ASUS ROG Strix Scar 16 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 16” Nebula HDR 16:10 QHD 240Hz/3ms, 1100 nits, Mini LED Display, GeForce RTX 4080, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro, G634JZR-XS96 – For Sale – Price

11 reviews for ASUS ROG Strix Scar 16 (2024) Gaming Laptop, 16” Nebula HDR 16:10 QHD 240Hz/3ms, 1100 nits, Mini LED Display, GeForce RTX 4080, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro, G634JZR-XS96 – For Sale – Price

1. 

   Robin D – 28 February 2025

   Powerhouse ‘gaming quality’ laptop PC; $$(pricey)
   Decent, if overpriced laptop. This 2024 version has an Intel 14900HX CPU and the nVidia RTX 4080 laptop GPU w/12GB DDR6 video memory, 32 GB DDR5 SO-DIMM system memory; comes with 1TB SK hynix NVME SSD, I added a second NVME myself (Samsung 990Evo 2TB) for storage. The screen is nice, high refresh rate but only 16″ so a come down from my desktop system’s large 4K. Nonetheless, it looks great. Some minor scaling issues, but that was software based and seems to be solved. Heat has been an issue, so I got a laptop cooling ‘pad’ w/ 2 fans and it’s doing better. Seems to run cooler, just noisy (but wearing headphones I hardly notice it). If it’s throttling at the higher temps, I haven’t noticed it in performance during gaming. I used it a lot at the beginning, but then switched to my desktop when I upgraded that (finally). Still, I’m glad I have it for when I have to travel. I’ve not had any failure so far.

2. 

   Mr. Solis – 28 February 2025

   This thing is gorgeous
   The whole machine looks awesome, it’s a joy of colors especially in the dark, I got the scar 16 with the i9 14th gen and the 4080, it can handle everything, in games I play everything at max, I don’t even bother to lower the settings, nvidia dlss and frame generation takes the experience to another level, the only game that I touch settings is fortnite so I can play always at 240fps, the screen looks amazing, it is very bright, even at daylight you can see it perfectly, at night I always have it at minimun since it’s very bright, I know there is certain concern about coil whine in some units, but on mine there is not such thing, I kinda heard it a the very first days of owning it but now it is kind of heardless or gone.
   Recently I have seen some videos of complaints about asus’s warranty and their products, but also they have some of the nicests and top notch devices, and they are always trying to be at the top along with other companies.
   So far I haven’t have any issues with it, I used to have another asus laptop which I got like 10 years ago, and I never had any problems with it aside from getting outdated for the new games and programs.
   This new laptop it’s quite expensive but the effort was totally worth it.

3. 

   Joel – 28 February 2025

   Solid gaming laptop with a few quirks
   Good: Plays everything I have with great performance.
   Good: Great specs. Does everything I need it to do and will ever do.
   Good: The screen quality is great.
   Meh: Not a fan of all the bloatware that comes with this rig.
   Meh: Had a couple issues at first where the function keys just stopped working. Driver and BIOS updates seemed to fix that.
   Meh: Battery life is abysmal but Optimus helps with that. Also wasn’t expecting this thing to last 8 hours given its primary function and hardware.
   Meh: I can’t figure out how to properly wake up the laptop from sleep mode. Sometimes clicking the mouse works, sometimes pressing a key does the trick, and other times I have to press the power button to awaken it.
   Unsure: I hear frequent scratchy sounds from the board that almost sound like an old school hard drive on its way to total failure. Google suggests this might be coil whine, but I’m not really sure.

4. 

   Robert Ehrgott – 28 February 2025

   Most powerful PC I own.
   Honestly Asus outdid themselves on the value of this machine. I use it as a desktop computer and it is very good. Enough storage for my games. I got an extra 3 tb storage for it. Plenty of power for AAA games.

5. 

   R. R. – 28 February 2025

   Defective from day 1 and there is no return possibility
   My computer was defective from day 1. The seller/Amazon required me to spend hours troubleshooting online with Asus before having the option to return the defective computer. Asus in turn required me to send the computer to them for repair before I could return. Asus found defective parts, out of date drivers/firmware (which were supposedly updated when I did the troubleshooting with them via remote access/phone), and sent it back. It is still now working properly and Asus said I have to send it back to them again for repair. In the meantime I contacted the seller on Amazon who now says that “Unfortunately, the return window has been passed. You would need to place a new order. After you receive the new laptop, you can initiate a return request. The quality of ASUS laptop is quite good, it is unlikely you would had such problem again.” In other words, there is no return policy because the required steps to troubleshoot a day 0 issue with the computer will put the order outside the return window. I’m guessing the seller is hoping a different seller will fulfill an order for a new unit and I’ll then return the lemon I received for that other seller to deal with.

6. 

   Sad Satan – 28 February 2025

   Love it
   Runs hot regardless of what you’re doing on it so I added an underneath fan stand but other than that, does whatever it needs too. Functions great. Weight is just light enough for an on board graphics card, battery life is adjustable to what you want it to be set to but I haven’t had issues. A little on the high side price wise but you get what you pay for. Definitely not a 3k dollar iCrap even has easily accessible virtual machine if you like to run stuff outside your o.s. set up was as easy as it gets for tech these days.

7. 

   Andrew – 28 February 2025

   Beast
   This thing is powerful. Definitely gets hot, so I’d recommend a cooling pad. Performs better than my desktop (3070ti, ryzen 7 3700x). Haven’t seen any info on whether or not it has an additional m.2 slot, so I’d like to know that before cracking it open (did so on my 2022 version). Tampering with Armorycrate and power saving settings allows me to get a good 6+ hours of battery life, totally serviceable for school use though I keep the power cord and a battery bank close at hand anyway. Somewhat annoyed by the lack of USB A connectors, there’s only 2. There are 2 USB C connectors which is nice, but I don’t have anything to leverage those at the moment. I preferred having the ports on the back rather than the sides as they now interfere with the workspace, but understand the sacrifice for cooling. Haven’t run into any issues as of yet, a month after purchase. Very satisfied.

8. 

   CustomSales – 28 February 2025

   Its everything you expect for top tier laptop.
   It’s heavy and the charger is also heavy. So if you trave lots get the thinner ROG with a 4090.

9. 

   Edwin G. – 28 February 2025

   La mejor compra que pude haber hecho

10. 

    Nikolay T. – 28 February 2025

    Everything is amazing in the laptop, It run all games well and work good and look good as well BUT it keep overheating no matter what I do! I even got a thermal pad but it doesnt help it and even undervolting it doesnt really give me a lot differance other then games start to stutter! would be a 5/5 if not the overheating issue which I know how to fix…. BUT Repasting it will VOID WARRANTY! so I will not do it and suffer.

11. 

    Llama – 28 February 2025

    As the title says. When unplugged it shut down. Returned it and they wouldn’t give me my money back. Had to get my bank involved. Would not recommend amazons terrible customer service.