Aorus / GIGABYTE Gaming Laptops with Max-Q GTX 1080

New Aorus and GIGABYTE Gaming Laptops With Max-Q GTX 1080

 

The Areo 15 is so nice in person, shame about the webcam (hinge webcam) but otherwise I love it.

 

Imagine having an Aero 14/15 with the GTX 1070 MaxQ

 

If they can put one in the gs63vr I'd have to guess one is coming to the Aero models soon enough. Seems a bit overkill for a 1080p display, though. We should be seeing gs63vr 7rf with 1070 Max-Q gaming results vs. the 6rf, aero 15 or Razer Blade with 1060 any day I'd think.

 

1440p 120Hz would be the sweet spot I think

 

Standard notebook 1070 won't hit 120fps @ 1080p on all games, so why would the sweet spot for the Max-Q version be 120Hz @ 1440p?

 

That's where the use of "1080" in the name of a laptop that only performs at 1070 levels gets potential owners into trouble, it gets in the way of figuring out what it can do, and how to best configure it.

120hz is a poor choice for anything but a "real" 1080, any less GPU power and you are going to be dropping quality levels in games to keep the FPS up near 120 FPS.

Many fewer AAA titles will be able to reach 120 FPS at 1070 / Max-Q 1080 performance levels.

1080p ~100hz or 1440p 75hz/60hz would be a good fit to the power of a 1070 / Max-Q 1080.

 

Yeah @hmscott my thoughts exactly.


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The Max-Q 1080 also seems to work reasonably well with the 120Hz 1080p G-sync panel in the Rog Zephyrus according to Notebookcheck, since the G-Sync helps when it can't hit 120Hz on ultra. I have an overclocked desktop GTX1070 running a QHD G-Sync display I have set to 85Hz and it seems to be a pretty good combination for me.

This $1699 Sager might give a Max-Q 1070 equipped Aero 15 a run for its money: http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP8952.html

 

Well, I guess since Nvidia / Asus already downclocked the 1080 from full performance to 1070 levels, you can certainly downclock the display from 120hz to 85hz - which does sound about right for 1070 average FPS on AAA titles.

I guess I am so used to overclocking my 60hz displays to 70hz-100hz for gaming, going the other way seems odd.

Besides that, the mention of 1080 conjurs up enough raw power to push games past 120hz with ease, the thought that it needs to use G-sync to "help it" also sounds odd.

What a wacky way to build a laptop

 

Indeed. Or at least make G-sync more prevalent in gaming rigs where the GPU really isn't adequate for the included panel resolution/frequency. That's why I like the GTX1060+ 1080p display combination. For the price of a ROG Zephyrus, you could do a lot with an eGPU setup. This $600 GTX1070 OC desktop GPU combo is going to make some Thunderbolt 3 equipped ultrabooks look pretty attractive: https://www.techspot.com/review/1440-gigabyte-aorus-gtx-1070-gaming-box/ . There is a framerate penalty, but you do get the possibility of having a less expensive fanless, 2-in-1 ultralight when you're not gaming.

 

Sorta makes me wish someone would bring back the dedicated pcie dock, like those little MSI models had.