PC World - USA (2019-11)

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that runs at the GPU’s

maximum clocks or

“maximum

performance,”

because the laptop has

the thermals to handle

it. Nvidia doesn’t like

calling it “Max P” since

it highlights just how

compromised “Max-

Q” laptops can be in

performance

sometimes.

You can see why in

our first graphics

performance test

below. Using UL’s

3DMark Fire Strike (and

honing in on just the

graphics performance

test), the GeForce RTX

2070 in the GE65

3DMark’s Port Royal

measures ray-tracing

performance, and the

RTX 2070 is basically as

fast as RTX 2080 Max-Q

GPUs.

DirectX 12 performance
puts the GE65 Raider
high on the list, with
only RTX 2080 laptops
Acer Predator Helios 700 beating it.
(Core i9-9880H) KB Open
Alienw(Core i9-9900K)are Area 51m R1

Alienware M15 R2
(Core i7-9750H)
MSI GE65 Raider
(Core i9-9880H)
MSI GS75 Stealth
(Core i7-8750H)
Alienw(Core i7-8750H)are M 15

HP Om(Core i7-9750H) Defaulten 2XS

Dell G7 (Core i7-9750H)

Acer Predator Triton 500
(Core i7-8750H)

3DMark Time Spy 1.1 Graphics
(GPU score)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

10,508

7, 5 1 2

8,424

6,937

10,427

7, 0 1 3

7, 6 5 8

5,692

5,526

Acer Predator Helios 700
(Core i9-9880H) KB Open
Alienware Area 51m R1
(Core i9-9900K)
Alienw(Core i7-9750H)are M15 R2

M(Core i9-9880H)SI GE65 Raider

M(Core i7-8750H)SI GS75 Stealth

HP Om(Core i7-9750H) Defaulten 2XS

Alienware M 15
(Core i7-8750H)
Dell G7
(Core i7-9750H)
Acer Predator Triton 500
(Core i7-8750H)

3DMark Port Royal Graphics
(GPU score)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

5,691

4,146

5,059

3,837

5,672

4,080

4,148

2,991

2,987