For anyone wanting a higher refresh and larger form laptop with a RTX4080, BUT has a few wins/losses on the recent Lenovo Legion @$3619 if still available (education store), otherwise the base price of over $5599 or $4789 (business account)…but for nearly 2K cheaper, stacks up well:
- Aorus (i7-13700H) vs Lenovo (i7-13900HX) - Lenovo win: better multi-core performance. Both are fast!
- FHD (Aorus) vs WXGA (Lenovo) -> Lenovo better resolution, but more processing/power. Mixed win?
GPU: RTX4080. Aorus boost clock @ 2010, Lenovo at 2280: Lenovo win - 360Hz (Aorus) vs 240 Hz (Lenovo) refresh rate —> Aorus win
16 Gb installed (Aorus) but 64GB max vs 32gb installed and 32Gb max (Lenovo) Lenovo win? depending on use case.
Form factor - personal preference (mine is 17.3" vs 16") as its 16:10 vs 16:9 - Aorus win
Work time - seem both to be similar with ~7hours for "office use" productivity - same
and probably further differences on the input/outputs (bluetooth 5.2 vs 5.1 etc), hinge design, cooling, noise, speaker tuning, keyboard strike, etc etc etc
Gigabyte AORUS 17H BXF 17.3-inch FHD 360Hz Gaming Notebook -
Display: 17.3-inch FHD 360Hz (1920x1080)
CPU: Intel Core i7-13700H
RAM: 16GB (2x 8GB DDR5-4800 Up to 64GB)
Storage: 1TB - SSD (2x2tb supported)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU 12GB GDDR6
OS: Windows 11 Home
Network: Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth V5.2
I/O: 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x Mini DP 1.4, 1x RJ45, 1x Audio Combo jack, 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen1, 1x Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C, support)
Power delivery: 280W
Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Years Limited Warranty
$194.95 cheaper on eBay Wireless1 if you have eBay plus. So total $3,704.05 delivered.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/266119619762