**New Dell G7 Gaming Laptop Review**

The new Dell G7 gaming laptop was alright and seems to be pretty well in line with many other laptops that I've tested. The AI 78758 CPU, RT X 2060 graphics, and dual channel memory are all present on this model. For benchmarking tools, I've used Heaven Valley and Super Position from Unigine as well as Fire Strike, Time Spy, Port Royal, and VR Mark from 3D Mark.

**Benchmarking Results**

Pausing the video to get a detailed look at these results shows that we can make some changes to improve performance. So, let's see how these changes actually help in gaming. Far Cry 5 was retested using the built-in benchmark at 1080p with Ultra settings. There was a three point four percent improvement to average FPS with the CPU under bolted and graphics overclocked. With a larger boost of 5.6 percent, there's also an improvement when playing at lower settings.

**Storage and Performance**

I've used Crystal Disk Mark to test the storage and installed a 512 gig M2 to NVMe SSD that was offering excellent read and write speeds. I've also tested the SD slot with a V90 rated card, which is on the slower side but still better than not having it. The base model of the G7 laptop is around $900 in the US, while the RT X 2060 model, although with new 9750H CPU, is priced at around $1,500.

**Configuration and Pricing**

The base model is available for about $20,250 Australian dollars at the moment, which is a good price considering its performance. The RT X 2060 model with 16 gig of memory is also available for around $20,250 Australian dollars at the moment.

**Comparison to Previous Models**

Most of these laptops seem to be listed with dual channel memory, which results in better performance and gaming. In Australia, the 8th gen models are still available and sold with single channel memory, although I'm not sure why they're being offered with this configuration.

**Conclusion**

The new Dell G7 gaming laptop is a pretty good option for gamers. It has important features like a smaller overall footprint, a less chunky design, higher-end spec options, and optional 144 Hz screen and RGB keyboard. However, it's worth noting that Dell seems to be playing catch-up with most of the competition who have had these features for years now.

**Features and Improvements**

The G7 Series is now more modern for the most part, but it still offers good value for money options. The lowest 1650 and 1660 TI configs last year were not available at all, but now you can get an option up to RT X 2080 Max-Q graphics, which costs more due to its increased performance.

**Design and Build Quality**

I liked that the G7 has the option of a larger battery if needed or two 2.5 inch drive bays for more storage space. The rear I/O has all the bulky inputs like power HDMI and Ethernet, which are kept out of the way of your mouse hand. There's also Thunderbolt available for those who need to improve performance with an external GPU enclosure.

**Temperature and Cooling**

In terms of thermals, the G7 performs well enough not quite as high in terms of clock speed when compared to the G5 but results in that power limit throttling is that it runs cooler and doesn't spike to 100 degrees Celsius under load. However, I still want better fan control than what's currently being offered.

