Once again, I turned on the Turbo button and ran the benchmark. These are great numbers for a very recent and very graphically demanding driving game, making it more than playable. Driving around most of the world, frame rates sit considerably higher in the mid-60s, as the test runs a race through a city, requiring more assets to load. Starting with a benchmark test with all graphics settings at Extreme, the Acer Predator Helios 300 received a more than respectable 59 fps. However, as I will touch on later, the frame boost might not be worth the trouble.įorza: Horizon 5 was a similar story. The ‘Turbo’ button did exactly what you would think it would and upped the frame rate by about 10. This was an absolute dream to play, gliding around a map at the speed of sound ripping and tearing through demons without even the slightest stutter. With Doom Eternal, the game ran super smoothly, sitting mostly around the 100 to 140-fps mark (depending on the environment) with all settings on the highest level possible – ‘Ultra Nightmare’. The model I tested sat in the middle of the range, sporting a 12 th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070Ti GPU, with 16GB of DDR5 and 1TB of storage. The Predator Helios 300 can be configured with up to a 12 th Gen Intel Core i9 CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, up to 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 2TB of SSD Storage. The foot to the floor gameplay was as rapid and smooth as it should be, whilst the graphic and detailed blood and guts were exactly that – graphic and detailed. Finding the perfect balance between quality and speed isn’t straightforward, but necessary when it comes to games such as DOOM Eternal, where gameplay is fast and needs to be responsive, but is set in a picturesque and detailed world that leaves no guts or gore unturned.Īs expected, the Helios 300 excelled in this environment. Pairing it’s QHD (2560×1440) IPS picture with a rapid fire 165Hz refresh rate and nimble 3ms response time, you’re treated to a tiny slice of gaming heaven with this. The display on the Helios 300 is an absolute gem. Completely customizable with PredatorSense, colours pop against the navy blue body. What the Helios 300 does better than pretty much any of it’s competitors is it’s RGB. They keyboard itself feels great, whilst not a mechanical, it has a subtle tactile click that is rather pleasant to type and game with. Straight away when setting up the device, I found myself accidentally hitting the wrong keys, as the whole keyboard has been shifted left to make room for the num pad. Now don’t get me wrong, I am just as much of a fan of a good numpad as the next guy, but I did find it to be an odd choice for a laptop, a device designed to be small and portable. The keyboard uses up every single bit of real estate it can, cramming in a full-sized keyboard and numpad. That all changed however once I opened it up, where the rest of the body was solid as a rock and the sharp angles made the device look agile and sleek. Appearance wise I found it a little underwhelming on the outside, and the monitor was a little flimsy at the back where the logo sits. Whilst a little rough around the edges in some aspects, and even rougher in others, the new and improved Helios 300 is a force of nature capable of taking on even the most demanding games with ease.įirst impressions of the Helios 300. Updated with a 12 th Gen processor and some of the best graphics cards on the market, Acer’s latest gaming titan is set to be a major contender, taking on the likes of Razer, Alienware and MSI. The Predator Helios 300 is Acer’s top dog gaming laptop, backing up its Greek God moniker with matching power and performance.

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