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The Setup Menu has three pages in total, with options for Language Select, Adaptive Sync, Resolution Notice, PureXP, Information, OSD Timeout, OSD Background, OSD Pivot, Power Indicator, Auto Power Off, Sleep, Multi-Picture, ECO Mode, Overscan, Response Time, USB Charging, Backstage Lighting, Burn-in Eraser, DDC/CI, Rename, and All Recall. The backlight on the rear of the monitor can be set to white, yellow, and warm white in Backstage Lighting. This is the first time I’ve seen a Burn-in Eraser function, too. The comprehensive OSD, together with the two exclusive software packages and integrated calibrator, provide rich options and a high degree of freedom in adjusting color. HDR technology has become increasingly widespread in recent years, and whether or not a monitor supports it will be reflected in the price. When enabled, the details of an image’s blacks and bright areas are displayed to the full, enriching the colors. Whether to use HDR or not is one more advanced option to have when enjoying games or video that support it. HDR video is not easily compared, so I’m using a game to compare the differences—HDR off: HDR set to Standard: Options for Standard, HDR_M (medium), and HDR_H (high) can be chosen from the OSD. I should note that image quality has deteriorated a little in each case after using a camera to photograph the screen. Actual picture quality ought to be judged with one’s own eyes. Turning on HDR does indeed improve the picture. The VP2776’s Type-C port is very convenient, and can be used with notebooks and mobile devices that support video output. After installation, the monitor displays the device output and provides a charging capacity of up to 90W, effectively saving space by reducing the number of chargers on your desktop. Install ColorPro Integrate and you can use the calibrator wheel to control supported third-party software, including Photoshop, Premiere, and Capture One. This feature is currently only available on Mac; I look forward to seeing it become available for Windows and for even more software to be supported. The removable hood can be attached quickly to make a darkroom and prevent ambient light from interfering with the monitor color. I started using a calibrator some years ago. I couldn’t help myself calibrating any monitor or notebook that would come into my hands before using it. Owing to differences in the types and specifications of different panels, there’d still be slight discrepancies in color after calibration, but this was always an improvement over no calibration at all. Beyond the VP2776’s color precision, it makes for comfortable viewing and reduces the burden on your eyes, as compared with the calibrated VA and IPS monitors I have to hand. A summary of the VP2776’s features: the leading ColorPro model, with a top-quality and fabulous-looking multifunctional stand and base, and exclusive color calibration reporting validated by Pantone. It boasts precise and professional color at Delta E < 2, Delta Lv < 5%, and DCI-P3 95%. The Nano IPS panel is G-Sync Compatible, with a 165Hz refresh rate, HDR 400 technology, and inbuilt HDMI, DP, and multifunctional Type-C ports, of which Type-C supports a charging capacity of up to 90W. It has a brand-new OSD interface, two exclusive software packages with rich capabilities, and integrated support for its color calibrator. I’ve been writing and sharing my reviews on the net since before 2001, and editing photos has been part of my daily life for ten years now. When I was starting out, I looked for cameras that could give me quality images and colors and chose monitors with high-end panels, expecting that they would display satisfactory product photos. In the process, I minimized the variables that lead to color casts, shortening time spent in the edit and getting the photos I wanted even faster. It was only when I first used a color calibrator all those years ago that I understood that, besides the importance of camera color and the quality of the monitor panel, the monitor’s color accuracy is the last crucial factor in the pursuit of precise color. During my time using the VP2776, I could feel the considerable work that’s been put into integrating hardware with software. The high-end calibrator and magnetic hood included with it are unique and practical features. Together with its high Mac compatibility and less commonly seen Nano IPS panel, the VP2776 is built for color, with a top-tier design both inside and out. With Pantone Validated color calibration straight from the factory, a top-notch calibrator, high-spec hardware, and rich software capabilities, if you’re a creative working in video and with high standards for color accuracy over prolonged use, then the VP2776 will be a good choice to meet your needs, and is well worth considering.

History details previous color calibration profiles for comparison or application. Basic Mode shows the info below. Luminance and calibration can be adjusted and saved to a particular profile at the lower right. Color gamuts for sRGB, DCI-P3, photography, web Design, and printing_AdobeRGB can be calibrated on the left-hand side. Select an option to begin color calibration. After testing out a few color profiles, the time taken to switch between them was quite fast. Calibrations were completed in about 1m 20s, after which corresponding reports were generated. The report’s Summary, Gamma, and Delta E tabs detail the color gamut and related info. The Delta E page presents the data recorded in the form of a bar graph. The VP2776 displays true-to-life colors at Delta E < 2, and has a Delta Lv < 5% standard that emphasizes professional color with greater precision. A photograph of the OSD menu: Moiré patterns usually appear when LCD screens are photographed with digital cameras, although the monitor display appears normally to the naked eye. Quick Mode features options for Main Menu, Color Mode, ViewMode, Brightness, Input, and Volume. The curved line on the left indicates that the menu may be navigated by rotating the calibrator wheel. Color Mode has options for DCI-P3, sRGB, REC709, DICOM-SIM, User, CAL 1 to 3, and HDR. DCI-P3 provides options for Brightness, Color Temperature, Gamma, Sharpness, Aspect Ratio, Uniformity, and Recall. Calibration profiles are stored in the CAL modes. The time at which a profile was created is recorded, along with a useful calculation of how long it has been in use. Reminders can be set at specified intervals to maintain accurate color calibration—the first time I’ve seen such a meticulous design detail. Using the calibrator wheel, profiles can be produced, imported into the OSD, and renamed. ViewMode brings up options for CAD/CAM, Video Edit, Animation, Photographer, FPS1, FPS2, RTS, and MOBA modes. Select an environment, and detailed options appear for fine-tuning according to your needs. For example, Photographer mode has settings for Contrast, Brightness, Ultra Clear, Advanced-Sharpness, and Advanced-Gamma.

The base is designed to lie close against the table. There are no bumps or bulges, so objects can conveniently be placed on top of it. At the bottom left is the Pantone certification, as well as indications for the many awards the unit has won, including a 2021 iF Design Award, a 2021 Good Design Award, and a 2021 Wallpaper Award. The metallic build lends the base weight and good stability. The monitor weighs about 8.4kg altogether, and the simple design of the VP2776 gives it a high-quality feeling. How it looks with the calibrator and magnetic hood covering installed. There are two main software packages included. First, vDisplay Manager: the left-side menu options are Color Mode, Color Blindness, PBP/PIP, Basic, and Advanced. In Color Mode, the Standard Color menu provides four color standards to choose from. The Color Blindness menu brings up Color Filter and Simulation. The latter is mainly for simulating and confirming whether your work can be seen clearly by viewers with color vision deficiency. Users with color vision deficiency can use the Color Filter function to see the screen more clearly. Picture-in-picture, picture-by-picture, and split screen modes can be found on the PBP/PIP page. The Basic page brings up common options like Color, Image, Audio, and Input. Input Select can be used to choose a desired port or to switch ports automatically, which is very useful when frequently cutting between screens. vDisplay Manager’s inbuilt OSD is multifunctional and more convenient than the joystick control on the rear of the unit. Since the color calibrator can be used to control the OSD, after some familiarization it will basically become your go-to interface. The Advanced page shows information and options for resetting defaults and rotating the display. When the screen is pivoted to a portrait orientation, the Auto Pivot function will rotate the display accordingly. English and Japanese language options are available, hopefully with more to be added in future. The other software included is Colorbration+, the main uses of which concern hardware color calibration, information about the color gamut, and calibration profiles. Together with its high-end ColorPro Wheel calibrator, the VP2776 display can maintain consistent and accurate color for long durations. Options for Basic and Advanced Mode are shown upon startup. Advanced Mode is shown below. The Calibration page displays ICC profile settings. Optimal compatibility will be found when using a Mac: DCI-P3 95% is the same color gamut as Apple’s Retina display, while the ICC Bridge ensures that ICC profiles are matched with the display’s colors and utilizes Mac’s ColorSync to keep colors consistent. The Verification page quickly verifies and reports on chosen color profiles.

ViewSonic ColorPro VP2776 unboxing video, please support by subscribing to windwithme https://youtu.be/ry3PK66bOn0 Years ago, a friend lent me his Spyder color calibrator. After a long time using it for color correction, I came to realize that a great deal of mid- to high-end monitors and notebooks have color deviations, regardless of panel quality or price point. Soon after that, I bought a Spyder for my own monitor color needs. As I remember, only EIZO were advertising monitors with factory-calibrated color accuracy back then, but they were more expensive for the same size. In recent years, the electronics market has seen premium notebooks aimed at creatives and advertising Pantone Validated calibration out of the factory, and there are high-end desktop monitors with factory-certified color calibration for consumers with strict color requirements, too. ViewSonic are veterans in the monitor market, having released products in value, office, e-sports, and creative ranges. An older generation of gamers might remember their VP Series, but perhaps only for the distinctive company logo featuring three Gouldian finches. The focus of this article is their leading ColorPro VP2776 professional monitor. The VP2776 screen is frameless on three sides, giving it a straightforward appearance and enlarging its appearance, while the panel uses LG’s Nano IPS technology. IPS monitors are pricier and less common in the current market, and Nano IPS panels come embedded with an extra layer of backlighting nanoparticles for a wider and brighter color gamut. The 27-inch screen has an anti-glare 3H hard coating and 2560x1440 resolution, commonly known as 2K or Quad HD. With a 165Hz refresh rate, it’s G-Sync Compatible and possesses VESA-certified HDR 400, a DCI-P3 95% color gamut, and 400cd/m² luminance. Equipped with flicker-free and anti-blue light technology, it effectively reduces eyestrain during extended periods of use. There is a groove along the edges for attaching a magnetic hood. Accessories include a 3-pin power plug (IEC C13/CEE22), DisplayPort cable (v1.4), USB Type-C cable, USB A/B cable (v3.2), and a quick start manual. Two more accessories included with the VP2776 are rather more special, and this is the first time I’ve seen them included with a high-end professional monitor: a ColorPro color calibrator, and a portable magnetic hood with what can be said to be a professional design. Every calibration report for the VP series details the panel’s DCI-P3, sRGB, REC709, and Uniformity values. Users can input their product serial number on the official ViewSonic website to download a bespoke color calibration report. The ColorPro calibrator comes with a protective cover and appears to have a single lens. Having used a Spyder for more than ten years, I have to say the ColorPro has a genuinely attractive appearance, and unlike other high-end calibrators, software supporting the ColorPro Wheel can immediately make use of its click and spin functionality. Looking at the rear of the VP2776, the ViewSonic logo appears at the top, with an illuminating light beneath. The center bracket can be removed to reveal 100 x 100mm holes, convenient for VESA-supported wall mountings. Two 3W loudspeaker holes are located at the bottom left and right. There’s a Kensington lock at the bottom right, and cooling vents are found along the top, left, and right edges. At the lower left of the rear are a blue-lit power button and a joystick for the OSD. The ports on the back of the unit include, from left to right: power source, 2x HDMI v2.0, Display Port v1.4, USB Type-C, a 3.5mm audio jack, USB Type-B, USB Type-C (5V/3A), 2x USB Type A, and a Micro USB. USB Type-C can be used to mirror/extend the displays connected, transfer data, and charge devices. Whereas when using HDMI or DisplayPort to transfer audiovisuals, USB Type-B can be connected for data transfer. Personally, I think the design and functionality of a stand and base are very important for creative professionals. As is commonly seen with top-tier monitors, the VP2776’s stand is multifunctional, with a wide scope for making adjustments. There are five markings on the center of the stand for making graduated adjustments, and holes underneath for neatly managing and arranging cables. The stand is approximately 130mm tall. It swivels across roughly 120°, pivots 90° clockwise and counterclockwise, and has angles of elevation and depression of 21° and -3°, respectively.

