Are YOU a Cheap-ass Gamer? - Dell G3
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2019-05-06
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1,316 words · ~6 min read
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like a lot of things the laptop you choose can say a lot about you as an
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individual some are a fashion statement like the surface laptop with its deeply
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colored aluminum finish and matching alcantara wrist rest others are
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utilitarian for the no-nonsense
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business-oriented professional crowd while still others are
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as far as we can tell pretty much pure displays of access
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and wealth as for this one over here the dell g3
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what kind of person would own one of these
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by the look of things the rugged type of person
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the kind of person who has made some compromises in the pursuit of
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price to performance but has the trade-off been worth it for him
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and his fellow g3rs well join us as we take a look at a day
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in the life of a dell g3 owner
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the link below waking up at the crack of 10 o'clock
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except for tuesdays because of that one 8 am math class the dell g3 owner spills
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out of bed and gets cleaned up he makes
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an attempt at grooming himself before finally after 30 painstaking
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seconds opting for a hat his muscles ripple as his five plus
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pounds of laptop gets stashed into his backpack for transportation followed by
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his 1.3 pound power brick thanks to the g3s just over four and a
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half hours in our battery life test this second part is a requirement
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here the dell g3 and its owner are on
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their home turf a quick gaming session during an early break period
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compared to other gaming laptops it lacks some flash but the owner is quick
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to point out how wise he was to forego RGB for more performance since at 850
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dollars the g3 competes with much more expensive models
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getting into the game takes a little longer just 128 gigs of solid-state
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storage for the os and some applications means that most games will sit on the
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one terabyte of molasses slow 5400 RPM
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hard drive but once it hits the battlefield the g3
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keeps up admirably once again housing a quad-core Intel core i5 8 gigs
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of RAM and an NVIDIA 1050 ti even modern aaa games can touch the top
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frame rate that can be displayed by its 60hz 1080p monitor
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albeit with some sacrifices many in-game details will have to be
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dropped to medium or low when brake time is almost over and it's
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time to start a last minute render or video export the g3 CPU will thermal
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throttle briefly dropping down from its max 4 gigahertz turbo it will increase
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its fan speed to a higher performance but still audibly comfortable level
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then it settles in at about 3.3 gigahertz with temperatures in the 75 to
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80 degree range but now the g3 and its
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owner must be removed from their comfort zone to a teacher-assigned steady group
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producing the dell g3 here does not draw the attention of potential mates with
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their gaze passing by its plastic exterior and large bezels to rivals with
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harder slimmer chassis made of exotic materials like carbon fiber
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but wait one needs help with homework here the g3
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keeps up and even sets itself apart the wide viewing angles afforded by its
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ips display help when multiple people want to share an excel document
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naturally taken on by the g3 with its greater processing power and dedicated
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number pad and while others are donning dongles the
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g3 maintains an old-school approach with
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a healthy endowment of three usb type-a's and a full-sized HDMI connector
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though it becomes confused when presented with the increasingly common
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type c device its owner having not shelled out for the
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optional Thunderbolt upgrade the subpar trackpad causes it to stumble
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while navigating the worksheet however making a little rattling noise every
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time it gets tapped and when it comes time to beautify the
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assignment in photoshop a competitor takes command with its more vibrant and
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color accurate display returning home the owner takes a short
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break with some quality youtube content without headphones the speakers of the
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g3 delivering a solid enough sound for casual listening
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then he begins work typing up that short story for his stupid creative writing
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elective it's due tomorrow but he gets up to his
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full typing speed quickly thanks to the g3's decent keyboard
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the softer but still tactile keystrokes
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make for a mostly good experience but he
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is occasionally frustrated by a missed stroke due to the g3's mediocre key
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stabilization once the story has been polished to a
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good enough standard the owner heads to bed dreaming of the day that he might
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crack the g3 open to upgrade the RAM or
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toss in a larger NVMe drive
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arriving at the morning gaming session the next day
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something is different a new laptop has disrupted the natural
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power dynamic an acer nitro 5.
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oh well mine was just 850 bucks remarks the g3
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owner but his usual defense is useless
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the nitro 5 was 50 less
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so they trade blows a slightly stiffer chassis on the dell a better track pad
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on the nitro more storage in the hard drive of the
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dell but type c compatibility by default
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on the nitro the dell has a more subdued appearance
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while the nitro 5 goes for a more traditional gamery look
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in the end both are worthy competitors
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and earn a recommendation from us if you're looking for GPU performance per
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dollar in a laptop but the g3 is still deserving of some
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criticism the price and performance of the dell g3
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is slightly better than the last gen inspiring gaming but it doesn't feel
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like it's worthy of being called next gen
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the biggest problem for us is that the g3 looks like a three-year-old computer
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the build quality is the same if not worse the i o is old school and with
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acer making big improvements to the budget gaming segment the dell g3 is
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only just getting a recommendation from us at this point we're probably still
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gonna say to go with whichever one is on sale but
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they'll probably have to make some bigger improvements next time around if
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