News Acer Nitro Blaze 7 gaming handheld with Ryzen 8040 revealed at IFA

[Admin]

Acer introduced new Nitro gaming PCs, including a new handheld and laptops with both Intel and AMD processors.

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[watzupken]

Looking at the specs, specifically the 16GB RAM and 60WHr battery, I think this one is dead on arrival. The new Ryzen chip is technically no different from the Z1 Extreme.

 

[kealii123]

Looking at the specs, specifically the 16GB RAM and 60WHr battery, I think this one is dead on arrival. The new Ryzen chip is technically no different from the Z1 Extreme.

Given the specs, it will need to compete on price . If its not under $600, whats the point

 

[thestryker]

This seems like a very questionable late entry into the handheld market. AMD's Zen 5 APUs have already launched and the market is fairly saturated with Zen 4 APU handhelds. This one appears to be about as generic as it gets as well.

Seems like the handheld space isn't going to get interesting until CES (at least from the larger manufacturers).

 

[Notton]

8840HS in a 7" handheld? Well that's certainly different.
IDK why Acer would use an HS chip in that size.
It's not like Acer couldn't get their hands on the 8840U variant, as they have plenty of laptops using it.

 

[cheetah2kk]

8840HS in a 7" handheld? Well that's certainly different.
IDK why Acer would use an HS chip in that size.
It's not like Acer couldn't get their hands on the 8840U variant, as they have plenty of laptops using it.

The HS can hold higher clocks for longer.. But sacrifices minimum TDP as a result.. I just wish they went 8" instead of 7"

 

[cheetah2kk]

Looking at the specs, specifically the 16GB RAM and 60WHr battery, I think this one is dead on arrival. The new Ryzen chip is technically no different from the Z1 Extreme.

Yep. Asus learnt 16Gb Ram was technically useless.. I have the Ally X, and using a 4tb Samsung 990 Pro. in the Ally X playing Starfield, the drive never peaks over 60 deg with that extra Ram - meaning the extra Ram reduces constant read/writes to the drive under load.. I had the same drive in the Legion Go, and it struggled to stay under 80deg even with custom graphene cooling heat transfer pad..... 16 Gb is just not enough