The Dynaudio speakers produce a surprising richness of sound, whether I am in-game, watching a movie or listening to music. This is easily the best-sounding laptop I've tested. Streaming movies look sharp and vibrant on the big screen, but one of the nicest and most surprising features I found while using the GE72 is its sound quality. I was perfectly happy wandering the wastelands using this laptop, even if it couldn't hit Ultra, like my personal desktop. However, the GeForce experience software that comes with Nvidia's cards was a little more optimistic about the hardware, and turned up many of the settings the game itself had decided were too much. There's a brief five or so seconds of waiting to see where Fallout 4 wants to set itself, and I was a little disappointed when it decided to run the game on 'Low'. When you first install Fallout 4 on PC, it analyzes your rig and sets the graphics accordingly. The first thing I did when I set it up was download my copy of Fallout 4 to it and continue my cloud save. On a day-to-day basis, the GE72 works wonderfully. The entry-level Asus ROG G571, the JL model, is $200 less than the GE72, but doesn't include an SSD, has a 5,400 RPM HDD, and an older i7 chip. Up against the ROG G751, the GE72 falls away, but the former costs $2,749 (£2,399, AU$2,999) fully-configured.

Connectivity: Killer E2400 Game Networking, WLAN Intel 3165 Stone Peak 1 (1x1).

Ports: LAN, HDMI 1.4, mini DisplayPort, USB-C, 2 x USB 3.0, USB 2.0, headphone jack, microphone jack, SD reader.

Storage: 128GB M.2 SATA SSD 1TB SATA HDD (7,200RPM).

Screen: 17.3-inch, 1,920 x 1,080 Full HD, eDP, non-reflection matte display.Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (2GB GDDR5 RAM).

CPU: 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ (quad-core, 6MB cache, up to 3.5GHz with Turbo Boost).

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