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ASUS TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop (FA507NV-EH53) on sale for
$679.99.
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Specs (
source):
- AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS 6-core, 12-threads (3.3Ghz Base / 4.6GHz Boost) Processor
- 15.6" FHD 250-nits 45% NTSC IPS Anti-Glare 144Hz Matte Display
- 16GB DDR5-4800 RAM Memory
- 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive Storage
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
- Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5.3
- 720p HD Camera
- Chiclet Backlit Keyboard 1-Zone RGB
- Ports:
- 1x HDMI 2.1 FRL
- 1x USB-C 4 (support for DisplayPort, 40Gbps)
- 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2
- 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1
- 1x RJ45 Ethernet
- 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
- Windows 11
- 90Wh Li-ion 4-Cell Battery w/ 240W AC Power Adapter
- 13.94 x 9.88 x 0.98" (4.85 lbs)
Warranty: 1-Year Limited Parts & Labor
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Specs: https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-.../techspec/
The primary downside to this laptop is the cpu, the 7535HS is a 6-core cpu using the one and a half generation old zen3+ architecture (basically zen3 cores with an improved memory controller and additional pcie capabilities). It has the rather weak rdna2 based 660m for an igpu. In terms of raw cpu performance, expect it to perform slightly better than the old 6600hs. It will be meaningfully slower than the newer generation zen4 and 5 cpus in higher end laptops. Having 6 cores may also start becoming a bottleneck in a couple of years, but it's generally sufficient for midrange gaming currently. Likewise, while the zen3+ cores aren't terribly powerful by modern standards, the mobile rtx 4060 isn't powerful enough for the cpu to be a major bottleneck in most games.
The mobile rtx 4060 is the current value sweetspot, it's the cheapest nvidia mobile gpu that has 8gb of vram (the absolute bare minimum for modern 1080p gaming). The 4060 in this laptop is the full power 140w variant, though keep in mind performance scaling heavily drops off past 100w. While the mobile rtx 4070 is around 20% faster, the 8gb of vram remains the primary constraint, and it's nowhere near worth the price premium. The next step up, the mobile rtx 4080, is enormously faster and has 12gb of vram, but you'll pay at least twice as much for even a refurbished 4080 laptop. The brand new mobile rtx 5000 series laptops aren't worth the enormous price premiums, blackwell is basically a refresh of ada lovelace without any major improvements, and you'd need to purchase a mobile rtx 5070ti or higher to get more than 8gb of vram. Multi frame generation is also utterly pointless if your monitor is below 180hz refresh rate (and 4x mode isn't viable without at least 240hz refresh rate).
The screen on this laptop has very good specs for a laptop of this price in all metrics except brightness. The brightness is only 250 nits which is the bare minimum, if you primarily use your laptops in bright environments or outside this is a major downside. Otherwise, the screen is 1080p (standard at this price, and you wouldn't want higher resolution with the 4060), 144hz refresh rate (decent for midrange gaming), 100%srgb gamut coverage (good for this price point), supports G-Sync (very unusual at this price), and has a MUX Switch + Advanced Optimus. If this screen was 300nit+ it'd be incredible at under $700, but with a brightness of 250nits it's still pretty good.
This laptop has a rather large 90whr battery which is very good for the price. While the zen3+ cpu isn't exceptionally efficient, I'd still expect fairly good battery life for a gaming laptop.
This laptop comes with 16gb (2x8gb) of ddr5 4800 (16gb is decent for the price), this cpu doesn't support ddr5 faster than 4800. There are two user accessible ram slots, officially supporting up to 32gb ddr5 4800. There are two user accessible m.2 slots, one of which is occupied by the 512gb gen 4 ssd.
The array of ports is quite decent, there's no thunderbolt (obviously), but it has hdmi 2.1 frl, 1x usb3.2 supporting power delivery and displayport output (with gsync, 10gbps)), a usb4 port (40gbps), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports (5gbps), and a RJ45 LAN port. The wifi is only gen 6, which is slightly disappointing but ultimately not terribly consequential. The keyboard is backlit.
This laptop is fairly heavy at 2.20 Kg (4.85 lbs).
Overall, if the mediocre cpu and low screen brightness aren't dealbreakers for you, this is an excellent deal. It's also worth keeping in mind there's currently lots of uncertainty regarding how tariffs will affect pricing, so if you need a laptop now it may be prudent not to wait.
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I got this for my daughter back in August going away to school and it fit most of the parameters they had listed for the engineering school computer requirements. Within a few months the touchpad went bad and besides not being able to use it it would sometimes highlight stuff of the screen. So over winter break I had to get her a new laptop to take back to school while I got warranty work done on this one. I have to say Asus has a goofy and not clear warranty procedure which when doing it online says that I have to take it to Best Buy and Geek Squad even though I don't have a warranty with them I only bought it there. After jumping through all of the hoops and getting the RMA the work and turnaround was done fast.
Some notes: The computer is pretty heavy compared to others and the power brick is pretty big. This can be charged by USB-C if you need to as well but it's slow.
