Gigabyte's best-selling gaming laptop gets an Nvidia Max-Q refresh. Less than six months have passed since the likeable Aero 15 gaming laptop passed through the HEXUS labs, but Gigabyte already reckons it can go one better with a mid-cycle refresh dubbed the Aero 15X. Why the urgency to launch a new model so soon after the original? It's an opportunity to get onboard the Nvidia Max-Q bandwagon.

From a visual perspective, the Aero 15 and Aero 15X look and feel identical, but pore over the specification sheets and you will identify one significant upgrade; whereas the Aero 15 comes equipped with a GeForce GTX 1060, the Aero 15X is rocking a GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q.