Asus ROG Strix Has Thin Bezels and a Bossy Keyboard

TAIPEI—New Asus ROG Strix Two gaming laptops unveiled here at Computex come with a few predictable features currently in vogue, like screens with 144Hz refresh rates and ultra sparse bezels, but besides something you won't find on many other gaming laptops: a divide version designed for MOBA gamers.

The distinction is nearly entirely a marketing gimmick, since the simply major physical departure is that the ROG Strix Hero 2 (for MOBA) has dissimilar-colored QWERTY keys, while the ROG Strix Scar Ii (for FPS games) has the more than traditional color distinction on its WASD keys.

Other than unlike keyboard colors and some pattern flourishes (the Hero Two gets a cyberpunk pattern on the palm rest while the Scar II features a camouflage pattern), the ii laptops wait about identical. Standout physical features include a 4-zone RGB keyboard backlight, an boosted RGB strip along the front end edge, and thinner bezels that result in the new ROG Strix measuring an inch narrower than its predecessor while however keeping the same xv.vi-inch display size. Unfortunatley, the thin bezels relegate the webcam to a position beneath the screen, where it more often than not captures your nostrils.

On the within, configurations differ more significantly depending on whether yous get the Hero 2 or the Scar II. Either one gets the option of an Intel Core i5-8300H or an Intel Cadre i7-8750H, upwardly to 32GB of RAM, and several different SSD and HDD configurations. Just only the Scar Ii gets an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card, while the Hero Ii is limited to a GTX 1060.

With a refresh charge per unit of 144Hz and a 3ms response time, the full Hard disk drive display on the Scar is about as good as it gets for a gaming laptop. You lot can configure a Hero 2 with this brandish, but the base model hero comes with a 60Hz screen that only sounds inferior in theory, since the GTX 1060 won't exist able to accept reward of college refresh rates anyway.

Both models are available now. The Hero II starts at $1,699 while Scar II starts at $1,999.

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