It must be admitted that playing games is one of the most exciting entertainment activities, apart from watching movies or drama series. Of course, not a few people are passionate about playing mobile games via smartphones or if they have more budget, play games using a gaming laptop.
Currently, in the market, there are various gaming laptops presented by several brands that are specifically aimed at those of you who are passionate about playing games. However, don’t be fooled into choosing the right device, even if it is supplied with identical specifications.
Having a high specification, does not mean the performance is also high. Indeed, the judgment of some people when buying a gaming laptop, the first thing that is asked is the support for the processor and graphics card used.
However, you also have to understand that it’s not only processor and graphics card support that must be considered. There are many other factors, starting from the adopted RAM technology, to of course the cooling system support used.
Now! Currently, ASUS, which is quite keen to produce many gaming laptops, has the ASUS TUF Gaming F15 (FX507). This is a gaming laptop that is touted by ASUS as the Most Advanced Entry Level Gaming Laptop.
DDR5 4800MHz RAM support
Interestingly, ASUS TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) has similar specifications to its competitor, which is also present this year, namely Acer Nitro 5 (2022). These two gaming laptops both use a Core i7-12700H processor from Intel and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card with 4GB VRAM.
However, with the TGP (total graphic power) that ASUS has managed to improve compared to the previous generation, the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) can provide a better gaming experience. ASUS also concocted TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) with DDR5 4800MHz RAM support.
Meanwhile, Acer Nitro 5 (2022) uses DDR4 3200MHz RAM support. Yes! It must be admitted that RAM speed support is very influential in gaming activities, namely faster RAM can present a better minimal framerate in games.
Five Copper Heatpipe Cooling System
Using the right cooling system is also one of the benchmarks for boosting the performance of a gaming laptop. TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) is mixed by ASUS using a special cooling system equipped with five copper heatpipes.
Yes! Not only is it able to cool the installed processor and graphics card components, the cooling system in the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) is also able to cool several other components, such as the Voltage Regulator Module (VRM).
The TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) cooling system is also powered by two 12v powered fans and has four hot air exhaust paths. The cooling system on the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) can also be relied upon thanks to the presence of the 0db Ambient Cooling feature.
The 0db Ambient Cooling feature allows the fans to stop spinning when the temperature of the processor and graphics card, aka GPU, is below 50⁰C. This proves that the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) cooling system is very reliable for cooling the CPU and GPU it carries.
MUX Switch Support and Easily Upgradeable
For those of you who want the full performance of the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507), ASUS also completes it with a MUX Switch. The MUX Switch allows this gaming laptop to fully turn off the integrated graphics chip (iGPU) function.
That way, graphics processing can be fully done by a more powerful discrete graphics chip (dGPU). Apart from that, you also have the freedom to use all the features and potential of the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) via the MUX Switch.
The MUX Switch can be activated while playing games so that TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) can deliver maximum performance. Meanwhile, when you deactivate or turn off the MUX Switch, this gaming laptop can provide more efficient battery usage.
Those of you who are interested in the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) also don’t need to be confused if you want to upgrade this gaming laptop. This is because ASUS provides a RAM upgrade option with two DDR5 4800MHz SO-DIMM slots and two M.2 PCIe Gen4 SSD slots for data storage.
Thanks to the upgrade options offered by ASUS, even the most basic version of the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507) can have a total RAM of up to 32GB DDR5 and can accommodate two PCIe Gen4 SSDs with a total data storage capacity of up to 4 TB.
Benchmark results
Equipped with Armory Crate
Another attraction of the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507), ASUS has armed this gaming laptop with Armory Crate. This is a special application or software developed by AUS to control all the features and performance of the TUF Gaming F15 (FX507).
Performance settings range from MUX Switch control, Two-Way AI Noise-Canceling settings, performance control via the presets provided, to manual performance control and fan rotation. Armory Crate can also show a list of games installed on TUF Gaming F15 (FX507).
For those of you who are interested in buying TUF Gaming F15 (FX507), ASUS also provides extra protection, namely the ASUS Perfect Warranty. Through the ASUS Perfect Warranty, users only need to pay a 20% repair fee for damage caused by user error.
