The Acer Predator Helios 300 is a well priced gaming laptop with great specs, so let’s
find out how well it performs in 15 different games at all setting levels.
Just quickly before we jump into the benchmark results I’ll cover off the specs in my unit.
There’s an Intel i7-8750H CPU, Nvidia 1060 graphics, and 16GB of memory running at DDR4-2666
in dual channel. It’s also available with a 144Hz 1080p screen, and although my model
actually has a 60Hz screen it will be interesting to see how many games can actually take advantage
of the higher panel.
Other than that I was running Windows 10 with the latest Nvidia drivers, so let’s see
how well it runs!
Fortnite was running nicely at all setting levels, even at ultra the 1% lows are above
60 FPS so the dips in performance weren’t too bad despite being maxed out, and we could
improve the average frame rate significantly by dropping the settings down.
Overwatch was tested playing with the bots, and even better results here, even while maxed
out it played extremely smooth, it seems to be a well optimized game and we’re averaging
above 100 FPS at epic settings.
PUBG was tested using the replay feature, and the average frame rates at ultra were
acceptable in this test but I’d probably be looking at playing at around medium settings
for a better experience, as shown by the differences in 1% lows.
CS:GO was tested using the Ulletical benchmark, and even maxed out we’re seeing above 200
frames per second on average.
Rainbow Six Siege was tested with the built in benchmark, and even at ultra settings the
1% lows are still above 100 with averages that are quite high, so it should play quite
nicely regardless of setting level.
Far Cry 5 was also tested with the built in benchmark, and with ultra settings it was
still possible to average above 60 FPS here with 1% lows that weren’t too far below
the averages, indicating that there are few dips in performance.
Assassin’s Creed Origins was another that was tested with the built in benchmark, and
yet again pretty good frame rates for this test, although I don’t personally think
you really need that high of a frame rate to play this one.
Dota 2 was tested using a fairly intensive replay, so this should be a worst case scenario,
these results are not the same as playing the actual game, this benchmark is far more
intensive than typical gameplay, and despite this the frame rates here are quite good for
this benchmark.
Testing Battlefield 1 in the first campaign mission ran well at all setting levels, with
the 1% lows at ultra still above 60, so even the dips in performance weren’t too bad
here, I thought it played pretty well.
Rise of the tomb raider was tested with the built in benchmark, and at max settings we’re
able to average above 60 FPS while the lower levels get us closer to the 144Hz refresh
rate option.
Ghost Recon was also tested with the built in benchmark and is a more demanding game,
so not great results at ultra settings but should be playable at other setting levels.
Watchdogs 2 is also somewhat demanding, and I found it to play well at very high settings
or lower as I don’t think it really needs a high frame rate to play.
The Witcher 3 was averaging above 60 FPS even with ultra settings, although that’s with
Hairworks disabled, and we can basically double this average at low settings.
DOOM was tested using Vulkan, and regardless of setting level used the results were quite
nice, at ultra settings it still played smoothly for me with no problems.
Shadow of War was tested with the built in benchmark, not quite averaging 60 FPS here
at max settings but the frame rate increases quite a bit at the lower levels.
I’ve said it before, the Nvidia 1060 graphics is a great sweet spot for 1080p 60 FPS gaming
with good settings, and as we’ve seen in these gaming benchmarks it’s doing a really
nice job. Some games like CSGO and Overwatch for instance are able to achieve high frame
rates to make use of the 144Hz screen option, but it really depends on the settings and
specific game.
I haven’t yet tested undervolting or overclocking, as this will vary between laptops based on
the hardware, but I’ll cover those in future videos along with detailed temperature testing,
this is just how the laptop performs out of the box in a number of different games, as
this is likely how most people will probably end up using it, don’t worry though I’ll
definitely cover the more advanced stuff too.
So how do you guys think the Acer Helios 300 gaming laptop did in these games? As we’ve
seen it’s going really well, all of these games are running great with good settings.
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