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The Asus TUF 15 FA506IV is a gaming laptop equipped with the latest Ryzen APU and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 discreet graphics processing card designed for intense gaming. It is also equipped with a 7% reduced footprint than the previous generation and meets everyday user’s needs.
The Processor
The ASUS TUF FA506IV-BR7N12 is a gaming laptop PC that boasts with AMD Ryzen 7-4800H. The Ryzen 7 4800H is a high-end processor that is usually found in gaming laptops. It was released in 2020, the Ryzen 7-4800H targets to deliver outstanding performance in continuously intensive computing set-ups like gaming or video rendering in exchange for a higher power consumption of 45 Watts. Usual mainstream laptop processors such as the Ryzen 7-4700U typically consume 15 Watts. The Ryzen 7-4800H gets up with its eight (8) processing cores, and up to two (2) computing threads per core, this means that a significant possibility for multi-tasking and multi-core-optimized programs. The processor contends alongside Intel’s six-core Core i7-10750H from an identical high-performance group. It integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. The processor has a base clock rate of 2.9 GHz - the guaranteed base clock speed, to 4.2 GHz with Turbo Core Technology, and supports Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) up to 16 threads at once. It has three levels of cache memory from 512 KB to 7.9 MB level 3 cache memory with a TDP rating of 45W, therefore it is fabricated for big laptops. The TDP can be configured from to TDP of 35 Watts resulting in decreased performance to 54 watts to increase the performance level. It has a PassMark rating of 19240 points. It is one of the most powerful processors at the moment.
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The Graphics Card
The ASUS TUF FA506IV-BR7N12 arrives with a discreet GPU called NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics backed by 6GB GDDR6 dedicated video memory for an ultrafast, advanced GPU to fuel your games, aside from the integrated GPU in the processor called Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics card with 7 CUs and up to 1600 MHz processing speed. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 for laptops is a fast mid-range gaming graphics card for laptops. It is built on the desktop RTX 2060 chip but at reduced GPU clock rates, about -30%, and decreases power consumption by 80 - 90 Watt TGP against 160 Watt for the desktop variety. For power-hungry games of 2019, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is suitable for full HD or 1080p and high or ultra-settings.
The Display
The ASUS TUF FA506IV-BR7N12 features a 15.6" screen display with 1920 x 1080 resolution, regular 60 Hz refresh rate, and 45% NTSC. Touch, tap, glide and make the most of Windows 10. It also features IPS technology for wide viewing angles, and an energy-efficient LED backlight. With the screen resolution, it is expected that the display of this laptop is not the sharpest display available out there.
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The RAM
The ASUS TUF FA506IV-BR7N12 Go has 8GB System Memory for intense multitasking and gaming, the considerable high-bandwidth RAM is needed to easily run your games, photo and video-editing applications, as well as to run multiple programs and browser tabs all at once. Specifically, the laptop has DDR4 RAM with a speed of 3200 megahertz and 8 megabytes memory cache. The RAM can be upgraded up to 32 GB.
The Storage
This ASUS TUF FA506IV-BR7N12 has a storage capacity of 512GB Solid State Drive that uses the speedy PCIe (PCIe Gen3 SSD M.2) technology. It utilized the PCIe technology, so it is expected that it has a fast read and write speed.
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Battery, Dimensions, and Inclusions
It has a 3-cell Lithium polymer battery that will give you up to 6 hours of battery juice. The laptop has the following dimension 1-inch x 14.2 inches x 10.1 inches and weighs about 5.07 pounds. What’s included in the box is an ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506IV-BR7N12; 3-cell battery; and Power adapter. This laptop PC is powered by Windows 10 Operating System.
Connectivity and other Features
The ASUS TUF FA506IV-BR7N12 comes equipped with the following connectivity features like 1x USB 2.0 Type-A Port; 2x USB 3.0 Type-A Ports; 1 x HDMI; Wireless-AC (867 Mbps); Bluetooth; RGB backlit keyboard; and Built-in HD webcam with array microphone.
This laptop costs around USD $1000, but it is now on sale at about $800.
TecTack Rating:
Processing Power: ★★★★
Design: ★★★
Basic Office: ★★★★★
Gaming: ★★★★
Internet Browsing: ★★★★★
Storage Capacity: ★★★
Multi-tasking: ★★★★
Video Editing: ★★★★
Portability: ★★★
Connectivity: ★★★
