***Gigabyte P35X owner's lounge***

The Gigabyte P35X v3 Owner's Lounge

Greetings! This is the thread for all who own, want to own, or would just like to discuss the P35X v3 (update: and the v4) from Gigabyte. Everyone is welcome!

***REVIEW IN PROGRESS***

This is very much a post-in-progress. I shall be dumping my benchmarks here over the next few days and will also be giving my impressions and feedback on all aspects of the notebook. I aim for this post to morph into a full review with time. I will be constantly updating and improving the organisation of my content here.

Dimensions: 385(W) x 270(D) x 20.9(H) mm
Measured weight (with optical drive): 2.5kg

Image gallery: http://1drv.ms/1sjJWEW

Fan noise (maximum fan settings, phone placed at centre of keyboard):

Clevo P170SM

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Gigabyte P35X v3

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Without further ado; the first set of P35X v3 benchmarks:

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3DMark FireStrike (driver version - 344.00)

FireStrike Ultra: ||| Run #1 - (GPU-Z) |||
FireStrike Extreme: ||| Run #1 - (GPU-Z) |||
FireStrike Standard: ||| Run #1 - (GPU-Z) |||

3DMark FireStrike (driver version - 344.60)

FireStrike Ultra: ||| Run #1 - GPU-Z - HWMonitor |||
FireStrike Extreme: ||| Run #1 - GPU-Z - HWMonitor |||
FireStrike Standard: ||| Run #1 - GPU-Z - HWMonitor |||

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Benchmarks & Temperature graphs

***All games run at maximum settings possible, including all forms of AA (with the sole exception of SSAA)***

***Throttle info and VRAM usage coming soon***

Graph #1:

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Graph #2:

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Graph #3:

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Temp chart:

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More benchmarks (and overall notebook impressions) coming very shortly...

 

*reserved for future content*

 

Great score and great temps so far, manage to get temps of the CPU during those tests?

 

ME <= WANT TO OWN!!! (caps sorry, excitement ) Amazing GPU temps!!!

 

looking forward to everything you will show us!:thumbsup:

Edit: Would be awesome with some eyecandy tho!!

 

I'm going to update the driver to 344.60 and try again, to see if there is any difference. Then move onto Crysis 3 etc...

Didn't bother getting CPU temp screenshots for that first try but will this time around. I can tell you that the maximum temp was 91°C on CPU during any of those three first FireStrike tests.

 

It will be really interisting to see your initial impressions of the machine and your review regarding performance, thermal efficiency, noise and power throttling (if any)!

 

Ah, same as that BF4 Youtube report for the CPU, then.

 

65c on load!? Oh god! take of that back!! i am smelling 3 heatpipes!!

Edit: Huh, what happened to your first picture link? I was clicking wrong link XD Make some space between them! XD

 

does it throttle at 91C or 100C?

EDIT i mean the CPU, but same inquiry regarding the GPU (which appearantly runs cooler anyway)

 

You got 65 °C max on the 980M on this thin of a laptop?! Wow, and I'm over here trying to survive with the 870M and its easily 85 °C temperatures.

 

Good Firestrike score there cakefish, looks inline with other results I've seen on notebookcheck.net, twice the score of my overclocked GPU and only just a tiny bit hotter, all in a slim & small notebook while still being manufactured on 28nm - impressive! How does the CPU stack up, is it scoring like it should (couldn't find much info on what it's supposed to score in Firestrike?)?

Can you do some 3DMark11 runs (on the standard preset - performance preset)?

 

Good temps. Try to loop Firestrike Ultra and Prime95 for 15-20 min and check the temps. Use HwMonitor to record temp/throttle .

 

Not a bad Idea, but more fun to just play some BF4 on max settings for 15-30 mins.

 

Cnan you ask he rep on OcUK if they can sell the keyboards seperately for people to swap?? the UK keyboard looks dog ugly....

 

Currently running another round of FireStrike tests with 344.60 divers. Will then move onto actual games and check for throttling.

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

It's mostly same as US layout, just with few keys with swapped symbols. For example, @ (UK) or " (US) on number key 2.

As for replacement keyboard, you might have better lucky to find it on ebay.

Regards

 

You have no idea how many sales you're probably about to generate once your input gets submitted here

 

Maybe he can get an advertising contract with OCUK?

 

All I know is you Americans buys off all of our stock, you evil

Regards

 

Cakefish, what games do you have of the banchmark worthy calibur? E.G. BF4, The Witcher 2 and (can it run) Crysis?

 

I wish! The shipping window wasn't fast enough for me (traveling next week)

 

And they don't pay their taxes! Those rebel colonians!

