 Alright ladies and gentlemen, time for yet another high-end gaming laptop with a top-of-the-line Nvidia GPU and Intel processor. This time it's the Acer Predator 15, specifically the G959174KN. Well compared against other competing gaming laptops in terms of raw performance, so stay tuned to see how it stacks up. The Scimitar RGB from Corsair features 17 programmable buttons, a 12,000 DPI optical sensor, and a shape designed for comfort in MMO and MOBA gaming. Learn more in the link in the description down below. Starting on top of the lid there's a snazzy looking Predator 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 Soundpound 2.1 audio system that features Dolby 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 Frostcore! Basically, you turn your laptop off, pop the optical drive out, pop the Cooler Master designed Predator Frostcore 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? Kinda. No major changes, but in Crysis 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 Predator Drivecore! Or something where you could mount an additional 2.5 inch drive. That actually would have been kinda cool. It's been done before, but it would have been kinda cool. Under the hood, it's rocking a shiny i7-6700HQ Intel processor, which turbos up to 3.5GHz. An Nvidia 980M, 32GB of RAM for all your browser tab needs, Killer 1535AC WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet alongside Bluetooth 4.1, a 6000mAh battery which claims 6 hours of battery runtime, a 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and a 512GB 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 PCIe SSD, 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 Frostcore, there's an SD card slot, two 3.5mm 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 display port, Killer Gigabit Ethernet port, and a Kensington lock slot. Where your hands go, there's a wonderful chiclet keyboard with four lighting zones and cool outlined WASD 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 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 inch 1080p IPS ComfyView 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 support 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 4710HQ 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 Crysis 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-impactable Frostcore 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 5 FPS in both Battlefront and Crysis 3, but loses by 3 in Tomb Raider. When plugged into the wall, however, they tie in Crysis 3, with the Predator losing by 4 in Tomb Raider and 3 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 know 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 Linus hand-me-down laptop that he gave me at Swivls and stuff. Whatever. Thanks for watching, guys! If this video sucked, you know what to do. Brrrr! 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. 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