This is the first laptop that comes with an ultra-wide curved screen

Now that laptop manufacturers can start installing full-size desktop versions of Nvidia's GTX10-series graphics card, buying a gaming laptop over a gaming desktop suddenly seems worthwhile.

For a similar price tag as a desktop, you can get an equally powerful laptop that comes in a portable all-in-one package, screen included. But desktop gamers still seem to get all the coolest toys, like curved ultra-wide monitors for immersive gaming.

Acer broke the barriers between laptop and desktop on Wednesday at its event at IFA 2016 with its Predator 21X gaming laptop with a curved monitor, the first of its kind. 

Check it out:

The Acer Predator 21X is the first laptop to come with a curved display. It's a 2560 x 1080 resolution IPS screen with a 21:9 aspect ratio. A normal 1080p screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio would have 1920 x 1080 pixels, but the 21X's screen needs extra pixels for the extra width.

At 21 inches, the screen is massive for a laptop. For scale, here's a still from Acer's IFA event showing the 21X next to a full grown person. It's huge.

It also features Nvidia's G-Sync technology for super-smooth gameplay.