ROG Strix Scar 17 - The AMD Powered Gaming Beast (RTX 4080)

ROG Strix Scar 17 in this video (Specifications)

Dimensions 395 x 282 x 23.4 ~ 28.3 mm
Weight: 3 Kgs

Processor:
AMD RyzenTM 9 7945HX Mobile Processor with up to 65W TDP
(16-core/32-thread, 64MB L3 cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)

Graphics:
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
ROG Boost: 2330MHz* at 175W (2280MHz Boost Clock+50MHz OC,
150W+25W Dynamic Boost)
12GB GDDR6

RAM:
16GB DDR5-4800 RAM, SO-DIMM x 2 slots
Upgradeable to 64 GB

Storage:
1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD with one extra slot

I/O Ports
1x 2.5G LAN port
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPortTM / G-SYNC
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPortTM / power delivery / G-SYNC
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A2x Type-A support USB3.2 Gen1 1x Audio combo jack:
Mic-in and Headphone
1x HDMI 2.1 FRL (supports 4K upto 120 fps and 8K upto 60 fps)

Display:
17.3-inch WQHD (2560 x 1440) 16:9 Anti-glare display
DCI-P3:100%
Refresh Rate: 240Hz
Response Time: 3ms
IPS-level
G-Sync / Adaptive-Sync
MUX Switch + NVIDIA Advanced Optimus
Support Dolby Vision HDR :Yes

In this video:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Design
02:27 Display
03:55 Performance
05:28 Video Editing?
06:44 Battery
07:07 IO Ports
07:48 Other Stuff
08:30 Keyboard and Trackpad
09:49 Conclusion

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[farhanqazir]

I had watched all the reveiwes but you are the one which won my heart❤❤🎉

[frinlucas]

Your feed back changed buy buying decision. Thanks. I should go with Nvidia graphic card for video editing.

[afteryourburial]

Do any of the 2023 scar 17s have the gimmicky red keystone drive? Or was that a 2022 thing?
Looking at picking this model up this weekend and this being the G733PZ-XS96 version with the 4080 and the 7945hx. The listing shows the model with the keystone and the ROG websight shows the model doesn’t and I would like to hopefully confirm this model doesn’t have it as I feel it’s kind of a useless function. Any advice would be appreciated.

[rafaelsiloli]

Nice video man, I would like to know more about the Storage: "1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD with one extra slot ", what exactly the brand of NVMe is input in laptop ? Do you have the benchmarking of it ?

[MaisieSqueak]

Its perfect for me as i cant stand track pads. Good or bad.

[bitinghairy]

Will the Meta Quest 3 be compatible with that labtop?

[kb]

Great Review! Im also a Fan of the 16:9 aspect ratio. That was one reason i choose the scar 17. Nebula would be cool, Sure, but it would be so much more expensive. So Asus did everything right, in my opinion

[rodmoura]

Hey man... I wish you did a PC Build video for motion graphics designers and video editors. We don't actualy care so much about render speed, but much more with real time playback. Especialy in After Effects.

You could do a budget PC, a mid range and the best it's relevant to have... Sometimes we are wishing for hardware that's just not good for us.

I'd be very happy if you took this idea in consideration.

Other than that, thanks for your content. Love from Brazil.

[Kamadev]

Actually, the ACER Predator 17 inch laptop from 2016 has a GREAT trackpad. not large but very satisfying, works well, and has two good buttons (I never really understood why the removed these, the buttons were so practical and you knew EXACTLY where you had to press, and just whacked the button happily.)
It had the best keyboard EVER, I've never typed on any keyboard, laptop, desktop, external etc, before or after it, which felt better to type on than its keyboard.
Great design, keys of good size, large enter key, very solid build, just the best laptop design EVER!

[ArsalanFarooq-dzet]

Great review. Helped me decide to go for this one. I will be picking it up tomorrow 😋
1 suggestion: Don't look down too much. It's annoying. Move your 2nd screen from which you read your notes near the camera (just my assumption).
No offense intended.

[darthbane]

I just ordered a msi stealth studio 4080 hoping it doesn't arrive broken like the asus I received and returned did been quite a while since I've played a PC game console gaming getting boring with lack of mod support.

[MAHILANMANUELD]

I have 2 questions.
Does the Asus logo on the back glow?
2. is there really any big difference between 16-inch & 17-inch because I'm currently using a 17-inch one, if I suddenly switch to 16 inch one would it feel smaller?

[alexandrgarlock]

Frame generation on cod is game changer.

[brother]

12GB VRAM is enough for ultra settings?

[blueorbstudios]

I bet it's Premiere is having issues with AMD CPUs. No way a 16-core high clock CPU like the 7945HX won't cut through 10 bit video editing on any codec. I do 10 Bit BRAW Editing on my 8 Core 11th Gen Core i7 CPU and I playback my footage at full and 1/4 if the timeline gets crazy

[ashutoshpanda]

i'm surprised that this rtx 4080 is unable to edit 4k 10bit video in adobe premiere.

[mridulmishra]

Premiere pro is not much optimised for ryzen cpus

[JJ_Khailha]

THERE IS NO WAY ON THIS EARTH THAT THIS LAPTOP CANNOT RUN VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE REGARDLESS OF THE RESOLUTION

[r_turner]

As awesome as Ryzen 9 zen4 cpu's are, Its just dumb to go for this laptop, when there's a Mini Led more spacius 16:10 display ROG Strix Scar 16 with better thermals triple fan design
. Its plain stupid and unfair ROG isnt packing Ryzen 7945HX with New Design !