**Conclusion**

Overall, the new Dell G7 gaming laptop is a pretty good option for gamers. It has important features like smaller overall footprint, less chunky design, higher-end spec options, and optional 144 Hz screen and RGB keyboard without being too expensive.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endehl have refreshed their g-seven gaming laptop and it's quite a big improvement over the older model so let's find out what the new 2019 model of the g7 has to offer and if it's a laptop you should consider buying starting with the specs my unit has an Intel i7 8750 h cpu nvidia r TX 2060 graphics 16 gig of memory running in single channel however for testing they upgraded to 16 gig and dual channel a 512 gig m dot 2 nvme SSD and a 15.6 inch 60 hertz IPS screen the network connectivity it's got gigabit ethernet 8 or 2.11 AC Wi-Fi and bluetooth 5 there are a few different configurations available though such as new and ninth gen CPUs 16 series graphics 144 hertz screen or different battery sizes you can find examples and updated prices linked in the description the metal lid has a smooth matte black finish with a blue Dell logo in the center it's the same inside all black and metal all edges and corners were rounded and smooth and overall build quality was quite good the starting weight of the laptop is listed at 2.5 kilos or 5.5 pounds on the Dell website however this will vary based on hardware customizations my unit came in right around this and rose to 3.2 kilos with the 180 watt power brick and cables for charging included the dimensions of the laptop a 36 point 4 centimeters in width twenty-seven point three centimeters in depth and just under 2 centimeters in height so on the smaller side for a 15-inch laptop it's noticeably trimmed down and less chunky looking compared to Dells 2018 model of the g7 and this results in thinner screen bezels the 15.6 inch 1080p 60 Hertz screen has a matte finish no g-sync available here but the g7 is also available with a 144 Hertz option I've measured the current color gamut using the spider 5 prayer and my results returned at 97% of srgb 68% of ntsc and 73% of Adobe RGB at 100% brightness in the center I measured 298 nits within 932 1 contrast ratio so decent results for a gaming laptop and noticeably better than the g5 I recently tested backlight bleed seemed ok to the bottom section towards the right was a just barely noticeable to me in this worst-case scenario however this will vary between laptops and panels remember that these are the results from the 60 Hertz panel expect different results with the 144 heads option there was a little screenflex there was a metal lid it felt fairly sturdy the flex present is probably a result of the center hinge which gives less stability to the far corners compared to corner hinges I could just open it up with one finger with a little effort there was more weight towards the back despite the large 90 watt l battery down the front though it felt stable in my lap despite the thinner bezel Dell have still included the 720p camera above the screen the camera looks okay for 720p it's still blurry and the microphone sounds about average the keyboard has four zones of RGB backlighting however that's an optional upgrade one single color is also an option you can turn the lighting on or off with the f10 key or otherwise control it through the FX tab in the Alienware control center software I thought it looked pretty good and even the secondary functions of all keys get lit up typing was alright there was a lack of feedback from pressing the keys down but otherwise I like to type in with it here's how it sounds to give you an idea of what to expect the only thing I didn't like was the small error case that Dell seemed to be known for using which were annoying to use in some games the power button up the back in the center is where the optional fingerprint reader will be it seems to be a $22 upgrade I found it to her quickly and would recommend it if you want to quick unlock without needing a password there was minimal keyboard flex while pushing down hard overall it was fairly solid and about the same in the wrist rest areas not much flex the touch pad has precision drivers and what dwell it clicks down anywhere while also having separate left and right click areas toward the bottom fingerprints and dust show up easily on the matte black interior in lid however as they are both smooth surfaces they were easy to wipe off they're even easier to split up the back which is either a glossy plastic or glass and you'll get fingerprints here by using the power button or fingerprint scanner on the left there's an air exhaust vent up the back USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port which is wired for both DisplayPort 1.2 and Thunderbolt 3 although Dell only note the 20 60 and up configurations have Thunderbolt support followed by a USB 3.1 gen2 on type a port and 3.5 millimeter audio combo jack on the right there's a full-size SD card reader USB 3.1 type-a port and air exhaust vent towards the back on the back there are air exhaust vents on the left and right then for the rest of the air from left to right we've got the power input HDMI 2.0 output USB 3.1 type-a port mini DisplayPort output although that's only on the r-tx 20 60 and above models however they don't specify the version Gigabit Ethernet port and I like the way they've put it so you don't have to lift the laptop up to unplug it followed by a noble wedge lock slot the front has this sort of grille design with the speaker's found on the left and right they sounded okay as far as laptop speakers are concerned though they did sound tinny maximum volume while playing music was able to get quite loud though the latency one results looked quite bad on the black metal lid there's the Dell logo in the center it has a blue shiny finish which can also look a little green depending on the angle underneath there are only small vents for airflow directly above the fans but we'll see if this is a problem for thermals soon it can be removed easily by taking out nine screws with a Phillips head screwdriver and the two at the back towards the centre don't come out of the panel once inside from left to right we've got the single m2 slot two memory slots Wi-Fi card up the top in the middle and large 91 L battery down the bottom you've got the option of getting a smaller 60 watt hour battery instead that