Tom Clancy's The Division 2: 1920 x 1080 3D effect set to highest, built-in speed test score - 4798 PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS: 1920 x 1080 3D effect set to highest, start character in lobby, - 120 FPS Although the RTX 2060 is higher-level product and comes with ray tracing as well as DLSS technology, it’s not commonly used for gaming. Basically, there isn’t a huge gap between the performances of the GTX 1660 Ti and the RTX 2060 in most 3D games. After a few tests, we can see solid performance by the GTX 1660 Ti at 1080P resolution in-game. If the laptop model you want to buy together with a GTX 1660 Ti differs too much in price from the RTX 2060, The GTX 1660 Ti is a good choice for a mid-range graphics card that combines 3D performance and affordability. Now dissemble D side to have a look at the internal layout. There are 12 screws in the back, with 4 screws in the battery area. Self-disassembly might affect your warranty, so if you want to upgrade your hardware you should send it to the original factory. It comes with the latest WINDFORCE cooling technology: 2 of 47-blade fans with four heat pipes elevate the total cooling efficiency to 150W. The 4 sets of outlet vents on the two sides and the back of C side, with large intake vents above the keyboard and on the back. One 2.5 inch SATA device on the bottom left side of D side, with GPU fan situated above. On the bottom right side we have two SO-DIMM DDR4 slots, with this model using SAMSUNG DDR4. Capacity is at 8GBX2 with clock speed DDR4 2666, although Intel 10th gen supports up to DDR4 2933. On the top right is the CPU fan, with the slot for detachable batteries situated above. On the bottom right, two M.2 SSD slots plus another for 2.5 inch SATA, a maximum of 3 installable storage devices. On the bottom left and right are two 2W speakers. Processed the i7-10750H extreme cooling test at a room temperature of 31 degrees: While running LinX 0.7.1 at full speed, the temperature was 70~79˚C, with a maximum sudden peak at 100˚C. AORUS 5 has good cooling capacity, so we’re using LinX, an Intel platform with a heavy load in burn-ins. During burn-ins, the i7-10750H mostly stays at a clock rate of 4.2G when display showed under 50W. If the power’s increased up to 55~68W, the clock would usually be at 2.99G. Fan speed is at 2200rpm while idling and 4800rpm when CPU is at full speed. In most circumstances, the CPU usage would be lower than those above, with correspondingly low temperature and fan speed. Furmark is mainly for extreme burn-in tests for the GPU GTX 1660Ti: GPU 1485MHz / MEME 6000MHz, Running FurMark gets us a 46˚C while idling and 82˚C at full speed. Since it’s summer with around a 10˚C increase in room temperature, there’s a corresponding increase in temperature recorded in burn-in tests. During burn-ins with FurMark, the upper area of the keyboard is around 38~45˚C, the left and right hand side vents at 38~48˚C. Back vents at 34~55˚C, D side vents at 32~43˚C, with vents on the right-hand side of the back having slightly higher temperatures. Equipped with the latest WINDFORCE cooling system, it’s satisfactory with regards to both CPU and GPU cooling. You will not hear much noise during low-loading situations like idling, doing office work or web surfing, fan speed was low. During high-loading situations like gaming, the fan speed goes up, but the noise is around mid- to low-frequency and doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable with overall noise. As for battery life, we set our battery option to “balanced” in the Windows 10 power settings, with battery options set to “power-saving”: To simulate a practical and power-intensive situation, we play videos on YouTube at 1080P with screen brightness of 20%. After an hour, battery is at 78%, 55% after 2 hours, 42% after 3 and 9% after 4. We estimate that with automatic shutdown at 5%, the battery lasts to 4 hours and 8 minutes – It’s acceptable battery life performance. To summarize the AORUS 5 SB(i7-10750H/GTX 1660Ti 6G) Features and advantages: 1.A rare Made-in-Taiwan laptop, with many parts from big brand or high-level manufacturers. 2.The WINDFORCE cooling system provides excellent cooling for both CPU and GPU. 3.The webcam got high quality compared to other laptops I have seen in the last couple of years. 4.Unique detachable battery with a small adaptor, which increases portability. 5.Keyboard keys with all-zone RGB backlight with 15 colors and a precise touchpad. 6.Uses SAMSUNG DDR4 2666 DRAM, a high level and more compatible RAM. 7.AORUS Gaming Center software and the Nahimic 3D audio software were both good. 8.Specifications that are good for gaming, with 144Hz refresh rate, 72% NTSC color gamut and ultra-thin bezels on three sides. 9.Relatively exceptional audio quality in the mid-level or affordable laptop market. 10.When combined with GTX 1660Ti graphics card, can output on three screens at once, with 1+3 displays simultaneously at maximum. Parts of improvements in the future: 1.A side’s smooth surface makes fingerprints more obvious. Overall quality could enhanced if anti-glare texture is used on the two sides of C side. 2.Internal components are from reputable brands, so the laptop comes at a slightly higher price compared to competitors of the same level. 3.Battery capacity is a bit smaller, would prefer the battery life more than 5 hours. 4.Intel 10th gen’s DDR4 2666 and 2933 differ very little in bandwidth, but 2933 is better for maximum clock rate. Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 85/100 Material Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 86/100 Specification Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 85/100 ID design Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 82/100 Cost Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 85/100 This article’s new AORUS 5 models all come with an Intel Core i7-10750H, but recommended a version that uses dual AMD platform in the future. The three models differ in their levels of GPU, with GTX 1650Ti, GTX 1660Ti and RX 2060 respectively. Compared to other brands of gaming laptops on the market with i7-10750H and GTX 1660Ti, AORUS 5 is a little bit pricier. Since it used better components such as 144Hz & NTSC 72% display, Samsung DDR4 dual channel RAM, and Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 wireless chipset, its more costly in comparison. The low-key design of A side is a minus, I hope GIGABYTE can upgraded it to a non-smooth surface in the future to raise its overall appeal. In all other respects, AORUS 5 was above the level in its price range and uses higher-tier component parts. Excellent cooling capacity, webcam with high resolution and good speaker quality – it’s pretty much an affordable laptop with well-rounded overall performance. Above is the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of AORUS 5. Please visit my Facebook if you like “windwithme” review article and want to receive more updates. Your comment and like is my fuel for moving forward! PS: Spyder is used for generating color-tuning files on this AORUS 5. 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CINEBENCH R20.0 CPU => 3026cb (2840 cb) CPU(Single Core) => 465cb (435 cb) Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score => 1213 (1160) Multi-Core Score => 6343 (6117) FRYRENDER Running Time => 2m 48s (2m 52s) x265 Benchmark 2.1.0 => 44.84FPS (43.04FPS) PCMARK => 5733 (4568) The comparison, the AORUS 7 (9th generation) is equipped with Core i7-9750H and GTX 1660 Ti graphics. After upgrade and optimization, Intel’s 10th gen i7-10750H has a better clock rate than the previous i7-9750H. When comparing the two, you can see that the i7-10750H performs a little bit better. This, plus the fact that AORUS 5’s cooling system performs well, That made CPU tends to be graded higher – a rare advantage around affordable models. This AORUS 5 SB built in the A-DATA XPG SX8200 PRO 512G SSD. For the SSD testing—CrystalDiskMark: Seq Read - 2602.00 MB/s, Write - 2472.29 MB/s AS SSD Benchmark – 3263: Seq Read - 2849.36 MB/s, Write - 2241.39 MB/s 4K - 64Thrd Read -716.61 MB/s, Write - 1337.41 MB/s The SX8200 PRO 512G comes with a high reading speed of up to 3500MB/s and a writing speed of up to 2300MB/s, Even though AORUS 5 is meant to be an affordable laptop, it comes with M.2 PCIe3.0, a fast SSD model on the market. However, since a laptop has more power-saving technologies built in that cannot be manually turned off, it’s hard to reach the highest bandwidth in the original specifications. In comparison, higher level SSDs still perform better even after discounting for the laptop. Now it’s time for the 3D performance test – the SB model is equipped with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti DDR6 6GB, with data from other gaming laptops using the RTX 2060 in parentheses as comparison. 3DMARK Time Spy => 5957 (6031) VRMARK=> 7738 UNIGINE 2: 1080P MEDIUM => 11114 (11465) FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers: 1920 X 1080 HIGH=> 15014 (15442) FAR CRY 5: Resolution 1920 x 1080, set 3D effect to very high Built in benchmark tool – rendering frames 4903 (5088) opening theme – 74 FFPS

Here we see D side. The top right is where the battery goes, with a large surface area vent on the chassis, On the bottom left and bottom right are the speakers, with 4 indicator lights in the center of the bottom (the front of C side). At the end of this article we’ll dissemble the laptop and talk about AORUS 5’s internal components, structure and heat dissipation designs. AORUS 5 comes with its own AORUS Gaming Center software, four major functions listed as below: Power Modes, LED Keyboard, Flexikey and FAN Speed Control. The Power Modes page allows you to set your laptop to Power Saving, Quiet, Performance or Entertainment mode, Using an adaptor with Performance mode gives you the best performance, so this article was testing mostly under the Performance mode. The LED keyboard setting page allows you to control the backlights, with available settings such as 15 different colors, brightness adjustment and time display. A more detailed fan-speed setting page shows the speed of the CPU and GPU fans, It provides 3 different speed settings, with adjustable offset at the bottom. Since the AORUS 5 positioned as an affordable model, having dedicated software is a nice feature. In addition, there are some other software that could installed separately such as the DRIVERS UPDATE, Allows you quickly find out the versions of your major software and to direct update them. Suggest they combined in the same dedicate software column for more convenience, like the high-end model--AORUS 15G. Nahimic 3D audio software: I tested many MSI gaming laptops in recent years and they all use this audio software. Recently, even DELL Alienware series had adopted this software, the AORUS series also following, The main page provides 4 different sound stages and 3 functions for a variety of detailed settings. The microphone page has two settings – Chat or Conference, with 3 adjustable detail settings. Below is my impression of AORUS 5’s speaker, this part is subjective: When the speaker is at its maximum volume, it was very loud. Had no problems with the speakers volume. High frequency: Not too sharp, very rich detail, high quality overall. Middle frequency: Excellent of full clarity, human vocal is a bit thin, some room for improvement. Low frequency: Low frequency drum sounds are clean, subwoofer not too turbid. But woofer of bass sound is a bit weak. The overall performance in sound is good. However, the sound stage is a bit weak and the mid-bass is not rich enough. For a laptop in the $1,200 to $1,500 USD price range, the sound quality is solid. The latest AORUS 5 comes with the Intel Core i7-10750H, 6 cores and 12 threads, Basic clock at 2.6Ghz and single core up to 5GHz. In comparison, the Core i7-9750H, the 9750H’s basic clock 2.6Ghz and single core up to 4.5GHz. It also has 6 cores and 12 threads. For the CPU testing below, the numbers in parentheses are from the 9th generation AORUS 7 with i7-9750H. CPUZ 1.92.0 Single CPU =>522.8 (475.7) 6C12T multi CPU => 3830.4 (3412.9) Fritz Chess Benchmark => 47.32/22712 (45.63 / 21901) CINEBENCH R15 CPU => 1363cb (1234 cb) CPU(Single Core) => 191cb (183 cb)

