Gigabyte Aorus 17XE4 review – Cooled operator
The Gigabyte Aorus 17XE4 may be a gaming notebook but it’s such a great performer, some professionals might be tempted to switch.
21st February 2022
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The Gigabyte Aorus 17XE4 may be a gaming notebook but it’s such a great performer, some professionals might be tempted to switch.
Gigabyte has revealed a series of new notebooks aimed at gamers and creators.
At 3.75kg and with a price tag of R69 999 we have to figure out if the Aorus 17X from Gigabyte is good enough to sacrifice mobility. The short answer is yes, it is.
The Aorus 15 is thin and light, but sadly that appears to have been its downfall.
By winning the 2016 CES Innovation Award, it comes as no surprise that AORUS reiterated its success in 2017 CES Innovation Award with the 15.6X5. In order to claim another prestigious CES award, AORUS upped its game even higher by packing the latest 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor, GeForce®
Performance is always at the top of our checklist when looking for a new gaming laptop, and nothing will ever change that. But beyond the raw specs of CPU, GPU and screen type, how do you differentiate between the other features that manufacturers dress their machines in? Which are “nice-to-have”,
Oculus has changed its minimum requirements thanks to some clever new tech and notebooks are more viable as a VR platform than ever before.
The Aorus range of gaming laptops from Gigabyte have undergone a strong evolution in the past few years. Starting first as sleek-looking power-houses packed with the latest in PC technology that made it possible to game anywhere, they have slowly changed as gamers’ needs, and the underlying technologies on which
Gigabyte’s latest Aorus gaming laptop takes crazy specs to a whole new level.
Want faster laptop graphics than a single GTX980M can provide? Check out the X7 Pro from Gigabyte, with its two GTX970Ms in SLI.
Gigabyte has beefed up its Aorus range with overhauled X3 Plus, X5 and X7 models that will arrive later this year.
Can a gaming notebook really satisfy gamers? The Aorus X7 certainly makes a good go of it.
