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Acer is getting into the handheld gaming market. At CES this week, Acer has revealed the Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11 handhelds, both equipped with a Ryzen 8000 series processor with Radeon graphics.
While some handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go and the ROG Ally utilise the Ryzen Z1 processor, Acer is going in a slightly different direction. Instead, Acer will utilise the Ryzen 8040 series processors. Acer is also packing in 16GB of LPDDR5X memory and up to 2TB of NVMe SSD storage.
The full specifications for the Nitro Blaze 8 include:
| Product Name | Acer Nitro Blaze 8 |
| Model | GN782U |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Home |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen™ 7 8840HS (8-Core, 16-threads, 24 MB cache, up to 5.1 GHz max boost)
AMD Ryzen™ AI, Supports up to total 39 AI TOPS |
| Graphics | AMD Radeon™ 780M (Up to 2.7 GHz, AMD RDNA™ 3 12 CUs) |
| Screen | 8.8″ WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS Display, 144 Hz, 500 nits, 10-point touch panel, 97% DCI-P3 Color Gamut |
| Memory | 16 GB LPDDR5X SDRAM, 7500 MT/s (onboard) |
| Storage | Up to 2 TB M.2 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe™ SSD |
| I/O Ports | 1 x USB4® Type-C (40 Gbps), 1 x USB 3.2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.2 Type-A ,Micro SD Card (SDHC) |
| Control and Input | A B X Y buttons, D-Pad, LB/RB Bumpers, LS/RS Hall effect Sticks, LT/RT Hall effect triggers, Power button, volume button, view button, menu button, Acer Game Space button, Acer quick menu button, Marco buttons |
| Audio | Speaker: 2 x 2W
Microphone: 1 x D-Mic Audio Jack: 3.5 mm CTIA |
The full specifications for the Nitro Blaze 11 include:
| Product Name | Acer Nitro Blaze 11 |
| Model | GN7112U |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Home |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen™ 7 8840HS (8-Core, 16-threads, 24 MB cache, up to 5.1 GHz max boost)
AMD Ryzen AI, Supports up to total 39 AI TOPS |
| Graphics | AMD Radeon™ 780M (Up to 2.7 GHz, AMD RDNA™ 3 12 CUs) |
| Screen | 10.95″ WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS Display, 120 Hz, 500 nits, 10-point touch panel, 98% DCI-P3 Color Gamut |
| Memory | 16 GB LPDDR5X SDRAM, 7500 MT/s (onboard) |
| Storage | Up to 2 TB M.2 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe™ SSD |
| I/O Ports | 1 x USB4® Type-C (40 Gbps), 1 x USB 3.2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.2 Type-A, Micro SD Card (SDHC), |
| Control and Input | A B X Y buttons, D-Pad, LB/RB Bumpers, LS/RS Hall effect Sticks, LT/RT Hall effect triggers, Power button, volume button, view button, menu button, Acer Game Space button, Acer quick menu button, Marco buttons |
| Audio | Speaker: 2 x 2W
Microphone: 1 x D-Mic Audio Jack: 3.5 mm CTIA |
The Acer Nitro Blaze handhelds will both be launching this year.
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