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Acer Aspire Predator Finally Shipping, Still Looks Hot
Posted 10/02/08 at 10:59:47 AM | by Paul Lilly
Last summer Acer teased gamers by announcing the menacing looking Aspire Predator gaming PC along with a color-matching metallic copper 24-inch G24 LCD display. Now the company says it's ready for the US market and, presumably, to take on HP, Falcon Northwest, and Alienware in the high end OEM gaming segment.
It would take an orgy of high end components to live up to the machine's "Faster. Deeper. Harder. Further." tagline, though Acer's also offering a more moderately priced configuration. Starting at $1,649, The G7700-UQ9300A sports an Intel Core 2 Quad 9300 water-cooled processor, a GeForce 9600GT videocard, 8GB of DDR2 memory, two 640GB hard drives, a DVD reader and DVD burner, and Vista Home Premium 64-bit. For those with a little more loot, $2,199 nudges the processor up to a Q9550 and exchanges the 9600GT for a 9800GTX.
On the monitor front, the Acer G24 widescreen display boasts a 50,000:1 contrast ratio, a 1920x1200 resolution, and 2ms (grey to grey) response time.
Does Acer's Predator appeal to you? Hit the jump and post your thoughts.
Image Credit: Engadget and Acer
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Submitted by s3th on Sun, 2008-10-26 01:46
Acer sucks
It's still an Acer. Friend
Submitted by spideyman on Thu, 2008-10-02 19:26
It's still an Acer. Friend of mine has an Acer and it's a hunk of junk, and their 'tech support' is a joke!!
Submitted by Griever92 on Thu, 2008-10-02 15:05
The only thing out of that entire rig i'd want is the case. it looks pretty sweet, but the components for a Gaming Machine meant to compete with places like Falcon Northwest, Alienware, etc. are a little lacking.
it's also still an Acer.
Submitted by emzfrendcrisis on Thu, 2008-10-02 11:33
Freaky cool. I like this thing very much. You notice all that you get for such a low price? This is the acer dna. Good parts on the cheap!
Submitted by NAYRhyno on Thu, 2008-10-02 10:04
Why? I like case mods, but I think the mod should improve something about the functionality too...
Submitted by jlk on Thu, 2008-10-02 09:42
That is one fugly case. Does not appeal to me in the least. Any one of the PC's mentioned in the article would appeal to me more than this one. Hate all the crap (lid arms etc) they add to the sides of the case which makes it look cheap.
Nice
Submitted by maniacm0nk3y on Thu, 2008-10-02 09:18
The case looks interesting, kinda like a car top..... but nothing beats DIY and mods.
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