Customer Ratings & Reviews

Overall, it is good as it is claimed. Though the battery life is not as expected.

Exceeded expectations. Performs very well. Longevity and durability remain to be seen.

almost a top tier PC for a relatively low price, great bang for the buck

So far amazing. Fast and handles everything. Price worth buying

Very good all around computer . Works as it should . May look into getting another one .

Excellent computer I recommend Battery and speed good

Все летает, крутой комп! Запустил кс2 и там 500фпс!

Good mid tier gaming laptop has 32GB ram and 1tb of space with a 5060 can’t beat the price

One of the best laptops out there for the price. Great graphics and storage too

Works great for gaming and for school work. No SD card port for uploading photos from the Drone.

The GYGABYTE GAMING A16 laptop is a very well-built machine. For my liking i believe it lacks a touch screen. However, it is a very well-built laptop, it feels very sturdy just like a tank. The This laptop has the Intel Core i7 and it is a 165Hz, so the response is good enough for most games. The screen does fold to a 180 degree so it can be laid almost flat. The charger is a somewhat outdated charging system since most laptops now offer a USB-C charging port and this one does not. However, it does have enough USB post that will fit most gamer set ups, and if needed extensions could be added but would have to be bought separately. The graphic is very nice and offer a good color profile. The keyboard does have the option to change colors and or leave it off to help conserve battery life. The battery life is really good but if your game demands more juice you will need to have your charger nearby. Overall, this is a very well-built laptop with great graphics and it is nice looking. It is built like a tank and will last many gaming sessions.

Great Laptop runs CoD with no issues. Streams movies great

Awesome it’s smooth nice and very very fast I love it.

The Gigabyte Gaming A16 is a powerful laptop designed for serious gaming offering impressive performance in a sleek, aesthetically pleasing, powerful package that boasts top-tier hardware and a great design. Paired with the I7-13620H and the capable RTX 5060 in a gaming-themed design, it is a performance powerhouse in a light and portable package. Key takeaways + Basic, Gimate UI software + Lightweight, sturdy and thin + Camera compliant with Windows Hello + Effective cooling + Excellent screen + Potential VRAM limitations + Small arrow keys DESIGN The laptop's "Black Steel" finish looks clean and professional, and the unique styling encompassing various grills for cooling along the rear and sides make it a solid with a premium feel. This dual exhaust, labeled "WINDFORCE Cooling Technology", seems to work tremendously during gaming sessions as the keyboard nor the frame heats up to any extreme range. The screen offers wide viewing angles but I've yet to find any reasonable use of the 180⁰ hinge aside from the most obvious, prevent damage from overextension. The I/O is well thought out offering a split number of inputs along the sides of the PC. The keyboard, marketed as the "Golden Curve Keyboard," offers a comfortable typing experience. The large keys provide a satisfying, yet quiet typing experience. The Gimate button is easily accessible from the upper right corner of the keyboard. I'm just not a big fan of the size of the arrow keys. PERFORMANCE This is where it truly shines. The G16's powerful Intel I7-13620H processor, combined with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 GPU with 8GB VRAM, 32GB DDR5 RAM and 1TB M.2 PCIe SSD provides quick loading times and a great balance between gaming and productivity tasks. It offers smooth gameplay and powerful rendering capabilities in a variety of modern games or demanding software. Add the 16" vibrant screen and 165hz refresh rate for a fantastic combination. Running games from Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Armored Core IV, Ashes of the Singularity, Starfield, and Genshin Impact have all run at medium to ultra settings with a moderate FPS. The inclusion of a Windows Hello compatible webcam is a huge plus and makes for easy facial recognition access to your machine. The cooling system and design of the laptop make for keeping temps cool and within acceptable ranges. ISSUES/QUIRKS The Gigabyte bundled, Gimate software is mostly fine. It did, however, cause what seemed a conflict with other aspects. The RGB seems very unpolished, it offers 4 preset pattern modes and minor customization options such as color change speed and a specific color type, but lacks any meaningful personalized customization. Customization such as painting individual keys a certain color; WASD in red, 1234 in green, CTRL/ALT in blue, Arrow keys in another color, etc. Interacting with Gimate is fine as this became the initial route I took to change RGB patterns, as the underlying portion of the software that handles that is deeply nested within Gimate and can become difficult to locate. The biggest quirk, which seemed like a Gimate produced issue, was soon after first booting the machine and applying updates, an update initiated through the Gimate software seemed to remove the Nvidia GPU drivers. I didn't realize this until running a game and noticing choppy FPS and sluggish animations. Poking around revealed that the GPU was no longer being used as the graphics source. When applying the Gimate software update, one of the warning prompts seemed to imply it was applying an update to the firmware of the laptop and warning about terminating or powering off during the update. Eventually, it forced a reboot and the drivers were seemingly no longer available. I must add that during this update, Windows update was doing it's own updates. I include this as I'm aware that often times, Windows update, when it's repos aren't properly updated to current GPU drivers, can remove or downgrade good working drivers to unsupported or partially working drivers with your own current configuration making it mandatory to reinstall correct drivers to fix a bad update. This seems like it wasn't the case here but point this out as it could be what causes this same issue for someone else Overall, the Gigabyte A16 is a powerful contender in the gaming bracket. Suitable for both gamers and creative individuals looking for a portable option. The A16 offers a striking yet polished appearance with raw computational power ready to be set free. If Gimate was a little more polished, this could be a potential option for someone that needs more configuration options out of their lighting, for either display aesthetics or gaming comfort. Additionally, with today's growing requirements for gaming, 8GB VRAM might be seen as just enough to get by for a limited period of time. This is worth 4-stars.

