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Gigabyte AORUS 17G

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Gigabyte AORUS 17G is a 17.3-inch ultra-premium, ultra-portable gaming laptop that features mechanical keyboard, up to 300Hz IPS display with 72% NTSC wide gamut, 10th-gen Intel Core i9-10980HK processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER graphics --- all in a chassis merely 1-inch in thickness.

Featuring a large 94Wh battery in such a thin chassis, the AORUS 17G is designed for long, extreme gaming sessions on-the-go. Making this feat possible is Gigabyte's latest WINDFORCE Infinity Cooling System with dual 12V 51-blade fans, five heat pipes, and four exhaust vents.

Other features include per-key RGB keyboard backlighting and nahimic 3D audio.

Gigabyte markets several other gaming laptops in the same generation: the mid-range AORUS 5 and AORUS 7, the ultra-portable AORUS 15P, the 15.6-inch version of the AORUS 17G, the AORUS 15G, and the flagship AORUS 17X.

Ratings

What we found

Pros

Slim and light for a gaming laptop
Bright 240Hz display
Powerful Turbo Boost and Thermal Velocity Boost
Comfortable keyboard
Good battery life

Cons

Very hot CPU temperatures
Poor webcam placement

What external reviewers found

External score 69%

Pros

Excellent build quality
Excellent gaming performance
Gorgeous 240Hz 1080p display
Great battery life

Cons

Poor webcam placement
No Thunderbolt 3
No M.2 slot for PCIe or SATA drives
No webcam
Extremely hot
Micro-freezes under load

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External Reviews

gizmodo^[1]

Reviewer score 65% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from gizmodo have found:

Gigabyte's Aorus 17G has a 240Hz 1080p display with 60 percent brightness (200 nits) Image quality on the webcam might suck, but Gigabyte has packed in an impressive display. The powerful RTX 2070 Super rarely if ever actually gets you the 240 frames per second that would take advantage of that 240Hz display.

Pros

Gorgeous 240Hz 1080p display
Excellent build quality
Good battery life

Cons

Extremely hot
Poor webcam placement

notebookcheck^[2]

Reviewer score 63% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

The Aorus 17G takes first place in the PCMark 10 benchmark. Its lead over the competition ranges from 1 to 19%. Subjectively speaking, the overall user experience (boot-up times, loading times etc.) is on par with the rest of the competition. When using the default settings, the fans even spin in idle operation and are usually audible. At its native Full HD resolution, our review configuration can run any modern game on the highest settings smoothly.

Pros

Matte IPS display
Good input devices
Good battery life

Cons

No Thunderbolt 3
No M.2 slot for PCIe or SATA drives
Micro-freezes under load

techradar^[3]

Reviewer score 80% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from techradar have found:

The Core i7-10875H is packed with 8 cores, 16 threads and can boost all the way up to 5.1GHz. It's mechanical, with some of the most comfy switches we've ever used in a laptop. While the bezels surrounding the display are thin, they don't leave any room for a webcam.

Pros

Excellent gaming performance
Comfortable keyboard
Great battery life

Cons

No webcam

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References

^ Gigabyte’s New Aorus 17G Proves Thermals Matter More Than Ever in a Laptop. [gizmodo].
^ Aorus 17G XB Laptop Review: The mechanical keyboard rocks. [notebookcheck].
^ Gigabyte Aorus 17G review. [techradar].

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notebookcheck^[2]

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