Dell offers two configurations for the Dell G3 15 3579’s processor. You can either buy this laptop with a 4-core Intel Core i5-8300HQ processor or a 6-core Intel Core i7-8750HQ processor. The Dell G3 has a processor speed of 2.6 GHz which can go up to 5 GHz with Turbo Boost. The Dell G5, however, has a processor speed of 2.9 GHz, which can go up to 4.9 GHz with Turbo Boost. The G3 15 came out slightly on top on the SteamVR Performance Test, scoring 5.8 out of 11, compared with the G5 15 SE's 5.6. As much as I would love to attribute the word ‘attractive’ to the Dell G3 15 3579, unfortunately, I can’t. It is fair to say that Dell G3 15 3579 is the most unattractive gaming laptop I have seen. Instead of the usual trend of LED patterns, stripes, and large cooling grills, Dell opted for a moderate design. In fact, the Dell G3 15 3579 is a bit too modest for a modern gaming laptop.

The new-look Dell G3 15 is a lot more visually pleasing than previous budget gaming laptops from Dell. Dell G3 15 2019 price – how much will the new Dell G3 15 cost? Overall, this laptop offers a good gaming experience. Therefore, it scores an eight in this review. Dell G3 15 3579 Battery Life & Performance ReviewThe rest of the system is typical of its price range. The plastic chassis, treble-heavy speakers, slow SD reader, 1x1 WLAN, and budget NVMe SSD are common on budget gaming laptops. Whether it was Shadow of the Tomb Raider or Civilization VI, I was able to get the games running after a bit of tweaking in the video settings. Bear in mind though, even after dropping the graphics settings to medium or low for these two titles, I couldn’t better 30fps. My first thought? The Dell G3 doesn’t look like a gaming laptop. There are no flashing RGB lights or snazzy design quirks here. If you saw the G3 sitting on a shelf beside all the student laptops in Currys, you wouldn’t bat an eyelid. Details on colour space coverage aren’t yet available, but it’s likely this will be a middling display in that regard, and therefore won’t be suitable for serious creative work. But if the viewing angles are at least OK, this means this laptop should be better for watching Netflix or iPlayer, when you need a break from gaming. Like its processor and storage, Dell offers a range of configurations for this laptop’s graphics card.

of memory isn’t too surprising at this price point, even if 16GB would be ideal. A mere 256GB of storage for a gaming laptop is really pushing it, though, as only a few leading-edge AAA games and your personal files would fill that up fast. Even just through the course of setting up the benchmark software and a few test games, I had to remove some as I went to make room for the next batch. Game installs are much bigger than they used to be, and often get bloated by updates, so being squeezed into 256GB is limiting on day one. I’d recommend bumping the capacity to 512GB if you can afford it. On the Grand Theft Auto V benchmark (Very High, 1080p), the G5 15 SE averaged 40 fps, sliding past the G3 15's 38 fps. The G3 15 Gaming's underside climbed to 113 degrees Fahrenheit after we played Shadow of War for 15 minutes, breaching our 95-degree comfort threshold. The center of the keyboard and touchpad measured 99 and 78 degrees, respectively. The hottest part was located on the lower-left underside, which hit 128 degrees.

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Graphics cards options are more of the same – GTX 1050 and GTX 1060 – with a couple of newer options – GTX 1650 and GTX 1660 Ti – thrown in. This will be plenty powerful enough for battle royale titles, and you should (just about) be able to run AAA games too, albeit at lower settings. Hard drive retention: Hard drive retention is not available on models with a soldered hard drive, including XPS 9315 2in1, Chromebooks or Venue tablets, except the Venue 11 Pro.