During today’s Next@Acer event, the company unveiled a new suite of gaming laptops, as well as a couple of peripherals like a 5G router and dongle allowing users to stay connected on the go.
Acer recently refreshed the Predator Triton 300 and Helios 300 gaming laptops, but it’s already back with more gaming laptops today. The company has announced the new Predator Triton 500 SE and Predator Helios 500, along with some peripherals that aim to improve the mobile gaming experience. The Predator Triton 500 SE is the more subdued of the two, packing a lot of power in a clean-looking laptop that could easily be taken into an office environment. It’s just 19.9mm thick and it packs up to an 11th-generation Intel Core i9 H-series CPU, along with GeForce RTX 3080 laptop GPU and up to 64GB of 3200MHz RAM. You also get up to 4TB of PCIe Gen4 SSD storage. For cooling, Acer is using its VortexFlow cooling system with three fans and five copper heat pipes covering the CPU and GPU. Acer is trying to nail a balance between gaming and productivity here, and the 16-inch display uses a 16:10 aspect ratio that’s often preferred for reading or writing documents. There are a few configuration options for it, too. You can choose a 165Hz refresh rate LCD panel, a 165HZ mini LED panel with 1,250 nits of peak brightness and 100% coverage of sRGB, or a 240Hz IPS PolarBlack panel with 3ms response time and 100% coverage of DCI-P3. In terms of connectivity, there’s two Thunderbolt 4, two USB Type-A 3.
