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Acer's New $1299 Predator Atlas 8 Intel Arc G3 Extreme Handheld Gaming PC Is Now Available at Best Buy

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Acer's New $1299 Predator Atlas 8 Intel Arc G3 Extreme Handheld Gaming PC Is Now Available at Best Buy

The wait is over. A handheld gaming PC equipped with Intel's new Intel Arc G3 Extreme graphics is now available at a price that's going to give Z2 Extreme handhelds a run for their money. Starting October 23, Best Buy is accepting orders of the new Acer Predator Atlas 8 handheld gaming PC. As of this post, orders are shipping out immediately. Best of all, the launch price is pegged at $1,299.99. That makes it a hugely competitive alternative to the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20, which costs the same price, and the Legion Go 2, which costs $700 more.

Let's get this out the way first: the Intel Arc G3 Extreme is powerful. It's built on the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake platform and features 14 cores, 14 threads, and a max turbo frequency of 4.7GHz. In real world usage, it's significantly more powerful than the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme. We haven't yet reviewed the Acer variant, but Jacqueline Thomas did review the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld, which is also equipped with the Arc G3 Extreme. That handheld "blew every Z2 Extreme-powered device out of the water," with performance improvements by as much as 40%. It was powerful enough to run most games at up to 60fps on the 1200p display. The only problem? The MSI Claw 8 EX cost $1800. Fortunately, the Acer Predator Atlas 8 is much, much less expensive.

As for the rest of the specs, the Acer Predator Atlas 8 features a spacious 8" IPS screen with 1920x1200 resolution, up to 120Hz refresh rate with VRR, 500nits of peak brightness, and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus with DXC protection.


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