ASUS – ROG Strix SCAR 16 16″ 2.5K 240Hz Gaming Laptop – Intel Core Ultra 9 HX – 32GB RAM – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 – 2TB SSD – Off Black

Best gaming laptop I have so far. It doesn't get that hot, but it does make a lot of noise when playing high demanding game. 1 con its kinda heavy to carry.

Portable Gaming Rig - The laptop works great. Runs hot and CPU can get throttled at times. The battery lasts maybe two hours with light use. The screen is VERY bright. Mini-LED does show some blooming, but it is much better than standard LED on HDR content. Thunderbolt 5 is great to use with an eGPU if wanting to do so. The quick-release for the bottom cover to upgrade SSDs and RAM is a nice touch. The only one thing is that it is all plastic, and the palm rest does get very oily looking very fast and is kind of a pain to keep clean. So, I got a sticker cover for it, and IMHO it looks much better.

Perfect laptop - This is an Excellent laptop, use for video editing and pictures and it multitasks very well. Battery doesnt last long, but thats fine i always am near a plug. Youtube, capcut, photoshop sound editing all worked flawless

very powerful - perfect for a high end gaming experience for top gamers

Great Tool! - This is the first time I’ve gone out and bought a brand-new laptop, and I’m not disappointed. This thing is an absolute powerhouse, I use it for AI workloads and gaming, and it hasn’t stumbled once. Aesthetically, it’s gorgeous, and the level of customization is almost overwhelming for a self-described luddite like me. Even so, it was easy to get up and running and dialed in the way I like. I’d absolutely recommend this laptop and wouldn’t hesitate to buy it again.

Great purchase, absolutely worth it. - Great purchase, really amazing, totally worth it, really loved it.

Performance - The laptop is very unique. When it comes to gaming? It’s already got great graphics. The LED lights are so fun and customizable. The Ani-vision on the back is so cool too. It runs programs Like Aoto-Cad- if you know what that is( it’s a program to make blueprints. The charger must stay with it at all times though. The battery can not last more than a hour and a half I think, understandable when it’s running off very high GPU. But it’s very nice

Best gaming laptop - Display is magnificent, speed is unreal, battery life is somewhat good if not playing high end games. For the price of the monster machine, it surpass my expectations. Will be purchasing more tech from ASUS.

5/5 Stars - The Ultimate Portable Powerhouse! - I just bought the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 from Best Buy, and this laptop is an absolute monster! The performance of the CPU and GPU combo is nothing short of incredible. This machine chews through the most graphically demanding games on Ultra settings without even a hint of struggle. Frame rates are buttery smooth, and the raw processing power makes creative tasks like video rendering shockingly fast. The cooling system keeps this beast running at peak performance, truly justifying the top-tier hardware inside. While the display is fantastic, the sheer muscle of the processor and graphics card is the real story here—it's a desktop replacement in a portable form factor. A huge shout-out to the Best Buy associate who helped me with this purchase. They were patient, extremely knowledgeable, and took the time to walk me through the specs and explain the technical details so I could make an informed decision. Their help was invaluable! If you want the best gaming performance available, this is the laptop to get.

BEAST!!! - I love this laptop! I played Warzone, MSFS2024, Fortine, World of Warship and it never failed me!!! I played in max settings and I can still get a decent amount of FPS. DLSS 4 is such a good update for this 50 series beast gaming laptop. It is really a desktop replacer for you!

Ganing Beast - Fast Sleek Amazing plays everything on ultra and looks good doing it

Excellent machine! - Every thing is great maybe a minor is the battery life. To help it I uninstalled ArmyC. And used ghelper to control the settings. It’s a lot lighter. Everything else works great, love the bright monitor with crisp pictures. Gaming on this machine is very smooth and responsive. I do recommend!

16 inch ASUS ROG Strix 2.5K - 2025 - A solid gaming laptop with a 5080 NVidia graphics card. If you are looking for a gaming laptop because of the convenience to travel with a gaming computer, then you have it here. You can add more RAM and additional permanent storage without the need of unscrewing tiny screws at the bottom of the laptop. Really easy to open the bottom with your hands alone. The number pad is located on the touch pad, and can be turned off or on. The only thing I would recommend is the purchase of a solid cooling pad. This laptop can get hot when playing on high/ultra game settings.

