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New range of gaming PCs launched by Acer

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Acer announced the new range of gaming PCs, the Acer Aspire VX 15 and Predator G1 Desktop in India. The Acer Aspire VX 15 is a budget gaming Notebook while the Predator G1 is a compact desktop. Acer’s new Predator 15 G9-593 and 17 G9-793 Notebook features new look, latest graphics and cooling features.

The Acer Aspire VX 15 comes with the latest 7th Gen Intel Core i7 processors and powered by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card. The keyboard is iron red with backlit. Dual fans boost up the thermal system for smooth gameplay and gives quality sound with Dolby Audio premium and Acer TrueHarmony. In terms of storage, the Aspire VX 15 comes with 1TB hard drive and 128GB M.2 SSD. The I/O ports are placed on both sides.

The Acer Predator G1 has a compact profile and comes with an Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM graphics to deliver top end gaming power. The Predator G1 running on Windows 10 64-bit operating system comprises of 16GB of Dual-channel DDR4 2133 MHz memory, upgradeable up to 64GB. Storage is taken care with a 2TB HDD and 128GB SSD drive. Audio is delivered through Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 while Killer Wireless-AC gives optimum internet connectivity. It has three expansion slots PCIe x16 slot, M.2 slot (for SSD) and M.2 slot (for WLAN).

The upgraded Predator series features IPS Full HD (1920×1080) antiglare G-SYNC VR ready screen. Equipped with powerful NVIDIA Pascal GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card and the 7th Gen Intel Core i7 processors. The Notebook comes with FrostCore, the swappable fan design that injects the powerful gaming rig with extra fan to keep temperature down and boost performance up. Housed with world’s thinnest metal fan blade–Aero Blade along with Predator DustDefender, the laptop enhances the cooling power and efficiency of the thermal system to keep your gaming performance at the top. On connectivity front, the Predator laptop provides HDMI 2.0 connection, USB 3.1 (Type-­C) 3 and Thunderbolt as well as DoubleShort Killer Pro for internet connectivity.

Priced at Rs.87,999 Acer Aspire VX 15 will be available online on FlipKart and through Acer retail stores, the Predator G1 Desktop will be available through Acer’s Exclusive stores and leading retail chain outlets from Rs. 1,19,999 and the Acer Predator 15 (G9-593), 17 (G9-793) will be available in India starting from Rs. 1,59,999 through Acer stores, leading retails and online stores.

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