Acer Predator G9 (593) i7 6700hq + nvidia 1070

[rapurimanka]

Hey, there. Few month ago I bought this laptop and it’s awesome, though it has some cons. I’ll describe everything in this thread. Also I’m searching for someone, who will share his time and help me crack its’ bios

 

 

Acer Predator G9-593

Intel Core i7-6700HQ (2.6Ghz/3.5Ghz) (https://goo.gl/dehk14)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8Gb GDDR5) (https://goo.gl/z2aEFL)

15.6inch 1920x1080 (G-Sync) (IPS) (Matte)

16Gb DDR4-2400 / PC4-19200 (2x ACR24D4S7S8MB-8)

1tb HDD + 128gb SSD

Windows 10 x64

Nvidia driver - 378.49

4 USB 3.0, 1 USB-C с Thunderbolt 3, HDMI 2.0, Display Port, SD Card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio/mic

 

Several reviews:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Predator-15-G9-593…iew.187314.0.html
http://gearopen.com/computers/acer-predator-15-g9-59…ond-attack-40868/
http://laptopmedia.com/review/acer-predator-15-g9-59…he-second-attack/

 

Also this laptop has a bigger brother – Acer Predator G9 793, absolutely same laptop but with 17inch panel, 4k variant and 4 speakers.

 

First of all, good sides:

 

• Solid construction, soft touch martial all over the case, no glossy parts.

• Sound is really loud, even basses exists here, though I can’t say its best of the best.

• Outstanding performance, take a look at this data https://goo.gl/oyF9dl, almost all games run over 60 fps in 1080 and over 30 fps in 4k. Take a look a several gameplay videos that I’ve captures on this beast, all of them were captured in 4k resolution, on ultra settings with no AA:

 

Rise of Tomb Raider - https://youtu.be/rNRMnytsC2c
The Witcher 3 - https://youtu.be/dJicr6we0z0
Quantum Break - https://youtu.be/PNofDssIgS4
(1080 with max AA) Crysis 3 - https://youtu.be/H1ja_BhD0-Q
Resident Evil 7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiF-zhTwNDE
Battlefield 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypOEnJ9KbKs
Dishonored 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhtvj4BkiMc

 

Only in  Ghost Recon Wildlands I had less then 30 fps https://youtu.be/lbeW9PZvsUo

 

And bad sides:

 

• Thought laptop is 15inch, its bulky as hell, thank god it looks okay, not like some previous gaming crap lappys: http://www.notebookcheck.net/uploads/tx_nbc2/toshiba_qosmio_x305_q725_01.jpg

• Screen has some ghosting, previous static images can stay on screen for some time. Not this laptop, but image illustrates the issue: https://goo.gl/H42OCJ 

• Some laptops has overheating issue on CPU. Though in rarely influence on performance, its still sad thing to have in such big laptop. Issue described in this thread: https://goo.gl/KjNNBN, simple CPU repasting solves the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVEpuZNWLxw

• Stepback in turms of battery life since g-sync laptops doesn’t support nvidia optimus. Around 4-5 hours of work.

 

[rapurimanka]

Played Mass Effect: Andromeda in 4k on ultra settings. Alas, another game that my 1070 is not particularly dragging. An average of 30 fps, but there are drawdowns and up to 20.

As a result, I decreased rendering by 20% from 4k resolution and fps became 40-45.

Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-dhsKtJjok and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxcTEFqQ-Go

Alas, https://pp.userapi.com/c626121/v626121184/5a3fa/Iw65r5iWUpo.jpg

[rapurimanka]

Prey 2017 works like charm, https://youtu.be/ZYbd0P0fa-c

 

All maxed out, 4k, never goes lower then 30 fps. 

[rapurimanka]

Two new videos

First, the replacement of thermal paste: https://youtu.be/8tnYBbDpmYo

And secondly, Destiny 2 at the maximum settings, with disabled anti-aliasing and 4k game. 30 fps stable, with rare sagging. In 1080 fps goes under a hundred:

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