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Gigabyte AORUS 17G

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The 2021 Gigabyte AORUS 17G is a 17.3-inch flagship gaming laptop that improves upon the 2020 model by offering NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs. Other premium features such as mechanical keyboard and 300Hz IPS display with 72% NTSC gamut are carried over.

Other tangential improvements include the larger 99Wh battery, the inclusion of a Thunderbolt 3 port, and the upgrade of HDMI to v2.1.

At the same time, the 2021 AORUS 17G retains the characteristic 1-inch chassis, the world's thinnest with a full-size mechanical keyboard. A large collection of I/O options as well as the elegant CNC aluminum alloy chassis makes the 17G a great candidate as mobile workstation, too.

Alongside the AORUS 17G, Gigabyte also refreshed the AORUS 15G and AORUS 15P with RTX 30-series graphics at CES 2021.

Ratings

What we found

Pros

High-end components
300Hz display
Long battery life
Built-in physical mechanical keyboard

Cons

Very loud under load
Mediocre performance

What external reviewers found

External score 77%

Pros

Superb gaming performance
Solid performance
Gorgeous 4K screen
Good battery life

Cons

Poor battery life
No SD card reader
No Thunderbolt 3
No physical mechanical keyboard
Display is limited to FHD
Loud fans

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External Reviews

pcworld^[1]

Reviewer score 74% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from pcworld have found:

The keyboard features per-key lighting and Omron mechanical switches, which offer a nice, deep 2.5mm of travel and a 1.6mm actuation point. The camera is a pretty typical 720p resolution, with a physical slide cover and average image quality. The speaker quality is better than we've heard in thin-and-light gaming laptops.

Pros

Sleek design
Comfortable keyboard
Good battery life

Cons

Loud fans
No Thunderbolt 3

techradar^[2]

Reviewer score 78% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from techradar have found:

The updated Gigabyte Aorus 17G is one of the latest gaming laptops to come with Nvidia's new RTX 3000 series of laptop graphics cards. You're getting an Intel Core i7-10870H CPU and 32GB of RAM to help this shiny new addition to the Nvidia GPU family power all of your games and software. The 17.3-inch 1080p display is exceptionally color accurate and bright, with an outlandish 300Hz refresh rate. Along the sides of the device you'll find three USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, a Thunderbolt 3 USB-C port, HDMI, mini display port (DP), ethernet and dedicated audio jacks.

Pros

Superb gaming performance
Excellent battery life
Excellent webcam

Cons

No SD card reader

tomshardware^[3]

Reviewer score 72% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from tomshardware have found:

The Ampere Aorus 17G has a 17.3 inch 300HZ IPS-level display. It has an Intel Core i7-10870H, up to 64GB of DDR4-2933MHz RAM (our unit had 32GB) and 1TB of SSD storage. It's about $1000 cheaper than its competitors, even with the same CPU and memory/SSD loadouts.

Pros

Sleek design
Solid performance
Good battery life

Cons

No physical mechanical keyboard
Display is limited to FHD

trustedreviews^[4]

Reviewer score 83% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from trustedreviews have found:

The Gigabyte Aorus 17G (2021) is one of the most powerful gaming laptops on the market, packing high-end features such as ray tracing and DLSS. The 17-inch display affords more screen space than most gaming laptops, while the 300Hz refresh rate is among the best in the market. One of the 17G’s greatest strengths is the mechanical keyboard, elevating the feel of the keys.

Pros

Gorgeous 4K screen
High-end gaming features
Comfortable keyboard

Cons

Loud fans
Poor battery life

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References

^ Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: A real gaming laptop that's amazingly quiet. [pcworld].
^ Gigabyte Aorus 17G (2021) review. [techradar].
^ Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: Ampere and a Blazing Screen. [tomshardware].
^ Gigabyte AORUS 17G (2021) Review. [trustedreviews].

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pcworld^[1]

techradar^[2]

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