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Asus TUF Gaming A18 Series

Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UPProcessor: AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) R7 260
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
Display: 18.00 inch
Weight: 2.6kg
Average Score: 70% - average
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
performance: 70%, display: 60%, mobility: 60%, workmanship: 80%

 

Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UH

Specifications

Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UHNotebook: Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UH
Processor: AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) R7 260
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop 8192 MB
Display: 18.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Links: Asus homepage
 Asus notebook section

Price comparison

Average Score: 65% - average

Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

60% Test du Asus TUF Gaming A18 (2025) : trop large pour une RTX 5050
Source: Frandroid French FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/23/2025
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 60% display: 60% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%
70% Test ASUS TUF Gaming A18 : la RTX 5050 nouveau poids lourd de l’entrée de gamme ?
Source: Clubic French FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/14/2025
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 80% display: 60% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

 

Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UP

Specifications

Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UPNotebook: Asus TUF Gaming A18 FA808UP
Processor: AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) R7 260
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8192 MB
Display: 18.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Links: Asus homepage
 Asus notebook section

Price comparison

Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Reviews

80% Asus TUF Gaming A18 Review
Source: Trusted Reviews English
The Asus TUF Gaming A18 is an excellent large-screen gaming laptop with good power for its modest price, alongside solid battery life and a great port selection. Against similarly priced rivals, you are sacrificing some quality in the screen, though. For instance, the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (2024) ups the resolution to 2560×1600 and the refresh rate to 240Hz for an even smoother and more detailed experience, while coming with similar power levels. It does sacrifice two inches of screen size and has much worse battery life, though. If you want a modestly priced but beefy, large-screen laptop, the TUF Gaming A18 is a great choice. For more options, check out our list of the best gaming laptops we’ve tested.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/14/2025
Rating: Total score: 80%

 

Comment

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.


With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop: Entry-level graphics card from the Blackwell family for Laptops with 2,560 unified shaders (CUDA cores) and a clock rate of 1500 - 2662 MHz depending on the TDP setting. According to Nvidia, the performance without DLSS and frame generation should be comparable to an RTX 4060.

These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop: Fast mobile graphics card from the Blackwell family, which Team Green presented at CES 2025. The 5070 have 4608 CUDA cores with 8 GB GDDR7 VRAM.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c):

R7 260: A fast Hawk Point family chip that saw the light of day in H1 2025. The chip is identical to the old Ryzen 7 8845HS, meaning it is an octa-core Zen 4 CPU running at up to 5.1 GHz. Furthermore, the chip integrates a dedicated NPU with 16 TOPS.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


2.6 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

2.6 kg:


70%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Stefan Hinum, 2025-08-26 (Update: 2025-08-26)