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Why We Love This Deal
If the 2025 Game Awards boosted your desire to tackle challenging games, then you need to check out Walmart’s last-minute gifts selection. Many of these highly sought-after gifts arrive by Christmas as long as you order before 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, so you still have time. This Expedition 33-worthy Acer gaming laptop, now over 40% off, is among them.
The Acer Nitro V 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop, packed with an RTX 5050 laptop GPU, is now just $549. This eye-catching price has made the laptop an instant bestseller, and over 1,000 of them are being picked up online from Walmart daily.
Acer Nitro V 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop, $549 (was $929) at Walmart
What Shoppers Should Know
- Screen: 15.6-inch IPS
- Resolution: 1080p
- Refresh Rate: 165Hz
- Processor: Intel Core i5-13420H
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA 5050 laptop
- RAM Memory: 16GB
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Keyboard: Full
This is a gaming laptop with a smooth 165Hz refresh rate screen, perfect for action games and shooters, and packed with strong internal gear. It has a full keyboard with LED backlighting for lights-off gameplay and, of course, you can always connect your favorite controller to it.
But will it run modern games and be a long-term value investment? The signs are all looking positive. Its graphics card, the NVIDIA 5050 laptop edition GPU, is among the most sought-after current-gen graphics cards, and with its 8GB of VRAM can clear the minimum 6GB required by the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. While 512GB can be limiting, the fast on-board WiFi 6 capabilities of the laptop will make the decision to delete and reinstall games at a later date less difficult.
The weaknesses of the Acer Nitro V, which are primarily its low battery life and occasional loud fan noise, are typical of the class of laptop, even gaming laptops, five times the cost of this one are bound to die within a couple of unplugged hours. The joy is in the ability to game where you want, from the desk to the bed.
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What Shoppers Are Saying
One gamer said, “Amazing gaming laptop, fast and awesome graphics, Gears 5 runs excellent.” And Gears 5, a top game of the pandemic era, absolutely should run marvelously on this device. Others left screenshots with the telltale Sims 2 plumbob logo on screen, saying the game runs better than it did on previous laptops.
Another reviewer said “the Acer Nitro V 15.6 feels fast and handles gaming and everyday tasks smoothly,” reminding us that this is, indeed, a laptop that you can write, watch YouTube, and do homework on as well.
The Acer Nitro V 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop is 40% off while this deal lasts, but it is selling fast—grab one while you still can.
