ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 240Hz IPS QHD Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, Intel Core i9 12900H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Windows 11 Home, G533ZW-AS94Q

Im an Asus fanboy all the way; the only thing to comment on is a mismatch in the product description.

First boot froze for two hours, after restarting it I wiped the drive and installed windows 10 and its much better. I did get a black screen twice my first day while gaming but fixed some settings and swapped out the SSD for a better one. The laptop is on par with my gaming PC (i9 9900k, asus strix 3080 GPU) when I run tests (novabench, userbench and MW benchmark for fps).

Excelente

As most PC gamers know laptops largest shortcoming is ventilation, while this laptop seems to have fair amounts of intakes on the bottom even still it struggles to ventilate.

This is a nice high end laptop. It has a high end graphics card so it is particularly good for gaming. I found the screen to be suitable for a gaming pc, that is very nice to look at. The only fault I have with this laptop is that it has 16 gigabytes of ram rather than 32 gigabytes of ram. Still, most games only require 16 gigabytes of ram so that is not too much of a problem for gamers. I like the way asus integrates their app with windows update as this makes updating drivers much easier.

Do not get this laptop if you wish to replace a typical desktop computer and use it with dual external monitors. Especially via the USB C port. I am constantly dealing with the computer entirely freezing up and losing HDMI signal. This occurs when doing absolutely nothing CPU/GPU intensive. Simply opening a Netflix tab will kill the monitor signal and the entire computer will become unresponsive for many minutes at a time, often requiring a hard restart.

I9,high watt rtx 3070ti, ddr5 ram, 1tb ssd gen 4, and 300hz 1080p screen is awesome. Performs well, looks cool. Fans get loud but it’s a extreme performance gaming laptop so you know what your in for if you are into gaming laptops. Always keep a power hungry machine with these spec plugged in that should be common sense. I use it a lot, made my own little stand as seen in the picture so when I lay down and the wife wants to use tv or whatever I can play games.

Run very hot, a cooling pad is mandatory

Bought the SCAR for my Son (August 2022) to replace his gaming needs while in college. Easy setup and upgrades for RAM and HDD. Ripped one of the RGB cables when we opened the bottom cover but was able to fix it (like they knew this would be an issue). Used Crucial website to verify compatibility. Battery does beat his school laptop (Dell E-series). He plays Dauntless, POE, WWZ, M/craft w/ mods, and has a pretty lengthy Steam catalogue of AAA titles. He prefers this laptop over his Dell because it can handle everything at once w/ dual monitors (he can game and work on a powerpoint and watch YouTube at the same time probably).

This laptop is the best laptop I have ever owned. Given this is my first laptop in this price range but it absolutely blows me away in the difference between this and a sub 1000$ laptop. The processor is super fast. If you want something done it wastes no time doing it. The memory is fast and is plentiful for my uses, cad, 3d printing and gaming. The rtx 4070 has no issues with all modern games on high settings. The 1tb nvme drive transfers files at lightning speed. The 166hz display is much easier on the eyes than other displays. I have no issues with eye strain even after hours of staring at the screen. Everything is fully customizable on the laptop from the background and themes to the rgb lighting and patterns for different states of the computer. The keyboard and large track pad are responsive and comfortable to use. Battery life is great for everyday general use but does diminish quite a bit while gaming.