ASUS is understood to make the most effective laptops within the phase, be it for each use case situation, their all-rounder Vivobook collection, premium Zenbook collection, or gaming-centric collection like TUF or ROG collection. Today we shall be reviewing the newest entrant to the gaming market beneath ROG branding, i.e., ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022) version, which comes with top-of-the-line specs obtainable proper now, like twelfth Gen Intel i9 CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070Ti, making it one of the premium and costly laptop computer in obtainable on the market. Let’s dive into the ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022) evaluation to take a look at how nicely it performs.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022) Review

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Package Contents

A gaming laptop computer stands out from another strange laptop computer in each nook, and this may be seen proper from the package deal contents, because the ROG Strix Scar 17 package deal consists of the next contents:

• ROG Strix Scar 17 Laptop
• 280W Power AC Adapter (jogs my memory about Thor’s Mjollnir)
• 2 Customisable Armor Caps
• 1 Keystone (The magic ingredient of this package deal)
• User Guide

  

  

  
  

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Design

The ROG Strix Scar 17 is an eye-catchy laptop computer, making any tech fanatic drool over it. As this lid is product of Aluminium, whereas the remainder of the laptop computer chassis is product of plastic, the entire building of the laptop computer is available in a soft-touch matte end, which enhances the look, however is a fingerprint magnet. The edgy nook design with a slight curve appears good.

You get 2 Armor caps, which permit altering the look of your laptop computer, as it may be swapped simply with a slide. Since it’s a gaming laptop computer, you do get RGB lighting throughout, just like the RGB emblem on the lid, a wrap-around RBG gentle bar on the entrance edge so as to add a glow to your desk, somewhat RGB strip beneath the show, and the full-fledged keyboard can be RGB enabled.

There’s additionally a ROG-themed keystone that sticks within the slit close to the keyboard and comes with many options (I’ve talked about them in a separate phase of this ROG Strix Scar 17 2022 evaluation). The ROG Strix Scar 17 shouldn’t be a laptop computer made to hold round due to its large type issue, because the construct measures 15.6″ x 11.1″x 0.92″~1.11″ (LxWxH), which weighs practically 1.5 kg (1.539 Kg to be precise), additionally don’t overlook concerning the humongous 280W (Thor’s Mjolnir) energy adapter, that weighs one other 1 Kilo (1.069 Kg to be precise), making it practically 2.5Kg if carried alongside collectively.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Ports and Connectivity

The ROG Strix Scar 17 does include all of the ports listed under on the machine. As you possibly can see, there’s no compromise on this entrance. However, being a right-handed individual, I choose to have a USB Port on the correct aspect for plugging in a mouse to go well with my workflow and gaming wants.

• Left Side:
  • 1x 3.5mm Mic + Audio Combo Jack
  • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
• Back Side:
  • 1x Thunderbolt™ 4 helps DisplayPort
  • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C help DisplayPort / 90W Power Delivery / G-SYNC
  • 1x HDMI 2.1
  • 1x 2.5G LAN port
  • 1x 280W DC-in port
• Right Side:
  • ROG Keystone

As for the connectivity, the ROG Strix Scar 17 is supplied with the newest Wi-Fi 6E requirements (Dual-band) and Bluetooth 5.2, which appears nice. However, once I checked the itemizing on the ASUS ROG web site, it mentions the Bluetooth model might change with OS upgrades, that means the chip does help minor upgrades to Bluetooth 5.3 each time it comes with the software program replace.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Display

The Display of the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 comes with very minimal bezels on the three sides, whereas the underside chin is pretty large to accommodate all of the show belts. Because of such small bezels, ASUS has managed to suit a 43.94 cm (17.3 inch) show in a 15.6-inch physique, compromising on the webcam entrance. What’s extra, it’s shocking that you simply don’t even get an exterior webcam contained in the package deal. Due to the laptop computer’s width, it barely matches in a 15-inch backpack.

Coming again to show, it’s the most effective IPS shows you will get on a gaming laptop computer. It’s a QHD+, IPS, Anti-glare show that helps Dolby Vision HDR, with nice colours and viewing angles, making it nice for media consumption on OTT platforms and even on a regular basis duties.

