Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black Edition

MattTek

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Dec 2, 2013
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Time for a new laptop.. leaning towards the Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black Edition VN7-791G-792A. Anyone have one? Any better options out there under 1200$? I was trying to decide between this or the ASUS ROG laptop, leaning towards the Acer. Any input is appreciated, thanks.
 

metalicgeek

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For just $100 over your budget, you get a tremendously improved gaming experience with the Gigabyte P55W:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233094&cm_re=gtx_970m-_-34-233-094-_-Product

Where the GTX 960M in the Aspire V17 Nitro resembles a desktop GTX 750 Ti, the GTX 970M in this Gigabyte laptop is leaps and bounds faster - in the order of 50% at times - and is similar in performance to a desktop GTX 960. It also comes with a Broadwell quad-core i7 CPU, which consumes less power and is faster than equivalent Haswell i7s.