ASUS Scar III vs ASUS Zephyrus S GX502 - Gaming Laptop Comparison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ม.ค. 2020
- The ASUS Scar III and Zephyrus S GX502 are powerful gaming laptops, but what are the differences and which should you get? In this detailed comparison I’ll look at pretty much everything to help you decide which laptop is worth it.
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Scar III GL531GV - RTX 2060: amzn.to/37j9UUo
Scar III GL531GW - RTX 2070: amzn.to/2R1HaJ5
Check my full reviews on each laptop for more information:
ASUS ROG Strix Scar III: • ASUS Scar III (G531GW)...
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You are the best laptop reviewer I've found on TH-cam. The bigger ones miss out all the less popularly known models. And your production quality rivals them whilst having loads of info, keep it up. 👍
agreed
Thanks!
Agreed
Also, a non-North American focus. I appreciate this living in New Zealand.
@@TheDougkiwi He is an Australian and as a fellow Australian, I love how there is a TH-camr who is local and does all these awesome reviews. Also, with COVID restrictions easing 10 months later now NZ people can come back (fly) to VIC and hopefully from there we slowly reopen all the borders and beat this COVID-19 while using our gaming laptops everywhere thanks to Jarrod's Tech.
I still dont understand how you haven’t got 1-2 million subscribers even you are the best reviewer on youtube
Hope you will reach your goals
Thanks! We'll get there one day!
Me at 1am tryin to sleep.
My neighbour: 04:00
😂 classic potato mic
actually laughed out loud at that
I say with all sincerity you deserve the top of TH-cam trends. Clean, detailed and fluents review. Bravo.
I shared the video on my tech comminity, i hope you get some subscribers.
Thanks a lot for watching and sharing!
Scar 3 mic sounded like a cat getting electricuted
Yeah it's a big oof.
You are one of the best laptop reviewers out there. Every time i search for a laptop review/comparision yours is right at there.
Very underrated. You got a subscriber!!
Thanks, welcome to the channel!
The Scar III lasted another 30 minutes in TH-cam. Nice! You could watch half of a GN video with that extra time.
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You can store 1TB of...
*THINGS*
in the shadow drive
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@@JarrodsTech I love your reviews but have to ask. Why don't you include the decibel reading for just gaming? I don't think most people will be running stress tests on their systems most of the time and or using turbo as much as normal/balanced modes
I do sometimes. The honest answer is it's too hard. When I test I start at idle then do the stress tests. To finish the stress tests I need to use a cooling pad, but moving the laptop means after I take away the cooling pad it's not in the same place for a perfect distance comparison. So I'd have to stop one sort of test, change to different test to film sound, then redo both with cooling pad, basically it's just a bit more effort and usually I'm not bothered as the result could vary by game and I'm fine with just showing worst case scenario
@@JarrodsTech Thanks for the total description :) Answered my question and then some. I absolutely understand!
@The Mighty Starbrand *hol* *up*
great! I'm searching right now this comparison.Thank you!
No problem!
This video help me a lot to choose between scar 3 vs zephyrus s, so i got Zephyrus S gx502 Glacier Blue. tnx for the review
Sulit ba yung Zephyrus?
Kamusta yung speaker?
Been waiting for this maaan, thanks!
No problem!
Love this video very much!!! Clearly help me out on these two options!!! Thank you so much & keep it up making such useful videos for us!!! ❤️❤️
No problem at all, happy to help!
7:42 “Uhh, things.” ⚆ _ ⚆
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@Samaksh Ghai CX
@@psahtt1684 no
Exactly the video I needed. Thankss
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Nice one Jarrod! I did miss the usual comparison chart with other laptops though. Very good to know that the gx502 only comes with single channel memory.
Cheers! Hmm I guess I've always done it this way for comparisons as I'm only looking specifically at these two, I guess I could also include others too.
@@JarrodsTech A person could always go back and look at your review for the specific laptop though. Include what you want man its your video! Thanks for responding!
U have read my mind.
Thnx man for this review..
Happy to help!
just found you, thank you for your clear explanation! subscribed also.
this dude literally covered everything that i never even thought about or take into consideration. well made review sir
Wow, this was the video I needed. Thanks a lot man! subbed!
No problem at all, welcome to the channel!
@@JarrodsTech hey, I was wondering about one thing. If I buy the 16gb ram variant for the zephyrus s, does it come with two 8gb dual channel rams or a single channel 16 gb ram. Is it possible to upgrade to 32 gb ram to upgrade the benchmarks. Cause I saw a post online where a guy upgraded it from a dual channel 16gb ram to a 24 gb ram and it decreased his benchmarks, this was because it resulted in a single 8gb ram and 16gb ram but they weren't running as dual channel. Kindly help me on this matter.
