Acer Predator Helios 16 PH16-71
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Average of 6 scores (from 10 reviews)
Reviews for the Acer Predator Helios 16 PH16-71
Source: Digit week
The Acer Predator Helios 16 is an excellent laptop, and only a few laptops can match its value. This laptop is going to be popular for many reasons: beyond the large, 16-inch Mini-LED (2560 x 1600 resolution) display with a fantastic 16:10 aspect ratio, the Helios 16 delivers a powerful Hexadeca-core (16 Core) Intel processor and an Nvidia RTX 4069 GPU that’s optimized for gaming and productivity. More importantly, our complaints here are standard traits of affordable gaming laptops and they don’t affect gaming performance at all. The Helios PH16-71-74UU is large and hefty, and its battery life in gaming is middling, but its performance in these areas is no worse than its competition. And despite its value, the Helios 16 is a sturdy laptop with a beautiful design that’s like to win accolades.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/17/2023
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: T3
With its eye-catching design, the Predator Helios 16 has left quite an impression on me. But it's really the 240Hz Mini-LED screen that's going to cause frame rate obsessives to flock to this laptop. While 32GB of RAM would be better for this price, you should be able to handle the most demanding games on the market without any stress. Overheating concerns are non-existent, while noise (as long as you avoid Turbo mode) is very manageable too. Usual concerns about the battery life of gaming laptops aside, this is a machine that you could feasibly use for both work and play. It's fast, not too heavy and a comfortable typing experience, while also doubling as a portable gaming powerhouse.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/12/2023
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/18/2023
Foreign Reviews
Source: Journal du Geek FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/15/2023
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Phonandroid FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/25/2023
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Chip Online TR TR→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/28/2024
Rating: Total score: 92%
Source: Jagat Review ID→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; excellent display.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/25/2023
Source: Pemmzchannel ID→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; great display; good cooling and silent system.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/04/2023
Source: Arena IT →EN
Positive: Impressive cooling system; nice webcam; great dedicated graphics card; Thunderbolt 4 port; good connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/29/2024
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
i9-13900HX: Mobile CPU based on the Raptor Lake series that offers 24 cores (8 performance, 16 efficiency cores) with a Boost core of up to 5.8 GHz for the P-cores. Similar to the Desktop i9-13900K but with reduced clock speeds and TDP.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.2.7 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
85.33%: This is an above-average rating. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that about one fifth of all tested models receive a better rating.
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