Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS
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Price comparison
Average of 6 scores (from 9 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus TUF Gaming A16 FA617XS
Asus have chosen AMD hardware - a Ryzen 9 7940HS and Radeon RX 7600S - to power the gaming laptop. A quick-reacting 16:10 16-inch screen (WUXGA, 165 Hz, FreeSync) and excellent runtimes complete the setup.
Source: Techradar
Asus has gone with all-AMD hardware for this reasonably priced gaming laptop. It mostly works, with both decent gaming performance and great battery life. But a similarly priced laptop with Nvidia's RTX 4060 GPU is still marginally the better choice.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/05/2024
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: 91mobiles
The ASUS TUF Gaming A16 is a solid performer, powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Radeon RX 7600S. It handles a wide range of tasks with ease, from video editing to playing AAA titles. Its 16-inch IPS display is vibrant and supports a 165Hz refresh rate, making it well-suited for gaming, though it’s not the best choice for colour-accurate photo editing. Thermals can get quite warm, so we recommend running it in Performance mode rather than Turbo mode for better temperature management.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/09/2024
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 75% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 75%
Source: Expert Reviews
It’s the sign of a good laptop that you struggle to come up with much in the way of negative comments, and when you do they are all frankly pretty minor. So it is with the Asus TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition. The display is excellent, it’s easy to upgrade, the keyboard is good and battery life surpasses expectations. Of course, this is primarily a gaming machine, so it’s gaming performance we must judge it by, but here, too, the TUF A16 needs no excuses made for it. All told, this is one of the most balanced gaming laptop packages you can get for under £1,500. It’s a fantastic gaming machine.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/26/2024
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Noteb (YT)
Welcome to our short review of the Asus TUF Advantage 16 (2023) FA617XS. In this video, we’ll take you through the unboxing, revealing the robust design and superior build quality of this gaming laptop. We’ll also run detailed benchmarks, showcasing the impressive performance of the Asus TUF Advantage 16.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 01/25/2024
Source: Techlusive
I’ll start with the nitpicking. This laptop is heavy, the vents heat up anything around them, the display could’ve been brighter, and the speakers have the necessary tech, but lack the audio output. With that out of my system, I don’t find anything to complain about this laptop. I’ve been using it in the office during the day and gaming in night. Almost never shut it down in my two weeks with it, and it runs just fine. Also, the quirks I mentioned above, if you buy a gaming laptop, you know you’re signing up for the average battery and the heat. That said, the ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition is difficult to beat at this price. And not just this machine, the whole TUF lineup has good specs to offer at reasonable prices. This A16 laptop costs Rs. 1,39,990 at the time of writing this review. At this price, you get top-tier specs with 1TB SSD storage and 16GB RAM to start with.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/18/2023
Source: Techlusive
I’ll start with the nitpicking. This laptop is heavy, the vents heat up anything around them, the display could’ve been brighter, and the speakers have the necessary tech, but lack the audio output. With that out of my system, I don’t find anything to complain about this laptop. I’ve been using it in the office during the day and gaming in night. Almost never shut it down in my two weeks with it, and it runs just fine. Also, the quirks I mentioned above, if you buy a gaming laptop, you know you’re signing up for the average battery and the heat. That said, the ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition is difficult to beat at this price. And not just this machine, the whole TUF lineup has good specs to offer at reasonable prices. This A16 laptop costs Rs. 1,39,990 at the time of writing this review.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/20/2023
Foreign Reviews
Source: Game IT
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/26/2023
Rating: Total score: 88% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80%
Source: Frandroid
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/13/2023
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Prohardver.hu
HU→ENPositive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; attractive design; solid workmanship; excellent display; long battery life; quick charging. Negative: Heavy and bulky.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/27/2023
Comment
AMD Radeon RX 7600S: Fast mid-range mobile graphics card based on the RDNA 3 architecture. Offers 1,792 cores (28 CUs) at a TDP of up to 90 Watt. Uses the Navi 33 chip that is manufactured in 6nm at TSMC. Low-power variant of the RX 7600M with slightly reduced performance.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
R9 7940HS: A powerful Phoenix family APU. Its 8 cores are powered by the Zen 4 architecture and are SMT-enabled for a total of 16 processing threads. 4.0 GHz is the base clock speed and the highest Boost clock speed achievable is 5.2 GHz. The 7940HS introduces Ryzen AI which is AMD's answer to Intel's DL Boost and GNA technologies; the Radeon 780M serves as the integrated graphics adapter.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a major Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer based in Taipei, founded in 1989. Under the Asus brand name, the company manufactures a wide range of products, including laptops, desktops, motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, smartphones and networking equipment, complete systems and PC components for end users.
Under the ROG (Republic of Gamers) brand name, ASUS manufactures gaming laptops known by gamers for their powerful specifications, dedicated graphics cards, high refresh rate displays and advanced cooling systems.
Beyond gaming, a wide range of notebooks are offered for different needs and budgets, from ultra-slim and lightweight ultrabooks to versatile 2-in-1 convertibles and budget-friendly options. In 2023, Asus had a 7% global market share of the PC market.
Customer satisfaction with ASUS notebooks concerns performance, the features, and the good price-performance ratio of ASUS notebooks. However, as with any brand, there are occasional reports of problems such as overheating, driver compatibility, or build quality issues.
84.98%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
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