I'm pretty sure these are all Core i7-4720HQ or above. For some reason Gigabyte decided not to list that aspect (and no, I don't think it's because they're Broadwell).
I almost feel silly complaining, but why jump straight from pixels-like-lego 768 screens all the way to unplayable-number-of-pixels 4k? 1920x1200 too much (little?) to ask for?
Sadly, no one but Apple seems willing to do 16:10 displays. AORUS did skip the whole low res TN panel phase of laptops though, and now with HiDPI coming out it's sometimes harder to find a good 1080p IPS display than it is to just go for 3K/4K.
4K screens are a fairly good option on a gaming system. They offer more screen real estate when not gaming and you can set them up to a pixel-doubled resolution when gaming. A 4K screen set to 1080p is going to be pretty close to indistinguishable from a 1080p screen.
I do miss the 16:10 screens, they were easier to work on. The whole industry seemed to decide all of a sudden, with little reason, that wider was better and never looked back. Those super-widescreen displays are totally worthless for everything but very wide-screen movies.
I know quite a few people who used 4:3 or 5:4 monitors side by side and now are very happy with one 21:9 super wide screen monitor. And I never missed my 1200p monitor after going for 1440p. Maybe if I were used to 1600p, but those always cost unreasonably much more.
This was a complain of mine back when the little Razer Blade laptop went from 900p to '3k'. However, the 3k aspect isn't probably meant to game. You can half that to a perfect 1600x900 for gaming which the graphics card in the laptop would have no issues driving. Then use the 3k for everything else.
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andy5174 - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
13" for me. I hate number pad on laptops.close - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
Any info on the CPU/RAM front? I get that they have a GPU and a screen but there's more to a laptop (albeit a gaming one) than this.JarredWalton - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
I'm pretty sure these are all Core i7-4720HQ or above. For some reason Gigabyte decided not to list that aspect (and no, I don't think it's because they're Broadwell).NeoteriX - Monday, January 12, 2015 - link
Does it make sense for consumers to consider these laptops when Broadwell will start making its rounds?Antronman - Saturday, January 10, 2015 - link
Oh yes. Soooo much more.Due to the current consumer mindset, it's almost guaranteed every single one of these has an i7-4720HQ or higher designation.
jibberegg - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
I almost feel silly complaining, but why jump straight from pixels-like-lego 768 screens all the way to unplayable-number-of-pixels 4k? 1920x1200 too much (little?) to ask for?JarredWalton - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
Sadly, no one but Apple seems willing to do 16:10 displays. AORUS did skip the whole low res TN panel phase of laptops though, and now with HiDPI coming out it's sometimes harder to find a good 1080p IPS display than it is to just go for 3K/4K.Flunk - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
4K screens are a fairly good option on a gaming system. They offer more screen real estate when not gaming and you can set them up to a pixel-doubled resolution when gaming. A 4K screen set to 1080p is going to be pretty close to indistinguishable from a 1080p screen.I do miss the 16:10 screens, they were easier to work on. The whole industry seemed to decide all of a sudden, with little reason, that wider was better and never looked back. Those super-widescreen displays are totally worthless for everything but very wide-screen movies.
Death666Angel - Friday, January 9, 2015 - link
I know quite a few people who used 4:3 or 5:4 monitors side by side and now are very happy with one 21:9 super wide screen monitor. And I never missed my 1200p monitor after going for 1440p. Maybe if I were used to 1600p, but those always cost unreasonably much more.snowCode - Saturday, January 10, 2015 - link
This was a complain of mine back when the little Razer Blade laptop went from 900p to '3k'. However, the 3k aspect isn't probably meant to game. You can half that to a perfect 1600x900 for gaming which the graphics card in the laptop would have no issues driving. Then use the 3k for everything else.iLovefloss - Thursday, January 8, 2015 - link
Man, while debatable for monitors and televisions, 16:10 is so much better for mobile devices than 16:9.Spectrophobic - Saturday, January 10, 2015 - link
Unless said mobile device is gonna used for multimedia usage.Vaga - Thursday, January 29, 2015 - link
I would readily buy the X5 only if they offer a single 970+m with Optimus and a touchscreen. Otherwise looks awesome.Vaga - Thursday, January 29, 2015 - link
Wait are these NOT Broadwell? Well I'll wait for the Skylake release then...