Benchmarks: System and Gaming
Overall system performance, as measured using PCMark 8, is very impressive for a £999 system.
But it's the graphics department in which the Vortex GT shows its true strength. The laptop costs £150 less than MSI's GS60 2PC Ghost, yet offers a near-50-per-cent increase in graphics performance. Over 50 frames per second in our default Aliens vs. Predator benchmark is a very healthy return and it suggests high-end gaming potential.
1080p Gaming Performance (Average FPS) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Quality Settings | PC Specialist Vortex Series |
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(Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M) |
(Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M) |
(Palit GeForce GTX 660) |
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| BioShock Infinite | Very Low Quality | 155.8 |
121.6 |
- |
| Low Quality | 120.9 |
90.0 |
- |
|
| Medium Quality | 100.1 |
73.1 |
98.8 |
|
| High Quality | 85.6 |
61.4 |
89.5 |
|
| Max Quality | 52.2 |
35.6 |
54.4 |
|
| GRID 2 | CMAA, Ultra Low Quality | 139.9 |
139.2 |
- |
| 2xMSAA, Low Quality | 117.3 |
115.3 |
- |
|
| 4xMSAA, Medium Quality | 103.2 |
102.9 |
115.7 |
|
| 4xMSAA, High Quality | 94.8 |
87.2 |
103.5 |
|
| 4xMSAA, Ultra Quality | 64.1 |
49.0 |
57.5 |
|
| Total War: Rome II | Low | 120.7 |
90.3 |
- |
| Medium Quality | 115.0 |
85.3 |
124.2 |
|
| High Quality | 99.4 |
72.5 |
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| Very High Quality | 60.4 |
44.0 |
56.1 |
|
| Extreme Quality | 30.6 |
21.6 |
25.3 |
|
Digging deeper into the laptop's GPU credentials, we've run a trio of games with varying degrees of image quality at a native 1080p resolution. The results show that playable framerates can be maintained with high or even maximum quality settings. Overall performance is not too dissimilar to a desktop GeForce GTX 660.