also gets you a 2.5 inch drive bay and I really like that della giving you that option here something I wish many others did powering the laptop is that 90 watt hour battery I tested it with the screen brightness at 50% background ups disabled and all keyboard lighting off while just watching YouTube videos it lasted for seven hours and eight minutes the best result for a gaming laptop with these specs out of old machines I've tested it was using the Intel integrated graphics thanks to Nvidia Optimus while playing The Witcher 3 with medium settings and invidious battery boost set to 30fps the battery lasted for two hours and 21 minutes however before you get too excited after an hour and 46 minutes it had 19% remaining and the framerate dipped down to 13 fps and wasn't really playable anymore I suspect this would be less problematic playing less demanding games but even sir this is one of the best results for this test I've had out of old laptops again thanks to that large battery expect lower results with the 6100 variant I'll also note that I never so the battery drain during any of my testing with the provided 180 watt power brick let's move on to the thermal testing again the bottom of the laptop doesn't appear to have many vents for airflow and on the inside we've got two fans and heat pipes shared between the processor and graphics so a change of temperature in one component will affect the other the Dell power manager software allows you to change between a few different modes however I didn't really find them to do too much as we'll see soon I'll also note that while he can install the Alienware control center software this did not give me any fan control the best you can get is changing between the power manager profiles thermal testing was completed in an ambient room temperature of 21 degree Celsius so expect different results in different environments I've tested idle down the bottom with the quiet profile and temperatures seemed about average while also being quiet more on fan noise later though the rest of the results are from combined CPU and GPU workloads and meant to represent worst-case scenarios the gaming results towards the upper half of the graph were tested by playing watchdogs too as I find it to use a good combination of processor and graphics the stress test results shown on the lower half of the graph from running to a 264 CPU stress test and heav'n GPU benchmark at the same time to fully load the system let's start with the stress test results we can see that the ultra profile ran a bit warmer under the same workload when compared to the default optimized profile and we'll look at clock speed differences in the next graph the Ultra profile was providing slightly better performance there so I've used it for the majority of the testing if we apply a minus 0.15 volt on the bolt to the CPU the temperatures don't change but when I add my thermal take massive 20 cooling pad we can lower the GPU by 6 degrees Celsius and the CPU by fall the gaming results weren't too different the GPU was slightly warmer in this game compared to the stress tests while the CPU under vault managed to barely lower the CPU temperature with the cooling pad applied there were some nice improvements lowering by 7 degrees on the GPU and 6 on the CPU these are the average clock speeds for the same tests 2 shown with the stress tests we're getting a small boost to CP performance with the ultra profile enabled which is why it was a little warmer than the default optimized profile in the last graph under this workload I found the power limits of the CPU would dynamically change however on average over a 30 minute period optimized profile average to 30 watt TDP while the ultra profile averaged 35 watts when we under vault the CPU the clock speed rises by more than 400 megahertz on all six cores and then a little extra was gained with the calling pattern use I'm not certain why there was improvement to CPU clock speed with the cooling pad I wasn't seeing thermal throttling just power limits rattling however the software was clearly dynamically changing the CPU TDP as time went on perhaps with the cooler temperature it's smart enough to raise the TDP limit and improve performance which would explain the higher average TDP reported by Hardware infer fitness test back to the clock speeds the gaming performance out of the box was around 3.4 gigahertz on all six cores in watchdogs turn while the undervolt improved this by around 400 megahertz on all cores with no change seen here using the cooling pad though as we saw earlier temperatures were improved by a fair amount so to summarise the CPU hits power limits under combined CPU and GPU load preventing thermals from getting out of control the best improvement we could make was by under faulting the CPU which improved performance while additional cooling did seem to help in some cases these are the clock speeds I got while just running CPU only stress tests without any GPU load the full 3.9 gigahertz all core turbo boost speed of the i7 was possible so no change from under bolting when we look at the temperatures for the same test though we can see a large improvement of 14 degrees Celsius and this was due to a low a TDP as less power is needed while under voltage which equals less hate to demonstrate how this translates into performance I've got some Cinebench CPU benchmarks here I actually got the exact same results even though I take an average of five runs not too surprising given we got the same CPU clock speeds early on things change a little with the newest in debentures 20 though this test seems to be more intensive so it was able to cause some power mat throttling at stock which is why the score was higher once under bolted as for the external temperatures where you'll actually be putting your hands idle with the quiet profile on it was only just getting to the low 30s about average while gaming the rest rest area remains cool while the center is getting to the mid 40s warm but not hot the results were similar with the stress tests running with the back getting into the 50s and feeling hot to the touch granted you won't need to touch back there except for the power button though that is where the optional fingerprints key while gaming on battery power the wrist rest area heats up a bit as the discharging battery is directly underneath however the rest remains cool compared to the previous tests as for