ASUS Vivobook 16X
College students, aspiring content creators, and casual gamers will find this laptop a great value, with reliable performance that can last 4–5 years.
The Asus Vivobook 16X is a budget laptop creator and gaming laptop with an Intel Core i5-12500Hand NVIDIA RTX 2050 4GB Graphics Card bundled with 16GB RAM 512GB SSD.
Product Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5 (i5-12500H) |
| Memory | 16GB of RAM |
| Storage | 512GGB SSD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA RTX 2050 |
| Display | 16 inch 144Hz display |
| Battery | 50Wh battery |
| Weight | 1.8 Kgs |
| Price | ~₹57,000 INR |
This laptop is a good beginner gaming laptop for its price and specifications.
FAQs
What are the pros and cons of Intel Core i5-12500H?
The Intel Core i5-12500H is a good entry level processor for gaming and content creation. It is great for everyday tasks, video/photo editing, music production and easy to moderate gaming and has a good multitasking performance. The RTX 2050 is a budget graphics which is better than the GTX due to ray tracing technology. The processor is however power hungry and consumes more power affecting the battery life.
Can it handle games?
Speaking technically, any Windows machine can run games irrespective of the processor. Yes, this is a decent combination for handling good games. It can handle games like GTA V, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Call of Duty and more. Gaming processors are optimised to work hand in hand with the RAM and the VRAM/ Dedicated Graphics to be able to provide the best output possible. When it comes to RTX 2050 it brings ray tracing and DLSS support to budget laptops, offering a balance of modern gaming and productivity performance.
How good is the battery?
50Wh is on the average side of the battery capacity. The overall battery capacity depends on its hardware such as screen and processor. In short, OLED screens consumer more battery than LCD IPS panels. For this laptop, the processor, graphics and the high refresh rate are battery affecting factors for this laptop. Any gaming laptop cannot give north of 5 hours of battery life, same case goes with this laptop too.
How does it perform against some of the popular gaming laptops?
To compare it with the HP Victus and MSI Thin 15 which comes with a premium price of ₹70,000 INR and above. The main difference is in the processor generation, both HP and MSI come with a latest processor and 6GB graphics card when compared to 4GB in the ASUS. One more thing to notice is that ASUS is not a dedicated gaming laptop but an all-rounder laptop that can do a little bit of everything smoothly. For almost ₹15,000 INR price difference, both HP and MSI provide a better gaming experience. However for the price ASUS is giving the better value.
Who is this laptop for?
College students, budding content creators and wanna be gamers can take advantage of the price and this laptop can easily sustain for 4-5 years. If you can stretch your budget a little, you can checkout these laptops.
