Pros
- Loaded with RGB
- 1080p 360Hz, and 1440p 165Hz IPS panel options
- Covers 97% of the sRGB color gamut and has an accurate color representation thanks to our Gaming and Web design profile (Sharp LQ173M1JW04)
- Doesn't use PWM for brightness adjustment (Sharp LQ173M1JW04)
- Very quick pixel response times (Sharp LQ173M1JW04)
- One of the best hardware combinations up to this day
- Liquid metal thermal compound on the CPU
- Wi-Fi 6 support and two M.2 PCIe x4 drives
- Optically mechanical keyboard with very low latency and big Arrow keys
- Great battery life
Cons
- No Thunderbolt support (due to chipset limitations)
- No SD card reader
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 15 G533 - Specs Also known as ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 15 (G533QS-XS98Q)
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
- AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 100%
- AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 97.6%
- Intel Core i9-9980HK 81.7%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 130W)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W) 11.8%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (Laptop, 150W) 14%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 100W) 19.6%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Laptop) 16.3%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 95W) 22.5%
Display
15.6”, QHD (2560 x 1440), 165 Hz, IPS + FreeSync
RAM
2x 16GB DDR4, 3200 MHz
Body Material
Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
Dimensions
355 x 260 x 22.6 ~ 27.2 mm (13.98" x 10.24" x 0.89")
Ports and connectivity
- 3x USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI 2.0b
- Ethernet LAN 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi 802.11ax
- Bluetooth 5.1
- Audio jack 3.5mm Combo Jack
Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone Array Microphone
- Speakers 2x 4W, Smart Amp + 2x 2W Tweeter
- Optical drive
- Gifts ASUS ROG Baseball Cap
DISPLAY: 15.6”, QHD (2560 x 1440), 165 Hz, IPS + FreeSync
Name |
15.6”, QHD (2560 x 1440), 165 Hz, IPS |
Diagonal |
15.6" |
Pixel density |
188.28 ppi |
Panel Type |
IPS |
Resolution |
2560 x 1440 |
Becomes "Retina" from |
18 inches (47 cm) |
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 15 G533 in-depth review
We are almost done with the entire lineup of Republic of Gamers devices revealed in this year's CES event. And today, we are going to show you the ROG Strix SCAR 15 G533. A laptop that promises to deliver extreme performance levels, thanks to the Zen 3 processors from AMD, and the new Ampere graphics cards from NVIDIA. More importantly, it is particularly interesting to see how would it perform against the competitions, since currently, the notebooks are probably the best way you can get your h[...]
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CPU Performance: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Results are from the Cinebench 15 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Fritz chess benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU Performance: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 130W)
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 4.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Superposition benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 3.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
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