Gigabyte has refreshed its Aorus Master 16 gaming laptop for Computex 2026, and the headline is as blunt as it is ambitious: a 19 mm chassis with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and AMD’s Ryzen 9 9955HX3D inside. That makes the Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 one of the thinnest RTX 5090 gaming laptops shown so far, and it is squarely in the current arms race for ”desktop-like” portable gaming rigs, where thinness is no longer the only flex – sustained power and cooling are the real bragging rights.
The top configuration is built around a 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with 3D V-Cache and a GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop with 24 GB of memory. Gigabyte says the GPU can run at up to 175 W, while the WindForce Infinity 3D cooling system with a vapor chamber is designed to handle up to 230 W overall. That is serious heat for a body this slim, which is exactly why rivals keep getting dragged into bigger, heavier designs whenever the spec sheet gets too spicy.
A 16-inch OLED panel built for speed
The display is a 16-inch OLED panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio, 2.5K QHD resolution, and a 240 Hz refresh rate. Gigabyte also claims a 0.2 ms response time, 100% DCI-P3 coverage, 1,000,000:1 contrast, and VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification. In plain English: this is pitched at people who want fast-moving games to look expensive, not just bright.
- 16-inch OLED display
- 2.5K QHD resolution
- 240 Hz refresh rate
- 0.2 ms response time
- 100% DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR 1000
Battery, audio, and AI extras
Gigabyte fitted a 99 Wh battery and says it can charge to 50% in 30 minutes. The laptop also includes four speakers with Dolby Atmos support, a 1080p front camera, and an IR sensor. On the software side, the company is leaning on GiMATE, an AI assistant that can adjust power profiles – the kind of feature that sounds minor until you realise it may matter more than another sliver of chassis thickness.
What Gigabyte did not say is probably just as important: price and availability. The company says final configurations and launch timing will vary by region, which is corporate shorthand for ”don’t ask for a global answer yet.” For now, the Aorus Master 16 looks like another sign that the premium gaming laptop race is shifting from raw frame rates alone to a tighter mix of efficiency, thermal design, and screen quality.