A regular Chromebook and a gaming laptop are diametrically opposed concepts. The former are usually low-cost laptops, with mostly modest specifications and running the operating system Chrome OS based on the Google browser with a clear focus on content and utilities in the cloud and that have found their main market niche in the educational sector.
The latter, on the other hand, are computers with high-performance components, powerful dedicated graphics and various features aimed at being able to play games with a certain level of detail and fluidity.
However, it seems that ACER has considered that both worlds can be united and has presented its ACER Chromebook 516GE for Gaming. The “trick” is that guide you to cloud gaming or “Cloud Gaming”, so it does not require the same power as conventional gaming equipment and allows a certain price and features adjustment. In fact, ACER claims that it is optimized for the Cloud Gaming NVIDIA GeForce Now.
For example, inside it hides processors Low Power P Series Intel Core Alder Lake, with models from the Core i7 range in the most powerful variants. accompany you 16GB LPDDR4X and 256G memoryPCIe NVMe SSD internal memory B.
Oriented to the game in Streaming or Cloud Gaming, the ACER Chromebook 516 GE has a 120 Hz screen
The component that most falls into the “Gaming” category is its 16-inch screen in 16:10 format with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 IPS panel that reaches some striking 120Hz resolution, that if we are not mistaken, they are among the highest integrated in a Chromebook.
Other elements typical of the gaming world are its four-Zone RGB keyboard. Its battery promises 9 hours of autonomy and it has USB-C USB-A connectivity, Bluetooth 5.2, WiFi 6E and HDMI. In addition, we can connect via 2.5 Gbps Ethernet.
Its price will start at 650 dollars, but in Spain we will have to pay 999 euros for the most basic version.
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