Acer has this week unveiled a new addition to their growing range of gaming laptop systems with the unveiling of the Acer Predator 17X which comes certified with Nvidia’s “VR Ready” program and providing enough power to enjoy either the Oculus Rate or HTC Vive VR headsets.
The Predator 17X is equipped with a 17.3 inch screen and Acer offers the ability to upgrade to a 4K Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 IPS G-Sync Display display rather than the standard 1920 x 1080 pixel screen that is supplied.
Internally the Acer Predator 17X gaming laptop is powered by a Intel Core i7-6820HK which can be supported by up to 64GB of RAM and comes equipped with a Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 8GB GDDR5 graphics card. Storage is supplied by a 256 GB Samsung SM951 M.2 NVMe solid state drive (SSD) with support it install up to three SSDs in RAID 0 configuration as well as being equipped with a customisable RGB lighting on the keyboard.
Acer Predator 17X gaming laptop will first launch in China during May 2016 and will then rollout worldwide including Europe and North America during June 2016 with prices starting from $2,799. For benchmarks and full specifications on the new Acer Predator 17X gaming laptop jump over to the Toms Hardware website via the link below.
Source: Toms Hardware