ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 (2023) G733PZ, Off Black, Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, GeForce RTX 4080, DE

Mit CPUs vom Typ Ryzen 7x45HX hat auch AMD die große Desktop-Plattform ins Notebook gebracht und tritt im Test gegen Intels HX-Serie an. AMD „Dragon Range“ bietet bis zu 16 Zen-4-Kerne auf angepasstem Package und heizt Intels HX-CPUs mit bis zu 8+16 Kernen in Anwendungen und Spielen ordentlich ein.

From our testing of the ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17, the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D truly performs like a desktop replacement processor should, with the added advantage for gamers in titles that can use the additional L3 cache. As stated, we would love to see a list of games provided by developers or AMD from in-house testing, so gamers and users can make informed buying decisions based on the 3D V-Cache alone. Even so, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is a superb mobile chip with lots of performance available in both compute and gaming to be tapped into, and combined with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 mobile graphics card, there's not a situation we don't feel the ROG Strix Scar 17 can't deal with.

Unleash the beast, chase the dragon, and we can throw in many superlatives into this product series. We dive into the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 2023 model, a laptop with a staggering 16-core Ryzen 9 7945HX processor that's pretty much as fast as the desktop part. Coupled with 32GB DDR5 RAM and the mobile GeForce RTX 4090, this laptop promises outstanding performance. The laptop appears to be crafted from several ambitions, featuring the GeForce RTX 4090, swift NVMe storage, and a proper rapid IPS 240Hz 2560x1440 display. In this review, we primarily focus on the remarkable power of AMD's mobile processor, which keeps pace with its desktop counterparts effortlessly. Asus currently offers two models of the Strix Scar 17: one with an RTX 4090 and another with an RTX 4080. Our review unit was the RTX 4090 configuration, it's worth noting that both graphics cards have access to 175 watts of power (150W for the GPU itself, plus 25W from Dynamic Boost). But what really sets the Scar 17 apart from the competition is the inclusion of AMD's new Ryzen 9 7945HX processor, the company's first 55W processor and the first 16-core mobile processor from Team Red. It also marks the debut of AMD's Ryzen 7000 platform in laptops. This indeed is the much-discussed dragon range series of processors.