![]() Finding the perfect balance between quality and speed isn’t straightforward, but necessary when it comes to games such as DOOM Eternal, where gameplay is fast and needs to be responsive, but is set in a picturesque and detailed world that leaves no guts or gore unturned.Īs expected, the Helios 300 excelled in this environment. Pairing it’s QHD (2560×1440) IPS picture with a rapid fire 165Hz refresh rate and nimble 3ms response time, you’re treated to a tiny slice of gaming heaven with this. The display on the Helios 300 is an absolute gem. Completely customizable with PredatorSense, colours pop against the navy blue body. ![]() What the Helios 300 does better than pretty much any of it’s competitors is it’s RGB. They keyboard itself feels great, whilst not a mechanical, it has a subtle tactile click that is rather pleasant to type and game with. Straight away when setting up the device, I found myself accidentally hitting the wrong keys, as the whole keyboard has been shifted left to make room for the num pad. Now don’t get me wrong, I am just as much of a fan of a good numpad as the next guy, but I did find it to be an odd choice for a laptop, a device designed to be small and portable. The keyboard uses up every single bit of real estate it can, cramming in a full-sized keyboard and numpad. That all changed however once I opened it up, where the rest of the body was solid as a rock and the sharp angles made the device look agile and sleek. Appearance wise I found it a little underwhelming on the outside, and the monitor was a little flimsy at the back where the logo sits. Whilst a little rough around the edges in some aspects, and even rougher in others, the new and improved Helios 300 is a force of nature capable of taking on even the most demanding games with ease.įirst impressions of the Helios 300. Updated with a 12 th Gen processor and some of the best graphics cards on the market, Acer’s latest gaming titan is set to be a major contender, taking on the likes of Razer, Alienware and MSI. 97C vs ~60C on CPU and 82C vs 67C on the 1060s.The Predator Helios 300 is Acer’s top dog gaming laptop, backing up its Greek God moniker with matching power and performance. We are taking order of magnitude differences here. Unless Acer pulled a massive factory side initiative to resolve both of those issues, there seem to be some pits in the Tom's Review of this Laptop because the striking difference in readings gives the impression of 2 entirely different pieces of hardware. "What bothered us, however, was the high-frequency noise that the fans started emitting at partial load." >Where was any of that here? They also noted this about the fan assembly on their unit: The maximum temperature we measured on the GPU was 84 ☌ (~183.2 ☏). Nonetheless, the CPU managed to keep up the core clock rate over the entire one-hour test period. We measured a maximum CPU temperature of 97 ☌ (~206.6 ☏). "Our stress test showed that the heat produced by the CPU and GPU is not transported out of the case fast enough. >For instance, here is a direct quote from their review of the cooling assembly: I only recalled seeing NotebookCheck's review back in August of an almost identical sku Helios 300, and seeing markedly different results here in so far as Temps are concerned. CPU Stress Testing, CPU Temperature Testing, CPU/GPU Throttling Testing, Audio Ramp Up of Fan Assembly? There were some things missing from this review that seems out of place given the normal processes for Tom's Hardware Reviews.
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