#Acer predator helios 300 Pc#

The battery test goes better than we’re used to when it comes to gaming PCs. In the pure raytracing test 3DMark Port Royal, the Helios 300 also comes in ahead of the on paper much more powerful MSI Creator Z17 (respectively 6,303 points for Acer and 5,695 for MSI) And the nearest competitors all had RTX 3080 graphics cards.

In fact, the 3DMark Time Spy graphics test score of 11,331 is the best we’ve measured on a laptop to date. The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU is currently the second best mobile GPU from Nvidia. Only the i9-equipped Asus ROG Flow Z13 has been faster. The Geekbench 5 processor test ends with a score of 12,506 in multicore and 1,704 in singlecore. So the second fastest Nvidia card for notebook use. The graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 TI with 8 GB of video memory. And the Helios 300 uses a Core i7-12700H, that’s a 3.5 GHz beast with 14 cores and 20 threads. The new 12th-generation processors from Intel are really fast. A beast of a CPUĪnd then we come to the interesting part: the interior. Which can save (or take) lives in the heat of battle. The keys have exactly the firmness and resistance needed to be sure whether a key is pressed or not. Gamers in particular might have preferred Acer to use all the space on the main keyboard, though. There’s also been room for a separate numeric keypad without squeezing the size of the keys too much. The keyboard, as mentioned, has individual illumination behind each key. The Helios 300 screen has QHD resolution instead of the FHD we’ve had to settle for for more than a decade (Photo: Acer) Good, colourful keys The screen has Nvidia G-Sync to prevent the image from tearing when things get fast. 165 Hz is just enough to play fast 3D games without any visible stutter or lag. The downside of the higher screen resolution is that you have to live with a slower refresh rate. It is also easier to achieve adequate cooling when the enclosure is large.

(Photo: Acer)Ī gaming computer can be big and heavy, as long as it delivers the goods in terms of 3D action with enough frames per second. The cabinet is pitch black, except for the Predator logo. But there’s none of the orgy of luminous colour bars we’ve seen on more expensive gaming computers. And since we’re in the gaming department, all keys are individually RGB-lit. The blackness is broken only by a logo in silver and neon blue on the lid. Acer even calls the colour Abyssal Black.

#Acer predator helios 300 Pc#

The Acer Predator Helios 300 has a classic gaming design: namely a relatively thick and heavy PC in an angular, jet-black casing.

In other words, a machine that you may have to save up for – but not for ever. The Acer Predator Helios 300 isn’t a top model, but it’s at the better end of the premium segment. They’ve also been correspondingly expensive. Several of the machines we’ve tested from there have been among the fastest at the time of testing. Acer’s gaming brand, Predator, has gradually taken hold.