PC gaming is fun, but more recent games have very demanding hardware requirements. Building such a PC yourself to match those specifications is a daunting task. By drawing on their experience and products, ASUS has built and tested a PC to handle the games of the future. The result is one of the most powerful gaming PCs available that scoffs at a game’s highest graphical settings. No matter what game you want to play, you will never experience a frame drop or a graphical stutter with the ROG G700 Desktop.
Even after rigorous testing at the highest quality settings, I didn’t find a single flaw with my gaming experience. The ROG G700 stayed cool the entire time without dropping frames or losing a texture. Every tested game had its finest appearance accompanied by the smoothest gameplay. This comes with a hefty price tag that makes your wallet cry. But if you are tired of falling frame rates and terrible graphics, the ROG G700 may be the best investment you will make this year.
Testing List
To test the power of the ROG G700, I used the following games as a baseline:
- Starfield
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Kerbal Space Program 2
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
I’ll break down each one individually, based on my testing.
Starfield
Thanks to the vast solar system and fast-paced combat, Starfield has lots of environments to render. I wanted to see how the game would handle its spaceship travel and combat, a planetary environment, and an indoor setting.
While I had no major problems with Starfield on my current PC, there were times when combat was not smooth, and that hurt my decisions. With the ROG G700, even when pushing Starfield to the highest quality textures and rendering, there wasn’t a single problem. Flying through space and fighting other ships was a smooth experience with barely a hitch. Rather than seeing frame rates plunge during intense combat with multiple ships, I was deftly firing away and keeping enemies in my sights.
I also took part in a quick quest during Starfield where I opened up a few browsers to look at guides and other information. 32 GB of RAM helps everything run smoothly without interruptions, and that is most useful during combat. Even with several enemies on screen and a melee build, it wasn’t a problem finding targets and running up to them. Even when Starfield had a few bugs like enemies spawning on top of each other, the graphical performance didn’t drop at all.
Part of the testing also involved travelling to another planet and exploring the surroundings. Fully rendered with as much detail as possible, Starfield’s planets are a sight to behold. Everything is rich and vibrant while the ROG G700 stayed cool under the demands.
Cyberpunk 2077
Just like Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077 demands a great deal of resources to run properly. While you can get by on low settings, I pushed everything to the limit to see how it would work. On my current PC, that would force frame rates to a crawl, barely meeting the definition of playable. For the ROG G700, there was no such difficulty, sometimes even going beyond 120 FPS on the internal benchmark. There was no lag even when people were moving around or switching to a different environment.
Even combat wasn’t enough to slow down the game as V went with a melee build in a fight. Enemies were yelling and moving without a frame interruption. Bullets were easy to see, and melee movements were smooth, letting you tell when you hit someone.
Just like Starfield, everything looked great, and even driving around Night City did nothing to affect the frame rates.
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is another resource-intensive game where I normally have to reduce the settings just to play. There was no such problem with the ROG G700 as the world never looked crisper, and the movements were never smoother. Even in the middle of combat with spells flying around and a dual-sword set-up, the Arisen was deftly cutting through the opposition.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
With a vast open world and lots of detail, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is a game that demands good graphics and resources. It’s also a game that’s highly recommended to run on an SSD for the best performance. Thanks to the 2 TB SSD that comes with the ROG G700, loading times sped up significantly, and environments came to life.
Just like the other games, movement was smooth, and character speech accurately matched their lip movements. You even had details like reflections in the water that some PCs struggle to handle. Even in the midst of intense combat in the Kutternberg region, Henry was flawlessly parrying and fighting a group of enemies with some assistance from Mutt.
Kerbal Space Program 2
When Kerbal Space Program 2 was first announced, the graphics demands were unexpectedly large. This made the game nearly unplayable on release for some. While my current PC is perfectly capable of handling it, not everything was perfect.
Fortunately, even the depths of space weren’t enough to stop the ROG G700. Calculations came instantly, rocket assembly wasn’t too difficult, and the launch was perfect. Getting into space is always hard, but it’s a lot easier when your PC is powerful enough to make it happen.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
When it first came out, The Witcher 3 had beautiful locations, stunning scenery, and fantastical creatures. Even now, running everything on the best settings takes considerable resources that not all PCs can handle. The ROG G700 is a great example of future-proofing, as even the Witcher’s highest settings weren’t enough to stop Geralt from fighting effectively.
Conclusion
The ROG G700 far exceeds the expectations of the average gamer, running even the most intensive games without missing a beat. With 32 GB of RAM and a 2 TB SSD, it’s prepared to meet the challenges of future games. It comes at a hefty price tag of 5,999 AUD and is not cheap. But if you are in the market for a new PC and want an experienced builder to do the work for you, the ROG G700 is hard to match.
Checkpoint Gaming was provided with a ROG G700 loan unit from ASUS for the purposes of this coverage.
About the Author
Victor Tan
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Victor spends his time trying to help players out of tricky situations and give them the guidance they need to succeed. Outside of the video game world, you can find him training at the gym or doing simple improv activities.
