The Acer Predator Helios 18 (PH18-72) is the top-of-the-line, feature-loaded, and priciest of the gaming notebooks announced by Acer at CES 2024. While it shares a lot of components from its predecessor, this machine gets the newer Intel Core i9 14900HX processor, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, support for 4TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs, and an 18-inch mini-LED display.
Moving on to the Helios 16 (PH16-72), this one is identical to the aforementioned Helios 18 model in all aspects save for the smaller 16 inch display. There’s also the option to opt for a more affordable Intel Core i7-14700HX processor, as well as the NVIDIA RTX 4080 GPU instead. Both the 18-inch and 16-inch variants look almost identical to their predecessors from 2023. One difference is the 2024 models thanks to a bigger and RGB illuminated Predator logo on the lid of the machines.
The displays on both machines share the same 16:10 aspect ratio, boast a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels, and support a 250 Hz refresh rate. They also come with a 90 Wh battery and support up to 32GB of DDR5 memory.
The Helios 16 (PH16-72) will be the first of these two gaming notebooks to go on sale in North America — available across the U.S. starting later this January, with a starting price of $1,899.99. Those looking forward to buying the Helios 18 (PH18-72) will need to wait until March 2024, and is slightly more expensive at $1,999.99.