the fan noise produced by the laptop I'll let you have a listen to some of these tests at idle with the quiet profile it was completely silent no fan noise at all while gaming with the stress tests running in the optimized ultra profiles there was no change the fan was maxing out at around 52 decibels a little below most other gaming laptops I've tested while under the same loads overall the new Dell g7 gaming laptop performed quite well in these tests without getting too hot at least when compared with the g5 that I tested previously which would hit 99 degrees under the same workloads this seems to be due to Parliament rata link that's present in the g7 so while the clock speeds aren't as high as the g5 the temperatures are much more reasonable let me know if you'd be interested in seeing a full comparison video between the g5 and g7 down in the comments finally let's take a look at some gaming benchmarks I've tested these games with these Nvidia drivers and all available Windows updates to date installed with the ultra performance profile in use we'll start by looking at all setting levels then compare with some other laptops after battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode and not in multiplayer mode as it's easy to consistently reproduce the test run the purple bars show the results with ray tracing disabled while the green bars show r-tx on the RT x results weren't great at Ultra and high settings though it was mostly playable for a game like this I'd want higher FPS lair and RT X off at Ultra settings looks better and runs similarly to RT X on at low settings apex legends was tested with either all settings at maximum or all settings at the lowest possible values as it doesn't have predefined setting presets it played alright even with everything maxed out averaging about 80 FPS and averaging about 47% higher with everything on minimum shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built-in benchmark the results were all right here close to many other 2060 laptops I've tested so far that again there will be some comparisons with other laptops later Far Cry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark in this test above 75 FPS averages were possible at Ultra very similar to other 2060 laptops I've covered for tonight was tested with the replay feature and even with max settings over 100 FPS was easily possible in this seemingly well optimized game overwatch is another well optimised game and was tested in the practice range and again even maxed out at epic settings was giving us around 100 EFE us plenty to take advantage of the optional 144 hurt screen seus ker was tested using the illogical FPS benchmark and like always high frame rates were coming out of this test even with all settings at maximum over 160 FPS was possible with much lower at the lowest settings if you need it Assassin's Creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark still enough to play the game fine and in most setting levels I found it was performing a little ahead of the g5 with the same specs that I've previously tested most likely due to the lack of thermal throttling on the CPU Rainbow six siege was tested with the built-in benchmark and as a game I found a benefit from invidious nuturing architecture even with ultra settings almost 120 FPS was possible in this test dota 2 was tested playing in the middle lane with an average amount of action going on and it was running very smoothly without any problems at all even ultra settings was capable of 140 FPS in this game so another that would benefit from the optional 144 Hertz panel upgrade watchdogs 2 is a resource intensive game though I still found it to play perfectly fine even with ultra settings with the stable 30fps to me it runs fine and we're seeing that with the 1% lows maxed out The Witcher 3 was running well with her works disabled and played well with ultra settings in my tests although you can get much higher frame rates if you prefer with lower settings with almost a 150 or lower I've tested 20 games in total on the g7 in the dedicated gaming benchmark video check the card in the top right corner if you're after more results let's also take a look at how this config if the dell g7 compares with other laptops to see how it stacks up use these results as a rough guide only as they were tested at different times with different drivers in battlefield 5 I've got the g7 up the top in red and the results were extremely similar to the g5 I tested with the same specs the clever and h58 ABQ that I've recently tested was further ahead due to excellent CPU performance I found in that machine while the asou Scotto also saw higher average FPS and a bit higher 1% lower here are the results from far cry 5 with ultra settings in the built-in benchmark the results are similar to other 20/60 laptops I've tested though it does seem to be slightly below the others and also behind the Dell g5 with same specs but realistically still quite close these are the results from shadow of Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings and in this one the g7 scored the same as the g5 and again similar to most of the other 2060 laptops I've tested overall I thought the gaming performance from the new Dell g7 gaming laptop was alright it seems to be pretty well in line with many other laptops I've tested with the AI 78758 CPU RT X 2060 graphics and dual channel memory now for the benchmarking tools I've tested Heaven Valley and super position from Unigine as well as fire strike time spy Port Royal and VR mark from 3d mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results as we saw earlier we've got the option of making some changes to improve performance so let's see how these changes actually help in gaming Far Cry 5 was retested using the built-in benchmark at 1080p at Ultra settings there was a three point four percent improvement to average FPS with the CPU under bolted and graphics overclocked with a larger 5.6 percent boost to 1% lower the one percent lawyers saw the biggest improvement at all setting levels then at the lower settings there was hardly any difference in average fps so for the most part we can boost the performance in games with some simple tweaks I've used crystal disk mark to test the storage and the 512 gig m2 to nvme SSD that was installed was offering excellent read and write speeds i've also tested the SD slot with a v 90 rated card and