NVIDIA 50 Series Laptop are Coming Soon

Just a few short months ago, we were celebrating the launch of NVIDIA’s next-generation graphics card, the 50 series. Now, several launches later, those same GPUs are going mobile when 50 Series laptops start dropping next week, 3/31.

Photo: Kevin Liu 

The NVIDIA 50 Series - both desktop and laptop versions - feature massive improvements over the past generation of cards and bring with them some fancy new features, like DLSS4, faster VRAM, and fifth generation Tensor Cores. Ahead of release, we got to go hands-on with one of the upcoming 50 Series laptops:

The ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2025)

Our first foray into the world of 50 Series laptops comes from ASUS, with a preview featuring their brand-new ROG Strix SCAR 18. 

The ROG Strix SCAR is undeniably a gaming laptop. There's a plethora of RGB across the device, including on the lid and under the base. But gaming isn’t just about RGB and the Strix SCAR has more than enough under the hood to back up its powerful first impression. 

These new Strix SCAR laptops come in a number of different configurations but the one we got our hands on is a Micro Center exclusive with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, 64 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD. And, if that’s not enough, the Strix SCAR is easily upgradable, featuring an easy-remove backplate to increase RAM up to 64GB (if you’re not picking up the Platinum Collection model) as well as an additional M.2 storage slot. 

The display is just as powerful, featuring a 2.5K, 240Hz, DCI-P3 100% color accurate screen. Whether you’re playing the latest single player games or fighting for glory in Apex Legends or Marvel Rivals, the Strix SCAR is going to run buttery smooth and look absolutely stunning doing it.

While gaming may be the most obvious use case for the Strix SCAR, it’s also a potent mobile content creator space. The base, non-upgraded specs are stellar for video editing, thanks to 24GB of VRAM and Thunderbolt 5 ports. Jordan of our video team has already done editing via external SSD using the Thundebolt port, with any bottlenecking stemming from the SSD rather than transfer speeds.

Check out our video team’s hands-on thoughts: