{"video_id":"U1DUdsXo9yw","title":"Acer Predator 15 Gaming Laptop - More than meets the eye?","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2016-05-06T14:53:45Z","duration_s":454,"segments":[{"start_s":0.08,"end_s":6.279,"text":"all right ladies and gentlemen time for yet another high-end gaming laptop with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.48,"end_s":11.799,"text":"a top-of-the-line NVIDIA GPU and Intel processor this time it's the Acer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.04,"end_s":13.679,"text":"Predator 15 specifically the g95 n174","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.799,"end_s":17.56,"text":"KNN well compared against other competing gaming laptops in terms of raw","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.48,"end_s":23.269,"text":"performance so stay tuned to see how it Stacks","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.92,"end_s":34.0,"text":"up the Scimitar RGB from Corsair features 17 program buttons a 12,000 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logo and name with a pair of red LED bars on the sides there is also an Acer logo visible on the bottom area that is fixed in place as it's part of the main body and not the back of the screen the main material used here is a matte black plastic that almost feels slightly rubbery to the touch I personally like this a lot as it's not glossy and cheesy looking like glossy plastic and it won't look bad over time like brushed aluminum the bottom of the unit features a bunch of venting near the back four rubber feet that help the venting Breathe by getting it up off of whatever surface it's on and to help the laptop stay in place by gripping said surface there's a red subwoofer that is a part of the predator sound pound 2.1 audio system that features doly surround and there's a sliding latch that releases your Blu-ray Drive why the hell would you want to quickly release your Blu-ray Drive well just in case you want to install the Predator Frost core basically you turn your laptop off pop the optical drive out pop The Cooler Master designed Predator Frost core in and now you have a third fan instead of an optical drive which you probably wouldn't have been using is it cool yes is it effective kind of no major changes but in Crisis 3 Skybox load tests it did bring the temperature down of the CPU and GPU by one degree each nothing to break into song and dance over but definitely something I'm happy to see I wish they also included a like Predator Drive core or something where you could mount an additional 2 and 1/2 in drive that abely would have been kind of cool it's been done before but it would have been kind of cool under the hood it's rocking a shiny i76700 HQ Intel processor which turbes up to 3.5 GHz an NVIDIA 980m 32 gigs of RAM for all your browser tab needs killer 1535 AC Wi-Fi and gigabit Ethernet alongside Bluetooth 4.1 a 6,000 mamp hour battery which claims 6 hours of battery run time A 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive and a 512 GB NVMe SSD which is like crazy not only because NVMe drives are super freaking fast and totally awesome check out this video to see just how much more powerful these drives are but it's also crazy because they don't really tell you it has one on the website it just says solid state drive no other information on any part of the page on the box it states that it's a pcid which isn't wrong but it also doesn't properly claim the awesome power that is NVMe anyways moving on on the left side other than the Predator Frost core there's an SD card slot two 3.5 mm audio jacks for headphone and microphone and a dual USB 3.0 ports on the right hand side there are two USB 3.0 ports a Thunderbolt 3.0 port HDMI DisplayPort killer gigabit Ethernet port and a Kensington lock slot where your hands go there's a wonderful chicklet keyboard with four lighting zones and cool outlined WD buttons just above the keyboard there's five macro keys and a profile button which allows you to swap between three profile groups for a total of effectively 15 possible hotkeys the touchpad is nicely sized and has a noticeable Ridge around it and separate buttons so you can easily find your way around without needing to to look down which I super definitely like just up and to the right of the touchpad is a toggle button to turn off or on said touchpad just in case you're plugging in a mouse and don't want the touchpad to randomly decide to send pointer inputs when you're just trying to type or whatever also a cool feature the screen itself is a 15.6 in 1080P IPS comfy view panel which has a little bit too much Bezel around it for my liking but suits the laptop quite well regardless the panel does not Port g-sync despite a sticker that says g-sync on it if you look a little bit closer in the slightly smaller print you'll notice that it states monitor support meaning that if you plug in a g-sync monitor it will function as intended performance- wise we compared it against the ASUS g751 the review of which you can also see up here under the hood the g751 has the same 980m GPU an older model i7 4710 HQ and a little bit more weight near the back in the form of bigger heat sinks it's also considerably cheaper but that can probably be blamed on that massive super badass NVMe Drive in terms of power draw from the wall and Battery Jane when not plugged into the wall both during our Crisis 3 Skybox test the Predator 15 dominated from wall it drew 29 Watts less than the g751 and during the battery drain test it lost 4% less over 16 minutes of gameplay which is actually pretty significant for temperatures the g751 consistently had better CPU temperatures with The Predator including the not so impactful Frost core installed having better GPU temperatures moving on to game performance there's a bit of trading blows that went on here when looking at battery power game performance the Predator wins by five FPS in both Battlefront and Crisis 3 but loses by three in Tomb Raider when plugged into the wall however they tie in Crisis 3 with the Predator losing by four in Tomb Raider and three in Battlefront okay so that's all fine and good but what are the takeaways here well I think there's three main ones if you want to no compromises compared to a desktop performance laptop and don't mind hauling around basically a bag of bricks maybe check out the Sager that we reviewed up here it's a similar price point to the Predator but not nearly as elegant if you want great gaming performance and don't mind lugging a bit of extra weight but don't quite want to haul a bag of bricks and want to spend some money but maybe not quite as much as this guy or the Sager maybe check out the g751 if you want a gaming laptop that still manages to look Sleek despite the stereotype of big bulky gaming laptops one that has Beast gaming performance one that performs relatively well on battery and has what has very recently been a revolutionary storage drive maybe check out the Predator if your bank account can take that big of a hit mine cannot so I guess I'll keep using the lonus hand-me-down laptop that he gave me at swivels and stuff whatever thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do if it was awesome get subscribed hit the like button or even consider supporting us directly by using our affiliate code to shop at Amazon buying a cool t-shirt like yep I wore the right one like this one or with the direct monthly contribution on the Forum now that you're' done doing all of that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click the little button in the top right hand corner which I've referenced a few times this video to watch this Channel Super Fun video where we jasted each other on swag ways or hoverboards or the horizontal boards with wheels on on them or whatever you want to call them I don't know"}