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Gigabyte AORUS 15P KD/XD/YD 15.6"

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Product Overview

The 2021 Gigabyte AORUS 15P KD/XD/YD is a powerful 15.6-inch gaming laptop. As it is the case with AORUS 17G, this laptop is an incremental improvement over the XC/YC models unveiled just a few months before at CES 2021 with 11th-gen Intel Core i7-11800H Tiger Lake CPU.

On the GPU side, the options are now expanded and modified. An NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU is freshly available, while the RTX 3080 chip now comes with 16GB of GDDR6 graphics memory alongside the 8GB option.

Other related updates include DDR4-3200 memory, Bluetooth 5.2, Thunderbolt 4, and PCI Express Gen4 SSD.

Another important upgrade is the addition of a 360Hz FHD IPS display option next to the 240Hz panel from last year.

Alongside the AORUS 15P, Gigabyte also refreshed other models in its premium laptop lineup with Tiger Lake processors in May 2021.

Ratings

What we found

Pros

Very good gaming performance
Very good keyboard and touchpad
Good battery life
Good system performance

Cons

Mediocre webcam

What external reviewers found

External score 64%

Pros

Good system performance
Excellent gaming performance
Gorgeous 240Hz display
Good battery life

Cons

Poor webcam placement
Expensive for a gaming notebook
Poor webcam quality
Mediocre webcam
No Thunderbolt 3
High temperatures under load

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Specifications

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	AORUS 15P XD	AORUS 15P YD	AORUS 15P KD

External Reviews

notebookcheck^[1]

Reviewer score 73% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

The Aorus 15P YD shows average interruption times in the test with LatencyMon. It's only pushed to second place by the Asus Zephyrus G15 when it comes to the individual discipline of "Productivity". The system always runs smoothly in everyday use, and no micro stutters or similar occur. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 used here has been configured by Gigabyte with a TGP of 130 watts.

Pros

Matte IPS display
High-quality case
Good battery life
Good system performance

Cons

High temperatures under load
No Thunderbolt 3

techradar^[2]

Reviewer score 64% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from techradar have found:

The Gigabyte Aorus 15P YD is a great laptop for LAN parties and gaming. The 240Hz display would have benefited from a less glossy screen. 32GB of RAM is going to be overkill for anyone who is just after a laptop to play games on. The potential battery life is conflicting, and despite rigours testing we got inconsistent results.

Pros

Gorgeous 240Hz display
Excellent gaming performance
Excellent battery life

Cons

Poor webcam placement
Poor webcam quality

tomshardware^[3]

Reviewer score 56% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from tomshardware have found:

Gigabyte continues to make the extremely questionable decision of putting its 720p webcam below the hinge. As of this writing, it's out of stock, though some sites have it on a waitlist at $2,399. Gigabyte backs the Aorus 15P with a one-year warranty.

Pros

Strong gaming performance
Strong speakers
Good battery life

Cons

Mediocre webcam
Expensive for a gaming notebook

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References

^ Aorus 15P YD in review: High-end gaming laptop with fast 360 Hz display. [notebookcheck].
^ Gigabyte Aorus 15P YD review. [techradar].
^ Gigabyte Aorus 15P Review: Satisfactory Stealth. [tomshardware].

Gigabyte AORUS 15P KD/XD/YD 15.6"

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notebookcheck^[1]

techradar^[2]

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