Gigabyte AORUS 15G XB (Intel 10875H + RTX 2070 Super Max-Q)

crazyeyesreaper · Dec 17, 2020

Gigabyte delivers a fantastic combination of performance and usability with their AORUS 15G XB laptop. Featuring a factory-calibrated 240 Hz IGZO display, 8c/16t CPU, and an RTX 2070 Super Max-Q, this latest laptop offers a great user experience and is easy to upgrade.

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Cheeseball · Dec 17, 2020

@crazyeyesreaper Could you check if this model has a MUX switch in the BIOS to solely run on the NVIDIA dGPU, bypassing Optimius and the HD 630?

trparky · Dec 17, 2020

Killer NIC? Ugh. :mad:

Caring1 · Dec 18, 2020

No Bios screen shots?
Even if I could afford the ridiculous price it will have here in Australia, the pathetic web cam kills it for me as it's mounted too low and poor quality according to the review.
I use Skype daily so the webcam is vital and I prefer if people aren't staring up my nose.

nguyen · Dec 18, 2020

I bet most people would be interested in knowing whether Gigabyte allows undervolting with Intel 10th gen mobile CPU or not

crazyeyesreaper · Dec 18, 2020

Caring1 said:
No Bios screen shots?
Even if I could afford the ridiculous price it will have here in Australia, the pathetic web cam kills it for me as it's mounted too low and poor quality according to the review.
I use Skype daily so the webcam is vital and I prefer if people aren't staring up my nose.

Why? 99% of Laptop BIOS are locked down, if overclocking, volt controls etc are present i would show them. But this is a locked bios where you can basically only set the bare necessities ie legacy USB, boot drive and disable 3D acceleration which on my unit disables the GPU leaving on the intel IGP present and even then it uses the microsoft default driver.

Cheeseball said:
@crazyeyesreaper Could you check if this model has a MUX switch in the BIOS to solely run on the NVIDIA dGPU, bypassing Optimius and the HD 630?

No the only option is to disable 3D acceleration which disables the dedicated GPU. (only the intel igp shows up in windows and it uses the basic microsoft driver noted above.

Caring1 · Dec 19, 2020

crazyeyesreaper said:
Why? 99% of Laptop BIOS are locked down, if overclocking, volt controls etc are present i would show them. But this is a locked bios where you can basically only set the bare necessities ie legacy USB, boot drive and disable 3D acceleration which on my unit disables the GPU leaving on the intel IGP present and even then it uses the microsoft default driver.

Wishful thinking on my behalf, I kinda hoped a gaming oriented Laptop would have some more options than stock.

crazyeyesreaper · Dec 19, 2020

Caring1 said:
Wishful thinking on my behalf, I kinda hoped a gaming oriented Laptop would have some more options than stock.

Yeah very few mainstream brands offer that although i have seen a few from time to time. Example Eurocom did offer a massive ultra expensive unit with a desktop CPU that you could technically overclock. But it wasnt really portable...at all lol.

Cheeseball · Dec 20, 2020

crazyeyesreaper said:
Yeah very few mainstream brands offer that although i have seen a few from time to time. Example Eurocom did offer a massive ultra expensive unit with a desktop CPU that you could technically overclock. But it wasnt really portable...at all lol.

True, most mainstream brands don't do this. The only exception at the moment is MSI who have the hidden UEFI menu which allows you to undervolt the CPU and overclock memory in the HK-series of CPUs.

Then there are the smaller companies like Eluktronics, Eurocom, Sager, Clevo, etc. who do allow a bit more modification in their UEFI but not as much as a desktop motherboard.

micropage7 · Dec 24, 2020

looks pretty nice especially when they make it easier to open the case for some upgrade and don't use mid hinge that feels wobble

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