For the past two years, major laptop brands have invested significant resources in developing their gaming product lines, The majority of mid to high-end laptops are gaming products, with the rest used for content creation. As GIGABYTE’s gaming brand, AORUS accounts for most of GIGABYTES laptops. Today, we’re going to be talking about one of the more affordable models in the AORUS series, a 15.6 inches gaming laptop – The AORUS 5, with the SB standing for its NVIDIA GTX 1660Ti graphics card. AORUS 5 positioned in the market as an affordable gaming laptop with a mid-range discrete graphics card. It comes with Intel i7-10750H CPU and GPU choice between GTX 1650Ti, 1660Ti and RTX 2060 graphics. There is also the 17-inch AORUS 7, with the main difference between the two being the size of the screen since their ID designs are similar. Take a first look at A side. In the center is the AORUS’s eagle logo, with the entire surface using black, smooth plastic material. Unlike the 9th generation models, the new AORUS 5, AORUS 7 have aesthetic lines on their sides, giving a simplified appearance. The dimensions of the AORUS 5 is 361(W)x258(D)x27.9(H)mm, Measuring weight at 2108g, it is slightly lighter than the 2.2kg stated on official website. The thin bezel design makes the screen area a size smaller than the standard 15-inch laptop, but slightly bigger than 14-inch laptops. The smooth chassis makes fingerprints or smudges more obvious, while the absence of RGB or Logo light is a matter of personal preference. After opening the AORUS 5, we can see the design of B side and C side: The hinge for the screen placed on both sides, providing high durability when opening the laptop and a maximum angle of approx. 130 degrees. Although the 10th generation AORUS 5 uses plastic materials as well, the durability of its chassis was been enhanced compared to the 9th generation AORUS 5. On B side, the screen comes with a 5mm ultra-thin bezel design, with a screen-to-body ratio of 81.3%, Possessing specifications such as FHD resolution with IPS-level panel, a high refresh rate of 144Hz, 5ms, plus 72% NTSC wide color gamut; It’s performance is superb for an entry-level or mid-range gaming laptop. The HD webcam placed in a conventional position on top, with built-in face tracking functions. The webcam is smooth and on par with those found in high-end gaming models. As for C side, the full-sized 15-inch model’s keyboard comes with a numpad on the right for more convenience, With a key travel of 2.0mm, and keystroke feedback better than keyboards of other laptops at this price range, although it is still on the soft side. The keys come with a all-zone 15 color RGB backlit, with the touchpad having separate left and right keys for better precision, The touchpad area supports Windows® Precision Touchpad technology and offers multiple touch gesture functions. I/O ports on the left side of the AORUS 5: From left to right - Kensington lock / stylized vent / USB 3.2 Gen1 / USB 2.0 / microphone jack / audio combo jack. I/O ports on the right side of the AORUS 5: From left to right - USB 3.2 Gen2 / MINI DP 1.2 / SD card reader / stylized cooling vents. I/O port on both sides uses adopt anti-glare carbon fiber design, effectively raising quality, windwithme believe that if the smooth area on A side also uses this carbon design, the laptop will looks more attractive. I/O ports on the back side: Stylized vents on both the left and the right, with USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (Support Display 1.4) / HDMI 2.0 / RJ45 internet port / DC in, with Intel Wireless-AX200NGW chip for network connection. Supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology comes with up to 2.4Gbps and the latest Bluetooth 5.0 technology. Here’s a list of accessories included with the laptop: From left to right - 180W adapter, simplified manual, warranty card, SSD screws and a thermal pad, On the bottom, we have a li polymer battery (48.96Wh) and a power cord; one plus point is the small and portable adapter. Many years ago, laptop manufactures shifted to built-in batteries to make them thinner or more integrated, so it has been a few years I did not see a laptop with detachable batteries… Built-in batteries might be difficult for users to change batteries themselves and would require a higher fees if to the manufacturer for battery replacements. Detachable batteries allow your laptop used without the batter fitted in, thereby extending battery life. In addition, users can choose to purchase spare batteries when hanging out.

FurMark mainly for GPU RTX 2060 6G burn in test. The GPU at 1080MHz / MEM 5500MHz, in full load mode reach around 4100-4300 rpm fan speed. Running FurMark got idle of 50˚C and full speed 84˚C. When running the Furmark, the temperature reaches 30~36 ˚C at the keyboard and 32~40 ˚C above the keyboard side. Left & right side vents 33~45˚C. rear side around 40~63 ˚C, D cover vent is around 39~59 ˚C The fan noise was a little bit increase during GPU full speed mode, although the noise close to mid-high frequency but the overall is not too loud. In terms of high-loading environment, it was acceptable and not to make people felt uncomfortable. You won’t hear much noise when both the loading environment and fan speed is low. In situations like web surfing, video and music. Due to the weather, room temperature recently rises a lot, at the same time it will affect the laptop temperature. On the battery life: Microsoft Azure AI set to “Battery Saving Mode”. The official claim that adjusts the display brightness to 20%, playback 1080P video, and turn off the Wi-FI & BT, the battery life up to 8 hours. In the test, connecting the internet on WiFi and playback YouTube video at 1080P with 20% of brightness, 50% of Volume, After 1 hour with 84% left, after 2 hours with 71% left, after 3 hours with 58% left, after 6 hours with 11% left, after 6 hours 22 minutes, it’s 5% left and laptop turn off automatically. Microsoft Azure AI set to “Performance Mode”. after 1 hour with 66% left, after 2 hours with 41% left, after 3 hours with 18% left, after 3 hours 40 minutes 5% left, and turn off automatically. The "performance mode" supports most software, that CPU can keep 83~86% performance, and GPU is 65%~76% of the performance. The Azure AI in the AORUS 15G successfully achieved a brilliant balance between battery and performance under an unplug adapter condition. Summarized on GIGABYTE AORUS 15G: Key features and Pros: 1. Solid & decent chassis design and good build quality, it significantly matches the gaming laptop positioning. 2. The unique OMRON mechanical keyboard features extremely high durability and excellent keystroke sensation. 3. The SHARP 240Hz panel with the thinnest three side 3mm bezel and X-rite Pantone calibration. 4. Equipped up to RTX 2070 SUPER or 2080 SUPER that can get a higher 3D performance. 5. AORUS Control center has many of useful functions and ahimic 3D sound effect software. 6. Support Microsoft Azure AI that could dynamically adjust the performance setting, and after optimizing the performance increase by 10%. 7. The Windforce Infinity thermal module consisted of the dual-fans with 71 blades and 5 heatpipes, increasing over 30% thermal efficiency. 8. The optional 10th gen CPU achieved the highest laptop performance, it includes i7-10875H vs i9-10980HK. 9. Equipped Killer AX1650 wireless module which supports 802.11AX (WIFI 6) tech. 10. The webcam cover is heart touching, and the battery life above the standard by high-end hardware. The points for future improvement: 1. The sound quality of the speaker in the woofer effect and sound field could be better. 2. WebCam got lower resolution and quality, hope it could be improved. 3. At ambient temperature above 30˚C, the temperature of in burn-in testing GPU is a bit high, need to turn up the fan speed higher to drop the temperature under 80 ˚C. Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 83/100 Material Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 Specification Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 ID design Rating ★★★★★★★★★☆ 90/100 Cost Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 83/100 Unlike desktop can depend on SPEC. and price to make a quick decision, buying a laptop needs to do more research in detail. The desktop has the advantage of huge space and highly upgradability, but the laptop combined plenty of components into a thinner chassis. The first step in choosing a high-end laptop is the ID design, material and stronger chassis. Those features are hardly measured. Then is the panel, keyboard feedback, thermal, speakers, and I/O ports, they are really matter too. Although CPU & GPU are mostly factors that affect the price, but there are the SPEC and benchmark users can reference, and every laptop’s brand equipped with similar CPU and GPU, that make users can easily filter what they want. Besides for many consumers, the brand image and warranty policy are both important factors for choice a laptop. windwithme believe that Alienware gaming series laptop gets the most special design on the high-end gaming laptop. In many brands, the high-end level gaming laptop used to make brushed aluminum on the black metal, and slightly add some lines and signal lights on the chassis. Those laptops design are too popularization and ordinary, there are less differences between others. Therefore, how that laptop's design matches the theme “Gaming laptop” is a matter of debate. The latest AORUS 15G’s design is quite unique, through the sharp CNC cutting tech. makes the curve on laptop with richer lines. Achieved the world’s thinnest gaming laptop with mechanical keyboard and combined the above points that indeed make AORUS 15G own a non-alternative advantage. Actually, you would aware of GIGABYTE that is a huge ambition on the high-end level laptop in the recent two years, we still list done 3 points to improve. Since GIGABYTE launched the AORUS and AERO series laptop on the high-end market, the product quality significantly improved on both aspect, and still keep progress. Due to GIGABYTE got into the high-end segment later than others, AORUS brand image and awareness still need to take some time to build-up. AORUS 15G is the G2 Esports CS: GO Team certified laptop, that’s very helpful on promoted the product by the well-known team. There are many new desktop product need to be reviewed, the next article will regard MSI Z490 motherboard equipped with RTX 2070 super’ performance review. After that, it will be the latest AMD B550 motherboard, and I recently started to film the unboxing video, besides I hope the testing article can stay in the schedule to publish. This article was based on my personal experience to analyze the AORUS 15G, hope it could offer the viewers who are interesting in the AORUS 15G a few viewpoints. If you like my article, please come to below link windwithme FaceBook click like. You will get to know my latest review product status. Your reply and like still be my power to moving forward!

PCMARK10 => 6004. Intel launched two 10th gen 8C 16T CPUs for the laptop market. Includes Core i7-10875H in this article and i9-10980HK, Make i7 series has the 8 cores processor, and make it at friendly price level. However many brands only used 10875H with higher-level GPU models. If there is less price difference between Core i7-10750H and 10875H, suggest users to buy Core i7-10875H which can get better multi task performance and gaming. There are many choices on GPU for AORUS 15G, at least GTX 1660Ti Also has GeForce RTX 2060,2070 Max-Q,2070 Super Max-Q, and 2080 Super Max-Q. The KB version equipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6G, it is good at the middle-range price segment. According to different GPU level, it can make a huge price difference, the same situation happens on many different brands of gaming laptops. The following is the part of GPU performance testing, compared to the GTX 1660 Ti scores in the back parentheses. 3DMARK Time Spy => 6172 (5670). Unplug the adapter and turn on the AI performance mode: 3DMARK Time Spy => 4260, using the battery mode still got 69% performance. VRMARK=> 8285(7195). UNIGINE 2 1080P MEDIUM => 11495 (10853). FINAL FANTASY XIV ： Shadowbringers, 1920 X 1080 HIGH=> 15442(10518). RTX series compared to GTX series got more features, such as Ray Tracing and DLSS technology. Support the latest tech. games are not too many, so 2060 and 1660 Ti still have some advantage in 3D games. If frequently played games that did not support the ray tracing and DLSS, then the 1660Ti is an option that takes both performance and budget. If you want to try some new features, the RTX 2060 is the entry-level that you could experience the latest ray tracing and DLSS tech. Then disassemble the D cover of the laptop, as you can see the main layout inside of the laptop, there are 12 hexagon star screws, two of them have fragile stickers. Suggesting you looking for a professional to help, disassemble by yourself might affect the warranty. It is a good design for easily disassembled, as long as you have the right scroll driver. As you can see there are to 2W speakers at both sides of the laptop, and the 94.24Wh battery. The bottom left placed an NVMe/SATA M.2 slot for additional SSD, in case the user wants updated hardware in the future. In the central area, you can see an additional black thermal pad on the chipset. Offering 2 SO-DIMM DDR4 slots, this one equipped with Crucial Micron DDR4 3200 DDR4 8Gx 2, but intel 10th gen CPU only supports up to 2933MHz. The second M.2 slot only supports NVMe SSD, and this one is A-DATA ASX8200PNP-512GT. WINDFORCE Infinity thermal tech. The wind force infinity thermal module combined the 2x 12V of 71 blade fans and heatsinks, three of them are dedicated to CPU & GPU. The C side left, right and back with 4 vents, keyboard side and bottom side got intake airflow design. In such thin and light chassis even can achieve the 30% thermal efficiency increasing. Burn-in test: The ambient temperature at 29˚C, proceeded Intel Core i7-10875H burn-in test. Fan speed set to gaming mode, launch the LinX. 0.7.1, it can make CPU run in full speed. During running the LinX 0.7.1 at full speed, -77~80 C, maximum up to 91 in a glance. In the standby mode, the fans are around 2300-2400rpm, under this condition you barely hear the fan noise. CPU uses two kind of clock alternatively under full speed when LinX Burn-in. When the 1st stage of clock reaches 3.8-4G, the fans reach 4000-4100 rpm. The second stage with 2.7-2.9G the fan runs 3400-3500 rpm, with noise but not loud. The LinX is critical burn-in software for Intel CPU, and it could put enough pressure on the 8C16T CPU. The cooling is good to handle this.

