The Nitro 5 is Acer's budget gaming notebook. It's one of the best value gaming laptops available in stores these days, and a pretty good device overall few flaws. The 2018 update improves on last year's models and gets modern Intel Coffee Lake hardware and a slightly better screen, but still runs noisy under load and packs fairly modest speakers. Carry on with the article below for all the bits and nits.
Product Features
- AMD RYZEN™ 7 2700U quad-core processor (up to 2 MB L2 cache, up to 4 MB L3 cache, 2.2 GHz with Precision Boost up to 3.8 GHz, 15 W)
- 8 GB of DDR4 system memory, upgradable to 32 GB using two soDIMM modules
- 128GB M.2 SSD + 1 TB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM
- 15.6" display with IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology, Full HD 1920 x 1080, Acer ComfyView™ LED-backlit TFT LCD 16:9 aspect ratio Wide viewing angle up to 170 degrees Ultra-slim design Mercury free, environment friendly
- "AMD Radeon™ RX 560X with 4 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM,
- supporting Shader Model 5.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 12, OpenGL® 4.5,
- OpenCL™ 2.0"
- N/A
- "WLAN
- • 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless LAN
- • Operates at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
- WPAN
- • Bluetooth® 5.0 1
- LAN
- • Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready"
- Windows 10 Home
- "• Optimized Dolby® Audio Premium® sound enhancement, featuring
- Surround Virtualizer (for headphones and built-in speakers), Dialogue
- Enhancer, Volume Maximizer, and Bass Enhancer.
- • Acer Purified.Voice technology with two built-in microphones.
- Features include far-field pickup, keystroke suppression, voice
- tracking, adaptive beam forming, voice recognition enhancement,
- three pre-defined modes: voice recognition, personal call, conference
- call
- • Acer TrueHarmony Plus technology for lower distortion, wider
- frequency range, headphone-like audio and powerful sound
- • Compatible with Cortana with Voice
- • Certified for Skype for Business
- • Two built-in stereo speakers"
- "390 (W) x 266 (D) x 26.75/26.75 (H) mm (15.35 x 10.47 x 1.05/1.05 inches)"
- 2.7 kg (5.95 lbs.) with 4-cell battery pack, one hard drive and one SSD
- 3-pin 135 W AC adapter
- 48 Wh 3220 mAh 15.2 V 4-cell Li ion battery pack
- Up to 5 hours (based on MobileMark® 2014 test results)
- "HD webcam with:
- 1280 x 720 resolution
- 720p HD audio/video recording
- 2 Years Door-to-Door Warranty
What's in the Box?
- Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52-56VN Black Gaming Notebook