By Joe Osborne
With its first gaming laptop employing the Nvidia GTX 1070 in its new Max-Q chip design, Gigabyte brings its value-focused approach to the popular new device format.
Allow us to introduce you to one of the longest-lasting gaming laptops we’ve tested to date – and one that still brings the muscle when it’s time to game or work: the Gigabyte Aero 15X. This is one of the most competent gaming laptops we’ve used with one of the best keyboards we’ve typed on and an extremely color accurate display.
Sure, you’ll find that this laptop cuts a few corners to offer a comparable Max-Q experience to its pricier rivals. But, it’s easy to overlook those pockmarks in the name of value and versatility.
Price and availability
Gigabyte has priced its Aero 15X laptop similar to competing Max-Q gaming laptops at $2,199 (£1,999, AU$3,199) to start. That price gets you all of the goodies you see in the spec sheet to the right, but can support up to 32GB of RAM and basically as much storage as you can fit inside its M.2 NVMe slots.
The comparable MSI GS63VR 7RG Stealth Pro asks for $2,399 (£2,199, AU$3,199) to start, but one-ups the Gigabyte model …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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