Asus gaming laptop with RTX 3070 and Core i7 now cheap at Alternate

While the inexpensive RTX 3080 laptop from Acer is now sold out at MediaMarkt and Saturn, Alternate has an equally inexpensive alternative from Asus with the RTX 3070 on offer. For 1,299 euros, the TUF Dash F15 is currently the cheapest of its kind with said GPU.

Now to the offer at Alternate.de

The model offers: Asus’ TUF Dash F15 in the equipment variant FX516PR-HN103TR1HQ has, in addition to the RTX 3070, which is sufficiently powerful for current games in Full HD (but with 85 watt throttling), the Intel Core i7-11370H, which was also only released this year, with four CPU Cores and eight threads.

Other features include a 15.6 inch (approx. 40 centimeter) screen diagonal with a matt IPS panel in Full HD and 144 Hertz refresh rate along with Adaptive Sync, 16 GB of RAM and a fast PCIe SSD with 512 GB, including a pre-installed Windows 10 Home.

Asus’ TUF Dash F15 for 1,299 euros instead of 1,799 euros at Alternate.de

In the test: Notebookcheck.com put a slightly better equipped variant of the FX516PR with a faster display and a larger SSD on the test bench and gave it a rating of 82 percent (“good”).

The TUF Dash F15 FX516P definitely has its pluses. […] On the pro side, especially the long battery life, which even puts most office notebooks in the shade. The presence of a USB 4 port with Thunderbolt and 100 watt charging also deserves praise.

When it comes to graphics performance, however, you shouldn’t expect too much. As explained in the test, Asus uses the smallest possible TDP level for the RTX 3070 laptop, which massively restricts the performance. Four CPU cores will also no longer be state of the art in 2021 and at a price of almost 2,000 euros. An inexpensive six-core chip from AMD would have been suitable here.

Asus should also still work on the cooling (temperature and volume in 3D mode). We would also like a webcam for the successor.

Notebookcheck.com

This is how good the price is: Alternate.de is currently offering the laptop for just € 1,299 instead of € 1,799.

Although the model was listed in the price comparison for a short time at 50 euros cheaper, it has almost always cost more since its release in the middle of the year.

At other retailers, the offers are currently only starting at 1,399 euros and other laptops with RTX 3070 are also available from 1,382.25 euros at best.

Now to the offer at Alternate.de

Technical key data

Display 15,6″, 1.920 x 1.080, 141ppi, 144 Hz, non-glare, IPS, Adaptive Sync
CPU Intel Core i7-11370H, 4C/8T, 3,00 – 4,80GHz, 12 MB + 5 MB Cache, 28 – 35W TDP, Codename “Tiger Lake-H35” (Willow Cove, 10 nm SuperFin)
RAM 16 GB DDR4-3200 (8 GB soldered, 1 x 8 GB module, 1 slot, max. 16 GB)
SSD 512 GB M.2 PCIe 3.0
HDD
graphic NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 – 8 GB GDDR6 – Mobile, 40SM/5120SP, Codename “GA104” (Ampere, 8 nm), 85 W TGP
operating system Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
input Keyboard with DE layout (illuminated, rubber dome), touchpad
connections 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 3 x USB-A 3.0, 1 x Thunderbolt 4 (power connection), 1 x Gb LAN, 1 x jack, 1 x hollow socket (power connection, 6 mm)
Wireless Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 802.11a/​b/​g/​n/​ac/​ax, 2×2), Bluetooth 5.1
Webcam
Cardreader
optical drive
battery pack 1 x built-in battery (Li-Ion, 4 cells, 76 Wh)
power adapter 1 x Hohlstecker (200W/​20V/​10A, 6 mm), optional 1 x USB-C (100W/​20V/​5A)
particularities MIL-STD-810G certified
weight 2,00 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH) 360 x 252 x 19,9 mm
colour grau (Eclipse Gray)
Manufacturer guarantee two years (pickup & return)

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