ASUS TUF FX504 Review: A Notebook For Keeps?

ASUS TUF FX504 Review: A Notebook For Keeps?

Day-to-day is OK, heavy AAA gaming is a struggle

Just like any other notebook, the TUF FX504 is available in a number of configurations. Our review unit came equipped with an Intel Core i5 8300HQ processor, 4GB of RAM, NVIDIA GTX 1050 GPU with 4GB of VRAM, 1TB SATA HDD plus an 8GB SSHD.

While the notebook certainly can handle normal video and photo editing work as well as day-to-day use without problems, its hardware limitations show once you start playing AAA games like Farcy 5 and Middle Earth: Shadow of War. Sure, you can crank out respectable frames above 50 in medium but the 4GB of RAM starts to bottleneck your experience with lag and sputters aplenty.

The notebook’s fans does manage to keep temperatures under control though, and our laser thermometer never registered temps above 50 celcius on the chassis of the machine while we were running benchmarks. Take note this was in room temperature in an un-airconditioned room during summer.

Stay close to a wall socket

Equipped with only a 3-cell 48Wh battery, the TUF FX504 isn’t meant to last long periods away from the socket. You’re looking at around 4 hours on a single charge with web browsing, a little less when you’re streaming video. If you dare play games away from the socket, you’re looking at no more than 1 hour and 30 minutes, give or take. Just stay close to a wall socket while you’re using this, is what we’re saying.

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