Gigabyte Aorus 17 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | Intel Core i7 12700H | 17.3-inch | 360Hz | 1080p | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | $2,499$1,929 at Newegg (save $570)(opens in new tab)This is a high-spec gaming laptop for less than you'll find any lower-spec RTX 4080 machine retailing for. Having spent time with a bunch of 16:10 notebooks, I would miss the large resolution with this 1080p screen, but it's 360Hz, so it will be lovely in games. There's also a lot of memory, a good chunk of storage, and the most powerful GPU of the last generation, running at 130W.
Newegg has a deal on a ridiculously overpowered Gigabyte Aorus 17 for $1929(opens in new tab), nearly $600 off its normal listing price. Amazon(opens in new tab) has the same deal. The laptop hasn't sold at list for a little while, but was $2,100 for most of January, and went for $2,500 as recently as December. This is the second time it's sold at this price, which is the lowest it's hit. It's also a beast of a gaming laptop that can easily outperform most other gaming laptops and even some desktops.
Inside the Aorus 17 are an Intel Core 7 12700H CPU and an RTX 3080 Ti GPU combo with a whopping 32GB of DDR5 RAM. Not only will you be able to play most games on high settings, but this also makes for a great editing and streaming laptop thanks to its 13th gen Intel CPU. Just as RTX 40-series machines are starting to hit the scene, the deals on premium RTX-30 series gaming machines are getting better, especially ones that double as workstations.
The Aorus 17 sports a 17-inch 1080p display with a fast refresh rate of 360Hz. A 1440p display would be nice, but the high refresh rate is good for action and competitive games—like Valorant, Fortnite, and Call of Duty: Warzone—and at 1080p
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