The “Advantage” in this special model of the Asus ROG Strix G15 refers to AMD’s Advantage Design Framework, a new initiative in the spirit of Intel Evo and Nvidia Studio; in AMD’s words, “the result of a multiyear collaboration between AMD and its global PC partners to deliver the next generation of premium, high-performance gaming laptops.” The ROG Strix Advantage Edition is one of the inaugural systems in the program — the only one thus far to include the new Radeon RX 6800M GPU — and while it’s a great gaming laptop and succeeds at hitting “high performance,” it feels a little less premium than competitors and even its own sibling, the ROG Strix Scar 15.

The G15 AE is shipping this month, but Asus hasn’t yet settled on a price; it will fall somewhere in the $1,650-$1,700 range.
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