Asus TUF FX504GD Red Matter - The perfect upgrade of the FX503VD

If you are wondering about buying a computer product line today, the Asus TUF FX504GD Red Matter machine available in the market is an extremely reasonable choice with low cost and high performance criteria. An extremely quality gaming laptop from the biggest brand in the component market today.

Asus TUF FX504GD Red Matter - The perfect upgrade of the FX503VD

As we all know, Intel officially introduced the new generation Coffee Lake processor line for laptops in the first quarter of 2018. This processor line has been highly appreciated by many experts and users, when it will be upgraded with more cores, more threads and better clocks. And Asus is one of the leading manufacturers, having updated this processor line for its laptop lines.

The first explosion on the Gaming Laptop market is the Asus FX504GD with 2 versions, Core i5-8300H priced at 22,490,000 VND and Core i7-8750H priced at about 25 million VND. Not only upgraded in hardware, FX504GD is also improved in design, making it much more eye-catching than the FX503VD series that was quite successful last year. More specifically, let's take a look at this laptop.

Take a look at the configuration of the Red Matter version that I will evaluate. We will have Intel Core i5-8300H processor with 4 cores and 8 threads, Nvidia geforce GTX1050 4Gb graphics card , 8Gb DDR4 RAM with 2666Mhz bus , Seagate Firecuda 1Tb 5400rpm SSHD hard drive . This is a fairly new point that few of you still know about the effects of SSHD drives compared to regular HDDs. So, I will tell you more about it in the detailed review.

In terms of design, the Asus FX504GD still carries the familiar shape of the previous generation FX503 series, but it has been slightly improved. The entire case is made of plastic, so it's lighter, but when gently pressing on the case, there will be a Flex phenomenon and the screen will also be deformed.

This is very worrying and you need to be careful to avoid strong external impacts on the case, to avoid affecting the screen area. The X symbol of this FX series will be stylized more beautifully and added with eye-catching red Maya veins. The area next to the screen edge and the Asus Logo will also be red to match.

The bottom part will have a larger air intake, however, the ability to remove and upgrade will be much more difficult than the FX503VD, because you will have to remove up to 10 screws in all to be able to fully open the cover of the face. bottom.

The hinge of the machine is designed as a double hinge with 2 legs on both sides. However, according to experience, the hinge of the machine is quite hiss and seems a bit weak. When pulling the curtain to the fixed area, it still occurs a bit shaken but can't be fixed immediately, and when you put it at a low angle, the hinge will not hold in place anymore and it will close by itself. . It will be annoying if you are someone who often has to bring the device to use outside. And if you leave the device on a fixed flat surface, it doesn't affect the experience too much

The connections available on the FX504GD are quite adequate for users and are put all the way to the left edge of the machine, giving users a larger space to easily use a separate mouse to play games. We will have 2 USB3.0 ports, 1 USB 2.0 port, 1 integrated headphone and microphone jack, 1 HDMI 2.0 port, 1 LAN port and 1 DC power jack. The USB Type C port and SD card reader slot will be the shortcomings that Asus has cut in the FX504GD series.

Regarding the screen, Asus has a wide selection of screens with different product codes. The best option may be to be equipped with a screen with a sharp TN panel with a refresh rate of 120Hz and 94% of the NTSC color gamut. As for the cheap version that I evaluate today, it will only be at a basic level quite similar to FX503.

We will have a 60hz screen equipped with an Anti-Glare panel with a resolution of Full HD (1920x1080) and 45% of the NTSC color range. Colors displayed on the screen are quite good thanks to good contrast. However, the screen brightness will be a bit low and only 220 nits. Therefore, you will still need to increase the maximum brightness for the best experience. With the screen quality of the Asus FX504GD , the machine will only be suitable for the needs of gaming and entertainment.

ASUS TUF Gaming FX504 's keyboard is a familiar full-size gaming keyboard with 4 ADWS keys highlighted in darker orange than other keys. The distance between the keys will be 1.8mm, the keycap will be designed with a clearer bevel as well as much better stability than the previous FX503 version. It completely feels almost the same as the company's ROG Strix l atop . The typing experience is extremely good and well-supported for gamers. Because it is a popular gaming laptop, it is difficult to avoid the slight Flex phenomenon in the keyboard area.

As for the touchpad area, the surface is more upgraded when it is covered with a layer of glass similar to ROG Strix Hero. You will have a smoother and more comfortable hover feeling.

In terms of performance, in the version that I evaluate, we will have a new Intel Core i5 8300H chip of the Coffee Lake generation with 4 cores and 8 threads, maximum Turbo Boost clocked at 4.0Ghz. If to compare with the previous generation i5 and i7 CPU lines, we can easily see that the i5 8300H is quite equivalent to the power of the i7 7700HQ, even slightly better.

Because overall, the ram bus of FX504 is 2666Mhz, which is only 2400Mhz higher than FX503's. According to the overall CPU test results on Cinebench R15, the i5-8300H reached 766 points, slightly better than the i7 7700HQ. With the same card using the same Geforce GTX1050 4Gb GPU, the FX504GD version that I evaluate has the game test results quite similar to the results obtained from the FX503VD i7 7700HQ version.

Using the same GTX1050 4Gb GPU, 14nm CPU with the same TDP of 45W, so the temperature is also quite similar. The cooling system for Asus FX504GD will include 2 FANs and 2 copper pipes with Overboost technology, helping to optimize cooling for CPU and GPU. When the Stress Test is at room temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, the maximum temperature of the CPU is 86 degrees and that of the GPU will be 75 degrees Celsius. The temperature on the highest key surface when using the max load will be 43 degrees Celsius in the area. machine center area. Therefore, Asus FX504GD should not be used at maximum load for a long time.

With the obvious improvement above, it is clear that the ASUS TUF FX504GD Laptop has brought many quality improvements compared to the FX503, especially in the heat dissipation part, which was the weak point of the previous product line. Because if you are planning to buy a laptop, choose the ASUS TUF FX504GD gaming laptop