Asus Unveils New ROG Strix Scar II With 17.3-Inch Display, GTX 1060 Graphics
Aug. 17, 2018Asus claims that the ROG Strix Scar II is the first laptop with a 17-inch display which is less than 400mm wide, thanks to super narrow bezels around the display. The new Asus gaming laptop features the same design as its smaller sibling, complete with the brushed metallic finish, the dual tone Kevlar and camouflage texture on the deck, and full sRGB lighting keyboard with translucent edges on the keycap.
The Strix Scar II features a17.3-inch Full HD IPS displaywhich has a3ms response timeand144Hz refresh rate, however, there is also a variant which comes with a 60Hz refresh rate. The device comes in two CPU variants, one with an 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8300H processor, and the other one with a hexa-core Intel Core i7-8750H CPU, coupled withup to 32GB of DDR4 RAM.
The Strix Scar II can be configured in three separate models which feature up to 512GB of M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, 1TB of SSHD or 1TB of HDD storage. The graphics are handled by anNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPUwith 6GB of graphics memory. Interestingly, the smaller ROG Strix Scar II with a 15.6-inch display can be configured with up to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU, which is an oddity.
For heat management, the ROG Strix Scar II uses the proprietary HyperCool Pro system which features three heatsinks lined with very thin copper fins for heat dissipation, while separate 12V self-cleaning fans with special anti-dust tunnels for the CPU and GPU manage air flow.
The ROG Strix Scar II will hit the US market in the last half of September carrying a price tag of $1,699, however, details about its availability in the Indian market are not known.
