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Acer reveal gamepad-spawning laptop, PC handheld, 600Hz monitor at IFA 2024

Acer announces a gamepad-spawning gaming laptop, a 600Hz esports monitor and a PC gaming handheld. Here's what we liked from the Berlin NextAtAcer event at IFA.

Acer announced a raft of new devices at its NextAtAcer event in Berlin today, including a bunch of AI laptops powered by Intel Lunar Lake, AMD Strix Point and Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors, but I want to focus on the gaming stuff. It's not clear whether there's a backup option for controlling the computer with the gamepad physically removed - perhaps it connects via wireless, perhaps you just need to have a mouse plugged in - but it's a novel concept that would definitely draw attention at a LAN party. | Image credit: Acer/Digital Foundry The announcement of the Nitro Blaze 7 means that pretty much every major PC maker has a handheld now, but despite arriving fashionably late there are some nice touches here.

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