unfortunately it's on the slower side but still better than not having it for updated pricing check the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in the US the dell website has already put up the 9th gen models so i'm not even sure you can buy my specific configure anymore anyway the base model is around nine hundred US dollars while the r-tx 2060 model although with new and 9750 h cpu is around fifteen hundred US dollars I'll also note that I'm glad most of these seem to be listed with dual channel memory the 8th gen ones were primarily single channel which results in was performance and games here in Australia the 8th gen models are still available and you can see they're sold with single channel memory for some reason anyway for the 2060 model with 16 gig of memory we're looking at about 20 250 Australian dollars at the moment as the ninth gen models have just launched it might be worth keeping an eye out for sales if you're still interested in nature from what I've seen so far there's not too much practical difference so what did you think about the new refreshed Dell g7 gaming laptop last year the g5 and g7 were quite similar and that still seems to be the case here with the new models though the newer refreshed models do have some nice improvements these include a smaller overall footprint a less chunky design higher-end spec options all the way up to RTX 2080 max-q graphics optional 144 hertz screen and of course the all-important RGB keyboard while these are key features for a gaming laptop I can't ignore that for the most part Dell seems to be playing catch-up with most of the competition who have had these features for years now that said it's good the G Series is now more modern for the most part it still seems to be offering good value for money options with the lowest 1650 and 1660 TI configs last year the best you could get was a 1060 mxq now the g7 goes all the way up to 2080 max gear which of course costs more money as a result of that increased performance but the option of higher performance is now there if you need it I liked that you've got the option of the larger battery if you want it otherwise you can get the 2.5 inch drive bay if you prefer to have more storage space I also liked that the rear i/o has all the bulky inputs such as power HDMI and Ethernet so they're kept out of the way of your mouse hand there's also Thunderbolt available should you be interested in improving performance with an external GPU enclosure in terms of thermals the g7 performs well enough not quite as high in terms of clock speed when compared to the g5 however the result of this power limit throttling is that it runs cooler and doesn't spike to 100 degrees Celsius under load so that's good it was possible to further improve performance with some tweaks however I still want to have better fan control than what's currently being offered otherwise there and the other thing I didn't personally like was the small arrow keys overall I found the new Dell g7 to be a pretty good gaming laptop it's got important features for gamers and solid build quality without being too expensive let me know what you guys thought about the new Dell g7 gaming laptop with r-tx graphics down in the comments hopefully I can get the already updated version with nitrogen CPU soon so if you're new here get subscribed for future tech reviews like thatdehl have refreshed their g-seven gaming laptop and it's quite a big improvement over the older model so let's find out what the new 2019 model of the g7 has to offer and if it's a laptop you should consider buying starting with the specs my unit has an Intel i7 8750 h cpu nvidia r TX 2060 graphics 16 gig of memory running in single channel however for testing they upgraded to 16 gig and dual channel a 512 gig m dot 2 nvme SSD and a 15.6 inch 60 hertz IPS screen the network connectivity it's got gigabit ethernet 8 or 2.11 AC Wi-Fi and bluetooth 5 there are a few different configurations available though such as new and ninth gen CPUs 16 series graphics 144 hertz screen or different battery sizes you can find examples and updated prices linked in the description the metal lid has a smooth matte black finish with a blue Dell logo in the center it's the same inside all black and metal all edges and corners were rounded and smooth and overall build quality was quite good the starting weight of the laptop is listed at 2.5 kilos or 5.5 pounds on the Dell website however this will vary based on hardware customizations my unit came in right around this and rose to 3.2 kilos with the 180 watt power brick and cables for charging included the dimensions of the laptop a 36 point 4 centimeters in width twenty-seven point three centimeters in depth and just under 2 centimeters in height so on the smaller side for a 15-inch laptop it's noticeably trimmed down and less chunky looking compared to Dells 2018 model of the g7 and this results in thinner screen bezels the 15.6 inch 1080p 60 Hertz screen has a matte finish no g-sync available here but the g7 is also available with a 144 Hertz option I've measured the current color gamut using the spider 5 prayer and my results returned at 97% of srgb 68% of ntsc and 73% of Adobe RGB at 100% brightness in the center I measured 298 nits within 932 1 contrast ratio so decent results for a gaming laptop and noticeably better than the g5 I recently tested backlight bleed seemed ok to the bottom section towards the right was a just barely noticeable to me in this worst-case scenario however this will vary between laptops and panels remember that these are the results from the 60 Hertz panel expect different results with the 144 heads option there was a little screenflex there was a metal lid it felt fairly sturdy the flex present is probably a result of the center hinge which gives less stability to the far corners compared to corner hinges I could just open it up with one finger with a little effort there was more weight towards the back despite the large 90 watt l battery down the front though it felt stable in my lap despite the thinner bezel Dell have still included the 720p camera above the screen the camera looks okay for 720p it's still blurry and the microphone sounds about average the keyboard has four zones of RGB backlighting however that's an optional upgrade one single color is also an option you can turn the lighting on or off with the f10 key or otherwise control it through the FX tab