In particular, we are talking about ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT review – the gaming laptop on board – the latest hardware components, but weigh it with a conventional 15-inch notebook – just over 2 kg. Cool, right? Well, let’s look at this, yet bizarre instance, closer.
Remember the days when gaming laptops were so overall that the idea to move it to another room evokes nostalgia, not to mention the fact, to take the device anywhere with you? Fortunately, today in the computer industry has changed a lot, and what previously could only dream, now available in the free market.
DESIGN ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
As usual, the appearance of notebook ROG line prominent and memorable. However, in the case of the ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT it seemed to us that the designers have changed a little bit, or gave vent experiments. The fact that, instead of the usual red, which “labeled” all the important elements of the housing, there is used a bright orange. Let’s start with the cover: orange illuminated company logo in the center, and two decorative strips on either side of him. To his credit, the top panel is made of brushed aluminum with a brushed surface. The lid is a magnet for fingerprints, so every time after contact with its fingers have thoroughly scrubbed.
Opening the laptop, we see all plastic: work surface, keyboard, screen frame, a touchpad. The interior is very bright news: not only that the keyboard unit is bright orange, so also the arm isolated on the perimeter of this color, not to mention the small company logos. The display is surrounded by a rather wide frame, which, frankly, looks shaky and pretty cheap. In general, the keyboard, at first glance, it seems easy and ergonomically suitable for computer games.
The bottom is not deprived of attention, also awarded him bright orange attributes: four legs for lack of the slip. The cover is easily removed, and the user gets access to the RAM, hard drive, battery, SSD.
Finally talk about the laptop dimensions: its dimensions are 390h266h23.5 mm, and weight – 2.2 kg. Build quality is good, all the details of a strong, well-fitting, sturdy body, the creaks, and sags. Well, what about colors, we note that this is a very subjective characteristic, and that did not like one, could lead to the delight of another!
DISPLAY, AUDIO, AND WEBCAM ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
The 15.6-inch laptop screen is Full HD resolution and aspect ratio – 16: 9. Brightness and contrast ratio 300 cd / m2 and 855: 1 respectively, the black level – 0.3 cd / m2. sRGB color gamut is equal to 98%, but AdobeRGB – only 63%, however, if necessary, at this laptop can successfully process pictures.
This laptop uses a matrix IPS, so at any angle and the foreshortening image does not lose quality. For many gamers gloss unacceptable display, so, in this case, involved the matte surface. With the ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT it is generally true, because, due to its low weight, the user can easily carry the device with them, therefore, to use on the street. However, direct sunlight is still better to be avoided.
Two speakers, ASUS SonicMaster Premium is located in the lower corners of the working surface so that the sound goes directly to the user and risk of accident to cover up their hands – is minimal. However, this does not save the sound quality, but it’s pretty average. A strong sense of lack of bass and treble, the volume is relatively quiet, even at the maximum. In general, music to listen to something can be whiled away the time for web surfing, but during the game is still worth using headphones.
Webcam HD is the best one for video calls, something more large scale of its resources is definitely not enough. That is, try to take a picture, of course, possible, but the quality of it will be frustrating, so we advise all the same to use for this purpose special equipment.
KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
The keyboard does not present any surprises, except for changing the color positioning, as we wrote earlier. The full-size keyboard unit is made on island principle, buttons are small, square. At present all the markings of bright orange color, the brightness of which rather quickly tired eyes. The keys have an average speed, good feedback, they are triggered rather quiet.
To the player did not miss with the right buttons at the crucial moment, [W], [D], [S], [A] is completely painted in orange. With regard to other keys, often involved in the work, it has some distinct features in their appearance absent. For example, [Enter] turned-row, beneath it – a small [Shift]. On the opposite side of the same [Shift] has a slightly larger size.
In general, it should be noted that all the buttons on the keypad are quite compact, they complement each other, so look harmonious. Of course, there is a numpad in its upper right corner sheltered small power button of the laptop. The keypad backlight is endowed with three levels of brightness, so get to work and play, even in absolute darkness.
