Introducing the New Generation Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72: A Gaming Notebook with Next-Level Performance and AI Capabilities

2024-05-02 05:56:06

Acer recently launched a new generation of Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 gaming notebook in its Predator series. This time, the hardware specifications are directly upgraded to Intel’s 14th generation HX processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series display chip. , it is also equipped with a 16:10 display panel that supports NVIDIA G-SYNC and a refresh rate of up to 240Hz, providing gamers with the best gaming experience.

Not only that, the new generation Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 is a gaming laptop designed for AI applications. Through the powerful AI computing performance of the GPU, it can help users quickly complete various creative ideas that require AI applications. Work.

Sci-fi design, full of mystery

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 The upper cover is treated with anodized coating, which not only greatly improves the texture and touch, but is also less likely to be stained by fingerprints. There is an RGB backlit Predator logo in the center of the upper cover, which can be viewed through the Predator Sense software. to adjust the light color you like or turn off the glow effect in a low-key way.

In addition, many design ingenuity has been added to the upper cover and body, such as the words SVORLH MVL in the upper left corner of the upper cover. It may seem a bit unclear at first glance, but just follow the A=Z given on the left. B= Y prompts that after replacing the letters, you can find that the real meaning is HELIOS NEO.

Similarly, you can also use the prompts next to the series of numbers on the lower right to obtain information, which means JOIN PREDATOR FORCE. The last one is on the back of the fuselage, with a dotted line-like design, which is composed of Morse code. The original meaning after decoding is PREDATOR. Through these extremely ingenious designs, this laptop adds its own style and mysterious technology.

240Hz ultra-fast update display

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 monitor is equipped with a 16-inch 16:10 IPS panel, which can support 2560 x 1600 resolution and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, and can achieve a 240Hz ultra-fast update rate and 3ms grayscale response time , and also supports NVIDIA G-SYNC technology.

The extremely narrow bezel design on three sides of the screen allows players to not only experience smooth and silky visual effects with realistic colors during the game, but also makes it easier to immerse themselves in the game. In addition, in addition to an FHD Webcam at the top of the screen, it is also equipped with a three-microphone design. One set of microphones is used to receive ambient sounds. Together with Acer PurifiedVoice 2.0 Ai noise reduction technology, it can remove background noise. As a result, players will be able to communicate with their teams smoothly and collaborate seamlessly during the game connection.

Extremely narrow bezels provide a good sense of visual extension, bringing a better sense of immersion.

There is a set of FHD Webcams on the upper border of the screen.

Full-size RGB backlit keyboard, Copilot one-touch calling

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 provides a full-size keyboard configuration with an independent number key area on the right side. The keyboard backlight adopts a four-zone RGB design. Players can adjust the backlight of each zone of the keyboard to their favorite lighting color mode through the PredatorSense software.

In addition, the keyboard area is also equipped with three independent function buttons. The long function button on the upper left side of the keyboard area can quickly switch the notebook operating mode. When starting a game or software that requires high computing performance, you can use this button to switch the notebook operating mode. The laptop switches to turbo acceleration mode in seconds to achieve full performance output, achieving a smooth gaming experience and accelerated software computing performance.

A button with the Predator logo is added to the numeric key area, which can quickly open the Predator Sense software, allowing players to quickly adjust various parameters. The last one is that the window key on the right side of the ordinary keyboard has been changed to the Copilot shortcut key. As long as you press this key, you can call up the Microsoft Copilot application. After inputting the required instructions in text, you can use Copilot to help players quickly generate Articles, pictures or real-time translation and other AI applications.

Full release of top hardware performance

The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 tested this time is equipped with Intel Core i7-14700HX processor, including 8 Performance cores and 12 Efficient cores, which can reach up to 28 operations. threads to provide powerful multi-tasking performance.

The independent graphics card is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics chip with 8 GB GDDR6 display memory. It not only supports NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 and light and shadow tracking technology, providing players with a smoother and more vivid gaming experience, but also targets more than 100 models with AI and RTX. It optimizes accelerated creative applications and provides NVIDIA Studio AI tool suite to assist AI creative workers in accelerating their workflow, allowing AI creative works to be produced more quickly and stably.

