Årets upplaga av den årliga teknikmässan Consumer Electronics Show har varit mycket mustig. Mycket mustig. En av nyheterna som visats upp är Acers nya gaming-laptop Predator 21X och förutom att den ser ut att vara designad av Michael Bay, är den väldigt, väldigt dyr. Vi pratar fantasisummor nu, pengar som får en att gapskratta med maximalt vidgade näsborrar. 9990 euro, närmare bestämt. Vilket blir 100 000 kronor (eller mer) när vi räknat om det till svensk sluring och sluskat upp besten på Elgigantens butikshyllor. Den har dock böjd skärm och mer hårdvarukraft än de flesta stationära superspeldatorerna på marknaden.
"The Predator 21 comes with an i7-7820HK processor and two GTX 1080 cards running with SLI. It also has 64 GB of DDR-2400 memory, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and as many as four 512 GB solid state drives. This thing is appropriately massive, with a full-sized Cherry MX Brown mechanical keyboard, four speakers, and two subwoofers."
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Acer today announced the availability of its highly anticipated Predator 21 X gaming laptop, the world's first curved screen notebook. Featuring Windows 10 and designed for ultimate gaming enthusiasts who only want the best, the Predator 21 X is advanced beyond anything on the market today.
As the world's first notebook to offer a curved 21-inch IPS display (2560 x 1080 resolution with a 120Hz refresh rate), it delivers a truly immersive gaming experience, especially when combined with the notebook's eye-tracking technology from Tobii. Taking PC gaming immersion to new depths, eye tracking lets gamers identify enemies, aim and take cover simply by gazing at objects on the screen in over 45 titles like Elite Dangerous, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and WATCH_DOGS 2™. The curved screen also features NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ technology, ensuring smooth and sharp gameplay.
Beneath the notebook's curved hood lies a powerful engine just waiting to be unleashed. The Predator 21 X (GX21-71) features dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 graphic cards in SLI and an overclockable 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7820HK processor for ultimate performance and responsiveness.
Supporting all this power is 64GB of DDR4-2400 memory, up to four 512GB solid state drives in RAID 0 configuration (including 2 NVMe PCIe SSDs, which are up to 5x faster than SATA SSDs) and a 7200 RPM hard drive of 1TB capacity. In addition, Killer DoubleShot Pro automatically picks the fastest network connection (Ethernet or wireless) and sends all high priority traffic over that interface while standard traffic is sent over the other. This ensures the highest priority traffic will always be put on the fastest and most reliable link. Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gbps.
Dissipating excess heat effectively for uninterrupted performance during intense gaming sessions, the notebook also features an advanced cooling architecture consisting of 5 system fans (including 3 ultra-thin AeroBlade™ metal fans) and 9 heat pipes. It also includes Acer DustDefender, which removes dust build-up and improves heat dissipation, and Acer's CoolBoost app, that can be used to adjust the fans' airflow to deliver extra cooling performance during heavy use.
Its full-sized mechanical keyboard features Cherry® MX Brown switches, with individually programmable backlit keys, offering 16.7 million color options. Customers can swap out the black W, A, S and D keys with teal ones, using the included accessory kit. A unique numeric keypad allows it to be flipped over and turned into a Precision Touchpad.
