Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this machine a week ago and I use this machine primarily for architectural plans and 3d presentations and performs amazingly fast. I raytraced the renderings below in 4 seconds each. The screen resolution is awesome and can handle anything I throw at it with my CAD programs, I am not a gamer so can not comment on that. Battery life is not the greatest and when rendering it guzzles like a Ferrari and has to be plugged in but no biggie.

Purchased for gaming outside of home, as is a laptop, had charged full battery before traveling. Played for 20 min and battery came down to 15% percent from 100% Cant really play unless your plugged in to the wall so if your looking to game just know you need to be plugged in. Also the computer gets extremely hot, almost to hot to touch. Other than that graphics and performance are super good. Just wish they would have increase battery size and better cooling capabilities.

Although it gets a little hot, it delivers a lot and is very powerful.

Previously had an MSI GT77 Titan which I returned due to multiple unacceptable QC issues (dead RGB, GPU fan clicking, etc.). Got this bad boy instead, and it's insane. Upgraded the RAM to 64gb Kingston Fury, but other than that totally stock and can handle all my stuff. The screen is absolutely wild, blindingly bright, I was worried about "downgrading" from the 4K of the Titan, but there's no way anyone can tell the difference with the slightly lower resolution, and the fact that this panel is brighter, has g-sync, has over double the dimming zones, and double the refresh rate is so much of a better tradeoff. This, in my opinion, is the best laptop for gaming that money can buy right now.

This is a great laptop. It can definitely handle most use cases. The gaming performance is great, rendering is fast, works great with VR, and it has been able to handle everything I have thrown at it for work. Unfortunately, it isn't perfect. So far, I have had connectivity issues with the ports (specifically the Type-C and DisplayPort), there is rare flickering when plugged into external displays, and the battery life is quite limited. In my case, it is close to perfect, but if you need something with a long battery life and you can't plug it in, you might want to look elsewhere.

I have tried the other Rog strikes and strict car version which one has a great ability to satisfy those with the hunger for performing and between the 16 and the 18 inch I feel like you might as well go with the 18-in for only a couple hundred bucks more plus the number pad comes in handy for me personally now the 16-in rug streaks scar has something that is super cool where you can make the touchpad turn into a number pad I wish that was available on the G18 now in regards to Performance the G18 is stellar it does get hot but not unbearably just make sure you don't have anything blocking the exhaust fence for the laptop the performance is good as good as it can be with the 14k I would have preferred a 13980 HX but that is not my choice the 32 GB of RAM is much needed because you basically need 16 gigs of RAM to run Windows 11 and a few of your software programs running in the background I upgraded to 64 and I wish this was able to be upgraded to 96 but neither here nor there now in regards to gaming this screen is beautiful wonderful the 490 is great and has fantastic output power I really like you if it had a 1080p webcam it would Trump everything everything is great

I bought this 2 weeks ago and saw another review, so this is a rebuttal to Kevin B's review. This is a portable desktop replacement, of course you need to keep it plugged in. A 14900k and a mobile 4090 (equivalent to a desktop 3090/4070ti) drains the battery as they require a lot of power. The battery is more or less a placeholder. If you don't keep it plugged in, it will lower the performance as well. But from my perspective, this laptop is the ultimate beast. I am writing this on my final returnable date, and I decided to keep mine. The mini LED screen is extremely bright and color accurate that makes it a worthy upgrade over last year's model. When it comes to build quality, the chassis has 0 flex anywhere- feels like a brick. The laptop was also a lot lighter than the pictures make it seem- take this from someone who uses a Macbook Air to do daily tasks. Gaming feels very similar to a desktop setup because of the big screen, if you can tolerate the mushy keyboard. I was thinking of getting the cheaper 4080, but the 4090 will make it more future proof as it has more VRAM.

In the brief time I had it, it was extremely capable and performative, the 4090 laptop GPU is not as capable as a desktop graphics card of the same name, but it is still incredibly good at playing games. Playing Helldivers 2, the Callisto Protocol and more modern games felt like a breeze with high settings, and it handles all these games easily at 1200p instead of 1600p. The display with HDR and mini-LED look absolutely fantastic, and with the 240 hz screen I am absolutely appalled by how good this screen looks. I have a bigger 1440p monitor but I often keep it off and just use the laptop screen instead. The battery will not last be playing games, and depending on your usage and what software is used, the battery can be optimal when doing productivity work. The only frustration I had is that my model came in with a dead pixel and had to get replaced which will be coming in a few days. I hope to say more positive things about it, but please be aware of any defects. Otherwise, I recommend a wireless mouse for sure with this, I loved it while I had it. But make sure your model does not have any defects like mine unfortunately had.