For the Gaming wants, the show comes with as much as 240Hz Refresh Rate, with a response time as little as 3ms. There’s additionally help for Adaptive-Sync and a MUX change, which might be enabled from the ASUS Armoury Crate App. With this MUX Switch, you possibly can disable the Optimus and make the most of the complete potential of the RTX 3070Ti GPU by routing frames from a devoted GPU as a substitute of the Integrated Intel Iris Xe GPU. This helps in lowering the latency and boosts efficiency by 15%.

I appreciated the show of the Scar 17, however I might have appreciated it a tad bit extra if it had an OLED panel, as there are laptops from ASUS that gives OLED for lower than one-fourth the value of Scar 17.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Keyboard and Trackpad

The keyboard on the Scar 17 is available in a dual-tone look, as practically one-third half is available in a semi-transparent end. The soft-touch matte end might be discovered inside as nicely, which feels velvety. Since it’s a 17-inch laptop computer, we get a full-fledged keyboard with a devoted quantity pad on the correct. These 103 keys include ASUS’s Aura Sync know-how, because the RGB backlit keys might be configured from Armoury Crate App.

The keyboard comes with chiclet-style keys, with a keycap dish of 0.15mm, and key journey of two.0mm. The keys are spacious sufficient, leading to a really tactile, refined and premium typing expertise. Above the perform keys, you get 5 devoted hotkeys to entry quantity, mute mic rapidly, toggle between the silent, efficiency and turbo mode, or launch Armoury Crate. All these 5 keys might be custom-made to launch any app, work as a perform keys or macro key.

The trackpad on the Scar 17 is an identical to Scar 15, with a big touchpad space and a cushty really feel, aside from one factor, i.e., you don’t get the digital Numpad on the trackpad. The matte texture does catch fingerprints, identical to the lid and inside ending, so it is advisable to clear it a number of occasions or use a mouse in case you choose to see a clear trackpad.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Audio

On the audio entrance, there are 4 amp audio system powered by Dolby Atmos. This four-speaker system consists of two forward-facing tweeters and two downward-firing woofers, making a digital encompass sound expertise. I performed completely different tracks to check out the audio system. In an atmosphere with average visitors and AC noise, I needed to enhance the quantity above 70% to make two individuals simply jazz on the music. When maxed out 100%, the audio didn’t distort.

For a extra immersive expertise, you possibly can plug in your Hi-Res earphones or headphones, as the three.5mm jack is Hi-Res licensed. Along with this, ASUS has used a complicated two-way AI noise cancellation that works for each the enter mic and incoming feed, this may additional be configured for each program. All that is completed on the CPU, leaving the GPU free for a greater gaming expertise.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Hardware, Performance, & Gaming

The ROG Strix Scar 17 comes with bleeding-edge {hardware}, because it comes with Intel’s top-of-the-line and newest i9-12900-H twelfth Gen (Alder Lake) CPU, that’s clocked at 2.5GHz, and may go as much as 5GHz in Turbo Mode). It’s a 14-core processor with 20 threads, the place six cores are Performance Cores and eight cores are Efficiency cores. The L3 cache is 24MB, whereas the L2 cache is 10.24MB.

This is paired with an 8GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070Ti GDDR6 graphics card clocked at 1.4GHz (1.46GHz OC), which makes use of 125W of energy in customary, and 150W in Dynamic Boost mode. This beast of a machine can deal with something you throw at it, be it any AAA title, 4K video compression, video modifying, and so forth. For your reference, I’ve connected a number of benchmark scores to present you a greater thought.

On the reminiscence and storage entrance, it comes with a 32GB (2x16GB) @ 4.8GHz DDR5 RAM pre-installed from Samsung, with dual-channel reminiscence help, and it may be additional expanded to 64GB. Paired with 2TB of M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD, which might be additional expanded to 4TB by way of the extra slot.

