Hands on: Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (2024) review
This review first appeared in Issue 357 PC Professional Edition.
This year’s update to the Asus Vivobook Pro 15 makes one thing obvious: gone are the days when you had to pay over £2,000 for a powerful mobile workstation. You’ll find this 1.8kg monster packed inside IntelHigh-end Core Ultra 9 185H processor and GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card, and equipped NVIDIAStudio software, which works with many professional applications.
Asus will definitely pay attention designer Here, there’s even a watch face built into the top left corner of the touchpad. If you’re dexterous enough to keep it within 3cm in diameter, you can use it to quickly navigate the timeline and adjust brush sizes in Premiere Pro Photoshop and switch font size power point. It’s not a replacement for hardware dialing, but it can save time on the move.
Verified by Pantone organic light emitting diode Display is another plus. Not only because it’s incredibly sharp (2,880 x 1,620 pixels on a 15.6-inch diagonal), but because it comes with presets for sRGB, DCI-P3, and Display P3. Alternatively, you can stick with its native color gamut, which covers 99% of the DCI-P3 space (115% by volume) and reproduces colors with near-perfect accuracy. It reaches a respectable 387cd/m22 In SDR mode, and certified with VESA DisplayHDR True Black 600, it’s no surprise that movies look incredible.
There is a good pair speaker The vocals are also particularly clear here. This quality extends to 1440p Camera. If you’re like me and find that the audio you capture isn’t as clear as you’d like, go into the settings within the MyAsus app and turn off all AI enhancements.
You can also find color gamut options and control fan settings in the app. I don’t see the point in buying such a powerful laptop and not putting these fans into performance mode; they’re noisier, but you’ll get noticeably faster frame rates in games: Metro Exodus Enhanced EditionFor example, the average frame rate increased by more than 10%, from 61 fps at 1080p high settings to 68 fps. 3DMark Time Spy jumped from 7,969 to 8,605.
if you buy this laptop Well you’ll still get faster results since the system Asus sent me has an RTX 4050 graphics card instead of an RTX 4060. HP Omen Beyond Reviewyou’ll struggle to get above 120 fps in most games to take advantage of the screen’s 120 Hz refresh rate – I’ve only broken 100 fps in the following games Cyberpunk 2077 1080p medium and Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p high quality – but all current AAA games will run smoothly at reduced settings.
Our test unit came with a Core 7 Ultra, but shipping units include a Core Ultra 9 185H. ASUS offers 125W of combined CPU and GPU power, so you’ll never feel laggy. Thick – by modern standards – chassis There’s also plenty of room for a chunky heatsink and fan, but the downside is battery life. On PCMark’s video running test, it lasted 8 hours and 19 minutes, but after switching to Modern Office, that time dropped to 5 hours and 59 minutes. You need to carry a powerful 200W power supply with you.
It has its own power outlet, located on the right side of the case along with Thunderbolt 4, USB-C, and USB-A ports. As well as a Gigabit Ethernet connector, 3.5mm jack and HDMI 2.1 output. It’s safe to say it was crowded. A single USB-A port and SD card reader are located on the left side, along with cooling vents.
This is a laptop with a crisp keyboard and numeric keypad that appeals in every area. I can see writers, gamers, designers, and video editor Go pick their wallets out.
You’ll notice its size and weight when traveling, but sometimes only a powerplant can do that. This is exactly what the ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED features.
