Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review – with Intel Tiger Lake H!

1. Introducing Gigabyte Aorus 17G YD2. The Hardware, Featuring Tiger Lake H3. CPU Testing - Cinebench R15 and R204. CPU Testing - Cinebench R23 and Blender5. CPU and GPU Testing - 3DMark and Games6. Cooling and Battery7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

The Gigabyte Aorus 17G YD is a gaming laptop that packs a mighty punch, with a combination of Intel Tiger Lake H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, yet it sells for significantly less than £3,000. Add in a mechanical keyboard and a display panel with 300Hz refresh rate and you are potentially looking at an impressive piece of kit.

Features

• Game Like a Pro. Performance Above All. Intel 11th Gen Core i7 + RTX 30 series laptop GPUs.
• It Takes A Hero To Make A Hero. G2 Esports Certified.
• THE ULTIMATE PLAY. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Laptop GPUs.
• Unmatched Cooling, Fight All Day and All Night without Losing Your Cool. Exclusive WINDFORCE Infinity Cooling Technology.
• One-click Game Optimizer Setting. Microsoft Azure AI Auto Optimize
• High-Speed Loading: Games Wait For No One | Supports the Latest PCIe Gen4 SSD .
• Aim, Strike, Win! Lightning-fast 300Hz Refresh Rates!
• You have visual and audio excellence, now you can also feel every move. AORUS 17G with Mechanical Switches.
• Port City – Gear Up, Game On! Multiple Ports, Expand Possibilities
• So Much More Than Just Another Gaming Laptop – AORUS Defines Style. | Sleek & Decent Design
• A Battery that Lasts Longer in Battle than You Do. Up to 8 hours of real-world battery use.
• Ultra-high speed web connectivity. Lag-free gaming.Supports the Latest Wi-Fi 6.
• Vivid Sounds and Refined Notes. Supports DTS:X Ultra.

Specification

• CPU Intel Core i7-11800H 8 cores/16 threads 2.3GHz-4.6GHz
• Screen 17-inch, 1,920×1,080 resolution, 300Hz
• Graphics Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 16GB GDDR6, Boost Clock 1245MHz, 105W
• Memory 32GB DDR4-3200
• SSD 512GB Samsung PM9A1 M.2 NVMe
• Audio 2x 2W speakers
• Ethernet Realtek 2.5Gbps
• Wi-Fi Intel AX200 with Bluetooth v5.2
• HD Webcam
• Battery 99Wh, 230W adapter
• Dimensions 405mm x 276mm x 15.9mm
• Weight 2.78kg plus 850g for power supply and mains cable

I/O ports

• 3x USB 3.2 Gen1Type-A
• 1x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C
• 1x HDMI 2.1
• 1x Mini DisplayPort 1.4
• 3.5mm Headphone jack
• 3.5mm Microphone jack
• UHS-II SD card reader

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