Dell G7 Gaming Laptop Review and Benchmarks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- The Dell G7 Gaming laptop is a gaming laptop which features Nvidia’s Max-Q 1060 graphics and Intel i9-8950HK 6 core CPU in the top end model which I’ve got here. In this review I’ll cover the features the laptop has to offer, thermals, battery life, undervolting, overclocking and perform a series of game benchmarks to help you see how it performs and help you decide if it’s worth buying.
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Jarrod'sTech I
Your voice makes me want to kill myself.
can you please review the g3 and compare it to g7 too?
How about g7 v xps ??? i dont game but i have 100 tabs open on browser most of the time - so power is appreciated - 16gb sounds good - i also need Office/Excel etc - does the XPS include it already bundled in?
15.6 in wide or tall?
Your reviews are seriously under-rated. Keep your constant good work and you’ll definitely make it big. You’re up there with the top reviewers , goodluck :)
Thanks! Hopefully, getting bigger would make it easier to get newer laptops sooner 😁
Worry not , your immense effort and dedication directed towards your videos will surely pay off in the long run . Rome wasn’t built in a day.
True 😛 cheers!
Thanks man this was by far the best review of this laptop that I've seen
No problem, cheers!
Jarrod's reviews are the bomb.. Other ones are ownordisown and MobiletechReview.. Of course with Jarrod's reviews, we at least know that whatever we watch will be about an item we can buy in OZ.. the other two channels mentioned also go into good detail with thermals, throttling and noise, and are well worth researching to find a review on a model that Jarrod may not have. :) But they are not all available in OZ (sometimes the same thing with a different brand is, for example we have metabox using the same clevo's that sager uses, and so on).
indeed, he is more specific than others.
but i wonder, could i just... change the display of the g7 ? with e better one ?
also, do they make multicolor keyboads ? i wanna change that too.
if i give it a decent display and a multucolor keyboard, i think this might just be the best laptop yet.
@@itsmetheherpes1750 AFAIK you can replace the display with the exact same one in case it is damaged or something else but you can't just put on a different display on to replace the existing one
aw :(
Yea I got this pc back in 2018 for school and still use it to this day. Works well for having a 1080 and streamed on twitch using OBS and worked well while playing games. Mention it was using 8g of ram
Hello i'm planning to buy used one with i5 gen 8 and gtx 1050 is it still worth it
@@RafikExe should be fine, biggest thing with mine I don’t like is the low storage of 250gbs. Definitely would look at other options depending your budget. There’s better deals out there now with newer parts.
@@jway202 understandable, thank you sadly i cant find anything better than this around my budget even if is used
Have you bought please tell me how much it costs you? And your experience with it?@@RafikExe
Your review is very in-depth, far better than many main stream reviewers. Keep up the good work.
Thanks 😃
Watching this on my G7 got exact same specs as yours but with i7 and in white. Love it
Sounds good!
how's your laptop under long hours of heavy gaming ?
Just got my G7 today to edit 4K music videos. I’m loving it ! Your review made me buy it lol
I have the i7-8750H version and I don't get power limit throttled at all. Have a stable -125mv undervolt on the CPU and a stable +175MHz core/+200MHz memory overclock on the GTX 1060 MaxQ (overclocks and undervolts will vary from device to device). Also, no thermal throttling to be found on my device. Also, the white variant is beautiful with blue and silver accents.
That's good to hear! Thanks for sharing, I was concerned as I did have some power limit throttling under full CPU/GPU load in the G5 and thought it might be a similar case here, but I'll talk about that a bit more in my upcoming G5 vs G7 video.
Thanks, I love your videos. Most thorough and detailed reviews I've seen.
Cheers!
Xtu or throttlestop?
NewKingBrandon throttlestop, I personally don't like XTU.
Thanks again for another well thought-out and detailed review! I returned my 17" G3 because of really bad backlight bleed. It's tough winning the screen lottery with Dell sometimes.
No problem! Oh that sucks, hopefully I can get the G3 to test with in the future, will be interesting to see how that one is.
I'm buying this end off month I'm so hyped I cant wait to play games on a laptop ;))
Nice! Hope you like it 😃
Jarrod'sTech I'm sure I while cuz I herd good reviews about the laptop but to bad about the over heating but what console dose not burn out after long use off gameing but down side price went up on the laptop :(
I would wait for the laptops with the Turing gpu
Carlos Leiva yes true but I need laptop right away the price on dell right now is 979 it was 899 :( but I'll buy it cuz this laptop while be worth it. cuz it has a thunder. bolt so If I ever wana run 1080 TI GRAPHIC IT WHILE DO FINE CUZ OFF THE THUNDER BOLT THATS WHY I DOnt MINE SPENDING ALOT ON THIS SEXEY DELL
This laptop is garbage compared to the competition. GL tho
Thanks for this, been looking for a laptop and this has helped see how good this laptop is. 🙂
No problem! Glad to hear it helped 😀
Great review dude, really helpful. Thumbs Up & Auto Subscribed
Thanks, and welcome!