I have the scar III. Absolutely love it! Performs well. Good thermals and fans not too loud.
Good to hear it's going well!
Same got the Scar 3 as well, it's also another note to add in is the pitch of the fan noise. It's noticeably a lower pitch than the zephyrus (in this video anyways).
MrRandomNoLIfer d
How is it so far?
@@gatzon2757 Works perfectly mate!
Thanks for the comparison! I picked up the Scar III in the end because I got it around 300€ cheaper where I'm at but considering the small difference I have no doubt I'll be perfectly happy with it.
No problem at all! Hope it's going well!
Had both of these laptops. I love scar 3 the most!
Yay thanks for uploading!
👍👍👍
Superb channel. U almost covered all type of gaming laptop
I tried both laptops and chose the Zeph S. Excellent temps and performance out of the box. I re-pasted the GPU with GC-Extreme and liquid metal on the CPU for even better temps. My CPU could undervolt by about -0.055v.
It's interesting to see the big difference in FPS having a discrete graphics option to get rid of optimus, great review as always.
Thanks! Good to hear it's going well 😁
Wow. Fantastic review. Subbed, thanks
Cheers, welcome to the channel!
Cool review. thanks.
Nice one buddy u got a subscriber and btw i chose Scar 3 bcoz of the design. Since slight performance in games ,it doesnt matter for me . thanks for this.
OMG great explanation you just got new subscriber hope you get to 200k soon!
Thanks! Welcome to the channel!
Back at it again with the high-quality content
Jumping straight into 2020 😎
Excellent work done well!
Thanks!
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Jarrod's Tech 2020
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We all know what's it for
Very great comparison 🎊❤️
Thanks!
Great review
Thanks!
hey buddy!!, u are doing great and best laptop reviewer out here and i have been waiting for this since a long time and no one did what u do. keep doing it and i agree with anyone who says JARROD IS BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! Happy to help!
Very detailed video thankyou so much Sir
Most welcome
My choices where between the scar 3 17inch and the gx701
I wish I had considered the gx502, but it didn't have a 17inch opinion, still stoked with my scar 3, but definitely would have bought the gx502 if I were getting a 15 inch version
Great comparison and video 👌👌
Thanks! Yeah that's fair enough
Dude thanks a lot man, you r awesome
Cheers!
Thank u sooooooo much !!!!!!)
No problem!
were just looking for a video like this 5hrs ago，and here we go
Haha good timing!
Good comparison and review. I would lean towards the Zephyrus S. I am currently using an MSI GS65 RTX2060, 512GB SSD, i7-9750H, 32GB RAM, 1080P 240Hz LED screen, purchased for $1399. For this price point and configuration I would be hard pressed to find another system but I keep looking and checking out your reviews Jarrod. Thanks
thanks! Yeah fair enough, hope the GS65 is going well!
Great review again jarrod 👍 can you make a comparison between the Asus Zephyrus S gx701 and this new Zephyrus?
Thanks! Probably not as the GX701 I tested was almost a year ago with 8th gen CPU, maybe if they send me the new one with same specs I could do the comparison fairly.
You sound like a robot 😂😂, great video Jarrod keep going
Thank you so much for listening to my comment Jarrod, I actually purchased the Scar 3 already on Christmas and it works like a charm!
I'm on my way to purchase it too bro
You won’t regret ur purchase, it’s the best thing I ever got...all games run buttery smooth with it, and during normal use it runs more than an average gaming laptop.....they even provide a free gaming mouse (gladius 2) with it and a bag, both of super quality and pleasing to use. I’m never switching to another laptop again....
@@wesleycreations7455 awesome... Basically I'm going to be trying out some of the new games but ultimately I'll be using them for editing purpose...
But anyways gaming for life..❤️❤️🔥🔥
Good to hear!
Ya I would like to edit videos too, do you know of any good video editing softwares?
Do you have a video on the Asus Rog strix G? I love how you review them with official benchmarks and high level of detail. I’m thinking of buying the strix G and wanted to know if it was the best for its price. Would appreciate it :)
Thanks, I really want to as a LOT of people have asked, but ASUS still won't send me one.
Hey Jarrod. Great job with the review mate. Thanks for making this comparison. I went with getting the GX502. Just curious, is it normal for the left side of the keyboard deck to feel warm even while doing normal productivity tasks.
