TheOverclocker Issue 39 | Page 47

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. [ The Overclocker ] Issue 39 | 2016 The OverClocker 47