Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080 desktop GPUs sort of launched last month, but on the laptop front, we’re still awaiting the avalanche of 50-series notebooks to come crashing in, starting with these hefty new mid-rangers from Acer.

Acer’s Helios laptops are gaming designs in the classic sense: big, chunky, and chock-full of high-power parts. The newest models of the Predator Helios Neo AI line don’t break with that tradition, upgrading to the latest Intel processors and newest Nvidia graphics cards.

Here's what I mean: The Alienware m16 R2 with RTX 4070 is $1,374 at Best Buy right now, which is $525 off the usual $1,899 asking price. That's one of the best discounts I've ever seen on an Alienware gaming laptop with an RTX 4070 onboard, and it has to be because 50-series models are right around the corner.