The Acer Nitro Blaze 7 is the latest Steam Deck rival, but we have concerns

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• Acer has launched the Nitro Blaze 7 PC-based handheld console.
• The Windows-based machine brings a Ryzen AI chip, 16GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of expandable storage.
• There’s no word on pricing or availability just yet, though.

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The Steam Deck wasn’t the first PC-based handheld, but it certainly popularized the segment. We’ve seen plenty of brands hop on the bandwagon since then, and Acer is the latest company to offer a device.

The Acer Nitro Blaze 7 is a Windows-based PC handheld, and it certainly has some impressive core specs for the most part. There’s an AMD Ryzen AI chip (8840HS, eight cores, 16 threads, 39 TOPS), a Radeon 780M GPU (RDNA 3), 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and “up to” 2TB of NVMe storage. Thankfully, we’ve also got a microSD card slot if you want to expand your storage on the cheap. You’ve also got a 7-inch 144Hz IPS LCD panel (1080p, 500 nits) with FreeSync Premium tech.



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