Deal | ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) price drops to lowest ever level for Core i9-13980HX and RTX 4070 SKU with QHD+ Nebula display

ASUS updated its portfolio of gaming laptops for 2024 at CES. Alongside the ROG Strix Scar G16/G18, the ROG Strix G16 has also been upgraded. The introduction of new models often leads to price drops for old SKUs. This is exactly what seems to have happened as the ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) price has dropped to $1,799.99 on Amazon (via slickdeals).

Accoding to camelcamelcamel, this is a record-low price for the laptop making it an excellent time to buy the machine (Get the ASUS ROG Strix G16 on Amazon).

The ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) on sale offers an Intel Core i9-13980HX CPU, an RTX 4070 laptop GPU, 32 GB of DDR5-4800 memory, and 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage. The laptop also carries a 16-inch QHD+ Nebula display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, a 240 Hz refresh rate, a 3 ms response time, 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 gamut, NVIDIA G-SYNC and NVIDIA Advanced Optimus.

Additionally, the ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) features a tri-fan cooling solution aided by a Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Extreme liquid metal paste to keep temps in check.

When it comes to real-world performance, the ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) is a gaming beast as shown by a “very good” 88% rating in our review. We were particularly impressed with the laptop’s QHD+ display which showed 97% DCI-P3 coverage alongside 459 nits of average brightness, exceptional performance, and user upgradability.

Talking a bit more about performance, our ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614JZ unit which was equipped with a Core i9-13980HX CPU and an RTX 4080 laptop GPU earned a CPU and an overall performance rating of 78.9 and 95.2 pt respectively. Although the RTX 4070 laptop board on offer is considerably slower than the RTX 4080, gamers can still expect the ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) to comfortably push modern games at QHD with eSports titles able to be driven at high refresh rates.

For instance, the RTX 4070 laptop proved powerful enough to play heavy hitters like Alan Wake 2, a visual marvel, at 41 FPS at QHD with Ultra quality settings. Dropping the settings down a notch or enabling DLSS should push the game to 60 FPS.

Add to this, more than 9 hours of battery life for Wi-Fi websurfing, and the ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2023) becomes a pretty nice buy for gamers on the lookout for a stellar upper mid-range gaming laptop.