Acer's monster 18-inch Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop drops to $1799 — save $400 on this 5070 Ti desktop replacement

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If gaming on a small laptop has always put you off leaving the desktop PC for your gaming, then the gateway laptop for tempting you to switch probably looks like today's deal. The Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 AI is reduced to just $1799 at Walmart and features a huge 18-inch IPS display with a fast 240Hz refresh and 3ms overdrive response time. This model also includes an Intel CPU and RTX 5070 Ti laptop graphics card, so there's plenty of oomph for playing the latest and greatest games. Best of all, the laptop is $400.99 cheaper than it should be.

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Also on sale is the slightly beefier version of the same Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 Ai laptop, available from Amazon for $2399.99. This more potent variant sports double the RAM at 32GB and double the storage at 2TB, but does cost significantly more. The original list price of the 32GB Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 Ai was $2699.99.

We haven't had the opportunity to review this model of the Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 AI, so we can't fully compare the laptop to any competition or see its performance benchmarks. These are familiar components, though, so we do have a rough idea of the capabilities. The RTX 5070 Ti will be able to run games smoothly on the 18-inch 2560x1600 WQXGA+ screen, and can also make use of Nvidia's DLSS software to increase framerates for a smoother experience on more taxing titles.

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Stewart Bendle is a deals and coupon writer at Tom's Hardware. A firm believer in “Bang for the buck” Stewart likes to research the best prices and coupon codes for hardware and build PCs that have a great price for performance ratio.

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