The D side design implements large and unique theme of vents. The temperature varies during the burn-in test we will shared latter. AORUS 15G Laptop comes with a small bulk of 230W adapter that weighs 735g. The maximum opening angle of the display is about 140 degrees, the expression of these 2 parts are good. AORUS Control Center of exclusive software: The mainpage, Smart Dashboard can offer system monitoring, model name, and hardware status. Keyboard lighting page built-in more than 10 kinds of lighting effect mode for the user to adjust. Supports RGB Fusion 2.0 tech., full color of per-key RGB mechanical keyboard Fan speed control with silent, normal, gaming mode, also with deep control mode. User could depends on personal preferences to set fan speeds under any temperature. The users can use the AI software icon on the upper right of the screen to operate the Ai. Through Microsoft Azure cloud computing and learning, the CPU and GPU power consumption could be dynamically adjust according to the user's behavior of the program to get better performance. The hardware performance can be optimized by AI to achieve higher efficiency, testing a variety of software to turn on AI can get up to 10% higher performance than turning off AI. Nahimic 3D sound software： The interface and function already updated many versions, comes with more features. Mainly apply 4 sound stages, with 3 types to make it richer sound effects. Below is AORUS 15G speaker sound experience, this part is subjective. High frequency – Not too sharp, very rich detail and high quality of overall present. Middle frequency – Overall clear and brilliant, human vocal is rich and nice. Low frequency – Low frequency sound present pretty clean and not too turbid. But woofer of drum sound is slightly weak. The AORUS series positioned on gaming series, the surround sound was a little the weak for the effects. Turn the volume to 100%, the volume is fine and no too loud. The overall performance of the speaker is clear and quality has reached a high-end laptop level. AORUS 15G depends on CPU and GPU combinations difference. KB model aims for the middle level, equipped with 10th gen i7-10875H. The base clock speed is 2.3 GHz, single core Boost up to 5.1 GHz, 14nm process. This is the first laptop equipped 8 cores and 16 threads of Core i7, TDP is 45W. The following is the part of CPU performance testing, turn on AI function with all default settings. CPUZ 1.92.0： Single CPU =>534.7, 8C16T multi CPU => 5064.8, Fritz Chess Benchmark =>54.25 / 26039. CINEBENCH R15 CPU => 1672 cb,CPU(Single Core) => 200 cb. CINEBENCH R20.0： CPU => 3472 cb,CPU(Single Core) => 483 cb. Geekbench 5： Single-Core Score => 1280,Multi-Core Score => 7643.

In recent 2 years, GIGABYTE more focused on the high-end laptop market. They got two product lines, AORUS for Pro Gaming series, and AERO series is designed for the creators. And AORUS series is separated by 15-inch and 17-inch produts. This article will reveal the latest AORUS 15G KB which has been redesigned the appearance, make it more fit to the gaming style. AORUS 15G product intro video：https://youtu.be/FSDOswL1VN8 The biggest features on AORUS 15G and 17G are the brand new appearance designed for pro gaming. The color of A cover made of matted Iron gray metal, and the surface is less obvious fingerprints design. In the past, I have used many black ones, metal matte or hairline surface laptop, the fingerprint is more obvious. The chassis made by aluminum CNC cutting process, which enhances the solid build quality. Dimension of laptop is 356(W) x 250(D) x 25(H)mm (14.0 x 9.84 x 0.98 inch), weight 2.2g (4.85 lb), measured is 2275g (5.01lb) The Eagle shape of logo will light up slightly white when boot up. It is decent and not too flashing. In many high-end laptops, there is an extension part in the rear side of the laptop, but AORUS 15G does not have that extra size. It can effectively shrink the size of chassis, which makes AORUS 15G very different from other brands. Both sides of C cover simulated the supercar side skirt, that gives AORUS 15G with very special unibody like appearance. The B cover is very similar to the GIGABYTE creator laptop of AERO series. The three-way 3mm ultra-thin bezel design is the thinnest bezel in the high-end level model. There is full range of anti-impact stripe rubber protection, to avoid panel damage by C side when cover is closed. AORUS 15G equipped with a 15.6-inch IGZO anti-glare panel on this model. With FHD resolution, 4ms response time, 240Hz high refresh rate, the AORUS 15G guaranteed that games can get an immersive gameplay experience. Over 72%NTSC wide color gamut, and every panel is calibrated and passed the X-rite Pantone certified before ship out. Delta E <1 is very close to original color display, achieve the most accurate color presents even in the games. C cover keyboards and touchpad is black color, rest of the chassis parts is Iron-Gray. The unibody designed touchpad is highly accurate with fine smooth operation. Moreover, it supports Windows Precision Touchpad tech, offering multi-touch operate works. The touchpad offered a fingerprint sensor on the upper left, and the concave design at below makes the panel easier to be lifted and it’s also a cooling hole design. The HD webcam and microphone on the top of C side. The face might not be taken too close to the chin or nose cam with the webcam because the surface is angled upward. To enhance the personal privacy safety, AORUS 15G equipped a cover on the webcam, which is very rare design on laptops. The Keyboard backlit support AORUS RGB Fusion 2.0, which can customized the color and Marco function in every single key. The world’s first laptop equipped with OMRON mechanical switches is the AORUS 17 in end of last year. The exclusive design also equipped on the slimmer AORUS 15G, the thickness of chassis has reduced from 38mm drop to 25mm. The Omron switches are made in Japan, featured ultra-durable 15M of keystroke lifespan, and the optimum key travel 2.5mm. The 1.6mm trigger point is much better than other high-end laptops were using a classic membrane keyboard. GIGABYTE AORUS claim that the typing feeling is similar to the Cherry Blue Switch, compared to my personal Brown Switch keyboard; there is not any big difference. Make a mechanical keyboard fit in a 25mm (0.98inch) chassis is a very awesome design in the mid-high-end level laptop. The left side I/O ports, from left to right： 2 X USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A) / Thunderbolt 3 (Type-C) / UHS-II SD Card Reader / DC-in Jack / Shaped Vents. Build-in high-speed card reader, up to 312 MB/s The rear side of hinge with the c side decorated with special racing design, which enriches the design detail of appearance. The left side I/O ports, from left to right： Shaped Vents. / HDMI 2.0 / mini DP 1.4 / USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A) / 3.5 Audio combo jack / RJ-45(Killer Ethernet E2600). This is my first time saw the hinge and near area that designed as special racing style in my many reviews of high-end level laptops. The design lines of the detail on AORUS 15G is even richer than DELL Alienware.

