Asus is known to make good gaming laptops. Asus ROG series provides great powerful gaming laptops at attractive price range. In this post we will do Asus ROG GL552VW-CN430T Review based on the pros and cons. The Asus ROG GL552VW price in India is Rs.82,490.
ROG GL552VW comes in all new metallic design theme which according to Asus, is inspired by F22 Stealth fighter aircraft. It measures 385 x 255 x 32.4 mm and weighs around 2.5 Kg. In the sides it has 2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 USB type C port, 1 USB 2.0 port, DC in, Line in and mic in ports, Optical drive and LAN port. One of the biggest advantage of Asus ROG GL552VW is ease of upgrading. Gamers can easily access RAM and hard drive by removing just 2 screws. Apart from this, this Asus ROG gaming laptop has HD webcam and a 3-in-1 SD card reader. The HD video cam can record HD videos at 15fps and in 30 fps.
Asus ROG GL552VW sports a 15.6-inch full HD display with impressive 178 degree viewing angles. When we did review on GL552JX, we were not happy on the display viewing angles. Asus has done a good job by adding good quality display panel in this model. In this model colour shift on the display is minimal while viewing it from sides. Overall it is one of the best display panel used in the price segment.
Asus ROG GL552VW houses powerful specification. It packs powerful Intel Core i7 (6th Gen.) processor with 16GB of DDR4 SDRAM. Users have the option to add upto 32GB of RAM via dedicated RAM sockets. Talking about graphics, the particular department is run by Intel’s HD Graphics 530 GPU in tandem with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M. The NVIDIA GPU has 4GB GDDR5 VRAM. Games like Dota 2 and Assassin’s Creed ran smoothly even at High or even Ultra settings.However, we have observed minor frames stuttering when running on battery. Even with extended gaming, laptop remained comparatively cool.
Coming to storage, our Asus ROG GL552VW review unit came with 1TB of hard disc and a 128GB of SSD. The connectivity features of the device includes Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and Bluetooth v4.0. It runs on Windows 10 out of the box. The boot time was extremely fast. Our review unit gave us desktop screen in just 7 sec on average. Asus has bundled few softwares like Steam application, ROG Gaming Centre, Asus Webstorage, WPS Office and more.
Asus ROG GL552VW has 4Cell 48Whrs battery. In our usage, we got around 3 hours of battery backup which is decent for gaming laptop in this price.
Verdict: Asus ROG GL552VW is a good performing gaming laptop in the price segment. It offers power which an average gamer expects in a PC laptop. Good keyboard, full HD display screen with wide viewing angle, USB Type C port are added advantage.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Asus ROG GL552VW
Pros of Asus ROG GL552VW
- Powerful performance.
- Great display screen.
- Runs cool and quiet.
- Easy to upgrade.
- Good value for money.
Cons of Asus ROG GL552VW
- Trackpad needs improvement.
- Sound output via speakers is not great.
- Bit heavy.
Asus ROG GL552VW Unboxing and Overview Video
Here is the quick unboxing video on ROG GL552VW.
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