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The Dominator Pro was right on the P35X's heels with 34 fps. At the highest settings, the P35X delivered a playable 35 fps, besting the 15 fps average and the Omen's 16 fps. The Omen and Dominator Pro picked up the slack with 66 and 57 fps, respectively. On low at 1080p, the laptop hit 106 fps, beating the 59 fps average. The P35X delivered smooth performance on the GPU-taxing Metro: Last Light benchmark. The Dominator Pro came in at a distant second, with 85 fps, while the Omen produced 42 fps. When we ran the same test on high, the P35X's frame rate dropped to 116 fps, which is still well above the 40-fps average. The P35X crushed the HP Omen's (Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M) 67 fps, but the MSI GT72 Dominator Pro (Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M) was the clear winner, with 182 fps. On the BioShock Infinite benchmark, the P35X hit 151 fps on low at 1,920 x 1,080, nearly double the 88 fps mainstream laptop average. Downgrading to high settings raised the frame rate to 80 fps. When I played Far Cry 4 on ultra settings at 2,880 x 1,600 pixels, the laptop delivered an impressive 65 fps.

Thanks to its Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M graphics card with 8GB of VRAM, the laptop is built to deliver inordinately high frame rates. What the Gigabyte P35X v3 doesn't have in looks, it makes up for in power. It was better than the Omen's 78 dB, but not enough to conquer the Dominator Pro's boisterous 93 dB. The P35X hit 85 decibels on the Laptop Mag Audio Test, which is a notch below the 86-dB average. It was sort of like lighting an M-80 only to discover it's a bang snap. I blew up a large truck with an RPG, only to be greeted by a neutered boom. The singer's usually radiant soprano fell flat. As I listened to Janelle Monae's "Ghetto Woman," my ears were buffeted with loud, tinny highs and barely there lows.

If you ever wondered what disappointment sounds like, look no further than the P35X's bottom-mounted speakers. When tested for brightness, the P35X dazzled at 338 nits, destroying the 238-nit average, not to mention the Omen (269) and the Dominator Pro (255). The HP Omen was a respectable 98 percent, while the MSI Dominator Pro delivered 89 percent. That's well above the 84 percent mainstream average. The laptop performed well on the sRGB Gamut test, which measures color reproduction, scoring 105.2 percent. I was impressed with the level of detail, which allowed me to see the individual hairs on a clouded leopard's hide as I made quick work of skinning it. I enjoyed crystal-blue skies and lush green vegetation as I made my way through Kyrat in Far Cry 4. The display also held up well during gaming.