Getting this for Christmas can’t wait
What u prefer for a gamer? Laptop or desktop (with same condiguration). What will be the price and performance of both case
Desktop personally, easier to upgrade, cheaper and more customizable.
@@JarrodsTech how can u say cheaper?? Nvidia 1080ti cost equals to one laptop😂 again i9😅😅
I didn't say anything about a 1080Ti though? You can get a desktop with 1060 graphics.
@@JarrodsTech new generation new graphics😎😎😎😁.... do u think 4k monitor is necessary for gaming? I think 1080p will be more than nice
No, 4K monitor is not for gaming, at least not yet anyway. Even with a 2080Ti in most modern games you have to use lower settings to make it playable. Much better to get something like 1440p with high refresh rate instead.
Top quality review AAA! Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Cheers!
I9 is a bit overkill. For straight gaming you'll only need the i7-8750h. I have that along with the 1060 max q, running fortnite max graphics max frames, 15 background tabs opened to various applications, could barely get it past 60 percent cpu usage. If you limit it to 60fps on max settings probably only 30 percent or so cpu usage. For straight gaming, upgrade to a gtx1070, not an i9.
Yeah I agree
How is your FPS on battery power while playing games? Mine is locked at max 60 fps (unable to remove the lock) and keeps dipping in between causing game stuttering which makes games unplayable on battery ;( .
My fps is actually worse. 30 frames at most. Gone through plenty of threads no answer. Went into window settings and the Nvidia control settings nothing worked. Unplugging drops my clock speed from around 3.5 to under 2, (as if it was thermal throttling) I've just accepted I can't play unplugged :/
@@scann563 that's bad. 30 fps is so shitty. I was stuck with 30 fps too. Now it keeps switching to 60 - 30 fps. Try switching off geforce experience battery boost if you haven't . Or raise its fps limit to 60
Thanks. I'll try it and let you know how it goes. Anything at this point I'll give a shot.
I bought this laptop last week and I have been very happy with it. The battery life is really good even while playing games! If you get this make sure it is plugged in when gaming!!
Good to hear! Yep, always play plugged in with best performance 👍
Rocky Slinko Hi, how hot does it get when you play games for many hours?
Mine came with the AUO63ED pannel which is nice to have. I overclocked it to 100Hz. It's nice and smooth especially for shooter games. It won't make much of a difference for RPGs though as you'll hardly get over 70 FPS in max settings _(Getting 70 FPS on medium setting in The Witcher was not what i hoped for when i overclocked the panel lol)_.
Nice one! I was hoping mine had that as I wanted to test that out but it wasn't the case, nice bonus though if you get lucky!
How do you know which panel you get???
You can check the panel model with HWInfo, that's how I did it.
thx man. you're truly one of the best out there.
No worries!
Been waiting for this one. Many thanks!
No problem!
Would you recommend this for an average gamer just looking for a really solid fps at decent graphics settings in most upcoming games? I just want to know if I can expect a good next-gen gaming experience, (Cyberpunk for example) without using crazy stuff like RTX and FPS above 80. you know? extra is great, but i'm not looking to blow the graphics out of the water here.
I just got one this past Monday. I actually had to return it because Best Buy sold me a used one as new and a key had popped out lmao. But the next one I got is amazing.
Oh that's weird :/ good to hear you got a proper new one though!
Jarrod'sTech Thanks! I appreciate it. Dell has really stepped their game up in the last couple of years.
No problem! Yeah they're offering some decent gaming laptops for the price, although recently the competition seems to be improving, with 144Hz screens becoming common for instance.
Plasmamuffins Is the HDMI port good? I have a 4K 60 hz tv and I wanted to mirror the display into my tv.
@@angelgjr1999 for 4k monitor i think you need to use display port or usb type c
Nice review, cooling is good, CPU undervolting achieved higher clocks but temperatures remained same
Thanks! Yeah I think the temperatures stay good due to the power limit throttling, I think it would have been good to have a higher power limit and just have the temperatures higher for improved performance.
Ty very much for the video, special respect for all those games tests)
No problem!
