Asus Scar 16 Cutdown Unboxing Review, Benchmarks, Undervolt, Overclock, 10+ Games, Display Test!

[@Mindofacreator]

I would like to be considered for the video editor position.

[@josephkelly9239]

So happy I'm gonna have this on preorder within the next two days on newegg and won't have to deal with the price gouging and it being out of stock. Knock on wood

[@kurtisrinker1202]

I'm planning on grabbing the 4080 model from newegg as soon as they are back in stock. The only thing that completely baffles me is wtf did asus decide to bring back raid 0 for the 4090 model? Seriously?? That's so fucking stupid for nvme m.2 drives.

[@urulooke]

@@kurtisrinker1202 hey, I was actually curious about it. I understand the downsides (upgrade requires selling one drive and one drive failure killing data on the entire array), but do you mean that those drives are already so fast that the gain from RAID 0 is just pointless for gaming? Because honestly on my Scar 16 4090 with RAID 0 I havent’t seen Windows or games loading particularly fast, it just felt normal (like on Legion 5 Pro I have for comparison, but I haven’t compared side by side).

[@kurtisrinker1202]

@urulooke Yep, you're absolutely right. NVME drives are so fast now that there is literally zero point/benefit of putting them in raid 0 for gaming purposes.

[@veerapraneeth]

Thank you once again for the detailed info you curate on laptops and tech! I've been still in the market to get a laptop for almost 2 years now Lol! Financial crunches are a part of life and will get a good laptop from your list when I get on the high wave.

[@joeg9244]

This laptop after months of testing really needs faster RAM, the stock 4800mhz on my Asus SCAR 16 4090 had the worst 1% lows in many games I had ever seen in pretty much any system i had ever built or purchased previously. I was thinking it was BIOS related, Nvidia drivers, simple chipset drivers etc. Went from BIOS 306 all the way through BIOS 314 before I got curious and bought a kit of Crucial DDR5-5600 (which only runs at 5200 for now until there's further BIOS updates) and such a tremendous improvement in my frametime consistency. I am amazed at how no one is really calling this out, because the stock RAM is atrocious and severely bottle necking this system. If you're seeing massive frame stutters/momentary massive frame drops and you're using one of these laptops in games like Jedi Survivor, Hogwarts Legacy, Dead space, etc grab this (CT2K32G56C46S5) and upgrade, and enjoy the proper consistency in frametime performance these laptops should be getting. I honestly wish I recorded the various games I tested because the difference is literally night/day. Like i said no one is really discussing this much on forums/reddit or youtube, I just got curious and decided to try a small upgrade to see if the faster speeds would make a difference and sure enough there is a huge enough difference between the stock Hynix 4800mhz kit that came with my laptop and the Crucial RAM that replaced it.

[@hammomy]

Can you send us a link for the ram ?

[@SeriesDmusic]

I think I seen you on Reddit for this exact thing! I bought the 64gb kit for my strix scar 16 from Amazon due to them being out of stock on the official site. I’m looking forward to it coming in today to test it!

[@ooof5281]

@joeg9244 has the ram been able to hit 5600 now? Also what are your temps like? I got this almost two weeks ago and it’s usually like 75C-97C even when like downloading games or sometimes just watching videos.

[@joeg9244]

@@ooof5281 the RAM i have is dual rank which all current gen laptops are either limited to 5600 single rank or 5200 mhz dual rank. Dual rank is superior and helps cut down on latency by utilizing interleaving between the dual rank modules on both sides of the RAM, i highly suggest everyone does some research prior to RAM purchases, it's not as simple as raw speeds believe it or not. I personally do not care for over all raw speed. the speed bump to 5200mhz is more than sufficient for my use case and has greatly cut down on the frametime stutter/incosnistency, I've tested other machines liek the Aorus 17x with single rank 5600 and there's less micro stutter on the SCAR 16 with upgraded dual rank 5200mhz RAM vs single rank 5600mhz RAM. I don't post content because I simply don't have the time nor can I offer the production value for quality content to youtubers. But i've spoken to others who've verified the same results I have. Asus will not enable dual rank above 5200mhz I believe, nor will any other vendor, its just pick what you want, single rank 5600 or dual rank 5200mhz. Hope that helps

[@Optora.]

Thats the Laptop I kept. It has a great performance. I have the RTX4080, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB SSD (2x 2TB Raid0) config and I love it. Should be Future proof for at last 4 years with highest settings. Paid only 3099€ including taxes with the complete asus bundle ROG Fusion II 300 Headset (>100€), ROG Gladius III Mouse (>60€), ROG Backpack and the smaller 100 Watt USB-C Charger (80€) for office use and a huge mousepad worth 40€. Best bang for the buck! Sold some equipment for 200€ and love the laptop.

