gigabyte/aorus at ces 2024

CES 2024 starts with a bang, with the Gigabyte/AORUS VIP event held on day 0 of the event, and we were among the privileged few invited to join in and see what they have on display.

Literally.

The Monitors

Displays are indeed one of the main points of attraction for us here, and the biggest (or in this case, widest) is the 49-inch, AORUS CO49DQ, 5120X1440 pixel DQHD OLED monitor. 

This behemoth is the equivalent of two 16:9 27" QHD OLED displays seamlessly merged into one, boasting an 1800R curve, 0.03ms response time, and a 144Hz refresh rate. This means immense immersion and contrast, for all applications but is especially evident for something like racing and flight simulator games (which were being shown). Quantum-Dot OLED will mean great colors and this specific models is also quite bright, which if you're into HDR gaming, is quite important.

Curvy

If you're a nerd (and so are we), you will want to know that it's 99% DCI-P3 rated as well, and since this is an AORUS, you know you can also expect KVM features to allow the control of multiple devices connected to the same monitor with just a single set of keyboard/mouse peripherals, and yes, of course that it's both G-SYNC and FreeSync compatible.

The price at launch should be somewhere between $1100 and $1200 USD, but from what I've heard through the grapevine, we may have a chance to see it at 3-digit prices on some special occasions, which considering the sheer spectacularity and potential for gaming and work that having a monitor with these specs as the centerpiece of your battlestation, would be truly amazing.

For this, we gave it the very first PCMR BEST OF CES AWARD.

Pedro from PCMR, and Howard Chiu from Gigabyte

AORUS FO32U2P

If 49 inches is too big for you, or widescreen isn't what you're looking for, the FO32U2P will surely grab your attention. 32-inch QD-OLED with a Samsung panel, 0.03ms response time, 4K resolution and 240hz refresh rate, and the most exclusive spec of them all, DisplayPort 2.1 compatible, with full UHBR bandwidth, the first gaming monitor ever to do so. 

It also supports daisy-chained configurations that can definitely help reduce clutter in multi-monitor installations.

AORUS FO27Q3

Another very interesting monitor on display, the AORUS FO27Q3 is a 27-inch OLED monitor with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and a refresh rate of 360 Hz. The same 0.03ms response time as the CO49DQ paired with the 27-inch size means it may be more the liking of e-sports-centered players and players who just might not have the size or just don't want to go ultrawide. 

The GPUs

There was no shortage of supply of Graphics cards at the Gigabyte/Aorus ballroom. White Aero/Vision versions, black versions, the lot; but what everyone was eyeing were the Supers

Edit from late January: We've finally benchmarked the NVIDIA Supers.

NVIDIA just announced them days ago, and they are not making a Founders Edition 4070 Ti variant, so it's up to brands like Gigabyte and others to take care of that. Here is the very first example in the wild.

Pedro for scale

white components

Something quite refreshing to see in the last few months is how AORUS is releasing white or silver (or both) versions of many of its components, but now they're going even further and releasing SEVERAL white/snow iterations of Motherboards as well. Long gone are the days when you could only find a component here and there that might match your white case/build. It doesn't matter if they call it Vision, Aero, ICE or Pro X, what matters is that they do look very dope.

The Intel Z790 AORUS PRO X. This is actually the board used in our very first White O11 Vision build.

Team Red? AORUS has you covered with the X670E AORUS PRO X.

The new ICE Waterforce X II 360mm AIO comes with white magnetic modular fans that look quite stunning. The Waterforce X II comes with an LCD on the pump, which can play video.

Besides motherboards, GPUs and AIOs, AORUS now makes a white case and a white Power Supply, the UD850GM PG5W, 850 Watt modular PSU.

psuS FOR ALL POWER NEEDS

Oh, you thought components would be more and more efficient? Well, technically they are, but if you want to go high end you will know that your PSU must be able to keep up with the power draw. As both Nvidia and AMD continue to push the boundaries of performance and price, they are advocating for power supply units (PSUs) that flirt with the barrier of 4-digit wattage.

More and more manufacturers have heard this power-hungry call loud and clear, and Gigabyte is no exception.

The GIGABYTE UD1600GM PG5 is a 1600W Capacity, PCIE 5 compatible Behemoth with enough juice to feed pretty much any computer you can build.

The slightly more "reasonable" GIGABYTE UD1300GM PG5 should be plenty to power any 14900k/RTX 4090 build, even with a hefty overclock and plenty of other components and RGB.

the z790 x refresh line

We've had the pleasure to cover the official enveil of this line of Intel LGA 1700 socket refresh components, and it's great to see them again, particularly after having built some spectacular PCs with them.

The bread and butter of the AORUS lines tends to be the ELITE. A very solid board that is usually very reasonably priced, and a great price-performance choice for the gamer and creator looking for a solid board with extra trinkets. This one is Wifi 7 compliant.

The Master line is above the Elite, both in price and in features, and is a frequent choice for high-end builds.

Wrapping up, the Gigabyte/AORUS showcase at CES 2024 revealed a wide array of products spanning laptops, displays, and components. There aren't many PC-centric products and components that AORUS isn't making right now, which is quite cool to see since I've personally seen them expand throughout the years, from a company that was pretty much exclusively focused on motherboards and GPUs, to one that now makes everything else, from cases to PSUs, to now AIOs and fans.