Acer Predator Triton 700: At First Glance
On a close look at the Acer Predator Triton 700, I cannot help but admit that Acer went all subtle and unique with this gaming laptop. In fact, as at the time of its release, the laptop came off as the most beautiful gaming laptop in the market.
Furthermore, in terms of build and size, the laptop tops all the charts when placed side by side with its close competitors. Also, as expected from a gaming laptop, this laptop comes with a powerful dedicated graphics card.
However, the laptop is rather too expensive. To give more details, as of the time this review was published in November 2021, the laptop had a starting price of $3,488 – that’s quite a large sum.
Wondering if it’s a laptop worth buying due to its heavy price tag? Read on to find out.
Acer Predator Triton 700: Design, Dimension and Weight
From the exterior, you will see that the Acer Predator Triton 700 is a blend of classic and modern design. The blue outline of the Predator logo finely placed on the lid of the laptop negates the regular stereotype of red colors mostly seen on gaming laptops.
Furthermore, the lid and the base of the laptop are made of aluminum material. Hence, the build quality of the laptop should be very sturdy due to the full aluminum body.
Meanwhile, on the interior, the laptop features a wide 15.6-inch display with a Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. For a modern-day gaming laptop, the Acer Predator Triton 700 fulfills all the display requirements.
Moreover, this laptop’s full HD display is made with an IPS panel. An IPS panel is a display technology that makes the contents on the display vivid and accurate from all viewing angles.
However, the Acer Predator Triton 700’s 15.6-inch display is surrounded by thick bezels. Additionally, these bezels surrounding the display are made of plastic.
Moreover, at the top bezel is an HD webcam neatly placed in the middle. Also, there is an “Acer” logo finely printed at the top left corner of the top bezel.
On the bottom bezel, however, a Predator logo is printed in a bold stylish font. This font is highlighted in blue accents.
Moving on, the base of the laptop is an entirely different design. To be more specific, the Acer Predator Triton 700 features a very wide trackpad situated above the keyboard area.
Surprised right? That makes two of us.
Having the trackpad situated above the keyboard looks beautiful.
However, in use, this arrangement of the trackpad and keyboard may not seem comfortable. I believe the whole idea of having the trackpad below the keyboard is to ensure the user has ample palm rest.
The palm rest area ensures the user is comfortable while typing and carrying out other functions. In my opinion, Acer would have maintained the usual arrangement of having the trackpad below the keyboard area.
Nevertheless, this is a gaming laptop thus, you will not be doing much typing. Also, you can get a mouse for ease of use.
Still on the base, the laptop features a mechanical keyboard. This mechanical keyboard is beautifully backlit in blue color.
Moreover, this keyboard should offer a pleasant typing experience. This is because the keyboard has decent key travel and impressive feedback.
If you’re wondering, “key travel” is the distance a key on a computer keyboard dips when you press the key. For a better typing experience, the deeper the key travel of a keyboard the better.
In terms of ports, the Acer Predator Triton 700 features quite a number of ports. However, the positioning of the ports is the only issue.
Due to the air ventilation system, the ports are now placed at the midsection of the sides of the laptop. Hence, the cables of the peripherals might disturb the use of a mouse.
Nevertheless, Acer Predator Triton 700 offers a handful of reasonable ports including 1 USB 2.0 port, 3 USB 3.0 ports, Thunderbolt 3, and two 3.5 mm jacks. Additionally, the laptop offers 1 USB Type-C port, an HDMI port, and an Ethernet port.
Moving on, the laptop comes equipped with two in-built speakers. Unfortunately, the speakers do not give the audio quality you would expect.
Therefore, sound effects in games won’t be particularly appealing. Also, the bass is totally absent on the laptop due to the lack of a subwoofer.
Therefore, if you are keen on good sound like me, I strongly advise you get an external speaker or a soundbar.
Moving on, the Acer Predator Triton 700 has a slim and lightweight form factor. Specifically, this laptop measures 393 x 266 x 18.90 mm and weighs 2400 g.
With this dimension and weight, the Acer Predator Triton 700 is slimmer and lighter than most of its close competitors. A vivid example is the Aorus X5 v7, which measures 390 x 272 x 23 mm and weighs 2599 g.
In conclusion, I will rate the Acer Predator Triton 700 an eight out of ten in this design review section due to its solid yet slim build.
