In other gaming laptop designs, the fans are typically arrayed on the corners of the laptop, which gives the CPU or GPU with direct access to the cooling fans. To the right of the two fans (only one is shown in the picture) you can see that that the heat pipes make direct contact with the GPU first, and then the CPU. Looking inside the Predator Helios 300, its design presents a few thermal challenges. We ran the Acer Predator Helios 300 for five hours and continued on for another 19 hours without “overheating” issues. Both are indications that the Predator Helios 300 operates right at the margin of its design. Power throttling keeps the CPU within its thermal limit, while thermal throttling means the CPU is bumping right into its thermal limits. The CPU did occasionally hit its a power limit throttle and thermal limit throttle. We will say that this isn’t the end of the story. In the morning we checked the GPU clocks and Cinebench results, and we found nothing had changed.ĭoes this mean the that some of the user experiences are invalid? No, but it means our particular unit had no overheating issues. We then let the Predator Helios 300 continue to loop Heaven overnight. Cinebench results were consistent, and after five hours, the GPU’s clock speeds remained consistent. Because graphics benchmarks rarely push the CPU hard, we also ran Cinebench using four threads to see how much performance suffered. To see how well the Predator Helios 300 holds up under a load, we cranked up the Unigine Heaven benchmark and let it loop for five hours while monitoring the GPU’s performance clock speeds. Scroll through any reviews of the Acer Predator Helios 300, and you’ll likely run across someone with stories of major overheating and falling performance. Trying to play any games off AC will drain this little battery lickety-split. Remember, of course, that your battery mileage will vary depending on how you use the laptop. IDGīattery life on the Acer Predator Helios 300 is a little underwhelming. We had the same complaint with the SE version. The higher-refresh-rate panel in the newer version will also tax the battery. Blame part of this on the battery size: at 48 watt-hours, it’s a fairly small supply. The result with the current Predator Helios 300 is slightly better than what the SE version of the laptop achieved, but still pretty below average overall. We charge the battery to full, unplug the laptop, and loop a 4K video until the machine shuts down.
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We set the PC in airplane mode to eliminate network interference, attach ear buds with volume set to medium, and set the screen brightness to a comfortable 250 to 260 nits. The performance of the Acer Predator Helios 300 is as expected in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Our last gaming test uses Rise of the Tomb Raider set to Very High in DX11 mode and, yup, it’s a tie again. The Acer Predator Helios 300 leads the pack of GTX 1060 laptops.
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