Artistic execs and players worldwide rejoice, now you can purchase the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D and get it in your lap tomorrow (with optionally available subsequent day supply earlier than midday)! Nicely, that’s for those who dwell in UK the place common on-line retailer AO.com says that you could get it for a mere £3,649 (about USD4,470, AUD6,940), a worth that sadly doesn’t embody supply however consists of 20% gross sales tax.
The place else is it on sale? Sadly, these seeking to purchase it within the US have to attend: it’s nonetheless on preorder with no ETA on supply date, virtually two months after it was launched. I checked the laptop computer SKU (G733PYV) and the next US-based websites have it listed: GenetechPC, Shidirect, ShopBLT, Connection and Provantage. Surprisingly, not one of the large names (Amazon, Newegg, Bestbuy, Walmart) had it in inventory. It’s a combined image for Europeans; not obtainable at Lambdatek, LDLC, Digitec, PC21, Otto, Materiel, Radium and EasyNotebooks however obtainable from Alternate, FNAC, Darty, He was, Boulanger and Auchan on the time of writing. Australian readers also can purchase it from the likes of JW. Bookmark this web page if you wish to preserve observe of inventory.
Why is it such an enormous deal? The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D comprises the world’s quickest processor in a laptop computer (the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D) and the world’s strongest laptop computer GPU (the Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090175W model). Mix the 2 collectively and add Home windows 11 Professional and also you get a blazingly-fast gaming pocket book that doubles as a cellular workstationmost likely probably the most quickest one ever (that’s in fact for those who low cost transportable 128-core monsters just like the EPYC-infused MediaWorkstation A-2XP). Truthful to say that it’s prone to characteristic in shopping for guides that characteristic use circumstances requiring sheer firepower. Greatest laptops for video enhancing and 3D modelling come to thoughts.
How good is it? TechRadar hasn’t reviewed the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D but (we reviewed the 7945HX model although) however others have: Future websites (Anandtech, Tomshardware, Windowscentral), TheVerge, Notebookcheck, Dexerto and Hothardware.
The rest? It comes with 32GB DDR5 (4800MHz, not 5200MHz), a 17-inch QHD show, 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD (from SK Hynix) with the choice so as to add a second one, Mediatek Wi-Fi 6E and loads of connectors (2.5 GbE, 4 USB ports, HDMI and so on), all in a chassis with a footprint that’s a tad smaller than an A3 sheet and weighing 3Kg. Try the remainder of the specs right here. It’s not an ideal laptop computer by any means although. It has solely two reminiscence modules (I’d like 4 ideally to push its reminiscence capability to 192GB). It nonetheless has a 720p webcamno USB 4 (boo) and at the least one reviewer reported coil whining whereas gaming in silent mode. In fact, this being a gaming laptop computer, battery life will not be going to be spectacular, not helped by the truth that it makes use of a 90WHr battery reasonably than a 99.9WHr one as discovered within the MSI GT77.
The final phrase? From Monica Chen of The Verge, “When testing this (the Scar 17 X3D), I used to be reminded of the time once I was testing the ROG Zephyrus G14 again in 2020. I bear in mind checking these numbers many times. AMD had shattered our understanding of what a gaming laptop computer might do. And I feel it could have simply carried out that once more.”
