Acer Predator Helios 500 Review: Keeping Its Cool

[AndrewFreedman]

The Acer Predator Helios 500 is a massive gaming notebook that’s easy to overclock and upgrade, but its display could be a little brighter.

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[TMTOWTSAC]

Am I missing something, or are a lot of the quoted numbers not matching up with the charts?

For example, in RoTR it says the premium gaming average is 50, but the chart shows 59.

The Metro: Last Light summary says an average of 68fps, but the chart shows 45.

The Handbrake test says an average of 9:39, but the chart shows 9:59.

And not to further nitpick, but the display description also mentions the experience being "dampered" by the dim screen.

Lately, it just feels as though a lot of articles have been pushed out without the usual level of copy editing.

 

[AgentLozen]

I noticed a lot of odd inconsistencies with this article also.

The Predator’s display covers 108 percent of the sRGB color gamut, which is less vivid than the premium gaming average (281 percent) as well as the PowerSpec, Aorus and Alienware.

This quote appears along side a chart that compares brightness and color among laptops. It seems like the Helios 500 only covers 108% of the SRGB gamet when the average is 281%, but 281% actually refers to the average brightness in nits. The whole thing is really misleading.

 

[AndrewFreedman]

Am I missing something, or are a lot of the quoted numbers not matching up with the charts?

It appears that the review did go live with a few mistakes. These are being corrected (you may have to clear your cache). We regret the errors.

 

[steve15180]

What happened to the AMD version of this laptop??