Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D review - The world's fastest gaming laptop

[Redaktion]

The ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D is the first gaming laptop to feature AMD's newest Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor which, for the first time ever, relies on 3D cache. Additionally, it is fitted with a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop which runs all modern games smoothly on the device's fast QHD display.

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[LyntonB]

no liquid metal I wonder why? Would have thought an ideal companion for the hotter lid surface and seems like a trick missed however the benefits of 3d cache to 1080p gaming well known already with 5800x3d and 7800x3d. would be good to get 1% low / jitter information in this analysis suite. thanks

[DG]

Your own data shows it isn't the "worlds fastest gaming laptop"

Stop simping for AMD.

[LL]

The laptop features a silent mode which completely deactivates the fans in everyday use. This is really handy if you are surfing the web, writing emails or watching videos. Gaming isn't possible in this mode and in this case, we noted relatively decent noise emission values of about 41 dB(A).

Maybe the translation is incorrect but it would be nice to clarify this part:
If the laptop is totally silent how it has 41dB(A) noise emissions?

[NikoB]

Tests show a disgrace, at least for the manufacturer Asus - AMD promised an average of +10-15% performance growth vs 7945HX. In practice, the picture is reversed.

7945HX has remained the king of mobile processors.

Well, otherwise, the review is still not complete, but there is nothing special to expect there, everything is clear in advance with the Asus model.

The HX series has no USB40 built-in - and the greedy Asus simply regretted $ 20-30 for a pair of controllers and their strapping. Although the Zen4 HX series has 28 pci-e 5.0 lanes, i.e. for two USB40 ports, need only 2 x 5.0 lanes (x4 3.0) are enough. For 4 USB40(2  х USB40 V2.0) need only 4 lanes of 5.0...

The greed of all manufacturers, without exception, is obvious - discrete USB40 controllers (with retimers) and their power wiring on the motherboard cost a penny compared to the prices of such models.

And so everything is also a shameful 16:9 screen, instead of 16:10. Everything is also a shameful contrast in the region of 1000: 1 (or even worse). Still no 95%+ AdobeRGB.

Everything is also a keyboard with a numpad narrowed in width of the buttons - although there is plenty of space. And all idiotic Esc,F1..F12 also narrowed in height.

And in their 18" model (which for some reason is not on sale with AMD), the numpad is generally idiotically corrupted - the right arrow is in place of Insert. Is it hard to smoke to put such keyboards in different series, Asus?

Put the keyboard like in the Legion, only with 1.8mm of travel and elastic tactile feedback. Turn on the backlight also do as there (Fn + space). Make a customizable timer (or disabled / enabled at all) in the BIOS and in Windows / Linux backlight.

Also ensure that the backlight is turned on by touching your finger (when it goes out on a timer), turned off (I specifically emphasize - turned off the touchpad!) in the Windows settings of the touchpad (as it is done as comfortably as possible in Dell laptops). It does not interfere with managing and typing, but at the same time it turns on the backlight of the keys in the dark and you do not need to blindly press the keyboard buttons!

It is not clear what they are smoking in the development and marketing department of Asus, but all the flaws have long been clear and obvious to any adequate buyer. But they stubbornly continue to produce garbage, greedily saving pennies and losing hundreds of thousands of potential buyers...

[Bennyg1]

Your own data shows it isn't the "worlds fastest gaming laptop"

Stop simping for AMD.

I'll simp for the cpu that matches or wins while using half the power, every day, til I have the option of buying one not made by Asuss