Performance

The Pinnacle of Performance

Dominate the Windows 11 Pro battlefield with the ROG Strix SCAR 18. Get the drop on the competition with a lightning-fast and crystal-clear 18" 2.5K 240 Hz Nebula HDR display Mini LED panel with over 2000 dimming zones. Powered by a 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900HX 24-Core processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU with a max TGP of 175W, the SCAR 18 easily handles even the most demanding games. It also comes with a dedicated MUX Switch with support for NVIDIA Advanced Optimus, enabling you to easily harness the true power of your GPU when gaming. With 32GB of 5600 MHz DDR5 memory that can be upgraded to 64GB and 2TB of PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD storage, the SCAR 18 can easily game, stream, and create content all at the same time without breaking a sweat. For the ultimate gaming laptop, look no further than the Strix SCAR 18.

Power, Meet Efficiency

Power through any game or project with an Intel Core i9-14900HX 24-Core processor, featuring up to a 65W TDP and a hybrid architecture built from the ground up for Windows 11 Pro. With up to 8 Performance-cores and 16 Efficient-cores and Intel's latest Application Optimization technology increasing frames rates to up to 40% in supported titles, AAA gaming is flawless and streaming is effortless.

Graphics Unleashed

Top-tier components require power, especially when it comes to maximizing your GPU's performance. Powered by NVIDIA DLSS 3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace architecture, and Max-Q Technologies, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU is fully unleashed with a max TGP of 175W with Dynamic Boost.

NVIDIA Advanced Optimus

With NVIDIA Advanced Optimus, the laptop can automatically route frames from the discrete GPU directly to the display using a MUX switch, bypassing the integrated graphics. This pathing improves performance 5-10% compared to machines without a MUX Switch, making sure you get the absolute best gaming experience, all without needing touch a single button. This automatic switching also preserves your machine's battery life, as it can dynamically transition between the high power discrete GPU and the lower power integrated GPU. No matter what you're doing, your machine will switch to the most optimized mode without you having to lift a finger.

Blazing Fast DDR5 Memory

The Strix SCAR 18 leverages 5600 MHz DDR5 memory modules with 17% faster speeds than the 4800 MHz kits. This ultra-fast memory makes all aspects of the laptop feel snappy, from intense gaming to light web browsing.

Better, Faster, Stronger

Take on even the largest projects with confidence and a PCIe Gen4 SSD configured in RAID 0. With raw throughput up to 7000 MB/s, massive files and large games will load in the blink of an eye.

GeForce RTX 40 Series Laptops - Beyond Fast for Gamers and Creators

AI-Powered Performance and Lifelike Graphics

Get a quantum leap in performance in games and creative apps with AI-powered DLSS 3 and enable lifelike virtual worlds with full ray tracing.

Accelerate Your Ideas

NVIDIA Studio takes your creative projects to the next level. Unlock RTX and AI acceleration in top creative apps, NVIDIA Studio drivers for max stability, and a suite of exclusive tools to fast-track your creativity.

Optimized Power and Performance

NVIDIA Max-Q is an advanced suite of AI-powered technologies that optimize your system for peak efficiency. This enables blazing-fast laptops that are thin, quiet, and have amazing battery life.

Further With AI, Faster on RTX

Discover the RTX AI advantage. Built for the era of AI, GeForce RTX GPUs feature specialized AI Tensor Cores that deliver cutting-edge performance and revolutionary capabilities. Harness exclusive AI features and transform the way you work and play. From enhanced creativity and ultra-efficient productivity to blisteringly fast gaming, the ultimate in AI power on Windows PCs is on RTX, today and tomorrow.

Game, Stream, Create

The SCAR series is built from the ground up for gamers - and, of course, game developers. The Strix SCAR 18 can run all of the latest game engines, enabling you to unlock your creativity and try your hand at making the next great game. Whether you're a digital artist, streamer, video editor, or dabble with animation and game development, the Strix SCAR 18 has all the horsepower you need to take your creations to the next level. Featuring an Intel Core i9-14900HX 24-Core Processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Series Laptop GPU, complex projects on popular development tools like Unity and Autodesk render in a snap. You have what it takes to be the best on the battlefield, but are you ready to design the next one?

