Promo €1349 Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W, multimedia gaming laptop 14″ 2.5K 165Hz nomadic 7h thin light Ryzen 7 8845HS RTX 4060 SSD 1 TB

Our opinion on the Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W

Compact, thin and light, the multimedia gaming laptop Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W with a battery life of 7 hours suitable for studying, benefits from a 14-inch anti-glare 2.5K IPS High Definition screen whose frequency of 165Hz improves fluidity in games. This versatile Windows 11 laptop includes the high-end GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics card suitable for recent games. This GPU accelerates processing like the powerful AMD Hawk Point Ryzen 7 8845HS processor and 16 GB of efficient RAM as well as fast SSD storage with a large capacity of 1 TB reinforcing responsiveness. We also find an RGB backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for facial biometric authentication as well as USB 4, Wi-Fi 6E and USB-C connectivity.

Features of the Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W

The Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W faces the competition

The Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W is currently showing in promotion at the house of Darty and the Fnac. It offers a configuration/price ratio attractive for its category where it is one of the cheapest to offer such a recent and powerful processor as well as the graphics card, such large capacity SSD storage as well as such a high definition/frequency screen with such faithful colors, all in such a compact and lightweight case.

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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W

With its thin and light Jaeger Dark Gray compact dark design, this versatile laptop targeting gamers and creators has a relatively discreet gaming look.

The connectivity integrated into this creative gaming laptop is good, consisting of 2 USB-C including 1 USB 4, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules for communicating and connecting remotely, an HDMI video output practical for easily connecting it to a TV or a monitor for example, an audio port or even 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) ensuring transfers taking place up to 10 times more faster than USB 2.0 if you connect USB 3.0 devices.

Biometric authentication is possible through the infrared functionality of the webcam allowing facial recognition as well as Windows Hello technology.

When you need to better perceive the keys, simply activate the backlighting of the chiclet keyboard.

Players will appreciate that the screen adopts a refresh rate of 165Hz because it provides much better fluidity in games, including everyday games, compared to the standard 60Hz.
Furthermore, the screen benefits from a 2.5K High Definition higher than Full HD, associated with a 16/10th format higher than the classic 16/9th to display more information.
The screen also benefits from sRGB colorimetry that is more faithful than average as well as significant viewing angles, both horizontally and vertically, thanks to its IPS technology.
Due to its anti-reflective coating, the screen also offers better visibility than a shiny panel in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors).

Performance, battery life of the Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W

The Asus TUF Gaming A14 TUF401UV-DRG046W may appeal to those who wish to invest in a versatile multimedia compact portable PC that performs well in gaming and creation.

Nomads will appreciate that it is as easy to carry as an Ultrabook since it is compact, thin and light. Especially since its autonomy is around 7 hours on battery in light use. Some wishing to equip themselves with a Student laptop High Definition multimedia may be interested.

NVIDIA Optimus technology is obviously there to ensure such autonomy obtained via operation on the Radeon 780M graphics solution housed in the processor. The Radeon 780M indeed offers the advantage of consuming less energy than the dedicated GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card, which promotes autonomy.

Whether with the Radeon 780M or the GeForce RTX 4060 you can watch HD photos and videos.
Optimus actually activates the GeForce RTX 4060 when the performance of the Radeon 780M is deemed insufficient to perform the requested tasks.

Thanks to the dedicated high-end GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics card, you can play recent games.
Under the most demanding titles, some concessions may be necessary to obtain good playability.
Because a greater number of calculations are necessary in 2.5K than in Full HD, which implies a lower number of fps.

Gamers will therefore appreciate the GeForce RTX 4060.
And creative people too since this dedicated card provides graphics acceleration of processing under applications using GPU computing power, such as the Adobe suite, VSDC or Vegas.

Is the Radeon 780M directly integrated into the Ryzen 7 8845HS, AMD processor? Hawk Point Octo Core, supported here by 16 GB of RAM to provide good overall power which will delight demanding users.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is well supported in its tasks by this core which will delight creators since it provides faster multimedia processing than a model based on a Quad/Hexa Core. The difference is particularly notable in areas that are intensive in CPU and RAM resources and take advantage of multi-core, such as 3D rendering, video editing or photo editing.

Thanks to SSD storage, game/software launches are quick, as are starts/stops and multimedia processing, and you can quickly access online game cards, for example.

The SSD actually increases responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis, thanks to its high speed.
Let's remember other advantages of the SSD: silent operation, low energy consumption, robust design.

Asus integrates here a 1000 GB SSD, a large capacity thanks to which you can install and store multiple games, software and files including why not a personal production.

Finally, in case of heavy loads (e.g. games, treatments) this versatile multimedia gaming laptop PC heats up and makes itself heard.
To contain its temperatures, we can add a ventilated support (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).