Can't wait for those Gaming Benchmarks
There's a lot in there!
Awesome review
Thanks!
Loved the video !!! Looking forward to buy it ..
Cheers! Cool hope you like it 👌
10/10 Quality Video 👍
Cheers!
again a remarkable video👏
Cheers!
Great review!
Thanks!
I thought that this was a bad laptop, but honestly, u changed my mind. They should sponsor you cause I would buy what you recommend
Haha thanks, yeah it's not bad! I'm interested in testing out the new ones that come out from 29th Jan.
Is there a review of the new dell g7 15 gaming laptop? I can’t find reviews about it! Thanks!
Nice video! I'm guessing a G5/G7 with a lower config should get lower temps too, right?
Looking forward to the G3 video when you get one
Have you considered doing videos on MX150 laptops?
Galactic S.O.U.L he works with what he gets lol, dont think hes had any. i know he had a hard time getting i5s
On the G3 I know he might get one sometime soon, I've asked before
Hopefully he gets an MX150 one too
Still no MX150 laptops yet, I've been trying to get some but no luck, same with the G3, no current plans but hopefully one becomes available in the future, I was waiting for both the G7/G3 and the G7 became available first so that's why I had it. In theory lower specs would equal less temperatures, however I'm working on a G5 vs G7 video at the moment and the G5 had an i7 CPU compared to the i9 in the G7 but I got about the same temperatures between the two due to power limit throttling in both, but more on that in the upcoming comparison (probably within the next week).
Perhaps since the i5 8300H has 4 cores compared to the 6 of the i7 and i9 it should draw less power and not have the power limit throttling
Yeah possibly, hard to say without testing though, and if there's no power limit throttling in theory it wouldn't be capped at lower performance so that might actually lead to increased heat, lots of variables!
great video!
Thanks!
Thank you for this detailed review. Could you review the MSI GF 63 with the GTX 1050 Ti Max Q ?
No problem! It's on the list of laptops to request, just a couple of others I need to finish up from MSI first.
Full of info. Thanks
No problem!
Thank you Jarrod for the review. Is there anything i can do to avoid thermal throttling in the first 2 years? I live on SEA (Philippines) and the temperature here in general is moderately high. How would the G7 fare assuming that i use the laptop in 8-10 hours a day?
No problem! It should be perfectly fine to use for hours no problem, you can always try undervolting to try and reduce temperatures, or a cooling pad. Replacing the thermal paste is also an option if needed.
@@JarrodsTech WOW i didn't expect a fast reply sir, thank you. I guess I'll just look for guides on how to undervolt. Also would it be okay if i keep playing on the laptop while it's charging/plugged in?
No problem! Yes, it's better to keep it plugged in for a couple of reasons. Firstly, you'll get better performance while plugged in with the battery at 100%, the battery alone can't fully power all components, you'll get less performance on battery only. Second, constantly discharging/recharging the battery is the best way to degrade it.
I got lucky with the AUO panel and overclocked it 101HTZ :) My first gaming laptop coming from a 2012 Macbook Pro and gotts say I'm a happy customer! One thing I was upsst about was this years removal of the fingerprint reader on the power button. I noticed yours seems to have one?? Is this true??? Im bummed the US doesn't seem to have that option :/
Good to hear about the panel! Yeah mine did, I think it varies by region, not really sure, some people said their G5 had it while mine didn't.
Jarrod'sTech Definitely a bummer, I woulda loved to have the finger print reader. Heard it’s super snappy, hopefully next year when I get something new it’ll have everything I’d like lol. Thanks for your detailed videos!
Got this beast today at Best Buy. Runs black ops 4 at 80-90fps max settings with ease.
Sweet!
I have no clue what overclocking and undervolting is! My wife just got me a g7, and I’m trying to learn about it, but I think I’m more confused. I’m not a computer guy obviously, but it seems like I got a decent unit
You can of course just use it out of the box and it will most likely work just fine for everything you need 😃 if it's getting hot though you can try CPU undervolting, basically it sends less power to the CPU which usually results in less heat, and less likely that the baked in power limits will be triggered, potentially giving a little performance boost. There's a good guide on the process here: th-cam.com/video/yNt9L3BWOFo/w-d-xo.html
As for overclocking, it's as simple as downloading and installing MSI Afterburner, then using this to boost the core clock speed of the graphics, which will just give you a small improvement in graphical tasks like games, though there is a little work involved to get it stable - again unless you want to get the absolute maximum performance out of the machine there's no need to do either of these things, for most people it should work within acceptable levels out of the box.
