The 2021 Asus TUF A15 builds an update on the previous generation with a slightly redesigned
exterior updated hardware and wireless configurations a much nicer screen option and a 90 watt battery
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great budget gaming laptop. early this year Asus has updated the TUF A15 series with 2021
AMD Ryzen 5000H processors and Nvidia RTX 3000 graphics a better screen option of 240
hertz panel with three millisecond response and 100% sRGB colors. The internal thermal
design is updated for improved air intakes on the bottom. Our reviewed laptop is speced
with 15 inches Full HD 1080P IPS display, 144 hertz refresh rate with three millisecond
covers 100% sRGB and has adaptive sync technology runs on new AMD Ryzen 7 5800H eight cores
16 threads processor. The RAM is 16 gigabytes expandable to 32 gigabytes with Nvidia RTX
3070 GPU while the storage is one terabyte NVMe SSD. Starting with the design not much
has changed with the 2021 TUF A15 in terms of the overall design and build lines.
With two exceptions, the lid looks a little different and the bottom has been remade to
allow better air intake into the fans. The laptop is still made out of plastics with
a textured black interior and rougher materials used for the underside and bezels. The interior
feels okay for the class and comfortable with daily use. The underside is also made out
of plastics too and houses cuts for the speakers and air intakes. As for practicality, this
tough said sturdily on a flat surface thanks to the grippy rubber feet on the bottom of
the screen can be easily picked up with a single hand, weighing 2.3 kilograms or 5.07
pounds. The laptop is fair sized, but not as lightweight or as compact as some of the
other options available out there. The IO is crammed on the left side leaving the right
for large air exhaust and one extra USB port. There is no SD card reader, no biometrics
and the USB-C doesn't support charging. The bezels are quite thin with a 720P webcam on
top. As for the keyboard, it hasn't changed at all from the previous TUF A15. The layout
includes a set of full sized and properly spaced main keys and a numpad section at the
right with narrower keys. The keys are single zone RGB backlit and the plastic key caps
feel nice to the touch. The plastic touchpad is a bit small with dedicated click buttons
but works very well. As for the display it comes 144 hertz panel with 300 nits peak brightness,
98.7% sRGB and faster response time. The panel also supports freesync a technology that takes
care of tearing in games. Overall this is a versatile screen for a mid tier laptop,
fine for daily use and an excellent option for gaming. However, it might not be sufficient
for content creators looking for top color accuracy. When it comes to performance the
2021 Asus TUF A15 is built on the latest AMD and Nvidia hardware Ryzen 7 5800H processor
and Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card. This enormous power can be unleashed according to gamers
needs via the Asus Armoury Crate power profiles. gamer can choose between silent performance
and turbo power profiles with silent producing the least amount of power and fan noise whilst
the turbo gives the highest power output with most fan noise. Turbo is only available with
a laptop plugged in and is meant for gaming and other demanding loads. Performance is
a jack of all trades while silent is made for video and daily light use. As for the
RAM and storage options, the laptop still comes with two accessible memory DIMMS and
M.2 SSD slots. Our unit shipped with 16 gigabytes of RAM in dual channel and a very fast one
terabyte SSD. I need to mention that during testing the SSD can run hot if you're transferring
a huge amount of data causing a bit of thermal throttling. However on daily use, this was
not noticed. Overall the Ryzen 7 5800H ends up out matching the Ryzen 7 4800H in the 2020
model by as much as 20% in blender. I won't be going into details at the performance results
of this laptop across different performance software as there are many videos on YouTube
on that However, here are how some DX 11, DX 12 and Vulcan titles performed on the stock
turbo, performance and silent profiles.
The thermal design of the new Asus TUF A15 2021 is overhauled with 10% higher capacity
fans. The secondary GPU heat pipe at the left is now linked to the CPU as well. However,
the CPU is still applied with regular thermal compound and not liquid metal as on the ROG
models. If you would like to see our review of the best 2021 Asus ROG, click on the link
above. In all fairness, the 2021 A15 seems to run one to two decibels quieter on the
turbo mode than the previous model did and a fair bit quieter on performance. The Silent
profile is a welcomed update with daily use as it allows the fans to switch off as long
as the hardware doesn't go above 60 degrees Celsius or 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Silent
might also make sense for lighter gaming sessions, but performance is throttled under this setting.
The Silent profile setting doesn't seem to work properly in some recent games. The pros
are fair design build quality and inputs. Improved IPS 240 hertz display, excellent
performance across the board a significant bump over the 2020 A15, long battery life
and the cons are still no card reader or biometrics, poor audio quality, SSD runs hot on very large
transfers. My final thoughts on this laptop are that the 2021 TUF A15 is faster across
the board in daily use, demanding workloads, and games. It also runs more efficiently on
battery and quieter with daily use, with the fans now able to shut off completely and allow
for a silent experience. On top of these Asus finally put a good screen on the tough series
The 240 hertz fast panel with 100% sRGB colors previously only an option on the ROG models.
However, the downside is that this latest model doesn't seem to fix the complaint of
the 2020 Asus TUF A15 which is the high CPU the GPU temperatures in longer gaming sessions.
But lifting the A15 from the desk to improve the air intake into the fans and underneath
the laptop helps lower these temperatures by two to five degrees and also using a capable
cooling pad would help even further. My recommended cooling pad is in the description below. And
that pretty much wraps up our review. What do you think of the Asus TUF A15 2021? is
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