THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: crimsondynamics on May 21, 2008, 09:19:57 AM
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http://www.acer.com/predator/ (http://www.acer.com/predator/)
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080521PR205.html (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080521PR205.html)
Acer enters enthusiast PC market
Press release, May 21; Ricky Morris, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 21 May 2008]
Not to be outdone by the likes of Dell with its XPS and Alienware enthusiast PC systems, Acer has jumped into the high-margin "gaming PC" market with the announcement of its new Predator series, part of its Aspire G range of desktop and notebook PC systems.
As is common for this market, Acer has thrown subtlety out of the window and colored the case of the new Predator a deep metallic copper which is, for better or worse, at least distinct. The case designers also appear to think doors that open to the side are too common and so have decided to fit the Predator with one that lifts upward. It looks impractical for day-to-day use, but again the design is more about drawing crowds at LAN parties, and so Acer is probably on to a winner here too.
With the door (eventually) out of the way, the Predator offers a multi-card reader and optical drive – a Blu-ray SuperMulti burner is standard – and Acer even offers a Blu-ray/HD DVD SuperMulti option although this is unlikely to be very popular.
Also at the front of the case is an Acer Easy-swap hard drive bay which allows up to four drives to be installed or removed from the system even when it is running. A feature like this is more often found in server class systems, and so its inclusion here helps the Predator stand out from most of the competition. It also makes the system's built-in support for multiple RAID types more useful.
Internally, the Predator is based on an Nvidia nForce 780i SLI motherboard which supports 3-way SLI, but Acer is currently only offering dual-GeForce 9600 GT, 9800 GTX or 9800 GX2 options.
CPU options include 133MHz FSB Intel Core 2 Extreme or Core 2 Quad series, and Acer has opted to include a liquid cooling system which it says reduces system noise and lets users push the system to the limit. Memory capacity goes up to 8GB DDR2.
Other features include dual-Gigabit LAN, onboard audio (with Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum optional) and a choice of either Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate.
Pricing and availability are subject to region, but it is safe to assume that the Predator will be nothing less than "very expensive."
That Transformers case design with as many full options this side of a Mercedes SEL just makes this PC look sick.
Funny they should mention LAN parties, because lugging that beast around must be quite the hernia-inducing, back-breaking, chiropractor-pleasing bitch.
Having said that, I wouldn't mind just getting my hands on that case...
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But the case man, the case. That sucker looks sweet. :D
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CANT. RUN. CRYSIS.
once i can get crysis at max everything and vista isnt shit ill be back into pc gaming
thing is, i know pc is the best platform by far, sooooooooo expensive :(
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Oh wait this isn't actually a laptop but a desktop.
haha how did u think they'd get all that stuff in a laptop????????? pc n00b total!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh wait this isn't actually a laptop but a desktop.
haha how did u think they'd get all that stuff in a laptop????????? pc n00b total!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because my laptop has HD-DVD drive and one Gigabit LAN?
:gun ur tomorrows driving test :punch
ive got a cool laptop as well u know, i dont think ive turned my desktop on in half a year :-\
stop putting me off :(
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(http://www.laptoplogic.com/data/news/images/5017/predator-2.jpg)
I want that case! :drool