Cheers Ryan! I don't remember that being something that I noticed with mine from memory, I guess you could maybe see if you look at the thermal camera testing at idle and see if mine looked warmer. If I didn't include that in this video, it will be in the full review
Amazing review 👍
thanks for the comparison though :)
No problem!
Since both have similar specs.... with a slight edge in performance to the Zephyrus.... It came down to size and weight. I have enjoyed my Zephyrus S everyday since the day I bought it. Excellent review in my opinion.
Thanks! Fair enough, good to hear it's been going well!
Could you add some kind of table of contents with links to minutes? It really, really helps navigating in the presentation
No, sorry, I intentionally don't do this on purpose for good reasons.
You are one of the few tech tubers I truly respect because of your thorough reviews and extremely hard work. Hope your channel grows bigger and you become more successful. Wishing you all the best :)
Thanks for the support!
Best review channel ever!
Can u also review the comparison to the 17 inch version?
Thanks! I'll see what I can do, but last time I asked ASUS to borrow a 17" Scar III they didn't have one I could use :(
@@JarrodsTech :(
very interesting both models if i were to choose would be hard to decide haha
Lots of choices!
I was excited and I meant it. 🔥
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Just the video I was waiting for cause I am just going to buy a gaming laptop and I was unable to decide between these two. A question about the games what about Escape from Tarkov, I really need to play that game and that's the main reason for buying a laptop. Not a tech genie so hope u give it opinion. Great video .keep up the great work
Escape from tarkov isn't really that much of a hard game to run, I could easily run it at Max settings with about 70-90fps with a laptop that had 16gb ddr3 ram and GTX 1080. You should probably go for the one that doesn't heat up easily and is a convenience for you.
Thanks! I have no experience playing that game so can't really say, but looks like that's already been covered thanks to a random commenter! That said, with these specs even modern high end games run well, so doubt it'd be an issue.
Jarrod, thanks again for the reviews of Scar 3, it is thanks to you that this handsome man decorates my table :)
No problem! I hope the light show is going well 😎
@@JarrodsTech Yes, I immediately disassembled it after the purchase, set hdd and am happy with everything :)
Are you going to do a strix g15 review? Only see your reviews for the scars
Hey Jarrod,
You have some unimaginably good content on your channel, hope it grows exponentially this new year.
Would you please recommend a laptop, for the following requirements :
- Using Autocad, Solidworks
- Good deal of gaming.
- Preferably not very heavy
Thanks! Unfortunately I honestly have no experience with autocad/solidworks so I really don't know what sort of specs are needed, also could vary wildly based on budget. For $1000-1200 gaming laptop I'd look at Acer Helios 300 / Lenovo Y540, but if you want extras like thunderbolt/sd card/big battery, Gigabyte Aero 15 / Eluktronics MAG-15 (which also has mech keyboard), these two are on the thinner/lighter side, well still around 2kg from memory but not as big as other gaming laptops.
@@JarrodsTech Thank you so much for the prompt reply,
What are your thoughts on Predator triton 500, razer stealth 15, 1660ti version of both of them.
Which one do you think is better?
Would love to see an under volt how to video for the GX502. What do you use and what process do you take to get a stable under volt? Also do you under volt graphics ?
I don't personally bother undervolting the GPU for my reviews. There will be some more info in my thermal testing video on it, here's a guide on undervolting if you need it: th-cam.com/video/yNt9L3BWOFo/w-d-xo.html
Bro, thanks a lot for changing my mind that scar much better than zeph, i was wrong! Also, i m getting zeph laptop soon!
Thx for review! Both of them good. Hard choice)
No problem!
502 vs 701 with rtx 2070 please. Very nice videos!
Thanks! I'll see what I can do
Which is better for music production and video editing?thanks.
Good review. No regret, I chose the zephyrus because of your reviews
Thanks! Nice!
Elmer Brillantes how much did you get yours?
8:20 When you went to show the boot sound an ad played the moment you pressed the button. I got the Second Amendment T-shirt ad where the guy screams "Awwweeeeggghh"! I about pissed my pants laughing.
hahahaha what
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Hey jarrods tech! Have you ever tried the custom resolution utilty?
To tune your framrate Hz? Is it safe..
I tried to overclock the screen on my Nitro 5 review as people asked me to try, it didn't work, and that's my only experience with it. From what I've heard if you push it too hard you can cause damage, so you'll probably want to do more research first.
Have you had any of the Glacier Blue ROG laptops in? They look pretty cool
I have not :(
what cool pad would you recommend for Scar 3??
can i ask which model is better i should buy because in Malaysia the price is the same? I still have a hard time making choices
I have the scar 3, its amazing laptop, the fans only make a lot of noise in turbo, u can play almost of the games in 1080 more 150 FPS in ultra settings, its a beast!
