Mixed performance. From a purely technical point of view, the XMG A517 from Schenker Technologies is quite up-to-date. Key words such as hexa-core CPU, 144-Hz panel, and NVMe SSD will please the gamer's heart and promise a good performance. We clarify in our test, why the 15-incher still cannot completely convince.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Schenker-XMG-A517-Clevo-N850EP6-Laptop-Review.309744.0.html
On one of the forums you can read that new Control Center 2.0 (introduced with update to Coffee-Lake architecture) can cause "strange" thermal throttling of GPU. Maybe you can run some tests without it to check if it is the same case here.
Quote from: DCF on June 22, 2018, 20:44:45
On one of the forums you can read that new Control Center 2.0 (introduced with update to Coffee-Lake architecture) can cause "strange" thermal throttling of GPU. Maybe you can run some tests without it to check if it is the same case here.
Yes, that's correct. We figured it out after the fourth clevo barebone in a row had the same problem. Just kill the control center via the task manager and the gpu throttling goes away.
Did you provide the feedback regarding the control center bug to Schenker and Clevo?
When so, did they tell you when they are planning a fix?
Thanks!