YES, good review!
Thanks!
Can you please do a review on the Hp omen 15 with 1060.and great review
Thanks! I really want to, a lot of people have asked me about it and I've been trying to get in contact with HP for months now but still no luck yet, no one has ever replied back to me so I don't have any way of borrowing review units just yet, hopefully that changes in the future.
Perfect Review bro. Can you review the dell g3?
Thanks! I should hopefully be getting it in the future, I'll follow up on it soon 😃
I'll wait bro😁
👌
Hey Jarrod, which one should I get? Dell g7 with i7 8th 1060 maxq or msi gp63 leopard with gtx 1060 desktop level?
Hmm if it's just for gaming the GP63 will most likely perform better in games, I haven't used it myself but I suspect the Dell has better build quality.
i was thinking about the new Asus ROG GL503GE, it seems pretty affordable and has a 120hz screen + 8th gen i7 and gtx 1050ti. Would you consider making a review on it? Good luck furture!
Yes, this!
I haven't had a chance to check that one out yet, I did request it a while ago though. If I recall the Hero series from ASUS is meant to be for moba/fps games so probably explains the 1050Ti/120Hz combo. Depends if the 1050Ti is enough for the games that you plan on playing really, as for getting it I'm not sure, I've been asking since it was released, I was able to get the Scar edition but no the Hero one yet.
I'd wish to see a review on it, i'm thinking of buying a laptop around 1000 £ and to have the capability of playing games, having the new 8th gen core i5 or i7 and to be somewhat portable.. That jumped in my eye, in romania the price is about 1000 eur and it has some nice stuff inside for it... I've been searching for a nice laptop for a few weeks and i don't know where to look anymore xD
Ty for the reply :D
Daniel Daniel I am Waiting for Gl504 with thin bezels. Currently they have gl504-scar2 version which is not good in some aspects , one of them is Highlighted keys which doesn't look good. Second-Lower camera
And many more.
I recommend you also to wait for GL504
Oh yeah can you do a review on the i7-8th gen, because I really wanna see how it preforms on a laptop I can afford
The Dell G7 with i7-8570? Probably not unfortunately, a full review would take a whole week of time and the difference would be extremely minimum due to the power limit throttling. That said I'm working on a G5 vs G7 comparison video that will be out later this week, and the G5 had the 8750H, and you'll see they are basically the same despite the i9 in the G7.
Jarrod'sTech Ok, so is the i9 version better or the i7?? Because there's a lot of laptops that are i9 and some are i7 and the i7 version is better. I saw these from reviewers and said i9 is a downgrade.
Depends what you're doing, as mentioned I haven't tested the i7 in the G7 so I can't say for sure, but assuming it's similar to the i7 in the G5 they have the same power limit, so multicore performance will be extremely similar, you'll only benefit in the i9 in less threaded applications, eg games.
I've been considering in getting the one with i5 and GTX 1050 since it's around my budget (it's around MYR 3500, which would be around 840ish USD), and I intend to use it for digital art (like Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop) and some gaming. But I'm not sure with the display quality for the colours. Do you think it would just be OK for digital art use or are there any other recommendations that has some decent display quality that is less than 900$? I can't settle for the best display (which I think most will cost 1k$+ in my country) since it'll be overbudget for me.
The screen is ok, there are definitely better but all the others in this price range that I've tested are pretty similar to this
You said that really fast. Is being able to open the laptop with 1 finger a "failure" on their part?
It simply demonstrates that there is more weight up towards the back, potentially making it feel awkward if you actually use it on your lap.
I have budget of 2k euros and want to buy gaming laptop, its this one its best for me ? Or i can go for higher one ? Tnx
have you test the 4K display I will do color grade for video editing is it good enough?
I didn't have the 4K model and probably won't be getting it to test so I can't really say for sure, sorry.
Jarrod'sTech oh okay I see a lot of complaints about the screen not great would you recommend this for 4K video editing?
Personally I'd probably want something with better colour accuracy for video editing, the 4K panel may offer that as they are usually higher quality but I don't know for sure if that's the case. Also due to the power limit throttling you won't get full performance when exporting video as that's quite CPU intensive, it will probably still be pretty good and most laptops with 8750H seem to have limitations like this anyway.
Jarrod'sTech thank you so much so you recommend the Dell xps15?
It would probably be better for it, it has an excellent screen, I've only tested the 2-in-1 model but hopefully I can try the 9570 soon.
