Gigabyte P34G

Great gaming performance, portable, high-quality display

Build not that flashy, fan is very loud under strain, battery can’t match non-gaming rivals

If you thought gaming PCs had to be big, heavy and ugly, then think again. The Gigabyte P34G v2 can't hold a candle to most £1,000+ Ultrabooks in the battery life or looks departments, but it's a discreet and portable laptop with serious gaming power.

Light, thin and stylish ; Quiet and efficient cooling ; Good touchpad

Poor battery life ; Only 2GB of GDDR ; Bouncy keyboard

Gigabyte continue their medium-specced P34 line with a machine that performs well and blends in with co-workers. Although we’d like more battery time.

Excellent performance and specs ; Easy overclocking tool ; Great price

Poor touchpad ; Disappointing battery life ; Cheap-looking build

The Gigabyte P34G gaming laptop offers fantastic gaming performance for hundreds less than the competition. It's a no-brainer.

Just 21mm thick, 1.67kg with SSD only ; Can run modern games at low-medium graphical settings ; Ultra Boost’ feature overclocks GPU for a few extra FPS ; Full HD 1920x1080-pixel display ; Solid, attractive construction

Can’t produce playable framerates while running on battery ; No optical drive for disc-based games (fine if you use Steam or Origin)

The Gigabyte P34G v2 gives you a lot of power for under £1,000, and it's definitely one of the lightest gaming laptops we've ever seen. However, if you're not interested in gaming and would prefer instead to be able to use your laptop on the move all...

Decent performance at a good price, Slim and lightweight, Bright 1080p display with good viewing angles

Loud cooling fans, Generic-looking design, Uninspiring battery-life

And given how much performance it offers in a small and easy-to-carry package, those looking for a portable gaming solution, whether instead or in addition to bulkier and pricier alternatives, will find a lot to like in this system.

Decent performance at a good price ; Slim and lightweight ; Bright 1080p display with good viewing angles

Loud cooling fans ; Generic-looking design ; Uninspiring battery-life

The P34G v2 finished next to last in our grueling battery rundown test, lasting just over four hours. The Razer Blade showed almost three hours more stamina.

Lichte en dunne behuizing; Anti-reflectie beeldscherm met accurate kleurweergave; Slimme verdeling poorten; Handige accessoires; Handig in onderhoud; Toetsenbord met backlight-verlichting; Aantrekkelijk design; mSATA SSD

Throttling onder extreme belasting; CPU kan erg warm worden; Duidelijk hoorbaar onder belasting; Kleine stabiliteitsproblemen; Zwakke batterij

Een van de grootste concurrenten, de Razer Blade, is globaal gezien interessanter, maar kan niet op tegen het beeldscherm van de P34G.

Leve e fino ; Case muito elegante ; Muito bom desempenho de jogos ; Desempenho de aplicativos de primeira categoria ; Não há portas na área frontal ; Tela brilhante, nítida e com cores fieis ; Excelente iluminação de teclado ; Bolso incluído ; Gigabyte...

Processamento inexato do aparelho de teste ; A traseira da tela atrai as impressões digitais ; O teste de estresse irreal provocou o afogamento da CPU ; Desempenho de jogos massivamente limitado no modo de bateria ; O teclado poderia ser mais sólido ;...

A Gigabyte infelizmente não consegue uma pontuação geral mais alta devido às falhas de processamento do nosso modelo de teste que não foram confirmadas no precursor, e que não combinam com a faixa de preços alvo. As melhores coisas do teclado instável,...