Gaming notebooks are often a hassle. They're large, heavy and often have horrible battery life - a phat processor and graphics card card, of course, but then corners will be cut everywhere else, from the keyboard to the wifi card. Last Computex Asus introduced two new Republic of Gamers gaming notebooks, the Strix Hero II and the Strix Scar II, which we were already able to test. This had to be done at a rapid pace, because Asus could only lend them to us for a short period of time. Fortunately, the new Hero and Scar not only turned out to be remarkably fast, but also remarkably good in other respects. If you are looking for a gaming notebook, then you should definitely read on.

It's not so long ago that we tested the previous version of the Asus Scar, back in January. The model was launched in the autumn of 2017, together with the first Hero. Both were then still referred to as 'Edition', as a specific version of an existing line. Now it seems as if Asus has upgraded both to its own lines, but that is not the case, and that can be seen in the shared type designation, GL504GM. Hero II and Scar II versions are available, but the basis is the same - as we will see in the further discussion.