Earlier this yr, Acer debuted Intel and Nvidia’s newest and biggest components within the fearsome, but moveable Predator Triton 500—a $2,600 laptop computer loaded with nearly every part you would ask for. Now these enhancements are rolling out by Acer’s whole Predator gaming pocket book lineup.
At Tuesday’s subsequent@acer occasion, the corporate revealed revamps of the Predator Triton 300, Predator Helios 700, and the extremely common Predator Helios 300, cramming every with Intel’s 10th-gen Core CPUs, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX Super graphics, and blazing-fast screens primed to soften your face in CS:GO.
Here’s what you’ll discover inside every of the brand new laptops.
Acer Predator Helios 700
AcerAcer Predator Helios 700
The slide-out HyperDrift keyboard on the final Predator Helios 700 could seem to be a gimmick at first look, however hey, you possibly can’t name it a gimmick if it really works. We liked the novel design in our evaluation. Now Acer’s leveling up the girthy pocket book with as much as an overclockable Intel Core i9-10980HK and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080 Super and 2070 Super graphics, together with quicker 2,933MHz reminiscence (as much as 64GB), an additional Thunderbolt Three port, and Killer’s DoubleShot Pro expertise for improved connectivity. Yes please.
Keeping such potent inside {hardware} cool isn’t any imply feat, even in a plus-sized laptop computer just like the Helios 700. Acer’s rolling out a brand new cooling resolution dubbed “PowerGem” within the Core i9 variations to maintain thermals in verify. “PowerGem is a special material with 3.83 times more vertical heat conductivity than copper, improving the notebook’s heat emission efficiency,” the corporate’s press launch says. Of course, all fashions of the Helios 700 nonetheless embrace Acer’s CoolBoost expertise and AeroBlade followers, together with a trio of copper heatpipes and a vapor chamber. We gained’t know for certain till we get our palms on one, however you must think about a historically chunky gaming laptop computer will deal with the Core i9/RTX 2080 Super combo a lot better than the tiny, thermally constrained MSI GS66 Stealth.
The nifty HyperDrift keyboard is sticking round as one of many Helios 700’s defining attributes, together with replaceable keys. This time round, the Helios 700 comes with elective MagTek mechanical switches for the WASD keys and a set of high-precision keycaps designed primarily for racing video games, with 1.5mm of curvature for finer motion management. You can swap them out as desired, and racing video games would little doubt look swell on the 17.3-inch, 144Hz show.
Look for the Acer Predator Helios 700 to begin exhibiting up within the United States in October, with a beginning worth of $2,400. The type of {hardware} this factor’s loaded with doesn’t come low-cost.
Acer Predator Helios 300
AcerAcer Predator Helios 300
If you’re in search of one thing extra inexpensive, the Acer Predator Helios 300 will begin at $1,300 when it launches in September. The Helios 300 always tops Amazon’s gaming pocket book gross sales charts, and we’ve liked the value-oriented sequence each time we’ve touched one.
