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  • Asus F570Z Gaming Laptop Review-Pros And Cons

    Asus F570z is an entry level gaming laptop in India. Ryzen 5 quad core processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 4GB discrete graphic card, 15.6 inch full HD Anti glare display are key features of this notebook. Asus F570ZD-DM226T the model we are reviewing here is priced at Rs.52,980. However there is cashback offer upto Rs,3500 in paytm mall. This brings the effective price of this gaming laptop price to less than 50k. For this price, is this worth buy? Let us find out in this Asus F570z Gaming Laptop Review in the form of Pros And Cons.

    Asus F570z Gaming Laptop Review-Pros And Cons

    Asus F570z Pros

    Let us begin with what we liked on this laptop.

    Design: Asus F570z has a metallic finish. The texture all over looks impressive. It is made up of plastic but it does feel good because of the textured metallic finish. It weighs around 1.96 Kg.

    Display: Asus F570z comes with a 15.6 inch full HD IPS Anti glare screen which offers decent brightness. For regular usage such as reading, writing and watching movies, it does not disappoints.

    Back-lite Keyboard: This budget gaming laptop has back-lite full sized keyboard. The keys are well placed and has enough travel. In this price range very few laptops comes with back-lite keyboard which offers to customize the intensity of back-lite.

    Good Performance: The Quad Core Ryzen 5 Mobile 2500U processor with 8GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 discrete graphic card provides a good performance for the price. It manages to do all the day to day tasks and some tasks such as basic photo/video editing without any issues.

    Connectivity Ports: It has 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port, 1 USB 3.1 Type C , LAN , and HDMI ports.

    Asus F570z Cons

    Average viewing angles: The 15.6 inch Anti Glare display panel has average viewing angles. When it viewed from extreme angles color shifting is noticeable.

    Average Battery Life: With my usage, the laptop gave around 3 hours of battery backup.

    Space bar: This may be specific to our device. The space bar was sticky. Apart from that, the typing experience was great.

    Summary: Considering the price, Asus F570z offers a lot. But it is not perfect as well. Addition of SSD and better viewing angles would have made this laptop much more impressive.

  • HP Omen Vs ASUS STRIX 2 -Comparison

    Gaming laptops are becoming popular in Indian market. There are many options available today when it comes gaming laptops in India. HP Omen and ASUS ROG series are known for gaming laptops. In this post, let us have a quick comparison between HP Omen-dc0106tx Vs ASUS SCAR 2.

    HP Omen Vs ASUS STRIX -Comparison

    Design

    Designwise both HP Omen 15-dc0106tx and ASUS ROG STRIX are attractive. Both with their distinctive theme and solid build quality provide a great feel.

    Coming to differences, HP Omen sports most of the ports in the rear side and camera is placed in the top center. ASUS STRIX has most of the ports in the left side and camera is placed in the bottom right. We liked the HP Omen camera placement and comfortable palm rest area of ASUS STRIX.

    Processor and GPU

    Both HP Omen 15-dc0106tx and ASUS ROG STRIX which we have compared features Intel Core i7 8750H & DDR 4 16GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. HP gaming laptop had 128GB SSD with 1TB hard disc and ASUS ROG had 256GB SSD and 1TB of hard disc.

    Starting with booting time to app/game launching was comparatively faster in ASUS ROG STRIX. Apart from that, other performance was more or less equal. Gaming performance, we felt ASUS did slightly better.

    Display

    Both these gaming laptops feature 15 inch full HD IPS display panel with 144Hz refresh rate. Brightness and Viewing angles were better in ASUS ROG according to us.

    HP Omen Vs ASUS STRIX -Comparison Summary

    HP Omen 15-dc0106tx advantages over ASUS ROG STRIX

    • Lighter. 2.2 Kg compared to 2.4Kg.
    • Placement of video camera.

    ASUS ROG STRIX Advantages over HP Omen 15-dc0106tx

    • Brighter display.
    • Better cooling system and comparatively quite fan.
    • Faster booting and app loading time.
    • Better trackpad and typing experience,

    These comparisons are based on our experience with HP Omen and ASUS STRIX. Both have their own pros and cons. Depending on the requirement, one can choose between these two laptops.