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There are, however, three USB-A ports accompanying it, one of which has power-off charging capabilities. There’s only one (admittedly also a Thunderbolt port) but I’m increasingly seeing peripherals which are USB-C on both cable ends, and only having one USB-C port is not optimal. Lastly, I really would have liked some more USB ports, particularly USB-C. The speakers themselves were pretty average, however – they were certainly functional, but lacked bass and the higher-end clarity I would have liked. Not ideal for trying to fire the system up at night when the kids are asleep, for example.
Firstly, when you turn it on, the startup “Slicing blade” sound effect is really loud – even if you’ve got a headset plugged in. The only real issues I had with the system were pretty minor.
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I was pleased the bloatware was kept to a minimum and was unintrusive – the obligatory customisation software is present, but never forced itself on me as a user, and while I’m not an enormous fan of Norton 360, it too did its job and generally stayed out of the way when I was gaming etc. While the fans could get loud under heavy load I didn’t have any overheating issues, so the laptop’s cooling systems certainly appeared to be doing their job. On the gaming front, I got 90 minutes or so on battery, which is pretty much all you can expect from most modern gaming laptops – “don’t use this for gaming if you aren’t near a power point” has been a regular caveat in pretty much every gaming laptop review I can recall writing in recent years.
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The Acer Predator Helios 300 can handle a wide range of games and work tasks, plus streaming video and audio too. The touchpad was also fine, but as with all laptops not ideal for fast-paced gaming it was fine for general internet browsing and basic productivity tasks, however.īattery life for general internet and streaming use was very good too – I got nearly six hours from a single charge, much of which was spent streaming video content and falling down Wikipedia rabbitholes etc. It wasn’t too loud or clacky either, which I appreciated. The keyboard was responsive and well sized I didn’t find myself inadvertently hitting the wrong key or not being able to reach the key I needed. The 165hz screen certainly helped with this I didn’t have any problems with brightness or glare regardless of what environment I was using the laptop in. The 3D Mark results were similarly promising, returning a score of 11,797 on power and reiterating that this is indeed a gaming laptop. In-game performance was excellent Doom Eternal ran at more than 160fps even on Ultra Nightmare settings, while God Of War was over 70fps even on Ultra settings. The rear of the panel also features a light-up Predator logo, just so everyone knows what sort of gaming laptop you’ve decided to buy.īuild quality was overall very good, except the finish attracted finger smudges easily, which detracted somewhat from the sleek vibe. The keyboard featured the obligatory per-key RGB lighting, and there’s also a Turbo button which effectively engages maximum power gaming mode.
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The 15.6in screen was a 2560 x 1440 display with a 165hz refresh and 3ms response and the system was running Windows 11, with Norton 360 as the pre-installed trial internet security software. The Acer Predator Helios 300 is a solid all-round gaming laptop. The review model was equipped with Intel 12 th gen i7-12700H processor, a Nvidia RTX 3070Ti GPU, and a 1TB SSD along with 16GB RAM.
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