Review on GIGABYTE AORUS 15G Anti Glare YC 8US2450SH by Todd Amarsingh

I bought my laptop for the original price of $1999, not the overpriced one. First, this is a "lightweight" low-power laptop for its class. And the GPU isn't based on the desktop RTX 3080, but on a full-fledged GA104 chip, which I think is derived from the RTX 3070. I'm not sure though as Nvidia isn't clear on this with laptop chips. It could be a full RTX 3060 chip. The laptop chip specs are here if you want to check: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/gaming-laptops/Pros: High-performance laptop vs. lower-end RTX models 3070 and RTX 3060. Collection data from tests performed by others on these models. Other Pros: 32GB RAM 1TB M.2 SSD (although I wish it had 2TB) - I added my own 2TB M.2 SSD 8-core/16-thread Intel processor. Beautiful laptop RGB lighting that GPU and CPU show their true advantages. Anyway, I really don't have anything to compare this laptop GPU to other than my old RTX 2080ti desktop. He doesn't seem to beat him, despite pacing up and down that front. Low power consumption keeps this chip running, and that's to be expected. But it has over 6,000 CUDA cores, so it's powerful in that regard. Do I have regret buyers? Not really. It works well in 1080p and 1440p games and is not held back at all by the 8-core Intel chip. That being said, I turned up as many settings as I could to get the most power and performance out. The laptop comes with Aorus software to match performance to performance and maximize CPU and GPU performance, but be careful with your actual needs. The software is a bit quirky, but once you get the hang of it, it should stay where you want it. But don't stop there. In the 3D settings, go to the Nvidia Control Panel and set the power management to "Prefer maximum performance". I also set the low latency to "Ultra". And the customizable panel should be enabled by default, although I have no idea if that helps any. Especially since the Intel chips were not built with this in mind. Where to check: Nvidia Control Panel then go up for help then select System Information and it should say Enabled. I have an old GTX 1060 laptop with a 6 core Intel chip and it blows it on all fronts if that helps. Conclusion: I am satisfied for the price paid. If that poor performance still bothers you, try the RTX 3070 with the full power of the laptop and that should be fine too. But they usually come with less memory. If you'd like me to run specific tests before you buy something like this, just ask. If I receive an email I will do my best to help.