Nice, good to hear 👍
Hey Jarrod, quick question, when you plug a VR headset via USB type-c (display support) in the scar III, it doesn't go through the intel GPU right? i'm planning on buying a valve index for mine but i wanted to know if performance would be affected by optimus in this case, thanks!!
I didn't test the display output of the Type-C so can't say, I'd assume not, but do not know sorry. I'll try to test this better going forward.
so which one do you recommend?
This guys channel is so underrattteeedddddd.. dddduuuddeeee
Cheers!
I have the scar III. In Shadow of the tomb raider, when I set gpu and cpu fan to 100% in manual mode, and with the latest driver, I get 90 frames in the highest setting in the built-in benchmark!
I get 100 with gx501 maxed out
@@hyphed4196 zephyrus laptops overclock the gpu in turbo mode. you have to take that into account. I really want to overclock my scar III but I don't think it's worth the risk!
@@MehrdadNsr mines not over locked
I might get higher FPS if I only run the highest benchmark once as the machine won't quite be as hot / PL2 will still be in use on the CPU. When I do my testing, I test all setting levels starting from the lowest preset and work my way up, so by the time I get to max settings that I use for these comparisons, it should be performing a bit worse as if you had actually been playing for a while.
This is the comparison I've been hoping to see! Awesome job as always man, thank you.
I hope it delivered! 😁😁
@@JarrodsTech Top notch as usual mate! Thinking about going with the Zephyrus S after watching the comparison.
Thanks for the amazing review. GX502GW allows up to 32GB memory at maximum. How could we install a 32gb for 48gb total?
I believe that is possible, I've seen some companies selling it with 48 at least.
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I have the scar 3 and if you raise the TDP to 60W and undervolt at .15v you get way better results, also you get higher frame rates if you run games on a second monitor, I usually got 180fps on overwatch with built in display and using an external display I get 240 to 300...
Yeah external screen boosts frame rate as it bypasses Optimus, I have a dedicated video coming on that soon 👍
Does anyone have a list of G-SYNC laptops? I can't find any search filter on any of the major vendors (NewEgg / XOTICPC etc) that have that attribute.
they both has the new thermal metal liquid paste or just the normal paste?
Best reviewer anywhere on the internet, however you've not made my decisions any easier! haha.. Also how come you don't post links to Australian Pricing?
Thanks, happy to help! Mostly because Australia is 4% of the audience, I just mention the prices as a courtesy to the Australian companies lending me the products, and I am familiar with it. I guess if I want to add more pricing links I should also do all the other countries that have higher watch percentages, but then it gets too big and unsustainable.
@@JarrodsTech Thanks for replying, that's completely understandable with the audience side of it. I guess I was more just thinking down the lines of being an Australian content creator that it would make sense to price the country you live in. However with 4% of the audience that's definitely a waste of time and I'd probably do the same thing haha. I'm just waiting for a good deal to come up for a Helios 300!
I'm debating whether to grab one of these laptops in the next few months, or to wait for the new generations of cpus/gpus to come before getting a new laptop
i say wait until ces 2020. nvidia is expected to announce next gen ampere.
Yeah at this point might as well wait one more week to see what happens at CES. I'm flying out there tomorrow!
I am confused between zephyrus and zenbook duo. Which one is better for normal gaming and academic use??
Are your really missing Thunderbolt ports with RTX 2070s? Just what type of external video card would you hook up to?
Depends, the point is you can get it with lower spec too, but don't have to necessarily pair it with a GPU that's available today, could be an upgrade path with something far better 3-5 years away.
Where are your subs my guy!?
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I am going for the Scar 3, because it has the 17 inch model. And for the price, it really is the winner for me.
Fair enough
Ok, wow! An amazing comparison! The SCAR III has a LOT of stuff good stuff (like 2.5 inch HDD bay), but the Zephyrus S just seems to blow the SCAR out of the water due to G Sync! I also like the price of the Zephyrus S! It's just above $3K! That's amazing compared to the $6K G703 and the $2200 I paid in mid 2014 for an ASUS laptop with a GTX 870M!
arikelvara where on earth are you getting those prices? I just got the Zephyrus GX502GW with 32 GB of Ram 2Tb of storage and 240hz including windows pro for 2300.
@@born2win259 Australia! These are in A$!
Thanks!
I got my Zepehrus S for $1,699.00 USD , pretty happy about that deal.
