Oof. Let's hope the smaller screen with the same battery on the 16 inch version improves the battery life. I'd really like to get the 16 inch version of this for the screen, assuming it remains solid in Performance, but I'd really like to see at least slightly better battery life. Guess we're waiting for the XMG and the zephyrus tests for now.
I'd go for the zephyrus or the blade in a heartbeat if they had a numpad...
Are you sure that the laptop does not have PCIe 5.0 support? The manufacturer's description says: "SSD slots both offering full support for PCIe Gen 5". So is it true or not?
A big surprise is that the screen is worse than last year's, especially surprising is the lower brightness and lack of "true black" in SDR (maybe firmware or software errors?).
Asus has updated its gaming flagship Strix SCAR 18 with the Core Ultra 9 275HX, GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and an outstanding mini LED display at 240 Hz. In addition, access to the device's components has been made much easier and there are plenty of lighting elements.