DLSS/MFG are definitely a benefit on laptops which can't use high power like a desktop can but that's only in supported games.
Architectural changes can happen without die shrinks. And die shrinks aren't always substantive in terms of performance or features.
Don't forget that the biggest reason they're pushing for die shrinks at all is to increase yields.
This will play most modern games, although some more graphically demanding games will have to be set to lower graphics settings.
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Similar enough for this... I really like it. The screen isn't the brightest sure. If I take it out to the coffee shop I notice but I usually okay at night after the family is in bed so it's awesome for me. I love the quiet responsive keys a lot.
I mainly play no man's sky and it handles that like a champ. I was going to put a second drive in but it says it doesn't support standard drives and I haven't had the brain time to figure it what would especially since I've still got tons of space.
I'm not a competitive gamer. But I'm playing games with deep graphics on this and love it.
The biggest gripe is that it doesn't like USB C power. The power brick that it comes with is an actual brick. It's heavy and I worry about it pulling on the port long term.
But I love my TUF little mid range gaming laptop. If you're on the fence my service is go for it.
They cancelled my order from last night.
"I'm so sorry; the item listed below was a promotional offer and is no longer available due to high demand."
Specs: https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-.../techspec/
The primary downside to this laptop is the cpu, the 7535HS is a 6-core cpu using the one and a half generation old zen3+ architecture (basically zen3 cores with an improved memory controller and additional pcie capabilities). It has the rather weak rdna2 based 660m for an igpu. In terms of raw cpu performance, expect it to perform slightly better than the old 6600hs. It will be meaningfully slower than the newer generation zen4 and 5 cpus in higher end laptops. Having 6 cores may also start becoming a bottleneck in a couple of years, but it's generally sufficient for midrange gaming currently. Likewise, while the zen3+ cores aren't terribly powerful by modern standards, the mobile rtx 4060 isn't powerful enough for the cpu to be a major bottleneck in most games.
The mobile rtx 4060 is the current value sweetspot, it's the cheapest nvidia mobile gpu that has 8gb of vram (the absolute bare minimum for modern 1080p gaming). The 4060 in this laptop is the full power 140w variant, though keep in mind performance scaling heavily drops off past 100w. While the mobile rtx 4070 is around 20% faster, the 8gb of vram remains the primary constraint, and it's nowhere near worth the price premium. The next step up, the mobile rtx 4080, is enormously faster and has 12gb of vram, but you'll pay at least twice as much for even a refurbished 4080 laptop. The brand new mobile rtx 5000 series laptops aren't worth the enormous price premiums, blackwell is basically a refresh of ada lovelace without any major improvements, and you'd need to purchase a mobile rtx 5070ti or higher to get more than 8gb of vram. Multi frame generation is also utterly pointless if your monitor is below 180hz refresh rate (and 4x mode isn't viable without at least 240hz refresh rate).
The screen on this laptop has very good specs for a laptop of this price in all metrics except brightness. The brightness is only 250 nits which is the bare minimum, if you primarily use your laptops in bright environments or outside this is a major downside. Otherwise, the screen is 1080p (standard at this price, and you wouldn't want higher resolution with the 4060), 144hz refresh rate (decent for midrange gaming), 100%srgb gamut coverage (good for this price point), supports G-Sync (very unusual at this price), and has a MUX Switch + Advanced Optimus. If this screen was 300nit+ it'd be incredible at under $700, but with a brightness of 250nits it's still pretty good.
This laptop has a rather large 90whr battery which is very good for the price. While the zen3+ cpu isn't exceptionally efficient, I'd still expect fairly good battery life for a gaming laptop.
This laptop comes with 16gb (2x8gb) of ddr5 4800 (16gb is decent for the price), this cpu doesn't support ddr5 faster than 4800. There are two user accessible ram slots, officially supporting up to 32gb ddr5 4800. There are two user accessible m.2 slots, one of which is occupied by the 512gb gen 4 ssd.
The array of ports is quite decent, there's no thunderbolt (obviously), but it has hdmi 2.1 frl, 1x usb3.2 supporting power delivery and displayport output (with gsync, 10gbps)), a usb4 port (40gbps), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports (5gbps), and a RJ45 LAN port. The wifi is only gen 6, which is slightly disappointing but ultimately not terribly consequential. The keyboard is backlit.
This laptop is fairly heavy at 2.20 Kg (4.85 lbs).
Overall, if the mediocre cpu and low screen brightness aren't dealbreakers for you, this is an excellent deal. It's also worth keeping in mind there's currently lots of uncertainty regarding how tariffs will affect pricing, so if you need a laptop now it may be prudent not to wait.
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Some notes:
The battery life is likely excellent. Notebookcheck reviewed the Asus Tuf A16 with AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (also zen 3+, but with 8 cores), same 90whr battery, and it could last 12-20 hours with light usage.
https://www.notebookche
While Asus does officially state that 32GB is the max RAM, that hasn't mattered for a while now as the memory controllers are embedded in the CPU. AMD says this CPU supports 64GB DDR5, so you can upgrade to 32GBx2 if you like.
https://www.amd.com/en/products/p...535hs.html
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