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MagyarEurocom Nightsky TXi317 laptop review: 125 W GeForce RTX 3080 Ti speedster
The Nightsky TXi317 is the latest 17.3-inch gaming laptop from Eurocom utilizing Intel's 12th gen Alder Lake-H CPUs and up to a 155 W TGP GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU to be one of the fastest gaming laptops currently available. It shares the same Tongfang chassis design as the Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 and so we recommend checking out our existing review here for more details on the chassis and its physical features.
Our review configuration comes equipped with the Core i7-12700H CPU, 144 Hz 1080p IPS display, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU, and 64 GB of RAM for approximately $4100 USD. The lowest-end GPU option is the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti which puts the Nightsky TXi317 squarely in the enthusiast gaming laptop market.
Direct competitors include other high-performance 17-inch gaming laptops like the Aorus 17X, MSI Raider GE77, or Alienware x17 R2.
More Eurocom reviews:
Potential Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.3 % | 10/2022 | Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.9 kg | 27 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 85.4 % | 07/2022 | Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.8 kg | 27 mm | 17.30" | 2560x1440 | |
| 83.7 % | 08/2022 | Aorus 17X XES i9-12900HX, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.7 kg | 30 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86.8 % | 07/2022 | MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS i9-12900HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 3.1 kg | 25.9 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
| 89.9 % | 07/2022 | Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.8 kg | 19.9 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
| 89.2 % | 05/2022 | Alienware x17 R2 P48E i9-12900HK, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | 3.1 kg | 20.9 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 |
Case
There is one superficial difference between the Nightsky TXi317 and XMG Pro 17 E22: The rear corners of the Eurocom design incorporate glossy bronze-color trims while the Schenker design does not. Otherwise, their chassis designs are identical.
SD Card Reader
| SD Card Reader | |
| average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E (AV Pro V60) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 (AV Pro V60) | |
| maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E (AV Pro V60) | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 (AV Pro V60) | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
Communication
Wi-Fi 6 comes standard with no Wi-Fi 6E options from the manufacturer despite the high price range of the model. Transfer rates are nonetheless steady and without connectivity issues.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
Webcam
The camera is only 1 MP with no 2 MP options which is again disappointing considering the high price range of the model.
Maintenance
The bottom panel is secured by 16 Philips screws for easy serviceability. Most other gaming laptops have far fewer screws, however, and so it takes a bit more patience to open up the Eurocom.
Accessories and Warranty
The retail box includes no extras beyond the AC adapter and paperwork. The standard one-year limited manufacturer warranty applies if purchased in the US.
Display
Our test unit utilizes the same LG Philips LP173WFG-SPB3 IPS panel as found on the Schenker XMG Focus 17. When compared to the 1440p BOE panel on the XMG Pro 17 E22, our 1080p LG Philips panel offers narrower colors, a slower refresh rate, and slower black-white response times to be more of a midrange display than a high-end one. It's still very good, however, but 1440p is definitely a better fit than 1080p for a laptop running on a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU.
Luckily, the TXi317 comes with three panels to choose from ranging from 1080p to 4K. Keep in mind that none are OLED nor can they offer full AdobeRGB coverage.
- 144Hz FHD; Matte; 100% sRGB; eDP 40pin; 3.5mm; LP173WFG-SPB1
- 1440p, 165Hz QHD 2560x1440; Matte; 1000:1; 100% sRGB; eDP 40-pin; BOE NE173QHM-NY2
- 2160p, UHD 60Hz; Matte; 1200:1 contrast; 100% sRGB; eDP; AUO B173ZAN03.0
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Brightness Distribution: 88 %
Center on Battery: 303.9 cd/m²
Contrast: 1013:1 (Black: 0.3 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.35 | 0.59-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 1.61
ΔE Greyscale 3.8 | 0.57-98 Ø5.5
65.4% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
95.2% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
64.5% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.3
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 LG Philips LP173WFG-SPB3, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.30 | Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 BOE099D, IPS, 2560x1440, 17.30 | Aorus 17X XES Sharp SHP1563, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.30 | MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS AU Optronics B173ZAN06.1, IPS, 3840x2160, 17.30 | Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 AU Optronics B173ZAN06.9, IPS, 3840x2160, 17.30 | Alienware x17 R2 P48E AU Optronics B173HAN, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 29% | 8% | 29% | 31% | 17% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 64.5 | 97.5 51% | 70.1 9% | 96.6 50% | 99.4 54% | 79.2 23% |
| sRGB Coverage | 95.2 | 99.9 5% | 99.9 5% | 99.8 5% | 100 5% | 99.8 5% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 65.4 | 85.2 30% | 71.9 10% | 85.8 31% | 87.3 33% | 79.6 22% |
| Response Times | 44% | 58% | 47% | 39% | -1% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 10.4 ? | 5.4 ? 48% | 3.4 ? 67% | 5.8 ? 44% | 7.5 ? 28% | 12.4 ? -19% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 11.2 ? | 6.8 ? 39% | 5.8 ? 48% | 5.6 ? 50% | 5.6 ? 50% | 9.2 ? 18% |
| PWM Frequency | ||||||
| Screen | 5% | -24% | -19% | 33% | 2% | |
| Brightness middle | 303.9 | 349 15% | 278 -9% | 381 25% | 503 66% | 365.4 20% |
| Brightness | 292 | 319 9% | 273 -7% | 371 27% | 486 66% | 344 18% |
| Brightness Distribution | 88 | 83 -6% | 79 -10% | 84 -5% | 84 -5% | 85 -3% |
| Black Level * | 0.3 | 0.32 -7% | 0.26 13% | 0.52 -73% | 0.44 -47% | 0.29 3% |
