DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Hi, Since the Acer Predator 21X is pretty much extinct, I thought, I share what it's like having it and post about it. A lot of people didn't like it because it was BGA. but it's still nice seeing this machine because even by today's standards it still can play games wonderfully. It's obviously way out of league when it comes to my brother's Area 51m but as the saying goes old is gold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee83 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 hour ago, DDay7943 said: Hi, Since the Acer Predator 21X is pretty much extinct, I thought, I share what it's like having it and post about it. A lot of people didn't like it because it was BGA. but it's still nice seeing this machine because even by today's standards it still can play games wonderfully. It's obviously way out of league when it comes to my brother's Area 51m but as the saying goes old is gold. whoa wait, was that the 21 inch curved screen monstrosity? u got some pics? and yeah, very curious how this crazy machine holds up in day to day 😄 1 Mine: Hyperion "Titan God of Heat, Heavenly Light, Power" (2022-24) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black / Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited Edition My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24) Sharp LQ156M1JW03 FHD matte 15.6" IGZO 8 bit @248 Hz / Intel Core i5 12600 / Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti / Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 2x32 GB / Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB / Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB / Intel AX201 WIFI 6+BT 5.2 / Win 11 Pro Phoenix Lite OS / 230 W PSU powered by Prema Mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 The laptop gets a score of 13876 in Superposition. It would would get more but I had to tweak it in MSI Afterburner because it stutters a lot in some games. I think something with the power ports is wrong which causes it to behave like that but when it´s tweaked like that it works still decent. Fps can still be anywhere from 50 to 100 depending on what Game I play. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee83 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 do you use it on the move at all? whats the screen res and refresh rate again? 1 1 Mine: Hyperion "Titan God of Heat, Heavenly Light, Power" (2022-24) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black / Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited Edition My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24) Sharp LQ156M1JW03 FHD matte 15.6" IGZO 8 bit @248 Hz / Intel Core i5 12600 / Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti / Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 2x32 GB / Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB / Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB / Intel AX201 WIFI 6+BT 5.2 / Win 11 Pro Phoenix Lite OS / 230 W PSU powered by Prema Mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 I want to use it on the move. I´m planning on going to Germany soon and but don´t know if it would be restricted since it has a length of 22.4 inches. The biggest size on the Airlines allowed is 22 inches. I want to buy the same case as the user Porky133 that existed on the old NBR forum. The case would be 23.75 inches which is a little over the allowance. The resolution is 2560x1080 and refresh rate is 120hz. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee83 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 geez, this monster even makes the 51m look SMALL by comparison, what the heck 😄 btw, dont worry too much about the cabin baggage size restrictions, such small dimensions over the max would not bring any attention (only if they find out that theres actually a laptop of such dimensions inside lulz). oh yeah i forgot that that thing also had mechanical kb switches. how do they feel? and what kinda switches are we talking? 1 1 Mine: Hyperion "Titan God of Heat, Heavenly Light, Power" (2022-24) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black / Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited Edition My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24) Sharp LQ156M1JW03 FHD matte 15.6" IGZO 8 bit @248 Hz / Intel Core i5 12600 / Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti / Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 2x32 GB / Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB / Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB / Intel AX201 WIFI 6+BT 5.2 / Win 11 Pro Phoenix Lite OS / 230 W PSU powered by Prema Mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 It definitely isn't an easy thing to have on the legs. 😂 thanks for the heads up with the restrictions. I know they will probably look at me weird when I have to go through the security check and it will not fit in those trays. The keys are MX brown switches, unfortunately some of them are not in the best condition anymore because one of them has a piece broken of. It causes it to move back and forth. Other than that it feels nice and clicky. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylix Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 What a thing of beauty. I remeber when they showcase it. I was stunded from it. Wanted one but i think they wanted one arm and one leg for it. Was really expensive at that time. To bad we dont get something like this from the manufacturers, they dont try to innovate like this anymore. 2 1 7950X3D| Zotac 4090 AMP Extreme Airo| MSI MPG B650 Edge Wifi| Lian Li Galahad 360 V2| 32GB Kingston Renegade RGBZ 6000|Kingston KC3000 2TB| Fury Renegade 2TB|Samsung 970 Evo 1TB| Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo| Corsair HX1500i| Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo Asus Zephyrus G15 (Ryzen 9 6900HS + RTX3080) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Yes it is, I remember when I first saw it back then. I wanted to have it so badly. I was really excited when my brother showed it to me, I seriously thought someone else would get it before me but I got really lucky. Laptops nowadays really don't have a build quality like this anymore. