Promo €1799 Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W 2.5K 165Hz sRGB, multimedia gaming laptop PC Blackwell RTX 5060 AMD Ryzen 7 260 RAM 32 GB SSD 1 TB

Our opinion on the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W

High Definition, the multimedia gaming laptop Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W is powerful thanks to its large amount of 32 GB RAM and its recent AMD Ryzen 7 260 Hawk Point Refresh processor but also its very comfortable fast SSD storage of 1 TB. These components are suitable for processing like the latest generation high-end NVIDIA Blackwell GeForce RTX 5060 ray tracing graphics card which accelerates them and runs recent games. Equipped with a 16-inch IPS 2.5K screen with more faithful than average sRGB colorimetry whose frequency of 165Hz provides good fluidity, this versatile dark Windows 11 laptop designed for gaming and creating is also equipped with a backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for facial biometric authentication but also connectivity including Wi-Fi 6E, Ethernet and fast dual USB-C.

Features of the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W faces the competition

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W is currently showing in promotion at Boulanger and positions itself in the average in its category where you can find cheaper competitors and/or equipped with a more powerful graphics card.

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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W

Its dark angular Jaeger Gray design cooled by 2 2nd generation Arc Flow fans (double propeller 84 blades + 42 blades), heat pipes and robust air vents due to its compliance with the American military robustness standard MIL-STD-810H gives it a relatively discreet gamer appearance.

In terms of connectivity, this multimedia gaming laptop PC is well equipped with its Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules to communicate and connect remotely, its HDMI video output thanks to which it can easily be connected to a TV or a monitor in particular, its Ethernet and audio ports as well as its 2 USB-C ports including 1 very fast USB 4 Type-C in addition to 3 classic USBs which are very practical for connecting peripherals such as a headset, a mouse, a game controller, a printer or external storage.

As the webcam adopts Infrared technology, you can authenticate biometrically through facial recognition, and Windows Hello for example.

A backlighting system is of course fitted to the chiclet keyboard (which supports 20 million keystrokes), which is useful to activate whenever you need to better discern the keys.

To appeal to gamers, the screen adopts a frequency of 165Hz giving greater fluidity than the classic 60Hz, the responsiveness being limited is therefore better than average there too.
Furthermore, the screen adopts 2.5K High Definition associated with a 16/10th format higher than the standard 16/9th and therefore displays more elements in height.
Equipped with significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles thanks to its IPS technology, the screen is adorned with an anti-reflective coating providing better fluidity in a bright environment (eg outdoors) than a shiny panel.

Performance, battery life of the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608UM-DRQT051W is aimed at those looking for a powerful multimedia multipurpose laptop with high performance for gaming and creating equipped with recent components.

Demanding users will be delighted with the great overall power provided by this creative gaming laptop.
Because it relies on a good amount of RAM of 32 GB (i.e. 100% more than the average) but also a recent processor although adopting the old AMD architecture Hawk Point Refreshthe Ryzen 7 260 which houses the Radeon 780M graphics module in addition to 8 cores.

This duo performs processing faster than 16/24 GB DDR4/5 as well as a Quad/Hexa Core, particularly in areas demanding RAM and CPU resources taking advantage of multi-core, such as video editing, 3D rendering or photo editing.

Creative people will therefore be delighted, especially if they use applications using GPU computing power (e.g. Adobe suite, VSDC, Vegas).
Because then their processing benefits as a bonus from the graphics acceleration provided by the dedicated on-board graphics card.

This is the GeForce RTX 5060 ray tracing, a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card Blackwell latest high-end generation which is nevertheless primarily aimed at gamers.
Here we benefit from a GeForce RTX 5060 ray tracing which is not restricted, which is appreciable. It can therefore deliver its full capabilities to run recent games.

Keep in mind, however, that concessions are necessary under the most 3D resource-intensive games to benefit from good playability.
Indeed, playing in 2.5K requires more graphics calculations than in Full HD, which implies a lower number of fps.

The GeForce RTX 5060 is in fact activated/deactivated automatically and in real time by NVIDIA Optimus technology depending on the tasks performed.

Optimus favors operation on the Radeon 780M as much as possible, whereas this integrated solution is much less powerful because it consumes little energy, which favors autonomy which here is around 6 hours of operation on battery in light use.

Optimus in practice uses the GeForce RTX 5060 to carry out graphics work deemed too heavy for the Radeon 780M, typically for gaming.

The SSD helps us quickly access online game cards, as well as game/software launches which are quick, like starts/stops and processing.
On a daily basis, this multimedia gaming laptop PC is very responsive and fluid.

And we appreciate being able to install a large number of games, software and various files on the very comfortable 1000 GB storage space offered by the silent, energy-efficient and very fast SSD, especially since many models on the market are satisfied with 512 GB.

Also a good point: the presence of a free M.2 slot to accommodate a second SSD if necessary. It is reassuring to know that we can change the configuration in the future.

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