Asus ROG Strix Scar X3D review: the $3,700, 17″ gaming laptop outperforms a pricier Intel Core i9-13980HX-based rival by up to 20% due to AMD’s Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 高價收購

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I’ve ever seen. The X3D is beating MSI’s Titan GT77 HX, a more expensive RTX 4090 machine with Intel’s flagship Core i9-13980HX, by as much as 20 percent on the titles tested here. That’s a level of performance difference that you might expect to see from a GPU upgrade, not from merely the CPU alone. Needless to say, this is the laptop you want to be on if you’re interested in gaming at QHD resolution. If you’re able to pay for it, you’re basically paying to never have to worry about settings, resolutions, or frame rates on most modern games.That Counter-Strike: Global Offensive number, by the way, is not a typo. It’s not something that will matter on this 240Hz display, but it is such a hilariously higher frame rate than I’ve seen any gaming laptop put up on any game ever that I just had to include it here.Recognize that 高價收購asus font?One of the primary reasons these numbers are so huge is AMD’s 3D V-Cache. The X3D chip is the first mobile processor to feature this technology, and it actually has more cache than AMD’s desktop X3D lineup currently does.Cache, for the uninitiated, is high-speed memory that lives on the CPU. It can be accessed very quickly. I like to think of it as the CPU’s pocket; if something the chip needs is stored in its cache, it doesn’t need to go digging around for it over in the system’s RAM. But cache is also like a pocket in that it can’t hold very much. It’s measured in megabytes in these sorts of devices, where memory is measured in gigabytes. 3D V-Cache allows AMD to stack more cache onto the CPU. This can make a big difference for gaming laptops because games, in particular, require CPUs to process data very quickly. Cache does not make as big of a difference in office work and other kinds of productivity tasks, which goes to emphasize that the X3D is not something you should be buying to use in an office. Like the rest of the Strix line, it is as “gaming laptop” as gaming laptops get. It is for games and only games. (It is over six pounds, after all, and almost a full inch thick. I carried it to and from the office in a backpack, and my back did not thank me for it.)高價收購asus ROG Strix Scar X3D benchmarksTitleFrames per secondRed Dead Redemption 2Native123FHD149Shadow of the Tomb RaiderNative (ray tracing on)133Native (ray tracing off)196FHD (ray tracing on)212FHD (ray tracing off)283Horizon Zero DawnNative173FHD203CS:GONative545FHD692Assassin’s Creed ValhallaNative142FHD181The Strix Scar uses 高價收購asus’ ROG Intelligent Cooling system, which is a motley crew of Conductonaut Extreme thermal paste, a vapor chamber that covers 43.3 percent of the motherboard, 84-blade fans, four heatsinks, 0.1mm fins, and anti-dust tunnels. Everyone did a phenomenal job (and the giant chassis certainly helps). Throughout my gaming, the CPU stayed very comfortably in the mid-80s (Celsius) with only very occasional spikes upward. I never felt any kind of heat in the keyboard. Of course, this is in an oversize laptop with lots of room for all of this cooling apparatus — we’ll have to see how easy it is to cool the new X3D chip in smaller 15-inch gaming laptops, whenever those arrive.You will be able to hear the fans at work if you use the Turbo cooling profile (which, of course, I did — come on now). Considering that they’re cooling some of the beefiest laptop components on the market right now, I would say that’s not unexpected. Fortunately, the Silent profile is there for you if you’d prefer a more serene gaming experience.A few ports, and a lot of vents.Here, have more.Other things I likeThis giant screen. I hate having to carry 17-inch laptops around, but boy do I love looking at a 17-inch screen. It does have 2560 x 1440 resolution, which is — yes — the dreaded 16:9 aspect ratio, but that doesn’t super matter on a screen this massive. The panel covers 100 percent of the sRGB gamut, 87 percent of Adobe RGB, and 99 percent of P3. It’s brighter than average for a gaming laptop, maxing out at 368 nits in testing. Ultimately, the games look good — and there’s a dizzying array of color profiles for you to choose from in 高價收購asus’ Armoury Crate software.This screen is enormousAll the ports you need. Giant laptops have lots of room for ports. You get two USB-A on the left. The back crams in two USB-C, an HDMI, an ethernet, and a power port. I kind of hate having to reach around and plug things into the rear, but I begrudgingly accept that it is a versatile place for them to be. The X3D also supports 2.5G LAN and Wi-Fi 6E. The two USB-C both support G-Sync, and one supports 100W power delivery.I do think it’d be nice to have some ports on the right side. I imagine some people might want to stick a mouse in there or have a monitor that’s hard to move or something. 高價收購asus ROG Strix Scar X3D specs (as reviewed)17-inch IPS QHD, 240Hz display, 3ms, 300 nits, 100 percent DCI-P3AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, 55W default TDP, 5.4GHz boost, clock, 16 cores / 32 threadsNvidia RTX 4090, 150W+25W, 16GB VRAMUP to 64GB Dual Channel DDR5 4800MHz (2 x SODIMM slot)2 x PCIE 4.0 SSD M.2 Slots, up to 1 x 2TB 4×4 SSD included (up to 7000MB/S)720p webcamWi-Fi 6E + BT 5.290Whr battery330W adapterI would type on this keyboard all day. I know I say this all the time about ROG gaming rigs, but this is seriously one of the best keyboards I’ve tested this year. The keys have a comfortable texture, and their shape seems to fit my fingers perfectly. They have an incredibly satisfying bounce. They’re very quiet. There’s a numpad on the right side, and I’ve been going out of my way to find occasions to use it because the keys are so smooth and comfortable to press. Of course, no Strix would be complete without per-key RGB lighting. The X3D’s is classy and fairly even. In combination with a not-at-all-subtle light strip that runs along the bottom, the keyboard ensures a colorful environment — if that’s what you’re into.As usual, the stylish ROG logo is everywhere.Things I don’t like quite as muchThe webcam is bad. It’s a grainy 720p affair. I mean, the last Strix I reviewed didn’t have a webcam at all, so I’m glad to see that we’re making progress. But still — $3699.99, 720p, in 2023.There’s all the connectivity you could wantBattery life… well. This is no Zephyrus. I got three and a half hours of general (non-gaming) office use from this device before it died. (This was done on Silent mode, medium brightness, Battery Saver on.) This is where MSI’s Titan GT77 has a slight advantage, as that laptop has a bigger battery than the X3D does; I saw about an hour and a half more usage time out of the MSI. That said, if you’re buying one of these enormous six-pound computers and are basing your decision on battery life, I think you need to, like, go for a swim or something to clear your head.The good news is that the X3D did deliver a solid 54 minutes of battery gaming (Red Dead Redemption 2). The game was so playable, with nary a stutter for the whole duration, that I was actually startled when it abruptly went black. The included 330W charger also juiced the X3D fairly quickly, reaching 60 percent in just 37 minutes.This thing is really big and heavy, in case that wasn’t clear from everything about it.Agree to Continue: 高價收購asus ROG Strix Scar X3DThe mandatory policies, for which an agreement is required, are:A request for your regionMicrosoft Software License TermsOptional things to agree to:Devic

