Introduction and design
If gaming is your main driver for buying a new laptop, prepare to break the bank. The Razer Blade seems to have it all, but it’s also pushing a $2000+ price tag. What if you want to spend only half of that and still have a capable rig?
The V15 Nitro Black Edition (VN7-591G-74LK) is one attempt to answer that question, packing a solidly powerful NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M GPU with 2GB RAM, a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, and 8GB of RAM. And that’s all had for $1,029 (about £672, AU$1313) from NewEgg for the version we reviewed.
But for all its potential, the V15 Nitro also comes up short in a couple of key areas: the battery life is poor, the 15.6-inch 1080p display isn’t great, and the lack of an SSD means it’s not the fastest laptop around for day-to-day use. However, does this Acer laptop have enough raw performance to compensate for those concessions?
Design
Compared to some of its entry-level gaming laptop contemporaries, the V15 Nitro is decidedly subdued in its design. Sure, it has the red backlight subtly pouring out from beneath the keys, but you won’t find any aggressive branding like on the <a target=_blank …read more
Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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