Acer Africa reveals a lineup of devices and components that offer new innovations to serious professionals, hardcore gamers, families, and students.
Whether you need a serious business laptop, new gaming hardware, or a device that fits your budget and lifestyle, Acer has something on offer. Taking centre stage at the massive CES 2024 technology conference in Las Vegas in January, Acer revealed an exciting range of new laptops, monitors, and graphics cards.
Acer South Africa is bringing these new devices and components to South Africa, delivering the latest technologies such as built-in artificial intelligent assistants, ray tracing visuals, and powerful gaming rigs.
Read on to discover which of Acer’s CES 2024 announcements are headed to a store near you.
Premium Laptops
Acer’s laptops set the standard for great value and excellent prices, and we’ve updated the Acer Swift range with new technologies. Acer Swift laptops are thin and light premium devices featuring OLED displays, an all-day battery, and the latest hardware.
The latest Swift models ship with new Intel® Core™ Ultra processors featuring Intel® AI Boost with power-efficient AI acceleration and Intel Arc™ GPUs, complementing features such as Microsoft Copilot in Windows, Acer PurifiedVoice™ 2.0’s noise reduction, and Acer PurifiedView™ video enhancement technology.
The new Acer Swift devices will start appearing locally in March and June: Swift Go 14 (Goldfish_MTH) (starting at R19,999), Swift Go 16 (Pipefish_MTH) (starting at R19,999), and Swift X 14 (EQB_MTH) (starting at R34,999).
Value Laptops
If you prefer a high-value day-to-day laptop suited for families and students, the new Aspire Go 15 is an excellent machine at a knockout price. Powered by Intel® Core™ i3 N-Series processors, this laptop offers responsive performance, 10 hours of battery life, and up to 16 GB LPDDR5 memory and 1 TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 SSD storage.
The Aspire Go 15 has a full-HD display with thin bezels for maximum screen area. And it’s at the cutting edge of consumer AI features: integrated with Microsoft Copilot in Windows and featuring a dedicated Copilot key to put your AI assistant at your fingertips.
The Acer Aspire Go 15 (Twix_ADN) will be available locally in May, starting at R5,999.
Predator Gaming Laptops
When you want to take gaming with you or enjoy the other conveniences of a very powerful yet portable gaming system, Acer’s Predator Gaming Laptops lead the pack. The new Acer Predator Helios gaming laptops continue their dominance with new Intel® Core™ 14th Gen Processors and NVIDIA® GeForce™ RTX 40 Series Laptop GPUs, introducing the graphical natural light innovation called ray tracing as well as DLSS 3.5 support for even higher-performance gaming.
The new NVIDIA® RTX Laptop GPUs include specialised AI Tensor Cores to boost artificial intelligence performance, and the latest Predator Helios laptops feature integration with Microsoft’s Copilot AI, including a dedicated Copilot key. These enhancements accelerate games and professional tasks, such as creative apps and streaming.
The new Acer Predator Helios laptops will arrive locally in May and June: Helios Neo 16 (EQE_RTX) (starting at R29,999), Helios Neo 18 (IPACE_RTX) (starting at R34,999), Helios 16 (eTron_RTX) (starting at R43,999), and Helios 18 (IONIQ_RTX) (starting at R49,999).
Graphics Cards
Since entering the graphics card (GPU) market in 2022, Acer has been blazing trails with high-end and value products. The latest GPUs revealed at CES 2024 reinforce Acer’s commitment to quality and value, expanding its partnership with AMD® Radeon™ graphics cards.
For gamers seeking uncompromising performance, the new Predator BiFrost Radeon™ RX 7800 XT OC features up to 16 GB GDDR6 memory and 624 Gbps bandwidth, 2,254 MHz clock speeds, and PCIe 4.0 and dual PCIe 8-PIN connectors. Cooled by Predator FrostBlade 3.0 fans, the RX 7800 includes an HDMI™ 2.1 port and three DisplayPort™ 2.1 ports for expanded displays without sacrificing performance.
The Acer Predator BiFrost Radeon™ RX 7800 XT OC is already available locally, starting at R6999.
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