![]() There are also three longer screws (that are easier to remove with a Torx T6, though with a struggle you may be able to make the T5 bit work) with stickers on top, so if you return the laptop, Gigabyte will know if you broke into the case. To open up the Aero 15, I had to break out a Torx T5 screwdriver to remove 10 screws along the edges of the bottom of the case. For the most part, the default music setting was fine, though the gaming preset does make it slightly like the sound is coming from different directions. There’s one audio option in the Gigabyte Control Center, and it’s just for volume, but the laptop also comes with Nahimic audio software. When I played Battlefield V, the background music was a bit quiet, but the sounds of footsteps, gunshots and enemies speaking was all crystal clear. The pair of speakers on the Aero 15 X9 are good enough if you don’t feel like using a headset all of the time.įor some music, I played the soundtrack from the Broadway musical Come From Away, and the mix of strings, guitars and choral vocals during “28 Hours/Wherever We Are” easily filled my long, thin New York City apartment. The 4.1 x 2.7-inch buttonless touchpad is a bit stiff for my liking, but with its Windows precision drivers, all of my gestures and navigation were on point. The keyboard also has per-key RGB lighting that can be adjusted in the Gigabyte Control Center app. While the company estimated 8 to 10 percent improvement, when we saw the machine at CES, in materials Gigabyte sent with its review laptops, it promised fractions of a frame improvements and fractional increases in productivity software performance. I tried a couple of benchmarks offline as well as in both cloud modes, and the fps gains were within what I would expect from a few different runs of the same benchmark. But perhaps the worst part is that it doesn’t seem to do very much. Every time you bring it up from the tray, you’re forced to see a promotional video (though you can X out of it). It’s color-coded but doesn’t explain why. Even then, the software just isn’t great. There aren’t a ton of instructions, and frankly, I don’t expect many users to discern which mode is which without the instructions Gigabyte provided me. ![]() The tool only shows in a widget that disappears into the tray. The system boots into the Edge mode and requires you to agree to a hefty terms of service about sharing your data around the EU's GDPR data regulation. It wasn’t surprising to see the Azure version not do very much, since I got to try it out when I first saw the Aero 15 X9 at CES, a tech show in January. Either should be able to see which program you’re using and tune the computer based on what others have done or what Gigabyte has tested. It uses an AI program, Gaming+ and Professional+, to connect to either Microsoft’s Azure cloud (Cloud mode) or to Gigabyte’s own servers (Edge mode, as in Microsoft’s go-to term, “Intelligent Edge”) and use the Gigabyte Control center to adjust performance and fan speeds (all options you can also tweak without the AI running). The Aero 15 comes with a bit of a gimmick. The GPU ran at an average of 84.3 degrees Celsius (183.7 degrees Fahrenheit). The CPU ran at an average clock speed of 2.8 GHz with an average temperature of 89 degrees Celsius (192.2 Fahrenheit). During the benchmarks, it ran at an average of 70 fps, with dips from 74 fps down to 67 fps. To stress test the Aero 15, we looped the Metro: Last Light benchmark 10 times in an effort to simulate roughly half an hour of intensive gaming. On the SteamVR performance test, the Aero 15 X9 earned a score of 10.8 out of 11, making it quite suitable for your HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
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