Acer’s midrange gaming laptop computer line has 4 new arrivals right now following the corporate’s refresh of its flagship fashions at CES 2024. On Tuesday, the corporate unveiled a pair of latest 14-inch entries alongside two refreshes of current 16-inch fashions. The Intel-powered Predator Helios Neo 14 and Nitro 16 will be part of the AMD-fueled Nitro 14 and Nitro 16, launching globally later this spring.
As is usually the case with pre-launch laptop computer bulletins, Acer solely reveals the gadgets’ minimal pricing moderately than a full specs-to-cost breakdown (Acer says they aren’t but finalized), making it unimaginable to gauge their total worth. You may anticipate that data nearer to their respective launches in Could and June.
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14, one of many two all-new fashions, is the primary sub-16-inch variant within the high-performance line. (At $1,800 and up, it’s additionally the most costly of the brand new batch.) That value will get you as much as an Intel Core Extremely 9 processor 185H (with devoted AI acceleration) paired with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop computer GPU. The lower-cost fashions will downgrade these to Intel Core Extremely 7 155H or Intel Core Extremely 5 125H and RTX 4060 or 4050 graphics.
The highest-of-the-line variant has a 14.5-inch WQXGA (3072×1920) show with a 165Hz refresh charge, 100% protection of the sRGB colour spectrum and NVIDIA G-Sync assist. Its cheaper variants will drop the decision to 2560 x 1600 or 1920 x 1200 with a 120Hz refresh charge.
The Home windows 11 laptop computer has a 76Wh battery and gives as much as 32GB of LPDDR5X SDRAM and 1TB of storage. It weighs 4.19 lbs, has a built-in 1080p webcam, and helps Intel Killer Wi-fi Wi-Fi 6E. It features a USB-C/ThunderBolt 4 port with a microSD reader. On the cooling entrance, it makes use of a fifth Gen AeroBlade 3D fan and Vortex Move tech.
The Predator Helios Neo 14 arrives in North America in Could, beginning at $1,800.
The Nitro 14 is the primary 14-inch variant within the firm’s midrange Nitro line. It ought to supply strong efficiency with as much as AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor and RTX 4060 graphics. Cheaper variants drop that all the way down to a Ryzen 5 8645HS processor and RTX 4050 or 3050 graphics.
Its maxed-out mannequin offers you a 14.5-inch 2560 x 1500 show with a 120Hz refresh charge, 9ms response time and sRGB 100% gamut assist. The entry-level mannequin drops that all the way down to 1080p at 120Hz.
The laptop computer has USB 4 and USB 3.2 Sort C ports, a pair of USB-A ports (together with one with offline charging assist), HDMI 2.1 and a microSD slot.
The Acer Nitro 14 arrives in North America in Could. It begins at $1,300.
The corporate’s up to date Nitro 16 is launching in separate Intel and AMD variants with completely different mannequin numbers (AN16-73 for Intel and AN16-43 for AMD). The previous has as much as an Intel Core i7-14700HX processor, whereas the AMD model has as much as a Ryzen 9 8945HS (the identical because the maxed-out Nitro 14). In any other case, the 2 fashions are solely separated by extraordinarily minor weight variations (5.37 lbs for the AMD, 5.4 lbs for Intel) and Wi-Fi (Intel’s branded Killer Wi-fi Wi-Fi 6E vs. a nondescript Wi-Fi 6E for AMD).
As for the numerous specs the Intel and AMD variants of the Nitro 16 share, they each have Nvidia graphics, maxing out at RTX 4060 with 8GB of devoted GDDR6 RAM. Cheaper fashions swap that for both an RTX 4050 or 3050.
Their screens have as much as 2560 x 1600 decision with 500 nits brightness, 165Hz refresh charges and a 3ms response time. The laptops every supply as much as 32GB of DDR5 SDRAM and 2TB storage. They’ve 76Wh batteries with measly 720p webcams.
Each variations of the Nitro 16 will launch in North America in Could. They begin at $1,400. Should you’re contemplating the brand new fashions, you may anticipate a extra detailed configuration-pricing breakdown at or round launch time, so keep tuned.