Hi. Can i ask a question? If you unplugged the ac power adaptor while gaming, does it affect the performance? how about the fps? thank you Jarrod. More power
Yeah it will, battery will not be enough to fully power the components to the same level, FPS will drop, by how much depends on the specific laptop, game played, and even the battery so hard to say.
Hi nice vid! have you tried the audio output using the 3.5mm jack? mine does not produce stereo output (separate left and right output on earphones). Have done almost everything but still cant produce stereo, I have a G7(i7) too. hope you can try it! :)
Hmm to be honest I didn't test it, I usually avoid testing audio because it's so subjective, especially as quality will also depend on the headphones used. That said I sent the G7 back after the review, so unfortunately I can't do any further testing, sorry!
For someone who never had a gaming PC before, should I buy this for my first gaming laptop???
With these specs it should be able to play any game, the 1050 Ti or 1060 Max-Q would give good performance in games. The lowest spec 1050 one is ok, but not great unless you only play lower end games with lower settings.
How come your G7 has a fingerprint sensor? Or is it a feature of the i9 version?
Not sure, I think it just varies between region, some people said the G5 has a fingerprint scanner too, mine did not but the Dell website notes that both G5 and G7 have it available so I don't really know.
I dont know why lg is making laptop screens. Auo should be the only one
I find it strange that they have different panels in the same laptop, you don't know what you're buying. I assume they'd be different in terms of colour reproduction, and the AUO can be overclocked so there's definitely tangible differences between the two :/
Hey just making sure- not like its the only thing that matters if i get this laptop, but it has a rainbow keyboard, correct? That like lights up- or an i wrong
I want to buy helios 300 but people are saying,the laptops temperature increases to 80-95 degrees ...So what do you prefer should I buy this?
Yeah it gets hot, still performs better though as it has better graphics (1060 cs 1060 Max-Q in the Dell), I have a detailed thermal testing video on the Helios 300 here: th-cam.com/video/kc8b3uHsbvE/w-d-xo.html
Which laptops would you suggest for the best gaming laptop under $1200?
USD? Probably the Dell G5/Acer Helios 300/ASUS TUF FX505.
Would you recommend this for heavy video editing and rendering programs? Can it handle these?
Should do ok in terms of specs, though the G series don't have great screens.
Jarrod'sTech thanks for replying! what would be a great laptop for 3D rendering and such with all the adobe programs if not this one?
@@amazely5205 Anything with the 8750H, dual channel memory, and 1050Ti or above should work well I think. The issue with gaming laptops like this on the lower end of the price scale is that they tend to cut costs on the screen, so it's not as bright or have as good colour as you'd probably want for editing. The ASUS FX505 had an alright screen for something similar to that, otherwise more expensive options like the XPS 15 have much better screens.
Jarrod'sTech ok great thanks!!
No problem!
(17-inch) Legion Y740 laptop vs Dell G7 17 7790??? which one is better overall build and gaming, and watching multimedia content?
Haven't even seen a Y740 (you can read why here: th-cam.com/video/TfYVdsI-YdQ/w-d-xo.html), new G7 seems like a nice improvement (all the info I have on it is in that same video).
Hey man can you help me decide which one of these two to buy?
Dell G7 i5 8300H GTX 1050
or
Dell G3 i7 8750H GTX 1050 TI
I'm only asking these because these are the only ones available in my country.
I've never tested the G3, I hope to compare it in a future video, but based on the specs I'd go for the G3 with 8750H/1050Ti, that will give you better overall performance.
Could you also put in the Australian link for products?
Maybe, I only recently added UK in the last few weeks, but Australia is 4% of my audience so doesn't make too much sense at the moment.
I'm eager forward for G7 vs G5
I'm working on it now! Should be up tomorrow if all goes to plan 😁
Thanks
No problem!
Hey @Jarrod'sTech can you please put dell on check when ever they send you the 2019 version of the dell g7. There new bios they released on the 2018 g7 version has ruined the laptop with bad temps .You are there only person that has power to change this problem with g7 users.
I'll do my usual thermal testing once I get the new one, at this point I've been told that they should have review units in late February.
How does this compare to the Predator Helios? The Helios has the same specs for cheaper but I’ve heard 90% have their laptop bricked in less than a year from the heating issues.
Can't say I've had anyone comment on my Helios reviews saying their laptop was bricked 🤔 anyway I compared this G7 with the G5 here th-cam.com/video/vwRrONpSRfQ/w-d-xo.html and noted they are more or less the same. This is relevant because while I haven't specifically compared the G7 with the Helios 300, I did compare the G5 with it here: th-cam.com/video/taJA-h4jC_A/w-d-xo.html
Hey jarrod i just want to ask you, my friend had this laptop 3 weeks a go and he wants to know can the fans getting set up manually to overboost or the fans is automaticly change the speed ?
