![]() For starters, the screen hinge is recessed and hidden behind the top of the keyboard, so you don’t see obvious panel gaps or exhaust vents. Eye candyĮVGA’s SC17 1080 has a gorgeous display. The same can be said about the black keyboard too, so expect to shut down the laptop every now and then to give it a thorough degreasing. ![]() However, after a few hours of testing, our greasy paw prints were clearly visible on its smooth, dark surface. It’s a Windows Precision Touchpad input device that feels precise and responsive. Meanwhile, the touchpad is an all-in-one input, so you won’t see or feel the left and right-click buttons until you press down on the lower area of the pad. Five brightness levels are available, and is brilliant enough to highlight each key in a well-lit office environment when set at the brightest level. The backlighting is white only, which shines through the key fonts and spills around the key cap edges. The keyboard itself sports a clean, well-space design, and sits within a slightly indented area sporting chicklet-style keys. The EVGA laptop blazes past the Razer Blade Pro in several benchmarks. ![]() This enables a 16-inch width from one side of the laptop to the other, versus the 16.75 inches seen with the Alienware 17 laptop, which has an extra column of macro keys. Easy to use, hard to keep immaculateĭespite the SC17 1080’s PC-gaming origins, you won’t find dedicated macro keys in the keyboard area. The only other connectivity features to note are the laptop’s Bluetooth 4.2 and Wireless AC components, the latter of which can reach speeds of up to 867Mbps. On the right side are two USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports, a headphone jack, and a Thunderbolt 3 connector that also supports video output. ConnectivityĪlong the left side of the laptop you’ll find a handful of ports consisting of gigabit Ethernet connectivity, one USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A port, one HDMI v2.0b port, and two Mini DisplayPort v1.4 connectors. Overall, all hardware installed in the keyboard area is perfectly aligned, fit to be printed in a magazine. Meanwhile, EVGA provides an indented laptop edge under its touchpad measuring around three-quarters of an inch, which makes the trackpad easier to use.ĭespite its full-size keyboard, EVGA has crammed three speakers into the keyboard area: two rectangular speakers that are on the same horizontal line as the touchpad, and one long rectangular speaker running across the top of the keyboard. For instance, Dell’s laptop angles out to a point in the front, leaving a space of around 1.5 inches between the tip of the angled edge to the bottom of the touchpad’s buttons. Just in the keyboard area alone, EVGA uses the space wisely compared to what we’ve seen in other laptops, like the Alienware 17 R4. It’s an extremely solid, no-frills design. Acer Predator laptops typically have a black and red design, while Asus laptops offer either that or, in some new models, a silver and bronze look. For instance, Alienware laptops include a metallic, spaceship-like lid, and illuminated strips along its edges. There’s no chassis lighting save for the illuminated EVGA logo on the lid, and no multi-color theme giving it visual flare. ![]() Visually, EVGA’s laptop sports a no-frills, black unibody aluminum design. If you want a light show, shoot some fireworks You’ll play games on a 17.3-inch screen with a 3,840 x 2,160 native resolution, and Nvidia’s G-Sync technology. This isn’t the recent Max-Q version designed for tight enclosures, but Nvidia’s original chip tweaked for thick, high-performance notebooks.īacking the GeForce GTX 1080 graphics chip is Intel’s Core i7-7820HK processor, 32GB of DDR4 system memory clocked at 2,666MHz, and PCI Express-based storage, all designed to provide the maximum frame rate possible in a mobile form factor. EVGA introduced is first gaming laptop in January of 2016, and as our EVGA SC17 1080 laptop review found, the newcomer has a lot to offer.Īs the name implies, this $3,000 laptop is built around Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080. ![]() EVGA is best known for manufacturing high-quality GeForce add-in cards and power supplies for desktops, but the company also dips its toes into processor cooling, peripherals, and more. ![]()
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