Cooling

ROG Intelligent Cooling

To accommodate such powerful components, the Strix G16's chassis and motherboard were both designed to accommodate ASUS' high-performance, full-width heat sink, whose fins were moved even closer to the exhaust vents for more efficient cooling. The full-width heat sink is built from three different sections, surrounding the motherboard with densely-packed fins for a total surface area of 174,183mm2. This design maximizes the available pathing for hot air to escape the machine and drastically increases overall airflow.

Finally, most gaming laptops have a dual fan cooling system, but the G16 was able to push the performance envelope even further with the introduction of a third fan that helps keep the GPU and VRAM cool. Paired with seven heatpipes, the G16's cooling system is a marvel of engineering.

Full-Surround Vents

Hot air needs somewhere to go, so ASUS redesigned the G16's exhaust vents to give it the best flow possible. In addition to making the entire rear of the machine an exhaust vent, the G 16 retains its side vents, giving it ample opportunity to move hot air out of the system. ASUS even moved the heat sinks closer to the vents themselves, giving hot air a straight-line path out of the machine so any recirculation is avoided.

Full-Width Heat Sink

The G16 features 374 heat sink fins, with each stack lined with thin copper as slim as 0.1mm. This allows for higher density and lower air resistance, providing a total of 174,183mm² of surface area - an increase of 71.26% from the 2022 Strix G15. The improved full-width design is double the size of a typical laptop heat sink and covers the entire rear of the machine.

Tri-Fan Technology

At the heart of every great laptop is a great cooling solution. ASUS' Tri-Fan Technology directs air through precisely calculated cutouts in the chassis, sending airflow directly towards internal components to keep them cool in all conditions. A third auxiliary fan also helps to send additional heat from the GPU directly to the heat sinks, keeping the machine cool during long video renders or gaming sessions.

Up to 7 Comprehensive Heatpipes

The Strix G16's comprehensive thermal design includes an extended heat spreader that absorbs heat from the CPU, GPU, VRAM, and VRM. With 7 heatpipes, this extensive thermal solution helps sustain and extend the overall performance, reliability, and lifespan of the system.

0 dB Ambient Cooling

Enjoy truly silent cooling under light workloads with 0 dB Technology. In the Silent operating mode, the cooling system switches off all fans during everyday tasks to dissipate heat passively. This lets you concentrate on your work and immerse yourself in movies with less distraction.

Dust Filter

First introduced on the 2022 Zephyrus G14, the ROG Strix G16 features a dust filter on its intake vents. Dust and fibers can collect inside the machine, trapping heat and causing degraded performance over time. A filter helps keep dust out, allowing the CPU and GPU to breathe easier for years of smooth and stable operation.

0.1mm Ultra-Thin Fin

Thermal energy is dissipated by four heat sinks, each lined with ultra-thin copper fins as slim as 0.1mm. These fins are half the size of typical solutions, allowing for higher density for heat dissipation and lower air resistance to allow for smoother flow. With up to 374 heatsink fins totaling 174,183mm² of surface area, heat flows out of the system incredibly efficiently, letting your components boost higher, for longer.

CoolZone Keyboard

Extended gaming sessions can heat up internal components and make the keyboard warm to the touch. To keep your fingers cool, small vents around the WASD keys let the fans draw cool air into the chassis from above.

Scenario Profiles

ASUS' Silent, Performance, and Turbo modes are just the beginning. Scenario Profiles allow your system to automatically switch between those modes based on the application you're running, alongside other vital system settings. Switch between lighting configurations automatically, disable the Windows key and touchpad during games, and automate to your heart's content. Armoury Crate makes adjustments in an instant to best fit the task at hand.

Display

ROG Nebula Display

You can't beat the enemy if you don't see them coming. The Strix G16 has ultra-fast panel options for every scenario, making sure you'll never miss a moment. This 16" machine offers a 2.5K 240 Hz Nebula display. A 16:10 panel with 500 nits of brightness, 100% DCI-P3 coverage, and 3 ms response times, the Strix G16 has pixel-perfect precision even in the most frenetic firefights. The Strix G16 also offers fantastic color, Dolby Vision, and a 90% screen-to-body ratio for a stellar gaming and viewing experience.

Dolby Vision Technology

Scene to scene, frame to frame, Dolby Vision makes media look better. The technology improves on standard high dynamic range (HDR) 4K video, dynamically adjusting visuals to make every image in front of you richer, brighter, and livelier. Creators can film and edit their streams, videos, and other content in a format commonly used by industry professionals.