Touchpad medium size, square shape, shifted slightly to the left. It has the orange edging, and clear boundaries, making it easy groped fingers. We paddle a smooth surface, it responds well to commands, it supports multi-touch gestures. Physical keys not only built. The touch pad is perfect for surfing the Internet, well, to have an ardent gamer games certainly have a special mouse game.
PERFORMANCE ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT-FY145T (90NB0AP1-M02090) runs on Windows 10 Home 64-bit operating system. Our equipment is a quad-core Intel Core i7-6700HQ generation skylake. He is able to accelerate from 2.6 GHz to 3.5 GHz, there is support for the multi-threading Hyper-Threading technology. The chip is made on 14-nm process technology, it has 6 MB cache third level and is not energy efficient, given its TDP – 45 watts.
Integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 graphics card has 24 units and works at operating frequencies from 350 to 1150 MHz (Boost). She copes with everyday tasks, and simple toys with her too, really run. True, the latter in this case is irrelevant, since the filling of the notebook includes powerful discrete graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M (Maxwell), ideal for gaming battles. The size of its video memory – 3 GB of GDDR5 standard clock speed – 924-1038 MHz. Graphics Processing Unit is made on 28-nm process technology, supports DirectX 12 and Shader 5.0, its level TDP of 81 watts.
The amount of RAM is 12 GB of DDR4-2133 MHz standard (including 8 GB of soldered on the motherboard), as much as possible to actually get 16 GB. Data storage – combined, it is represented by hard disk 1TB (7200 rpm) and SSD 128 GB.
GAMES ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
Of course, we could not verify the gaming capabilities of the laptop. So racing Need for Speed (2016) on the ultra-settings and a resolution of Full HD, it will show 54 frames per second. Game Far Cry Primal (2016) with the same parameters will go to 41 fps, and the Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) – with 43 fps. Toy Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (2015) is also playable on the settings mentioned above, the result – 21-22 fps.
PORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
Let’s see what the interface is endowed with a laptop. So, on the left side have ports USB 3.0 and USB 3.1, HDMI and video outputs Mini DisplayPort, RJ-45 network connector socket for recharging.
The right side is endowed with two additional ports USB 3.0, card reader SD, combined audio jack and a slot for a Kensington lock.
In front there is no interface, but there are three indicators: work laptop and drive, battery charge status. At the rear of the laptop provided a grill for air circulation.
Wireless communications are nothing unusual: Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n / ac and Bluetooth 4.0.
BATTERY ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
The notebook is a 4-cell battery capacity of 62 Wh. Just as with the weight of habit, I think, that the gaming laptop is able to survive without charging a maximum of two hours, of course, not the maximum load. But enough to be a prisoner of stereotypes: ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT working 6-7 hours on one charge mode watching movies, as much – if Web surfing. Of course, high load, which, in fact, are modern toys, drain the device much faster – approximately 2-2.5 hours.
The situation with heating quite controversial, because the body is heated, but not scalding-hot state. The good news is that important for a gamer button [W], [D], [S], [A] still remain cool during games, which is not the bottom. Therefore, we do not recommend playing with the laptop on your lap, it will cause you discomfort.
CONCLUSION ASUS ROG STRIX GL502VT REVIEW
Do you dream of a powerful laptop, which in this case does not look like a mini-car? If so, then the ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT review – for you! His weight – only 2.2 kg, while inside – the latest generation of hardware components, 12 GB of RAM and a fast SSD. Undoubtedly, a great bonus is the IPS-screen with Full HD-resolution, as well as capacity battery.
The downside, in our opinion, is a design device which in this case looks quite “kitsch” and overly bright. However, this view is subjective, and we are confident that there will be many people who are crazy about orange. In general, the summary happened like this: a powerful gaming laptop at a reasonable price (about $ 1,600 for a complete set described). Look, maybe it’s something that you so long lacked!
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