Daryl Nath got the Zephrus M which is nearly the same on sale for $1399
@@bryanmiller476 thanks but I already bought it and set it up, won't be changing. Also the price went back to $1,899.99 so still happy with my savings, going to get the extra ram today.
Daryl Nath I too added the extra 16gb of ram and also got a 2tb ssd in the main ssd slot and moved the 1TB to the 2nd slot
@@bryanmiller476 Nice, that would be over kill for me though. I have my main desktop for that. I mainly use it for work and light gaming and of course travel.I have to say I love this thing, best laptop I have bought in years.
Cool hope it's going well!
Would it be possible for certain models to be undervolted out of the box and not have that show up in readings? As you mentioned in the video, the Zephyrus couldn't be pushed anywhere near the Scar III, but the results in CPU tests are more impressive even without any undervolt. The 17 inch Hero III (basically a Scar III with other design elements) that I own also has similar results to the Zephyrus here while I can't undervolt it further than -0.041 and have it fully stable. In other videos I've also seen people with the 17 inch Scar/Hero not being able to push it past -0.050-0.075 unlike the 15 inch version which tends to go far lower, which makes me wonder if it's just coincidence and silicon lottery or some hidden factory tweak.
Don't think so, at least I've never seen that. I've speculated in the past that maybe they buy better binned chips for the Zephyrus, so they already perform with less voltage but as a result can't undervolt as far. That's just speculation though, I have no idea.
Zephyrus s15 with 2070 super or the 3060 with 100w on Helios 300
Kindly suggest
I have a Scar III, same specs except mine only have a 512GB SSD. However, when playing games my fps always stays at the low 1%. Like in Witcher 3 with ultra settings, instead of the average 97 fps, I only get around 60 fps. Tomb Raider EE only runs at 80 fps, and for some reasons Dying Light at 60 fps but drops to 20-30 fps after a certain period of time. Only in League of Legends can I get a fps of 140. Why is this happening? I've searched online but still can't find an answer. Please help me out here.
I still prefer the scar 3 from the prices mostly and essentially the same great experience in both
Although for a better experience overall imma go with zephyrus instead of paying another 2,600 ontop of 2,000 to get some upgrades in the future.
My Zephyrus S GX502 has an RTX 2070 but the fans crank up all the way to 7200 rpm and the fps drops down to 30-50 fps in games like Fortnite. Fans are all clean and the temperature stays around 80 degrees celcius so I'm not sure what's wrong. Help would be appreciated. Thanks
Because of the heat distribution alone, I would pick the Scar III. After 1 year of use the Zephyrus will have some dust inside it, making it probably overheat and potentially damage the laptop components. And also I do not like that both have cooling vents facing your right hand where your mouse is. That will be incredible annoying when gaming and the fan blowing hot air at full speed.
Fair enough, can't say I much noticed that myself, also with any laptop it's recommended you clean the dust out over time anyway.
Can you maybe do a review on the Asus ROG Strix G (1660ti i7)
I've been trying to get one for months, but still no luck so far.
I was waiting for this video for so long... Thank you.. This video helped me as i was going to buy scar 3... But i hav one doubt.. Would the scar 3 i9 9th gen model with 32gb ram give more fps in games and perform better than this zypherus?? I am frm india.. love your videos.😊 waiting for ur reply.. Thank you... 😊
Hey i am random stranger and my guess is that scar iii wont have much better fps. Its just gonna throttle a lot more for like 2-3fps gain. I dont think that is worth it, but idk maybe jarrod knows better.
Both of them are largely similar in my opinion Idk about anyone else but I would just go for the cheaper one :P
Just for mobility I would recommend you the zephyrus one since it has the smaller dimension and better performance than the scar III but you would need to consider the price since the zephyrus is more compact.
I would definitely choose the Scar III because it's $1600 here in Australia.
@@randomcommenter2306 wtf bro... that's much cheaper than here in my country. If I live there I would consider buying it
I have zephyrus and I absolutely love this laptop.
Good to hear!
I got it yesterday but its getting pretty hot while gaming. How doe you deal with that?
I just ordered the Asus rog Strix hero 3 without 240hz. Got a good deal. These laptops are so hard to get!
Nice! Let us know how it goes!
Help, I'm probably going to buy the Zephyrus but I don't get the part about buying a second memory stick for dual-channel. How do I attach the stick to my laptop. Through the USB port? and does it matter what kind of memory stick?
You take off the bottom and install it in the SODIMM slot. DDR4-2666 stick with the same timings as the soldered memory (you can check this with HWinfo). If this makes no sense, you probably need to take it to someone to do for you.
Love it
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