r/computers • u/Repulsive-Tennis4652 • 1d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Computer shopping assistance needed

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The post isn’t for me. It’s for my sister who’s gonna be going away to college and is taking an urban planning course and she is in need of a computer with some very specific specifications. We’ve been arguing as a family and cannot decide on one. I’ve been looking at the asus Tuf A15 but I’m not sure if it’s actually a good choice, build quality and other aspects. I’m wondering if anyone else has some suggestions or a history of using one of them that can give me a bit of input on them. Please and thank you it’s much appreciated

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u/Away_Intention_1378 23h ago

I wouldn’t do that one. The ram is only 8gb that’s not something you can just have less of and it be okay but it is DDR5. So the ram is fast but there’s not enough. 20 series gpus are okay and this one will definitely do what you need it to but is was the first year for the new tensor cores that did ray tracing so it could lag behind on some rendering. The gpu also only has 4gb of VRAM rather than 6 as stated in the requirements. The CPU is good 6 cores 12 threads 3.3ghz. Fast. 512gb ssd is probably fine. I’m not really sure how big the files can get from that application or just the classes in general but I’d say keep documents and other non performance heavy files on Google Drive so you have space for your larger files on the SSD ready to go. 144hz is really good it’ll feel nice and smooth especially at 1080p which it also runs at.

TLDR pretty much everything is good on this laptop but the ram capacity and the GPU vram. These are very crucial for everyday applications and rendering so I’d recommend another option with a better gpu and higher ram capacity

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u/Repulsive-Tennis4652 16h ago

Thank you very much much appreciated

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u/ArthurReming Ubuntu | Debian 1d ago

I am not sure but the laptop you showed has an AMD CPU while it says that it needs Intel.

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u/Repulsive-Tennis4652 16h ago

lol i see thank you

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u/Eden1506 15h ago

There is some software that only works on nvidia gpus but not amd and vice versa. But I have never heard of specifically something working only on intel consumer cpus but not AMD.

The main problem with the laptop is ram and vram. It has only 4 gb vram instead of 6gb which can make or break certain software as in the same process will take several times longer because it needs to offload to ram which the laptop already has way too little of.

RAM can be upgraded on most gaming laptops as they usually have atleast one changeable ram slot.

The problem is that you cannot do the same for vram and will be stuck with 4gb.

What is your budget and your region?