Asus ROG Strix G16 Gaming Laptop Gets $550 Discount

If you’ve been hunting for a serious gaming laptop without emptying your savings, the Asus ROG Strix G16 just got a lot more tempting. Thanks to Best Buy’s Labor‑Day sale, the model sporting an RTX 5070 Ti GPU and a 16‑core AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX is now priced just under $1,750 – a clean $550 cut from the original list price.

This particular configuration ships with a 15.6‑inch Full‑HD IPS panel that can push a buttery‑smooth 165 Hz refresh rate. Asus says the screen hits 100 % of the sRGB gamut, and our own measurements confirmed vibrant colors and a snappy 3 ms response time. For most gamers, that’s more than enough to keep the action looking crisp, even if you’re not after a QHD‑240 Hz display.

Under the hood, the Ryzen 9 8940HX – part of AMD’s “Dragon Range” Zen 4 line – still holds its own against the newer Core Ultra 9 275HX, trailing by only a handful of percent in synthetic tests. Pair that with the RTX 5070 Ti, which brings 12 GB of GDDR7 memory and roughly a 20 % uplift over the regular RTX 5070, and you’ve got a machine that can sustain high frame rates in most modern titles.

Memory and storage are both user‑upgradeable. The laptop offers two SO‑DIMM slots for up to 64 GB of DDR5 RAM and dual M.2 PCIe Gen 4 slots, so adding more SSD space later is painless. Connectivity isn’t an afterthought either: you get two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type‑A ports, two USB 4 Type‑C ports (both with DisplayPort), a 2.5 Gb Ethernet jack, HDMI, and a 3.5 mm audio combo.

All told, the discounted Strix G16 feels like a solid middle ground – powerful enough for demanding AAA games, but priced at a point that makes sense while DRAM and NAND costs are still volatile. Of course, deals change fast, and stock can disappear quickly, so grab it while you can.

Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on information from Best Buy at the time of writing and may change without notice.