A Brief Review of ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD
A Brief Review of ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD
ASUS as one of the manufacturers of gaming laptops with ROG variants always bring the latest innovations and cutting edge. ASUS releases new Republic of Gamers gaming laptop ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD with a series of increasingly refined specifications.
This time I will review the latest gaming laptop from ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD. This gaming laptop comes with a design that is more fresh and premium than the previous generation. Premium because the design of this gaming laptop overhauled abis become more stylish, sturdy with a build material that is more stable than the entry level ROG GL553 entry level series. So, what is the ability of this gaming laptop? Let's see reviews!
The design is Fresh and Looks Premium
Yes, ASUS is promising for its ROG Strix laptop variant will have a design similar to his brother ROG Zephyrus who comes with a fresh design and looks premium for the size of an entry-level gaming laptop. Overall, this gaming laptop is dominated by materials made from aluminum that looks solid. Not to forget, behind there is the ASUS ROG logo that looks fierce and lit when this gaming laptop is turned on.
With a premium design and look thinner with a very significant change compared to previous generations, ROG Strix GL503VD only weighs 2.5 kilograms only. Stylish, sturdy, and cool is the right word to describe this gaming laptop.
Still the same as the previous generation, for business keyboard, ROG Strix GL503VD still use full-size chicklet keyboard equipped with RGB backlight and 1.6mm compressive distance that ensures user comfort in playing. On the other hand, the power and volume buttons are overhauled by separating them with the main keyboard for the convenience of playing better games.
Components are qualified to play the latest games
Entry into the components of the kitchen runway, ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD not experiencing a significant change, still armed with an Intel Core i7-7700HQ Kaby Lake that runs 2.8GHz speed with turbo boost up to 3.8GHz. To support the fast processor, this gaming laptop is equipped with 8GB of DDR4 RAM (which you can add up to 32GB) that runs at 2400 MHz speed.
Because this review is a standard version, this gaming laptop storage media is only equipped with 1TB SSHD with 7200rpm speed. But calm wrote, 8GB cache it will still make gaming laptop still speeding when used for multitasking.
On the other hand, the screen also has a significant increase where the 15-inch IPS screen has sRGB Color up to 100% with a refresh rate of only 60hz for the standard version. IPS screen with 100% sRGB really makes us enjoy watching movies. Speakers embedded in the gaming laptop is very loud sounding with the standard sound quality entry-level gaming laptop.
Sign in the connectivity, gaming laptop is also equipped with features that are complete enough to support daily activities. On the left there is a MicroSD slot, 2x USB 3.1, USB Type C, and Kensington Lock. On the right, there are power plugs, RJ45, mini Display port, HDMI, 2x USB 3.1, and audio jack.
While the kitchen affairs runway to play everyday games, ROG Strix GL503VD has been provided with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card with 4GB memory. With the graphics card, gaming laptop is VR Ready and claimed to be able to run the contemporary games.
Can not be denied again is the devotee of PC gaming called PC master race is mushrooming. Of course the most preferred is above average ability in terms of performance and visualization quality when playing games is much better than the console limited by the developer. However, there are still many who doubt about the ability of entry-level gaming laptops in the game play the present.
So, how the ability of ROG Strix GL503VD in playing the latest games? we've tried to play the latest games using the gaming laptop and the results are quite satisfactory. You can see the table below.
When tried to play DOtA 2 with the right flat settings, this gaming laptop is able to get the average framerate 110 FPS. When playing Overwatch with High setting, this gaming laptop can get an average framerate of 71 FPS. Tried to play a heavier, gaming laptop can still show good performance. When playing PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds, this gaming laptop is able to get frame-rate average of 49 FPS with high setting.
To complete and demonstrate the broadest picture of gaming laptop capabilities ROG Strix GL503VD. we also do some synthetic benchmarks. Here are the results:
ROG Strix GL503VD is able to accompany you to handle work for approximately 6 hours. While playing the game, this gaming laptop can only last for approximately 2 hours.
Conclusion
ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD has a pretty tough processor that is Intel Core i7-7700HQ 7th generation with 8GB of DDR4 RAM that can be expanded up to 32GB easily. While the storage capacity of 1TB SSHD can still be added with SSD for the future. As for the GPU side, this gaming laptop inserted high-level graphics chip technology that is NVIDIA GTX 1050.
ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD was released with a series of striking changes. Especially on the build of premium design and display it has. Moreover, ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD comes as entry level class level ROG. For you who are looking for gaming laptops with above average quality but with a price that is not too expensive, ROG Strix GL503VD this could be the right choice for you.
As information, ASUS ROG Strix GL503VD also has a version of Scar and Hero edition which series of specifcations are more qualified.