Use the charger that comes in the box. That's the main thing I'm taking away from my time with the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI. Usually, I can rely on the USB-C charger that lives on my desk to power just about anything (apart from those Lenovo laptops that insist on using their proprietary power plug), but this time it wasn't to be. Unless fed with the right number of Watts in the right sort of way, the Triton refused to give up the goods and unlock its Turbo mode, providing lacklustre benchmark scores.
Having cast some runes, spoken with the winds, examined the entrails of a pigeon being eaten by a red kite in the road just outside my house, and consulted ChatGPT—all of which had about the same level of accuracy—it took a consultation with PCG's own sage and oracle Dave to get to the bottom of the problem. There are multiple lessons here, not the least of which is that red kites are bloody brilliant and we should have more of them to keep those pigeons in check.
