Gigabyte leans on AI at Computex 2025, showcases RTX 5090 eGPU and Grace Blackwell supercomputer

At Computex 2025, the focus for Gigabyte is AI. Under the theme "Leading Edge", the company is showcasing a mix of consumer and enterprise-grade products, but a unifying thread is that many of them are AI-centred, with some products promising performance for the AI enthusiast crowd, and others utilising AI for their main selling point.

Topping the list of those products is the rather concisely named Aorus RTX 5090 AI Box. Gigabyte says that this is "the world's fastest eGPU", and while it's targeting laptop gamers and content creators who want to game and edit on the go, Gigabyte also says that it wants to evolve the eGPU product category from more conventional use cases to AI applications.

To that end, the actual RTX 5090 card inside uses WaterForce cooling, an AIO water cooling system that prioritises cooling for the GPU, VRAM and MOSFET. Gigabyte didn't specify whether it's utilising the company's existing Aorus GeForce RTX 5090 Xtreme WaterForce card, or if it's using other WaterForce-branded components, though. The RTX 5090 AI Box will also have Thunderbolt 5 and USB 4 connections.

Gigabyte's motherboards are also getting the AI treatment. The company is displaying its next gen X870 X3D AMD boards – including the X870E Aorus Master, Pro and Elite X3D Ice, all of which will feature what Gigabyte calls X3D Turbo Mode 2.

The original X3D Turbo Mode was first featured on Gigabyte's earlier X870 boards last year, and arrived with the claim that it was able to unlock as much as 18 percent of performance for Ryzen 9000 chips, including both X3D and non-X3D CPUs.

Gigabyte is promising even more gains in performance with X3D Turbo Mode 2, as much as 35%, with the company stating that this was achieved through AI, as the boards are able to optimise your CPU performance by adapting to your current workload.

Intel's platform is getting some love too, with Gigabyte introducing the Ultra Turbo Mode to its Z890 Aorus Tachyon Ice and claims to offer up to 38% performance uplift over standard BIOS configuration.

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Then there are the gaming laptops.

Gigabyte wasted no time in rolling out a fresh suite of laptops and these year's offerings merge advanced AI enhancements, sleeker aesthetics, beefed-up cooling solutions, and raw processing muscle (thanks to the latest Intel Core Ultra 200HX and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPU series silicons) all squeezed neatly into laptops built for heavy gaming and creative or AI workloads on the move.

Leading the charge are the flagship models, the Aorus Master 18 and Master 16. The former grabs immediate attention with its large 18-inch mini-LED display that also boasts a buttery-smooth 240Hz refresh rate. Underneath that premium panel, you can deck it out with Intel’s top-tier Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU, NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, and a staggering 128GB of RAM, to ensure it comfortably handles whatever demanding tasks you throw its way.

For those who prefer something slightly more compact but just as powerful, the more svelte Aorus Master 16 swaps the mini-LED for a vivid OLED screen, so you get true blacks and exceptional colour accuracy and deep contrast levels ideal, which are probably more ideal for designers and artists.

Speaking of creators, the new Aero X16 is a super thin gaming laptop that measures just 1.7cm at its thickest – much like the Aero 16 OLED from 2024. Gigabyte sought out the intersection of gamers and content creators and so unlike the Master series of laptops, comes with a more mid-range GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU that the laptop's sleek and slim chassis can handle for a stable thermal efficiency. Of noteworthy is Gigabyte's special sandblasting process on the lid, which creates a very nice bare-metal look and gives the laptop a very pleasant premium touch.

On the entry-level segment, the Gaming A16 sheds away the (more premium) Aorus name and is targeted at younger users and students looking for a more affordable gaming laptop. It'll be powered by the less-expensive Intel 13th Gen processors but buyers have the choice of up to a GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU, so while it's more than capable of schoolwork tasks it'll still be more than a decent gaming machine.

Finally, one of the highlights from Gigabyte's Computex showcase is the AI TOP Atom, which is a compact computer based on NVIDIA's DGX Spark platform, which consists of a GB10 Grace Blackwell superchip and 128GB of unified memory.

Gigabyte says that the AI TOP Atom provides performance of 1000 AI TOPS, and despite its size, it promises that it'll stay cool even under intense workloads. Gigabyte states that its aim is to provide a machine that can run AI models locally, decreasing reliance on the cloud. On NVIDIA's part, this comes as part of their push to promote the DGX platform for an enterprise AI audience, with other manufacturers such as Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and MSI among the companies which we can expect to see DGX products from in the coming months.

But that's not all that Gigabyte showed off at its booth at Computex 2025. Also on show were the new Stealth Ice series of components, part of the company's reverse-connector ecosystem designed for cleaner, and easier cable management in white-themed builds. These include the Aorus GeForce RTX 5090 Stealth Ice (that comes with nicely-hidden power connector) and the accompanying X870 Aorus Stealth Ice and B850 Aorus Stealth Ice motherboards – all made to fit nicely within the C500 Panaromic Stealth Ice case. Check them out in our video below:

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