Asus rog gl504 review in spanish (complete analysis)

Asus ROG GL504 is one of the new laptops of the brand for this year 2018. It is a very compact gaming equipment, but it offers us the full potential of a GeForce GTX 1070 and a Core i7 8750HQ six-core processor. All with a spectacular design, and the Asus ROG seal of quality. We tell you all the secrets of this preciousness.

First of all, we thank Asus ROG for the trust placed in ceding the product to us for analysis.

Asus ROG GL504 technical characteristics

Unboxing and design

The Asus ROG GL504 laptop comes in a cardboard box that includes a carrying handle, something that will be great for us to take to events or to our friends' houses. The design of the box is very simple, with a black background and the Asus ROG logo in red. Inside the box we find the Asus ROG GL504 itself, very well accommodated and covered by a very fine and soft cloth bag to protect its delicate surface. Next to the laptop we see a 230W power adapter, more than enough for the needs of a team like this.

Finally we see a close-up of the impressive Asus ROG GL504, it is a very compact gaming laptop, which has been designed with all the experience accumulated by Asus since its foundation.

The equipment is manufactured with a chassis that combines the use of high quality aluminum and black plastic. This allows it to be very robust, as well as light. Asus ROG GL504 weighs just 2.4 kg and is only 26.1 mm thick. Thanks to the thin bezels you get a width of only 361 mm. These are very good measures for a laptop with a GeForce GTX 1070, more considering that it is not the Max-Q version, but the most powerful one.

Most of the ports are on the left, which is better since an external mouse can be used on the right and no cables will interfere. However, in the right area we find a USB 3.1 (Gen 2) port, an SD card reader and a Kensington lock slot.

On the left, we find a DC connector, LAN port, Dual Mode Mini DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0, two USB 3.1 Gen 1, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C ports and a combo audio jack. If you are still looking for a Thunderbolt 3 port, we are sorry to tell you that it does not have, so you will not be able to use it with an external GPU.

Asus ROG GL504 is the first ROG series notebook to be distinguished by its small sizes. The designers have had some difficulties with positioning the webcam as there is little room for it on the screen, and below it is the huge ROG logo. Therefore, the camera has been placed in the lower right area, without following any symmetry.

The ROG GL504's keyboard is one of the components that ASUS is really proud of. Its construction is known as HyperStrike Pro, which consists of various technologies. Each key has a 0.25mm concavity and 1.8mm travel when typing. According to Asus tests, they must withstand 20 million keystrokes. It includes an Aura Sync RGB lighting system that has four zones and guarantees a more pleasant appearance. The only downside to this keyboard is that the NumPad may be too tight for people with bigger fingers.

Asus ROG GL504 mounts a Full HD IPS panel with a model number AUO B156HAN08.2 (AUO82ED). Its diagonal is 15.6 inches, and the resolution is 1920 х 1080 pixels. Also, the screen ratio is 16: 9, its pixel density is 142 ppi, and the pixel pitch is 0.18 х 0.18 mm. It is a panel of the highest quality, with c ability to reproduce 100% of the sRGB spectrum, a response time of 3 ms and a refresh rate of 144 Hz.

This Asus ROG GL504 mounts a Core i7-8750H processor, consisting of a 6-core, 12-wire configuration that is capable of speeds of up to 4.10 GHz. It is a Coffee Lake processor manufactured in 14nm Tri-Gate, which means that its performance is more than enough so that they do not become a bottleneck for the other components. Its TDP is only 45 W, so it won't cause problems for the cooling system.

As for the graphics card, this is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with 8 GB GDDR5. In this case we find the most powerful version of this graphics card, which is equivalent to its desktop version, capable of reaching a frequency of almost 1900 MHz in games. Both components are accompanied by 16 GB of dual-channel DDR4 2666 RAM.

