You’ll find more about it in our detailed review.Īs far as practicality goes, the FX705 sits well on a desk, thanks to its multitude of rubber feet on the belly, gets a spacious palm-rest with blunt edges and corners around, and two strong hinges keep the screen in place as set-up. Gigabit LAN, Wireless AC (Intel AC 9560), Bluetooth 5.0ġ x USB-A 2.0, 2 x USB-A 3.1, HDMI 2.0, LAN, mic/headphone, Kensington LockĤ00 mm or 15.74” (w) x 280 mm or 11.02” (d) x 27.6 mm or 1.08” (h)ĥ.75 lbs (2.6 kg) + 1.1 lbs (.5 kg) for the chargerĪURA 4-zone RGB backlit keyboard, webcam, DTS headphone outputĭon’t forget that an updated version of this laptop is available in most regions, with Ryzen processors and the newer Nvidia Turing graphics. Read on to find where the Asus TUF FX705 GM excels, where it leaves room for improvement and how it fares against the alternatives out there. It’s not without flaws or strong competitors though, but it is nonetheless one of the better offers in its class and I’d expect many of you to have it in your visor in the months to come. This laptop has a few aces down its sleeve: the sturdy construction, the compact and fairly light form factor (for a 17-incher), the performance, the 144 Hz IPS display and last but not least, the aggressive pricing.
Update: In the meantime, we’ve also spent time with the more affordable and more powerful FX705DU variant (Ryzen 7 3750H + Nvidia GTX 1660Ti), and you can find what we think about that on in our detailed review over here.
We’ve spent a few weeks with a high-end FX705 GM configuration (i7-8750H processor, GTX 1060 graphics, dual-storage) and we got to know its strong points and quirks.
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