As for system memory and storage specifications, it provides two sets of SO-DIMM and PCIe 4.0×4 NVMe M.2 SSD slots, which can be equipped with up to 64GB DDR5-5600 memory and 2+2 TB capacity PCIe 4.0×4 NVMe. M.2 SSD is quite high-end and comprehensive in terms of hardware specifications.

In order to liberate the powerful high-end hardware of the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72, Acer equipped this notebook with exclusive triple cooling technology, using liquid metal thermal paste with vector heat dissipation pipes, and introducing fifth-generation blade rapid cooling The metal cooling fan has a heat dissipation capacity of up to 175W, allowing the laptop to maintain a stable temperature even when running at full speed and with full power.

In terms of I/O specifications, Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 is equipped with I/O ports on the left, right and rear sides of the fuselage. Two sets of USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A and USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A are provided on both sides. A. microSD memory card slot, Gigabit RJ-45 and 3.5mm composite audio hole. The back side of the laptop is equipped with a power input jack, HDMI 2.1 and two sets of Thunderbolt 4 Type-C.

Exclusive Predator Sense App

Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 is built-in Acer’s exclusive Predator Sense application, including performance mode, fan control, situational profiles, keyboard backlight settings, hardware monitoring interface, Acer TrueHarmony sound mode and other settings. Moreover, these settings can also be integrated into personal situational profiles. If you upgrade your laptop later, you can directly apply the existing settings to the new laptop by importing the Acer ID, eliminating the time-consuming and laborious reset process.

The main function settings in Predator Sense are concentrated in the situation page. The performance mode has four preset modes: quiet, balanced, performance and turbo acceleration. The fan control section provides three modes: automatic, maximum and custom. Players can customize it according to their needs. Adjust quickly. In addition, in the sound effects section, you can find the Acer TrueHarmony function in the advanced settings, which has multiple built-in modes optimized for different game types and audio-visual situations. You can quickly switch by clicking directly to enhance the sound performance in different situations.

Actual performance testing

Then let’s test the actual performance of this laptop! The multi-core and single-core test results of Cinebench R23 are 22991 pts and 2077 pts. The multi-core and single-core as well as CPU performance and GPU performance test results in Cinebench R24 software can reach 1310 pts, 121 pts and 11336 pts respectively.

In the tests of CPU, CUDA and RTX projects in V-Ray software, it can reach 23561 vsamples, 1950 vpaths and 2890 vpaths respectively.

In the 3DMark software test, the test results in Speed ​​Way/Royal Port/Time Spy/Fire Strike and other test scenarios can reach 2967, 7676, 13150 and 28469 points respectively. As for the overall system performance test, the PCMark 10 software that everyone is familiar with was used for testing, and the overall test result reached 11,090 points.

In the game performance section, we selected two games for testing. In the game test of “Shadow of the Tomb Raider”, the resolution was adjusted to 2560×1600 and the image quality setting was adjusted to extremely high. The average number of frames reached 138. Another game, “Marvel’s Star Wars Rangers”, can achieve an average frame rate of 191 when turning on high texture quality and DLSS balance level settings. According to actual measurements, it can obtain a smooth gaming experience under the highest image quality settings. Further turning on ray tracing and DLSS settings can maintain smooth picture performance at high frame rates.

Summarize

With the support of top-notch hardware and powerful cooling design, Acer Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 performs really well in all aspects. Coupled with the DLSS support provided by the GeForce RTX 40 graphics card through AI computing, it has been greatly improved. In terms of game smoothness, paired with the laptop’s own 240Hz display, the actual gaming experience can only be described as silky smooth!

In addition to excellent game performance, the GeForce RTX 40 graphics card equipped with this laptop is optimized and accelerated for many software commonly used by creative workers such as Adobe, Blender, Davinci Resolve, OBS Studio, etc., and through the AI ​​technology of the graphics card and With the support of Predator Sense settings, it can help creators quickly complete various project work.

Whether you want to experience a smooth gaming experience or powerful AI creative work, Predator Helios Neo 16｜PHN16-72 can handle it easily, making it an excellent choice for gaming laptops.

In addition, from now until May 31st, the two-year warranty will be extended to three years. Of course, the top-of-the-line hardware will be upgraded free of charge with materials. You can choose to upgrade the 16GB memory to 32GB, or upgrade the 1TB SSD to 2TB!

For more information, see:Acer official website。