Acer predator helios 300 ph315 535/29/2023 ![]() Big respect to Acer for their honesty.Īcer has crafted a beautiful piece of tech with the Helios 300. The review unit we have is an actual production unit, so it comes in the same spec you would receive if you were to buy one, without upgraded RAM or SSDs that could influence the review score. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the Acer Predator Helios 300! I recently reached out to the good folks over at Acer, and they provided me with a laptop to try out that should easily surpass anything that the current-gen of consoles can manage. The only reason I didn’t ditch consoles right there and then was because the AMD GPU/CPU combo I had was only entry-level and not quite as good as the mid-gen refresh Xbox One X or PS4 Pro. Updates are mostly automatic (unless you choose to manually update), you have far more options for control inputs (PlayStation and Xbox pads, mouse and keyboard, steering wheels etc), the selection of games is huge, and the prices are much cheaper. The conclusion I reached was that PCs have come on a long way since the early 2000s (mind blown, right?) These days, it’s very rare that software and apps don’t just work straight out of the box, as it were. Not so long ago I wrote an opinion piece about how easy it was for a long time console gamer to switch and do all of their gaming on a PC. And that all makes the latest Acer Helios 300 a strong contender for one of the best gaming laptops out there this year.“Acer Predator Helios 300 Review”, or, “Why I haven’t played on a console for weeks.” The design changes are small but smart (like the power cord in the back instead of the side), having room for three storage drives (2x SSD, 1x HDD) is handy, and the price/performance ratio is great. Even without the dubious utility of the Turbo button. ![]() Honestly, I really don't think it's worth it unless you're truly militant about maximizing your frames per second. Or have a really good noise-cancelling gaming headset (opens in new tab).īut for its $1,500 sticker price the 15-inch Predator Helios 300 provides high-end 1080p gaming performance at a mid-range price. It also makes your system run very hot and distractingly loud. In theory it's a neat feature but, much as we saw with the Predator Triton earlier this year, you really only get about a 1-3% increase in performance. The Predator laptops have this simple feature designed to eke out as much extra gaming performance as possible. If you're desperate for just that little bit of extra gaming performance, and hang the sense of it-or the sound and fury of it-the Turbo button is Acer's one-touch GPU overclocking feature. The Helios 300 also did well running traditional rasterized games too, topping 75fps on Total War Saga: Troy and hitting almost 70fps on Division 2. Speaking of gaming, we got decent numbers from the 2070 Max-Q with ray-tracing turned on, delivering 42fps in Metro Exodus and 54fps for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This means Helios 300 is more than ready to handle the most common CPU-intensive tasks like video and photo editing.Ĭinebench R20: 2980 cb (multi-core) 417 cb (single-core)ĬrystalDiskMark Q32 Sequential (Read): 3,131 MB/sĬrystalDiskMark Q32 Sequential (Write): 2,317MB/sīattery Life (gaming): 1 hour 56 minutes (Gaming) The Intel Core i7-9750H CPU has fairly reliable scores of 1275 CB on Cinebench R on Geekbench 5, making it roughly on par with the half dozen Intel systems we've tested this year. The CPU performance doesn't really shock me. Though it's worth pointing out that the Helios' game performance really punches above its weight class by keeping pace with the Asus G14 in almost every category for a few hundred dollars cheaper. The $1,500 price puts it in the middle of the pack between mid-tier gaming laptops like the budget warrior Dell G5 15 SE and the pricey Asus Zephyrus G14. The Helios 300 does have available slots for two SSDs and an HDD so upgrading down the road only requires a screwdriver and a decent-sized storage drive. You'd be lucky to fit both Red Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on there with your Windows install. The stock 512GB SSD is frankly pretty small considering the size of games these days, especially considering it's the only storage available. The see-through keycaps make the 4-zone RGB lighting really pop and I like how the WASD and arrow keys can be highlighted using Predator Sense, Acer's software for controlling lighting, overclocking, fan control, etc. Warranty: One year with 24/7 dedicated support line Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070 with Max-Q DesignĬonnectivity: 1 x USB Type C, 3 x USB 3.2, 1 X HDMI 2.0, 1 x miniDP, 1 x ethernet, 1 x headphone
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