Gigabyte Aorus 15 and 17 with upgrades to Raptor Lake and RTX 4000-series power announced

Gigabyte has now confirmed that the Aorus 15 and 17 have joined their flagship 15X and 17X counterparts in upgrading to 2023 versions. The new laptops are backed to help "Carry Your Game" with a "sleek and portable design" of up to 2.8kg in the 17 (2023).

Nevertheless, it and its 15-inch sibling pack an "improved" WINDFORCE Infinity cooling system that allows the back of the new laptops to be taken up with I/O rather than ventilation as in their predecessors. These ports include the new Aorus variants' single source of 100W Thunderbolt 4, 1 for HDMI 2.1 and 1 mini DisplayPort with the 1.4 standard.

The Aorus 15 and 17 also offer up to Intel Core i7-13700H/RTX 4070/64GB DDR5 RAM configurations, with choices of FHD or QHD displays that go up to 360Hz - but only in the 15-inch version.

Their retail units have yet to be found online, although they are unlikely to do much better in terms of pricing compared to 2022 counterparts such as the 17 YE5, which started at US$3,699 (although it can be found at a 29% discount on Amazon today).