I examined a number of titles of various zoners like Shadow of Tomb Raider, Valorant, and Need for Speed Run. The ROG Strix Scar 17 dealt with them simply, because of the super-powerful {hardware}. There’s additionally a MUX change that helps to make the most of the complete potential of the devoted GPU. It reduces latency and boosts efficiency by 15%.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Thermals

For thermal administration, ASUS has geared up the ROG Strix Scar 17 with 4 fan retailers that take within the contemporary air from the mesh beneath the show. Two of those followers are positioned on the rear of the laptop computer, whereas the opposite two are positioned on both aspect. This helps in higher warmth dissipation from the CPU and GPU. On the CPU entrance, Asus has used Liquid Metal from Thermal Grizzly which helps hold the CPU temperature low. ASUS claims it to be 15°C cooler than conventional thermal pastes.

Even although the Scar 17 is filled with such {powerful} specs, I used to be shocked to see that ASUS has managed to scale back the fan noise that you’ll barely discover except you retain your ear near the vent. ASUS has used ARC Flow followers for the 4 warmth sinks, that are as skinny as 0.1mm on the base and have 218 fins. This assist in higher turbulence administration and retains the machine operating silently. Even in turbo mode, whereas enjoying AAA titles, the Scar 17 doesn’t make a lot noise and is comparatively far more silent in comparison with different gaming laptops.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Software & ROG KeyStone

The ROG Strix Scar comes with Windows 11 Home version preloaded, so that you get the clear, refreshing UI with new options. Along with this, you get Home and Student Edition of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 365, which lets you entry the online variations of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and so forth., with a subscription plan. Asus additionally bundles a 30 days plan for McAfee Live Safe safety.

Now, coming again to the ROG KeyStone, that comes within the package deal. It can be utilized for a number of functions, like it may be programmed to change to a particular mannequin of the laptop computer, for instance, Turbo Mode, or you possibly can even configure it to launch a particular app when plugged in. It additionally works as a safety key to rapidly reduce all of the home windows and mute audio, or lock the Windows, when the keystone is eliminated. This is way appreciated and helpful, because it fills in for the absence of Windows Hello.

When certain together with your ASUS account, it shops all of the system configurations that may be simply restored on one other ROG laptop computer with a keystone. Also, with the Keystone, you possibly can unlock a personal drive house often called Shadow Drive. You additionally get cool wanting buckle strip to hold the keystone with you.

All the options of Keystone might be configured from the ASUS Armoury Crate app, the app additionally means that you can customise each single RBG LED on the laptop computer, plus you possibly can even customise the hotkeys to something you need to. You can discover 4 cool Aura Live Wallpapers to personalize your ROG Strix laptop computer.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022): Battery

The ROG Strix Scar comes with a 90W Hrs, 4S1P Li-ion battery, from which I obtained round 4 to 4.5 hours of backup in regular use (social media, WordPress, causal gaming, at 240Hz). It can final greater than 5 hours in silent mode for normal workplace use. However, in case you are a heavy consumer, then it is best to get someplace round 3 to three.5 hours of use. That’s not dangerous, contemplating it’s such a robust gaming laptop computer.

The bundled 280W energy adapter can cost up the battery in practically 1 hour and quarter-hour, however it is advisable to discover a 32-ampere socket to cost this beast, because it comes with an influence plug. While on the transfer, you possibly can cost the ROG Strix Scar 17 with a PD charger, with a most of as much as 100W.

Wrapping Up: ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022) Review

That’s all for ROG Strix Scar 17 (2022) Review. The machine is a beast of a gaming laptop computer, with bleeding-edge {hardware}, like Intel’s Alder Lake i9 CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and RTX 3070Ti, a terrific show, and surprisingly good battery life. However, do hold a word. It’s not meant to be carried alongside due to the burden and dimension. The absence of a webcam is perhaps a letdown for many who stream on-line. Overall the ROG Strix Scar 17 has raised and set a brand new bar for each gaming laptop computer in 2022. But would you be able to pay the premium value of INR 2,61,990 (USD 3369 transformed value) for this beat? Do let me know by sending a tweet!

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