I thought I was done with gaming laptops after getting a gaming handheld pc. Who needs to carry around a big heavy thing with a power brick when everything charges via USB-C? Of course, I was completely wrong about what I thought I needed when I started up live streaming gaming sessions. It turns out that I needed ports. Lots of them. And for this reason alone, I'm giving the Gigabyte A16 gaming laptop a big thumbs up. It also plays games pretty well. Currently connected to the laptop to run the stream are: 2 mirrorless cameras, 1 teleprompter, 1 USB powered light, 1 USB 3.0 hub with 2 macro pads attached via USB, 1 receiver for a wireless lavalier microphone, and an external monitor via HDMI, plus the power adapter. The laptop has enough juice to power everything (the USB hub has external power), and there is sufficient juice to power everything without overloading the USB controllers. On top of all that, the laptop was able to run the streaming software and the game itself without a hitch. In my testing, I did notice that sometimes programs would have a delay between double clicking the icon to launch and actually having the program show up. I'm not sure if it's the Gigabyte Gi software that uses AI to, well, I'm not really sure what it does. It offers me various power settings based on the sort of work that I'm doing, and lets me change it around, maybe to conserve power? I'd like to just crank the settings to all max all the time and leave it there and never have to deal with it again, since I do plan to leave it plugged in all the time. I like that there are battery saver options to keep the battery charged at 80% max, as well as a 60% extreme battery saver mode. The fans tend to kick in early, especially when playing 3d games, but they never got very loud. The volume never got high enough to get picked up on the microphones I use when streaming, which is a plus. I also like that there is a FHD webcam, which surprised me because the last couple gaming laptops I had did not have a webcam at all. The keyboard is a chiclet style, with what they are calling a Golden Curve, which is marketing speak for oversized keys with an optimized ratio between the actuation force needed to press the button and the 1.7mm of distance that the keys need to travel to register. I didn't find typing to be any different from any other laptop keyboard. The sci-fi looking legends on the keys themselves fiti in well with the rest of the laptop's cyber theme. I threw on the usual set of games, and they all played well at high graphics settings. The only hitch that was consistent was the delay in applications starting after being launched. I'm going to have to investigate this more, because it can get really annoying, especially with applications that don't like to be launched again after an instance has started. I double click an icon, wait a few seconds to see if it did anything, double click it again, then the program starts, and then another window appears, it gets old quick. I'll try disabling it entirely to see if this corrects my issues, but first I'll check if it's addressed in a software update. For what I needed it to be, this laptop has exceeded all of my expectations. I can connect every device that I need to be productive, and for a gaming laptop it really isn't that thick or heavy, and the fans aren't that loud while still keeping the pc pretty cool considering the workload. I don't really understand why it's an important feature to have the hinge open up flat, but it does and it looks quite fragile in that position, so if you like looking down that far and straining your neck, have at it.

