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The new Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 laptop will grant a gamer's wishes with up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPU and Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU

The Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 laptop will be ideal for esports fans due to its high refresh rates. (Image source: Asus)
The Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 laptop will be ideal for esports fans due to its high refresh rates. (Image source: Asus)
Asus has announced the ROG Strix SCAR 17 laptop that can be configured with either an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER or RTX 2080 SUPER mobile GPU and features Intel’s new i9-10980HK processor. The gaming laptop also offers users ROG Boost for additional performance, and it will be configurable with up to a 300 Hz display. Prices start at €1,899 (~US$2,121) in Germany.

The Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 (G732) gaming laptop has all the bells and whistles a gamer can wish for. The laptop can be configured with one of the new mobile GPUs from Nvidia, such as the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, while Intel takes care of the CPU side with the also new i9-10980HK chip that offers users 8 cores and 16 threads of performance power.

There is also a variant of the Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 that can be fitted with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER mobile GPU that will help any gamer gain an advantage in a competitive esports session. The laptop comes with a display that can offer up to 300 Hz/3 ms responsiveness that will contribute to that all-important gaming edge. Along with three M.2 slots with dual NVMe SSDs in RAID 0, owners of the new Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 are going to want for nothing.

Further competitive advantage can be had through ROG Boost, which boosts the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER variant of the Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 to 1540 Hz at 115 W and the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER edition to 1560 MHz at 150 W. The high-end model also comes with a cooling solution sporting four heatsinks and six heatpipes, so users can get the most out of the RTX 2080 SUPER mobile GPU.

If you are concerned about bulk, well the Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17 with RTX 2080 SUPER is only 1.5 mm thicker than the standard model. As for the design and the appearance of the new Asus ROG Strix SCAR 17, there is per-key RGB lighting and a wrap-around light bar to help make your presence known. Asus’ Keystone 2 will also be part of the package for enabling immediate customization. This wish-granting laptop is available at a price starting from €1,899 (~US$2,121).

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Daniel R Deakin, 2020-04- 2 (Update: 2020-04- 2)