This is the first gaming laptop I’ve had with Nvidia RTX 2070 Super graphics, but just
how well does it perform in games?
I’ve tested the Infinity W5 in 20 games at all setting levels to find out, and this
is the same tongfang chassis as the Eluktronics Mech-15 G3 and XMG Neo 15.
These are all the specs we’re dealing with in my model, so some pretty good stuff for
a gaming laptop, however there are also other specs available, you can find examples as
well as updated pricing linked in the description.
The Gaming Center software lets you select between different performance modes, and I’ve
used the highest turbo mode, though I didn’t find this to apply any overclocking or undervolting
by default.
It’s also possible to disable optimus and only use the Nvidia discrete graphics through
the BIOS, which will boost gaming performance, so I’ve used this too.
We’ll only be covering gaming performance in this video, so if you’re new then get
subscribed for the full review which will cover thermals and more.
Let’s start out by going through all games at all setting levels, then afterwards we’ll
see how a laptop with these specs compares against some other laptops.
Red Dead Redemption 2 was tested using the game’s built in benchmark tool, and this
test is tough on pretty much any laptop regardless of specs with max settings, however this is
still one of the better results I’ve seen so far from any gaming laptop.
Battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode, and the result at ultra settings is again
one of the best I’ve ever seen out of all gaming laptops I’ve tested, but we’ll
compare some other laptops in this game soon.
Control was tested with and without RTX enabled.
I’ve got the results with RTX off in purple, RTX on in the green bars which is much worse,
then RTX on with DLSS enabled as shown by the red bars, which was still playing quite
well and looking nice.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider was tested with the built in benchmark, and again even maxed
out the frame rate was one of the best results I’ve seen, but again we’ll see how other
laptops compare in this title shortly.
Apex Legends was tested with either all settings at maximum, or all settings on the lowest
possible values, as it doesn’t have predefined setting presets.
Absolutely no problems running it maxed out, and at minimum settings the frame rate is
a great result for the 240Hz screen.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare was tested in campaign mode, and I’ve also tested it with
the settings either maxed out or at minimum.
Again no problems playing at max settings, while minimum offered 1% low performance that
was above the average at max.
Borderlands 3 was tested using the game’s built in benchmark, and hitting above 60 FPS
with the highest setting preset in this test is a great result for a laptop, though we
could more than double this at very low.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint was also tested with the benchmark tool, and again despite max
settings being fairly resource intensive, especially for most gaming laptops, surpassing
70 FPS wasn’t an issue.
Fortnite was tested with the replay feature, and the results were very good here, medium
settings were giving 1% low performance not too far behind the screens refresh rate, and
it of course played fine at max.
Overwatch is another less demanding game and was tested in the practice range.
Once more absolutely zero issues running a less demanding game like this maxed out at
epic settings.
CS:GO was tested using the Ulletical FPS benchmark, and the frame rates are very high here due
to optimus being disabled.
Generally games with very high frame rates like this see the biggest improvement be disabling
the iGPU.
Dota 2 was tested playing in the middle lane, and despite what I just said, this game seems
to have some sort of engine limitation really preventing us going much better than this
on any laptop, so you can easily get similar results on lower end hardware.
Rainbow Six Siege was tested with the built in benchmark using Vulkan, now they just changed
this benchmark for the first time in years to apparently better reflect the current state
of gameplay, so these results can’t be compared with any of my previous numbers.
Metro Exodus was tested using the built in benchmark, most parts of the game perform
a fair bit better than this, so don’t take these results as a good indication of what
to expect throughout the entire game, it’s more of a worst case.
The Division 2 was also tested with the built in benchmark, and like pretty much all other
titles covered so far, above average frame rates were seen when compared against most
other laptops I’ve tested, most likely due to the 2070 Super Max-P graphics.
Monster Hunter World was tested running through the main town, like other machines I’ve
tested this game on so far, the 1% lows aren’t too far behind the averages which is always
good to see.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was tested with the built in benchmark, and given the lower
specced G5 SE laptop I recently tested couldn’t hit 60 FPS at low settings, seeing this at
maximum really goes to show the difference this higher tier hardware can offer.
Far Cry New Dawn was also tested with the games benchmark, and as a CPU sensitive test
the 8 core i7 is likely helping out here, it performs similarly in that sense to the
older Far Cry 5, and we’ll compare some laptops in that very soon.
The Witcher 3 was playing well even at the highest ultra setting preset, and while I
don’t think it needs a very high frame rate, there was a nice jump simply by stepping down
to high settings while still looking nice.
F1 2019 was tested using the game’s benchmark tool, again the frame rate maxed out was still
good, but there were nice gains to be had simply by going down one level.
Let’s also take a look at how this hardware compares with other laptops, use these results
as a rough guide only as they were tested at different times with different drivers.
In Battlefield 5 I’ve got this machine highlighted in red.
It’s giving me one of the best results compared to other high end laptops, only the far thicker
and much more expensive desktop replacements like the MSI GT76 with much higher wattage
GPUs are able to beat it.
The 1% low performance was also very good, likely as a result of the 8 core processor
which was also performing well.
These are the results from Far Cry 5 with ultra settings in the built in benchmark.
The W5 is still up there, though the Triton 500 with 2080 Max-Q was a little ahead in
this one, regardless still one of the best results out of all gaming laptops I’ve tested
so far.
These are the results from Shadow of the Tomb raider with the built in benchmark at highest
settings.
Again the results are very high, the GS66 was 1 FPS ahead this time, though this and
the Triton 500 all allow you to disable Optimus which is why I think we’re seeing this higher
tier of performance compared to others.
Overall the gaming performance from the Infinity W5 was extremely impressive, the RTX 2070
Super offers great performance, especially when paired with the option of disabling Optimus.
Overclocking and undervolting would likely help further, but I’ll investigate further
turning in the full review.
Here are the screen response time results for the 1080p 240Hz screen in my unit, the
results were on the better side compared to others I’ve tested so far.
You can check the link in the description if you need an explanation on what all of
these numbers mean, but basically the average grey to grey response time is around 5ms.
Let me know what you thought of the gaming performance from the Infinity W5 gaming laptop
down in the comments, and if you’re new here then definitely get subscribed for the
full review to see everything about this machine, so far it’s quite impressive.