Gigabyte Aero X16 Review: Sleek AMD Zen 5 gaming machine with Nvidia RTX 5070 Laptop and upgradeable RAM

[Redaktion]

The Gigabyte Aero X16 is a slim 16-inch gaming laptop featuring the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 Krackan Point APU. The Aero X16's comes equipped with a matte QHD+ 165 Hz IPS that is well suited for gaming. The RAM can be expanded further, adding further value. We take a look at what the Aero X16 is capable of in this review.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Gigabyte-Aero-X16-Review-Sleek-AMD-Zen-5-gaming-machine-with-Nvidia-RTX-5070-Laptop-and-upgradeable-RAM.1022304.0.html

[madstew]

the chassis is not entirely plastic as this review seems to imply. To be fair, the bottom cover and the back of the screen are both metal. I have this laptop and the only real annoyance is the neutered 5070.

[Obsolete 8 GB VRAM]

The matte IPS display with a 165 Hz refresh rate cannot match up to the brilliance of OLEDs, ..

Indeed, the Display P3 Coverage is only 68.7 % (OLED would be ~100%) (Display P3 is the sRGB successor, introduced in 2015) and the Black to White pixel response time of 12ms makes this really a 1/0.012 = 83 Hz display (OLED would be a true 165 Hz one).

1800 bucks for obsolete 8 GB VRAM: youtube.com/watch?v=ric7yb1VaoA ("Gaming Laptops are in Trouble - VRAM Testing w/ ‪@Hardwareunboxed‬")