Review: Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition

Conclusion

It's been a long time since AMD has been the exclusive CPU and discrete GPU gaming partner in a high-performance laptop. Putting its best foot forward with premium mobile variations of Ryzen and Radeon, there is now a real competitor to the stranglehold previously enjoyed by the Intel and Nvidia duopoly.

Packing Ryzen 9 5900HX and Radeon RX 6800M into a 15.6in laptop results in bountiful performance everywhere. Chart-leading CPU oomph is augmented by gaming credentials worthy of mixing with Nvidia's best in common AAA titles.

Asus envelops top-bin AMD kit within the ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition laptop. Helped on by a 1TB SSD, QHD FreeSync screen, reasonable keyboard and trackpad, one can see on-paper merit in this £1,900 design.

Yet it's not all great. Asus curiously forgoes a webcam, the laptop becomes rather too noisy under full tilt, USB speeds do not cut the mustard, and the overall aesthetic is not as pleasing as some of the competition. And whilst pricing is generally okay, the recent spate of Lenovo Legions make it feel mediocre rather than brilliant.

Bottom line: it's great to see an all-AMD gaming laptop finally make it to market, but the Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition needs a few refinement tweaks for it to be a go-to choice.

Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition

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The Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition is available from Scan Computers.

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