Asus ROG GX800VH Notebook Preview - NotebookCheck

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One of the most important improvements is the reworked Gaming Center, which now appears much more modern and more stylish (compare screenshots). Due to the number of features, however, it will take some time getting used to.

The biggest highlight turns out to be the menu Turbo Gear. Contrary to other manufacturers, Asus does not only use the default overclocking for the processor and the graphics card, but also overclocks the components even further. If you select the Extreme Mode, the standard clocks of the Core i7-6820HK will climb from 2.7-3.6 GHz all the way up to 4.2 GHz – a high value for a notebook CPU.

The two Pascal chips also received a performance boost. Instead of 1582-1771 MHz (core) and 5000 MHz (VRAM), respectively, the GTX 1080 runs at 1632-1821 and 5200 MHz. These clocks are not the limit though. Thanks to the clever architecture, you can get much higher clocks depending on the cooling system. We were able to execute the GPU-Z Render test with up to 1950 MHz (!) in the case of our pre-production unit. 1900 MHz on average after two Unigine Heaven Benchmark runs deserve respect as well.

But back to the Gaming Center. You can comfortably access other software components via quick-access bar at the bottom. These include ROG Macro Key for the configuration of the auxiliary keys or ROG Aura for tuning of the keyboard illumination. It is also possible to adjust the fan behavior of the notebook and the external water cooling (the latter is not required for operation) via Fan Boost. Other tools are Sonic Studio for the Sound and ROG Game First for communication.