in the Alienware control center software I thought it looked pretty good and even the secondary functions of all keys get lit up typing was alright there was a lack of feedback from pressing the keys down but otherwise I like to type in with it here's how it sounds to give you an idea of what to expect the only thing I didn't like was the small error case that Dell seemed to be known for using which were annoying to use in some games the power button up the back in the center is where the optional fingerprint reader will be it seems to be a $22 upgrade I found it to her quickly and would recommend it if you want to quick unlock without needing a password there was minimal keyboard flex while pushing down hard overall it was fairly solid and about the same in the wrist rest areas not much flex the touch pad has precision drivers and what dwell it clicks down anywhere while also having separate left and right click areas toward the bottom fingerprints and dust show up easily on the matte black interior in lid however as they are both smooth surfaces they were easy to wipe off they're even easier to split up the back which is either a glossy plastic or glass and you'll get fingerprints here by using the power button or fingerprint scanner on the left there's an air exhaust vent up the back USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port which is wired for both DisplayPort 1.2 and Thunderbolt 3 although Dell only note the 20 60 and up configurations have Thunderbolt support followed by a USB 3.1 gen2 on type a port and 3.5 millimeter audio combo jack on the right there's a full-size SD card reader USB 3.1 type-a port and air exhaust vent towards the back on the back there are air exhaust vents on the left and right then for the rest of the air from left to right we've got the power input HDMI 2.0 output USB 3.1 type-a port mini DisplayPort output although that's only on the r-tx 20 60 and above models however they don't specify the version Gigabit Ethernet port and I like the way they've put it so you don't have to lift the laptop up to unplug it followed by a noble wedge lock slot the front has this sort of grille design with the speaker's found on the left and right they sounded okay as far as laptop speakers are concerned though they did sound tinny maximum volume while playing music was able to get quite loud though the latency one results looked quite bad on the black metal lid there's the Dell logo in the center it has a blue shiny finish which can also look a little green depending on the angle underneath there are only small vents for airflow directly above the fans but we'll see if this is a problem for thermals soon it can be removed easily by taking out nine screws with a Phillips head screwdriver and the two at the back towards the centre don't come out of the panel once inside from left to right we've got the single m2 slot two memory slots Wi-Fi card up the top in the middle and large 91 L battery down the bottom you've got the option of getting a smaller 60 watt hour battery instead that also gets you a 2.5 inch drive bay and I really like that della giving you that option here something I wish many others did powering the laptop is that 90 watt hour battery I tested it with the screen brightness at 50% background ups disabled and all keyboard lighting off while just watching YouTube videos it lasted for seven hours and eight minutes the best result for a gaming laptop with these specs out of old machines I've tested it was using the Intel integrated graphics thanks to Nvidia Optimus while playing The Witcher 3 with medium settings and invidious battery boost set to 30fps the battery lasted for two hours and 21 minutes however before you get too excited after an hour and 46 minutes it had 19% remaining and the framerate dipped down to 13 fps and wasn't really playable anymore I suspect this would be less problematic playing less demanding games but even sir this is one of the best results for this test I've had out of old laptops again thanks to that large battery expect lower results with the 6100 variant I'll also note that I never so the battery drain during any of my testing with the provided 180 watt power brick let's move on to the thermal testing again the bottom of the laptop doesn't appear to have many vents for airflow and on the inside we've got two fans and heat pipes shared between the processor and graphics so a change of temperature in one component will affect the other the Dell power manager software allows you to change between a few different modes however I didn't really find them to do too much as we'll see soon I'll also note that while he can install the Alienware control center software this did not give me any fan control the best you can get is changing between the power manager profiles thermal testing was completed in an ambient room temperature of 21 degree Celsius so expect different results in different environments I've tested idle down the bottom with the quiet profile and temperatures seemed about average while also being quiet more on fan noise later though the rest of the results are from combined CPU and GPU workloads and meant to represent worst-case scenarios the gaming results towards the upper half of the graph were tested by playing watchdogs too as I find it to use a good combination of processor and graphics the stress test results shown on the lower half of the graph from running to a 264 CPU stress test and heav'n GPU benchmark at the same time to fully load the system let's start with the stress test results we can see that the ultra profile ran a bit warmer under the same workload when compared to the default optimized profile and we'll look at clock speed differences in the next graph the Ultra profile was providing slightly better performance there so I've used it for the majority of the testing if we apply a minus 0.15 volt on the bolt to the CPU the temperatures don't change but when I add my thermal take massive 20 cooling pad we can lower the GPU by 6 degrees Celsius and the CPU by fall the gaming results weren't too different the GPU was slightly warmer in this game compared to the stress tests while the CPU under vault managed to barely lower the CPU temperature with the cooling pad applied there were some nice improvements lowering by 7 degrees on the GPU and 6 on the CPU these are the average clock speeds for the same tests 2 shown with the stress tests we're