Pantone Color Validation

Each IPS-level display is factory calibrated to ensure that colors are accurate to the Pantone palette. Artists, designers, and content creators can add high quality content to their portfolios and enjoy richer gaming visuals on the same machine.

100% DCI-P3 Color Coverage

While the sRGB color space is the standard for most digital visuals, it only represents about 75% of the DCI-P3 spectrum used for professional filmmaking. Displays with complete DCI-P3 coverage offer a wide color gamut and rich color, and let you see films and other media exactly the way they were meant to be seen.

NVIDIA G-SYNC

Nothing breaks in-game immersion like stuttering and tearing. GPUs render frames at variable rates, but displays usually refresh at a constant clip, so they can get out of sync, causing visible hitching and artifacts that pull you out of the action. With NVIDIA G-SYNC, the refresh rate of the display synchronizes with the GPU's frame rate to eliminate visual tearing, minimize stuttering, and reduce input lag. Get ready to experience gameplay that looks and feels more natural than ever.

TUV Rhineland Certification

Displays emit light across a broad spectrum that unfortunately includes some less desirable wavelengths. Nebula Display protects your eyes by reducing blue light before it leaves the screen, preventing eyestrain during long gaming or content creation sessions.

Designed to Win, Built for Victory

The Republic of Gamers was built by those who love to play video games. All ROG designs come with gamers in mind, from the chassis, lighting integration, software controls, and macro functions. These ROG exclusive design features not only give you a competitive advantage, but they make sure you never blend in with the crowd.

Software

Endless Customization

When you want to tweak settings, monitor temperatures, or tinker with your laptop, Armoury Crate is your command center. Real time monitoring allows you to see what your GPU, CPU, and memory are doing. RGB can be adjusted on a game-by-game basis with Aura Sync. Fan and power profiles allow you to change the acoustics, power delivery, and thermal characteristics of the laptop on the fly. And exclusive game deals keep your library topped off at all times.

Performance Modes

More than just simple fan curves, Armoury Crate's performance modes serve to transform your machine from a silent, power sipping web browser to a full gaming battlestation with maximum horsepower. And for those that require even more granular control, Manual Mode removes all limiters and lets you make a custom profile that suits your exact needs.

Macro Keys

Armoury Crate also supports full customization of the dedicated hotkeys. By default, they act as volume control, microphone mute, and a quick launch for Armoury Crate, but with a few adjustments, you can make them work for you. Create a function key for quick toggle when needed, a macro for complicated button combinations, or even a quick launch button for the application of your choice. Make your machine uniquely yours.

Game Visual

ROG GameVisual software offers six expertly tuned graphic modes designed to optimize your visual experience for specific game genres. First Person Shooter (FPS) mode, for example, enhanced visibility in dark environments, allowing you to get the drop on enemies lurking in the shadows. Use GameVisual to get the best experience for every game in your library.

Aura Creator

Customize the RGB lighting on Aura-compatible peripherals to suit your gaming style. Aura Core's easy-to-use control panel allows you to alter a brilliant spectrum of lighting effects and colors, in addition to swapping preset lighting modes, you can also activate Aura Sync to match colors and effects across multiple devices.

Aura Wallpaper

Armoury Crate 5.0 allows you to synchronize an animated desktop wallpaper with your laptop's RGB lighting. Choose between multiple ROG-themed wallpapers and RGB effects to give your rig a completely unified look. Additional wallpapers can be downloaded directly from Armoury Crate and the application can easily be controlled from the Windows system tray.

Scenario Profiles

Automatic switching between Silent, Performance, and Turbo modes is just the beginning for Scenario Profiles. You can also define application-specific preferences for other vital system settings, like the lighting configuration, whether the Windows key or touchpad are enabled, and which GameFirst VI and Sonic Studio III profile to use. Armoury Cate makes adjustments in an instant to best fit the task at hand, and you can configure each profile exactly how you want.

Control

Keyboard - Press the Attack

The difference between victory and defeat can be separated by a single keystroke, so the Strix G16 has a full-size keyboard designed to secure the win. Overstroke technology offers sublime work and play, reducing key actuation and improving responsiveness. Built with gamers in mind, the keyboard features spaced function keys for intuitive identification and dedicated hotkeys for quick access to essential commands. Large arrow keys allow for more accurate control in the heat of battle. A larger touchpad means easier tracking across all of your applications, while per-key RGB lighting lets you choose from millions of colors on every key for endless customization. You can also create game specific layouts via Armoury Crate, making every game feel unique.