[@ted989]

I just got one of this last week from Newegg. The usb ports are busted, the usb disconnecting on it's own constantly when I play games, don't know if it's the motherboard or something. Already returned it and waiting for the replacement, really like the design.

[@crafting11111]

Did u get the replacement? Im tryin to buy one from new egg but ive seen lots of scam cases in the internet so im kinda scared about that

[@nickmiller3501]

The latest bios 307 allows full functionality in throttle stop. I’ve got a stable -140mV undervolt and all the other options are tweakable. Looks like you are running 306 or 305

[@tasman7117]

Also cache undervolt?

[@GizmoSlipTech]

It was not available at the time. I am planning on a future guide livestream

[@nickmiller3501]

@@tasman7117 yes both

[@tasman7117]

@@nickmiller3501 lucky

[@mokisan]

Thank you so much for your content as usual!! Love your channel. Been a long time viewer.

[@txbuiduc]

I have just bought this laptop. Unfortunately the screen was malfunctioning right from the first power up. This is so sad, as I wanted the checkout the Mini LED screen. Their customer support told me to wait about 2 weeks for the repair. I didn't pay 4500 USD with taxes for that 😢

[@y2jdmbfan]

Picked one up from Microcenter and screen lasted 10 seconds before it completely died. Exchanged it for a second one. Now am trying to decide between it and the Titan GT77.

[@dvr1337]

+220 mhz on the core on a 4090 mobile is huge!

[@Thuner67776]

When is the ASUS ROG STRIX G16 4080 releasing in the USA?

[@princejaiswal6487]

Compare the scar 16 , zephyrus duo mini led with MacBook Pro 16 mini led

[@blackdust951]

Love the content

[@Vilmir]

Amazing work

[@anony88]

I'd love to see you compare the scar 16 to the lenovo legion 9i. Extremely similar laptops, but the legion is about $1k more. It has a better resolution with a mini led panel and 1080p webcam instead of the 720p on the scar. Everything else is very similar.

[@kalestra4198]

9i is the worst value honestly, if you care about the 1k$ just get the miniled scar 16 with 4080/4090 (4080 offers better value, costs much less while offering unnoticable difference to 4090)

[@aidyyyyyy]

I've got the newest M16 lately, but couldn't find the way to undervolt the unit. No option found in BIOS (ver. 307), XTU not allowed to. Any ideas how to undervolt would be help, thx.

[@koskosx4935]

Other owners have the same problem.Says is locked from dell

[@aidyyyyyy]

@@koskosx4935 u mean ASUS right? And which forum or something did u get that information from if I may ask?

[@koskosx4935]

@@aidyyyyyy no i say for m16 cant undervolting at least this time

[@yogz9847]

please review asus rog strix g16 color volt green version

[@gamingcomputers7485]

at least the helios 18 is having some what ok price but it might need to have 32 gb ram so it like it will actually worth the price but good thing that there is price drops sometime so that's a plus

[@armandkang9207]

Does the chassis size between the g16 and g18 influence the cooling and performance? Or is it just the display?

[@mineBMW]

Ive got 18, and if compare 18 with 16 coolder and give better perfomance

[@S1RLANC3]

I wouldn’t say that I’ve noticed anything in performance but it is a little cooler which technically can affect performance.

[@GangStiV0uli]

from x16-scar 16 -blade 16 which prefer?

[@TheMoodms]

razer is trash, breaks and has issues most of the time

[@onurerenkoksel4435]

Hey, thanks for the video. How did you manage to get dolby vision working? There is no dolby vision tab in my dolby access app, only atmos.

[@hopkinsstudios6768]

i would love to see it on a true 4k monitor at 3840 x 2160

[@TheMoodms]

some youtuber told me the Flow X16 is getting sold in Canada but with low specs, please can you check about the X16 ?

[@spook1359]

My Laptop keep striggering BD Pro... oh my god

[@santoshturaga6920]

Great video, i m comfused in between strix scar 16( not the mini led) 4080 vs msi raider ge78hx 4080. Which one u recommend

[@yashj8238]

wait for acer triton 17(4090). That thing has better benchmark scores than scar 16, thinner and possibly cheaper too

[@SILKNG94]

guys.. what do you think..strix g16 with 13980hx or 13650hx? both with rtx 4060. Should I pick 13650hx for 250 less dollars?

