Acer unveils its first handheld gaming PC, the Nitro Blaze 7

Acer has just joined the handheld gaming race with its latest device, the Acer Nitro Blaze 7. This device comes with an AMD Ryzen 8040 Series chipset inside along with an up to 2TB of storage and a 16GB of LPDDR5x memory. as for the graphics, this comes with an AMD Radeon 780M Graphics inside which makes this a pretty powerful handheld PC.

For the display, it comes with a 7-inch Full HD IPS display with a 144Hz refresh rate which makes it the same size of the ASUS ROG Ally but with a faster and smoother refresh rate. As for the processor, it comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS processor and the AMD Radeon 780M so you can run most of the latest games on the handheld device.

As for the memory, the device can go up to 2TB of M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD however, it was not clear on what size they’re utilizing on the device. For the 16GB LPDDR5x RAM, it comes with 7500 MT/s speeds.

The Acer Nitro Blaze 7 comes with a 3 months of PC Game Pass so you can access the latest games on Game Pass anytime.

Acer Nitro Blaze 7 Specifications

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS (8-Core, 16-threads, 24 MB cache, up to 5.1 GHz max boost)
• Graphics: AMD Radeon 780M
• Display: 7″ Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS, 144 Hz, 500 nits, 10-point touch panel, 7 ms response time, 100% sRGB, AMD FreeSync Premium
• Memory: 16GB LPDDR5x SDRAM, 7500 MT/s (onboard)
• Storage: Up to 2 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Gen 4 SSD
• I/O Ports:
  • 2 x USB4 (Type-C, 40 Gbps)
  • Micro SD Card
• Controls and Input:
  • A B X Y buttons
  • D-Pad
  • LB/RB Bumpers
  • LS/RS Sticks
  • LT/RT Hall effect triggers
  • Power button with fingerprint reader
  • Volume button
  • View button
  • Menu button
  • Acer Game Space button
  • Pop-up keyboard button
  • Acer quick menu button
  • Mode switch button
• Audio:
  • Speakers: 2 x 1W
  • Microphones: 2 x D-Mic
  • Audio Jack: 3.5 mm Combo Jack
• Battery: 50.04 Wh Li-Polymer battery
• Power Supply: 65 W Type-C AC Adapter
• WLAN and Bluetooth: Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3
• Operating System: Windows 11 Home
• Software:
  • Acer Game Space
  • PC Game Pass (3 months)
• Dimensions: 25.6 (W) x 11.35 (D) x 2.25 (H) cm
• Weight: 670 g