Predator Helios Neo 14 gaming laptop, compact body, packed with powerful performance, even better with AI support

Generally, the main requirement for 14-inch laptops is portability. In order to take into account battery life, users often do not have too many expectations for hardware performance. However, Acer’s recently launched Predator Helios Neo 14 has completely subverted previous players’ established impressions of 14-inch models.

Through Acer’s own powerful cooling technology, this Predator Helios Neo 14 is equipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series notebook GPU and Intel Core Ultra 9 185H in a body of less than two kilograms, whether you want to have lifelike For a smooth gaming experience or smooth AI computing performance, Predator Helios Neo 14 can meet the needs of users.

An exquisite warrior from the same sect

From the appearance design point of view, Predator Helios Neo 14 and Predator Helios Neo 16 have a similar design language, such as the overall color of the fuselage, the location of the heat dissipation vents, and the design of the display hinge. However, the size of Predator Helios Neo 14 is more compact. The weight has been reduced to only 1.9 kilograms, the body patterns and lines have been cleaner, and the overall design style has been more low-key and restrained.

The matte black aluminum alloy shell has the Predator Logo with RGB lighting effects on the A side, as well as several extended lines with reflective effects, making the low-key appearance of the front face look more textured.

Liquid metal powerful heat dissipation technology

The reason why Predator Helios Neo 14 is able to pack powerful hardware in a lightweight body is due to Acer’s own powerful heat dissipation design, which not only introduces liquid metal thermal paste to accelerate waste heat conduction, exclusive vector heat dissipation ducts and Acer’s fifth-generation Blade Rapid Cooling Metal cooling fans can also quickly dissipate heat.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the design of this laptop with four air outlets, the position of the laptop bearing cleverly prevents the screen from blocking the air outlets, so that the waste heat generated in the fuselage can be discharged unimpeded, thereby making the pen more comfortable. The battery can maintain full firepower for a long time, providing players with continuous output of the most powerful hardware performance.

A powerful combination of hardware

In this body of less than two kilograms, it can also be equipped with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series notebook GPUs, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 notebook GPUs with 8 GB GDDR6 display memory. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series notebook GPUs support NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, frame generation and ray tracing technology. With the support of these technologies, games such as “Black Myth: Wukong” or “Dynasty 2077” can consume graphics card performance. The masterpiece can still achieve performance of more than 60 frames even after ray tracing is turned on.

Not only that, the GPU’s built-in Tensor Core AI computing core can accelerate the performance of AI deep learning and inference. Coupled with NVIDIA’s deep efforts in optimizing AI tools, there are currently more than 100 applications, such as Adobe Creative Cloud and DaVinci. Resolve can all use Tensor Core AI computing core optimization and acceleration.

With powerful hardware performance, in order to maintain good battery life, laptop power management becomes even more important. Predator Helios Neo 14 supports NVIDIA Max-Q technology, which can automatically detect the real-time performance, temperature and power consumption of the CPU and GPU, and use these parameters to analyze which hardware needs to increase power consumption to enhance performance, integrating the CPU and GPU Optimizing power consumption distribution allows every watt of precious power in the laptop to be converted into the most efficient performance output.

120Hz extremely fast and smooth picture

The display panel can be equipped with up to 14.5-inch 16:10 matte IPS panel, supporting 2560 x 1600 resolution, 100% sRGB, DCI-P3 color gamut, and 120Hz display update frequency to provide players with smoother visual effects. This display The panel also supports NVIDIA G-SYNC technology, which can avoid tearing when the picture is out of sync.

The actual color performance is also pretty good. It has good contrast and saturation when viewed from the front. The overall screen brightness is moderate and not too glaring. It has good color performance whether it is browsing photos or watching videos.

There is an FHD Webcam with a three-microphone design above the screen. In addition to enhancing the vocal pickup effect, it can also simultaneously receive the user’s ambient sound. With Acer’s own PurifiedVoice 2.0 or NVIDIA Broadcast AI noise reduction technology, it can instantly remove Background noise allows players to have clearer, high-quality voice effects when connecting to games or making video calls.