[@y2jdmbfan]

Can you advise your thoughts on this vs. the GT77 Titan fully loaded? I have had some weird bugs on the Titan, and I want the fastest machine with an HDR display.

[@kennysponto6568]

The coil wine sounds like a bad electric razer

[@michaelwijnsma]

Which samsung ssd is in there?

[@Phantom_961]

Price is also "awesome".

[@mikem2403]

How would you compare fan noise between the Razer and Asus?

[@marc-andrevoyer9973]

It's been almost a month I try to get it in Canada but it's not in stock anywhere

[@light3267]

did you have fan whine?

[@raginreagan6607]

Did they ever fix the HDR via BIOS?

[@chris_peon]

So sad this doesn't come with a 7945hx option

[@Spork0]

Only the scar 17, has the same body as the 2022 special edition I think

[@yashj8238]

Can you review Acer Triton? Has better timespy scores, thinner and cheaper

[@tryfergoodra552]

what u think are the best 17.3" laptops bang from the buck rn? also will u review the helios 18"?

[@yashj8238]

If you haven't bought it yet then look out for acer ttiton 17(4090). Has better benchmark scores than scar, thinner and maybe cheaper too

[@julius930]

Thank you for the video, Gizmo! I was already dead set to buy the Scar 18 because of the bigger screen for better gaming experience and I thought the performance and cooling will likely be better in a larger case. Now, after seeing this video, I am in doubt again because of the nice mini LED of the Scar 16 and the better performance which confuses me. Do you have any recommendation for this situation? Is the performance of the Scar 18 likely superior again with latest drivers? I really don't understand how the 16 can perform so much better. Thanks again!

[@urulooke]

Ex-owner of Scar 16 4090 here - for 4090 175W it has perfectly adequate cooling with 3 strong fans, liquid metal, many heatpipes and cooling fins along the back and sides heatsinks. It's loud as a freaking jet engine and the airflow is actually impressive, so it's enough to cool it down even to relatively low temps while gaming, because of 175 W power limit. If real overclocking was still a thing and you could power this chip with 200W+ (it's the same chip as in 4080 desktop card where it runs at over 300W), then 18" models would probably have an edge over 16" models (assuming they have more fins at the back, I doubt they have more powerful fans). Next year we'll probably see the exact same chip with a bit higher power limit sold as 4090 Ti and maybe then 18" will have a small edge 😕

[@urulooke]

Btw. Mini LED screen is fantastic and this pretty much eliminates the backlight bleed problem (I'm sensitive to this kind of flaws, but you should weight it for yourself), so that's a big + for 16" for me. Plus portability in a regular backpack - Scar 16 is actually pretty good size and weight. But I returned mine because of unbearable coil whine - this video captures this best kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoKcgmaoaNqoa80

[@julius930]

@@urulooke Thanks mate, this helps a lot. I cannot believe they have this stupid coil whine issue. For me it feels like the perfect gaming notebook apart from the coil whine. Especially because the mini LED display is NOT a 4k display. Having to play native in 4k on notebooks - we are not there yet in my view. But I also heard for some people after few days the coil whine decreased significantly!

[@sickomode6440]

@@julius930 coil whine in most laptops decrease overtime, wait for a week to check.

[@sermetyilmaz]

ASUS Scar 16 (2023) I wonder xmp can be enabled on the bios? even if 4800mhz ? so i can use 4800mhz 34cl stiks?

[@HazardWolfCorp]

Im seriously considering this in the 4080 flavor due to price, i wonder if the extra few hundred id spend on the 4090 is really worth it though...hmmm

[@warchieftain]

the cpu temps were quite high on hogwarts legacy, were the fans on low? and whats the ambient temperature?

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Max fans, unless specified I was on turbo mode. I usually test hogwarts on a different fan profiles

[@warchieftain]

@@GizmoSlipTech in ur strix g18 video the temperature for hogwarts were pretty good, are 16 inch laptops struggling with cooling?

[@giancarlopicassoaraya8390]

How can I enable Resizable BAR on this laptop?, i dont see it on Nvidia Profile Inspector options

[@arjay3733]

does it have rgb light in the back logo?

[@IRockLikeISaid]

Can we change RGB color?

[@melomarsh3905]

Hi great videos! I'm considering Scar 16 or Alienware m16... I'm thinking of m16 because of windows hello and miniDP. I don't need much for screen since I have a monitor. I want to use DP over HDMI since my monitor only support's 2k 120hz over HDMI. is having the dedicated mini displayport of the m16 better than displayport over type c?