getting a small boost to CP performance with the ultra profile enabled which is why it was a little warmer than the default optimized profile in the last graph under this workload I found the power limits of the CPU would dynamically change however on average over a 30 minute period optimized profile average to 30 watt TDP while the ultra profile averaged 35 watts when we under vault the CPU the clock speed rises by more than 400 megahertz on all six cores and then a little extra was gained with the calling pattern use I'm not certain why there was improvement to CPU clock speed with the cooling pad I wasn't seeing thermal throttling just power limits rattling however the software was clearly dynamically changing the CPU TDP as time went on perhaps with the cooler temperature it's smart enough to raise the TDP limit and improve performance which would explain the higher average TDP reported by Hardware infer fitness test back to the clock speeds the gaming performance out of the box was around 3.4 gigahertz on all six cores in watchdogs turn while the undervolt improved this by around 400 megahertz on all cores with no change seen here using the cooling pad though as we saw earlier temperatures were improved by a fair amount so to summarise the CPU hits power limits under combined CPU and GPU load preventing thermals from getting out of control the best improvement we could make was by under faulting the CPU which improved performance while additional cooling did seem to help in some cases these are the clock speeds I got while just running CPU only stress tests without any GPU load the full 3.9 gigahertz all core turbo boost speed of the i7 was possible so no change from under bolting when we look at the temperatures for the same test though we can see a large improvement of 14 degrees Celsius and this was due to a low a TDP as less power is needed while under voltage which equals less hate to demonstrate how this translates into performance I've got some Cinebench CPU benchmarks here I actually got the exact same results even though I take an average of five runs not too surprising given we got the same CPU clock speeds early on things change a little with the newest in debentures 20 though this test seems to be more intensive so it was able to cause some power mat throttling at stock which is why the score was higher once under bolted as for the external temperatures where you'll actually be putting your hands idle with the quiet profile on it was only just getting to the low 30s about average while gaming the rest rest area remains cool while the center is getting to the mid 40s warm but not hot the results were similar with the stress tests running with the back getting into the 50s and feeling hot to the touch granted you won't need to touch back there except for the power button though that is where the optional fingerprints key while gaming on battery power the wrist rest area heats up a bit as the discharging battery is directly underneath however the rest remains cool compared to the previous tests as for the fan noise produced by the laptop I'll let you have a listen to some of these tests at idle with the quiet profile it was completely silent no fan noise at all while gaming with the stress tests running in the optimized ultra profiles there was no change the fan was maxing out at around 52 decibels a little below most other gaming laptops I've tested while under the same loads overall the new Dell g7 gaming laptop performed quite well in these tests without getting too hot at least when compared with the g5 that I tested previously which would hit 99 degrees under the same workloads this seems to be due to Parliament rata link that's present in the g7 so while the clock speeds aren't as high as the g5 the temperatures are much more reasonable let me know if you'd be interested in seeing a full comparison video between the g5 and g7 down in the comments finally let's take a look at some gaming benchmarks I've tested these games with these Nvidia drivers and all available Windows updates to date installed with the ultra performance profile in use we'll start by looking at all setting levels then compare with some other laptops after battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode and not in multiplayer mode as it's easy to consistently reproduce the test run the purple bars show the results with ray tracing disabled while the green bars show r-tx on the RT x results weren't great at Ultra and high settings though it was mostly playable for a game like this I'd want higher FPS lair and RT X off at Ultra settings looks better and runs similarly to RT X on at low settings apex legends was tested with either all settings at maximum or all settings at the lowest possible values as it doesn't have predefined setting presets it played alright even with everything maxed out averaging about 80 FPS and averaging about 47% higher with everything on minimum shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built-in benchmark the results were all right here close to many other 2060 laptops I've tested so far that again there will be some comparisons with other laptops later Far Cry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark in this test above 75 FPS averages were possible at Ultra very similar to other 2060 laptops I've covered for tonight was tested with the replay feature and even with max settings over 100 FPS was easily possible in this seemingly well optimized game overwatch is another well optimised game and was tested in the practice range and again even maxed out at epic settings was giving us around 100 EFE us plenty to take advantage of the optional 144 hurt screen seus ker was tested using the illogical FPS benchmark and like always high frame rates were coming out of this test even with all settings at maximum over 160 FPS was possible with much lower at the lowest settings if you need it Assassin's Creed Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark still enough to play the game fine and in most setting levels I found it was performing a little ahead of the g5 with the same specs that I've previously tested most likely due to the lack of thermal throttling on the CPU Rainbow six siege was tested with the built-in benchmark and as a game I found a benefit from invidious nuturing architecture even with ultra settings almost 120 FPS was possible in this test dota 2 was tested playing in the middle