ASUS Vivobook K570ZD Casual Gaming Laptop, 15.6” Full HD IPS Level, AMD Quad Core Ryzen 5 2500U CPU, GeForce GTX 1050, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Fingerprint Reader, Backlit KB, Windows 10 – K570ZD-ES51

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I took it out of the package and immediately discovered it couldnt connect to wifi. It didnt even give an option, only for me to connect via Ethernet. I did, to see if it was just a driver issue, and I ran all the windows updates -- but nada. I connected with Asus support and they tried helping, made sure I was looking for the correct driver download, etc... but nada, again. Asus advised I return it. Since I have the thing and cant return it until tomorrow, I went ahead and downloaded WoW on it to see if the specs were at least good enough for me (so I know if I should get anything better when I reorder). It downloaded very very quickly (thank you ethernet), and loading times were instant! Super disappointed it didnt work. I love the look of this thing (it is plastic, but not ugly cheap plastic -- and rather than obnoxious red like other gaming laptops, this guy has nice teal accents), and it works so well. The battery lasted hours while it installed windows updates. But, its a laptop -- Im not going to be able to stretch hundreds of feet of wiring through my house so it can be plugged in all the time. Buy at your own risk. If you intend on using it wired, go full speed ahead! If not, you might consider whether or not you would be comfortable buying a USB wireless receiver -- because you may be stuck with that in a few days/weeks/months, if other reviews are to be believed.

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Ive had this vivobook (I7 8th gen processor, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd, 1tb hdd) for a month now and use it for photo editing and some gaming. This does both well. When gaming the fan does spool up and is noticeable when not wearing headphones, but doesnt bother me at all. I went with this laptop because it had a matte, non touch screen in addition to the hardware config I wanted. I hate the shiny screens so the matte was a must. The mouse pad works well and the fingerprint reader works just as well as my phones. Battery life is were this machine suffers. Even when working on spreadsheets or documents the battery life isnt good. This wasnt a big deal for me since I do most of my computer work at home, but if you need a computer to last all day on battery power this wont do it. Overall, very pleased with the laptop.

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I upgraded from an Asus GL551JK and I am very satisfied. In case you don’t know, I purchased the 15.6’’ Vivobook for 1099.99. It comes with an i78550 Processor, 16gb DDR4 RAM, GTX 1050 4gb Dedicated, 256 SSD, and 1TB. This is a comparative review. Pros: - It’s thin and light. - It’s not a fingerprint magnet except for the trackpad. - Quicker than my old laptop. - Great price for a decent gaming laptop. - Nice design and a nice change from the usual red and black gaming laptops. - You can’t really find a gaming laptop as equipped and good-looking as this one for this price. Cons: - Keys and trackpad are fingerprint magnets.

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I own a managed service company and have over 20 years in IT and even more in PC gaming. We use Asus for workstations at several sites and have hundreds vivo minis deployed and managed. When I saw this notebook, i picked up 2 for my team members. I will be getting more of these and have recommended them several times already. I went with the AMD Ryzen 5 version with the Nvidia 1050 GPU. We upgraded the SSD and doubled the RAM. These units are awesome for mobile users who work on tech and they offer a solid gaming experience for off hours or down time. Unbeatable for the money....and they are now $100.00 cheaper than when we got them. Asus made another great product!

