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Tom's Guide
16-05-2025
- Tom's Guide
I just went hands-on with the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI — this gaming laptop was made for me
The Acer Predator Triton 14 AI wants to bridge the gap between gamers and creatives. Announced just ahead of Computex 2025, this gaming laptop's slim design, powerful components and promised AI capabilities could give it an edge over its competitors. This svelte machine features an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU, an Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, and can be configured with up to 32GB of RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage. With specs like that, you should be able to play the best PC games at medium settings. This CPU and GPU combination should also help video and photo editors get work done. I recently went hands-on with the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI and was impressed with the laptop's lovely design and thin weight. Though I didn't get to test it during my brief time, its specs should make it quite capable for gaming and editing. Right now, it has the makings of being one of the best gaming laptops, though we'll know for sure after thorough testing. Here are my initial thoughts on the upcoming Acer Predator Triton 14 AI. Acer Predator Triton 14 AI Price €2,999 Display 14.5-inch | 16:10 OLED (2880x1800) | 120 Hz | 1 ms | touch display CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 288V GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU RAM Up to 32GB (DDR5) Storage Up to 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Connectivity Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 Ports 2x USB-C, 2x USB-A, 1x HDMI, 1x microSD, 3.5mm headphone jack Dimensions 12.6 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches Weight 3.5 pounds According to Acer, the Predator Triton 14 AI will be available in Europe, the Middle East and Asia starting at €2,999 sometime in July. The company hasn't said when the laptop will be available in North America or how much it will cost. We'll update this post when we get that information. The Acer Predator Triton 14 AI is one of the most beautiful laptops I've ever seen, gaming or otherwise. Measuring 12.6 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches and weighing 3.5 pounds, it's so thin and light that you might forget you're carrying it in your backpack. Sure, 3.5 pounds doesn't sound light on paper, but thanks to its even weight distribution, the laptop feels very light to hold. This is certainly not a big clunker like the RTX 5090-powered HP Omen Max 16. The chassis and screen are glazed with an anti-fingerprint coating, which should keep the lid and display clean and streak-free. This coating also gives the laptop a nice sheen. The silver hinge that runs along the notebook's back shows iridescent colors that gleam when viewed from different angles, which is also quite nice. You get a generous number of ports for such a thin laptop. This includes a pair of USB-C ports and two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, a microSD card slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Lastly, this wouldn't be a proper gaming laptop without some nifty RGB lighting, which it delivers via its per-key RGB keyboard. The keys feel nice to type on due to their smooth keycaps and short travel distance. The 14.5-inch OLED display, with its 2,880 x 1,800 resolution, is another highlight. I wish I had been able to view videos or a game during my time, but from my initial experience, the display seems fairly sharp and vibrant. Since it's an OLED panel, I expect everything to look fantastic. The 120Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time should also deliver fast and virtually lag-free gaming. Unlike many gaming laptops, the Predator Triton 14 AI has a touchscreen. This finger-based touch panel supports simple gestures like zooming, swiping and tapping. While this feature might not be particularly useful for gaming, it could benefit creative work and potentially improve productivity. One standout feature is the large one-piece buttonless haptic touchpad. Unlike the Dell XPS Plus series, this laptop has two glossy strips indicating the touchpad's edges. I found the Corning Gorilla Glass touchpad smooth and responsive, though I'll need to try it more to see how it truly holds up. The touchpad is where you'll use the included stylus. I'll spare you the stylus' technical details, but suffice it to say that it's designed to make sketching, writing and creating feel easy and intuitive when used on the touchpad. The stylus' haptics simulate tactile sensations, and you can customize the sensitivity to your liking. Though I didn't get to try these advanced features, the stylus is very lightweight and comfortable to hold. You don't often see a gaming laptop bundled with a stylus, so bonus points to Acer for that. Unfortunately, it only works on the touchpad since the display only supports finger-based touch. I didn't get to try any games on the Predator Triton 14 AI, but given its internal components, it should do well performance-wise. This laptop features an Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, an Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU and is configurable with up to 32GB of RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage. Though you'll get plenty of computing power via the high-end CPU, the mid-range Nvidia graphics card means you'll need to enable the GPU's DLSS 4 frame-boosting tech to get higher frame rates. Acer says the GPU's Nvidia Studio Drivers can help optimize creative workflows and provide maximum stability in video editing, 3D rendering and livestreaming. Like with this laptop's gaming prowess, our lab test should determine how well this machine is for creative work. The Predator Triton 14 AI uses graphene thermal interface materials instead of traditional thermal grease on the CPU to provide more efficient heat transfer, which Acer claims is an industry first. The company also says the laptop's metal fans work at maximum capacity to boost airflow by 20% compared to plastic fans. This, along with the vapor chamber, should keep the laptop running quietly and cool. Based on my brief hands-on time with the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI, it ticks all the right boxes for what I want from a gaming laptop—namely, a lovely design and powerful performance. If you're like me, then this is a laptop to keep an eye out for. The lingering question right now is, when will the Predator Triton 14 AI be available in North America, and how much will it cost? Given the ongoing tariff situation, it's difficult to say. Hopefully, we'll get an answer soon since I'm eager to see if this laptop will live up to its potential.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Graphics Aim for High Speed at a Solid Price
Following up on its CES announcement, AMD dropped some more information about its upcoming Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT RDNA 4 chips -- notably the target pricing of $549 and $599 -- to address 1440p and 4K players, respectively. And they'll be available from its add-in-board partners, such as Acer, Asus, Sapphire, XFX, ASRock, Gigabyte, PowerColor and more, on March 6. AMD says these cards are "built for 4K gaming at a 1440p price," comparable to the recent Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti. We'll see: It seems like the company is counting on its software to do a lot of heavy lifting, though that's not uncommon. Radeon RX 9060 cards are slated for later in the year. We did get more specs about the cards. For upgraders, AMD retains the old-school 8-pin power connection. As previously revealed, this RDNA 4 generation has been reworked and optimized over the previous architecture, streamlining the core rendering compute units to improve efficiency for both the chip and the on-board memory. The CUs come with improved third-gen ray tracing accelerators, which the company claims delivers twice the throughput over RDNA 3.x. AMD also improved its media engine to address complaints by streamers trying to play and stream on one system. The chips also include upgraded AI accelerators, which can handle more data types for theoretically much better feature (like denoise in Lightroom) and generative AI performance. It also has better memory handling and includes updates to its ONNX libraries -- up to 8x better, the company claims. Plus, the cards AI improvements are ready for neural rendering. Along with the cards, AMD is introducing the newest generation of its upscaling technology, FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 -- the one that requires support incorporated by the game developers -- Fluid Motion Frames 2.1. It can work in conjunction with the company's driver-based HYPR-RX one-click performance optimization. AMD says FSR 4 delivers better results upscaling than native 4K, not just in performance, but in quality. Since the cards are midrange, based on AMD's numbers, you'll really need to use the various software solutions if you want playable 4K; it's unclear if they'll need the same boost for 1440p. The new cards are faster than the last generation, but a 168% increase in F1 24 1440p Ultra with ray tracing doesn't mean much if you don't know the unboosted frame rates (what if the last gen only hit 10fps?). Testing will tell.
