By Kevin Lee
The Aorus X7 Pro-Sync was already a little monster of a gaming laptop and now Gigabyte has even managed to squeeze in a desktop Nvidia GTX 980 GPU. With the beefier graphics card this slim 17.3-inch notebook is as capable of pushing virtual reality as a full on desktop.
Almost no thicker (1-inch) than its dual Nvidia GTX 970M predecessor and a pound heavier (7.6 pounds), the Aorus X7 DT is wrapped in a very similar black anodized aluminum shell with plenty of cutout vent holes. Around the laptop you’ll also find the eagle motif can still be found throughout the notebook including the beak on the lid and bird-like logos on the trackpad, power button, and the screen lid.
More surprisingly it’s still an air cooled system despite having a desktop GPU. Additionally, users can outfit their system DDR4 memory, SSDs and either an Intel Core i7-6700HQ or 6820HK processor.
Specs aside, the performance of the Aorux X7 DT is phenomenal. I ran through two silky smooth Oculus Rift demos of Project Cars and Star Wars Battle front using the desktop GPU powered Aorus X7. The first had me sprinting …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac