Benchmarks: Power Draw and Battery Life
We've found the GS60 Ghost Pro's weak link, and though it perhaps doesn't come as a surprise, it remains a disappointment: battery life is well below average.
With the heightened power requirements of the 4K display and the same underlying 53Wh battery, the Ghost Pro simply doesn't last long enough by today's standards. Our battery test entails looping a 720p video clip with all wireless radios disabled and screen brightness set to 50 per cent, and the Ghost Pro succumbed to hibernation in less than two-and-half hours. And remember, that's using the Intel IGP and not the discrete Nvidia GPU.
A deal-breaker? Perhaps, and to make matters worse, the laptop then took 148 minutes to fully recharge.