A pleasant experience with incredible performance. - This laptop has been my daily driver from a month. Monitor is 240hz with a 3ms response time. A magnet of finger stains. While I would have loved an AMD variant, this is by no means a hinder. Minecraft with shaders runs at the limited 240 fps. Cyberpunk at highest, no problem. Performance goes beyond my desktop 3070 can perform. That is impressive. Now, the build is some smooth plastic. Not the cheap plastic kind but it's not your razer unibody-aluminum build. The AniMe vision gimmick certainly is an eye turner, it's nice you can customize the pixels to show any image as long as it's properly scaled. I have no rgb turn on due to preference. Battery life have last me about 5 hours-ish browsing the internet. I have not done a proper test for the battery but having the option of charging just with the usb C option, is a life savior. I love this laptop and recommend it for the current laptop landscape.

Ultimate Gaming Beast – Blazing Speed & Stunning D - The ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 is an absolute powerhouse. With the Intel Core Ultra 9 HX and RTX 5080, it delivers blazing-fast performance for both gaming and creative workloads. The 16” 2.5K 240Hz display is sharp and buttery smooth—perfect for competitive gamers. The 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD provide ample headroom for multitasking and storage. Build quality feels premium, and the RGB aesthetics are a nice touch. A top-tier choice for serious gamers and power users.

Great Performer - Build quality: 5/5 The chassis and keyboard deck are a more premium plastic. I do wish it were metal, but I understand the weight considerations involved. Keyboard is excellent and has full sized arrow keys! Trackpad appears to be glass topped and is very smooth. Trackpad also has a numpad feature; not ideal for those doing data entry. The power button is mushy, I wish they kept the flush power button from the Zephyrus line here. Upgradability: 5/5 The bottom panel can be removed in under 30 seconds as it's a simple latch design. No screws involved for ram and ssd access. No screwdriver needed! This makes cleaning fans and dust a breeze. The SSDs are tool less. The WiFi card would need further disassembly, but being WiFi 7, may only need to be replaced if the radio fails. I already upgraded the ram to 64GB and added an extra SSD. Display: 5/5 The 2560x1600 mini LED panel with 2000 dimming zones is beautiful. HDR is awesome on this screen. The screen is matt coated and is great for bright rooms, NO mirror reflections like the glossy OLEDS!. Color accuracy is excellent, and the refresh rate is up to 240hz. I love OLEDS, but the glossy panels on many laptops is a absolute dealbreaker, especially when they can only reach 500ish nits. This mini LED display gets incredibly bright. It won't get OLED inky blacks, but it's very close. My panel has no imperfections. Hardware: 5/5 The hardware is great. The 275HX CPU is an excellent performer and has very good performance for power draw. Great CPU for those doing CAD, sims, and virtual machines. I imagine other CPU focus rendering would also do very well. Gaming is great with my suite of games such as Stellaris, Space Marine 2, Helldivers 2, and Baldur's Gate 3. The 5080 GPU is about equivalent in raster to a desktop 4070 super or RTX 5070 but with 16GB of VRAM. Not much more can be squeezed into a package this size at 150W with 25W dynamic boost (175W total GPU power). Gaming performance is awesome and no driver issues after about 2 weeks. AI performance is very good, but if that is your main focus or you need more VRAM for the rendering applications, get a 5090 laptop. The 5090 laptop seems to have about the 10-15% more raster but gets you 24GB VRAM. Storage: 4/5 the storage is a gen4 2TB NVME SSD. It would be nice to be a gen5 since the slots support gen5. Possibly a cost saving measure and would result in little improvement to most applications. I populated the empty slot with a gen4 4TB 990pro from Samsung. Battery: 3/5 The battery life is actually decent. 6.5 hours in eco mode with lowest brightness watching YouTube videos. Milage will vary here depending on applications used. Coming from a M16 2023 with a 13900h and 4070, it doesn't get anywhere near that battery life but is acceptable. The performance matters more than the battery life in this case. Software: 3/5 Armory Crate is meh. I don't know what happened between 2023 Armory crate and 2025, but now it's just sluggish and bloated. It works, but the SW team went in the wrong direction. I just uninstalled it and installed gHelper from Git. It makes a world of difference. Speakers: 4/5 Speakers are actually good. There are 4 speakers and sound quality is good. Nothing like the Zephyrus line with their 6 speakers, but still good. Webcam and microphone: 4/5 Good. 1080p, works for video calls and Teams calls. Nothing to write home about but isn't absolute potato level quality. Windows hello works really well. Ports: 5/5 The laptop has 3 USB A gen3.2 ports, 2 Thunderbolt 5 (80Gbps) ports, HDMI, 2.5G LAN, and audio/mic combo jack. The thunderbolt ports are type C and can accept 100W of charging. I have traveled around with the heavier 330W charger in my check bag and use a 100W phone charger to use with the laptop in my backpack.