Acer Predator Triton 700: Processor (CPU) Performance
In terms of processor, the Acer Predator Triton 700 comes with an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor. The Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor is a quad-core processor with 6 MB Cache
Furthermore, this processor offers a base frequency of 2.80 GHz and a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Moreover, this processor is a high-end processor most suitable for high-end gaming laptops.
To give more details, the high clock speed (frequencies) of the processor enables it to perform heavy computing tasks effectively with ease.
Also, thanks to hyperthreading, the laptop’s processor can perform up to eights threads in parallel. However, when placed under intense workload for a long period of time the performance of the processor might reduce.
To further prove the performance of the laptop, I carried out some thorough research. Thankfully, I was able to find a Cinebench R15 benchmark test result based on the laptop’s processor performance.
It is important to note that this benchmark test result is from notebookcheck.net. Moreover, the Cinebench R15 is a benchmark test that measures a PC’s processor performance by running real-world-like workloads on the processor’s cores.
The Cinebench R15 benchmark test offers two results – the single-core and the multi-core scores. The single-core test scores the performance of a processor’s single CPU core.
However, the multi-core test scores the processor’s full CPU cores.
Thus, based on the Cinebench R15 test results, the Acer Predator Triton 700 scored 156 points in the single-core performance test. On the multi-core performance test, on the other hand, the laptop scored 734 points.
Comparatively, the Acer Predator Triton 700 delivers a similar performance to the Eurocom Q5. Specifically, the Eurocom Q5 scored 152 points in the single-core performance test and 738 points in the multi-core performance test.
In conclusion, the Acer Predator Triton 700 offers a fast processor that can carry out basically any computing task. Also, the laptop performed on par with one of its closest rivals on a benchmark test.
Therefore, I will be rating the Acer Predator Triton 700 an eight in this section of the review.
Acer Predator Triton 700: Memory (RAM) Performance
For the memory, the Acer Predator Triton 700 comes with two memory slots. In addition to that, the laptop comes with a standard memory of 16 GB.
Also, the laptop offers a maximum memory of 32 GB. Hence, you cannot upgrade the memory beyond 32 GB.
Come to think of it, who needs an upgrade when the 16 GB made available is enough to handle everyday tasks. Based on the research I carried out, Windows 10 boot-up, gaming, and general performance should be incredibly fast with the Acer Predator Triton 700 with 16 GB RAM.
Also, with up to 20 Chrome tabs opened and numerous apps opened as well, the laptop should be able to perform swiftly.
To further prove my point, I will now share a PCMark 10 benchmark test result which I got during my research. As part of our jargon-breaking approach, before I proceed, let me explain what PCMark 10 benchmark is and how the score works.
The PCMark 10 benchmark is a tool used to measure the overall real-world performance of a computer. The test carries out a stress test on a computer by mimicking typical office work.
Moreover, on this test, a higher score means better computer performance.
Moving on, on the PCMark 10 benchmark test, the Acer Predator Triton 700 scored 5277 points, which is impressive. In comparison, the laptop performed slightly better than the Eurocom Q5 which scored 5119 points on the same test.
Overall, the Acer Predator Triton 700 will offer users great multitasking performance with its standard 16 GB RAM. Hence, I will rate the Acer Predator Triton 700 a nine out of ten in this section of this review
Acer Predator Triton 700: Storage Options and Performance
For storage, the Acer Predator Triton 700 comes with 1 TB SSD storage. SSDs are known for fast transfer speed.
Besides, 1 TB of storage made available on the laptop should be enough for users. Unfortunately, this laptop does not offer an SD card slot for storage expansion.
Having an SD card storage expansion slot would have been a plus for this laptop’s storage. Nevertheless, I believe most users won’t mind the lack of an SD card slot because a 1 TB SSD should suffice for saving their games, documents, and so on.
Moreover, just like you would expect, the Acer Predator Triton 700’s 1 TB SSD is really fast. Specifically, this laptop recorded a sequential read speed of 2664 MBps and a sequential write speed of 2631 MBps.
The read speed represents how long it takes for a computer’s storage to open a file. Write speed, on the other hand, indicates how long it takes to store a file on the storage.
It is important to mention that this laptop’s read and write speed was achieved from a CrystalDiskMark benchmark test result, which I got from notebookchek.net.
If you’re wondering, the CrystalDiskMark benchmark software measures how fast a computer’s SSD storage can open files. Additionally, this benchmark test also measures how quickly a computer saves files to the SSD.
For this test, the higher the number, the better the performance of the speed of the computer’s storage.
