By Seth G. Macy
It’s astonishing how far gaming laptops have come in such a relatively short time. Gone are the days of tremendous power for portability trade-offs. The bulky, steaming-hot monsters of yesterday look downright primitive compared with today’s svelte machines. Even relatively affordable laptops, like the Asus ROG Strix GL503, are bursting with the kind of power that was simply not possible in a laptop just a few years ago.
While powerful compared to the laptops of yesteryear, this year’s Strix doesn’t stand out against the backdrop of modern gaming laptops. The GL503 lacks ‘wow’ factor, sticking to a 1080p display and a GTX 1050 graphics card, given its price against key rivals. It’s not as powerful as neither the MSI GE62 Apache Pro, which sports a GTX 1050 Ti, nor the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming with its GTX 1060, and it lands between the two in price in spite of it.
Price and availability
The Asus Rog Strix GL503 configuration we tested will set you back $1,099 (£1,473.99, AU$2,599), but there are more powerful configurations available. The Hero Edition ups the display refresh rate to 120Hz, pumps the graphics card up to a GTX 1060 with 6GB of video …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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