For a more general feel of the Aorus X7, please read our original Aorus X7 review. Sorry, Skype fans.Īs there are no substantive packaging, physical features or usability changes, we will not cover these topics a second time. These should provide at most 40% more power than the previous generation 760M cards – quite an upgrade.įinally, the 1.3-megapixel webcam is no more – the 1.0 megapixel unit is now standard. The biggest change though is the new GPUs: two GTX 860M cards in SLI. Storage is also improved with space for three mSATA SSDs in a crazy RAID0 array, and the mechanical hard drive can now be 7200RPM. There is a new processor capable of a 200MHz higher turbo and faster 1866MHz DDR3L RAM. Differences from previous generation X7Īs you can see, the Aorus X7 v2 is a considerable upgrade over its predecessors in almost every respect. It’s possible to buy configurations with greater capacity storage solutions and you can install up to 32 GB of RAM (as two slots are left free with the 16 GB configuration). Other specifications exist for the X7 v2. MDP, SD card reader, 3.5mm mic + headphone ports USB 3.0 x3, USB 2.0 x2, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI w/ 8GB GDDR5 RAMīacklit scissor-switch w/ macro keys, number pad Let’s see how it compares to the previous generation!Ĥth Generation Intel Core i7-4860HQ 2.4-3.6GHz Now the second version is here, with upgraded Intel processors and Nvidia graphics cards… and a few other nice changes that I’ve highlighted in the spec sheet below. I was incredibly impressed with the original Aorus X7 upon its release the laptop packed an impressive amount of gaming horsepower into a dramatically thin 17-inch frame.

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