Promo €929 Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W, creative gaming laptop PC 16″ 144Hz Ultrabook Black to play recent games RTX 4060 Intel Core i7

Our opinion on the Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W

Adapted to recent games, the creative gaming laptop Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W thin and light suitable for studying with its 7-hour battery life, benefits from a high-end GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing graphics card from NVIDIA Ada Lovelace which accelerates multimedia processing. This is also the case with the Intel Core i7-12700H Alder Lake hybrid processor and the powerful 16 GB of RAM as well as the fast 512 GB SSD storage which reinforces the responsiveness of this thin and light Windows 11 laptop. This Ultrabook is also equipped with a 16-inch 16/10th Full HD anti-glare IPS screen which improves fluidity in games with its 144Hz frequency, a backlit keyboard, a webcam shutter and USB connectivity -C Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 6E.

Features of the Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W

The Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W faces the competition

The Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W currently displays in promotion at Carrefour and offers a configuration/price ratio interesting for its category where it is one of the cheapest and lightest to offer such a high-performance graphics card with Thunderbolt connectivity but also Windows included.

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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W

It adopts a relatively discreet gamer appearance with its thin and light angular black Indie Black design that can be opened 180° completely flat, cooled by IceCool technology via 3 heat pipes, 1 fan (87 blades) and air grilles.

This creative gaming laptop PC that can be recharged to 50% in 30 minutes includes good connectivity including 1 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E ax and Bluetooth 5.3 modules for wireless remote connections and communications, a practical HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or monitor for example, an audio port or even 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) ensuring transfers are carried out up to 5 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect USB 3.0 devices.

We appreciate being able to close the webcam when not using it in order to preserve privacy.

A backlighting system is of course fitted to the chiclet keyboard.
Simply activate it when you need to better discern the keys.

Thanks to its refresh rate of 144Hz, higher than the standard 60Hz, the screen provides greater fluidity in games and more generally in daily tasks.
Suitable for videos due to its 16:9 format, the Full HD screen has IPS technology offering significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles.
It has an anti-reflective treatment ensuring better visibility in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors) than a shiny panel.

Performance, battery life of the Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W

The Asus Vivobook 16X FX3605ZV-RP209W is a thin and light versatile portable laptop that performs well in creative-oriented gaming.

You can play recent games on this gaming laptop.
Because it features the dedicated high-end GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics card which will delight gamers.

Creators will appreciate obtaining, thanks to the GeForce RTX 4060, a graphics acceleration of their processing under software taking advantage of GPU computing power, for example under VSDC, Vegas or the Adobe suite.

In practice, the GeForce RTX 4060 is activated by NVIDIA Optimus technology to carry out graphics processing deemed too heavy for the Iris Xe graphics module inserted in the processor. With one or the other, you can obviously watch photos and videos.

Although its performance is much lower than that of the dedicated GPU, the Iris Xe is favored as much as possible by Optimus to offer the best possible autonomy.
This precisely represents an asset with regard to the high-performance on-board configuration since it is around 7 hours on battery in light use.
This is all the more appreciable since this Ultrabook is quite easy to transport since it is relatively thin and light.

Depending on the tasks accomplished, Optimus automatically switches in real time between the Iris Xe and the GeForce RTX 4060.

The Iris
It is supported by 16 GB of RAM to deliver solid overall performance that a maximum of users will be satisfied with.

This heart, which supports the GeForce RTX 4060 well in its tasks, ensures faster multimedia processing than a model based on a classic Quad/Hexa Core processor. The difference is particularly noticeable in areas requiring CPU (and RAM) resources using multi-core, such as video editing, photo editing or 3D rendering.

Asus unsurprisingly entrusts storage to a classic solution: a 512 GB SSD.
Of course, if you need additional space, you can use an external USB 3.0/USB-C/Thunderbolt storage device to benefit from fast transfers.

In any case, an SSD offers the advantage of being silent, energy efficient, shock resistant and even fast.
Its high speed reinforces responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis, which translates in particular into rapid launches of games/software, processing and starts/shutdowns. Or even by the fact that we quickly reach the maps of online games.

As for heating and noise, expect them to be present when this versatile, creative-oriented gaming Ultrabook is pushed hard (e.g. games, processing).
To contain its temperatures, we can additionally use a ventilated support (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).