Asus TUF A15 review: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H powered gaming laptop on budget

Business Standard Asus TUF A15 review: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H powered gaming laptop on budget

Asus is known for its gaming-centric laptops, especially the premium ROG series ones. For price conscious buyers, the Taiwanese PC maker has a TUF series of gaming laptops. It recently launched the Asus TUF A15 in India. Geared towards those on a limited budget, this gaming laptop seems good for most of its specifications – at least on paper. But is it a good entry-level gaming laptop? Let’s find out: Asus TUF A15: Build and design The TUF A15 might be an entry-level gaming laptop but its design speaks otherwise. It looks premium, has fancy bells and whistles, and a solid and sturdy build to justify ‘TUF’ in

the moniker. Though heavy (2.3 kg) and bulky, Asus says the laptop has ‘military grade protection’ and can take some beating without showing a purple patch.

The TUF A15 sports a 15.6-inch FHD screen of 144Hz refresh rate with support for Adaptive Sync. The Adaptive Sync feature allows the display’s refresh rate to synchronise with the GPU’s frame rate. This reduces lag, minimises stuttering, and eliminates visual tearing for smooth and immersive gameplay.

The display maintains the frame rate, but the response time is not great. Moreover, it is not the best display when it comes to colour accuracy. While the display seems fine for a gaming laptop, audio ruins the experience. Acoustics is one area this laptop will disappoint many. While gaming laptops usually don't have an impressive output, it's high time companies start fixing it. Despite the DTS:X Ultra, the audio in TUF A15 is feeble and disappointing.

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