Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2025) review: looking great, and playing just as well

Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2025) review: looking great, and playing just as well

The Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 is a very large and in charge new member of Intel Arrow Lake-HX and Nvidia Blackwell. It looks and plays great.

ASUS just released an RTX 5090 with around $700 worth of gold embedded in it

Last Updated on May 12, 2025 ASUS already holds the crown for one of the most expensive RTX 5090 SKUs with its ROG Astral LC variant, originally priced at a staggering $3,409.99, $1,409 over MSRP. This has since risen to $3,719.99 on ASUS’ official store, presumably due to tariffs. ASUS has doubled down on its ...

ASUS recently released the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition. The term 'Dhahab' refers to the Arabic word for gold: the graphics card contains 6.5 grams of 24-carat gold, with a market value of around 600 euros.

ASUS Dhahab RTX 5090: 6.5 g of Gold and Middle Eastern Design Explained

The latest ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab from ASUS blends high-end GPU technology with Middle Eastern design cues. Instead of sporting extra clock speed or memory, the Dhahab version is built on the exact same hardware as the regular Astral RTX 5090—same chip, same GDDR7 capacity, same thermal layout.