ASUS ROG Strix Scar Edition: Brilliant screen in a handy but noisy package

The gaming experience is almost worth the money, despite the noise and a sub-par battery, writes Abhik Sen

A reviewer’s life is not all hunky-dory. I had a lot of explaining to do when I gifted Grand Theft Auto V to my wife. Trouble is, while my wife does play videogames, GTA isn’t her poison. But I needed this game to try out the advanced features of the ASUS ROG Strix Scar Edition (Rs 184,990), which sports NVIDIA’s G-Sync ready GeForce GTX1070 card.

I liked the understated design and the backlit keyboard, which I found quite comfortable to type on. A pity the direction keys are squeezed. Also, I didn’t find any macro keys. Running Windows 10 Home, the