New gaming notebook unveiled - AORUS X7

Introducing AORUS X7. The first ground breaking 17.3 inch super thin gaming notebook to feature two Nvidia GTX graphic cards in SLI.


Only 0.9 inch in height this notebook features i7 4700HQ Quad Core processor from Intel, 2 x GTX 765M from Nvidia in SLI, Matte display to remove glare and reflections, exclusive glass touchpad, macro keys that helps you dominate opponents in games, 4 RAM slots for up to 32GB RAM, dual fan with 4 fan exhaust which is controlled by the touch of your finger for excellent cooling capabilities and many other features. It is entirely built in aluminum to further boast the quality AORUS strive for.

Base price of AORUS X7 is $2099 and goes all up $2699 depending on SSD and RAM configuration. It is expected to launch in March around the world.










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Hands on mini-review:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/9/5289308/gigabyte-aorus-x7-gaming-laptop-hands-on

 

Probably another Clevo reseller?

 

I doubt it. Have never seen that lid top design before. And I don`t think they would invite press for a simple Clevo machine which is already out, with their logo.

But who knows. Will be interesting to see for sure

 

They've got the balls to use the acronym "SLI"?? Or are just completely ignorant of such a word..?

 

wow great catch sponge. :thumbsup:

Holy crap, perhaps this is the first razer-like thin gaming notebook with SLI? Awesome

 

Just hope it doesn't cost like razer, lol.

 

Probably be a couple of 850m SLI'd together.

 

3-way SLI laptop anyone?

 

maybe its a thin gaming notebook that uses a mxm 3.0b connector for the gpu and is capable of sli. it also has very sharp corners which makes it lethal.

 

Exactly what I thought. Splashy marketing campaigns are often used to pre-build momentum for unimpressive products. While it's nice to cross one's fingers in hopes that Aorus is a new entry in the thin-and-light gaming laptop market, a low-budget, high-gloss barebones reseller that tries to differentiate itself with chassis customization and the fact that the majority of consumers are unaware that all of these resellers are selling the same product already seems more likely.

 

the more the better for every consumer.. people have to work harder.. it's the name of the game in business.. if you don't try someone is waiting right behind that will

 

Hands on with the Aorus X7 gaming notebook

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So it's not a Clevo?

If they can fit high end (770M/870M+) GPU's into that slim thing and not have massive cooling issues that could be a winner.

Otherwise it will just be some joke overpriced competitor to the MSI GS70

Unless 850M is a GTX then no. Either way that's probably what the Lenovo Y520 will be.

 

Its Gigabyte!

 

Nice, I'd love to hear how much it weighs and how loud it is.

 

It looks amazing, hopefully it isn't as costly as the Razer Blade :thumbsup:

 

Hopefully there are 15 or 14 inch versions as a 17 inch doesn't seems very "mobile".

 

Pretty sure there will be smaller versions

 

I`m not familiar with Gigabyte but they have 14" thin gaming notebooks out before. With IPS display and a pretty decent GPU.
AnandTech | Gigabyte P34G First Impressions: A Thin and Light Gaming Notebook

Same with 15.3" called P35K Ultrablade launched last month. Also with IPS and GTX GPU. A very thin notebook indeed.
http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/reviews/gigabyte-p35k

Since the invite hinted at SLI in the AORUS series, it may be a true winner for sure among thin stylish notebooks. Will be interesting to see

 

Would be hilarious if it was something like a 730M SLI.

 

SLI would be bad, not good. It'd be better to have a single midrange GPU in a thin and light notebook instead of two weak ones. And iirc Optimus doesn't work with SLI, so battery would also suck.

 

Good point. I don`t think it will be disastrous bad though. The GPUs can clock pretty far down. It also depends on how much cells they can squeeze in the thin notebook. But Optimus would be better.

 

They will probably use the hot swappable bay like lenovo.

 

Not related, but NBR's saying that you liked R3d's post twice.

 

His post was so good I had to like it twice.

Spoiler

lol no seriously, I clicked two times fast and this came up for me

http://i.imgur.com/zipKkXw.jpg

 

Inb4 he has alt account called C1oudfire

 

Holy crap, Aorus X7 will be one fast slim machine.
Crushing Razer bigtime.

 

Mx7X, 8xxxx Pro 17?

I guess they don't have the rights to use Alienware's and Razer's names?

 

What confuses me is that they say it will have a system that beat Alienware 17 with a faster CPU and GTX 780M.

Maybe its GTX 765M SLI? It scores roughly P7400 with 4700HQ

If they manage to pull that off, it would be quite a feat since Alienware 18 features the same specs but is muuuuch thicker.

 

If they're claiming that, I'd imagine that some sort of cooling pad would be a must. I have my doubts about this thing running cool.

 

I call dibs on 765 SLI. Performs as good as 780 for a fraction of the cost and can fit inside smaller chassis, not to mention they have the SLI acronym in the earlier post.

Wonder how this will fare against Lenovo's Y600 which is rumored to use the same GPU.

Not really, they could copy AW 18 and include an "Intel switch button" that switches from SLI to iGP upon reboot, no optimus required.

 

like the joke of GT 750M SLI ? a single card like the gtx 765M would be waaaaaaaay better, lenovo idiots..
i can even understand why they let the Y580 model die..

 

I hope you're sarcastic. 750/755 SLI is much better (up to 50% depending on the game) than 765 and will match the 770.

