Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 (2024)
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Primary Camera: 2.1 MPix
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Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)
Reviews for the Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 (2024)
The compact Predator Helios Neo 14 aims to attract creatives and gamers. The right prerequisites are in place: a Core Ultra 9 185H, GeForce RTX 4070, 32 GB of RAM, a 14.5-inch panel (3k, sRGB, 165 Hz, G-Sync) with a 16:10 aspect ratio, Thunderbolt 4. Good battery life rounds out its total package.
Source: G Style Magazine
The Predator Helios Neo 14 has been a pleasure to use. Gaming laptops are much improved and some stand out more so than others. The Acer Predator series has always been one of the best in gaming with their laptops and that holds true here. There are some drawbacks. The keyboard on the Helios Neo 14 isn’t as tactile as I would have liked it to be for a gaming laptop, the keys are a little too squishy. The brightness on the Helios Neo 14 could be better but my cons about this machine are nitpicky details if I’m being honest. You get everything you want in a gaming machine and you’ll love it even though it’ll cost you but hey? Gaming is a bit of a costly hobby.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/05/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Gamestar
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/19/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Zing
VN→ENPositive: Powerful processor; decent GPU; high gaming performance; smart AI functions; compact size; light weight; excellent display; great cooling system; impressive warranty policy.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/24/2024
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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.
Ultra 9 185H: The top-of-the-line Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 5.1 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 8-core Arc GPU, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 2.35 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well such as the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. vPro Enterprise and business-centric features such as the Remote Platform Erase are onboard as well. This laptop processors's "base" power consumption is 45 W, while its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 115 W.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.50":
14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact.
In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.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.
70.25%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
