frame rates at maximum graphics
fidelity well into 2018 and possible
beyond. The question of needing
copious amounts of bandwidth and
fill-rate isn’t ever an issue because
the rendered image is fairly small
for the class of GPU.
It is not clear if this was deliberate
decision by GIGABYTE, but it’s net
effect is that it proves beneficial to
the would be buyer. The IPS display
is vivid and clear and the pixels are
near impossible to discern even with
the fairly common 1080p resolution.
You’re largely looking at 127 ppi
display which is pretty good (similar
to WQHD on a 23” panel).
Lastly, at least what makes up
part of the weight of the notebooks
is that fact that GIGABYTE is using a
larger than normal 75.81Wh battery,
compared to the 60Wh you usually
find. The battery life as such is
rather impressive beating out most
of the notebooks ever tested before,
even though the GPU performance is
of course much better.
As stated in the beginning, there
are some qualms one could have
with this notebook, but for the most
part, the things it gets right more
than make up for it. At this price,
minus the slight hot keyboard issue,
this is the notebook to get. This is
certainly a great place to start for
the notebooks going into the future.
One can’t help but be compelled
by the P57X v6. As far as GTX
1070 powered 17” notebooks are
concerned. There aren’t’ any that
can outright claim to be better at all.
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