Dedicated Hotkeys

Dedicated gaming hotkeys sit just above the left side of the keyboard for quick access to the volume and mic mute controls, operating modes, and Armoury Crate. They are also fully customizable, and can be programmed to launch apps, set as a function key, or used as a macro. The Strix G16 has all the tools you need for victory.

Overstroke Technology

Exclusive ROG Overstroke technology registers keypresses earlier in the stroke, enabling a more responsive experience for serious gaming and work. Triggering earlier means faster, effortless inputs with greater accuracy.

Large Touch Pad

Improve everyday comfort and usability with a 10% larger touchpad, and the G16's touchpad also comes with a glass coating for a more premium feel. More space means greater precision along with more comfortable hand movements and gestures while you're navigating. Despite still being a 15" chassis, the G16 also now includes a touchpad-based NumberPad, giving you even more options when using your device.

Design

Colorize Your Life

For a more stealth look, the classic Eclipse Gray keeps the true power of your machine under wraps.

Subtle Detailing

The Strix G16's pixel art accents have been redesigned, giving the chassis more flavor and flair, while still being easily identifiable as an ROG machine from across the room.

Bold Accents

For added visual interest, the Strix G16 also features a paint specking pattern above the rear exhaust ports. Inspired by graffiti art and the cyberpunk aesthetic, even a casual passersby will notice that the Strix G16 has more attitude than other gaming machines.

Stun at Every Angle

Thoughtful details set this laptop apart from the competition. ASUS 360?ø design philosophy puts subtle but distinctive elements across every part of the machine. The dot matrix design splashed across the lid cuts down to meet cross-hatched vents beneath the base. An expansive rubberized grip holds the laptop firmly in place and makes it easier to carry. Typographic elements around the trim subtly show off your ROG pride.

Audio

Studio Quality Sound

Dual Dolby Atmos-powered speakers create an authentic sound stage for your games. Hi-Res audio ensures you hear your music in the same quality it was recorded. Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation processes both incoming and outgoing audio to filter any errant background noises, making sure that your calls, chats, and streams come through without distraction.

Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

ASUS' advanced Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation technology runs on the CPU, which frees up the GPU to hit higher fps. It works with any input device and also with downstreamƒ??connections, letting you remove noise from both your own mic input and from incoming feeds. Noise-canceling settings can even be customized per program, filtering specific apps like voice chat without affecting game audio you want to remain untouched.

Immersive Sound

Richer audio draws you more deeply into gameplay and media. Virtual 5.1.2-channel surround sound powered by Dolby Atmos enhances spatial immersion with more nuanced, layered sound effects that you can optimize with specially tuned preset modes for movies and games.

Battery

All Day Endurance

The Strix G16 is ready to go the distance. Featuring a 90Wh battery, the laptop can easily browse the web for hours away from the wall before needing a recharge. For flexibility on the go, USB-C charging is supported up to 100W. When charging using the supplied power adapter, the G16 can recharge from zero to 50% in just 30 minutes.

Connectivity

Stay Connected - Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)

In modern multiplayer games, a stable internet connection is imperative. The Strix G16 is ready to join the fight with a dedicated RJ45 port, as well as the Wi-Fi 6E (802,11ax) wireless standard. On Wi-Fi 6E supported networks, enjoy access to the newest wireless band, free from clutter and interference from your home's other wireless devices, ensuring you never lag out again.

Stay Connected - HDMI 2.1 and USB-C

When you need to plug into the big screen, the dedicated GPU powers an HDMI 2.1 port for the latest TVs and monitors, increasing the total bandwidth from 18 to 48 Gb/s and supports up to 4K/120 Hz and 8K/60 Hz content. Two USB-C ports allow for plenty of connectivity, with one for DisplayPort and power delivery and a second with Thunderbolt 4 support.

Operating System

Windows 11 Pro

Microsoft simplified the design and user experience with Windows 11. It has a modern, clean design with a new Start Menu position. Snap Layouts, Groups, and Desktops allow you to multitask with ease. Microsoft has also integrated some of their apps, such as Microsoft Teams. The redesigned Microsoft Store makes it easier to look for supported apps. The Pro version of Windows 11 includes all the features that Windows 11 Home offers plus many designed specifically for business users, including Hyper-V virtualization, BitLocker disk encryption, and remote desktop access.