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We ran a couple of games representative for DX11 and DX12 architectures on the Standard Turbo profile, as well as on the Tweaked Turbo profile (with the overclocked GPU). Hi. The CPU and GPU are soldered on the motherboard and non-upgradeable.As far as performance goes, this laptop handles everyday chores smoothly, while running cool and quiet. In all fairness, the Ryzen platform also bundles fairly capable integrated Vega 10 graphics, but that’s negated by the existing Nvidia chip, so at the end of the day the pricing factor remains this platform’s single potential advantage over the Intel options. Ideally, the fans would spin faster on the Turbo profile, and the system would give users the flexibility to juggle with thermals, performance and noise levels by opting between the Silent, Balanced and Turbo modes.
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You can keep the laptop on Silent with basic use, but that aggressively limits the performance, so you’ll most likely want to switch to Balance for everyday multitasking, or Turbo for demanding loads and games. We compared 4-core AMD Ryzen 7 3750H (2.3 GHz) against Ryzen 5 3550H (2.1 GHz) in games and benchmarks. Here’s what we got:The HWinfo logs below show the CPU and GPU speeds and temperatures in Farcry 5, Battlefield V and Witcher 3 on the Default Turbo profile, which keeps the fans running at 5600+ rpm and noise levels of 47-48 dB at head level on our review unit.Overclocking the GPU has an impact on the GPU’s average clock speed, allowing it to run at an average of 100 MHz higher in most titles, with only a minor increase in CPU and GPU temperatures.However, gaming on the Silent profile is pretty much not an option on this laptop, as both the CPU and GPU clock to low frequencies, which leads to unplayable FPS counts in most titles.Gaming on battery is not an option as well.In conclusion, this AMD/Nvidia based platform handles games well and doesn’t run very noisy, but the inner components run hot on this laptop, with the CPU averaging 86-92 degrees C in the tested titles, and the GPU averaging 81-86 degrees C. Last year’s Intel/Nvidia based model ran hot as well, so the limitation is with the thermal implementation.Now, in order to draw final conclusions on this notebook’s gaming abilities, we should compare our results with some of the same-class Intel-based models And here’s how these compare in terms of speeds and temperatures in Witcher 3, all on the Tweaked profiles.In conclusion, the TUF FX705 falls short to the Intel-based competitors, but is still a competent gamer.
The 2019 versions of the TUF FX705 line are available with either a red backlit keyboard, or a 4-zone RGB Aura option, which we have on our review unit and I expect will make its way into most of the FX705DU configurations.We’ve seen this keyboard implemented on previous TUF FX505/FX705 models, with a pretty standard layout, but cramped arrow keys and a narrower NumPad section. AMD Ryzen™ 7 3750H Processors are equipped with Zen Core and the intelligent SenseMI Technology & Radeon™ RX Vega 10 Graphics. AMD Ryzen 7 3750H ⭐ review. We’ve mostly used our sample on wireless, and it performed alright near the router and at 30+ feet away with obstacles in between, without drops or other issues, but didn’t reach the high speeds attainable on other laptops modern with our setup.The speakers on this unit are about average in terms of volume, at up to 76 dB at head-level, and somewhat subpar in terms of quality.