| Contrast | 1013 | 1091 8% | 1069 6% | 733 -28% | 1143 13% | 1260 24% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 2.35 | 2.5 -6% | 3.96 -69% | 1.08 54% | 3.17 -35% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 5.63 | 6.87 -22% | 10.78 -91% | 4.54 19% | 7.69 -37% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.61 | 0.64 60% | 1.07 34% | 2.53 -57% | 0.6 63% | 0.51 68% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3.8 | 3.9 -3% | 6.8 -79% | 1.3 66% | 5.3 -39% | |
| Gamma | 2.3 96% | 2.09 105% | 2.224 99% | 2.151 102% | 2.18 101% | |
| CCT | 7110 91% | 7192 90% | 7651 85% | 6541 99% | 5879 111% | |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 26% /
16% | 14% /
-5% | 19% /
6% | 34% /
33% | 6% /
5% |
* ... smaller is better
Eurocom will calibrate the display for you for a fee. Our test unit came uncalibrated with average grayscale and color deltaE values of 3.8 and 2.35, respectively, which is actually not bad. Calibrating the panel ourselves would improve these averages even further to 1.4 and 1.61. Our calibrated profile is available to download for free above.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 6 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 5.2 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.4 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 20 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (22.7 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 10.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 6 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 4.4 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 15 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.8 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19466 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
At 300 nits maximum, the display is about average for outdoor visibility when compared to other 17-inch gaming laptops. A few alternatives, such as the Razer Blade 17, have much brighter displays of over 500 nits for easier readability outdoors.
Performance
Testing Conditions
Our unit was set to Performance mode via both Windows and the pre-installed Control Center 3.0 software prior to running any benchmarks below for the highest possible scores. We also made sure to set Nvidia Optimus to discrete graphics; MUX is unfortunately not supported here.
Processor
Raw multi-thread performance is about 10 percent faster than the average laptop in our database equipped with the same Core i7-12700H. The processor in the HP Envy 16, for example, is much slower than our Eurocom even after accounting for any performance throttling.
Upgrading to the Core i9-12900H is expected to boost processor performance just marginally by about 5 to 10 percent based on our experience with the Alienware x15 R2 and Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22.
CineBench R15 would not run correctly on our unit much like on the last Eurocom system we reviewed earlier this year. We've reached out to the manufacturer and they were able to confirm our findings. The benchmark has been omitted for this review.
Cinebench R23 Multi Loop
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.4: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
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AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (2585 - 17957, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12439 - 90760, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (833 - 4242, n=59) | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (57923 - 103202, n=59) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (3249 - 9939, n=59) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (7135 - 44760, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (31839 - 144360, n=59) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (305 - 1171, n=59) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1437 - 9692, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12863 - 52207, n=59) | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
System Performance
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU (8956 - 12249, n=7) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU (1461 - 1868, n=4) | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 7638 points | |
Help | ||
| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (31252 - 80511, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (32677 - 79442, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (30592 - 88660, n=59) | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (76.2 - 133.9, n=59) | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
LatencyMon reveals DPC issues when opening multiple browser tabs on our homepage. 4K video playback at 60 FPS is otherwise perfect with no dropped frames.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
The two internals M.2 2280 slots can each support PCIe4 x4 SSDs for insane speeds, at least in theory. In reality, however, the drives are likely to throttle since the chassis has no built-in heat spreader for the SSDs. The 1 TB Samsung 980 Pro PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSD in our test unit would drop to as 1400 MB/s from an initial high of 6800 MB/s when running DiskSpd in a loop as shown by our graph below. Such results are generally acceptable for budget gaming laptops, but they are disappointing to see on high-end machines such as this.
| Drive Performance Rating - Percent | |
| MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UHS | |
| Eurocom Nightsky TXi317 | |
| Aorus 17X XES | |
| Schenker XMG Pro 17 E22 | |
| Razer Blade 17 Early 2022 | |
| Alienware x17 R2 P48E | |
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Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU Performance
Graphics performance is excellent with results that are slightly ahead of most other laptops with the same GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU. The 125 W TGP isn't the highest as the Alienware x17 R2 and even the Razer Blade 17 have higher targets, but it is at least higher than on many ultrathin laptops like the MSI GS series.
Interestingly, Nvidia Control Panel claims a TGP of 155 W while Eurocom claims a TGP of 125 W. The latter number seems to be the more accurate target as our Stress Test section below will show.
Downgrading to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will only impact graphics performance by about 10 percent. Overall performance is approximately 20 to 30 percent slower than our reference desktop GeForce RTX 3080.
