With specs like these, you'll have no issues playing any of the latest games on the market - even at higher graphical settings. The RTX 4070 is tailor-made to play games at 1440p, so it shouldn't sweat with this machine's 16-inch 144Hz 1080p display.

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The Acer Nitro V comes with a medium-sized 512GB SSD that might need to be upgraded for users who have larger game libraries or those who plan to use the laptop for other workloads such as video editing. Getting more RAM is a no-brainer too with 8GB of RAM being underwhelming for most workloads beyond casual browsing and office work.