Review: Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR (2020)

by Parm Mann on 15 April 2020, 14:01

Tags: Gigabyte (TPE:2376), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Benchmarks: Gaming

Gigabyte is eager to tap into the lucrative prosumer market, yet the brand name alone ensures that gamers will continue to serve as key customers.

Running a selection of titles at a common 1080p resolution, we see strong performance across the board, with the RTX 2070 Super Max-Q often matching, or indeed besting, a full-fat RTX 2070. The latest mobile Nvidia GPUs are going to go uncontested in high-end laptops for the time being, and the new 'Super' product line serves as the leading destination for high-quality gaming.

Is there enough power to drive games at the Aero 17 HDR's native 4K resolution? Your mileage will vary with the loftiest of quality settings. At the higher resolution we returned an average of 38 frames per second in Civilisation VI, 40 in Far Cry: New Dawn and 31 in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.