The Acer Predator Triton 500 puts Nividia's RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics to good use, delivering first-class gaming laptop performance in a slim design.

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.

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

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

High-end GeForce RTX graphics and an advanced feature set in a trim bod make Acer's Predator Triton 500 a worthy gaming laptop. Just a few modest issues keep it from RTX-laptop alpha status.

Good value given components and panel; Slim, compact design; Restrained, classy lighting; 144Hz display with Nvidia G-Sync; Top-end gaming performance at 1080p

Loud fans under load; Short battery life; Close in performance to at least one RTX 2070 we tested

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

All-in-all, it's hard to pick too many faults with the Triton 500. It's a surprisingly good gaming machine with some really neat features, good quality speakers and some serious gaming power under the hood.

No compromise design that includes Ethernet and multiple USB ports; Turbo button for easy overclocking; Interesting audio solution; Comfortable-to-use membrane keyboard; Superb 144Hz screen

Middling battery life; Frustrating media key layout; Small capacity SSD fills up quickly; Chassis is a bit of a fingerprint magnet

I tried Asus ROG, Dell gaming laptops but this one surpasses every models I tried and even more the ones I didn't try. I got this device for a little cheaper somewhere else, but specs are awesome. I just wanted to give a 5 star review!!!

, which isn't as powerful as the Triton 500, but is slimmer, with longer battery life and a better display; it also comes in a stunning Mercury White aluminum chassis. However, if you want serious power in a nice portable design, the Acer Predator Triton should be at the top of your list.

Slim; portable design; Good overall and graphics performance; Comfortable keyboard; Seriously-fast file transfer speeds

Dim display; Runs hot with loud fans; Weak audio

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

Maybe it doesn't have per-key RGB backlighting or an unwieldy big format display, but the Acer Predator Triton 500 strikes the near-impossible balance between performance, cost, and design in a form factor suited just as much for travel as it is for late night KDR reckonings.