After NVIDIA’s release of the new Pascal-based GPUs, all the big OEMs on the market rushed to deliver their updated or just refreshed notebooks with the chips in question. However, Acer didn’t come up with new Aspire Nitro notebooks but instead launched a more affordable version of the Predator 17 (G5-793) equipped with GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM. That move bought the company some time to prepare its true upper mid-range to high-end solution with GTX 1060 – the Aspire V 15 and V 17 Nitros.

In this review, we will be taking a closer look at the top spec-ed 17-inch Aspire V 17 Nitro Black Edition configuration with GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5), Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 16GB of DDR4-2400 RAM, 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, Tobii Eye Tracking (which is expected to be included in all 17-inch modifications but the information is still unconfirmed) and a crisp UHD (3840×2160) IPS display. Of course, the GPU won’t be able to drive all those pixels in modern games but it will be essential for other multimedia-related purposes. The price of this model is expected to be around €1 900, but the standard Full HD version of the notebook should come near €1 300. The pricing definitely seems promising and if Acer is able to pull it off, we will have a much better alternative to the lackluster ASUS FX502VM with roughly the same pricing.
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