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I bought two of these laptops, one for myself, one for my daughter, to be entry-level to moderate gaming machines. Nothing extreme. I wasnt looking to run the latest AAA games in 4K on ultra settings or anything. Just some older games at 1080p at medium settings. My 10-year-old gaming laptop bit the dust last year, and I just havent gotten around to replacing it. It was an Asus as well, and it lasted forever, so I naturally wanted to continue investing in a company that seems to make quality machines and components. Well, after weeks of searching, reviewing, contemplating and figuring out a budget to get two gaming quality laptops, I chose this model. It was reasonably priced and had a video card that could handle what we were going to throw at it. Everything ran great. Shes loving hers. It does everything she wants it to and more. I didnt want a 15.6" laptop, but I settled so I could afford two. I have to admit that Im impressed and have no regrets. All the games I want to play run smoothly, much better than they ever did on my old laptop (G72GX). This laptop runs quiet and doesnt get very hot under load, unlike my last beast. The only issue that I have is that this machine had two columns of keys that worked intermittently from the moment I first booted up. I thought it may be a driver issue with mine and hoped that after updates it would clear up. Now, theyre completely non-functional. My daughter has had no such problems with hers. Shes on it 8 hours a day since its summer. Ive also looked at all the reviews for this laptop, so Im hoping that maybe I just happened to get the lemon out of the bunch and it isnt something that will go wrong with my daughters laptop too. Im currently seeking to exchange mine for another one. I love what I got for the price and cant imagine going through the headache and hassle of constantly comparing and shopping again to find something with at least these specs and still in my price range. Performance-wise, this laptop has some real zip to it for normal, run-of-the-mill tasks and even moderate gaming. Dont expect it to dazzle you with the latest games, but it can handle older games like Witcher 2 or World of Warcraft on moderate settings with ease. Aside from my keyboard issue, the only problem I have is that it is extremely light. My last laptop was a 17.3" monster that seemed to weigh 10 pounds before also including the power brick. Power brick included, this machine seems to weigh less than half that. Im okay with that exchange. If it werent for my keyboard issue, I would easily rate this computer 5 stars. Because it just seems that I had bad luck, Im giving it 4.

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But the keyboard layout is a very big downside. I use the laptop for software development, so I type in all day, so my hands and fingers are used to certain keys to be in certain positions (which normally vary from laptop to laptop) yet somehow are easy to reach. Not in this case, Home and End keys are "function keys" which are in the number 7 and 1 in the keypad, so it is very counterintuitive to use them (which I use a lot to select whole lines, or whole files). That is the only big downside for me. However, keyboard touch is very soft and gives you a nice feedback so it is comfortable to use. PC is lighter that Ive seen before for this size so it is very cool. Performance is quite good for development. I havent tried it for gaming yet.

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I mostly use Eagle and AutoCAD with this computer and it runs the programs very nice. the AutoCAD I do is 2D. I do use fusion 360 for 3D work and it does well. I dont do very intricate things on these programs as I am still in college and trying to learn these programs. Also, MATLAB runs very smooth and running scripts on computationally heavy problems is much better than my old computer. The battery life is not very good, but it is not essential for what I need the laptop for. A couple hours unplugged is all I really need. As for gaming, I tried Guild Wars 2. Runs very smooth and the graphics look good. Recommended settings arent max. With battery saver mode off it can run high graphics. A fan is a MUST if you plan to use this for gaming. I recommend getting a fan regardless though.

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Este portátil cumple con mis expectativas para el trabajo como una maquina potente para realizar tareas de gran exigencia, utilizó a menudo software de optimización, conexiones remotas, edición de documentos, programación, entre otras, por lo que la pantalla es de mucha ayuda. Me parece increíble lo liviano que es, aunque no me ha parecido muy practico el teclado numérico. Lo he probado también en varios juegos y me parece un equipo bien adaptado para jugar aunque no con las máximas especificaciones.

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My brother loved this machine dearly. After reviewing several prices and specs of computers around the interwebs, we decided on this and boy are we glad! Used for gaming, basic animation, programming and coding.

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This is review is for the i7 Version. I bought this laptop specifically to play VR. While games do run smooth at medium/high settings; there is issues. When shown on the monitor display, it appears fine and smooth. But once you put the headset on [I have a vive] theres a constant trail effect upon movement. No framerate issues, but the onboard graphics card prevents VR from running smooth, thus inducing motion sickness. The problem comes from not being able to bypass the UHD graphics right to the nvidia card. [There wasnt even a chipset option in the bios]. Which is unfortunate, because this product is one of the few able to 5 month finance. TL;DR - Great for casual gaming, terrible for VR.

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