lane with an average amount of action going on and it was running very smoothly without any problems at all even ultra settings was capable of 140 FPS in this game so another that would benefit from the optional 144 Hertz panel upgrade watchdogs 2 is a resource intensive game though I still found it to play perfectly fine even with ultra settings with the stable 30fps to me it runs fine and we're seeing that with the 1% lows maxed out The Witcher 3 was running well with her works disabled and played well with ultra settings in my tests although you can get much higher frame rates if you prefer with lower settings with almost a 150 or lower I've tested 20 games in total on the g7 in the dedicated gaming benchmark video check the card in the top right corner if you're after more results let's also take a look at how this config if the dell g7 compares with other laptops to see how it stacks up use these results as a rough guide only as they were tested at different times with different drivers in battlefield 5 I've got the g7 up the top in red and the results were extremely similar to the g5 I tested with the same specs the clever and h58 ABQ that I've recently tested was further ahead due to excellent CPU performance I found in that machine while the asou Scotto also saw higher average FPS and a bit higher 1% lower here are the results from far cry 5 with ultra settings in the built-in benchmark the results are similar to other 20/60 laptops I've tested though it does seem to be slightly below the others and also behind the Dell g5 with same specs but realistically still quite close these are the results from shadow of Tomb Raider with the built-in benchmark at highest settings and in this one the g7 scored the same as the g5 and again similar to most of the other 2060 laptops I've tested overall I thought the gaming performance from the new Dell g7 gaming laptop was alright it seems to be pretty well in line with many other laptops I've tested with the AI 78758 CPU RT X 2060 graphics and dual channel memory now for the benchmarking tools I've tested Heaven Valley and super position from Unigine as well as fire strike time spy Port Royal and VR mark from 3d mark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results as we saw earlier we've got the option of making some changes to improve performance so let's see how these changes actually help in gaming Far Cry 5 was retested using the built-in benchmark at 1080p at Ultra settings there was a three point four percent improvement to average FPS with the CPU under bolted and graphics overclocked with a larger 5.6 percent boost to 1% lower the one percent lawyers saw the biggest improvement at all setting levels then at the lower settings there was hardly any difference in average fps so for the most part we can boost the performance in games with some simple tweaks I've used crystal disk mark to test the storage and the 512 gig m2 to nvme SSD that was installed was offering excellent read and write speeds i've also tested the SD slot with a v 90 rated card and unfortunately it's on the slower side but still better than not having it for updated pricing check the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in the US the dell website has already put up the 9th gen models so i'm not even sure you can buy my specific configure anymore anyway the base model is around nine hundred US dollars while the r-tx 2060 model although with new and 9750 h cpu is around fifteen hundred US dollars I'll also note that I'm glad most of these seem to be listed with dual channel memory the 8th gen ones were primarily single channel which results in was performance and games here in Australia the 8th gen models are still available and you can see they're sold with single channel memory for some reason anyway for the 2060 model with 16 gig of memory we're looking at about 20 250 Australian dollars at the moment as the ninth gen models have just launched it might be worth keeping an eye out for sales if you're still interested in nature from what I've seen so far there's not too much practical difference so what did you think about the new refreshed Dell g7 gaming laptop last year the g5 and g7 were quite similar and that still seems to be the case here with the new models though the newer refreshed models do have some nice improvements these include a smaller overall footprint a less chunky design higher-end spec options all the way up to RTX 2080 max-q graphics optional 144 hertz screen and of course the all-important RGB keyboard while these are key features for a gaming laptop I can't ignore that for the most part Dell seems to be playing catch-up with most of the competition who have had these features for years now that said it's good the G Series is now more modern for the most part it still seems to be offering good value for money options with the lowest 1650 and 1660 TI configs last year the best you could get was a 1060 mxq now the g7 goes all the way up to 2080 max gear which of course costs more money as a result of that increased performance but the option of higher performance is now there if you need it I liked that you've got the option of the larger battery if you want it otherwise you can get the 2.5 inch drive bay if you prefer to have more storage space I also liked that the rear i/o has all the bulky inputs such as power HDMI and Ethernet so they're kept out of the way of your mouse hand there's also Thunderbolt available should you be interested in improving performance with an external GPU enclosure in terms of thermals the g7 performs well enough not quite as high in terms of clock speed when compared to the g5 however the result of this power limit throttling is that it runs cooler and doesn't spike to 100 degrees Celsius under load so that's good it was possible to further improve performance with some tweaks however I still want to have better fan control than what's currently being offered otherwise there and the other thing I didn't personally like was the small arrow keys overall I found the new Dell g7 to be a pretty good gaming laptop it's got important features for gamers and solid build quality without being too expensive let me know what you guys thought about the new Dell g7 gaming laptop with r-tx graphics down in the comments hopefully I can get the already updated version with nitrogen CPU soon so if you're new here get subscribed for future tech reviews like that\n"