Acer claims its new Predator has a 165W RTX 4080, it’s actually even faster

LaptopMedia.com News Acer claims its new Predator has a 165W RTX 4080, it's actually even faster

From: Severin Kolakov 08 February 2023 / 13:16 0

The RTX 4080 is already the #1 GPU in our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking, however, we’re talking about the most powerful 175W version. The GPU is offered in many of the 2023 high-end gaming notebooks, some with the full 175W power limit, others slightly below it. The Acer Predator Helios 18 is one such laptop, offering a 165W RTX 4080, along with the latest Raptor Lake Core i9-13900HX, a chip that has torn apart our Top Laptop CPU Ranking, taking first place there. However, we’ve got the Predator Helios 18 here at the office and have already begun to run tests on it. To our shock, the 4080 runs past its 165W limit, settling right at 169W max.

You can learn more about the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop) here.

Specs sheet

	RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W)
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
Lithography	4 nm
Base / Max Frequency	1350 MHz / 2280 MHz
Memory Type	GDDR6X-20000MHz
Memory capacity	12GB
Cores	7424
Power Consumption	175W
Memory bus	192-bit
Memory bandwidth	–

The Predator Helios 18 is advertised with a 165W Maximum Graphics Power, which is ”the highest MGP possible”. However, after running our own stress tests, we see the GPU spike up to 169W, while the NVIDIA Control Panel shows a Max TGP of 175W.