NVIDIA's max-q design gpus have given us some really interesting laptops this
year most of which have been laser focused on providing crazy performance
in a size we haven't seen before Gigabyte had a bit of a different idea
sounds crazy but they were like what if you could just use a power
efficient max-q GPU in like
more like a regular laptop for maximum awesomeness
well what you'd probably end up with is the aero 15x
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the arrow 15x has a clean professional look to it that actually reminds me of
older dell or lenovo business models except with a carbon fiber accent on the
back and RGB lighting on the keyboard to keep it from getting too boring in
corporate it also has almost no bezels bordering
the display and the feel of the whole laptop is really solid save for a
slightly wobbly screen hinge at just under 20 millimeters thick and
4.6 pounds it doesn't quite qualify as a thin and light but for the power that it
houses i would definitely call it portable it's rocking an Intel core i7
quad core 16 gigs of RAM and a gtx 1070
max q making it suitable for anything from heavy gaming to light workstation
use that is assuming that it's adequately cooled and adding to the
portability is the fact that the i o includes full-size usb 3 Ethernet and
Thunderbolt 3 so there's no need to carry around any dongles if you don't
want to back to cooling though obviously that's
going to be a challenge for a device like the arrow 15x
with only the CPU loaded we experienced no throttling though and temps in the
mid 70s with that said with a combined CPU and
GPU load like Gigabyte's compact brix
gaming desktop the aero 15x's CPU
throttled down significantly it seems though like this is something
that they could fine-tune with a future BIOS or driver update because under full
load we could hardly even hear the fans gaming performance is really strong
though a max q 1070 isn't quite as fast
as a desktop 1070 but in this machine it
actually ends up within spitting distance and given how slim it is i'm
willing to forgive it a couple of frames here and there besides on its 60hz
display it won't be making much of a difference anyway which i guess leads us
perfectly into our biggest beef with the arrow 15x it
hurts me to say this but 60 refreshes per second at 1080p
really isn't enough it's not a bad display at all especially
if you're into the gaming workstation angle since it's x right color
calibrated out of the box and in my opinion 1080p while not as crispy as
1440p or better isn't too bad for the
size but with this kind of CPU and GPU
performance we should easily be running at 100 FPS or more in many modern games
and right now buyers of this device
aren't getting the full experience unless they hook up an external monitor
and i've got other issues as well the webcam placement you either get a view
up my nostrils or if we adjust it
you get to stare at my right hand
oh right you're down there so when is like i don't know a magnetic
like clip-on mic or something with just contacts in the top of the monitor
coming that would be sick no bezels no privacy concerns and no
viewing angle compromise moving down from the webcam though is
lots of good news on the keyboard there's a pleasant travel distance and a
solid feel to the keys with a fairly high actuation force so fans of cherry
mx blue switches will probably really like this one i found it awesome to type
on some gamers might find there's a little
more force required than they'd like i could see your left pinky getting a bit
tired but overall really liked it and then going lower still we've got a
perfectly usable though somewhat unremarkable trackpad it does what it
needs to do with solid tracking and a clicky feel where the arrow 15x really
shines compared to other gaming laptops especially compact ones is the battery
life with almost 6 hours of unplugged
productivity it is among the best battery life we've ever seen in any
gaming laptop especially one with this kind of performance
and opening it up which is pretty easy if you have the
right bit reveals how exactly Gigabyte
achieved this feat it's beautiful manufacturers or at least Gigabyte
anyway are finally listening to me that
is a 94.24 watt hour battery that is right
near the legal limit for what you can take on a plane with you and
i might cry a little here because it's also got sockets for adding more
m.2 storage and upgrading your RAM
instead of soldered solutions for either of those
so that's all fine and good but like all the other max q laptops we've seen it
comes at a cost literally
this version here will run you 2200
which means if your wallet is tight and your backpack is large you can get more
performance for less but while the aero 15x doesn't give you the
best bang for the buck and really
it doesn't excel at any specific task
it also isn't the worst performance per dollar or for that matter it's not the
worst at anything nothing else that i've seen yet gives
you everything that it does all in one
place portability productivity and
gaming highly recommended great work
Gigabyte need to see a 120 hertz display with
g-sync next time speaking of things i'd like to see next
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