Specs:
Model name | GS40 6QE Phantom |
Operating System | Windows 10 Home |
LED Backlight Display | 14? FHD (1920×1080), Wide-viewing angle, IPS level panel |
Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ (6MB L3 Cache, up to 3.5 GHz) |
Memory Type | DDR4-2133, 2 slots, up to 32GB |
Graphics | GeForce GTX 970M, 3GB GDDR5 |
Hard Disk Capacity | 1 x 2.5? HDD +1x M.2 PCI-E Gen3 x4 (NVMe) / SATA Combo SSD |
Keyboard | Single color backlighting (red) SteelSeries keyboard with SSE3 |
Optical Disk Drive | NA |
USB 3.1/3.0/2.0 | 1 (USB Type-C 3.1*1)/2/0 |
Super Port | USB3.1 Type-C interface, 4K output, fast charger |
Card Reader | SD(XC/HC) |
Video output: | HDMI 1.4 x1 / MINI DisplayPort v2.0 x1 (4K 60Hz support) |
Mic-in/Headphone out | 1/1 |
LAN/WiFi | Killer DoubleShot Pro with Killer Shield |
Bluetooth | Bluetooth v4.1 |
Webcam | Full HD type (30fps@1080p) |
Battery | 4-Cell |
Power Adapter | 150W |
Dimension (WxDxH) | 345 x 245 x 21.8~22.8mm |
Weight | 1.6 Kg (w/ Battery) |
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Gaming Performance:
The gaming performance was tested using a very popular tool called 3D Mark which used its set of pre defined testing mechanisms and provided the results that will give us exactly an idea on how it performs as a gaming device.
The 3GB graphic card, 16GB RAM and i7 Skylake processor were put under the pump by 3D Mark and a series of different mini games were run to do tests of Graphics and Physics with a score produced as shown in the below pictures.
As you can see the numbers are not really exciting as this laptop could only manage the same results as the previous one inspite of a GTX 970 Nvidia card. The most demanding test was the Fire Strike mini game where the numbers dropped to very disappointing levels. There was a lot of lag in the gameplay test and compared to the other 3 games, this one really pushed the device to the limits.
Final Thoughts:
While this is not a bad laptop to game on with its lower weight and smaller size, im still a bit surprised that inspite of some pretty decent specs the frame rate in the tests did not once cross the 30 fps limits. Nowadays its the time of 60 fps and above to which the gamers are really attracted and watching games being output at only 30 will be a deterrent. But there is no doubting that the gameplay will be quite smooth as was with the GE 72 Apache inspite of the low fps rating. Also the battery will last a max of a couple of hours at best before the charger will be needed.
My advice is that again this is not a bad laptop to consider while buying but only if you really want to have a laptop to game instead of a custom rig. I expect the price to be similar to the GE72 Apache or thereabouts so i can again say that probably you are better off making a custom rig.