At IFA 2019 Acer introduced and showed off a variety of upcoming products, including laptops, monitors, and the Predator Thronos Air. Starting off with the gaming laptops, Acer has expanded its Predator Triton line with the Triton 300, a more affordable option targeting gamers who want a thin and lightweight design. It weighs in at just 5.07 pounds (2.3 Kg) and features an aluminum chassis with matte black design. Inside it can hold up to a 9th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU and 16 GB of DDR4 memory. It can also hold up to two 1 TB NVMe SSDs in RAID 0 and up to a 2 TB HDD, providing plenty of storage for games. The display is 15.6 in, 1920x1080 IPS panel with a 144 Hz refresh rate and 3 ms overdrive response time. The keyboard does have RGB lighting, but it is zoned instead of per-key. The Triton 300 will come to the EMEA region in October starting at $1299 Euro, but no NA release window or price is provided in the press release
The Triton 500 laptop was also shown as it will be available with a 300 Hz display. It has also been made a bit thinner to 17.9 mm and is just 24.6 pounds (2.1 Kg). The bezels around that very high refresh rate display are a quarter inch (6.3 mm) achieving an 81% body-to-screen ratio. The Triton 500 will be available in North America in December and start at $2799.99.
Following the response to the Predator Thronos chair at last year's IFA, Acer has put together the Predator Thronos Air. It is more of a cockpit than a chair as its steel structure will surround the player and game with a modular desk and monitor arm capable of holding three monitors. It also has a cup holder and will be available in North America in Q4 starting at $13,999.
Continuing with laptops, new Swift 5 and Swift 3 laptops were at the show with 10th Gen Intel Core CPUs. The Swift 5 can come with up to the Core i7-1065G7 CPU and if its internal GPU is not enough for you, the laptop can be configured with a GeForce MX250 discrete GPU. For storage it can have up to a 512 GB PCIe Gen 3x4 SSD while its display is a 14 in 1920x1080 IPS touchscreen. For connectivity it supports dual-band Intel Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and a full-function USB 3.1 Type-C port that supports Thunderbolt 3. The battery can last for 12.5 hours and with fast-charging can reach 4.5 hours of charge in just 30 minutes. The Swift 5 will be available in North America in November starting at $899.99.
The Swift 3 has some similar specifications, also offering up to the Core i7-1065G7 and optional GeForce MX250 with up to a 512 GB PCIe Gen 3x4 SSD. It appears to lack touchscreen capabilities for its 14 in 1080p IPS display though. It will also be available in North America in November, but will be starting at $699.99.
Turning to gaming monitors now, the new Nitro XV3 series was announced with four products; two 24 inch and two 27 inch displays. All four monitors support Variable Refresh Rate and will enable it be default when connected to a supporting NVIDIA GPU. The Nitro XV3 panels will support 99% sRGB color gamuts and those that are DisplayHDR 400 certified will also have response times of up to 1 ms Visual Response Boost for blur-free images with more realistic color reproduction. The two 24.5 in models, are both 1920x1080 displays with one offering 144 Hz (XV253Q P) and the other 240 Hz (XV253Q X). The two 27 in models are the XV273U S, with a 2560x1440 resolution at 165 Hz, and the XV273 X, with a 1920x1080 resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate. These monitors will be coming out between September and January priced at $389 to $589.
Acer announced additional products as well, including new ConceptD Pro laptops and a lineup of Chromebooks.
Source: Acer [1] (Predator products), [2] (Swift laptops) and [3] (Nitro Monitors)
