AORUS 15G YC - 15.6" FHD IPS Anti-Glare 240Hz - Intel Core i7-10870H - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 8GB GDDR6, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Win10 Home - Gaming Laptop (AORUS 15G YC-8US2450SH)

Note: I bought my laptop for the original $1999 price not the overblown price.First this is a low wattage "low weight" laptop for its class. And the GPU is not based off the desktop RTX 3080 but rather a full GA104 chip which I guess comes from the RTX 3070. Not sure though because Nvidia is not clear on this with the laptop chips. It could be a full RTX 3060 chip. Laptop chip specs here if you want to look: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/gaming-laptops/Pros: Strong performing laptop compared to lower end RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 models. Gathering from benchmarks others have done with those models.Other Pros:32GB RAM1TB M.2 SSD (Wish it had 2TB though) -- I did add my own 2TB M.2 SSDIntel 8core/16 Thread CPUNice looking laptopRGB LightingNegatives: Mainly the low wattage which keeps the GPU and CPU from showing their true strengths.Anyway, I really do not have anything to compare this laptop GPU to except my old RTX 2080ti desktop. It doesn't seem to beat it although it is up and down on that front. The low wattage is what keeps this chip down and that is to be expected. But it does have over 6000 CUDA cores so it is beefy in that respect.Do I have buyers remorse? Not really. It does well in gaming at 1080p and 1440p and is not held back by the 8 core Intel chip at all.That being said, I did ramp up as many settings as I could to max out the wattage and power.The laptop comes with the Aorus software to set power to performance and boost the CPU and GPU to max but be wise in your actual needs. The software is a little quirky but after you figure it out it should stay set to where you want it. But don't stop there. Go to the Nvidia control panel in 3D settings and set power management to "prefer maximum performance".Also, I have low latency set to Ultra.And resizable bar should be enabled by default although I have no idea if that is helping anything. Especially since Intel chips were not built with that in mind. Where to check: Nvidia control panel then go up top to help then select system info and it should say enabled.I do have an older GTX 1060 laptop with a 6 core Intel chip and it blows that away on all fronts if that helps any.In conclusion for the price I paid I am happy. If you are still worried about that low wattage performance then check out a "full laptop wattage" RTX 3070 and that should be fine too. But they come with less storage usually.If you want me to do any specific tests before you buy something like this just ask. If I get the email then I will do my best to help.

I’m changing this review as after a few months of owning it, it has poor performance during gaming. Quite simply the cooling solution is unable to keep the gpu/cpu package cool. Cpu temps hitting 96C during gaming. Extreme thermal throttling causes USB ports to quit working. I would expect some throttle but it goes from “fine” to not playable until you let everything cool down. Laptop is sitting on a fan pad, elevated off a desk in ideal conditions.If you have anything plugged into the usb c port, you can’t start the machine until you unplug it and power cycleGenerally a poor product for the price tag.