Four-zone RGB backlit keyboard

Although the Predator Helios Neo 14 has a 14.5-inch body, the keycaps and key spacing of the matching keyboard are very comfortable and easy to type. Even the direction keys have not shrunk and are the same size as other letter keys, making it easy to play games or do a lot of input. Then you won’t be so frustrated.

In addition, in addition to providing some multimedia playback function keys, the right area of ​​the keyboard also adds Predator Sense and Windows Copilot shortcut keys, allowing users to quickly adjust various parameters or execute some Windows AI applications. The keyboard keys are equipped with a four-zone RGB backlight design. You can adjust the keyboard to your favorite lighting color mode through the Acer Predator Sense software. The logo lighting color on the laptop cover can also be adjusted through this software.

In terms of I/O ports, the I/O ports on the left and right sides of the Predator Helios Neo 14 provide a total of two sets of USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, two sets of USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, a microSD memory card slot, and a HDMI 2.1 and a set of 3.5mm composite audio holes are quite sufficient for basic daily applications.

Exclusive Predator Sense software center

Predator Helios Neo 14 has introduced the exclusive Predator Sense software center. Settings such as performance mode, fan control, situational profiles, keyboard backlight settings, hardware monitoring interface, Acer TrueHarmony audio mode, etc. can all be set through this software. to operate. Among them, the situational function automatically analyzes the operating status of the system through AI technology, and provides four preset modes for players to choose, including quiet, balanced, performance and turbo acceleration. Players only need to click on the appropriate situation at the moment, and the software will automatically adjust the hardware operation through AI technology to achieve optimal operating conditions.

Actual performance testing

Then let’s actually test the performance of Predator Helios Neo 14!

First of all, in terms of CPU performance, we mainly use CPU-Z and Cinebench 2024 software to measure the actual performance of the processor under multi-core and single-thread conditions. Among them, the test results of CPU-Z can reach 9269.8 points and 773.6 points respectively. The CPU multi-core and single-core performance of Cinebench R24 can reach 1117 pts and 110 pts respectively, and the GPU performance test can reach 10475 pts.

In the tests of CPU, CUDA and RTX projects in V-Ray software, 19231 vsamples, 2133 vpaths and 3253 vpaths can be achieved respectively.

The GPU performance test was conducted using 3DMark software, and the test results in test scenarios such as Speed ​​Way/Steel Nomad/Royal Port/Time Spy/Fire Strike achieved performance scores of 2945, 2748, 7796, 12652 and 26006 points respectively. As for the overall system performance test, the PCMark 10 software that everyone is familiar with was used for testing, and the overall test result reached 9646 points.

Game testing

In terms of game performance, we selected two games, “Black Myth: Wukong” and “Dynasty 2077”, for testing this time, and both of them set the display material quality to film and television level and advanced respectively, and turned on ray tracing and DLSS at the same time. Function. From the test results, we can see that with the help of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070’s DLSS 3 frame generation technology, both games can easily reach more than 60~72 FPS at a resolution of 2560×1600.

Through RTX ON, the game “Black Myth: Wukong” can fully display real light and shadow. For example, through the sparkling water surface, the light illuminates the surface of the river bottom stones, and the light and shadow of the leaves are also more realistic and clear. The reflection and refraction of light The realistic sense of light and shadow presented by the bright wall not only brightens the eyes, but also allows players to quickly integrate into the game and experience the magnificent and gorgeous scenes with a high sense of immersion.

Summarize

The WQXGA panel of Predator Helios Neo 14 has good color performance, and the 16:10 setting is also very suitable for audio, video and graphics creation. It complements the high-performance GeFoce RTX 40 series notebook GPU and shows an excellent performance table.

It has excellent performance in all aspects such as graphics processing, games or the overall system, especially with the support of NVIDIA DLSS and frame generation technology of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series notebook GPUs, “Black Myth: Wukong” Both games like Cyberpunk 2077 still have very smooth performance even if they turn on light and shadow tracing, which is very resource-intensive.

Overall, it is really amazing that such a performance can be achieved in such a lightweight body. It completely breaks the previous impression of 14-inch models. I believe that if you want to find a machine that is easy to carry and can provide powerful performance at the same time For laptops, the Predator Helios Neo 14 will definitely be a top choice.