The resolution at 2160P test score. Compared to the 1080P and 2160P (4K) resolution of SPECviewperf 13 score as below, It can be seen that using 1080P resolution performance will improve a lot. SPECworkstation 3.0 Resolution 3840 x 2160, GPU changed to RTX 2070 Super Geekbench 5 OpenCL Score => 86188 If the creator's laptop uses 3D rendering software, it is often demand on OpenGL or CL performance. The software as above mainly used to test the performance of OpenGL or CL. Some graphics software had well known before. Then comes DirectX performance, which is the 3D technology that general games use. The back parentheses which are AERO 15 OLED equipped i9-9980HK and RTX 2080 Max-Q comparison. 3DMARK Fire Strike => 18357 (17516) FINAL FANTASY XIV ： Shadowbringers 1920 X 1080 HIGH=> 16895 (15948) FAR CRY 5 Resolution 1920 x 1080, set 3D effect to very high Built in benchmark tool – rendering frames 6345 (5878) The three types of DirectX 3D test data above can be seen that the RTX 2070 Super score is higher. And even SPECviewperf 13 and SPECworkstation 3.0 data are the same situation. The new mobile version RTX 2070 Super performance will be higher than the previous RTX 2080 Max-Q. In addition, the higher-end RTX 2080 Super, of course it would be stronger. And it is a 3D performance upgrade for thin and light laptops. I also hope that in the future, NVIDIA’s updated official version driver will improve the performance of these two RTX Supers. Burn-in Temp. test. Ambient temperature at 21˚C, proceed Intel Core i7-10875H cooling test. Fan speed set to normal speed, the CPU full speed up to about 4500~4600rpm. Run the LinX 0.7.1 at full speed, 72~79˚C, maxima up to 80. The fan was about 2600 ~ 2800 rpm during idle. In this state, the fan sound was too quiet to hear the fan sound. The CPU full speed was up to about 3000~3200rpm, although the noise is increased but not loud. Compared with other high-end gaming laptops were tested by several users, this is about below medium volume of fan noise. The i7-10875H TDP specification is 45W, AERO 17 HDR cooling system could suppress higher TDP usage. The clock of 8C16T burn-in state is about 2.9 ~ 3G, although LinX is very strict burning software for Intel CPU. Compared to AERO 15 OLED with 8C16T i9-9980HK, was already has a very good heat dissipation capacity. The 17” AERO with a larger cooling module, which directly makes the heat dissipation capacity and noise of fans performed better. FurMark mainly for GPU RTX 2070 Super burn in test. GPU 1035MHz / MEM 5500MHz, the GPU fan full speed up to about 4000~4200rpm. Run FurMark got idle of 36˚C and full speed 68˚C. With FurMark burn-in test, keyboard side around 28~38˚C, upper side 28~42˚C, left & right side vents 31~46˚C. Back side vents 39~52˚C, D side air intake vent 33~52˚C. The fan noise was a little bit increase during GPU full speed mode, although the noise close to mid-high frequency but the overall is not too loud. In terms of high-loading environment, it was acceptable and not to make people felt uncomfortable. You won’t hear much noise when both the loading environment and fan speed is low. In situations like web surfing, video watching and music. On the battery life, Microsoft Azure AI set to “Battery Save Mode”. Turn off the Wi-Fi link to internet and the Bluetooth to playback video at 1080P format with creen brightness 20%, it claimed up to 8 hours by official tests. In real test, used Wi-Fi link to internet and playback YouTube video at DVD 480P format with 30% of brightness, after 1 hour with 87% left, after 2 hours with 74% left, After 3 hours with 62% left, 5 hours with 34% left, and after 7 hours with 5% then shutdown automatically. That means the battery life performance is excellent for long-term usage environment. Summarized on GIGABYTE AERO 17 HDR Key features and advantages: 1. Solid on chassis and assembling quality, it is significantly different from gaming laptops’ ID design. 2. AUO 4K HDR 400 panel, ultra-narrow bezel design on 3 sides and X-Rite Pantone display color certification. 3. Equipped with the 10th Gen. 8C16T i7-10875H or i9-10980HK to achieve the highest performance of Intel platform laptops. 4. Equipped with the latest NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super or 2080 Super graphics to achieve the highest 3D performance. 5. Rich functions of AORUS Control Center and Nahimic 3D sound software. 6. Support Microsoft Azure AI for dynamic adjust to get higher efficient and performance. 7. WINDFORCE Infinity cooling with dual 72 blades fans and 5 heatpipes to increase 30% heat dissipation. 8. The Per-key RGB backlit keyboard with membrane design and the keystroke feedback was very well. 9. Equipped with the Killer AX1650 Wi-Fi card which supported 802.11AX (WIFI 6) technology. 10. The webcam cover is heart touching, and the battery life above the standard by high-end hardware. The points for future improvement listed. 1. WebCam got lower resolution and quality, hope it could be improved. 2. The sound quality of the speaker in the bass effect and sound field could be better. 3. It would be better if it could provide 4K OLED version like AERO 15 Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★★☆ 93/100 Material Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 Specification Rating ★★★★★★★★★☆ 92/100 ID design Rating ★★★★★★★★★☆ 90/100 Cost Performance Rating ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 77/100 There are HDR(4K) and non-HDR(FHD 144Hz) version of AERO 17, others are differentiated by CPU and GPU hardware. The latest version of HDR equipped with Intel's 10th Gen. Core i7-10875H or i9-10980HK. And this is the first time to equip the RTX 2070 Super and 2080 Super(Max-Q) graphics, the price is about USD$1999~4499 The GPU will also have three versions: RTX 2070 Max-Q, RTX 2060, GTX 1660Ti in the market. They are non-HDR version on the market currently, which equipped with Intel's 9th Gen. Core i7-9750H. And equipped with GTX 1660Ti, RTX 2060 and 2070 graphics, the price is about USD $1499~2199 The above 2 entry-level models look more valuable, AERO 17 series has two Gens. of product lines in multiple versions. Consumers who are interested in AERO 17 can depend on their budget and needs to choose. After the refresh, the AERO 17 HDR ID design maintains the same business design with solid chassis and excellent assembly quality. The hardware inside also has different price options due to different levels, and performance can also replace gaming laptops of the same level. It seems that the first wave of new applications is in the higher-priced AERO 17 HDR, and integrated the latest CPU and GPU to improve performance. If the gaming laptop is similar to the price and hardware placement, the ID design of AERO 17 models are still more attractive. If the AERO refreshed in the future, recommended to improve the Webcam quality and richer sound effect performance that will be more complete. Above are my personal experience on the latest hardware performance and design of AERO 17 HDR XB. It is provided as a reference for you in need. 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Microphone page got chat and conference mode, with 3 functions to adjust. Below is AERO 17 HDR speaker sound experience, this part is subjective. High frequency: Not too sharp, very rich detail and high quality of overall present. Middle frequency: Overall clear and brilliant, human vocal is really nice. Low frequency: Low frequency sound present pretty clean and not too turbid. But woofer of drum sound is slightly weak. The AERO series are not positioned on gaming models, so ambience sound and heavy bass will be little cold in the sound effect. The overall performance of the speaker is clear and quality has reached a high-end laptop level. AERO 17 HDR depends on CPU and GPU combinations difference, there are i7-10875H and i9-10980HK 2 models. The character of this article is the second high-level version: XB, which equipped with the latest 10 Gen. i7-10875 H-series processor. It's Intel 8-core CPU with 14 nm technology and a base clock speed of 2.3 GHz, single core up to 5.1 GHz. This is the first laptop equipped 8 cores and 16 threads of Core i7, TDP is 45W. The following is the part of CPU performance testing, turn on AI function with all default settings. The comparison model was AERO 15 OLED that launched last year, which equipped with i9-9980HK processor and RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics. Compared to the CPU scores in the back parentheses which are Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C16T 2.4~5G results. CINEBENCH R15 CPU => 1817 cb (1417 cb), increase about 28% CPU(Single Core) => 212 cb (189 cb), increase about 12% CINEBENCH R20.0 CPU => 3713 cb (3212 cb), increase about 16% CPU(Single Core) => 502 cb (446 cb), increase about 12% CPUZ 1.91.0 Single CPU => 549.4 (512.8), increase about 7.1% 8C16T multi CPU => 5113.3 (4070), increase about 25.6% Fritz Chess Benchmark =>56.07 / 26914 (47.81 / 22948), increase about 17% Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score => 1316 Multi-Core Score => 7876 FRYRENDER Running Time => 2m 13s (2m 28s), increase about 11% x265 Benchmark 2.1.0 => 55.49FPS (45.88FPS), increase about 21% PCMARK10 => 6169 (5253), increase about 17% The Intel 10th Gen of i7-10875H 8C16T clock speed is about 2.3~5.1GHz. Compared with the top CPU of previous generation i9-9980HK 8C16T, the clock is about 2.4 ~ 5GHz. The CPU performance of the above two in AERO 15 and 17-inch thin and light notebooks, No matter in single-core or full-core performance both has significantly improved in the latest 10th Gen. If the 17-inch 3.8 kg muscle laptop equipped with i9-9980HK would be much larger due to the bigger thermal module. After comparison, that the i9-9980HK performance was similar to i7-10875H In conclusion, we can understand that thin and similar type of laptop models, which equipped the 10 Gen. supporting the new boost clock technology. Coupled with GIGABYTE's exclusive Azure AI software, the clock speed of single-core or full-core operation will have more power flexibility and higher performance. DRAM performance test - DDR4 2933 AIDA64 Memory Read - 41026 MB/s Intel 9th Gen Coffee Lake natively supported up to DDR4-2666 MHz memory. This time, 10th Gen Comet Lake-H supported up to DDR4-2933 MHz memory. AIDA64 Memory Read speed increased from DDR4 2666 to 2933 by about 10% This laptop equipped with Micron DDR4 3200, It was a pity that the CPU didn’t support up to DDR4 3200. Previously tested the 10th generation 10nm i7-1065G7 belongs to Ice Lake-U platform, up to 3733 After all, the laptop with DDR4 cannot overclock, I hope there is an Intel H series platform that supports up to DDR4 3200. The AERO 17 HDR storage system was built-in two M.2 SSDs slots. This one was installed with SAMSUNG M.2 PCIe 512G SSD. SSD test part–CrystalDiskMark Seq Read - 3201.63MB/s，Write - 2976.97MB/s AS SSD Benchmark - 4680 Seq Read - 1983.16 MB/s，Write - 2437.77 MB/s 4K - 64Thrd Read - 1265.64 MB/s，Write - 2006.90 MB/s SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ is also known as PM981a. This spec. of read speed up to 3500MB/s, write speed up to 2900MB/s It has been tested that the max. 3230 and 1625MB/s of Intel 760P was only 2773 in AS SSD Benchmark. In terms of PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD, PM981a is considered to be the top-performing SSD version. However, it is difficult to reach the max. Bandwidth of the specification due to the laptop energy-saving technologies and not able to manual disable. NVIDIA releases RTX Studio laptops for content creators, with Creator Ready Driver supported. The new Gen of laptop high-end GPUs are RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2080 Super. They both equipped with the NVIDIA new Max-Q design, and claimed that Max-Q brings more FPS per watt than before. The following is the RTX 2070 Super (Max-Q) GDDR6 8GB 3D performance testing result. The installed driver version is NVIDIA STUDIO DRIVER 442.23. SPECviewperf 13 The resolution at 1080P test score.

The D side design implements large and unique vents. Both left and right sides are speakers. The battery (94.24wh) is built-in and non-detachable. The high-end Intel 8C16T Core i7-10875H and NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super were both insert into the thin chassis. How temperature varies during the burin-in test will be written in latter paragraph. Here were listed all the included accessories. Warranty card, user manual, power cord and 230W adapter. The adapter is not big and easier to carry. The ID design style of AERO 17 HDR is quite similar to AERO 15 OLED. The biggest difference is the I/O positions and the display size. To me, the ID design of AERO is superior to other top-level ultrathin notebooks. AERO provides top level 17’’ HDR and 15’’ OLED notebooks for display-oriented creators. Here we compare the indoor display performance. On the left side, we have the AORUS 7 equipped with LG IPS 144Hz (Tuned with Spyder) On the right side, we have the AERO 17 HDR equipped with AUO 4K with HDR 400. The AORUS 7 utilizes the same FHD display as AERO 17. The tuned display color is already pretty awesome. However, the AERO 17 HDR delicately presents bright and dark area details under High-Dynamic Range. The RGB backlit from keyboard looks impressive indoor. Especially at a dark space, the RGB lightning will be most luminous. Not to mention that users can adjust the lightning mode whenever you like. GIGABYTE Control Center software. The first page is Smart Dashboard. Mainly for monitoring software systems, hardware usage, and hardware model names. The AI interface located at the top-right side. Through Microsoft Azure, cloud computing and machine learning could predict the program experience and user behaviors, and then dynamically adjust CPU and GPU power consumptions. Optimizing hardware performance by AI can achieve a higher executing performance. Moreover, the new AI icon looks concise and stylish. Manager page looks like mobile phone drop-down macro interface. Mainly shows the function status and instant on/off. The RGB Fusion 2.0 supports up to 16.77 million colors Per-Key RGB Backlit keyboard. In addition, the keyboard supports 80 simultaneous key presses, and the Per-Key Macro keys function. These functions can be turned off when you aren’t gaming. The outstanding keystroke feedback is very impressive. Fan speed control with silent, normal, gaming mode, also with deep control mode. User could depend on preference to set any fan speed at any temperature. And lastly, this Smart Utilities item is about the hardware update information, system backup, product description, Q & A and other functions. GIGABYTE Control Center interface is almost the same as AORUS Control Center. Although the functions are already very abundance and the layout is easy to use, I hope AERO can have its own style of software layout Nahimic 3D sound software Recent years tested many MSI gaming notebook all used this software The interface and function already revised many versions, comes with lots features. Mainly apply 4 sound stages, with 3 type to make it richer sound effects.