[@koskosx4935]

Care with dell.All owners have problem with undervolt is locked from dell and cpu has ao much temp

[@az9az9az9]

Is there GPU max power draw limiter in Nvidia driver panel or Bios. If i set it to long render in Linux Blender, like 20+ hours, i don't want the noise and premature death of GPU.

[@salihkamrudin7282]

Do asus rog zephyrus G16

[@jj1a2]

How about battery life?

[@urulooke]

Battery in this laptop is only useful to unplug it in one room and go to another room plug it in there, without rebooting. I’m spoiled by macbook air M1 and macbook pro M1 pro - with „all day” battery life and not loosing power when running on battery. Responding half jokingly, but honestly I saw battery going down really quickly on Scar 16 4090 even just on desktop/youtube, but I haven’t measured it or tweaked it (not sure if I had screen refresh rate reduced, if I had the right optimus settings, etc.)

[@dementriders952]

Temps peak 97 and drop immediately, is that thermal throttling? Im wondering what this means from a long term ownership p.o.v.?

[@anddo24]

Normal.. this happens with desktop CPU's as well. My Ryzen 7600x will hit 75-78c when loading a game and then settle around 55-64c in-game. What you should be looking for is per core peak temps. Every core should be within 3-5c of each of other. If you have one core running 20c higher than others, consider a repaste. My temps hit 96-97c, but in-game temps are within spec, usually sub 80c, depending on the game. Is it throttling? yes, initially, but as long as the in-game performance doesn't throttle, long term you should be fine. Sustained thermal throttling is an issue, this is not that.

[@dementriders952]

@@anddo24 this helps, thank you!

[@sohamsen9729]

I bought the laptop and while scrolling fast through youtube using multizone mode, the left grey area dims and brightens. Is it a fault or happens for every mini led multizone display

[@draghuntgaming7322]

Does the Coil Whine Go Away Because I've Heard Some Users Do Manage to Get rid of It.... I own a G18 4080 One....

[@TheMoodms]

following

[@Mr_Sentoo]

Why don’t you just use a capture card instead of filming the screen?

[@saccharose333]

Gizmo, I have a question. I’ve bought this laptop with 1tb of storage. Now im wandering, how much of additional storage i can put it to this laptop. For example can I put 4 tb ssd in it? Why I m asking, on the offical page is written that storage up to 2tb.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Yes, you could install 8 tb ssds like I have for 16 tb total

[@saccharose333]

@@GizmoSlipTech big tnx!

[@johncloud3647]

​@@GizmoSlipTechdid you set them to RAID 0? also can you make video on what should i keep in mind by changing/upgrading both m.2 ssd like yours.

[@XIII-w5i]

I am afraid of Liquid Metal Is there any risk of Liquid Metal leakage?

[@arkadisberberi5139]

hello i have a question i want to buy the 16 or 18 version the most high end but i want to know wich one suits me better i will be using mostly in my home and using it with my 34 inch xiaomi monitor and i will take it with me sometimes i will use it for multi tasking to learn new skills video editing rendering etc with wich one should i go

[@Dennis-ih8nx]

Dear Gizmo, is it true that only the scar 16 with rtx 4080 has a mini led panel? And the 4090 just the ips panel? The shops in the Netherlands show this difference in specs between the 4080 and 4090.

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Both should have mini LED as far as I know

[@Dennis-ih8nx]

@@GizmoSlipTech thanks!

[@snyggmikael]

there isnt any 16 4090

[@Dennis-ih8nx]

@@snyggmikael ofcourse there is my friend.

[@snyggmikael]

@@Dennis-ih8nx no there isnt. even the website doesnt show one. when you go to the page it changes it to a 4080. either its something wrong with asus website or its not one at the moment. the m16 however has one so it doesnt make any sense why there wouldnt be one for the strix scar I agree

[@zenckers1981]

Hi Gizmo! Im waiting to compare the best MSI, the GE78 with rtx4090 (not the rtx 4080) because with undervolt -150 in P-core and E-Core, -100mv in the Ring, and the new BIOS (with importants improvements about energy configuration) can reach 37.000 p on Cinebench R23 and more than 22.000p in Time spy overall score. Love your reviews, but is not objetive to compare without RTX 4090 vs Scar and similar laptops. And now, almost here in Spain Can buy for 3.850e-4.100e. PLESE GIZMO, A REVIEW WITH MSI Raider GE78HX 13VI-063ES i9-13980HX RTX 4090 64GB 2TB

[@urulooke]

My experience with Asus Scar 16 is perfectly captured by this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoKcgmaoaNqoa80 (I'm returning it, I don't want a laptop that sounds like 1990 laptop with a mechanical hard drive)

[@XXun4ya]

Apparently laptop 4080s do that, not 4090.