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciever Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I'd still rock it, lovely keyboard and I would still use it at home and work lol 1 1 Telegram / TS3 / Twitter 2700X to 5800X3D upgrade! With a 10850K cameo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 The 1080s are not the newest anymore but I still enjoy every bit of it. Everything about the way it looks is just awesome even compared to their newer lineup. Acer looked like they were on a good way with their PCs but now they just start to look like regular office PCs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee83 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 36 minutes ago, DDay7943 said: The 1080s are not the newest anymore but I still enjoy every bit of it. Everything about the way it looks is just awesome even compared to their newer lineup. Acer looked like they were on a good way with their PCs but now they just start to look like regular office PCs. yeah what happened to the whole acer predator lineup? barely hear or see anything from them anymore. 1 1 Mine: Hyperion "Titan God of Heat, Heavenly Light, Power" (2022-24) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black / Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited Edition My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24) Sharp LQ156M1JW03 FHD matte 15.6" IGZO 8 bit @248 Hz / Intel Core i5 12600 / Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti / Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 2x32 GB / Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB / Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB / Intel AX201 WIFI 6+BT 5.2 / Win 11 Pro Phoenix Lite OS / 230 W PSU powered by Prema Mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Idk either, their designs are just becoming oversimplified when I see their laptops. The last good thing I saw from them was The Acer Predator Helios 700 which was still innovative. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Wow that's a nice line-up of laptops. Definitely wish I was able to get one of these cheap these days just to have it. 1 Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (RTX 5000) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDay7943 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 These are pretty rare, The performance is the not the craziest anymore but still having this behemoth is a one of life time chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee83 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 7 hours ago, ssj92 said: Wow that's a nice line-up of laptops. Definitely wish I was able to get one of these cheap these days just to have it. you should switch your avatar pic to the Collector hahaha 5 1 Mine: Hyperion "Titan God of Heat, Heavenly Light, Power" (2022-24) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black / Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited Edition My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24) Sharp LQ156M1JW03 FHD matte 15.6" IGZO 8 bit @248 Hz / Intel Core i5 12600 / Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti / Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 2x32 GB / Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB / Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB / Intel AX201 WIFI 6+BT 5.2 / Win 11 Pro Phoenix Lite OS / 230 W PSU powered by Prema Mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 really interesting thread. thanks for sharing all this with us. I wonder what you get in timespy, would be great if you could post benchmarks, It would help me in deciding if its worth it going for the best or just the best bang for buck. ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciever Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 It would be a lot of trouble, but in theory the 8th gen chip would give it some extra legs. 1080's still do pretty well when tuned Telegram / TS3 / Twitter 2700X to 5800X3D upgrade! With a 10850K cameo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 i saw them getting 15k in timespy. thats better or on par with a 3070....too bad sli xfire is dead ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciever Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 2 hours ago, ryan said: i saw them getting 15k in timespy. thats better or on par with a 3080....too bad sli xfire is dead Mgpu is around, only difference is amd/Nvidia have no plans to support it. So it's very dev dependent. 1 Telegram / TS3 / Twitter 2700X to 5800X3D upgrade! With a 10850K cameo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 its like they take one step forward three steps back....why on earth are they cutting options ZEUS-COMING SOON Omen 16 2021 Zenbook 14 oled Vivobook 15x oled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee83 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 5 hours ago, ryan said: its like they take one step forward three steps back....why on earth are they cutting options cuz less options for the user is better for business. the overall trend in hardware goes more and more tpwards convenience for the average user and less manual control for power users. Mine: Hyperion "Titan God of Heat, Heavenly Light, Power" (2022-24) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black / Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited Edition My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24) Sharp LQ156M1JW03 FHD matte 15.6" IGZO 8 bit @248 Hz / Intel Core i5 12600 / Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti / Mushkin Redline DDR4-3200 2x32 GB / Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB / Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB / Intel AX201 WIFI 6+BT 5.2 / Win 11 Pro Phoenix Lite OS / 230 W PSU powered by Prema Mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDAY3493 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 It's been a while but I have made some benchmarks in Firestrike and Timespy at standard settings, with SLI On and Off to show the comparison. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark00n Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 What a cool machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 I kinda wish I was able to get one of these for collection purposes at this point but probably not worth the price if one pops up for sale. Really cool concept Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (RTX 5000) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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