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T3 Verdict
Reasons to buy+Great balance of price vs performance+Well constructed and understated style+Good array of external display portsReasons to avoid-Not the most powerful CPU or GPU spec-Rather basic integrated trackpad-Typically poor battery life for a gaming laptop
Reasons to buy+Great balance of price vs performance+Well constructed and understated style+Good array of external display ports
Great balance of price vs performance
Well constructed and understated style
Good array of external display ports
Reasons to avoid-Not the most powerful CPU or GPU spec-Rather basic integrated trackpad-Typically poor battery life for a gaming laptop
Not the most powerful CPU or GPU spec
Rather basic integrated trackpad
Typically poor battery life for a gaming laptop
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As far as build quality goes, the laptop feels very well put together, from the display hinge right down to the power button. You get some basic illumination controls for the keyboard – you can pick a colour, a brightness level, and a timeout duration, so the customisation options are slightly better than basic but not up there with the most advanced gaming laptops on the market… and that’s quite an accurate summary of this machine as a whole.
The 15.6-inch screen runs at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and offers a refresh rate of 144Hz or 240Hz, depending on the model specification you pick and pay for, for super-fluid motion.
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(Image credit: Future)
Those specs all add up to a 3DMark Time Spy score of 7,428 when we ran the benchmark – that counts as “good” in the 3DMark stakes, and means you can run the likes of Battlefield V at almost 100 frames-per-second on a 1080p screen with graphics settings maxed out. To give you a comparison point, the average score for a gaming laptop on 3DMark is 5,730, while desktop gaming PCs average 9,216.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
The sound system here is a 2x 2W stereo system, which is nice and loud, if not the best with audio fidelity and detail. It’s certainly good enough for games and movies if you don’t want to use headphones, and we like the Nahimic 3D Audio support that can add an extra level of immersion for your games. There’s a dual array microphone embedded in the chassis, as well as that 3.5mm headphone port that we mentioned earlier.
We should also mention that this is more upgradeable than your average gaming laptop: there’s a spare M.2 SSD slot and a spare 2.5-inch drive bay, which means plenty of scope for adding extra storage. Swapping out and replacing the battery is possible on this gaming laptop too, potentially giving the laptop a longer lifespan.
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(Image credit: Future)
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