Single card is better, true, but only if the single card offers the same performance within the same price range. Otherwise SLI gets you way more performance for less. Not to mention how thin that Gigabyte laptop looks like compared to the 780M behemoths out there (AW 17/P170SM/GT70).

 

SLI doubles the memory bandwidth so can have a drastic impact on memory limited situations (which should be common for 128-bit cards like 750M and 765M). Just saying SLI ain't all bad..

 

It's not. The only 2 issues with SLI are:
- Not Optimus compatible, but this can be mitigated with an iGP switch
- Very driver/profile dependant.

 

Driver/profile hasn't given me many issues so far. Even for games where no SLI profile exists it is usually possible to "borrow" the profile from another game that uses the same engine. The power of SLI is undeniable--I have yet to see a game that can't be tweaked to yield significant results from SLI.

But of course if one refuses to tinker then he/she will be at the mercy of the driver/profile..

 

It looks like they might be able to handle a gtx 780M since it looks like it has 4 fans and use the same fan style at the back end of laptop as the MSI except maybe the left is dedicated to the GPU and left is CPU. I did say 4 fans cuz it looks like it has vents in the front the laptop but still need more photos of the front to make a final decision.

 

I'm excited about this... I really hope they can pull off a 14" or 15" inch version at a cheaper price then the Razer Blade 14". Something that MSI really needs to do with their GS series. Also I really like the design of the laptop, very unique, and hopefully (judging by the purple "G" key) the whole keyboard will be backlit, as it looks like a very nice keyboard.

 

Same I thinking we will finally see some good new designs with the laptops , only issue might components accessability

 

The only thing I'm concerned about is cooling system noise.

 

Which is why I am really excited about this, I wonder if they are going to pull it off with the cooling system and noise. I was hoping Lenovo was going to get it, but they sadly did not. My Y510p runs so damn hot on both sides of the laptop, but they did manage to get the sound pretty quite, much quieter then my old MSI GT60.

 

If it does have 4 fans maybe they are low rpm..

 

If they can offer this with a *quality* 1080p or higher res screen in 14" with 256GB SSD (or at least user configurable) for under $1500 I'm sold. Especially if you can manually switch between SLI and Intel GPU. To be honest they could offer a 770m, or perhaps the next gen 870m instead, could perhaps achieve that performance in a single card and be cooler, less TDP, and probably cheaper overall in the end. It even says "With HDD" in that image. I would have imagined that they would have eliminated the HDD and gone strictly mSATA. I'm still waiting for an OEM to do that. Why not? You can get 480GB mSATA drives, and use two for nearly 1TB storage. Plenty of space for whatever a gamer needs.

It also says nVidia GTX 7xxM 4GB GDDR5. It doesn't say 8xxM though, and amount of vRAM could be misleading if it is SLI. If it's 4GB is that 2GB + 2GB for SLI which is really not 4GB, it's still only 2GB usable vRAM. Curious to see what the components actually are. Also notice the VGA port. That's an odd choice for this type of machine IMHO. HDMI and DP make more sense.

What they need is one giant thin fan at the bottom, that way it could spin slower but still move a lot of air across the whole system, and maybe a couple small fans for independent GPU or CPU cooling on demand. Curious to see the layout. It will likely be like a Razer or MBP embedded everything. Just make RAM and HDD/SSD upgradeable is all I'd ask and reasonable access to self thermal pasting of the components, and without voiding warranty.

When should we know more details!?

 

I believe later this week since it is being shown at ces 2014

 

The only 7xxM with 4GB of GDDR5 is a 780M.

 

It beats Alienware 18 in 3DMark11 with a faster CPU and GTX 780M.
Since its 7xxM series, the only explanation I can come up with its SLI like 2x 765M. Its wrong to state 4GB yes, but you know, it would be typical marketing

765M makes it easier on each GPU fan too to keep it quiet and cool instead of dealing with a hotspot like 780M imo. Especially when its so thin.

4 fans? First time I`ve seen if that is the case

 

I guess that'd be true as long as there's a fan/heatsink for each GPU, otherwise when it comes to cooling, they'd need the same if not more cooling power for the two (2x60W) GPU's. Although I still think a single large fan is much better than two smaller fans when it comes to both db and airflow, because it can run slower, so it has reduced sound, and because it's larger there's less chance of "whine". Curious to see how it all pans out though. Looking forward to it.

 

Could be a GTX 785M, basically a 780M with a minor clocks bump in the vein of 485M->580M or 680MX->780M.

It can't be 765M SLI because 4GB VRAM and also because 765M SLI can't beat 780M as it is. SLI doesn't scale 100%, so to think 2x765M scales greater than 100% is absurd.

 

GTX 785M doesn`t exist

765M SLI beat a GTX 780M slightly in 3DMark11 which is what we are talking about. 3DMark11 doesn`t scale 100% but not very far away. Game wise its a different story

Yes, all true. But I don`t think you can use a regular fan inside a chassis that small that contains wires and hardware and still need room for air flow. MSI style fan would be great over a GPU like GTX 780M, but there is no way they will fit that behemoth inside it

 

Well i think the 4GB think is a marketing gimmick, though 2x2GB = 4GB, but it's a fact that SLI doesn't use all of it.

It is absurd, and 780M is a better choice, however in a chassis this thin there is almost no option for a 780M, too much heat on one space, not to mention 765M is the highest you will find on "Slim" laptops.

I think that's where the numbers come from. 755 didn't exist either, it's a card that's almost reserved for the Lenovo Y series, obtain by factory overclocking a 750.Although apparently 755's are also found in some iMacs. Go figure.