![]() Gigabyte has also partnered with X-Rite Pantone, which has supplied a unique device to calibrate and certify every panel (at 100 percent brightness) prior to shipping, so we’re hoping for stellar display performance. The bezels on the top and sides are only 5mm thick, which looks great. Gigabyte’s IPS panel here adds a few premium touches too, such as a 144Hz refresh rate that will help cut down on visible tearing and input lag. Any higher, and the added sharpness just isn’t worth the impact on frame rates. We think 1080p is the right choice for gaming laptops. The GTX 1060 6GB is also a great weapon in the fight for frame rates, especially at the native resolution of 1080p. It comes here paired with a single 16GB stick of G.Skill Ripjaws 2,666MHz DDR4, leaving one RAM slot free. Its Coffee Lake cores can peak at 4.1GHz, but under full load the cores balance out to 2.8GHz or 2.9GHz. The six-core, 12-thread Core i7-8750H is a potent 45W CPU for gaming, balancing efficiency, multi-threading, and speed very nicely. Its 18.9mm depth is about 3mm below the PC Specialist unit, but the Dell and Razer competitors are thinner still. ![]() Our unit tipped the scales at 2.07kg, which is suitable for carrying around. It has a premium look and feel all round, and doesn’t compress too easily anywhere. Thankfully, Gigabyte has done a good job with the CNC-milled aluminium chassis. That’s exceptional value for this hardware the £1,900 Gigabyte Aero 15W is clearly chasing a more premium market much like the Razer Blade 15 or Dell XPS 15. This isn’t the first laptop we’ve seen with those core specs, so it’ll be interesting to see how the Aero 15W compares to the PC Specialist Recoil II, which can be configured to the same spec as that which we reviewed currently for £1,333. The question, as ever, is thus which one? Hoping to win you over today is the Gigabyte Aero 15W, sporting a six-core Intel CPU and GTX 1060 6GB. ![]() ![]() If you can’t resist gaming when you’re on the move, or simply want one machine for everything, it’s likely a 15.6” will strike an appropriate balance between performance and portability. While Ultrabooks like the Dell XPS 13 are the ultimate PCs for portability, the 15.6” form factor is a popular one for gaming laptops, as it permits machines that are both powerful enough to play modern games well yet small enough so as to not be too cumbersome to carry around like full-fat 17” (or higher) desktop replacement units can be. US price (as reviewed): Currently unavailable ![]()
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