Our opinion on the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W
L’Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W is a nomadic AI-oriented multimedia gaming laptop with 7 hours of battery life which benefits from a 16-inch IPS 2.5K High Definition anti-glare screen with more faithful than average sRGB colors which improves fluidity in games with its 165Hz frequency and a large, fast SSD storage capacity of 2 TB which speeds up processing. This is also the case with the high-end NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GeForce RTX 4070 ray tracing graphics card adapted to recent games, 32 GB of RAM and the AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. Designed to play and create, this versatile Windows 11 laptop is also equipped with a backlit keyboard, an Infrared webcam for facial biometric authentication as well as USB 4, Wi-Fi connectivity 6E and USB-C.
Specifications of the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W
| Screen(s) | 16 » 2.5K LED IPS 165Hz 16/10ème 100% sRGB (2560×1600, antireflet) |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point (12 cores : 4 Zen 5 – 2.0 GHz + 8 Zen 5c – 5.1 GHz, 15-54WW) |
| Installed RAM (max) | 32 GB LPDDR5x 7500 MHz (soldered) |
| Graphics card | NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GeForce RTX 4070 8 GB dedicated GDDR6 (75W 2175MHz, Dynamic Boost 140W 2225MHz), AMD Radeon 890M integrated into the processor and Optimus |
| Storage | SSD M.2 de 2 To (NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4) |
| Connections | 2 USB 3.2 (Gen2) + 1 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen2) + 1 USB 4 Type-C, HDMI 2.1 |
| Network | Wi-Fi 6E ax (2×2), Bluetooth 5.3 + Ethernet Gigabit |
| Backlit keyboard | Yes, RGB |
| Numeric keypad | Oui |
| Windows Hello | Yes, via 1080p Infrared webcam |
| Audio system | 2 speakers (2 x 2W) Dolby Atmos |
| Operating system | Windows 11 64bits |
| Announced autonomy / Battery | 7 hours / Li-Ion 4 cells 90Whr (240W adapter) |
| Poids / Dimensions (mm) | 2.2 Kg / 354 x 269 x 17.9-25.7 |
The Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W faces the competition
The Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W is currently on sale at Asus France and is positioned as one of the only ones in its category to include such large capacity storage with an AI-oriented processor as well (recent/) as powerful as the graphics card, a biometric authentication solution or even a screen with such high definition/frequency and such faithful colors, all in such a light case.
If this Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W does not meet all your criteria, you will find other configurations for gaming with a similar budget in our gaming laptop guide. For the same budget, choose the model with the most powerful graphics card, it will have the greatest impact on performance.
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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W
With its dark angular Jaeger Gray design and low weight, this versatile laptop targeting gamers and creatives has a relatively discreet appearance for a gaming model whose codes it adopts.
The connectivity integrated into this creative gaming laptop is good, consisting of 2 USB-C including 1 USB 4, Ethernet and audio ports, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 6E ax wireless modules for communicating and connecting remotely, a useful HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or monitor for example but also 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) ensuring transfers taking place up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect USB 3.0 devices.
The infrared functionality of the webcam allows facial recognition. As a result, you can authenticate biometrically using Windows Hello.
The chiclet keyboard has a backlighting solution that you simply activate whenever you want to better distinguish the keys.
The 2.5K High Definition screen (higher than Full HD) will delight gamers with its frequency of 165Hz, higher than the standard 60Hz, which provides much better overall fluidity, including in games.
With its 16:10 format, the screen displays more information in height than the classic 16:9 while its IPS technology ensures significant viewing angles, both horizontally and vertically.
The screen also has a higher than average sRGB color accuracy as well as an anti-reflective treatment which is more readable than a shiny panel in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors).
Performance, range of the Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W
The Asus TUF Gaming A16 TUF608WI-QT013W targets those who wish to acquire a versatile 16-inch portable multimedia AI-oriented laptop PC powerful in creation and gaming equipped with recent components offering large storage.
Asus has in fact integrated into this laptop an SSD with a capacity twice as high as the average, i.e. 2000 GB, to easily accommodate many games, software and files, including for example personal production.
The SSD offers the advantage of clearly improving responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis thanks to its high speed.
The SSD is also shock resistant, energy efficient and quiet.
We quickly reach the online game cards thanks to the SSD which also provides rapid game/software launches as well as processing and starts/stops in particular.
Demanding users will be delighted with the good overall power provided by this versatile laptop PC.
Because it relies on a good amount of 32 GB RAM as well as an AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor with 12 hybrid cores, AI services and integrated Radeon 890M graphics module.
Processing is carried out quickly with this duo, faster than if we were dealing with 16/24 GB DDR4/5 as well as a classic Quad/Hexa Core.
The difference is particularly strong under RAM and CPU-intensive work taking advantage of multi-core (and AI), such as video editing, 3D rendering or photo editing.
Creative people will appreciate it, especially since the dedicated onboard GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card provides graphics acceleration for multimedia processing. And this under software using GPU computing power, such as VSDC, the Adobe suite or Vegas.
Featuring the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, the GeForce RTX 4070 ray tracing is a high-end dedicated graphics card with which you can play recent games.
The most demanding titles may require some adjustments to obtain good playability. Because in 2.5K more graphics calculations are necessary than in Full HD, which results in a lower number of fps.
Depending on the tasks performed, NVIDIA Optimus technology automatically activates/deactivates the GeForce RTX 4070 in real time. It prefers the Radeon 890M as much as possible, although it is significantly less powerful because it consumes little energy, which promotes autonomy.
Bet on around 7 hours of battery operation in light use, which may interest some wishing to equip themselves with a powerful multimedia student laptop for playing and creating, as long as they do not want finesse and lightness in line with an Ultrabook.
Optimus uses the GeForce RTX 4070 to carry out graphics work deemed too heavy for the Radeon 890M, typically for gaming. With either one, you can obviously watch HD photos and videos.
Finally, expect this versatile multimedia gaming laptop to heat up and make itself heard when pushed hard (e.g. games, processing).
To contain temperatures, you can also use a ventilated support (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).