In recent 2 years, GIGABYTE laptops mainly focused on two product lines. AORUS launched earlier and is more famous as a series based on gaming design. AREO is a thinner series designed for the needs of creators; these two series got their strong points. AERO chassis design is closer to high-quality Ultrabook, equipped with high-end hardware SPECs. The character of this article is the latest AERO 17 HDR, Let’s watch the guide video and get the information guide first. [Youtube]dVIC-iR44zc[/Youtube] This new AERO 17 HDR XB equipped with Intel Core i7-10875H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super. The outer box used the special English lettering of AERO with black and orange colors. The full chassis body with CNC cutting technology, the A side also all be made with aluminum. The central and upper area are matted design with anti-fingerprint treatment. To make the A side more varied, the bottom area was V-shaped unfolding line design with brushing surface treatment. 17.3” dimension is 396(W) x 270(D) x 21.4(H) mm, weight from 2.5kg. Actual weight is 2661g, AERO 17 HDR performs pretty well on high-end laptop ID design and balanced of weight ratio. Open the AERO 17 HDR, the B side and C side placement overview. The display hinge located at both sides of the chassis body, the maximum open angle of the display is around 120 degree. The assembling quality is very solid. The A side could slowly close automatically when the open angle of the display is under 30 degree. B side is the 17.3” AUO anti-glared display, 4K UHD IPS panel. The three edges of the AERO 17 HDR display with 3mm ultrathin bezel, which is the thinnest bezel design on the overall notebook models. There is a full range 3 side of frame rubber around to avoid causing damage when the screen closed to touch the C side. B side screen-to-body ratio is up to 89% and matches the VESA Display HDR 400 standard. It supports 100% Adobe RGB color gamut that brings more than 25% more details than sRGB colors of detail. Each laptop display passed the color calibration of X-Rite Pantone from factory side. Delta E <1 is very close to original color display, and achieve the most accurate color presents. Except for the keyboard area, the C side are made by matte black aluminum material same as A side design. The island-style keyboard with RGB Fusion 2.0 technology, and specialized in more fabulous full-color backlight. GIGABYTE and Sunrex who is the world's largest keyboard supplier collaborated to make the keystroke feedback more solid In terms of membrane keyboard, this is really good keystroke feedback by my personal experience. There are HD webcam and microphone on the top of C side. The face should not be taken too close to the chin with webcam because the surface is angled upward. It supported face tracing technology, the smoothness was outstanding but the resolution still could be better. It is a rarely design of webcam cover in other laptops, which can enhance the privacy for users. The round power button just below the webcam, and the linear holes on both left and right side of the button are airflow vents for cooling. The bottom of the C side is the touchpad, which offered accurate operation, and equipped with the fingerprint sensor on the upper left. The left and right sides are stickers of hardware or feature lists, and one more sticker that emphasized this laptop was Made in Taiwan at the bottom-left corner. The large and thicker sticker on the right which emphasized the hardware features of AERO 17 HDR, it easier to tear and no glue reside. The right side of I/O port. From left side, USB 3.2 Gen1 / Thunderbolt 3 (Type-C) / MINI DP 1.4 / HDMI 2.0/ power input/ vent. Composed with Killer Ethernet E2600 LAN chip and Killer wireless Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 chip. The AX1650 supports the latest 802.11AX, which is the WIFI 6 technology that allows a 2.4 Gbps transmission speed. The left side of I/O port From left side, vent. / RJ45 internet port / SD Card Reader (UHS-II) / USB 3.2 Gen 1 Earphone jack / microphone jack / USB 3.2 Gen 1 The UHS-II can be seen as a luxury high-speed SD Card Reader for laptops, which can run up to 300 MB/s.

Battlefield V 1920 x 1080, frame quality: highest DX12 option, opening theme – 99FPS RTX 2060 NVIDIA DLSS option, – 89FPS Monster Hunter: World 1920 x 1080, 3D effect set to highest, opening theme – 50 FFPS (55 FPS) FAR CRY 5 Resolution 1920 x 1080, set 3D effect to very high Built in benchmark tool – rendering frames 4939 (5088) opening theme – 75 FFPS PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS 1920 x 1080 3D effect set to highest, start character in lobby - 152 FPS Tom Clancy's The Division 2 1920 x 1080 3D effect set to highest, opening theme – 67 FFPS Although RTX 2060 adds ray tracing and DLSS technology, but not many games which supported currently. Basically, the performance difference between 1660Ti and 2060 in most 3D games is not too big. However, it can be seen from the above that the 1660Ti performs well in 1080P game resolution. If the price for a laptop with RTX 2060 is not affordable to you, A laptop with 1660 Ti, which the price and performance were both decent. Ambient temp. 24˚C, proceed Intel Core i7 9750H cooling test. Run the LinX 0.7.1 at full speed, 67~74˚C, maxima up to 91 ˚C. The heat dissipating of AORUS 7 performance is not bad, so use LinX which is Intel platform with very high loading to burns in temp. test. i7-9750H in the burn in process, it showed TDP is under 50W and most of the clock rate is 3.99GHz. If the power increased up to 60~80W, most of the clock rate is 3.09GHz. The heat dissipating performance of AORUS 7 beats the DELL Alienware M17 with i7-9850H. FurMark mainly for GPU GTX 1660Ti burn in test. GPU 1320MHz / MEM 6000MHz Run FurMark got idle of 47˚C and full speed 69˚C With FurMark burn in test, keyboard upper side around 34~37˚C, left & right side vents 33~45˚C Back side vents 30~51˚C, D side air intake vent 30~40˚C, so the rear right side vent got higher temp. The AORUS 7 equipped with WINDFORCE 2X cooling system. It was very satisfied about the cooling on both CPU and GPU. You won’t hear much noise when both the loading environment and fan speed is low. In situations like idle, web-surfing and documenting files. The mid-low frequency noise level and volume won’t let you feel uncomfortable, while playing high-loading games or using high fan speed. On the battery life, Windows 10 power option set to balance, battery option set to battery save mode. Used Wi-Fi link to internet and playback YouTube video at DVD 480P format, 1 hour with 83% left, 2 hours with 65% left, 4 hours with 26% left, estimated up to 5 hours before shutdown. That means the battery life performance is above the standard. Summarized the strengths of AORUS 7 SA (i7-9750H/GTX 1660Ti 6G) 1. The WINDFORCE 2X cooling system is capable of supporting the high level performance of CPU and GPU. 2. The resolution of the webcam is one of the finest equipment that I have ever used in recent two years. 3. The combination of a detachable battery and an exquisite adaptor enhances the portability of laptops. 4. 15 different LED colors were provided by the RGB backlit keyboard, and a precise touchpad was equipped with laptops. 5. SAMSUNG DDR4 2666 DRAM, a high level and compatibility memory. 6. The exclusive Control Center 3.0 software and the Nahimic 3D sound software functions are great. 7. 17’’ IPS panel from the Better LG 144Hz refresh rate and ultrathin bezel. 8. The ultrathin bezel design effectively reduces 14% of the 17’’ laptops’ volume. The points for future improvement listed. 1. The A side is normal at the first glance. To draw customers’ attention, creativity should be implemented more on the A side. 2. The price is higher compare to competitors, because of better branded components. 3. Current noise occurs somewhere around the keyboard when the fan speed is low. However, the noise disappears when the fan speed is high. Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 85/100 Material Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 Specification Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 ID design Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 80/100 Cost Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 85/100 “Gaming laptop” is too lavish for grasping customers’ attention in recent years. The term was applied to some $700 USD laptops merely with discrete graphics. It should have more gaming element and higher performance for the $1,000 to $1,400 gaming laptops. Better 3D graphics is necessary, and more gaming elements such as display, keyboard, sound system, cooling system and Wi-Fi card. Building a gaming laptop with upscale features will create a different marketing position, which separates the customers of general laptops. The AORUS 7 might be differs in the GPU level, where GIGABYTE provides GTX 1050, 1650, 1660Ti, and RTX 2060. However, GTX 1660Ti is the only option in Taiwan. Compare to the competitors’ GTX 1660Ti gaming laptops, AORUS 7 is slightly higher in price. The AORUS 7 got high-end components such as LG 144Hz display, Dual-channel Samsung DDR4, Intel 760P SSD, Killer 1550 chipset with higher costs. However, the plain appearance is a weakness for AORUS 7. I would recommend GIGABYTE make more effort on designing the chassis. All other features match its value of AORUS 7. Outstanding cooling system, fine resolution webcam and exquisite sound quality were not common in other moderate level laptop. Thus, I would claim that the AORUS 7 is a great entry-level gaming laptop with overall comprehensive performance. Please visit my Facebook if you like “windwithme” review article and want to receive more updates. Your comment and like is my fuel for moving forward! PS: Spyder is used for generating color-tuning files on this AORUS 7. Please leave a message in my Facebook if you need more information about it.

Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score => 1160 Multi-Core Score => 6117 FRYRENDER Running Time => 2m 52s (3m 07s) x265 Benchmark 2.1.0 => 43.04FPS (35.8FPS) PCMARK => 4568 The speed clock of Intel 9 i7-9750H was 300 to 400MHz higher than the previous Intel i7-8750H. In summary, the i7-9750H was superior in terms of performance. In addition, the AORUS 7 equips a high-level cooling system. This is how AORUS 7 CPU test pretty easier to get the high performance and this is an advantage in the entry-level laptops. DRAM performance test - DDR4 2666 AIDA64 Memory Read - 37492 MB/s In term of the 9th generation platform with DDR4 2666 dual channel bandwidth, AORUS 7 has achieved high standards performance. It equipped the higher-priced Samsung DRAM, and it is better for the stable and compatibility of laptops. The storage system could install up to two M.2 SSDs and one 2.5” SATA storage. AORUS 7 SA equipped with Intel 760P M.2 PCIe 512G SSD. SSD test part–CrystalDiskMark Seq Read - 2972.1 MB/s，Write - 1518.8 MB/s AS SSD Benchmark – 3042 Seq Read - 2675.17 MB/s，Write - 1378.68 MB/s 4K - 64Thrd Read -882.63 MB/s，Write - 998.86 MB/s This Intel 760P of read speed up to 3230MB/s, write speed up to 1625MB/s The price is higher in the SSD market, but also because of the reliable brand and warranty be trusted by consumers. AORUS 7 equipped with higher quality components even it positioned in the regular level laptops. Here comes 3D performance test. With GeForce GTX 1660Ti DDR6 standard version. Will also attached previous tested result of RTX 2060 for comparison. 3DMARK Fire Strike => 13277 (14615) 3DMARK Time Spy => 5670 (6031) UNIGINE 2 1080P MEDIUM => 10853 (11465) FINAL FANTASY XIV ： Shadowbringers 1920 X 1080 HIGH=> 10518 (14238) Apex Legends 1920 x 1080, Video setup to highest Practice mode start theme –127FPS

