Acer's New Gaming Lineup Includes An 18-inch Ai Laptop And A 720hz Monitor

Acer maintains 2 different gaming merchandise lines and it's updating some of them astatine IFA 2025. Among nan caller cogwheel is simply a gigantic caller 18-inch Predator laptop, an ultra high-refresh complaint show and aggregate entry-level Nitro laptops and monitors.

The updated Predator Helios 18P AI is an moreover much powerful type of nan Predator Helio 18 nan institution showed disconnected astatine CES 2024, offering "desktop-level AI" successful what's still technically a portable body. Inside, you tin get up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU and 6TB of SSD storage. For nan show of nan panel, you'll get a Mini LED 4K panel, which should activity good for imaginative workflows and gaming. Acer besides says nan caller Helios uses its "proprietary thermal solution" to support cool, which is simply a operation of bladed metallic fans, "liquid metallic thermal grease" and vector power pipes.

Acer has caller gaming desktop PCs, nan Predator Orion 7000 and Orion 5000, which tin usage GeForce RTX 5090 aliases 5080 GPUs, respectively. The much breathtaking announcement, though, is nan caller Predator monitor. The Predator X27U F8 Monitor is simply a 26.5-inch OLED, pinch a 2,560 x 1,440 solution and a ridiculous 720Hz refresh rate. Acer says nan show tin move betwixt resolutions and refresh rates to maximize performance. The X27U F8 show besides supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to destruct surface tearing and stuttering.

On nan Nitro broadside of nan house, Acer has 2 caller gaming laptops connected offer. The Acer Nitro V 16 tin beryllium built pinch up to an Intel Core 9 processor and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU. With NVIDIA inside, nan laptop supports NVIDIA DLSS 4 for improved graphics performance. The laptop besides comes pinch a 2,560 x 1,600 show that has up to an 180Hz refresh complaint for fluid mobility during fast-paced games. The Acer Nitro V 16S, while similar, is much focused connected portability. The laptop has up to an Intel Core 9 processor, but only a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU, nan aforesaid 180Hz display, successful a metallic assemblage that's 19.9mm thin. That's not rather MacBook Air dimensions, but it's amended than nothing.

Acer is pairing those caller laptops pinch a postulation of caller Nitro monitors. The largest action is nan 39.7-inch curved Nitro XZ403CKR monitor, which uses a 5K panel, has built-in 5W speakers and supports AMD FreeSync Premium for fluid gameplay. If you for illustration 5K but don't want a curved screen, there's nan 27-inch Nitro XV270X, which includes 2 built-in 2W speakers. You tin get akin speakers connected nan 27-inch Nitro XV273U W1 monitor, which has a 27-inch 1440p show that reaches 500 nits of highest brightness. Finally, there's besides nan Nitro XV275K V6, which features a 27-inch 4K display, AMD FreeSync Premium and dual HDMI 2.1 ports.

Acer hasn't announced a last value aliases merchandise for nan Predator Helios 18P AI laptop, but did corroborate it will beryllium disposable successful North America astatine launch. The Predator X27U F8 monitor, meanwhile, will spell connected waste successful Q1 2026 for $1,300.

For nan Nitro laptops, Acer says nan Nitro V 16 will beryllium disposable successful nan US successful October starting astatine $1,000, pinch nan Acer Nitro V 16S arriving a period later successful November for $1,100. For nan Nitro monitors, each 3 will beryllium disposable successful Q1 2026. The Acer Nitro XV25K V6 starts astatine $700, nan Acer Nitro XV273U W1 starts astatine $300, nan Acer Nitro XV270X starts astatine $900 and nan Acer Nitro XZ403CKR starts astatine $1,000.