 

Here's a though: lets run BF4 AND Witcher 2 AND Crysis 3 at windowed1080p AT SAME TIME! Will it get cooked? [Sinister laughs]

Regards

 

Diablo 3 @ 3k resolution too

 

I placed my order last night and have a ship time of this Thurs 11/6. If you order tonight, you should have by Fri. That isn't fast enough for you?

If Cakefish doesn't do Diablo 3, then I'll do it with Wasteland 2 and FFXIV ARR MMO when I get it on Thurs night. Probably won't start benching until Fri night though.

 

ignore multiple post

 

I am worried about customs taking sometime (next week I won't be here, any delay means will be shipped back to UK)

 

Gotcha, good point. Time for me to knock on wood and hope custom doesn't take their jolly time.

 

@Cakefish Do you plan on replacing the TIM of your heatinks?

 

Nah I am pretty sure it will be just fine, I just couldn't take the epsilon risk And bank pulled off the "suspicious activity" on me today, so I cannot buy s*** atm without receiving my new debit card, you gotta love those banks..

 

The CPU is hardcoded to throttle at 90C. Max temps you're gonna see on the P35W is 91/92C on the CPU. The GPU shouldn't exceed 85C under heady load.

Thank you cakefish for doing this review. Can you tell us something about noise levels during normal load (office/surfing, etc.)?

 

More FireStrike benchmarks added to 1st post.

Crysis 3, Metro Redux, Shadow Warrior, The Witcher 2, Tomb Raider, Total War Rome II etc.

I have lots

Depends on how easy it is. Will have to nose around the insides tomorrow, or the day after, to have a look!

 

Sorry to hear that and hope things go well for you. Yeah, I've been there before last year one day before my Disneyland vacation, I got a call from BofA fraud protection asking me if I was in NY and I told them I'm still in CA and about to go on vacation. BofA allowed me to withdraw cash before they closed out my account.

 

Hmm cpu 91c in HWmonitor.. I should help with some other thermal paste.. I reaaally want to see those heatpipes now!
66c on the gpu is very good

 

Damn. I for one wouldnt care if the CPU is 88C or 98C. The chips can handle 110C I beleive. Is there a way to get around this?

 

Ordered mine as well, and yes I will replace the TIM of my heatsinks with Artic Silver 5.

 

And then you get 50% gaming preformance because of throtling.. temps are important.

 

Prolimatech PK-1 for CPU paste! I really love it, SlickDude80's advice (where is he btw? I didn't see him on the forum for ages)

@Cakefish: Bro, prop the back of the laptop / put a cooling pad under and temps will drop 5-10C I am pretty sure!

 

Oh I forgot, can you post temps of the CPU under normal load, cakefish? Appreciated!

@Arthedes: You can get around throttling with Throttle Stop, but CPU temps will go from 50C to +100C in minutes and will fry your system after a couple weeks/months.

 

CPU can go upto 100C but it will start to throttle @ 90. BTW start HWMonitor with sensor only mode, It'll give you more information. If you stress CPU/GPU simultaneously you will get more clear picture about temp and throttle.

 

No. I meant that the throttle limit should be set to 100C

I regularly hit 99C on my old craptop with a Core2Duo T7700 2.4GHz and its still running strong (for a T7700). Mobile CPUs are designed to operate up to 110C.

EDIT: I am misstaken. i7 4710HQ can go up to 100C. 90C is a good thermal limit http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i7-4710HQ-Notebook-Processor.115084.0.html

EDIT2: So too bad the CPU throttles in Firestrike, but very nice the 980m runs at a cool 65C!

 

Yupp, but nothing propping the back of the laptop can't fix I think CPU temperature problem can be fixed if 980m is seriously 65C at most

 

Is AS5 still the best out there?

 

firestrike is pushing it to it's limits which will not happen in gaming... what im more interested is the fan noise

 

Yep exactly. CPU throttling can also induce that nasty stuttering.

So far it seems that CPU thermals really is the Achilles' heel of thin and lights.

Not the CPU no. That physics test doesn't push the CPU half as hard as some of the more demanding games.

 

OK guys, I think 10 benches within the hour (like as much load as you will put on GPU and CPU) and Cakefish's results are 90C for CPU and 65C for the GPU (with some minor bumps, not so important). I think "perfect laptop is real". Join me in chanting happiness throughout the world and share these good news, our prophet Cakefish, we believe in you (and your p35x v3 )!

 

nop...use ICDiamond 24 or MX4

 

Looks like I'm going to have to get the TIM replaced with ICD24 then, TYVM Cakefish!

 

It is physically impossible to "fix" the CPU temp. You can't put a Haswell-quadcore-CPU in a slim 15inch notebook and have it not throttle.

I have been notebook-hunting for 6 months now and had the P35W v2 for 2 weeks. I tried pretty much everything (repasting, notebook cooler, running it with the backpanel open) to get the CPU to stay under 90C. Nothing worked. It just how it is.