The Acer Nitro V 16 is $200 off, and I've never seen a cheaper RTX 50 series gaming laptop
SAVE $200: The Acer Nitro V 16 AI is on sale for $699 at Walmart at the time of writing. That's 22% off its suggested retail price of $899.
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I saw newer gaming laptops with Nvidia RTX 50 series GPUs get quite cheap during last week's October Prime Day sales (think $899.99 to $1,049.99 for RTX 5060 models). But as of mid-October, Walmart's managed to scrounge up an even cheaper option.
The Acer Nitro V 16 AI with a GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of storage is now on sale for just $699, or $200 off its usual sticker price — a 22% savings. I've never seen an RTX 50 series gaming laptop dip so low before; this pushes it into Chromebook price territory.
We tested a $999 Nitro V 15 gaming laptop with RTX 4050 graphics back in 2023 and thought it offered great performance for the price. This updated 16-inch model has a newer AMD Ryzen 5 240 processor, a better 1080p webcam, a higher-res 1920 x 1200 display with a 180Hz refresh rate, and a cleaner, more subdued look.
The Nitro V 16 AI also comes with an MUX Switch that shuts off its dedicated GPU and enables its integrated graphics, which is really nice to have if you want to use it like a normal Windows laptop for non-gaming tasks. I don't expect it to be a battery life champ, but you should get a little more juice out of it this way.
The Nitro V 16 doesn't sport any RGB lighting — just amber backlighting under its keyboard — but that's hardly surprising at this price point.
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Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.
