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About a month after the presentation at CES 2021, ASUS announces the debut on the US market of the 2021 ASUS TUF Dash F15 (FX516) gaming notebook, a laptop that combines the robustness and quality of ASUS TUF products with the latest generation hardware and a particularly refined and compact design.
Let’s start with the design which, despite the TUF Dash 15 complies with the MIL-STD military standard, is particularly compact, offering a thickness of 19.9 mm for a weight of 2Kg. The notebook Asus, also characterized by two reduced frames, is available in Moonlight White and Eclipse Gray colors, while there is no shortage of optimizations for the dissipation system that integrates five heatpipes and dual cooling fan.
The 2021 ASUS TUF Dash F15 is a 15.6-inch notebook that can count on a 240 Hz FHD IPS panel and a 3ms response time. Speaking of hardware then, the Taiwanese company opts for an Intel Core 11th gen platform (up to Core i7), alongside GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards (up to GeForce RTX 3070).
Not only performance but also versatility thanks to Thunderbolt 4 and USB-C support, without forgetting the refined audio system – certainly appreciated by gamers and non-gamers – which supports Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation technology for bidirectional noise cancellation supported by the AI.
Price and availability
ASUS TUF DASH F15 (FX516) is available in US in different configurations on the Amazon.com eshop with prices starting from $1,954.
ASUS TUF DASH F15 Specifications
- CPU: Intel Core i7-11370H 4C / 8T Processor – 3.3 / 4.8 GHz – 12MB of Cache
- Memory: DDR4 3200 8 / 16GB – Dual-Channel (Max 24 / 32GB)
- GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics – GeForce RTX 3060 / RTX 3070
- Storage: M.2 PCIe 3.0 512GB or 1TB SSD storage
- Display: 15.6-inch IPS FHD 144/240 Hz – 3ms – 300 nits – Contrast 1000: 1 – 100% sRGB
- Audio: 2 speakers with DTS-X and Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation
- Connectivity: AX 2×2 Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, Gigabit LAN
- Thunderbolt 4 expansion, USB-C, USB 3.2 gen1 (x3) audio jack, HDMI 2.0b
- Battery: 76 WHr
- Dimensions: 36 x 25.2 x 19.9mm
- Weight: 2 kg
- Moonlight White and Eclipse Gray colors
- Backlit keyboard
- OS: Windows 10 Home / Pro operating system
Earlier this month at CES 2021, Asus has also introduced the TUF Gaming A15 2021 gaming laptop with an advanced AMD Ryzen processor and RTX 3060 video card. ROG Strix G15 & G17 with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, and a 300 Hz display. ROG Strix SCAR 15/17 laptops with 360 Hz display, Ryzen 9 5900HX, and a GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE dual-display gaming laptop with new AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and Ryzen 9 5900HX processors. And TUF Gaming A17 2021 laptop with an advanced AMD Ryzen processor and RTX 3060 GPU.
