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what is it about gaming laptops that really gets you fired up is it the

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flashy angular designs maybe the thick

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cooling the anemic battery life and uh

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super heavy power bricks yes bricks uh

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they have more than one

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well ASUS clearly didn't think it was any of

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those things because their follow-up to last year's gl502 the gl503 features

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none of them

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synergy 2 makes sharing one mouse and keyboard between multiple computers so

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simple and seamless that anyone can do it check it out today through the link

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below picking up the gl503 scar edition ours

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is the vs configuration the most

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immediately noticeable thing is the significant difference in build quality

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compared to the last generation it's noticeably thinner which gives it along

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with the faux carbon fiber finish here

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and the darkened brushed aluminum on the back panel a bit of extra curb appeal

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now as for its little brother the gl 503

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hero edition this is a vm model this guy

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gets kind of a feathery halftone vinyl

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wrap that looks pretty cool up close but then from a bit further away

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subjectively i think kind of looks like dust or

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dirt or something like this now although they share a common chassis

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the keyboard area of the scar edition compared to the hero

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is quite a bit stiffer leading us to

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originally believe that this surface really is made of carbon

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fiber hence the title of the video but as i alluded to before it is not it

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should be noted both of them are on the excellent side of acceptable though with

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better screen flex than the previous gen as an added bonus

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there's more than meets the eye though when you're comparing the two incoming

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models while both of them come equipped with five usb 3.1 ports four type a and

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one type c the scar editions type c over here is

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Thunderbolt 3 enabled allowing it to drive up to three external displays

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speaking of displays let's switch back over to the hero here ASUS used a 120hz

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ahva panel for the hero that's pretty good but the scar sports a

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brighter 144 hertz ips g-sync affair with both of

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them boasting 100 coverage of the adobe RGB color gamut for getting real work

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done and they both deliver a spectacularly smooth gaming experience

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in all but the most demanding titles a gtx 1070 can get near the 100 FPS mark

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on medium to high settings and then especially on the scars g-sync display i

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mean this is a huge upgrade compared to

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whatever kind of gaming notebook you're running from a couple of years ago

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inside them we find mostly the same guts that powered the gl502 except this time

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with more storage thanks to seagate's fire cuda sshd hybrid drives ASUS also

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added intake vents above the keyboard and then a cutout on the rear of the

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display hinge that actually clears both

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the intake and exhaust vents and allows the laptop to breathe easy whether the

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lid is open or closed and then as a neat little bonus this

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notch right here actually gives you a quick look at the main indicator leds

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while the notebook is shut specs aside in terms of expansion they've both got

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two ddr4 sodium slots with one slot populated on each of them and NVMe SSD

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support along with a single two and a half inch SATA mount where they really

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differ internally is in their cooling setups which might help explain the

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extra stiffness of the scar it didn't throttle one bit even under a

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combined CPU and GPU load

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that is as long as you don't mind the mini vacuum sound that accompanies

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ASUS's overboost mode by comparison the

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hero and the last gen gl502 put up much

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worse results as for our gaming tests it showed a bit

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of a blow for blow between the gl502 and

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our scar with all configurations scoring within 10 FPS of their desktop

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equivalents except in cs go where

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okay yeah they were different but like if somebody offered you a 600 scoop ice

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cream sundae versus a 700 scoop ice cream sundae

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would you really worry about it for productivity meanwhile the scar

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overtakes its predecessor coming closer to our comparison desktop thanks to its

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superior cooling with the hero taking a back seat

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now of course all that comes with the cost and i'm not talking money yet

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without switchable graphics both of our gl503 units put up

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unimpressive battery life numbers so this is better than the gaming notebooks

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of your but if you're planning to use either of them for school you might want

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to factor an extension cord and a power strip into your backpack's weight

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allowance for those of you who care the webcam and built-in microphone look and sound about

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like this so serviceable but i wouldn't go using them for streaming on twitch or

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anything like that as for the side-firing speakers well

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they're nothing to write home about either but they're a significant

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upgrading clarity over the previous model and well within the range of

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acceptable moving on to the keyboard and trackpad

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do you remember how the trackpad on the gl502 had this kind of lip that made it

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awkward to use that's ancient history now we've got flush track pads that feel

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smooth and easy to glide your fingers across with virtually no input leg and

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four zones of RGB lighting on the keyboard now the switches themselves are just as

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satisfying as the gl502 and the layout is improved with full-sized arrow keys

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now making them easier to find by touch so overall

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i've got to say ASUS did an excellent job of refining this design

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it's still not to a level where i'd call it perfect and

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sure at these prices you can get this raw performance for less

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not to mention with better battery life but what ASUS brings to the table here

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is superior build quality expansion

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cooling performance especially in the scar and perhaps most importantly again

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especially on the 144hz scar

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truly gaming grade screens recommended

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