ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D, the World's First AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Laptop

bug · Jul 28, 2023

zlobby said:
Dafuuuuq?!?!

I've always hated ODM/OEM for the proprietary crap they have been locking their laptops to. For example, a perfectly generic intel WiFi card, on a perfectly generic chipset needs some 'special' driver to 'work'. Yeah, no. Only HP EliteBooks or Zbooks for me please. Edit: I've had some OMENs, which were OK for gaming and they didn'tneed any crappy utilites to work.

Yes, sometimes system manufacturers will simply use their own PCI IDs for what is otherwise off-the shelf hardware. Drivers from the original manufacturer won't recognize the hardware anymore, so you need drivers from the system manufacturer now, only the system manufacturer won't update them for more than a year or so. This was no big issue before, you would just add the PCI ID to the driver's INF and you were good to go. But these days Windows won't install unsigned drivers anymore so... we're screwed.

However, that's only one of the reasons I hate laptops

Building my own PCs since 1996 or so, tyvm.

zlobby · Jul 28, 2023

bug said:
However, that's only one of the reasons I hate laptops Building my own PCs since 1996 or so, tyvm.

Only rackmounts and laptops for me, TYVM!

Minus Infinity · Jul 29, 2023

bug said:
I know. No Asus because of crappy software, no MSI because of crappy support, no Gigabyte because of cheap components/shoddy QA. Remind me, who's left?

And if you're going to say AsRock, I have two horror stories to share about them, too.

Also scratch Acer, total garbage QC. Let's face it, tech is getting worse and worse when it comes to support and QC as prices skyrocket. But will definitely never buy Asucks or MSI (other than maybe for MB's). MSI laptops are terrible too.

Synthwave · Jul 31, 2023

zlobby said:
And I'm fine without their crap.

Then, judging by your posts in this thread, it was really pointless to comment on it.

And I'm not even liking ASUS one bit.

zlobby · Jul 31, 2023

Synthwave said:
Then, judging by your posts in this thread, it was really pointless to comment on it.

And I'm not even liking ASUS one bit.

Hm, my wisdom seems lost on you.

Synthwave · Aug 1, 2023

zlobby said:
Hm, my wisdom seems lost on you.

Yeah, complaining that a press release of a product you never intended to buy didn't have information on the cooling system, but its actual website had, only that you were lazy to look it up, followed by telling people how enterprise grade hardware is so much better than simple consumer grade stuff, even though their price, target use scenario and demographic are completely different, is called 'wisdom'.

M'kay, mate, whatever floats your boat. :laugh:

adulaamin · Oct 28, 2023

Has anyone bought this? I'm looking to buy a new laptop and am really interested in this one.

Processor	Intel i5-12600k
Motherboard	Asus H670 TUF
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 SC
Storage	500GB Samsung 970 EVO, 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 1TB Crucial MX300 and 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Dell U3219Q + HP ZR24w
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Audioquest Dragonfly Red :D
Power Supply	Seasonic 620W M12
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Keyboard	G.Skill KM780R
Software	Arch Linux + Win10

System Name	Main rig
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 @ 3.5 GHz/1.18750 V\|SoC 0.9 V
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac \|BIOS 3.80
Cooling	Noctua NH-D9L
Memory	2 x 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 @ 3200/C18-18-18-36\|1T /1.25 V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC+ ACX 2.0 2 GB GDDR5
Storage	500 GB Crucial MX500\|1 TB Crucial MX500\|800 GB Intel DC S3520\|250 GB Intel 510\|6+2 TB WD Purple
Display(s)	2 x LG 24GM77-B @ 144 Hz, DAS on, Motion 240 off \| 1 x Icy Box VESA arm @ pivot
Case	Fractal Design Define Nano S (no window, 1 x Noctua A14 PWM + 1 x Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM)
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700 BTs
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Fanless PX-500
Mouse	HTX\|HSK\|Hati S\|Hati M Ace\|Skoll SK-S\|Pulsar Xlite\|MM710\|NP-01\|Viper M.\|Krait\|MS 1.1/3.0\|MX300/500 ++
Keyboard	3 x Keychron Q8 \|One 3 SF\|Miya Pro\|K70 RGB Pro Mini WL\|MS Natural Keyboard (1995)\|MS Sculpt Ergo
VR HMD	SkyPAD 2.0\|Icemat 2.0\|3xShidenkai/Zero Classic/Hien/Raiden XS\|P-51\|2xQPAD CT\|2xAllsop XL ++
Software	MS Windows 10 Home x64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000

System Name	Main rig
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 @ 3.5 GHz/1.18750 V\|SoC 0.9 V
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac \|BIOS 3.80
Cooling	Noctua NH-D9L
Memory	2 x 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 @ 3200/C18-18-18-36\|1T /1.25 V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC+ ACX 2.0 2 GB GDDR5
Storage	500 GB Crucial MX500\|1 TB Crucial MX500\|800 GB Intel DC S3520\|250 GB Intel 510\|6+2 TB WD Purple
Display(s)	2 x LG 24GM77-B @ 144 Hz, DAS on, Motion 240 off \| 1 x Icy Box VESA arm @ pivot
Case	Fractal Design Define Nano S (no window, 1 x Noctua A14 PWM + 1 x Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM)
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700 BTs
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Fanless PX-500
Mouse	HTX\|HSK\|Hati S\|Hati M Ace\|Skoll SK-S\|Pulsar Xlite\|MM710\|NP-01\|Viper M.\|Krait\|MS 1.1/3.0\|MX300/500 ++
Keyboard	3 x Keychron Q8 \|One 3 SF\|Miya Pro\|K70 RGB Pro Mini WL\|MS Natural Keyboard (1995)\|MS Sculpt Ergo
VR HMD	SkyPAD 2.0\|Icemat 2.0\|3xShidenkai/Zero Classic/Hien/Raiden XS\|P-51\|2xQPAD CT\|2xAllsop XL ++
Software	MS Windows 10 Home x64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000

System Name	hmmm...
Processor	9800X3D
Motherboard	X670E-I
Cooling	PA120SE
Memory	2x16gb 6400 C32
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3
Storage	T500 1tb
Display(s)	4K 120hz
Case	Jonsplus Z20
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	SF-1000
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D, the World's First AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Laptop

bug

zlobby

Minus Infinity

Synthwave

zlobby

Synthwave

adulaamin