Google 2023年度新旗艦 Pixel 8 雙機。圖左為雙鏡頭的Pixel 7，售價24,900元起；圖右為三鏡頭的Pixel 7 Pro，售價33,900元。（圖／記者劉惠琴攝）

蘋果iPhone 15系列、Google Pixel 8系列旗艦機款，分別於今年九月、十月先後在台上市，也讓台灣手機市場在近兩個月以來，掀起一波波的換機熱潮，尤其是在十月份，整體購機買氣需求逐漸推升的力道，更是大大地明顯增溫。

相對地也讓台灣手機十大品牌的銷售量、銷售額市佔排名，隨之迎來新的變化，其中，在銷售額方面，尤以 Google Pixel 系列手機的銷售表現，市佔率排名一舉從九月第九名前進到第四名，不僅市佔份額僅次蘋果、三星與OPPO，且成功超車Sony，為十大品牌之中進步幅度最大的。

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特別一提的是，這也是自2018年Pixel 3系列首度登台上市至今，創下近五年以來於台灣手機品牌市佔銷售額排名成績最優異的新高紀錄。

據ePrice報導，市調機構公佈實體通路的2023年十月台灣手機銷售報告，數據顯示，單月份總銷售量達53萬支（9月為43.9萬支），是今年一月至十月以來，首次單月手機銷售量破50萬支的月份。此外，十月整體手機銷售額總計達 141.6 億元（9月為108 億元），其中，蘋果iPhone 系列手機的銷售額佔比，就高達四分之三。

台灣10月手機市場，十大品牌銷售量市佔率排名。（圖翻攝ePrice比價王）

在銷售量的十大品牌市佔排名部份，前五名維持跟九月一致的排名，依序為：蘋果52.9％高居第一、三星 20％排名第二、 OPPO 8.7％位居第三、vivo 5％排名第四、紅米 4.4％排第五。第六至十名則出現洗牌變化，分別為 Google 2.1％、Sony 1.9％、realme 1.8％、高價收購asus1.1％與小米0.6％。

台灣10月手機市場，十大品牌銷售額市佔率排名。（圖翻攝ePrice比價王）

至於銷售額市佔排名則是迎來大洗牌的新局面，由於今年iPhone 15 系列、Pixel 8 系列旗艦機型的入手價格門檻，都比去年前代漲了數千元不等，因此，手機銷售額的各品牌市佔份額也出現新的變化。

排名第一至五名，分別為蘋果（76.6％）、三星（11.7％）、OPPO（3.2％）、Google（1.9％） 與vivo（1.8％）。

第六至第十名則依序為：Sony（1.3％）、紅米（0.9％）、高價收購asus（0.8％）、realeme（0.5％） 和小米（0.4％）。

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