Acer’s Predator overhaul isn’t only for laptops. During the corporate’s subsequent@acer occasion on Tuesday, the corporate unveiled a slew of desktop gaming merchandise positive to entice DIY lovers and people preferring the simplicity of prebuilt programs alike, spearheaded by a G-Sync show able to hitting a ridonkulous 360Hz, and a gaming chair that can provide you a therapeutic massage whilst you frag.
The Acer Predator X25 enters the fray after Nvidia announced 360Hz monitors at CES 2020 earlier this 12 months. This 24-inch, 1920×1080-resolution show could be lots {smooth} by itself because of its preposterous 360Hz refresh price, however Acer additionally contains the newest iteration of Nvidia’s G-Sync expertise. Together, each recreation ought to really feel impressively {smooth} if you happen to’re utilizing a GeForce GPU.
The 360Hz Acer Predator X25.
The Predator X25 performs another nifty methods, too. Acer’s LightSense expertise detects the quantity of ambient mild within the room and intelligently adjusts brightness primarily based in your setting, whereas AdaptiveMild tinkers with the monitor’s backlighting to match the texture of your room. Heck, this monitor may even encourage you to take a break throughout prolonged play periods. (Fingers crossed these can all be manually disabled.)
Acer didn’t reveal availability info, however a 360Hz G-Sync show that routinely adjusts to your environment is prone to price you an arm, a leg, or each. If you don’t want absolute bleeding-edge gaming body charges, the corporate additionally revealed a slew of recent Predator XB3 gaming displays.
The rear of the Predator XB273U GS.
The 31.5-inch Predator XB323QK NV, 27-inch Predator XB273U GS and Predator XB273U GX, and 24.5-inch Predator XB253Q GZ are all licensed as G-Sync Compatible, which is not the identical as G-Sync correct. Instead, it’s a flowery advertising and marketing time period for what’s basically a FreeSync monitor that passes an obscure Nvidia certification program, which additionally permits GeForce GPUs to routinely allow their buttery-smooth Adaptive Sync gaming goodness.
Regardless of the technicalities, these ought to be positive shows. The Predator XB3 lineup ships with as much as 240Hz refresh charges and 4K resolutions, relying on the mannequin. Acer says they’ll be DisplayHDR 400-certified as effectively. Standard apart, 400 nits isn’t anyplace brilliant sufficient for true HDR visuals, nevertheless it nonetheless makes for a really vibrant gaming show. These additionally embrace the AdaptiveMild tech for eye consolation. Acer says they’ll supply as much as 178-degree viewing angles, which suggests they’ll be IPS-based panels.
The Predator XB3 displays will begin at $430 after they debut within the United States in September.
Acer Predator Orion desktops
The Acer Predator Orion 3000
You’ll want a PC to energy these spectacular shows, in fact, and Acer’s comfortable to promote you one if you happen to don’t need to roll your individual. The strongest rig, the monstrous Predator Orion 2000 with twin GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPUs and a Core i9 processor, sadly isn’t being made obtainable in North America—not less than for now. But Acer additionally revealed two extra reasonably priced desktops for American avid gamers: The $1,000 Predator Orion 3000 and $800 Nitro 50, each slated to land in September.
The Predator Orion 3000 pairs a 10th-gen Core i7 processor and a GeForce RTX 2070 Super inside a mid-tower case—a stable combo for the worth. Acer plans to supply as much as 64GB of two,666MHz reminiscence, a 1TB PCIe NVME SSD, and twin arduous drives for mass storage, as a result of video games positive aren’t getting any smaller. It’ll include a pair of Predator FrostBlade followers, an elective glass facet panel to indicate off the inside, and loads of customizable RGB lighting on the followers and entrance of the system. If there ain’t RGB in 2020, it ain’t a gaming rig. The Orion 3000 also needs to carry out effectively on the connectivity entrance, with Killer ethernet and Intel’s Wi-Fi 6 expertise.
The Acer Nitro 50.
The extra mainstream-focused Nitro 50 packs as much as a Core i7 and a GeForce RTX 2060 Super into its decently compact case, which options pink LED lights. It’ll additionally supply as much as 64GB of RAM, FrostBlade cooling, and stable storage choices through a 1TB NVME SSD and two 3TB arduous drives.
A…Predator Massage Chair?!
Finally, Acer additionally introduced a pair of gaming peripherals.
Most fascinating is the Acer Predator Gaming Chair x OSIM, a black carbon fiber and leather-based gaming chair that options built-in Bluetooth audio system and may rub your weary muscle tissues in between Valorant rounds.
“The new Predator Gaming Chair x OSIM gives a relaxing massage that leverages OSIM V-Hand ™ Massage Technology to emulate the agile hands of a professional masseuse on the user’s neck and shoulders,” Acer’s press launch says. “Together with other massage techniques such as knead, press, roll and tap that cover the entire back, this gaming chair has been specially designed to decrease tension and optimize physical comfort during or after gameplay.”
You can modify the position of the rollers to suit your physique sort, and it comes with three computerized therapeutic massage packages that focus on your neck and shoulders, lumbar, or “energize.” This isn’t your common gaming chair, in different phrases, however Acer hasn’t introduced any pricing or launch date information.
Getting again into extra conventional equipment, the Predator Cestus 350 expands Acer’s gaming mouse choices with a extra curved and natural-looking mouse than its aggressively tuned sibling, the Cestus 500. With 16,000 dpi, 5 customizable profiles, eight programmable buttons, and quick 1ms /1,000Hz wi-fi connectivity, it checks all the suitable packing containers, although we’ll have to get our grubby paws on the mouse to see if it could justify its sky-high $125 price ticket.