Graphics Performance

Throughout this section I will primarily exist comparing the GT83VR with its GTX 1080s in SLI, with the GT73VR and its unmarried GTX 1080. The GT73VR is a cheaper laptop, so anyone thinking of spending the extra money on the GT83VR volition want to see decent functioning gains.

The GTX 1080 SLI doesn't properly shine until yous ramp up to the most graphically intensive Fourth dimension Spy benchmark, where it's 68% faster than a single GTX 1080. In Fire Strike, there's merely a 45% performance improvement, and merely fourteen% in Sky Diver, which is due to increasing CPU bottlenecks.

At 1080p, game results are a mixed pocketbook, again due to CPU bottlenecks. Three of the titles we tested – Metro Last Light, Deus Ex: Flesh Divided, and Batman Arkham Knight – showed effectively no alter to performance by adding an additional GTX 1080. A further three titles showed limited gains in the 10 to 20 per centum region.

The biggest gains were seen in both Tomb Raider and Ascension of the Tomb Raider, with 91 and 44 percent higher frame rates recorded in these games respectively. Ideally you lot'd want to run across performance improvements north of 70 percent from an SLI solution, so these 1080p results are a bit disappointing.

On a positive note, every game we tested ran comfortably in a higher place sixty FPS at 1080p at nearly-maximum settings. Some older titles ran in the 150 to 200 FPS range. Considering the GT83VR packs but a 1080p threescore Hz display, almost every game you play will run at this display's maximum refresh rate.

To make the best use of the GTX 1080 SLI configuration, you'll want to plug in a higher resolution brandish: either 1440p or 4K. With more pixels to render, you'll see closer to 100% scaling from the GTX 1080 SLI in games that back up 2 GPUs. Alternatively yous can play on ludicrous quality settings; Watch Dogs 2 with every setting cranked to its maximum and 8xMSAA runs around xxx FPS on this laptop, or 50 FPS with 4xMSAA.

Two 150W GPUs and a 45W CPU in a single laptop is a challenging thermal load for a meaty cooler. The thermal functioning of the GT83VR is decent, but it'southward not the coolest or quietest machine when its stressed to the absolute maximum.

In AIDA64's punishing organisation stability test with the CPU (and FPU), memory and GPU all stressed, the CPU sat at 95C while the GPUs sat at 88C and 78C. The GT83VR was moving a lot of air though its coolers during this exam, and then the system was quite loud, and this is something you lot tin can expect while gaming every bit well. With a adept pair of headphones you won't notice the noise, just this isn't a quiet gaming laptop by any means.

AIDA64 represents a worst-instance scenario; the GT83VR doesn't run as hot during about games. During a stint in Watch Dogs ii, the CPU hit approximately 83C while the GPUs however stay at 88C and 78C. Hitting the turbo fan push spins up the fans to maximum and drops CPU and GPU temperatures by well-nigh 5C, at the expense of noise: the GT83VR is seriously loud in turbo mode.