This gaming machine is absolutely incredible! It’s got top-notch cooling, lightning-fast performance, and it’s just so much fun to play on. I highly recommend it over any other gaming PC out there. Trust me, you won’t regret it!

I recently bought the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 with the RTX 4090 from Best Buy, and the experience was amazing from start to finish. The store was well-organized, and the staff was super helpful, assisting me in picking the perfect laptop. Thanks to them, I was able to compare all the options and make the best decision for my needs! The checkout process was quick and smooth, and the order tracking was excellent. Everything arrived just as expected, and even more! Best Buy is definitely my go-to place for all things tech. If you're looking for quality products, great service, and competitive prices, don't hesitate to check them out! f

I want to address a review someone else wrote because I think this is their first time owning a gaming laptop as their cons can be said for any high end gaming laptop, not just this one specifically. Their two complaints were battery life and the temps. First, they said they wish it had an increased battery size because they got poor battery life when unplugged and playing games. This model comes with a 90whr battery and the highest you are allowed on a plane legally is 99.9whr. They can’t increase it in a way that would make a significant difference. The other thing is that this is something that can be said of all med - high end gaming laptops. You will not be able to play unplugged for more than 2-3 hours maybe less depending on the game, and you wouldn’t want to. Playing unplugged means you will not even get the full performance as it requires a lot of power to get the maximum performance out of it. The other thing is that this thing also has to power an 18inch mini-LED display with eye searing brightness. So, no, battery life will not be great while unplugged but again the same can be said for most gaming laptops, this is not news to anyone that’s owned one. Second, they said it got extremely hot and wished cooling performance was better. Again, this is not new in the world of gaming laptops especially ones that have this kind of power. In my experience this laptop actually does an amazing job at keeping itself cool and pushing out a lot of heat. I have not seen the GPU go past 70c. This is one of the best laptops in terms of cooling performance and it shows. The reason I wanted to address their review is because I didn’t want it to sway anyone for cons that again can be said for the majority of gaming laptops currently being sold. This laptop is phenomenal in my opinion. You get an immersive 18in display with a mini-LED display that has enough dimming zones to give you near OLED level contrast while also giving you eye searing brightness that you do not get with OLED. You get amazing cooling performance and amazing overall system performance that rivals some desktop PC’s. The laptop is made of good quality plastic which I like because it helps keep the weight down for an already large machine with heft to it. It’s also easy to upgrade the storage adding another 2TB SSD and upgrading the RAM to 64GB. I have no complaints and highly recommend it regardless of the price as this is basically as good as it gets in my opinion. The only thing I can really say is a con for me is the gamer aesthetic and that’s as a hardcore gamer. It’s a little much but it doesn’t bother me enough to disregard every other thing I love about it.

This laptop is excellent. The screen is great with no back bleed and can play almost anything at ultra settings. I did have an issue with my steel series arctic nova pro not connecting to the usb with the dock and I was unable to use the headset because I couldn’t figure out windows 11. I would recommend a cooling pad because the cpu will get up to the 80s without it. I bought a $100 fan on Amazon and could only bring it down to 75 on the cpu. The gpu isn’t an issue

It dosent seem to utilize the full capacity of the ram and video card. Sluggish when editing videos.

So far its really great, it actually performs better than my 4070 desktop, about 20% faster. Only problem im having is finding a good HDMI cable for my 4k 144hz monitor.

pretty good, as can be expected from a laptop like this. All decked out, wit a few stutters when tryna max out all settings.. better than having it crash though. Looks beautiful too, both the build and display.

I really like this computer. It is fast and powerful. It looks good and the lights that rotate across the keyboard and on the computer itself are nice. I recommend this computer.

This machine let's me so everything I've needed! Intense blender, unity game dev, and if i ever get around to it, I'm sure this laptop can handle games no problem!

Great laptop, pricey but performance is king. Worth it if you can afford it

I have owned alot of laptops and this on beats them all hands down.

Amazing laptop is great for everything! Highly recommend it