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AMD launches 35-watt Ryzen 6000HS laptop chips with RDNA 2 graphics

The first laptops powered by AMD’s Ryzen 6000 mobile processors should arrive soon with new models on the way from Acer, Asus, Dell (Alienware), Lenovo, Razer, and others. While AMD’s 2022 mobile chip lineup will eventually include a wide range of processors including 15-watt U-series chips and 45+ watt Ryzen 6000HX series processors, the first […]

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Acer Predator and Nitro gaming laptops with Tiger Lake-H chips coming this summer

Acer is upgrading its gaming laptop lineup with new versions of the Predator Triton 300, Predator Helios 300, and Nitro 5 laptops sporting 11th-gen Intel Tiger Lake-H processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series graphics. The new laptops will be available starting this summer, and while they all pack more horsepower than previous-gen versions, they look pretty much […]

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Acer’s 2021 gaming laptops include the 3.75 pound Predator Triton 300 SE with Tiger Lake-H

Acer is introducing a compact gaming laptop that measures 0.7 inches thick and weighs 3.75 pounds, but which packs a lot of horsepower into a fairly small package. The Acer Predator Triton 300 SE supports up to an 11th-gen Intel Core i7 H35-series processor, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 mobile graphics, and up to a […]

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Acer gaming laptops with Tiger Lake-H chips show up a little early

Intel hasn’t officially introduced any Tiger Lake-H series processors yet, but it sure looks like they’re coming soon, because a pair of unannounced Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop with 35-watt, 11th-gen Intel Core chips showed up recently at the Acer Netherlands website. With the virtual Consumer Electronics Show scheduled to begin next week, I suspect […]

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Acer launches Swift 3 and Nitro 5 laptops with AMD Ryzen processors

Acer is updating its Swift 3 thin and light 14 inch laptop with a new model sporting an AMD Ryzen 7 3700U processor and optional support for AMD Radeon 540X discrete graphics. The notebook weighs 3.2 pounds, measures about 0.7 inches thick, and has an aluminum chassis, a fingerprint sensor, and a 180-degree hinge that […]

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Acer launches Nitro 5 gaming laptop with 6-core Coffee Lake-H for $750 and up

The Acer Nitro 5 is a gaming laptop with a 15.6 inch display, NVIDIA graphics, and a relatively affordable price tag… and even upgrading to Intel’s new Coffee Lake-H hexa-core processors doesn’t seem to change that. Acer has just announced that several new Nitro 5 laptop models are coming in May, and prices will start […]