Asus officially confirms new 18-inch gaming laptop globally with 320W performance upgrade and 4K Mini LED display
Asus has finally revealed more details about its latest ROG Strix Scar 18. First teased in March, the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) G835 was said to deliver a 'much higher total system TDP than the 2025 model', with Asus adding that this change would allow the ROG Strix Scar 18 to 'fully stretch its legs like never before'.
Fast forward almost two months, and Asus has confirmed the various ways in which the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) G835 departs from its 2025 predecessor (curr. $2,699 on Amazon). Unfortunately, the company has been unable to extract any additional wattage from Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU. While this remains locked at up to 175 W, Asus' 2026 model can push 54% more wattage to its CPU in Turbo Mode and 81% in Manual Mode.
As a result, the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) can draw up to 320W, with 145 W assigned to its CPU and 175W to its GPU. Asus adds that the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus can deliver up to 200W of sustained power too, albeit without clarifying under what circumstances. The new laptop will also ship with a 450 W power adapter for a 18% higher headroom than the 380W equivalent that came with 2025 models.
This massive power increase is joined by a new Mini LED display. Previously, Asus has offered the ROG Strix Scar 18 with a 2.5K and 240 Hz Mini LED panel. Not only does the 2026 model jump to a 4K resolution, but it also gets 33% brighter at 1,600 nits peak brightness (3% APL). Asus claims that the Scar 18 is the first ROG laptop that supports ROG Nebula ELMB too, which is said to use 40 zones to improve motion clarity by up to 16x without affecting brightness or refresh rates.
Currently, Asus has not clarified when it will begin selling the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) G835. At least two SKUs should be available, though, distinguished by GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs, as well as 64 GB of RAM and 8 TB of storage split across two SSDs in the latter's case. Both variants will ship with the same 4K Mini LED display and 90 Wh battery. Please see the company's website for more details.
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