Promo 2299 € ASUS TUF GAMING A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W, PC Laptop Multimedia Gaming Large 18 ″ 144Hz Sous RTX 5070 Blackwell AMD RYZEN 7 RAM 32 GB

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In a large, comfortable format easier to transport than an office PC you can create and play recent games with theAsus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034WPC Multimedia gaming laptop equipped with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ray Tracing, high -end NVIDIA Blackwell latest generation graphics card. This GPU accelerates the treatments thanks to its 32 GB of RAM and its AMD Ryzen 7 260 Hawk Point Refresh Powerful Powerful but also its rapid SSD storage of 1 TB strengthening reactivity. This versatile Windows 11 laptop Dark Windows 11 Player and Creator is also provided with an 18-inch SRGB Full HD SRGB anti-reflective screen whose frequency of 144Hz brings good fluidity, a retro lighting keyboard, an infrared webcam for biometric facial authentication as well as double USB-C, ethernet and Wi-Fi 6e connectivity.

Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W

Characteristics of the Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W

Screen (s) 18.4 »Full HD 144Hz 100% SRGB 3ms 16/10 300cd/m² 1000: 1 (1920 × 1200, anti -reflective)
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 260 Hawk Point Refresh (8 cores, 3.8 GHz, 35-54W)
Installed RAM (max) 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5 5600MHz (64 GB), 2 slots (busy)
Graphics card NVIDIA Blackwell GeForce RTX 5070 8 GB GDDR7 (100W 2347MHz, Boost 115W 2397MHz), AMD Radeon 780m integrated into the processor and Optimus
Storage Ssd m.2 of 1 to (nvme pcie 4.0 x4) + 1 location m.2 free
Connection 2 USB 3.2 (Gen2) + 1 USB 2.0 + 1 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen2) + 1 USB 4 Type-C (Gen3), HDMI 2.1
Network Wi-Fi 6e Ax (2 × 2), Bluetooth 5.3 + Ethernet Gigabit
Lighted retro keyboard Yes, RGB 1 zone (race 1.7mm)
Digital pavement Yes
Windows Hello Yes, via infrared webcam
Audio system 2 Dolby Atmos speakers
Operating system Windows 11 64 bit
Announced autonomy / battery 5 hours / Li-ion 4 cells 90WHR (240W adapter)
Weight / dimensions (mm) 2.6 kg / 399 x 283 x 18.6-19.9

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The Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W is displayed at the moment in Promotion at Boulanger and offer a configuration/price ratio interesting for its category where it is one of the cheapest Equipped with a graphics card and such a powerful latest generation processor, in such a large format.

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Chassis, connection, screen of the Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W

Due to its dark angular design Jaeger Gray certified to the standard of American military sustainability MIL-STD-810H cooled by 2 2nd generation Arc Flow fans (double propeller 84 blades + 42 blades), caps and air gates, this versatile laptop oriented player and creator has a rather sober gamer look.

This multimedia gaming laptop incorporates good connectors with its 2 USB-C including 1 USB 4 Type-C providing very fast transfers in more than 2 USB 3.2 useful for connecting various devices, Ethernet and Audio ports, its Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6e AX Wi-File modules to communicate and connect at a remote HDMI video to easily connect monitor or projector for example.

The webcam has infrared technology authorizing facial recognition. We can therefore authentify ourselves biometric via Windows Hello.

A retro lighting system teams of course the chiclet keyboard – which supports 20 million strikes. It can be activated in the dark to better discern the keys.

Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W

Players will appreciate that the screen is adorned with a 144Hz cooling rate higher than the classic 60Hz because it brings much better overall fluidity, including in games, especially since the latency is low here.
If its Full HD definition will disappoint high -definition content lovers, it is not without interest for players. In any case, here, the vision angles both horizontal and vertical are important thanks to IPS technology, associated here with a more faithful SRGB colorimetry than the average.
The screen including the 16/10 format higher than the classic 16/9th displays more vertical elements is adorned with an anti -reflective coating ensuring better visibility than a brilliant slab in light environment (ex: exterior) as well as less eye fatigue in prolonged use.

Performances, autonomy of the Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W

The Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W can seduce those who wish to bring a very large powerful portable PC in play and creation with recent components.

Whether with the graphical solution radeon 780m inserted in the dedicated GeForce RTX 5070 dedicated graphics card, watching HD photos and videos is of course possible.
It turns out that NVIDIA Optimus technology activates the GeForce RTX 5070 to effector the graphic work deemed too heavy for the 780m Radeon.

Indeed Optimus favors a maximum of operation on the Radeon 780m despite its much lower services because it is inexpensive and therefore promotes autonomy. Table while waiting for more complete tests on approximately 5 hours of operating on battery in light use.

In any case, Nvidia Optimus technology automatically switches to real time between the GeForce RTX 5070 and the Radeon 780m. The first is activated to perform the graphic tasks deemed too heavy for the second, typically to play.

Precisely thanks to the GeForce RTX 5070 Ray Tracing which is a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card Blackwell The latest generation, players can play their favorite games, including the most recent and gourmet 3D resources.
Especially since fewer graphic calculations are necessary to play in full HD than in high definition (2.5k for example) which implies a higher number of FPS.

The GeForce RTX 5070 will therefore interest the players. But also the creators since under the software taking advantage of the GPU calculation power, this high -end graphics card provides a graphic acceleration of multimedia treatments which are therefore done faster. This is for example the case under the suite Adobe, Vegas or VSDC.

In its tasks the GeForce RTX 5070 is well supported by the heart composed of a good amount of RAM of 32 GB which seconds a recent processor and yet old generation, the AMD Ryzen 7 260 at Architecture Hawk Point Refresh. It incorporates 8 cores in addition to the above 780m raft.

Concretely, this duo performs treatments faster than 16/24 GB DDR4/5 as well as a classic quad/hexa core, particularly under the gourmet works in RAM and CPU resources exploiting the multicaters (eg 3D rendering, photo retouching, video editing.

For multimedia work demanding in CPU resources pulling as a bonus of artificial intelligence, we will rather opt for a PC with an AI processor and a large number of efficient hearts.

Asus Tuf Gaming A18 TUF808UP-DRS8034W

In any case, we can comfortably store and install multiple creations, files, games and software on the 1000 GB of integrated SSD storage.
And if that is not enough or to see coming, it is possible to insert a second SSD via the M.2 Libre location, which is appreciable for the scalability of the configuration.

Due to its great speed in addition to its silent operation, shock resistant and energy efficient, the SSD provides great reactivity/fluidity that contributes daily to treatments that are quickly carried out, like game/software, start/stop launches or even arrive on online game cards.

Finally when it is strongly pushed (ex: games, treatments) expect this multimedia multimedia gaming pc heating and being heard.
If necessary, we will associate it with a ventilated support to master its temperatures (Remember to check the dimensions!).
If it is clearly not the most nomadic that is by nature, its transport is clearly easier than that of an office PC. It can easily be transported from one room to another from the house to needs sandstone.

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