Asus has announced the addition of the first 18-inch model to its TUF Gaming range of gaming laptops. The new product will be available in three configurations. Two of them are equipped with an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 260 (Hawk Point Refresh) processor with a frequency of up to 5.1 GHz, and the third is equipped with a 24-core (8P + 16E) Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX with a frequency of up to 5.4 GHz. All models are also equipped with video cards from the GeForce RTX 5000 series.
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The TUF Gaming A18 laptop model offers up to 32 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and up to 2 TB of PCIe 4.0 SSD storage. The device features an 18-inch IPS display with a resolution of 2.5K (2560 × 1600 pixels) and an aspect ratio of 16:10. The display is available in two configurations. Models with AMD Ryzen offer a screen with a refresh rate of 240 or 165 Hz, a response speed of 3 ms, brightness of 400 or 500 cd/m², as well as 100% coverage of DCI-P3 or sRGB color spaces and G-Sync support. The Intel version features a 400 cd/m² screen with 100 percent sRGB coverage and G-Sync support.
All TUF Gaming A18 configurations offer a GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card as a graphics subsystem. AMD models are equipped with a 240 W power supply, and the Intel version is equipped with a 280 W power supply. All new products are equipped with batteries with a capacity of 90 Wh.
The laptops have one USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port (with DisplayPort, charging and G-Sync support) and HDMI 2.1. Models with AMD Ryzen offer one USB4 Type-C with support for DisplayPort and G-Sync, two USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A and one USB 2.0 Type-A. And the version with Intel Core Ultra, instead of USB4, has a Thunderbolt 4 interface in the form of a USB Type-C port with DisplayPort support, as well as three USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A. All devices are equipped with a LAN port and support Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. Laptop keyboards are equipped with RGB backlighting.