The cooling here is not bad, compared to some of the competition, however, the noise, coming from the fan was very loud. Similarly to the media tests, these laptops are not meant for 3D tasks or gaming, boasting only the graphics chip integrated into the processor. So, the laptop features an older chassis, and comes with an optional MX130… which by itself is a rebranded GeForce 940MX – a graphics card that was released in roughly 5 years! The VivoBook 15's ErgoLift Hinge is one of its more helpful facets, as it angles the keyboard so that it's raised a bit for more comfortable typing when you're seated at a desk. In the case of the latest refresh of the Asus VivoBook 15, you're paying for less performance and less battery life and opting for a less vibrant display.

When you lower the brightness, the light intensity of the backlight is not lowered, but instead turned off and on by the electronics with a frequency indistinguishable to the human eye. The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

After a month of use I found that battery quanlity is BAD , ,working for 1 hr only battery drains up , laptop get too heated and becomes hot from bottom. The measured maximum brightness of 266 nits in the middle of the screen and 256 nits as an average for the whole area, with a maximum deviation of 8%. Well, one thing is clear – the budget nature of this notebook has taken its toll all around the device. The 10th Gen Intel Core i3-1005G1 is a new mobile chip that offers strong performance matched with efficiency, and the 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD storage gives it a serious boost over similar machines with traditional rotating hard drives.

Between a range of component options, supply shortages, and pricing wars, the budget laptop game is fierce in 2021. So you can just have the laptop connected to one external monitor or you can purchase an HDMI to dual HDMI adaptor, although they seem so much more expensive than their USB-C counterparts.The Midnight’s Deep Blue’s strong melody, for example, came through clearly enough, while the vocals seemed as if they were coming in from a distance. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR QUERIES REGARDING ANY OF OUR ITEMS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT US ON 01685 383810 (MONDAY-SATURDAY 9 am-5 pm) AND WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP. The USB Implementers Forum is working with its Alternate Mode partners to make sure that ports are properly labelled with respective logos. In lab tests, the VivoBook 15's keyboard measured about 72 degrees Fahrenheit throughout, while the underside measured higher at 91 degrees.

Performance holds up Ok for basic computing, but anything more taxing is going to strain the Intel Core i3-1005G1 processor. The notebook lasts 5 hours 24 minutes, way lower than the IdeaPad 530s’ 7 hours 43 minutes, but still behind the Aspire 5 that last 9 hours 27 minutes on single charge.Another graphics test, Unigine's Superposition, similarly renders and pans through a complex 3D scene but measures results in frames per second (fps), with 30fps generally desirable for smooth animation while serious gamers prefer 60fps or more. During busy periods, we may experience a backlog of enquiries, but nonetheless will aim to respond as soon as possible. You have to look at the laptop at an exact angle — about 100 degrees — to see the display without a sheen. That sheds a different light on the VivoBook 15’s 25-minute time (never mind the Asus Laptop L410’s painful result), demonstrating some severe wait times.

That means it’s competent on the types of tasks described above, but some delays or slowdown won’t be out of the ordinary. Alex Wawro is a lifelong tech and games enthusiast with more than a decade of experience covering both for outlets like Game Developer, Black Hat, and PC World magazine. Here you can see an approximate comparison between the GPUs that can be found in the ASUS VivoBook 15 F515 (X515 / S515 / M515 / D515, P1512) models on the market.The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of PCMag.