Acer’s mid-range gaming laptop line has four new arrivals following the company today updating flagship models hour CES 2024. On Tuesday, the company unveiled a pair of new 14-inch entries, along with two updates to the existing 16-inch models. The Intel-powered Predator Helios Neo 14 and Nitro 16 will join the AMD-powered Nitro 14 and Nitro 16, which will go on sale globally this spring.
As is often the case with pre-laptop announcements, Acer is only releasing minimum prices for the devices, rather than full specs-cost breakdowns (Acer says they haven’t been finalized yet), making it impossible to gauge the total cost of the devices. You can expect this information closer to their respective presentations in May and June.
One of two all-new models, the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 is the first sub-16-inch variant in the high-performance line. (At $1,800 and up, it’s also the most expensive of the new batch.) That price gets you a 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 processor (with custom AI acceleration) paired with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU. Lower-priced models will drop them down to Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or Intel Core Ultra 5 125H and RTX 4060 or 4050 graphics.
The top-end variant has a 14.5-inch WQXGA (3072×1920) display with 165Hz refresh rate, 100 percent sRGB color gamut coverage and NVIDIA G-Sync support. Its cheaper variants will drop the resolution to 2560 x 1600 or 1920 x 1200 with a 120 Hz refresh rate.
The Windows 11 laptop has a 76Wh battery and offers up to 32GB of LPDDR5X SDRAM and 1TB of storage. It weighs 4.19 pounds, has a built-in 1080p webcam, and supports Intel Killer Wireless Wi-Fi 6E. It includes a USB-C/ThunderBolt 4 port with a microSD reader. On the cooling front, it uses the 5th generation AeroBlade 3D fan and Vortex Flow technology.
The Predator Helios Neo arrives in North America on May 14 starting at $1,800.
The Nitro 14 is the first 14-inch variant in the company’s mid-range Nitro line. It should offer solid performance with an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor and RTX 4060 graphics. Cheaper options drop this down to a Ryzen 5 8645HS processor and RTX 4050 or 3050 graphics.
Its maximized model gives you a 14.5-inch 2560 x 1500 display with 120Hz refresh rate, 9ms response time and sRGB 100 percent gamut support. The entry-level model drops this to 1080p at 120Hz.
The laptop has USB 4 and USB 3.2 Type C ports, a pair of USB-A ports (one with offline charging support), HDMI 2.1 and a microSD slot.
The Acer Nitro is coming to North America on May 14. It starts at $1,300.
The company’s updated Nitro 16 is available in separate Intel and AMD variants with different model numbers (AN16-73 for Intel and AN16-43 for AMD). The former has an Intel Core i7-14700HX processor, while the AMD version has a Ryzen 9 8945HS (same as the Nitro 14 max). Otherwise, the two models differ only in extremely small weight (5.37 pounds for AMD, 5.4 pounds for Intel) and Wi-Fi (Intel-branded Killer Wireless Wi-Fi 6E and AMD’s quirky Wi-Fi 6E). separated by
As for the many specs of the Intel and AMD variants of the Nitro 16, they both have Nvidia graphics maxed out at RTX 4060 with 8GB of dedicated GDDR6 RAM. Cheaper models replace it with an RTX 4050 or 3050.
Their screens have a resolution of 2560 x 1600 with a brightness of 500 nits, a refresh rate of 165 Hz and a response time of 3 ms. Each notebook offers up to 32 GB of DDR5 SDRAM and 2 TB of storage. They have 76Wh batteries with modest 720p webcams.
Both versions of the Nitro 16 will be available in North America in May. They start at $1,400. If you’re considering the new models, you can expect a more detailed configuration-price breakdown at or around launch, so stay tuned.
