ASUS has officially launched its TUF Gaming FX505D gaming notebook line-up in Malaysia. The new TUF Gaming lineup this year is unique, as it is one of the brand’s notebook sub-brand to ship out with and AMD Ryzen CPU and NVIDIA GeForce GPU packed in one machine.
Getting into the hardware, the bare bones variant of the FX505D start with a meagre Ryzen 5-3550H, 4GB DDR4-2666MHz RAM, and a GeForce GTX 1050 GPU. Moving up the ladder, the FX505D is also available in a configuration featuring a Ryzen 7-3750H CPU and a choice between a Turing-powered GTX 1650 or GTX 1660 Ti GPU.
For its display, the FX505D comes with a 15.6-inch Full HD display with a 25ms response time. By default, the display’s refresh rate is capped at 60Hz, but the top-of-the-line SKU does come with a 120Hz refresh rate.
Speaking of top-of-the-line, the top-tier variant of the FX505D comes fitted with the same Ryzen 7-3750H CPU and a GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. There’s also a standard 8GB DDR4-2666MHz RAM that goes with it, but as it is with all SKUs under the line-up, you can expand the amount of memory inside it.
Regardless of the configuration, it should be noted that all configurations come with a 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD.
Pricing for the TUF Gaming FX505D begins at RM2899 for the basic configuration, while its top-tier configuration will retail at an SRP of RM5199. All configurations of the FX505D will be available starting early June, while the variant with the RTX 2060 GPU will ship out sometime during the middle of June.
We did a hands on with the notebook early on, so you find out our initial impressions about it. Also, look forward to our review over the coming weeks.
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