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.

I was looking for a gaming laptop that offered portability too, most gaming laptops are bulky or heavy, sometimes both. this one is just under 5 pounds and oh boy is this laptop a powerhouse, it does everything i throw at it.

amazing product and free haribos!

When you look at performance and price, the Triton 500 is one of the best RTX laptops I've tested so far. At $2,499 with an RTX 2080 GPU, it's certainly priced right. If you want a laptop with strong battery life and a top of the line GPU at a reasonable price, the Triton 500 is a superb option.

The Acer Predator Triton 500 just misses a "very good" evaluation. The 15-inch notebook fulfills almost all the criteria that distinguish a modern gaming notebook. In addition to the slim display bezels and slim case, we should also mention the 144-Hz panel here that scores with G-Sync.

compact case; very good performance; metal surfaces; Thunderbolt 3; slim bezels; G-Sync; 144 Hz

annoying boot sound (can be deactivated in the BIOS; limited maintenance; mediocre battery life

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.

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