I wasn't able to work that out, I am not sure if it can be done with the Dell G series of laptops, all my testing was done with fans at default speeds, normally I test max too but I couldn't get mine to max out.
@@JarrodsTech maybe the 3rd app with help out . But it take same a lot of test. But maybe the g series had some sensor for temp so it can adjust itself yah
would an out of stock laptop somehow come back in stock sorry if that sounds like a stupid question
Maybe, depends if where ever you're looking to buy from plans on buying it again, you could just ask them.
Hey bro ... Please tell me .. i am thinking to buy ... Dell g7 17 with i5 8300H , 8GB ddr4 ram , rtx2060 6 gddr 6 for 1799 CAD , is it worth buying or is there any other better option available ... I cannot pay more than this ... Is there any other better option ... ????
The specs should be great for that, but I'm not sure on the price, RTX seems to have a fair bit of extra cost, I haven't had a 2060 to test with myself just yet.
Great review, though the i7 version is the better buy. I think the i9 isn't worth the extra price.
Thanks! Yeah I agree, I'd pick the i7.
when you show the gaming benchmarks ..the average frame rate has a dark purple color so I do focus on the lowest graphics card for the most of the time
I'm not sure what you're asking? What do you mean lowest graphics card? There is only one, the 1060 Max-Q inside the laptop. You can focus on what ever setting level you want to play games at and the look at that bar, if that's what you mean.
I think he means that the fps lows bar is a more vibrant colour than the avg fps, and that it draws his attention to the lows instead of the averages.
The Alien Assassin
Thank you gentle man that's what I meant !
Hey man nice review. I commented on your other video about the Acer 7 Aspire. Would like your opinion here: I'm looking for a video editing machine, and I have 2 options. Both laptops have i7-8750H/16GB DDR4, 1TB HDD. The Acer has 256GB SSD and 1050Ti 4GB, and the G7 has 128GB SSD and 1060 Max-Q. G7 is about $250 more expensive.. what would you choose? The laptop is strictly for video editing.. no gaming. Thanks.
Hmm both were similar in terms of screen colour gamuts so no real advantage with one over the other in terms of that for video editing, otherwise for specs the CPU is more important, GPU just helps a little when exporting so unless you're also gaming there probably won't be too much difference, might make more sense to get the larger SSD with the Acer.
Does this version of G7 come with a non max q 1060 aswell, cuz I see a vendor selling it and I'm skeptical as to how true that is.
It's max-q only.
i want yr advice ...i buy G7 or G5 with i7 8750 ?
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They're basically the same, I'm working on a G5 vs G7 comparison video at the moment which should be up later this week, hopefully that will answer everything 😃
Hey Jarrod, do you play Dota 2?
I have started playing a little more lately, but I am still bad. I used to play a lot in 2007, lately I've just been playing with bots with drow ranger and have a hard time winning with hard difficulty 😅
@@JarrodsTech
Hell, I was playing a normal game a while ago, and strangely a player was talking like you, I got scared and yelled.
For that reason I asked you the question.
HAHAHAHA
But it's okay, the more you practice the faster you'll learn.
PD: I bought the Dell G7 thanks to your video, thanks for that.
lol weird, no problem!
Do not buy G7 unless u like a very noisy fan. I had mine 3 years and it now sounds like a tractor ....not kidding It gets hot and i have it so it gets air circulations.
These are common issues which are possibly a result of bad design?
This is a really good laptop for the money. It's only $1,599 USD for this model, and a desktop i9 with this power costs $699-899 (it has 10 cores), a GTX 1060 $299, and 16GB DDR4 $150-$200. That brings your total to about $1150-1300. So considering that, this is a good deal. I just wish they would add a GTX 1070/1070 TI/1080/1080 TI option for this laptop. Not relating to this, someone should make a laptop with a Titan GPU.
It would be better value if you could actually get full performance out of the i9 though, but yeah in general the Dell gaming laptops are pretty good for the money, I compared the 7577 against the Helios 300 last year and it was a pretty close one, hoping to do the same with the G5 and this years Helios 😃 I'd like to see above Max-Q 1060 here too, the temperatures weren't that bad I think it could manage, maybe with a bigger power brick.
