I mean , just look at that picture . That ’s all you really need to see what I mean by calling an 11 - inch handheld the unbalanced affair I ’ve seen atCES 2025 . There are always plenty of wacky concept come out of the Las Vegas Convention Center , but the Acer Nitro Blaze 11 takes the cake for not only being the largesthandheld play PCI’ve seen but also being a actual production that ’s set to hit store shelves this twelvemonth .
Outside of the CRT screen size of it , the Nitro Blaze 11 is a fairly conventional handheld . It comes carry with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS chip , along with 16 GB of LPDDR5X storage at 7,500MT / s and up to 2 TB of store . The Ryzen 7 8840HS is identical to the familiar Ryzen Z1 Extreme useable in handhelds like theAsus ROG Ally , at least when it comes to core configuration , architecture , and clock speed . The main difference of opinion is that the Ryzen 7 8850HS is coif to run at 28W in its default shape while the Ryzen Z1 Extreme runs at 15W. Thankfully , the default option office is something Acer can tweak .
The screen is really what ’s interesting here , though . It ’s a 10.95 - in WQXGA presentation , and it come with specs identical to what ’s useable on theLenovo Legion Go — alfresco of sizing . The solution is 2,560 x 1,600 , it comes with a 144Hz refresh rate , it ’s a touchscreen , and Acer claim 500 nit of peak light . The Ryzen 7 8850HS is n’t powerful enough to prevail most secret plan at this high of a resolution , though it solve for lighter indie titles . Hopefully you ’ll be capable to easily descale down the resolution for more - demanding games .
For connectivity , Acer includes dual USB - C ports — one that ’s rated for USB 4 and another that sticks with USB 3.2 — and it includes Wi - Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 . It ’s pretty much the standard affair that you ’d expect out of a handheld gaming PC , just scale up to an ungodly large size .
That sized is a bit of an issue , too . Playing on the handheld , I struggled to achieve the trigger with my thumbs on the thumb stick . You need to reposition quite a bit while playing game . The handheld is fairly sound , too , clock in over two pound . It ’s not unmanageable , though I do n’t suspect I would be laying in bottom playing on the Nitro Blaze 11 much .
Thankfully , it looks like Acer know how crazy the Nitro Blaze 11 is . It also has the Nitro Blaze 8 come before long , which is identical to the 11 - in model from top to bottom . It even include a 144Hz WQXGA display , just down at an 8.8 - column inch size . Both handhelds admit a 55Whr battery , as well , which is a minute concerning for the 11 - inch model . Some young handhelds like theAsus ROG Ally Xpush all the elbow room up to 80Whr .
Acer has n’t revealed the pricing or let go date for either handheld yet , but they should get this year . Hopefully I ’ll be able-bodied to play around for a scrap while I ’m here in Las Vegas .
