The time is long gone when gaming was a mere hobby for enthusiasts. Today, gaming is on the verge of becoming a mainstream sector in India, witnessing exponential growth in recent times to become one of the fastest evolving markets in the country. According to industry reports, India’s gaming market is already worth over $1 billion – and over the next three years, could reach nearly $4 billion in net worth. From professional tournaments to endorsements and sponsorships, India is truly witnessing its watershed moment for gaming.
One of the key enablers of the evolution of gaming in India has been the flexibility to be able to game from anywhere, anytime. This approach has led to an increase in awareness around gaming, in turn boosting demand for gaming laptops across the country. If this fever has gripped you as well, you’re in luck – the time is ripe to invest in a gaming laptop. Case in point – the newly launched Acer Aspire 7.
Featuring the perfect combination of performance firepower, a sleek design that’s in line with the most premium laptop offerings in the market, an excellent display that takes gaming to the next level, and AI smarts to amplify your overall laptop usage experience, the Acer Aspire 7 is one of the most well-balanced gaming laptops in the market. If you’re looking to pick an entry-level gaming laptop to kickstart your journey, the Aspire 7 is the perfect choice for you. Here’s why.
Performance
Powered by the Intel Core i5-1240P 12th generation processor, the Acer Aspire 7 takes advantage of Intel’s latest-generation upgrades. With four performance cores and eight efficiency cores, this CPU offers the best of both worlds. When you want peak performance capability from the Aspire 7, the processor has four performance cores to deliver smooth frame rates when playing the best games with crisp clarity. The processor is paired with up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, which can be upgraded to up to 32GB if you wish to unlock even more potential in your gaming laptop. You also get a fast and nifty 512GB NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD for storage, which ensures that your laptop boots in no time and your games can make the most of blazing-fast buffering, minimal load times, and quick read and write speeds.
Graphics on the laptop are handled by the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB GDDR6 memory, which is at par with the best offerings in the entry-level gaming laptop segment. Not only will the best games be compatible with your laptop, but they will also have enough firepower to run with crisp and detailed visuals.
Beyond gaming, the Aspire 7 has even more to deliver. In everyday usage, the Aspire 7 is a champion at multi-tab browsing, which is the ultimate multitasking experience that you can expect from a laptop of this calibre. The processor automatically adjusts to its efficiency mode to ensure that you get the best battery life out of the laptop when you’re not gaming, making this laptop the perfect solution for every situation.
The cooling solution on the Aspire 7 is also class-leading. Not only does the laptop have dual cooling fans and three heat pipes with multiple thermal management modes, but it also gets an air inlet keyboard that increases the laptop’s cooling ability by 10 percent – a big jump that would truly matter when you are gaming for long hours, and need the laptop’s extra heat to be taken care of.
Design
But it’s not just about performance at all times, is it? You’d also want a laptop that looks suave, and the Aspire 7 delivers just that. Despite all this performance at hand, the Acer Aspire 7 measures just 19.9mm in thickness – pretty impressive for a gaming laptop with this performance potential.
Adding more to this is the laptop’s uber-chic elevating hinge design, which not only adds smoothness to the way the laptop opens but also helps create an ergonomic tilt that elevates the keyboard to just the right degree in order to help you use it for long hours. The Charcoal Black finish further adds to its aesthetic experience, and thanks to slim bezels, the compact dimensions ensure that you can take your laptop anywhere.
Display
Now, let’s talk about another important aspect of any gaming laptop – the display. Not only does the Aspire 7 come with an 81.6 percent screen-to-body ratio, it further adds to the experience with a number of enhancements. This 15.6-inch IPS display uses a top-notch panel that renders excellent colours and offers the perfect viewing experience with deep blacks, clear whites and a brilliant contrast ratio. Such depth in visuals can ably aid you while playing the most demanding video games.
In terms of enhancements, you get a Blue Light Shield that protects your eyes from harmful strain, allowing you game on for as long as you please. The ExaColor tool by Acer further helps elevate this experience – you can now adjust the exact colour balance and temperature of your laptop display, exactly as you please. The overall feature set, thus, is nothing short of a flagship, professional gaming laptop.
Topping all of this off is a full-sized keyboard with a dedicated number pad, which is also backlit to ensure that be it gaming or work, you always have enough light to accompany you through the night.
Connectivity
The Acer Aspire 7 keeps all grounds covered, even when it comes to connectivity features. The laptop offers Thunderbolt 4 connectivity to let you hook the laptop up to the best professional-grade displays.
You also get three USB-A ports for ample connectivity flexibility, an HDMI 2.1 port for added gaming chops, and even a 3.5mm audio port to pair your favourite gaming headphones with.
