reviewer suggests considering the 5070 or 5060 variants for better value.
