Acer’s new Predator and Nitro gaming laptops now get Intel’s 14th Gen processors. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Now that Intel’s 14th Gen processors are here, it’s not surprising to see Acer (and plenty of other laptop makers) refreshing its gaming lineup. At CES 2024, the company announced the Predator Helios 16 and 18, Predator Helios Neo 16 and 18, and Nitro 17 are all getting a spec bump. But since swapping one processor for another isn’t exactly riveting news, Acer is also adding swappable mechanical switches for the WASD keys on its flagship Predator Helios laptops.
Spec-wise, the new Predator Helios 16 and 18 can be configured with up to an Intel Core i9 14900HX processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, WQXGA or Mini LED displays with a 250Hz refresh rate, 1,000 nits of brightness, 32GB of RAM, 4TB of PCIe SSD storage, and all the RGB a gamer…