Following a teaser last month, Asus’ latest ROG Strix Scar gaming laptops have arrived and they’re leaning all the way into the gamer aesthetic. The 2025 Scar 16 and 18 come with RGB lights all the way around the bottom of the chassis as well as a user-programmable LED dot-matrix display on the lid,

Asus ROG’s next-gen high-end Strix Scar laptops include more ‘AniMe’ lights to annoy anybody sitting across from you.

You don't even need a screwdriver to upgrade this gaming laptop from Asus, which also sports a 5090 laptop GPU!

The Strix Scar 18 now feels sleek, and that makes all the difference. The keyboard sits flat to the top of the inner deck, with no dent in the chassis to accommodate it. The finish looks and feels somewhat satin, and seems remarkably resistant to fingerprints—a bug bear of mine on almost all gaming laptops.

Inside, the new ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 gaming laptops packs up to Intel's new Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, which packs 24 cores and 32 threads at up to 65W TDP, and up to NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24GB of super-fast GDDR7 memory and 175W max TGP and a MUX Switch with NVIDIA Advanced Optimus.

With CES coming to a close, there was a lot of new tech devices announced and that includes the 2025 lineup of ROG gaming laptops from ASUS, powered by

The Scar 18 has received a redesign in 2025. It's curvier, has RGB down-lighting around its circumference, a Mini-LED Nebula HDR display, and will come packed with a new Intel HX Series mobile CPU and Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU.

ASUS unveils its new ROG Strix G18 gaming laptops: 18-inch 2.5K 240Hz display, up to Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the launch of its 2025 ROG Strix line-up, showcasing the latest high-performance hardware from NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD, alongside the 2025 ROG Flow Z13, a 2-in-1 gaming laptop, at CES 2025.

With Nvidia officially unveiling its new RTX 50-series at CES, Asus has shared details of its updated GPU lineup. As with the previous generation, the company is rolling out ROG Strix, TUF, and Prime variants for the latest RTX 50-series graphics cards.

Today at CES, Asus announced its lineup of 2025 gaming laptops, some of which feature Nvidia’s new, mega-powerful GeForce RTX 5090 graphics. The Asus ROG Strix SCAR models, which are designed with the ultimate gaming experience in mind,