Acer unveils gaming PCs, display and peripherals at IFA 2017

New toys from the vendor

During IFA 2017, Acer has unveiled several new products regarding their Predator series of products. During the show, the company has presented a big and powerful gaming PC named Predator Orion 9000, the new Predator X35 curved display, a highly customizable gaming mouse with RGB LEDs and a 7.1 virtual surround headset. All the upcoming products should become available during next months or during the first quarter of 2018.


According to Acer, the Predator Orion 9000 is the most powerful gaming PC ever made by the company. It can be ordered with up to four Radeon RX Vega 64 or two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. The system is based on a Intel X299 motherboard paired with a Intel Core i9-7980XE and up to 128GB of memory. The Orion 9000 comes with several fans installed and separate thermal zones with individual tunnels in order to maintain a good airflow.

The case sports an aggressive design with several RGB LEDs and a big window. In addition there are two handles at the top and wheels at the bottom. Storage wise, the system can be configured with up to two 4TB 3.5" HDDs or four 3TB 2.5" SSDs. In addition you can install two 512GB NVMe SSDs.

Following the gaming PC, Acer has unveiled the Predator X35. This display is equipped with a 35-inch panel with 1800R curvature and 3440 x 1440 Pixel resolution. The panel offers Quantum Dot backlight with HDR capability. Acer is marketing this display as a gaming monitor and it supports G-Sync. The refresh rate is set to up to 200Hz and the grey-to-grey response time is 4ms.

Last but not least the company has unveiled two gaming peripherals. The Predator Cestus 500 is a gaming mouse with highly customizable design. The mouse has a total of eight programmable buttons and interchangeable side grips. The Galea 500 is a gaming headset with 7.1 virtual surround. According to Acer, the audio drivers are made out "bio cellulose" which should be very close to the paper.



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  • Acer Predator
  • Acer Predator
  • Acer Predator



Source: Acer

News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini


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