Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is such a great computer for both gaming and work. I use illustration software and also play MMOs and it has handled everything I have thrown at it so far. Saying that, I DO want to upgrade my RAM as I may need to run more intensive programs in the future, and this would also be preferable when handling larger files. It is a very quiet computer and haven't had any issue with whine as some have stated. The screen quality is also excellent. The only issue is that very occasionally when switching from integrated to dedicated graphics, the screen will appear black, but if I press the power button briefly it will come back on the load screen and I just press out of it and then all is good. Based on a month of use I would definitely recommend, and look forward to how well it will perform with a higher ram installed.

Love it. Would buy again, great gaming laptop! Recommending to all my friends!

A really powerful gaming laptop for way cheaper than comparable specifications from other brands. I have seen some poor reviews because of coil whine. My own unit barely makes any sound besides the fans blowing and certainly not enough to be a bother. I can tell that it is on but it makes maybe 1/10th the noise that my ps5 does. I did read online that some updates to the software and a different power supply is now added with it that solved the issues people had. Overall though it looks great. feels great. sounds great. The screen being 16:10 (less wide more height) is something that you may not be used to but i prefer it. I am really happy with my purchase despite being a little worried by the reviews before i bought it. It runs all the games i play on top settings and the screen is so vibrant compared to my alienware r4 m17. its a lot lighter and less bulky aswell despite being an 18" screen.

I am really picky when it comes to gaming electronics and this laptop excels beyond all of my expectations from the vibrant display to the gaming performance. This laptop is flawless for those who are looking for the best gaming experience they could get their hands on.

The big screen is excellent and the main reason for my purchase. The only thing I didn't like right away is that the arrow keys are full sized compared to other laptop keyboards, so other keys had to be shortened, but it was designed to be that way as this is a gaming laptop.

Its not the 4090, but this is a sweet laptop! Plays any game with superior FPS compared to my 1060.. major upgrade! Clear picture, fast, and surprisingly very light weight! Highly recommend if you cant afford the 4090!

If you need to play everything fast but on the go (still plugged in) this will do it. Asus Strix 18" has always been GOAT.

I got this laptop as a desktop replacement going from a 11th gen i7 and 3080ti. This laptop blows my desktop out of the water. I was getting higher FPS in all my games on ultra and the 18" screen looks great. Now that all sounds great so why the 3 stars you ask? well.. this is my opinion but this computer could be better, the cooling on this laptop is not great costing you lots in performance. You would think with the larger footprint the fans could move more air but they are just not large enough nor they run fast enough even in turbo mode. I ended up with the Acer predator 16 with the same specs 13th gen i9 and 4080 and as an example I'm getting about 130fps in cyberpunk with all the setting on ultra and DLSS on performance, if I switch DLSS to quality I'm at 100-110 on turbo. On the Asus I was getting 90fps on performance and 70 on quality. Few other notes, the 18" screen looks great but the laptop is bulky and heavy and good luck finding a bag that would fit this thing, also the Armory crate software is pure garbage and was giving me stutters during game play that I spent hours trying to figure out why till I found it was the armory create. If you end up with this computer and you have glitches, lag or stutter in your game then consider something like "G-Helper" its a replacement software, you can find the source code on github.

Awesome, son loves. Looks great, works perfectly for engineering college, plus great for gaming. Definitely expect to last thru the next few years of college

Im in love with gaming laptop everything i needed to game

This was a great laptop for the price and specs, it's a shame that the coil whine and screen bleeding issue exists though.

Luckily I didn't get any dead pixels or bleeding. I don't know why this laptop boots up so slow, also when you put it in sleep mode and wake it up, it tends to display the initial setup page, where it asks you to select a language, etc etc. For those reasons I'm taking off a star, other than that, it's an absolute beast. I upgraded from a laptop from 5 years back that was 17 inches too, also from asus, and the weight difference is what makes me happy. It is heavy, but compared to previous generations of ASUS laptops with similar build, I see no problem travelling with it. Note, that it is really hard to carry in a bag, as it won't fit. 18 inch bags are uncommon.

Owned a couple ASUS gaming laptops from a couple generations ago. Had siniliar issues with those, too. Bought this one to stay relevant with more demanding titles. ASUS does have the most reasonably priced tech compared to others. This experience was a rough start similar to generations past. 1.) Gotta get over the known black screen of death a couple of times and past the Windows start up process, 2.) Spend a couple hours researching how to fix issues, 3.) Update BIOS and change display to use Nvidia GPU only cause switching betwen integrated GPU causes black outs and power shut down and finally 4.) Restart and ready for use. So far so good?

Excellent laptop that is a work horse and there for you during off work gaming. Truly a one PC I use at work and at home gaming due to 18 in massive screen.

Love it. Gaming laptops have come a long way as far as temperature, power, and fan noise. Im mostly gaming in silent mode which gives great performance with no fan noise. But even performance mode isnt that loud. Personally im annoyed by fan noise which is why i never considered gaming laptops...but this is my favorite purchase of the year! No coil whine, screen backlight bleed is tollerable, build quality is amazing (high quality plastic) and amazingly smooth glass trackpad. Almost forgot to mention how immersive the 18inch screen is. Brighness is insanely great. Battery is what youd expect from a beefy gaming laptop. Its really not too heavy and is pretty amazingly thin looking...I honestly enjoy holding and admiring it even when im not using it.

I have had this computer since January and I have been using it as my daily work station as well as my weekend gaming station. I haven't experienced any issues at all and the fit and finish is overall good. There is a little bit of backlight bleed in dark areas but most of the time is isn't noticible. The keyboard is enjoyable to type on so I had no issue coming form a mechanical one to this one. For the money you really can't beat this computer especially if you can score it on sale like I did. overall 9/10.

Cool, quiet, and unyielding power. The lighting effects are smooth, the design is sleek, and the overall weight is low. Switches to the iGPU to save battery when needed.

Excellent laptop, great for cod, and gta. Super fast for downloading.

Great laptop i played cyberpunk 2077, starfield and grand theft auto v playing 1400p 60 and 4k 60 when i hook it to my tv awesome tech just hate the power brick but i get a 4080 take so much juice.

Computer computes and so can you! Seriously though, it runs great and does everything i need it to do from playing games and all other applications ive tried to use it for.