Acer gaming notebooks have been
upgraded, detailed, given their first full release dates and pricing.
These include the Acer Predator 21X Notebook, the Predator 17X Gaming Notebook,
and Aspire V Nitro. The V Nitro now has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or 1050 Ti GPU
as well as 7th-gen Intel Core i7 processors and an optional 4K (3840 x 2160
pixel) Ultra HD display – that’ll be starting at US$ 1199 in February.
The Acer Predator 17X gaming notebook also has a
refresh with a 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7820HK processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX
1080 GPU. This beast works with a 17.3-inch G-SYNC-capable display and rolls
with enough power to work with Oculus Rift or the HTC Vive. This notebook’s
starting price is around US$ 2,599 and availability remains TBD for this update.
The Acer Predator 21X – one of the strangest pieces
of equipment we saw at IFA this past September – has newly details
specifications, pricing, and availability. This more finalized version of the
notebook has 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards in SLI as well as an
overclock-capable 7th-gen Intel i7 processor. Also onboard is Tobii eye tracking
technology and 64GB of DDR4-2400 RAM.
This monster of a curved-display notebook has up to
four 512GB solid state drives in RAID 0 configuration (that’s set to include 2
NVMe PCIe SSDs). A 7200 RPM hard drive with up to a 2TB capacity can also be added.
If you’re going in on a super-strange super-high-end notebook like this, you
may as well go all the way.
Users will be able to attain the Acer Predator 21X
with its curved display starting in February of 2017. This notebook will start
at MSRP US$ 8,999. Cross your fingers and you might find it at your local
gaming enthusiast’s shop this Spring.
Also appearing in the Acer gaming collection this
week is the Aspire GX desktop in its GX-785 configuration. We don’t know one
whole heck of a lot about this desktop machine as of yet – but we can tell you
it’s mostly black and has several striking red features around its frontside.
You can probably imagine the processors and RAM and whatnot inside – we’ll find
out pricing and release information soon.