Recent 2 years GIGABYTE goes forward and aggressive to Mid-High level laptop market. The part of their Gaming is dominated by the AORUS series, and the part of Creator is dominated by the AERO series. And the AORUS series recently launched the brand new flagship product–AORUS 17 got the highest exposure. This time we got the entry models of the AORUS high-level gaming laptop series, named as AORUS 5, AORUS 7 with 15” and 17” design. The character of this article is the AORUS 7 with a bigger 17” display. Dimension is 399(W) x 282(D) x29.2(H)mm, weight about 2.5kg. Actual weight is 2543g, and the detailed model name is AORUS 7 SA. The thin bezel design makes the appearance smaller than the regular 17” laptop, and slightly larger than the regular 15” one. The AORUS eagle image Logo in the center of A cover, and the sharp lines on the both sides design increase the speedy style. This one is positioning in the regular laptops market, so it’s a pity that none of these 3 areas equipped some light bar design. It is smoother when you touch the A side with fingerprint, it will be better if there are some pattern or more colorful light bar. However, the special design on both side of back vents behind the A side is a plus to the appearance. Open the AORUS 7, the B side and C side placement design. The hinge located at both sides of the chassis body, the maximum open angle of the display is around 130 degree. The assembling quality is solid. Although the case was made by plastic, you won’t feel much unstable while opening the display. Thin bezel design is the most common feature in the gaming laptops market on 2019, was implemented at the B side. Three edges of the AORUS 7 display possess 6mm thin bezel. The webcam placed above the display, it will be more convenient for users. The 17.3’’ LG IPS 4ms anti-glared display owned FHD resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. Face tracing technology was used in the HD webcam, the smoothness and resolution were both outstanding. Overview of the C side, there is full-sized keyboard with numpad, and the key travel is 2.0mm. The keystroke feedback is better than the laptops’ keyboard at this price range, but the feedback is still slightly soft overall. It equipped single-zone 15 colors RGB backlit keyboard, and separated the left and the right key of the touchpad to make more accuracy. The touchpad area supports Windows® Precision Touchpad technology and have a few touch gestures. The left side of I/O port From left side, vent / USB 3.1 Gen1 / USB 2.0 / microphone jack / Earphone jack. The right side of I/O port From left side, USB 3.1 Gen2 / MINI DP 1.2 / SD Card reader / vent. The back side of I/O port The both right and left side are vents, and USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C / HDMI 2.0 RJ45 are in the middle of back side. Killer Wireless-AC 1550 LAN chip of RJ45 port. Here are the accessories be included packaging. From left, Li Polymer Battery(48.96Wh), warranty card, SD slot protection card, manual, power code and 180W adapter, and the big plus is the small and portable adapter. In addition, the design of detachable battery has not been seen for several years. Laptops are designed to have a built-in battery for thinness or integration. There are some troubles for replacement and extra expensive cost at built-in battery for most consumers. Furthermore, the detachable battery can also provide two for self-use and easy to take it out for gaming or working. The D side design, the upper right is battery location and vents are mainly in the center. The both sides below are speaker hole and four yellow lights are in the center, that is in front end of the C side. AORUS 7 got Control Center 3.0 software, was divided into four main functions: Power Modes、LED Keyboard、Flexyikey、FAN Speed Control. LED Keyboard light setup page, built in 15 colors and others detail setting. Fan speed control setting with power saving, quiet, performance and entertainment modes. Users could depend on different use environment to set the better fan speed mode. In terms of entry-level laptops, I give full marks to this fan speed control page for detailed setting. AORUS 7 equipped with WINDFORCE 2X cooling system and owned large dual fans. With 3 heatpipes to pump out internal hot air, the actual heat dissipating performance will be tested as below. Nahimic 3D sound software Recent years tested many MSI gaming laptop all used this software. Other gaming laptops have also begun to follow suit, the most dramatic example is AORUS. The homepage mainly applied four sound stages, with three type to make it richer sound effects. The microphone page got chat and conference mode, with 3 function to adjust. Below is AORUS 7 speaker sound experience, this is subjective. When the speaker is adjusted to maximum volume, it was very loud which means no common problem with the volume is too low. High frequency: Not too sharp, very rich detail and very high-quality present. Middle frequency: Overall clear and brilliant, human vocal is a bit thin. There is still much to be desired. Low frequency: Low frequency drum sound present pretty clean, subwoofer not too turbid. But woofer of bass sound is too weak. The overall performance of the speaker sound in sound mode is good. However, the sound stage is a bit weak and the mid-bass not rich enough. As far as the $1,000 to $1,400 price range, this sound quality is still pretty good and worthy. AORUS 7 equipped with Intel Core i7-9750H, 6 Cores 12 threads, basic clock 2.6Ghz and single core up to 4.5GHz. Fan Speed default setting is “entertainment”, about 2800~4000rpm to test CPU performance. It would be compared to the data in back parentheses which are Intel Core i7-8750H 2.2~4.2G results. CPUZ 1.91.0 Single CPU => 475.7 (450.8) 6C12T multi CPU => 3412.9 (3388.2) Fritz Chess Benchmark => 45.63 / 21901 (43.67 / 20960) CINEBENCH R15 CPU => 1234 cb (1155 cb) CPU(Single Core) => 183 cb (167 cb) CINEBENCH R20.0 CPU => 2840 cb (2556 cb) CPU(Single Core) => 435 cb (408 cb)

PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS 1920 x 1080 3D effect set to highest, start character in lobby, - 393FPS (386FPS) Apex Legends 1920 x 1080, Video setup to highest Practice mode start theme – 245FPS (234FPS) RTX 2060=>119FPS，RTX 2080 Max-Q=>147FPS Monster Hunter: World 1020 x 1080, 3D effect set to highest, opening theme – 95FFPS (91FPS) RTX 2070=>75FPS，RTX 2080 Max-Q=>71FPS FAR CRY 5 Resolution 1920 x 1080, set 3D effect to very high Built in benchmark tool – rendering frames 6918 (6766) RTX 2070 rendered frame 6784, 2080 Maxx-Q rendered frame 5654. Battlefield V 1920 x 1080, Graphics setup Auto: Max Fifelity DX12 and NVIDIA DLSS option, opening theme – 171FPS (164FPS) 2080 Max-Q=>138 FPS AORUS 17 only with RTX 2080 support dual adaptor design. With game test could see, single adaptor performance some are the same, some with performance gap less than 5~10%. With single 330W adaptor, under heavy 3D games might loaded up to 320W Dual adaptor will become half power consumption for each, 2nd adaptor could be the backup or used for extreme performance usage. Not like some top level notebook need to plug on 2 adaptor to insure the highest performance. AORUS 17 only need to being 1 out, make dual adaptor more flexibility for users. Highest version with RTX 2080 is the top of notebooks, all comes with extreme performance on 3D benchmarks or gaming, Some game play present are big gap from 2080 Max-Q, even mush stronger than 2070. Burn-in Temp. test. Ambient temp. 27˚C, proceed Intel Core i9 9980HK cooling test. Fan speed set to full speed, about 4500~4600rpm Run the LinX 0.7.1 at full speed, 52~65˚C, maxima up to 83. The fan speed up to 4500rpm with CPU burn in test, the fan noise up to maxima status. LinX burn in is often to see 2 clock of 3.89GHz-1.08V and 2.4GHz-0.83V Core Temp. showed TDP is 58W, the AORUS 17 cooling seems still got enough power. Suggest the BIOS could adjust a bit to drive higher speed clock and TDP to gain more performance. FurMark mainly for GPU RTX 2080 burn in test. GPU 1485MHz / MEM 7000MHz Run FurMark got idle of 58˚C and full speed 73˚C With FurMark burn in test, keyboard side around 28~31˚C, upper side 32~36˚C, left & right side vents 46~51˚C Back side vents 42~57˚C, D side air intake vent 33~50˚C, so the rear side vent got higher temp. If set fan to normal mode, used for internet, video or songs, speed around 2000rpm, less noise. Fan speed over 3000rpm will get higher noise, and 4500rpm will even higher. The noise level closer to mid-low frequency got less uncomfortable feeling, could wear headset or use speakers if needed. On the battery life, Microsoft Azure AI set to “Battery Save Mode”. Used Wi-FI link to internet and playback YouTube video at DVD 480P format, dual GPU switch GPU mode test. Set on “dGPU” mode with RTX 2080, 1 hour with 67% left, 2 hours with 30% left, 2h25m with 8% left. Switch to iGPU to use Intel UMA and Optimus, 1 hour with 77%, 2 hours with 59%, 3 hours with 39%, 4 hours with 19%, 4h40min with 6% left. Support GPU switch mode did have better flexibility for longer battery life. Summarized on AORUS 7 (I9 9980HK/RTX 2080 8G) Key features and advantages: 1. Solid chassis, assembling quality, ID design achieve the top-level notebook quality. 2. Top nVIDIA RTX 2080 of highest 3D performance version, with Graphic Switch function. 3. First mechanical keyboard notebook with OMRON switch, high durable and high quality type feedback. 4. YA version attached AUO FHD 240Hz display, 3 side ultrathin bezel. 5. Each notebook display with X-Rite Pantone color calibration from factory side, and fulfill the high standard of Delta E<1. 6. AORUS Control Center and Nahimic 3D sound software got rich functions. 7. ESS Sabre Hi-Fi DAC high-level sound chip make higher level headset sound experience. 8. WINDFORCE Infinity with dual 12V fans, 5 heatpipes, 4 vents of high level cooling. 9. Support Microsoft Azure AI auto adjust to get higher efficient and performance. 10. Outstanding WINDFORCE Infinity cooling system performance, dual 330W adaptors are more flexible. Need to be enhanced or improved 1. A side metallic chassis if under strong lights, easier to get fingerprint image. 2. WebCam got lower resolution and quality, hope it could be improved. 3. The biggest CPU power up to 58W, could make it higher to raise up 9980HK performance. 4. If the 5 zones of surround chassis lights could have full RGB colors will be more beautiful. Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★★☆ 92/100 Material Rating ★★★★★★★★★☆ 90/100 Specification Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 ID design Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 Cost Performance Rating ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 80/100 GIGABYTE is gearing up to make better features products and tracing in the mid-high level gaming notebooks. Besides of Ultrabook, also the first thin bezel & high performance laptop AERO 15. This year they launched new version of AERO 15 OLED, provide creator markets with more unique features to users. AORUS 15 of 2019 version goes to thin bezel and lighter design, for mid-high level gaming market. And this article comes with latest top level Gaming Notebook AORUS 17, it’s the most featured gaming notebook. On this kind of top level gaming notebook SPEC. with ultrathin bezel and mech. Keyboard with OMRON switch, could reduce the size and weight and very outstanding. GIGABYTE designed in the ultrathin bezel and slimmer chassis with very high quality detail on recent AORUS and AERO series. 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AORUS 17 with Intel i7-9750H and i9 9980HK This YA version with 9980HK, 8 Cores 16 threads, basic clock 2.4GHz and single core up to 5GHz. Fan Speed set to “Normal”, about 2000~4000rpm to test CPU performance. CPUZ 1.90.1 Single CPU => 523.5 8C16T multi CPU => 4592.3 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 56.74 / 27236 CINEBENCH R15 CPU => 1703 cb CPU(Single Core) => 198 cb CINEBENCH R20.0 CPU => 3754 cb CPU(Single Core) => 472 cb Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score => 1290 Multi-Core Score => 6511 FRYRENDER Running Time => 2m 17s x265 Benchmark 2.1.0 => 52.14FPS PCMARK => 6745 Below i9 9980HK test progress of power consumption, system idle about 90W If its full Cores test, it’s about 180W more, so single 330W is enough. Around CPU test process it’s quiet, full speed will not be too noise. AORUS 17 already delivered full performance of i9 9980HK, not like many slim type notebook will drop a bit of CPU performance. I did test DT replacement Dell Alienware Area-51m with i9 9900HK, only about 10% higher on the CPU performance. AORUS 17 with 9980HK on performance, power consumption, noise and temperature with very good balanced quality. High light the only All Intel Inside components, and very rare of “Made in Taiwan” Used Intel CPU, WiFi card and Intel 760P SSD. AORUS 17 could install 2x M.2 SSDs and 1 2.5” SATA storage. SSD test part – CrystalDiskMark Seq Read - 3088.5 MB/s，Write - 1600.4 MB/s AS SSD Benchmark - 3057 Seq Read - 2708.30 MB/s，Write - 1546.10 MB/s 4K - 64Thrd Read - 879.27 MB/s，Write - 1027.30 MB/s This Intel 760P of read speed up to 3230MB/s, write speed up to 1625MB/s If compared to PCIe x4 of M.2 SSD performance, Intel 760P is mid-high level. Intel SSD take most advantage from stability and good quality, if comes with other higher SSD will be better. Here comes 3D performance test. With GeForce RTX 2080 GDDR6 standard version. Test result used dual 330W adaptor, single 330W adaptor results in the bracket for comparison. Besides also attached previous test result reference from other high-level notebooks. Installed NVIDIA GeForce 441.41 Driver. Win10 updated to 1909 version. 3DMARK Time Spy => 10422 (10149) RTX 2070=>9102，RTX 2080 Max-Q=>7509 UNIGINE 2 1080P MEDIUM => 19461 (19084) RTX 2070=>15193，RTX 2080 Max-Q=>14942 FINAL FANTASY XIV : STORMBLOOD 1920 X 1080 HIGH=> 20021 (19786) RTX 2070=>17832，RTX 2080 Max-Q=>15638