[@urulooke]

@@XXun4ya I had that on 4090

[@XXun4ya]

@@urulooke not good. Try using it for 2 weeks max if your return policy allows it. May or may not go away, if you still have it

[@urulooke]

@@XXun4ya I returned it. It was not the only problem. It also had another issue where it would occasionally boot to black screen when connected to power and I had to power cycle it and unplug just for boot. Also this laptop was ridiculously loud on both performance and turbo mode. I was hoping performance would be a bit more "balanced", because what's the point of having performance and turbo modes be almost equally loud - IMHO performance should be sitting somewhere mid-way between quiet and turbo (I think Lenovo does this better with "balanced" mode based)

[@XXun4ya]

@@urulooke did you replace it with the Msi gt77? also, online it says that the scar 18 is 15.6 inches, but its named an 18 inch laptop. Which one of these is true?

[@TheMidnightYTS]

Does the laptop feel small because it's 16 inches?

[@xthundercatx9852]

i have this pc with max specs and i have sometimes the issue that when opening a game the nvidia GPU will stay in power saving while the Intel GPU will try to handle ... anyone knows how to fix this issue?

[@CliftonCinematics]

What is the max RAM capacity its able to take? 64GB ?

[@braden5972]

Yes

[@Qp33zy]

What is the max supported ram bus speed? Im looking to add 64GB 5200mhz to this specific machine. Will it be compatible?

[@SwapnilBhartiya]

It can't push cames when plugged to USB c charging what a bummber. The adaper is heavy brick.

[@thegrimreaperco]

Any idea by how much the Scar 16 4090 will outperform the 4080 version? Where I am, 4090 version is 20% expensive than the 4080 one. The 4080 with just 16GB RAM and 1 TBB SSD is $3500 here and that extra 20% for the 4090 will hurt even more.

[@TheSilverKnight]

It's marginal, the leap between 4070 and 4080 is huge, the 4080 to 4090 leap in performance is more like 5-10%, total overkill unless you have excess budget

[@agfhdjjddhdgdh]

Hi! Can I use DDR5 5600Mhz ram in this laptop?

[@Qp33zy]

Looking to add 64GB w/ 5200mhz to this machine. Any answers to this question?

[@agfhdjjddhdgdh]

@@Qp33zy Thanks!

[@himanshumodak5273]

Thermals are bad, it was touching 100 degrees C.

[@theskydebreuil]

niceeee : D

[@naitiktaunk1684]

what is coil whine?

[@urulooke]

This video captures this perfectly, exactly my experience with Asus ROG Scar 16 (I'm returning it) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoKcgmaoaNqoa80

[@warchieftain]

any chance on a strix g16 vs g18

[@michaelmatthews8378]

Watch through closing thoughts and you will see he thinks the 16 is better

[@warchieftain]

@@michaelmatthews8378 ok

[@gamingcomputers7485]

with this price just saying had to have at least 1080p webcam shouldn't be too expensive to have that on 3000$ + laptop almost 4000$ and you don't even have 1080p webcam is stupid and very expensive in my opinion im sure some will disagree since you might be don't buy it for streaming or chatting and face cam with people in group chat like skype and are such like that but i think there will be a people that will also agree with me about it today you pay more than you actually need to but oh well some other countries may have higher price for this laptops cuz of their greediness for money but oh well good that the usa still have somewhat reasonable price compared to europe and other region and countries

[@michellecampos755]

wtf are the nitts on these scar systems lol?

[@samhawkes6597]

Oh wow that coil wine is terrible

[@bruhhtube7144]

I cant activate hdr it says not supported can anyone help ?

[@GizmoSlipTech]

Updated drivers ?

[@bruhhtube7144]

@@GizmoSlipTech yes bios version 317

[@GizmoSlipTech]

@@bruhhtube7144 nvidia and all drivers from My Asus too?

[@bruhhtube7144]

@@GizmoSlipTech yes everything updated

[@bruhhtube7144]

I can enable hdr for playback but not in windows and games

[@adriatics.3357]

HORRIBLE CPU temps.

[@mustafaarslan3146]

Asus rog strix G16

[@alex.drive.production]

Very bad coil whine. To my mind this notebook is the worst!!! How can they do it for many years. I won't buy asus scar.

[@blackdust951]

First