After refreshing its ROG Strix and TUF gaming laptops with the latest components from Intel and AMD earlier this year, Asus has now announced two new laptops in the premium segment. The new ROG Flow X16 and the Strix Scar 17 SE (Special Edition) come with the latest AMD and Intel processors, RTX GPUs, and more. So, let’s check out the details below.
Asus introduced the ROG Strix Scar 17 2022 Edition at CES earlier this year. However, the Strix Scar 17 SE or Special Edition comes with even more powerful internals and advanced specs as compared to the earlier model.
Coming to the display, it comes with a 17.3-inch Full HD 360Hz display or a QHD 240Hz panel. Under the hood, the Strix Scar 17 packs the latest 12th-Gen Intel Core i9-12950HX, which Intel introduced earlier this month for content creators. It has a base TDP of 55W and comes with 16 cores and 24 threads to deliver powerful performance using up to 175W of power.
With all the powerful and power-hungry components inside, Asus had to think of a new cooling system for the Strix Scar 17 SE. So, in collaboration with Thermal Grizzly, it designed a special thermal compound, which the company is calling “Conductonaut Extreme.” This compound is applied to both the CPU and GPU of the device to keep them cool during heavy operations. Asus says that it saw a reduction of up to 15-degrees using the new thermal paste as compared to the regular Thermal Grizzly paste.
Coming to the ROG Flox X16, it comes as a successor to last year’s ROG Flow X13 and features a bigger 16-inch screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio. It is a convertible 2-in-1 device that features a 360-degree hinge and various physical modes like tent mode, tablet mode, and the standard laptop mode.
Under the hood, the Flow X16 packs the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU paired with up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU. Users can also use Asus’ ROG XG mobile eGPU to add more graphical power to the device. There is also a MUX switch to shift the entire graphics rendering processing to the discrete GPU and disable the integrated one.