The back side Both right and left side are vents, IO port from left side is HDMI 2.0 AORUS 17 YA version with dual AC power input, 330+330W Killer Ethernet E2600 LAN chip of RJ45 port D side design Emphasize the fighter jet, exotic car, and phoenix element shapes. The vents on bottom side with phoenix image style, even D side comes with special art design. With their latest WINDFORCE Infinity cooling technology, thermal efficient up to 37% enhancement. Buit-in dual 12V of 51 blade fans, 5 heatopies, 4 airflow vents and Vapor Chamber. Display open angle up to 125 degree, with Li Polymer 94Wh battery. CPU and GPU main difference is i7 9750H or i9 9980HK, RTX 2060, RTX 2070 or RTX 2080 graphics. The RTX 2070 models with 1 330W adaptor, and RTX 2080 support dual 330W adaptor. Below is the AORUS 17 and dual 330W adaptor compared image AORUS Control Center software Open the software, main page “Smart Dashboard” Mainly for system monitor, hardware condition and hardware working status. On right top side is their AI interface, through Microsoft Azure cloud data to calculate and analysis. AI could analysis the program and user behavior, to adjust CPU and GPU power consumption. In the simple way that AI to optimize hardware performance, and make better software working experience. Manager page looks like mobile phone interface. Mainly show the function status and instant on/off. The very rare design of “Graphic Switch” function, let user could use Discrete GPU or with NVIDIA Optimus for Intel UMA function. Fusion C side chassis with 5 lighting zone, with 8 main color type and colorful brightness adjust design. Keyboard light adjust page, built in 10 more lights shining mode. Full range color light, support RGB Fusion 2.0 Fan speed control with silent, normal, gaming mode, also with deep control mode. User could depends on preference to set any fan speed at any temperature. Besides, the fan speed up to 4700rpm Nahimic 3D sound software Recent years tested many MSI gaming notebook all used this software The interface and function already revised many versions, comes with lots features. Mainly apply 4 sound stages, with 3 type to make it richer sound effects. Microphone page got chat and conference mode, with 3 function to adjust. Below is AORUS 17 speaker sound experience, this is subjective. High frequency: Not too sharp, very rich detail, very high quality present. Middle frequency: Overall clear and brilliant, human vocal is rich but still a bit thin. Low frequency: Low frequency present clean, not turbid, woofer of drum sound is a bit weak. Overall the built in speaker did achieve top level gaming notebook quality, if the detail could adjust will be better. External speaker designed with ESS SABRE Hi-Fi DAC, up to 24bit/192KHz data rate. Enough to push 16~600ohm mid-high level headsets, it’s a really good benefit for headset oriented users.

Recent 2 years GIGABYTE launched many Mid-High level laptop, want to gain more market share. Now the hottest series are Gaming and Creator market The AERO series for Creator market, designed with 15” and 17”, with many HW combination models. AORUS is for Gaming series, mainly with 15” and 17” design. This time we got GIGABYTE AORUS 17, the brand new design with highest SPECs. Many brand like DELL, ASUS, MSI, they all separate Gaming notebook with 2 categories. One is slim type with mid-high level Hardware, another is larger muscle notebook with highest Hardware SPECs. AOTUS 17 is the 2nd type muscle book, but with thin bezel and slimmer chassis. It’s kind of combination of both advantage of slim and strong power. A side metallic chassis, with AORUS eagle Logo and dual lines to create speedy style. The backside extend part is small, center stripe and both side airflow exhaust comes with LED light bars. Dimension of this 17” NB is 396(W)x 293(D)x 38(H)mm, weight about 3.75kg Actual weight is 3780g, compare its solid chassis and top level hardware, the size, thickness and weight all smaller than the previous review of Dell Alienware Area-51m. B side and C side chassis design AORUS 17 comes with 3 version of WA, XA and YA, YA is the top level. It depends on CPU, Display and GPU combinations difference. This article is TA version, comes with Intel Core i9-9980HK and GeForce RTX 2080 The C side 17.3” display, YA version with AUO FHD display. Refresh rate is 240Hz, 3ms response time, match the top gaming display format. Each notebook display passed the color calibration of X-Rite™ Pantone from factory. Delta E <1 is very close to original color display, it helps a lot for many user environment. 3mm ultrathin bezel design, very rare design even on other ultrathin notebooks. The HD resolution on the bottom side, the dark noise is higher, but still very smooth. C side material is most important for user, because it will touch by fingers and palm rest. The touchpad is very sensitive with high level NB quality, left & right holes for speakers. Left down side showed “Made in Taiwan”, right down side is feature label. AORUS eagle image power bottom, showed white light when boot up. Back left and right side of vents design with style shape, comes with straight line colorful light for gaming style. In front of C side with 2 zones light control, support RGB Fusion 2.0 Keyboard is the most special design, high light as world’s 1st OMRON switch slim mechanical keyboard. Key Switch cap is round design, to make the LED light more balance, the light is more beautiful. The key press up to 15Millions times lifecycle, 2.5mm slim key distance. The 1.6mm trigger point is better than other top-level laptops of membrane keyboard. Compared with Cherry keyboard switch still have some difference on feedback and click sound, that depends on personal preference. According to my 10 years experience of Cherry switch keyboards, use OMRON switch keyboard shall not have big difference. This design make the 17” muscle design of top level gaming notebook could be slimmer. The right side From left side, USB3.1 Gen1(Type-C) / UHS-II SD Card Reader 2x USB3.1 G1(Type-A)/ chassis vents. The left side From left, vents, / DP 1.4 & USB3.1 (Type-C) Thunderbolt3(Type-C) / USB3.1 Gen1(Type-A) Microphone jack / Headphone jack (Support Hi-Res Audio and SPDIF)

Next, we tested DirectX, a technique most of the game titles apply. The following () is the AORUS 5 (Core i7-9750H/ GTX 1660Ti) benchmark 3DMARK Fire Strike => 17516 (7997) FINAL FANTASY XIV ： Shadowbringers 1920 X 1080 HIGH=> 15948 (10518) FAR CRY 5 Resolution: 1920 X 1080/ Graphic setting: Ultra We use its built-in performance test, FPS: 5878 (3187) GTX 1660Ti can run most titles using 1080p, medium graphic setting; and RTX 2080 Max-Q can run 1080p at Ultra. If you are running UHD 4K resolution, we recommend you to apply medium or lower setting. RTX 2080 is the most powerful you can get on AERO 15 OLED, there’s also a more affordable “SA” with 9750H and GTX 1660Ti. Based on the test results above you may learn the difference between different GPU models and the most expensive one may not be the best choice for you especially if you don’t have such high budget. One more thing for your information, NVIDIA recently update the 436.02 driver which optimizes more new titles. You should update it if you play these titles. Burn-in Test Room temperature: 31°C, running Intel Core i9-9980HK cooling test. Fan mode: normal (runs at 3800~4100 RPMs when CPU running at full speed) CPU temperature: 79°C~90°C, highest temperature: 95°C, running LinX 0.7.1 at system’s full speed. Fan speed is 2600~2800 RPMs when standby, at this stage you can barely hear the fan; the speed will raise to 3800~4100 RPMs and the fan noise becomes noticeable. Comparing to other models we’ve tested, this is not too bad. 9980HK’s TDP is 45W, and AERO 15 OLED’s cooling system is capable of handling more power. Most of the time the CPU frequency is around 3.9~4.1G, TDP is about 55~58W; when TDP gets close to 60W, the wattage will drop to 0.8V and the clock speed is 2.4~2.6G. Please note that LinX is very demanding for CPU, actual usage such as game would not use that much power. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the CPU clock sped should be around 3.9~4.1G. Furmark is a GPU burn-in test. GPU 1000MHz / MEM 6000MHz Temparature: Standby: 55°C/ Full speed: 77°C We cannot get the precise GPU clock speed, but we compared the result to MSI GS75 which we previously tested. Though both is running the same RTX 2080 Max-Q, the MSI model can only reach slightly above 870MHz. While running LinX burn-in test, the center of the keyboard temperature is 32~36°C, upper side of it is 36~42°C, the rear side, air exhaust vent, is 38~48°C, and the bottom side, air intake vent, is 33~45°C. The fan noise rose when running at full speed, but it’s not too bad and we think it’s acceptable. You can barely hear the fan when you are surfing the Internet, watching videos or playing music. About the battery life, GIGABYTE claims 8.5 hours of usage, which may only happen when handling simple tasks such as web browsing. We tested it with Wi-Fi on, Microsoft Azure AI Battery Save Mode, playing 480p videos on YouTube, and the result is not quite as GIGABYTE claims but still exceptional. After 1 hour: 85%/ 2 hours: 69%/ 3 hours: 56%/ After 5 hours: 21%/ After 6 hours: 8% The left is AERO 15 OLED with Samsung AMOLED display; the right is AORUS 5 with LCD IPS. When the brightness is about the same, we can see the difference in details, such as the upper left, the ripples, or the left side on the AERO logo, the grass. AMOLED performs better on both image details and color saturation. Besides the advantages mentioned above, AERO 15 OLED’s display is color calibrated by Xrite Pantone, hence the photo shown on the laptop looks very similar to the real object, meaning the color displayed is very close to actual color. To sum up, GIGABYTE AERO 15 OLED YA(i9-9980Hk/RTX 2080 Max-Q) has the following advantages: 1.ID design is not “gaming” but ore professional, and the overall build quality is great. 2.It carries the most high-end display that is available now: Samsung 4K AMOLED, has 3-side ultra-thin screen bezel and is color calibrated by Xrite Pantone. 3.It is equipped with 8C16T Intel 9th gen Core i9-9980HK and the performance is improved. 4.Thin& light but carries NVIDIA RTX 2080 Max-Q, currently the most powerful mobile graphics. 5.Useful GIGABYTE Control Center and Nahimic audio software. 6.Microsoft Azure AI can dynamically adjust hardware settings and increase efficiency. 7.Advanced dual fan+5 heat pipes+11 intake/exhale vents GIGABYE cooling design: Supra Cool 2 thermal system. 8.Per-key RGB backlight keyboard; membrane keyboard but offers great tactile feedback. 9.Killer AX1650 supports 802.11AZ (Wi-Fi 6). 10.Thoughtful design of camera cover for extra privacy; with great performance as well as portability thanks to its 94Wh battery. 11.Besides the most premium “YA”, GIGABYTE also offers more entry-level models. Things we think could do better: 1.The glossy display can be reflective when the ambient is bright. 2.Webcam has low resolution. 3.Speakers performs poorly on subwoofer and sound field. 4.It’d be better if the AMOLED also comes in matte finish so that customers get to choose. Performance ★★★★★★★★★☆ 93/100 Quality ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 88/100 Hardware Spec ★★★★★★★★★☆ 92/100 ID Design ★★★★★★★★★☆ 90/100 Price/Performance ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 75/100 AERO 15 OLED starts from about 1,800 to 3,000 dollars, this product line covers most GPUs. The price varies according to hardware specs and the most expensive one is YA, then XA, WA, SA and NA. The latest version carries Intel 9th gen Core i7-9750H or i9-9980HK, as for the graphics it has RTX 2080 Max-Q, RTX 2070 Max-Q, or RTX 2060. The same ID also comes in with Sharp 240Hz FHD IGZO matte display, offering options from GTX 1660Ti to RTX 2070. The newest AERO 15 has minimum “professional” look, great build quality and feels premium. There are 2 different types of panels and both of them have ultra-thin screen bezel, color calibrated display and a keyboard that has exceptional tactile feeling. The price varies according to the parts inside, the product line covers different level of performance for you to choose from, from “gaming performance” RTX 2080 Max-Q to more entry level GTX GPUs. Personally, I’d choose AERO over normal gaming laptops if the hardware spec is similar. In the future we hope to see a webcam supporting higher resolution and stronger speakers. So, this is my review on the latest AERO 15 OLED, wish this information is helpful If you like my article, please like & follow my facebook fanpage to receive the latest updates To know my personal test and review status, your Reply and Like still my best momentum to moving forward the works.