2024 Titan 18 HX vs Scar 18 Benchmark Battle! 15+ Tests and Games Side by Side, Display Test, More!

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00:00 - 2024 Titan 18 HX vs Scar 18 Benchmark Battle!
01:25 - Intro to Listium
02:08 - Top 10 Deals
02:58 - Asus Strix Scar 18 Quick Overview
04:04 - MSI Titan 18HX Quick Overview
04:58 - Quick Comparison - Razer Blade 18
06:46 - Quick Comparison - Lenovo Legion 9i
07:56 - Quick Comparison - Alienware M18 R2
08:52 - Quick Comparison - Acer Predator Helios 18
14:08 - Weight Comparison - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
18:38 - Display Test With Spyder5 Elite (QHD+ 18” 240Hz MiniLED) - Strix Scar 18
28:22 - Display Test With Spyder5 Elite (4K+ 18” 120Hz MiniLED) - Titan 18HX
42:35 - Side-by-Side Display Comparison with Examples - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
48:07 - Side-by-Side Bloom Test Comparison - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
51:02 - Side-by-Side Build Quality and Flex Test - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
54:15 - Side-by-Side Hinge Comparison - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
58:47 - Design Comparison Side-by-Side - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
01:08:15 - Software Comparison - Power and Profiles - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
01:19:20 - Software Comparison - RGB Settings - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
01:28:13 - Speaker Test Comparison Side-by-Side - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
01:37:30 - Fan Noise Test Comparison - Max Fans - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
01:41:30 - Fan Noise Test Comparison - Extreme Performance/Turbo Auto Fans - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
01:51:59 - Cinebench R23 10-Minute Benchmark Side-by-Side (i9-14900HX) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:01:29 - Cinebench R24 Benchmark Comparison Side-by-Side (i9-14900HX) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:02:16 - AIDA64 Memory Test Comparison Side-by-Side - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:06:38 - CrystalDiskMark SSD Comparison - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:12:27 - Time Spy Benchmark Side-by-Side (i9-14900HX, 4090) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:21:45 - Baldur’s Gate 3 Side-by-Side (QHD+, Ultra, DLSS Q) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:26:55 - Cyberpunk 2077 Side-by-Side (QHD+, RT Ultra, DLSS Q, FG On, RR On) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:33:35 - Dead Space Side-by-Side (QHD+, Ultra, DLSS Q) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:43:35 - Dragon’s Dogma Side-by-Side (QHD+, Ultra, RT On, DLSS Q) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:48:10 - Dying Light 2 Side-by-Side (QHD+, HQ RT, DLSS Q, FG On) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:52:29 - God of War Side-by-Side (QHD+, Ultra, DLSS Q) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
02:59:15 - Hogwarts Legacy Side-by-Side (QHD+, RT Ultra, DLSS Q, FG On) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
03:08:18 - The Last of Us Part 1 Side-by-Side (QHD+, Ultra, FSR3, FG On) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
03:14:59 - Starfield Side-by-Side (QHD+, Ultra, FSR3, FG On) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
03:20:55 - The Witcher 3 Side-by-Side (QHD+, RT Ultra, DLSS Q, FG On) - Titan 18HX vs Scar 18
03:27:47 - Final Summary - MSI Titan 18HX vs Asus Strix Scar 18

[noctislucis]

You turned the vsync on in TITAN 18HX in Dead Space...TITAN was stuck to its 120hz and cannot get any 1 FPS higher than that, you should notice this bruh

[KouroshFarrokhzad]

Amazing battle Brandon! This is an incredible amount of work - live and raw with regular disucssions with chat. Truly an impressive feat. At the end of the day, I must admit I'm in love with the Titan! <3 Thanks again. :)

[XGenKaneShiroX]

The 18-inch MSI Titan is the perfect example of you paying a lot more money and get diminishing returns or minor improvements. I’m frankly not surprised by the performance result, the MSI Titan is literally the best gaming laptop in existence and comes at a steep price.

[tahirhameed-mth]

Very nice video, I selected MSI Titan 18 despite all these laptops. Even in silent mode this laptop using 80W GPU and no noise at all and if you want go for 200MHz boost that's crazy. Also I like your pauses within video appeals to me as tired off youtubers continuously speaking clearly shows its paid.

[vkjh]

The fps graph on the MSI is just insane, the flattest I've ever seen

[renstillmann]

Really like the way you compare and test laptops in your videos. On thing I am missing is like the total power consumption while idling when using the integrated gpu and while doing light tasks like browsing and watching some YouTube. Other than that great helpful videos!

[lurogaso]

You could add a comparison between the I/O Ports connections of the two laptops.

[mishapodolskiy]

Thnks bro for exelent compare of this 2 beasts

[danielnuss]

It may not be a good idea to put laptops next to each other. They have side ventilation, so they may be operating at higher temperatures than expected and adjusting performance.
Anyway, great job, anyone would like to have one of those beasts!😃

[noctislucis]

1% low FPS actually affects the game experience very much, especially when the FPS reaches 100+, this will be the only factor that affects smoothness, when 1% low drops, the game will seems laggy. Even you have 200FPS for average but 50FPS for 1% low, the game will still feels stutter
Gaming test should also record 1% low FPS to the result, this is important

[Gekko]

I appreciate your in depth review! At this point would you opt for a Raider 18HX 4080 at 34% discount or wait for the 50-series?
I’d like to use for work and gaming.
Screen size looks amazing!

[watchdoge]

The MSI's frametime graph is so flat in every game, it's uncanny

[slavidimitrov]

In my opinion it is possible to make a big difference because of raid 0 on the Titan and much better read and write speeds, but it doesn't make sense to be that huge . Great comparison as always🙏

[ipf]

titan 64 gb 4000 mhz works, what is the situation when there is only 32 gb,
I would be very happy if you answer

[ScottGrunwald]

1 percent lows are the biggest factor for me on these high end gaming machines. I wonder if there is some performance/technical issue reason why MSI left G-SYNC off? Insane how much better the Titan is for 1 percent lows.

[baldtires]

Ah, These guys are right, dead space was locked to 120 with vsync on. Thats why you only seen about 80% utilization. May want to make a note of that.

[polek]

What is better Tytan vs Rider 18 what do you think ??

[SomeIdiotLUL]

I'm sold on the titan had no idea this was a thing

[TreyveonMoses-mj]

I've had both of these laptops. Kept the MSI. The Titan screen was definitely brighter. Soeakers are better on Titan, keyboard is better, cooling is better, fps(can't really compare that as i play only in 4k but I'm sure it's better. Build quality on Titan is WAY better. 4k for a plastic piece of crap like the Asus is crazy. You can get a razer for that.

[saurabhshivamverma]

Asus scar 18 2024 have Pantone validated display which is best for creators ❤ no others laptop have in this specs