Benchmarks: Display
Some of the biggest advancements in modern laptops revolve around the capabilities of the display panel. To provide a more meaningful overview of panel characteristics, we're deploying Datacolor's Spyder 4 Elite professional monitor analyser to return a quantitative assessment of display quality.
Gaming is the G701VI's primary purpose, so it's no surprise to find that the 17.3in panel only manages to cover 97 per cent of the sRGB space and 75 per cent of Adobe RGB. Decent scores, but nothing spectacular.
Being able to display a wide gamut of colours can be helpful, yet the colours themselves still need to deliver in terms of accuracy. In the above chart, the Delta-E figure corresponds to how close the displayed colours match up with real life and the lower the overall result, the better. Any figure below 2 is considered very good.
Brightness isn't a strong point, with the G701VI struggling to achieve 275 nits, but black levels are good and contrast is decent enough. Wide viewing angles and a matte finish help elevate the experience, but all things considered, this is a somewhat basic full-HD panel whose gaming potential is elevated by the availability of 120Hz G-Sync.