That said, when compared to most of its competitors, the Acer Predator Triton 700 has a faster read and write speed.
For example, the Asus Zephyrus GX501, which records a sequential read speed of 964 MBps and a sequential write speed of 1049 MBps.
In conclusion, the Acer Predator Triton 700 offers sufficient storage space even though it lacks an SD card slot for storage expansion. Additionally, this laptop offers impressively fast read and write speed.
Hence, I will be rating the Acer Predator Triton 700 a nine in this storage review section.
Acer Predator Triton 700: Graphics Card Performance
For the graphics card, Acer equipped the Acer Predator Triton 700 with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card. This graphics card offers a base frequency of 1607 MHz and a maximum frequency of 1708 MHz.
Furthermore, the graphics card has a dedicated VRAM of 8 GB GDDR5X. This dedicated VRAM basically facilitates excellent graphics output.
Hence, the GPU has enough resources to enable the Acer Predator Triton 700 to play title AAA games with ease. To buttress my point, I will now share a real-world gaming test result that I got during my research to determine the graphics capabilities of the laptop.
Specifically, based on the real-world gaming test from my research, the laptop delivered a whopping 62.9 fps when playing Cyberpunk 2077 game. This is really impressive considering that Cyberpunk 2077 is a recent game – it was released on the 10th of December 2020.
To further prove the GPU performance of the Acer Predator Triton 700, I did some digging and found a 3DMark 11 benchmark test result. To give more details, this benchmark test result was gotten from notebookcheck.net.
Briefly, 3DMark 11 is a benchmark test tool that measures the graphic rendering abilities of a laptop. For this benchmark test, the higher the score, the better the computer’s graphics performance.
According to the test result, the Acer Predator Triton 700 scored 23694 points. In comparison, the laptop delivered a slightly better score than the ASUS Zephyrus GX501.
Specifically, ASUS Zephyrus GX501scored 23540 points.
Overall, the laptop offers remarkable graphics and gaming performance. Hence, I will be rating the Acer Predator Triton 700 a nine in this graphics performance card review section.
Acer Predator Triton 700: Battery Life and Performance
The Acer Predator Triton 700 comes with a 3-cell, 4670 mAh Li-Polymer battery. Alongside the poorly designed touchpad, the short battery life of the Acer is another thing to dislike about the laptop.
According to Acer, the Acer Predator Triton 700’s battery should last up to 5 hours. However, this claim is not true.
After carrying out thorough research, I found out that the battery only lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes when left idle at minimum brightness. With the Acer Predator Triton 700´s claims of being a high-end gaming laptop, I expected the battery to last more than that.
Users will even be more disappointed when they find out that the battery lasts only 1 hour and 10 minutes on continuous usage.
To be honest, the laptop’s poor battery life is the only significant flaw I have noticed since I began to write this review. Moreover, the laptop’s battery life falls short when compared to other gaming laptops in its category.
For example, the Aorus X5 v7 offers a better battery life when compared to Acer Predator Triton 700. To give more details, Aorus X5 v7 lasts 3 hours and 28 minutes when left idle at minimum brightness.
Additionally, on continuous usage and in maximum brightness, the Aorus X5 v7 lasts for 2 hours and 5 minutes.
In conclusion, you can hardly enjoy gaming on the Acer Predator Triton 700 for 2 hours with its poor battery. Therefore, I believe the Acer Predator Triton 700 doesn’t deserve a rating of more than six out of ten in this battery review section.
Frequently Asked Questions
Unfortunately, the Acer Predator Triton 700 does not have a fingerprint sensor.
The Acer Predator Triton 700 employs an Intel Core i7 processor with 4-cores (quad-cores).
Not really. However, the Acer Predator has a USB Type-C port that supports Thunderbolt 3.
The Acer Predator Triton 700 offers a single color choice. To be more specific, the laptop only comes in black color.
As of the time I wrote this review in November 2021, the Acer Predator Triton 700 had a starting price of $3,488.
Conclusion
After taking a close look at the features and specifications of the Acer Predator Triton 700, I would say that Acer achieved a great feat with the laptop. To give more details, the laptop features an impressively slim and sleek design.
Also, this laptop offers all the essential components to give users a premium gaming experience. However, the laptop’s poor battery life is kind of a huge drawback.
Additionally, the laptop’s unusual trackpad placement makes it a tough sell for anything asides from gaming. Notwithstanding, the Acer Predator Triton 700 is a powerful laptop that I believe will be of interest to most gamers.
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