Regarding storage, the Asus ROG GL504 includes nothing less than a 256 GB NVMe SSD along with a 1 TB Seagate Firecuda SSD so you don't lack space. Asus has also not forgotten to include wireless Wi-Fi 802.11ac 2 × 2 and Bluetooth 5.0 technologies. The sound is provided by two speakers with intelligent amplification technology and a power of 3W.

Modern CPUs and GPUs automatically reduce clock speeds to prevent overheating. To avoid this, the HyperCool Pro ventilation system has been chosen , which keeps key components at comfortable temperatures. Copper heatpipes transfer thermal energy from the CPU and GPU to the radiators on the perimeter of the chassis. The metallic heat sinks normally reserved for these chips are also found in graphics memory and VRMs, allowing the cooling system to dissipate heat from additional components.

Dual fans force air over the radiators and out of the chassis. They operate at 12V power to allow for higher rotational speeds and offer more blades to increase the air flow generated by each revolution. The radiator fins are only 0.1mm thick, allowing more to be put into each stack to increase surface area without impeding air flow. The dust tunnels in each fan diligently direct dirt and debris from the radiators, preventing build-up that can reduce the effectiveness of the cooling system over time.

Asus offers multiple cooling profiles. By default, a smart algorithm automatically adjusts fan speeds to balance thermals and acoustics. You can also activate Overboost mode to increase cooling performance or choose silent mode for quieter operation. The Asus Game Center application will be the perfect companion to manage all the parameters.

Performance and storage tests

First of all we are going to see the speed of the SSD disk of this Asus ROG GL504, for this we have used the popular program CristalDiskMark in its latest version, this has been the result obtained.

We continue with Cinebench R15, an application that gives us an ideal of the potential of its 45W processor.

We now turn to see the behavior of the team in the most demanding games, all of which have been executed with the graphics at maximum and in 1080p resolution, the tests have been done with the FRAPS benchmarking tool for 180 seconds, it has been repeated three times and an average has been made.

The graphic adjustments have been as follows:

Far Cry 5: Ultra TAACrysis 3: Very High SMAA x 2 Project Cars 2: Ultra MSAA High Overwatch: Epico SMAADoom 2: Ultra TSSAA x 8

Final words and conclusion about Asus ROG GL504

It is time to make a final assessment of this Asus ROG GL504, the simple thing would be to say that it is the best gaming laptop that has passed through my hands, and I would not be lying to you but I would not tell you the whole truth. The design of the equipment is really spectacular, it is not the lightest on the market, but it is that the upper part is really robust, with a lot of metal and that is something that shows in the weight. I have seen other laptops of more than 2000 euros that sink when pressing lightly in the upper area, this Asus ROG GL504 does not happen at all.

The cooling system is an aspect that has attracted my attention, because despite having included a GeForce GTX 1070 and a six-core Core i7 8750HQ processor, the high ventilation of this equipment makes the maximum temperature of 85ºC in the CPU and 80 ºC in the GPU, some really good figures in such a compact team. Even more surprising is that the noise is very moderate. This is only possible thanks to the use of the best components for this cooling system. The software is another differentiating point, since all the included Asus applications are very elaborate and really easy to use. The Asus Game Center application is the junction point of all of them, with an interface that is very pleasing to the eye and very easy to use. As for the battery, its duration is 4-5 hours with light use.

As for the negatives, the fact that the screen is not G-Sync is something to point out, as well as the absence of a Thunderbolt 3 port. They are the only two spots on an impressive team.

As a final conclusion, we can say that we are dealing with the best compact laptop created by Asus for gamers. Asus ROG G504 is for sale for an approximate price of 1890 euros.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ HIGH QUALITY AND VERY ROBUST DESIGN	- WITHOUT THUNDERBOLT PORT 3
+ EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ALL 1080P GAMES	- THE SCREEN IS NOT G-SYNC
+ DISPLAY WITH GREAT IMAGE QUALITY AND HIGH FLUIDITY WITH 144 HZ
+ EXCELLENT REFRIGERATION
+ LOTS OF CONCENTRATED POWER