NOVEMBER 2019 • TECH ADVISOR 67GAMING SPECIALIt’s 15.6 inches across and uses an LCD panel,
which is standard stuff, but its colour and contrast
are excellent. It covers 99.8 percent of sRGB, 96.5
percent of Adobe RGB and 86.4 percent of DCI P3.
When we also include the tones rendered outside
of these gamuts, those figures rise to 143.3 percent
(sRGB), 98.8 percent (Adobe RGB) and 101.6 percent
(DCI P3). These are exceptional scores. The 15X’s
colour depth is far better than the vast majority of
laptops at any price. Colour accuracy is also much
higher than average among ultra-premium laptops.
We’re glad that Gigabyte has also reined this in,
though. Windows 10 running at this full colour depth
can look sickly. As standard, the 15X uses a Pantone
colour mode that has the warm look you get with
a professionally calibrated display, and properly
controlled colour. Contrast is excellent too at 1524:1.
You won’t find much better than this in a laptop with
an LCD screen.
Maximum brightness is 387cd/m^2 , which is great
and far more than you’ll need indoors. As the laptop
has a matte screen, it’ll even hold up well outside.
The screen’s surfaces diffuses reflections.
The area around the screen is worth noting, too.
Like Dell’s XPS 15, there’s barely any screen border,
apart from below it. It’s not a touchscreen, but that’s
not expected for a gaming laptop.
As we mentioned at the start of this review, we’re
reviewing the top-end 4K version of the 15X, so you
likely won’t get this standard-setting performance from
the 1080p version. It is also worth remembering that
while this is a very powerful laptop, it doesn’t haveNOVEMBER 2019 • TECH ADVISOR 67GAMING SPECIALIt’s 15.6 inches across and uses an LCD panel,
which is standard stuff, but its colour and contrast
areexcellent.It covers99.8percentofsRGB,96.5
percentof Adobe RGB and 86.4 percent of DCI P3.
When we also include the tones rendered outside
of these gamuts, those figures rise to 143.3 percent
(sRGB), 98.8 percent (Adobe RGB) and 101.6 percent
(DCI P3). These are exceptional scores. The 15X’s
colour depth is far better than the vast majority of
laptops at any price. Colour accuracy is also much
higher than average among ultra-premium laptops.
We’re glad that Gigabyte has also reined this in,
though. Windows 10 running at this full colour depth
can look sickly. As standard, the 15X uses a Pantone
colour mode that has the warm look you get with
a professionally calibrated display, and properly
controlled colour. Contrast is excellent too at 1524:1.
Youwon’tfindmuchbetterthanthisin a laptopwith
anLCD screen.
Maximumbrightnessis 387cd/m^2 , whichis great
andfar more than you’ll need indoors. As the laptop
hasa mattescreen,it’llevenholdupwelloutside.
Thescreen’s surfaces diffuses reflections.
The area around the screen is worth noting, too.
Like Dell’s XPS 15, there’s barely any screen border,
apartfrombelowit.It’snota touchscreen,butthat’s
notexpected for a gaming laptop.
As we mentioned at the start of this review, we’re
reviewing the top-end 4K version of the 15X, so you
likely won’t get this standard-setting performance from
the 1080p version. It is also worth remembering that
while this is a very powerful laptop, it doesn’t have