ASUS ROG Strix Scar 16 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 16” Nebula HDR 16:10 QHD 240Hz/3ms, 1100 nits, Mini LED Display, GeForce RTX 4080, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro, G634JZR-XS96
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(as of Dec 27, 2024 12:25:22 UTC – Details)
Break all limits with the 2024 ROG Strix SCAR 16 gaming laptop. Dominate the Windows 11 Pro battlefield with its powerful 14th Gen Intel Core processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Laptop GPU. With swift DDR5-5600MHz memory and expansive PCIe 4×4 storage in RAID 0, multitasking becomes easy and loading times become minimal. The ROG Nebula HDR display features premium Mini LED technology and guarantees bright, fast, and vivid visuals for gaming, editing, and productivity. It also features ROG Intelligent Cooling with liquid metal thermal compound on both the CPU and GPU, Tri-fan Technology, and other features to ensure peak performance under long sessions of demanding tasks. For the ultimate gaming laptop, look no further than the Strix SCAR 16.
THE PINNACLE OF PERFORMANCE – Dominate the battlefield with Windows 11 Pro, a 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900HX processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU at 175W Max TGP.
BLAZING FAST MEMORY AND STORAGE – Multitask swiftly with 32GB of DDR5-5600MHz memory and 1TB of PCIe 4×4.
ROG NEBULA HDR DISPLAY – The Nebula HDR badge means you are getting the highest tier panel, featuring Mini LEDs with up to 1100 nits brightness, 2000 dimming zones, QHD 240Hz/3ms, 100% DCI-P3 color with Pantone Validation, among other premium features.
ROG INTELLIGENT COOLING – The SCAR 16 features upgraded liquid metal on both the CPU and GPU, and a third auxillary fan among other premium features, allowing for sustained performance over long gaming sessions.
MUX SWITCH WITH ADVANCED OPTIMUS – A MUX Switch increases laptop gaming performance by 5-10% by routing frames directly from the dGPU to the display. Advanced Optimus enables an automatic switch between the iGPU and dGPU, optimizing battery life.
Customers say
Customers appreciate the laptop’s build quality and screen quality. They find it a solid gaming laptop with decent hardware and a good keyboard. The screen looks amazing and is very bright, even at high settings. However, some customers dislike the heat level and noise level. Opinions vary on speed, functionality, value for money, and battery life.
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10 reviews for ASUS ROG Strix Scar 16 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 16” Nebula HDR 16:10 QHD 240Hz/3ms, 1100 nits, Mini LED Display, GeForce RTX 4080, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro, G634JZR-XS96
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Gibby –
Love This Laptop – But Not Perfect for Everyone
I don’t have too much to say about it. It runs about as well as my PC at home, if not better.I’ve used it to play AAA titles and MMOs in the late evening while on trips out of town, to do work for college, coding & my job. It’s a great laptop.A few things to consider. While the numpad that’s build into the touchpad is neat at first… it’s just a nuisance when your catch your hand on it while gaming & then you’re hitting random buttons on accident. Also, the resolution isn’t 16:9, it is 16:10. You’re going to have issues getting the full screen to be filled for some games & you’re going to lose 1-2 inches of screen to black-bars in games such as Elden Ring.However, I feel like the 16:10 resolution provides for a more compact laptop shape. I have a 16:9 laptop & it feels so lopsided to use or carry around. This one feels great. Plus you have more vertical space for say, writing a program in VSCode or the like. So it’s a bit of a give & take there.PSA – I’m told ASUS customer service is horrible these days. If you have any issues with your laptop, please be warned you might be best off seeking other routes for repairs. Even if you are in warranty. There’s plenty of videos on Youtube about it. Gamers Nexus is the one that alerted me to the potential issue.
Natt –
Great gaming laptop!
The specs are great, itâs more than most gamers will ever need! Fast, responsive, the graphics & QHD screen resolution are beautiful. Built in speaker sound is just ok, you can make adjustments to improve quality or simply connect to a bluetooth speaker to level up your audio expedience. The fans do a good job keeping it cool but it does get very warm when running high performance, not bad though. Personally I spent way too much time researching for the best of the best gaming laptops in this price category and I can confidently say that Iâm really happy with my purchase & selection! Honestly iâd give this ROG Strix an 8 out of 10!
