Acer Unveils New Gaming PCs with Arrow Lake and Handheld
Acer Takes Center Stage at IFA with Impressive Lineup
The recent IFA event in Berlin was a stage for various companies to showcase their latest products. Acer took this opportunity to unveil several new PCs across different hardware tiers, including a high-performance desktop powered by Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake CPU architecture and a handheld gaming PC.
Predator Orion 7000 – A Beast of a Desktop
Acer’s showcase featured an upcoming gaming desktop, two mainstream laptops, and their first handheld gaming PC. The Predator Orion 7000 desktop is the flagship model, equipped with Intel’s “next-gen Arrow Lake” chips, making it the only model to meet Microsoft’s “AI PC” specifications.
Nitro V Laptops and Nitro Blaze 7 Handheld Gaming PC
Acer also announced new 14-inch and 16-inch Nitro V laptops, offering high-refresh-rate displays, up to 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, and up to 2 TB of SSD storage. The Nitro V 16 features an Intel i5 or i7 Raptor Lake Refresh CPU, while the V 14 includes an AMD Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 8040HS processor.
The Nitro Blaze 7 handheld gaming PC features an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS processor paired with a Radeon 780M GPU, offering performance similar to competitors.
Acer is entering the handheld gaming PC market with a bang, and their innovative lineup is definitely worth keeping an eye on.
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Acer Unveils New Gaming PCs with Arrow Lake and Handheld
Acer has recently unveiled several new PCs across multiple hardware tiers at the IFA event in Berlin. The lineup features a gaming desktop powered by Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake CPU architecture and Acer’s first entry into the handheld gaming PC market.
Acer’s Flagship Gaming Desktop and Handheld Gaming PC
The new Predator Orion 7000 desktop, equipped with unspecified ‘next-gen Arrow Lake’ chips, is the flagship of the lineup and the only model to include CPUs that meet Microsoft’s ‘AI PC’ specifications. The Orion 7000 features an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, up to 32 GB of DDR5 memory, and up to 6 TB of NVMe SSD storage.
Additionally, Acer is entering the handheld gaming PC market with the Nitro Blaze 7, featuring AMD’s Ryzen 7 8840HS processor paired with a Radeon 780M GPU. The Nitro 7’s display supports 1080p resolution at 144Hz with 500 nits of brightness and AMD FreeSync.
The innovations shown by Acer signal a promising future for gaming PCs, particularly with the incorporation of AI capabilities.