nVidia max-q design GPUs have given us some really interesting laptops this year most of which have been
Laser focused on providing crazy performance in a size we haven't seen before
Gigabyte had a bit of a different idea
Sounds crazy, but they were like what if you could just use a power efficient max-q GPU in like
More like a regular laptop for maximum awesomeness
Well what you'd probably end up with is the Aero 15 X
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The arrow 15x has a clean professional look to it that actually reminds me of older Dell or Lenovo business models
Except with a carbon-fiber accent on the back and RGB lighting on the keyboard to keep it from getting too boring and corporate
it also has almost no bezels bordering the display and the feel of the whole laptop is really solid say for a
Slightly wobbly screen hinge at just under 20 millimeters thick and 4.6 pounds it doesn't quite
Qualify as a thin and light, but for the power that it houses, I would definitely call it portable
It's rocking an Intel Core. i7 quad core 16 gigs of ram and a GTX 1070 max-q
making it suitable for anything from heavy gaming to light workstation use that is
assuming that it's adequately cooled and
Adding to the portability is the fact that the i/o includes full-size USB 3
Ethernet and Thunderbolt 3 so there's no need to carry around any dongles if you don't want to
back to cooling though obviously
That's going to be a challenge for a device like the Aero 15 X
With only the CPU loaded we experienced no throttling though and temps in the mid 70s with
That said with a combined CPU and GPU load like gigabytes compact bricks gaming desktop
the Aero 15 X's CPU throttled down
Significantly it seems though like this is something that they could fine tune with a future BIOS or driver update because under full load
We could hardly even hear the fans
gaming performance is
Really strong though a max-q 1070 isn't quite as fast as a desktop 1070, but in this machine
Actually ends up within spitting distance and given how slim it is
I'm willing to forgive it a couple of frames here and there besides on its 60 Hertz display
It won't be making much of a difference anyway
Which I guess leads us perfectly into our biggest beef with the Aero 15 X it hurts
Me to say this, but 60 refreshes per second at 1080p really isn't enough
It's not a bad display at all especially if you're into the gaming
workstation angle since its x-ray color calibrated out of the box and in my opinion
1080p while not as crispy as 1440p or better isn't too bad for the size
but with this kind of CPU and GPU
Performance we should easily be running at a hundred fps or more in many modern games and right now
Buyers of this device aren't getting the full experience unless they hook up an external monitor
And I've got other issues as well the webcam placement you either get a view up my nostrils
Or if we adjust it you get to stare at my right hand oh
Right you're down there, so when is like
I don't know a magnetic like clip-on mic or something with just contacts in the top of the monitor coming
That would be sick no bezels. No privacy concerns and no viewing angle compromise
Moving down from the webcam though is lots of good news on the keyboard
There's a pleasant travel distance and a solid feel to the keys with a fairly high
Actuation force so fans of Cherry MX blue switches will probably really like this one
I found it awesome to type on some gamers might find
There's a little more force required than they'd like I could see your left pinky getting a bit tired
But overall really liked it and then going lower still we've got a perfectly usable though somewhat unremarkable
Trackpad it does what it needs to do with solid tracking and a clicky feel
Where the arrow 15x really shines compared to other gaming laptops especially?
Compact ones is the battery life with almost six hours
Of unplugged productivity it is among the best battery life. We've ever seen in any gaming laptop
especially one with this kind of performance and
Opening it up. Which is pretty easy if you have the right bit reveals
How exactly gigabyte achieved this feat, it's beautiful
Manufacturers or at least gigabyte anyway are finally listening to me
that
is a
Ninety four point two four watt hour battery
that is right near the legal limit for what you can take on a plane with you and I
Might cry a little here because
it's also got sockets for adding more m.2 storage and
upgrading your RAM instead of soldered solutions for either of those
So that's all fine and good, but like all the other max-q laptops. We've seen it comes at a cost
literally
This version here will run you twenty two hundred dollars, which means if your wallet is tight and your backpack is large
you can get more performance for less but
While the Aero 15x doesn't give you the best bang for the buck and really it doesn't
Excel at any specific task it also isn't the worst performance per dollar or for that matter
It's not the worst at anything
Nothing else that i've seen yet gives you everything that it does all in one place portability
productivity and gaming highly recommended great work gigabyte
Need to see a 120 Hertz display with g-sync next time
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