Acer’s Predator Helios 18 Ai Gaming Laptop Leans Into 4k Mini Led

Acer has spec bumps and show upgrades for its top-of-the-line Predator Helios 18 and 16 gaming laptops coming later this year. 

Announced astatine CES, nan Predator Helios 18 AI gaming laptop now sports a dual-mode Mini LED show that tin move betwixt 4K pinch a 120Hz refresh title aliases 240Hz erstwhile moving astatine 1080p. That maximum refresh title is really a smidge slower than its 250Hz WQXGA Mini LED (2560 x 1600) predecessor, but that mightiness beryllium worthy it for folks who want to bask immoderate 4K solution gaming and precocious model rates connected a azygous device. The Predator Helios 18 AI tin scope up to 1,000 nits of brightness and supports Nvidia G-Sync to thief forestall aboveground tearing, show stutter, and input lag.

The psyche specs personification too been upgraded, pinch configurations offering up to an Intel 15th Gen Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 mobile graphics, 192GB of DDR5 strategy memory, and 6TB of PCIe Gen 5 SSD storage. The RTX 5090 GPU, successful particular, is astatine slightest partially responsible for nan “AI” inclusion successful nan laptop’s updated name, which supports complete 150 optimized AI apps for things for illustration LLMs, image generation, and more, according to Acer. The Predator Helios 18 AI will beryllium disposable successful nan US successful May, pinch pricing starting astatine $2,999.99.

The Predator Helios 16 AI has too received immoderate generational improvements, including a 2560 x 1600 OLED show pinch a 240Hz refresh rate. It tin beryllium configured pinch nan aforesaid processor and GPU arsenic its larger counterpart, alongside up to 64GB of RAM and 4TB of PCIe Gen 5 SSD storage. It’ll deed shelves successful nan US successful June, pinch prices starting astatine $2,299.99.

Both models too characteristic swappable mechanical keys and proprietary sixth-gen AeroBlade metallic fans for thermals, which Acer says tin summation airflow by up to 20 percent compared to integrative fans. While immoderate models spot support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3, larboard action is now constricted to 2 Thunderbolt 5 jacks — which mightiness beryllium restrictive depending connected your existing peripherals and gaming accessories.