Sad Satan –
Love it
Runs hot regardless of what you’re doing on it so I added an underneath fan stand but other than that, does whatever it needs too. Functions great. Weight is just light enough for an on board graphics card, battery life is adjustable to what you want it to be set to but I haven’t had issues. A little on the high side price wise but you get what you pay for. Definitely not a 3k dollar iCrap even has easily accessible virtual machine if you like to run stuff outside your o.s. set up was as easy as it gets for tech these days.
Dave –
Cannot use HDR even with Nebula OLED Screen unless using specific app from Microsoft Store
I almost never write reviews becuase normally the products work as described. This laptop was an aboslute nightmare, I spent probably 25 hours over 3 days trying to figure out how to enable HDR for the Nebula OLED screen and RTX 4070 I spent a lot of money for.You CANNOT enable HDR in Windows 11 – the slider is greyed out. No matter what changes you make in NVidia Control panel, the ASUS software, the MUX switch or anything else, you cannot enable HDR or Dolby Vision. The only possible way is to use a specific “app” in the MS Store, and even then it does not truly work. Supposedly in some games you can select HDR but if Windows itself is stuck in 8-Bit sRBG mode, the game does not override it. I tried using the expanded color palettes (DCI-P) and two other wide gamut settings in the ASUS program, but none would allow you to turn on HDR.It feels like this entire laptop is just a scam, or maybe ASUS plans to update it in the future, but sorry I’m not paying $2000 for a laptop that *might* someday do what it claims to do now. I tired a dozen different videos from HDR, HDR10, HDR10+ or Dolby Vision and not a single one sent the HDR palette from the laptop to my LG CX OLED TV, which will tell you when it recognized and switches to a larger gamut setting. There’s a worthless Dolby Vision application pre-installed and of course it will not do anything helpful.IIRC the only way to get DV to work is if you’re streaming video from a MS Store approved app (Netflix). Any locally stored videos are stuck running SDR.I’ve been building my computers since the mid 90’s so I know what I’m doing – which was returning this within 3 days (after spending close to 20 hours researching and reading forums). It simply does not make sense to sell an HDR/DoVi capable screen and video card, but then completely disable the HDR setting in W11. I really
Joel –
Solid gaming laptop with a few quirks
Good: Plays everything I have with great performance.Good: Great specs. Does everything I need it to do and will ever do.Good: The screen quality is great.Meh: Not a fan of all the bloatware that comes with this rig.Meh: Had a couple issues at first where the function keys just stopped working. Driver and BIOS updates seemed to fix that.Meh: Battery life is abysmal but Optimus helps with that. Also wasnât expecting this thing to last 8 hours given its primary function and hardware.Meh: I canât figure out how to properly wake up the laptop from sleep mode. Sometimes clicking the mouse works, sometimes pressing a key does the trick, and other times I have to press the power button to awaken it.Unsure: I hear frequent scratchy sounds from the board that almost sound like an old school hard drive on its way to total failure. Google suggests this might be coil whine, but Iâm not really sure.
Kostiantyn Fedorov –
Excellent product
Amazing laptop, i really enjoy of it) highly recommend
CustomSales –
Its everything you expect for top tier laptop.It’s heavy and the charger is also heavy. So if you trave lots get the thinner ROG with a 4090.
Edwin G. –
La mejor compra que pude haber hecho
Nikolay T. –
Everything is amazing in the laptop, It run all games well and work good and look good as well BUT it keep overheating no matter what I do! I even got a thermal pad but it doesnt help it and even undervolting it doesnt really give me a lot differance other then games start to stutter! would be a 5/5 if not the overheating issue which I know how to fix…. BUT Repasting it will VOID WARRANTY! so I will not do it and suffer.
Llama –
As the title says. When unplugged it shut down. Returned it and they wouldnât give me my money back. Had to get my bank involved. Would not recommend amazons terrible customer service.