High refresh, not so high price: This 240 Hz Acer Predator Helios gaming laptop is a bit of a beast for $1,450
Acer Predator Helios Neo 16| RTX 4070 | Core i9 14900HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD | $1,699.99 $1,449.99 at Best Buy (save $250)
This Acer might not be the slimmest of models, but it's got some specs that should make you look twice. Alongside a proper 140 W RTX 4070 sits one of Intel's fastest mobile CPUs, in tandem with a blazing fast 240 Hz IPS display. It's a little chonky, and the branding is less than subtle, but there's a lot of grunt here inside that substantial chassis. It's likely to get loud though, what with a 24-core CPU sitting next to that full-fat GPU.
Price check: Newegg $1,799.99
If a high refresh rate gaming laptop is what you desire, I've found a deal well worth casting your eyes across. It's this Acer Predator Helios Neo 16—and while the 240 Hz display is definitely the headline feature, the rest of the specs are pretty impressive for its $1,450 asking price at Best Buy.
A very fast panel can make all the difference for competitive multiplayer gaming, as the faster you can see your opponents, the better chance you have of making yourself look like a hero rather than, I don't know, me, a multiplayer zero. Speedy displays are plentiful these days, but a 240 Hz IPS unit in a gaming laptop under $1,500 is a bit of a boon.
Still, while it's all very well having a super-speedy screen, if your components can't feed it pixels fast enough then it's a bit of a waste. Thankfully, here you get an Intel Core i9 14900HX in tandem with a 140 W TGP RTX 4070. That's one of Intel's latest and greatest mobile CPUs stacked with an Nvidia GPU that really can deliver the goods.
Sure, it's not an RTX 4080, but the full-fat RTX 4070 in combination with some DLSS 3 upscaling and potentially some Frame Generation should be able to pump a serious number of frames to that high refresh rate panel. If you fancy yourself the next esports darling—or want to take fast-paced gaming on the go—this lappy should deliver performance that keeps up with all your
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