Acer Predator Triton 500: This thin and light laptop even has GeForce RTX
Acer’s Predator Triton 500 is a gaming laptop we’d actually want to carry around. Sure, we may look hungrily at a monster gaming laptop that’s nearly as fast as a desktop gaming PC. But if you have to take it with you, the era of thin, light and powerful gaming laptops is a godsend.
SPECS AND FEATURES
The Predator Triton 500 is one of the first gaming laptops we’ve tested with Nvidia’s RTX mobile chip. Even though its CPU is “merely” 8th-gen when 9th-gen CPUs have recently become available, that GPU matters a lot more when it comes to gaming. Here are the details:
CPU: Intel 8th-gen Core i7-8750H
Memory: 16GB DDR4/2666 in dual-channel mode
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Display: 15.6-inch, 144Hz, 1920x1080 screen
Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD
Dimensions: 14 x 10 x 0.75 inches (without the feet)
Weight: 4.75 pounds, 5.9 pounds with AC adapter
The Predator Triton 500’s size and weight put it in the thin-and-light. However, MSI has since beefed up the original with newer components, and the latest version (which we’re still reviewing) weighs about 4.4 pounds.
