Trees were lush and green while flowers popped against the contrast of the surrounding rocks and dirt. In Elder Scrolls Online, the colors contrasted beautifully. As long as the game you’re playing doesn’t experience lag, you’re guaranteed a clean, bright output. The refresh rate is noticeable and does make for a smooth, seamless experience. However, catching the screen from the wrong angle will quickly mute the vibrant colors with earthy tones. The screen on the TUF Gaming F17 spans 17.3-inches and offers a refresh rate of 144 Hz with a 1920 x 1080 resolution.

The TUF Gaming F17 edition we tested was configured with an Intel Core i5-11260H, 8GB of RAM, 512GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD, and an RTX 3050 Ti GPU. Productivity Performance of Asus TUF Gaming F17

Overall, games that aren't incredibly demanding should run just fine on the TUF Gaming F17 but AAA titles will likely require turning down the settings. This got worse when graphics settings were increased but resolved when lowering them. Fighting in areas with lots of players and enemies was doable but with quite a bit of delay making it hard to land hits where you want them to land. The character loading screen lagged when navigating the menu and this was before accessing a server or lobby with other players. By default, it loads with medium-level video settings. To my disappointment, there was noticeable lag right off the bat in ESO. This was the only BSOD experience throughout all of the testing and installation completed successfully after a reboot. When installing ESO from Steam for the first time, the TUF Gaming F17 threw a blue screen at me. The first game I dug into was Elder Scrolls Online. The RTX 3050 Ti GPU operated at an average of 1,540 MHz, reaching 77 degrees Celsius (170 degrees Fahrenheit). The CPU ran at an average of 3.9 GHz and around 84 degrees Celsius (183 degrees Fahrenheit). The TUF Gaming F17 produced an average of 36.5 fps throughout all 15 runs.The first run started at 35 fps and, by the 15th run, it reported at 36 fps which is remarkably consistent. To stress test the TUF Gaming F17, we ran the Metro Exodus benchmark using RTX settings for 15 consecutive runs, simulating about 30 minutes of gaming.

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