At the moment even the lightest gaming laptops are still heavy devices, if you compare them to ultrabooks for office purposes. What if you cannot choose between a feather-light system and smooth frame rates? In that case an external gpu offers a solution: a separate box with a graphics card, with which your light laptop transforms into a potent gaming machine. In this article we take a look at the Gigabyte Aorus Gaming Box, a small external gpu housing that comes with Nvidia or AMD cards.

Gaming laptops are becoming thinner and lighter. There is no need to buy a laptop weighing five kilograms if you want to use your mobile machine for gaming. Still, even the lightest gaming laptops are a bit thicker and heavier than regular machines. A powerful graphics card requires good cooling, complete with larger heatsinks, multiple fans and larger airflow openings for hot air. In short, you are faced with the choice between a light, thin laptop or a more powerful but heavier device.