ACER PREDATOR HELIOS 18 PH18-71-756U 18" INTEL CORE I7-13700HX 2.1GHZ / NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060 LAPTOP / 16GB RAM / 1TB SSD

Darrenb

24.08.2024

Hello nice review. I note it has the same mini led panel as 2023. B180QAN01.2 (AUO45A8) How is the brightness measured different? 2023 was around 350 and 2024 750? I gather both are SDR

VR Diude

12.06.2024

Hi all. I hope to bring some useful info here to everybody that is concerned about this issue. I have a Predator 18, 4090. The machine has Windows 11. Using Steam VR, Pico4 Headset and Breacher VR game as a test (its a hyper optimized game). Machine 1 - Predator 18: random stutters. Tried everything, update everything, clean W11 install. Unacceptable stutters here and there. Some CPU Throttling, corrected with more aggressive fan. Stutter comes anyway. Machine 2 - HP Omen 17 with a 4060. Runs with no issues. Windows 11. Machine 3 - Predator 17 with a 1070. Runs with no issues. Windows 10. Machine 4 - Razer Blade 17 with a 3080. Runs with no issues. Windows 10. Or the Predator 18 is defective or its some program from Acer / bloatware that creates the stuttering. Very disappointed, especially because I do have an older predator that was fantastic.

AndrewR

27.05.2024

It says the ICC profile is linked above, but I don't see it.

FourEyes

19.04.2024

Does the 2024 Helios 18 allow the user to undervolt or overclock?

Polaris1983

09.04.2024

The 4090 desktop vs laptop versions should more apporoately be compared to the laptop 4090 to the desktop 4080 (not the 4080 super) for better raw performance data comparisons here. This laptop is about 1 grand USD cheaper than its competition so I do expect cutbacks in terms of performance here. If you really want the uncapped version of a gaming laptop then Asus and XMG clevo based water cooled laptop tops are the only options as MSI laptops get way too hot still to run games at 4k or 1440p on max for a long time without using a cooling pad to play games on as a desktop replacement still as they overheat way too quickly mainly due to the cpu eating top so much power as intel cpus are power hogs vs the amd counterparts here for laptops. Acer to me is more like buying an HP OEM gaming laptop here just more upscale for an OEM.

Martin Wieden

05.03.2024

Does the laptop have windows hello?

lmao

05.03.2024

Quote they actually state in the article it was gutted at least by 10% because fan noise is unbearable

Neenyah

05.03.2024

Quote from: Igorzjeh on March 05, 2024, 10:22:41 Quote from: Igorzjeh on March 05, 2024, 10:22:41 at 1600p Desktop 4090 is averaging less than 400 fps Something is off, I agree, but in regard to CS2 1440p - they are testing it in almost maxed settings . with the same preset and way more powerful CPU (7950X3D) at 1440p. But yeah, their numbers are weird; 234 for 1080p high is some 2.5x less than what it's supposed to be. That would be about expected for their 1600p maxed preset (instead of 156.6). The whole game is also optimized like crap though.

Igorzjeh

05.03.2024

Something is wrong with your testing model. I have Helios 16 with this spec and in CS2 on QHD more than 300fps. There is no reason why this device should have lower results than the rest of the tested models. You should redo the test with a new device.