I agree. Dell's laptops are worth the money. 👍
The only thing keeping laptops from having anything higher than an xx80 GPU is the fact that power bricks only go up to 330W, so you’d find yourself being power limit throttled on both the CPU and GPU if you were to somehow put a Ti or Titan class GPU inside a laptop. The SLI laptops were definitely not ready for primetime, as even with TWO 330W power bricks, I think the laptops had trouble keeping under the power limits. When Nvidia was putting desktop class 980 GPUs inside high end and custom laptops, I think a lot of the same behavior was happening.
We’re definitely going to need to see higher capacity power bricks before Ti and Titan class GPUs will happen, I’d say around 550W, as the designs of the laptops would still need to keep the TDPs of the GPUs reasonable.
I just connected my Dell G7 to the AW2518H monitor (which has G-SYNC) via Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort.
I don't see the "Display" option in the Nvidia Control Panel, which I believe may be due to that the Intel graphics take precedence.
For what it's worth, I updated all the drivers and I am using the only cable Thunderbolt 3 to Displayport. I am able to have the 240hz refresh rate but not G-sync through the Nvidia Panel.
Question: Is it possible for my laptop to enable G-SYNC to an external monitor? Can I use any adapters or cables to have G-sync work on the monitor?
Hmm, honestly not sure about G-Sync working over Thunderbolt, DisplayPort should be ok though if it's wired to the Nvidia graphics so I'd suspect that would be fine. It should be possible to enable with an external monitor, but I'm not sure about cables/Type-C ports, only native mini DisplayPort, sorry.
should I buy this versus MSI GF72VR?
I'd get the G7 myself, better build quality and the Thunderbolt port gives you the option of an eGPU in the future.
I've brought this laptop but sometimes my games crash saying directX error or graphics card crash. I've made sure they are all up to date but I still happened. Do you know how to fix this ?
You have a mid 40C when in idle mode ? is that a normal ? most of the laptops i used have low 30 when in idle so far.
Seems pretty average, to clarify my "idle" is about 20-30 mins after I complete my stress tests, so it's after a cool down. If you just turn it on cold it will stay cold for a long time. That said I've had anything from 30-50 for idle, so 40 is about normal. Realistically I ton't think it really matters what it is in that range.
Should I buy this or the asus tuff gaming fx705gm ?
Hmm I'd probably get the tuf as you've got the option of a higher refresh rate screen. The Dell would have better build quality and likely better battery though
Do you think this is the best laptop in this price range with the i7 and 1060 max q?
I think you can get the G5 with the same specs for a little cheaper, worth a look, I recently did a G5 vs G7 comparison and it seemed to be a little better value for basically the same machine, otherwise yes the G series seems to be well priced for those specs.
Should I get the g7 16gb $1100 or the g7 8gb $899. Is $200 worth the extra 8gb ram?
Are either of them single channel (1x memory stick) or dual channel (2x memory sticks)? If both are single stick, you won't see much of a performance boost, dual channel makes a pretty big difference though, you can see how much in this video: th-cam.com/video/E_aPaj5QkmM/w-d-xo.html
Either way though if the memory is the only difference, not really worth it as you can easily buy more memory for under $200 and upgrade yourself.
@@JarrodsTech the $899 one also has an ssd of 256 gb but no hd while the $1100 one has 128 ssd and 1tb hd. Btw thanks for the help youve got yourself a new shbscriber.
Do you recommend this for 2019??
Yeah it's decent, just not the i9 version go the i7 or i5.
@@JarrodsTech im getting the i7 8th gen
Nice 👍
Its an outstanding laptop and has held value even after 3 years. Only issue was the 1 Q A Z keys stopped working for about 2 months until my nephew threw my laptop bag down a flight of stairs and fixed it lmaoo oh and the fans are loud as shit but I wear a headset so I dont hear it 😅
Any updates on your G7 laptop?
I had the exact same problem with my Dell. The QAZ keys stopped working. It recently stopped, but now my caps lock, 2, and W keys stop working randomly. Too bad that didn't fix the broken shift keys.
Does it support NVME in the M.2 slot? Or just only SATA? :)
Yeah it does support NVMe, although I didn't test it as I didn't have a spare drive.
thank you! This video is by far the most detailed review of DellG7. keep up the good work! :)
Cheers, will do!
Is the Dell G7 17 a good laptop for 4K video editing? Thanks! 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8750H NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6 16GB, 16GBx1, DDR4 2666MHz
I have a review of that model coming soon, but yeah based on the specs it should be plenty. The screen is also decent, better than the G5 one at least.
What should I get for architectural rendering and some casual gaming, this Dell G7 with i7 8th gen with 16 GB RAM or the ASUS TUF FX505 with i5 8th gen and 8 GB RAM (I’ll install 16 GB more, so it has 24 GB). Personally I like the screen of the ASUS better plus it has the standard GTX 1060 6GB.
