Another gaming laptop that will not break the bank is a model called TUF Dash 15 from ASUS. The TUF series provide considerable value to consumers for the hardware packed inside, and with a retail price of $1,169 listed on Amazon, you will be surprised to hear what is found underneath the hood. First, let us get done with the exterior, which includes a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS LCD screen with a 144Hz refresh rate.
The build quality is a combination of aluminum and plastic at various places to keep costs down, which is why you should not expect a Razer-like chassis at the price offered to you. Now, let us talk about why this gaming laptop is special; the hardware specifications. The TUF Dash 15 is armed with an Intel i7-12650H CPU, an SKU that features six performance cores and four energy-efficient ones, totaling 10, along with an RTX 3060 GPU with 6GB of GDDR6 VRAM.
The GPU running in the TUF Dash 15 can go up to 105W courtesy of NVIDIA’s Dynamic Boost technology while supporting technologies like Ray tracing and DLSS to increase graphics quality and performance. If you wish to churn out more performance from ASUS’ gaming laptop, there is a MUX switch that was not present in earlier models.
What a MUX switch does is increase the laptop’s graphics performance by circumventing the display signal away from the integrated GPU and towards the dedicated GPU. The downside of switching which GPU to enable first is faster battery drain, but you probably already knew that. Apart from this, you get 512GB of PCIe NVMe storage, with an extra slot that can be populated later. Our recommendation is the 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, which is available for just $99.99.
16GB of DDR5 4800MHz RAM is also present, and it too can be upgraded down the road if you need the extra memory. Let us not forget the Thunderbolt 4 port, which can be used to connect an eGPU solution for even more performance in the future. For additional flexibility, The TUF Dash 15 offers a complete assortment of ports, such as one USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen2) port, two USB 3.2 Type-A (Gen1) ports, one HDMI 2.0b, one 3.5mm audio combo, and one RJ45 LAN port.
If you think this is a great deal for both work and play, take advantage of it right now because you never know when prices will fluctuate randomly.
