{"video_id":"67dh_2mlOdA","title":"Does mobile SLI compare to a desktop-class GPU? - Aorus X7 Pro v5 Review","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2016-05-06T14:53:29Z","duration_s":360,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":7.52,"text":"lately the high-end gaming laptop Arena has been getting a little crowded with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.96,"end_s":12.04,"text":"features like desktop class gpus NVMe solid state drives and even freaking","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.32,"end_s":18.119,"text":"water cooling docks so it's not surprising that today's entrance Into","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.2,"end_s":19.76,"text":"The Fray the ORS X7 Pro V5 tries to set","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.119,"end_s":25.33,"text":"itself apart with features like mobile SLI and HDMI 2.0 but does it live up to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.96,"end_s":28.96,"text":"the billing stay tuned to 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depending on the configuration the X7 Pro V5 could be a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":342.88,"end_s":347.56,"text":"pretty compelling option thanks for watching guys if this video is sucked","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":346.72,"end_s":350.88,"text":"you know what to do but if it was awesome get subscribed hit the like button consider supporting us through","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":349.72,"end_s":355.039,"text":"the Forum consider supporting us by using our Amazon affiliate code or even buying a shirt check out this video","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":353.68,"end_s":361.4,"text":"which is a review on our Seer which is pretty interesting that's pretty badass laptop but so is this one check out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":357.479,"end_s":361.4,"text":"Channel Super Fun see you next time bye","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"lately the high-end gaming laptop Arena has been getting a little crowded with features like desktop class gpus NVMe solid state drives and even freaking water cooling docks so it's not surprising that today's entrance Into The Fray the ORS X7 Pro V5 tries to set itself apart with features like mobile SLI and HDMI 2.0 but does it live up to the billing stay tuned to find out corsera claims unrivaled comfort and Universal compatibility on its new void surround headset featuring a genuine Dolby 7.1 headphone USB adapter click the link in the video description to learn more the first thing I noticed about the X7 was how thin it is with a height of only 2 and 1/2 CM even with the lid closed it's pretty damn small at 7bs however it's hard to call the X7 light but the Slimmer profile does at least offer a little more port ility than some of the behemoths we've had roll through our office lately we'll start our physical tour with the top which features a plain black finish except for the orus logo which lights up when you open the lid the bottom is fairly understated as well with not much going on except for rubber feet and some ventilation slots things get more interesting when we move around to the sides though with the right side featuring both HDMI 2.0 and a mini DisplayPort for flexibility if you're attaching additional displays a USB 3.1 type-c port a more standard USB 3.0 port and an SD card reader that connects via PCI Express the HDMI 2.0 support is especially nice if you want 4K at 60 HZ and can't use a DisplayPort cable moving to the left side we see a Kensington lock slot killer gigabit Lan port a second HDMI port that allows you to support two external monitors in Invidia surround a VGA port for older displays another USB 3.0 port and Jacks for your microphone and headphones the back features one last USB 3.0 port and a DC input for the included power brick as well as some additional ventilation for all the goodies inside when you open the lid you'll see a 17.3 in 1080P 75hz IPS display with g-sync support a webcam which we're filming this on right now a pair of unremarkable sounding speakers directly below the screen and a back lit orus logo power button the keyboard is back lit with adjustable brightness white lights that can be turned off completely if you so desire and features 30 key rollover the keys themselves are pretty standard for chicklet keys and you also get a set of programmable macro keys on the far left hand side the touchpad is quite glossy compared to the rest of the chassis and features a nice orus logo there's also tactile bumps on the bottom bit which make identifying the clicking area quite a bit easier which I liked what I didn't care for though was how the touchpad felt a taded too grippy to my finger which got caught on it a couple times on trying to scroll it just feels kind of weird under the hood you get an unlocked Skylake core i7 6820 HK processor 32 gigs of ddr4 memory that's upgradeable to 64 two NVIDIA GTX 970m gpus in SLI giving you both the benefits and issues that come with that 500 GB of NVMe solid state storage on two drives in raid zero and additional 1 TB mechanical hard drive and Bluetooth with wireless AC adapters the battery is Lithium Polymer that's inside a softer package that you can't access from the exterior so it's not the easiest thing to replace interestingly there's also a dedicated Hardware encoder for a media that is supposed to take the load off of your CPU and GPU while streaming so you won't lose as much performance getting into testing we started out by running through cinebench Crisis 3 and Tomb Raider putting up the X7 against our Sager NP 9870 u2g which you can check out in more detail up here or O2 I don't know we were interested to see how a couple of 970 m in SLI would do against a fully-fledged desktop 980 and the answer is pretty well the X7 beat out the Seager in both Crisis 3 and Tomb Raider by small margins and scored well above the 75 HZ frame rate of our screen even with the settings cranked way up which is definitely ideal cinebench was a different story as this is a more CPU bound Benchmark and it saw the Seer win by about 24% with its desktop class Skylake i7 but the X7 managed a still very respectable 704 points we were also able to get a stable overclock of 4.0 GHz on our CPU and a plus 100 MHz offset on our two gpus without playing with any voltages although the system ran a bit warm on our Skybox load test at stock with both the CPU and GPU getting up to 84° overclocking only heated things up by about 1 or 2° regardless of whether or not we overclocked though the fans were very loud during gaming you might want to use a pair of headphones specifically noise cancelling headphones if you want to game on this thing so what's our conclusion considering it beat out our desktop class gtx980 based Sager and is going to cost less when it comes out in mid-march the value proposition looks pretty darn good especially when you consider the additional bells and whistles like USB 3.1 typ C HDMI 2.0 support gsync the hardware encoder and I believe the Seer doesn't have an NVMe drive at between $2 2400 and $2,700 depending on the configuration the X7 Pro V5 could be a pretty compelling option thanks for watching guys if this video is sucked you know what to do but if it was awesome get subscribed hit the like button consider supporting us through the Forum consider supporting us by using our Amazon affiliate code or even buying a shirt check out this video which is a review on our Seer which is pretty interesting that's pretty badass laptop but so is this one check out Channel Super Fun see you next time bye"}