like a lot of things the laptop you choose can say a lot about you as an
individual some are a fashion statement like the surface laptop with its deeply
colored aluminum finish and matching alcantara wrist rest others are
utilitarian for the no-nonsense
business-oriented professional crowd while still others are
as far as we can tell pretty much pure displays of access
and wealth as for this one over here the dell g3
what kind of person would own one of these
by the look of things the rugged type of person
the kind of person who has made some compromises in the pursuit of
price to performance but has the trade-off been worth it for him
and his fellow g3rs well join us as we take a look at a day
in the life of a dell g3 owner
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the link below waking up at the crack of 10 o'clock
except for tuesdays because of that one 8 am math class the dell g3 owner spills
out of bed and gets cleaned up he makes
an attempt at grooming himself before finally after 30 painstaking
seconds opting for a hat his muscles ripple as his five plus
pounds of laptop gets stashed into his backpack for transportation followed by
his 1.3 pound power brick thanks to the g3s just over four and a
half hours in our battery life test this second part is a requirement
here the dell g3 and its owner are on
their home turf a quick gaming session during an early break period
compared to other gaming laptops it lacks some flash but the owner is quick
to point out how wise he was to forego RGB for more performance since at 850
dollars the g3 competes with much more expensive models
getting into the game takes a little longer just 128 gigs of solid-state
storage for the os and some applications means that most games will sit on the
one terabyte of molasses slow 5400 RPM
hard drive but once it hits the battlefield the g3
keeps up admirably once again housing a quad-core Intel core i5 8 gigs
of RAM and an NVIDIA 1050 ti even modern aaa games can touch the top
frame rate that can be displayed by its 60hz 1080p monitor
albeit with some sacrifices many in-game details will have to be
dropped to medium or low when brake time is almost over and it's
time to start a last minute render or video export the g3 CPU will thermal
throttle briefly dropping down from its max 4 gigahertz turbo it will increase
its fan speed to a higher performance but still audibly comfortable level
then it settles in at about 3.3 gigahertz with temperatures in the 75 to
80 degree range but now the g3 and its
owner must be removed from their comfort zone to a teacher-assigned steady group
producing the dell g3 here does not draw the attention of potential mates with
their gaze passing by its plastic exterior and large bezels to rivals with
harder slimmer chassis made of exotic materials like carbon fiber
but wait one needs help with homework here the g3
keeps up and even sets itself apart the wide viewing angles afforded by its
ips display help when multiple people want to share an excel document
naturally taken on by the g3 with its greater processing power and dedicated
number pad and while others are donning dongles the
g3 maintains an old-school approach with
a healthy endowment of three usb type-a's and a full-sized HDMI connector
though it becomes confused when presented with the increasingly common
type c device its owner having not shelled out for the
optional Thunderbolt upgrade the subpar trackpad causes it to stumble
while navigating the worksheet however making a little rattling noise every
time it gets tapped and when it comes time to beautify the
assignment in photoshop a competitor takes command with its more vibrant and
color accurate display returning home the owner takes a short
break with some quality youtube content without headphones the speakers of the
g3 delivering a solid enough sound for casual listening
then he begins work typing up that short story for his stupid creative writing
elective it's due tomorrow but he gets up to his
full typing speed quickly thanks to the g3's decent keyboard
the softer but still tactile keystrokes
make for a mostly good experience but he
is occasionally frustrated by a missed stroke due to the g3's mediocre key
stabilization once the story has been polished to a
good enough standard the owner heads to bed dreaming of the day that he might
crack the g3 open to upgrade the RAM or
toss in a larger NVMe drive
arriving at the morning gaming session the next day
something is different a new laptop has disrupted the natural
power dynamic an acer nitro 5.
oh well mine was just 850 bucks remarks the g3
owner but his usual defense is useless
the nitro 5 was 50 less
so they trade blows a slightly stiffer chassis on the dell a better track pad
on the nitro more storage in the hard drive of the
dell but type c compatibility by default
on the nitro the dell has a more subdued appearance
while the nitro 5 goes for a more traditional gamery look
in the end both are worthy competitors
and earn a recommendation from us if you're looking for GPU performance per
dollar in a laptop but the g3 is still deserving of some
criticism the price and performance of the dell g3
is slightly better than the last gen inspiring gaming but it doesn't feel
like it's worthy of being called next gen
the biggest problem for us is that the g3 looks like a three-year-old computer
the build quality is the same if not worse the i o is old school and with
acer making big improvements to the budget gaming segment the dell g3 is
only just getting a recommendation from us at this point we're probably still
gonna say to go with whichever one is on sale but
they'll probably have to make some bigger improvements next time around if
they want to keep up with acer's pressure
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