For a gaming laptop at RM8699, the Triton 500 is developed in such a way, that is it well balanced in terms of design and functionality. It is more than capable of handling almost any task you throw at it, from general productivity work to hardcore gaming.

Editor's Note: This is a review-in-progress. We have yet to fully test the Acer Predator Triton 500 and therefore haven't awarded this a score, but here's what we think so far. After being shown off at CES 2019, we ' ve finally been able to pick up an Acer Predator Triton 500 gaming laptop, carrying...

Top-end graphics and performance; Dependable cooling system; Subtle; slender design; Affordable asking price

No 4K display option; Typically limited battery life

So where does the Predator Triton 500 land At $1,800 for the version here, it's decently priced. We say that because we know some will want to compare the Predator Triton 500 to other laptops with the same or slightly better components, and a similar or smaller price.

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...

Its GeForce RTX 2060 GPU is competitive with the GeForce GTX 1070; Relatively thin and solid-feeling body

Difficult to upgrade memory and storage; Doesn't feature per-key RGB lighting on keyboard

There's little doubt the Acer Predator Triton 500 sits at the top of Acer's 15.6-inch gaming product lineup. It offers a lot of great design features, impressive hardware, and a top-notch display.

I looked around at every laptop I could find in this category (Alienware, Asus, Lenovo,Razer Blade, MSI,Gigabyte Aero, etc.). I settled on this one because it has everything in the most compact package, at a decent price. I needed a LAN port. I needed Thunderbolt 3. I needed 512GB SSD.

This article is a detailed review of the Acer Predator Triton 500 PT515-51, in the top-specked configuration with a Core i7-8750H processor, Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics , 32 GB of RAM and two SSDs in Raid0.

compact and light for its class; fast and quiet keyboard; full set of ports; except for a card-reader; gets one of the best 144 Hz screens on the market; with GSync; excellent performance once tweaked; especially in demanding loads and games; expect good battery life if you switch GSync OFF,...

some flex in the lid and main-chassis; keyboard lacks advanced functions like per-key illumination and others; runs hot and noisy with games; difficult to upgrade and maintain

The Acer Predator Triton 500 is a thin gaming powerhouse that packs awesome value.

Slim; light design; Pleasant keyboard; Strong game performance; Good value

Generic looks; Short battery life

With its sleek, stealthy design, you can see why Acer named its Predator Triton 500 ($1,799 / £1,799) after the Greek sea god. Its dark blue and gray look is angular, and it can play most games with its moderately powerful RTX 2060 graphics.

Slim design; Solid gaming performance; Bright; vivid display

Mixed productivity performance; Hard to upgrade; Too much bloatware

From its blazing Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics to its 144Hz full-HD display with 3-millisecond response time to its 6,600rpm cooling fans, everything about the Acer Predator Triton 500 is fast. The Triton 500 is also fantastically compact for a 15.6-inch gaming laptop.

The Acer Predator Triton 500 is a gaming powerhouse in a thin and light package; Acer's PredatorSense tool lets you easily tweak performance, including overclocking the GPU and adjusting the three-zone RGB keyboard lighting

The keyboard isn't great for long gaming sessions; The laptop runs hot even with the fans blowing full blast, and battery life is predictably short when the discrete graphics are engaged