![]() ![]() The Predator wins when it comes to the screen, though. ![]() That’s slightly larger in size, but the clicks are stiffer and clunkier, and the surface rattles louder with taps. They went with an immovable plastic surface and dedicated click buttons, while Acer went with a standard plastic clickpad. I also prefer the touchpad on the Asus models. It’s important to mention that this Predator is one year old, and has seen a lot of action during this time, while the TUFs are brand new, so there’s a good chance the two will feel the same once the keys brake in.īoth of these are also RGB backlit, but the Predator gets 4-zone control over the illumination, while the TUFs only get a single-zone implementation. Both keyboards are somewhat shallow and spongy, but the keys on the Predator actuate too easily for my liking, so were more unforgiving and prone to errors. However, I enjoyed typing on the TUF A15s a little more. Overall, I prefer Acer’s layout a bit more. The difference is in the top row of Function keys, with more dedicated keys on the Predator, as well as in the arrows’ design, with larger, but cramped keys on the Predator, and smaller, but better-spaced keys on the TUF. These laptops are mostly on par when it comes to their inputs as well.īoth get similar keyboard layouts with full-size keys and a smaller NumPad Section. That’s why I’d say this section is mostly a toss-up between the two. But the TUFs are well built as well and slightly more practical, with the friendlier edges and the more conveniently placed IO on the left side. In conclusion, the Predator is the nicer feeling and looking laptop of the two, if you don’t mind that logo on the lid. The TUFs get most of the ports on the left side, with the PSU and LAN tucked out-of-the-way on the back, while the Predator spreads the ports on both sides, but pushes them towards the front, which means that PSU, the LAN adapter, and especially the HDMI/DP cables on the right-edge could get in your way if you decide to hook up an external monitor. This aspect impacts the CPU and GPU temperatures, which we’ll touch on in a bit, but also the IO layout. ![]() Other features include a wireless charging deck for Qi-enabled devices, an “edgy armored-inspired” chassis with front-facing LED lighting, and Realtek Dragon wired networking.Acer went with a symmetrical layout for the CPU and GPU, thus also gets radiators and exhausts on both laterals, while Asus went with a simpler design for the CPU and only uses a lateral exhaust for the GPU, on its right edge. On the graphics front, configurations will include up to an AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics card or go with Team Green and select up to a GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card (6GB).īacking all of this is storage supporting up to 512GB on a solid-state drive, and up to 3TB on a hard drive. “The IceTunnel 2.0 airflow management design segments the system into different thermal zones and provides each sector with its own airflow tunnel to expel heat.” Image used with permission by copyright holderįinally, we have the Nitro 50 desktop supporting up to a second-generation AMD Ryzen 7 2700X processor. “Easy-open side panels allow users to quickly swap out components and cables during upgrades,” Acer says. Unfortunately, the details regarding this desktop are rather scarce for now, but Acer says it will have two EMI-compliant transparent side panels and rely on Acer’s IceTunnel 2.0 airflow management design. It’s not quite as “dedicated” to AMD as the Predator Helios 500 laptop, supporting up to a second-generation AMD Ryzen 7 2700X processor, and up to two Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards in SLI mode. Next, we have the Predator Orion 5000 desktop. Image used with permission by copyright holder Sound includes two speakers, a subwoofer, Acer TrueHarmony, Waves MaxxAudio, and Waves Nx head-tracking technologies. The cooling aspect will be handled by two AeroBlade 3D metal fans and five heat pipes pulling the heat away from the CPU and GPU. Outside the AMD components, the upcoming laptop will sport a 17.3-inch IPS display with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution at 144Hz, or a 3,840 x 2,160 resolution at 60Hz. Still, this should be good news for AMD’s customers who want a laptop with near-desktop-like performance and don’t want to settle with an all-in-one chip. But given the laptop-based environment, you’re not going to see these two chips match the performance seen in desktops due to keeping the overall heat low inside the laptop’s narrow space. You read that correctly - there is no Ryzen-branded all-in-one chip here. ![]() AMD RX 6000 graphics cards could get a 10% price hike soonĪcer’s Swift 3 laptops to get eight-core Ryzen 4000 chips for just $630 ![]()
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