Acer Predator Helios 16 (PH16-71)

    Acer Predator Helios 16 (PH16-71) - Specs

    • BOE NE160QDM-NZ2
    • Color accuracy  2.8  1.7
    • HDD/SSD
    • up to 8000GB SSD
    • RAM
    • up to 64GB
    • OS
    • Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, Chrome OS, Windows 10 Home, DOS, Windows 11, Windows 10 Pro, Linux
    • Battery
    • 90Wh, 4-cell
    • Body material
    • Aluminum
    • Dimensions
    • 357.78 x 278.74 x 24.90 - 26.90 mm (14.09" x 10.97" x 0.98")
    • Weight
    • 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs)
    • Ports and connectivity
    • 2x USB Type-A
    • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
    • 1x USB Type-A
    • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
    • 2x USB Type-C
    • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
    • HDMI
    • 2.1
    • Card reader
    • microSD (microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC)
    • Ethernet LAN
    • 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
    • Wi-Fi
    • 802.11ax
    • Bluetooth
    • 5.1
    • Audio jack
    • 3.5mm Combo Jack
    • Features
    • Fingerprint reader
    • optional
    • Web camera
    • FHD
    • Backlit keyboard
    • optional
    • Microphone
    • Dual Microphones with Acer Purified Voice
    • Speakers
    • Speaker, DTS X: Ultra
    • Optical drive
    • Security Lock slot
    • Kensington Lock

     

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    Office Work

    Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

    Design and Gaming

    This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

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    Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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    CPU performance

    Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Acer Predator Helios 16 (PH16-71) series.

    Here, we evaluate the CPU's performance using a real-world 3D rendering task, assessing its ability to handle complex computations and rendering workloads efficiently.

    Results are from the Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core test (higher is better)

    GPU performance

    Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Acer Predator Helios 16 (PH16-71) series.

    Acer Predator Helios 16 (PH16-71) in-depth review

    If you remember the gaming laptops of the past - they were bulky, heavy, and super aggressive. However, modern technology has grown in such a way that manufacturers now have more headroom to play with the design. It can still remain aggressive, but it can be slimmer, or feature even more impressive hardware.But what completely turned the laptop world on its head is something as trivial as narrowing down the bezels of the displays. This provided two options - make body panels that are smaller or introduce a larger display inside the same panels. For the first couple of years, we saw manufa[...]

    Pros

    • Low GPU temperatures
    • 2x M.2 PCIe x4 Gen 4 slots, 2x DDR5 RAM SODIMM slots in dual channel, Wi-Fi 6
    • Covers 99% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and has accurate color representation (BOE NE160QDM-NZ2 (BOE0B17))
    • Snappy panel with quick response times (BOE NE160QDM-NZ2 (BOE0B17))
    • No PWM (BOE NE160QDM-NZ2 (BOE0B17))
    • G-Sync support + MUX switch
    • Wide port selection
    • Great keyboard and touchpad
    • The keyboard remains cool after long gaming sessions
    • Good build quality

    Cons

    • Weird CPU behavior
    • Subpar battery life

    How to open Acer Predator Helios 16 (PH16-71) - disassembly and upgrade options

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