You get a lot for this gaming laptop . 32 GB DDR RAM and a GTX 5060 GPU. The screen size is 16” and I just say that as I know there are people who prefer 17-18” gaming screens when going with a laptop. This also has a standard keyboard but no separate number pad which I usually prefer, but for the price versus what you get I can live without that. The screen also will open 180 degrees flat if for some reason you want/need to do that… Another question I’m usually asked is how the cooling is. Not seeing any issues with heat and (Time will tell) the system has what they call “WINDFORCE Cooling technology” which is a 2 fan system and better channeling of the air flow. If I’m understanding that right. You definitively hear the fans running, which is good. Regardless I always use a cooling stand for my gaming laptop and haven’t been disappointed yet. The power brick is smaller than my last few laptops which is nice. It’s not near the brick I’ve had in some of my systems. As I aways do, I load up a gameand see what it can do. I don’t play overly taxing games usually. Mainly simulations and survivals. So far with one of my more taxing game saves it has run it without issues and I believe I’ll be good for the foreseeable future.. I hope :) Screen is very vibrant and the graphics pop as you’d expect. Other than going all out and gaming desktop I don’t see a reason to not give this beauty a go. So if you’re looking for a great running gaming laptop for what I believe is a very good price, you can not go wrong with this system.

bought this for my husband for christmas. set up the computer, not even five minutes after playing it starts lagging and a error message occurs. go to best buy, just give him a new one. same thing happens. geek squad said themselves not a good brand and always issues with the hardwire.

The laptop came with a broken screen. Ima have to return it

Very sleek laptop, I had a chance to play around with it for about a few weeks and really enjoyed it. THE BUILD The quality of the build feels really good in your hands, there is a nice weight to it and there isn't much flex when opening or closing the screen. It doesn't have the best hinges as you need 2 hands to open the lid. The CPU/RAM The processor a 13th Gen i7 and 32GB DDR5 ram makes for a very good combo when multi-tasking and gaming. I am pretty happy to see it doesn't come with 16GB as is the trend I have been seeing lately. COOLING The new WINDFORCE system keeps the temp down but it is pretty loud, I don't mind it because I game with headphones on or at loud volume so the loud fan ramping up does not bother me. I know it says the Gigabyte GiMate AI Cooling feature advertises noise free immersion but that isn't the case so be aware. PD 3.0 This is a minor thing but for me the fast charging provided by the USB4 Type C is awesome. I game a little and in the meantime I plug my phone and it's charged in no time- very convenient. SCREEN/RAM The combination of the HI-RES screen with 165 refresh rate and Nvidia 5060 make for some awesome gaming. There is not much lag, tearing, or stutter. It provides nice smooth gameplay- only wish it were OLED screen but the IPS screen works well enough. CON I didn't care for the 180 degree lid, i don't see the need and It has not come in handy for me. In that case they could have made it 360 degrees and made it double as a tablet or it would have given you the option of tenting it up so that you can prop it up as a screen. I also wish it had a number pad, the number pad is always convenient regardless of the gaming laptop purpose, it helps with all other productivity besides gaming. OVERALL a fun laptop with a good video card/CPU and ram- it's main purpose is gaming and it feels that way.

This gaming laptop is definitely a nice entry point into "high end" gaming. It boasts some pretty good specs on paper with an i7 processor and a 50 series RTX graphics card. It worked well In most regular gameplay but seemed to struggle in games with higher graphical intensity. Another issue I came across with it was it was very loud! They advertise a 0db ambience system for quiet operation but I don't think it applies to higher end gaming or when the computer is put in gaming mode. That being said the positive side was it ran incredibly cool even during those high stress moments. (despite the laggy issues.) The display is bright and color accurate and keeps up with the refresh rate of the games I played. Which made colors pop and HDR mode in many games feel very immersive. It's pretty lightweight thanks to the design of the chassis and I also think that helps with the heat dispersion however that may prove to be a detriment down the road. Overall I feel that this is a pretty good middle weight gaming laptop. It certainly has it's pitfalls and is obviously not as strong as ones containing higher intel chips or RTX 50 series graphics cards. However, given what it is, a better budget gaming laptop may be hard to come by.