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NVIDIA's max-q design gpus have given us some really interesting laptops this

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year most of which have been laser focused on providing crazy performance

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in a size we haven't seen before Gigabyte had a bit of a different idea

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sounds crazy but they were like what if you could just use a power

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efficient max-q GPU in like

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more like a regular laptop for maximum awesomeness

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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

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older dell or lenovo business models except with a carbon fiber accent on the

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back and RGB lighting on the keyboard to keep it from getting too boring in

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corporate it also has almost no bezels bordering

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the display and the feel of the whole laptop is really solid save for a

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slightly wobbly screen hinge at just under 20 millimeters thick and

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4.6 pounds it doesn't quite qualify as a thin and light but for the power that it

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houses i would definitely call it portable it's rocking an Intel core i7

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quad core 16 gigs of RAM and a gtx 1070

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max q making it suitable for anything from heavy gaming to light workstation

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use that is assuming that it's adequately cooled and adding to the

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portability is the fact that the i o includes full-size usb 3 Ethernet and

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Thunderbolt 3 so there's no need to carry around any dongles if you don't

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want to back to cooling though obviously that's

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going to be a challenge for a device like the arrow 15x

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with only the CPU loaded we experienced no throttling though and temps in the

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mid 70s with that said with a combined CPU and

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GPU load like Gigabyte's compact brix

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gaming desktop the aero 15x's CPU

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throttled down significantly it seems though like this is something

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that they could fine-tune with a future BIOS or driver update because under full

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load we could hardly even hear the fans gaming performance is really strong

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though a max q 1070 isn't quite as fast

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as a desktop 1070 but in this machine it

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actually ends up within spitting distance and given how slim it is i'm

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willing to forgive it a couple of frames here and there besides on its 60hz

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display it won't be making much of a difference anyway which i guess leads us

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perfectly into our biggest beef with the arrow 15x it

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hurts me to say this but 60 refreshes per second at 1080p

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really isn't enough it's not a bad display at all especially

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if you're into the gaming workstation angle since it's x right color

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calibrated out of the box and in my opinion 1080p while not as crispy as

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1440p or better isn't too bad for the

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size but with this kind of CPU and GPU

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performance we should easily be running at 100 FPS or more in many modern games

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and right now buyers of this device

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aren't getting the full experience unless they hook up an external monitor

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and i've got other issues as well the webcam placement you either get a view

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up my nostrils or if we adjust it

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you get to stare at my right hand

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oh right you're down there so when is like i don't know a magnetic

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like clip-on mic or something with just contacts in the top of the monitor

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coming that would be sick no bezels no privacy concerns and no

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viewing angle compromise moving down from the webcam though is

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lots of good news on the keyboard there's a pleasant travel distance and a

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solid feel to the keys with a fairly high actuation force so fans of cherry

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mx blue switches will probably really like this one i found it awesome to type

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on some gamers might find there's a little

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more force required than they'd like i could see your left pinky getting a bit

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tired but overall really liked it and then going lower still we've got a

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perfectly usable though somewhat unremarkable trackpad it does what it

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needs to do with solid tracking and a clicky feel where the arrow 15x really

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shines compared to other gaming laptops especially compact ones is the battery

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life with almost 6 hours of unplugged

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productivity it is among the best battery life we've ever seen in any

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gaming laptop especially one with this kind of performance

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and opening it up which is pretty easy if you have the

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right bit reveals how exactly Gigabyte

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achieved this feat it's beautiful manufacturers or at least Gigabyte

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anyway are finally listening to me that

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is a 94.24 watt hour battery that is right

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near the legal limit for what you can take on a plane with you and

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i might cry a little here because it's also got sockets for adding more

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m.2 storage and upgrading your RAM

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instead of soldered solutions for either of those

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so that's all fine and good but like all the other max q laptops we've seen it

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comes at a cost literally

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this version here will run you 2200

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which means if your wallet is tight and your backpack is large you can get more

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performance for less but while the aero 15x doesn't give you the

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best bang for the buck and really

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it doesn't excel at any specific task

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it also isn't the worst performance per dollar or for that matter it's not the

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worst at anything nothing else that i've seen yet gives

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you everything that it does all in one

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place portability productivity and

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gaming highly recommended great work

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Gigabyte need to see a 120 hertz display with

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