I'd probably get the FX505 if you're upgrading the memory anyway, better screen as you say plus GTX 1060 graphics while the G7 is Max-Q only, so around 10% better performance just from that based on my own testing.
Jarrod'sTech Thanks for replying! And what about the CPU? How important is the difference? Is it worth getting the i5 8th gen but also getting a full GTX 1060 and better screen? Know what I mean?
my dad has this laptop, while i already have a pc, i really want a gaming laptop so might trade laptops with him
Nice!
Will there be a Black Friday sell for these laptops?
Honestly no clue.
Jarrod'sTech Thanks for reply. I’ll just wait a bit for the discounts. It’s a nice laptop.
Yeah worth waiting a bit to see what happens then 👌
this G7 the top of the line is really worth it? because I met some models of the dell type the last gamer notebook and among others I found a lot of money for a machine well say plastic, small and apparently fragile keyboard, and DELL has a pos Well, if I have any problems with the machine, will they really solve my problem?
I don't have any personal experience with Dell after sales support so I can't really comment on that unfortunately. To me it felt pretty sturdy / well built, no issues with the keyboard, the price seems alright compared to the competition, but as mentioned in the video I don't think the i9 is worth it, under multicore loads it doesn't perform much better than the i7, so only really worth it if you want a little better single core performance I think.
Thank you very much for the feedback.
i5 version will be ok for tom clancy's the division 2 high set?
I have no experience with that game, but will also depend on what GPU you get.
Do you think you could do a review on the asus rog strix scar ii with the gtx 1070? Thank you!
Hopefully soon, I asked for the scar and hero 2 when they were launched, was meant to get them a few weeks ago but seems like some other reviewer still has them so still waiting, ASUS sent the FX503 for me in the meantime which I'm working on at the moment but I'll follow up on the status of that one soon when I send this back to them.
Thank you! can't wait to see the review on both these laptops
No problem, me too!
I bought the laptop and is it possible to upgrade my 200 gb memory? If so, what kind of ssd can i use?
Yeah, it's got a single M.2 slot, and a single 2.5" drive bay, so you could put a 200GB 2.5" SSD into the drive bay.
Thank you for the quick response!
No problem!
hey,will a gtx 1050 ti laptop last 3 years of gaming from now at medium to ultra settings?
Depends on the games you play, but I'd say no, given the 1050ti can't really handle ultra settings today at 1080p in most games (yes some less demanding games like overwatch are fine but most would need medium or so). Also consider that the 10 series is already 2 years old at this point, with new hardware just around the corner, meaning newer games may be built to take advantage of newer hardware, but again difficult to predict.
I just got the 2020 version of this
How would this compare with the new Alienware m15?
Hopefully I can let you know in a few weeks, still waiting for Alienware to send one over for me to test out 👍
Dell g7 vs acer predator vs lenovo legion y720? any advice whcic should i buy?
Probably the Lenovo, better build quality and screen IMO.
@@JarrodsTech even performance too??
@@anserwaheed3354 I've never had a Y720 so I can't say, G7 only has Max-Q 1060 at best so the Predator/Y720 with 1060 would be about 10% better.
@@JarrodsTech thank you brother its a great help....
@@anserwaheed3354 No problem!
Need some help please. Just got a g7 core i7 8750h 6 core and 1060 max q, and i tried playing "rise of the tomb raider". to my greatest dismay the frame rate is just 14-19 fps during gameplay but goes to 87fps when the game is loading. Found information on the internet saying it could be due to the 130 watt power supply i use rather than the recommended 180w. Could this be true or the laptop is faulty ?
What's the link I can buy i9 version from
Availability of i9 seems to vary between region, for example here in Australia it's on the Dell site here: www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-laptops/dell-g7-15-in-stock-ready-to-ship/spd/g-series-15-7588-laptop/smb510534au
On the other hand, it doesn't appear to be listed on the Dell US site.
Probability the first one to show
how pointless i9 is in this laptop.. due to power limits. hats off to you dude... you should start coaching classes to teach other youtubers how to test laptops.
Cheers! Haha, it does annoy me sometimes when larger channels state something doesn't throttle and obviously haven't done very extensive testing.
i can feel your pain....it obvious and all of us can see that it cant reach above 4.3 that too in short burst (normally for 8sec) so effectively it can run only @3.8 ghz max....its a total cash-grab nothing else...better go for i7 version to save some bucks..