Slim laptops and fast graphics barely ever mix. Nvidia’s Max-Q tech promised to change that, though, and we’re seeing results — including a new Gigabyte Aero 15 X, a laptop that is less than 20mm thick but hides away Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1070 graphics inside.
Partner manufacturers Gigabyte and Aorus both make laptops, but they approach things differently. This year at Computex, though, both are going for broke with super-thin gaming machines designed to catch the eye but still perform at maximum power.
Thinking of building a new gaming PC? Struggling with whatever random error your desktop is throwing up this week? Under The Hood gives you a quick and concise run-down of the most important things that happened to the PC master race in the last seven days.