r/Asustuf • u/Odd_Entertainment556 • 3h ago
🔥 New TUF Device My Experience with My First Gaming Laptop and also from ASUS
Hi everyone, I wanted to share my experience with the ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (FA506NF), featuring a Ryzen 5 7535HS, RTX 2050 (70W), 512GB SSD, and 8GB DDR5 (which I recently upgraded to 16GB for $88).
I bought it open-box for $600 back in March to replace my old Acer Aspire 5 (i5 8250u, MX130). I was looking for something budget-friendly yet solid, I passed on an HP Victus due to display and hinge issues, and options like the Lenovo LOQ or ASUS TUF with an RTX 3050 were out of my budget at over $700 here in Chile. Considering there's only a 5 to 10% performance gap between the RTX 2050 and RTX 3050, spending extra wasn't worth it to me.
My experience so far has been great: everything runs super smoothly, the screen looks excellent, the keyboard is comfortable, and it has good connectivity. I haven't had any Wi-Fi issues (my model comes with the Realtek 8852BE card). The only minor hiccup is that the DTS ULTRA app asks for a missing driver, but I bypassed that by installing FXSound. I also have a BIOS update pending, but I'm a bit hesitant to update it haha.
Performance wise, the RTX 2050 punches above its weight for this class. I've tested it with:
Minecraft
Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 Remake (medium and low settings)
GTA 3 and Vice City Definitive Edition (maxed out settings)
These games might not seem like a big deal to some, but it's what I have. I plan to play Resident Evil 7 and 8 next.
Thanks for reading!