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Nick Evanson

Gigabyte's new app for enabling its X3D Turbo Mode in Windows is, for some unfathomable reason, called Aorus AI Snatch

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor.

Back in October, we reported on a new setting in some of Gigabyte's AMD motherboards called X3D Turbo Mode. Queries over the performance claim aside, one concern about the option was that it required you to enter the BIOS every time you wanted to change the setting. Gigabyte now has a solution to that, in the form of a Windows app called Aorus AI Snatch. Oh, dear Lord.

Forget about the innuendo-inducing name for the moment, all the app does is switch X3D Turbo Mode on and off, according to the press announcement. It's not a standalone tool, as it's simply a small add-on for GCC (Gigabyte Control Center). You won't be able to toggle it on the fly, as you need to do a system reboot for the changes to take effect, but it's far better than having to delve into the motherboard's BIOS.

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