ASUS TUF Gaming FX550DY with a Ryzen 5 3550H processor for 699 euros

Robert Sole 19 May 2019

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The TUF Gaming FX550DY laptops are announced by ASUS, which will be based on a Ryzen 5 3550H processor and will start at 699 euros.

ASUS's laptop lineup is being updated with next-generation processors. The updated TUF Gaming FX550DY laptop has been unveiled. This new laptop is externally identical to the one presented earlier this year, but internally it features new hardware. Specifically, the processor has been upgraded to a new AMD Ryzen , and AMD graphics options have been added. This laptop will be priced in Europe starting at €699 and will vary depending on the hardware configuration.

ASUS TUF Gaming FX550DY is updated with AMD Ryzen processor

This new laptop designed for gaming has a 15.6-inch IPS screen with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 @ 60Hz. To offer the best possible performance, an AMD Ryzen 5 3550H processor has been integrated. This processor is characterized by having four cores and eight processing threads. This processor operates at a base frequency of 2.1GHz and can go up to 3.7GHz in Boost mode. A processor that is based on the Zen + @ 12nm architecture. This processor also integrates AMD Radeon Vega 8 @ 1200MHz graphics, with a total TDP of 35W.

This TUF Gaming FX550DY laptop integrates a dedicated Radeon RX 560X graphics card accompanied by 4GB GDDR5. This graph should be a little worse than the GTX 1050, specifically 10%. A laptop that is complemented by 8GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz and 2GB capacity M.512 NVMe SSD storage. It has WiFi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 5.0 wireless connectivity.

Connectivity in a laptop is very important, with two USB 3.0 plus one USB 2.0. It has an HDMI 2.0 video output, it has two 2W power speakers, the keyboard is backlit in red. It is 26mm thick and has a total weight of 2.2Kg.

There will be a slightly more expensive version of the TUF Gaming FX550DY that will be based on the Core i5 8300H processor and a GTX 1050, but with a slightly smaller M.2 SSD. The prices, as we have said, will start at 699 euros and will be one of the cheapest solutions on the market in terms of gaming laptops.