ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2023) Gaming Laptop, 17.3” WQHD 240Hz/3ms, 100% DCI-P3 Display, GeForce RTX 4080, AMD Ryzen97945HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB PCIe SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro, G733PZ-XS96

Bought to replace old laptop. Only had it up long enough to get it set up so far but like what I've seen. Had problems getting my hands on it as the dealer sent the wrong computer to start.

I've had this laptop for 3 days and the package arrived in excellent condition apart from UPS delivery issues (Which seems like a common occurrence with stuff from Amazon). I can say it's a very impressive laptop, fps in most games will be 90+ with no problem in 2k resolution (if the game supports 2k) the refresh rate is lightning smooth and I have not experienced any bugs or stutter so far, apart from the screen flickering while using an internet browser, but another review has addressed that and seems to have fixed the issue for me. Although you will have to update most things when you do power it up the first time. Such as apps listed in the windows store and also any updates required from the windows update tab. Read and write speeds are impressive. The CPU will run hotter than the GPU about 10-20 degrees depending on the task. The laptop construction has a lid that is metalic on the outside with a white illuminated ROG logo. The rest of the laptop seems to be of a durable plastic which does not get too hot, the keyboard area does tend to be a fingerprint magnet, which is a slight annoyance. So far the keyboard lighting has had no issues. And I have not had any trouble using the trackpad. The laptop comes equipped with Dolby Access which includes Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision if you'd like to change the audio and video profiles to the task that you are doing. Dolby atmos has a very impressive virtual surround sound feature as well. The screen can be a little dim with default settings, but you can manually adjust some display settings through the AMD software and Armoury Crate to get the most out of the display. There are no dead pixels or major backlight bleed in the laptop that I have received. The AC Adapter can get pretty hot under heavy loads, but that's to be expected with such a powerhouse. Overall, I'd say for the amount of performance and features that you get under the discounted price, this laptop is more than worthy of a purchase.

*important* Before I start my little review for other owners of this laptop having issues with their web browser. TURN OFF HARDWARE ACCELRATION otherwise your browser will stop and refresh and flicker constantly. Had this laptop for nearly a month and it's damn impressive how powerful and lightweight laptops can be nowadays. This laptop makes good use out of it's 240hz screen thanks to DLSS-G on certain games, even while CPU limited games like starfield which can easily hit 140+ fps. Screen did have a little bit of white showing when the screen is dark near the bottom, but much less than what I've seen in some other reviews on. Per Key RGB is pretty neat, using Aura Sync has all the cool the effects so I would recommend using that. CPU does get a little hot but doesn't seem throttle, I'm used to much cooler intel CPUs and I don't know if this is normal for AMD. Idles around 65C to 70C and in games will jump up to 92-95C One thing I recommend when getting this laptop is to UPDATE EVERYTHING windows, everything in MyASUS, Armoury crate, and update Nvidia Drivers through GeForce experience or grab the Drivers from Nvidia website. (was having issues until I did that) There should be a bios update or 2 waiting for you as well, but it's automatically handled when you're doing all the updates.

I've only had the laptop for two days, but I've played several games at max graphic settings and the performance has been excellent. Games look amazing with the refresh rate at 240hz at 1440 resolution. The laptop is much more quiet than any of my previous ASUS or Lenovo gaming laptops. The display screen is fine, not great, but bright enough and games look great. The touchpad is annoying and takes some getting used to, but I use a wireless mouse so not really an issue for me. It's a heavy laptop, but it's meant for gaming or intensive video work, not for casually carrying around. We'll see how it holds up.

Packaging was OK, as the other reviewer mentioned, ASUS packaging was 10/10 but Amazon's was 1/10, box had a lot of dents and such. The Laptop is great and can play anything you through at it however, the Optimus software used that switches between the 4080 GPU and the Internal GPU is faulty. Sometimes the Laptop will crash with a blue screen during gaming. Other times the Laptop boots up and immediately freezes with no remedy other than force power shutting it down. I've installed the latest drivers, reinstalled drivers, reinstalled windows, etc. I ultimately disabled the 4080 GPU/Internal GPU Optimus switching and that helped. ASUS Support is no help, they point you to support articles that don't really assist. Seems to be a big problem with these model laptops. edit: ended up refunding/returning the laptop. It kept shutting off in the middle of gaming at random times.