Some say the desktop PC is virtually dead already, but reality disagrees. A powerful desktop is the best way to get a VR-ready system, because even the best laptop GPUs can't keep up with those on the desktop—well, except one. The Acer Predator 17X strains at the limits of what's possible in a laptop right now, packing a desktop-class Nvidia GTX 980 GPU in a frame remarkably similar to the normal Predator 17, which can't go further than the GTX 980M. The performance difference is huge.
The 17X isn't the first consumer laptop with a GTX 980—both MSI's Dominator Pro-G and Asus' mad watercooled GX700 feature the same graphics card. But the 17X is a tad more practical. Up close, it looks like a normal gaming laptop, which means it's big, thick, and heavy. But it can can get by with a familiar fan setup rather exotic watercooling.
That said, the cooling system isn't entirely ordinary. Rather than use two fans like the normal Predator 17, the Predator 17X has three. There's an additional fan towards the front, used to pull in cool air from the front edge of the laptop before it's filtered through the insides and flushed out through some rear vents.
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