With a score of 14,106 by AMD Ryzen, 7 3750H CPU the Asus Zephyrus G ended its winning streak. While on Geekbench 4.3, entry-level gaming laptops it scores just 11,603, Acer’s laptop loses to the G5 15 and its 16,722, despite the two laptops having the same processor. On our synthetic benchmarks, the Nitro 5 gaming laptop was able to produce solid results, reaching 14,432 on the Geekbench 4.3 overall performance scale. As a result with 25 web pages facing simultaneous playback of five separate YouTube videos, our unit declined to show any kind of slowdowns. Other specs include 8GB of RAM, 1TB of HDD space and an NVidia GTX 1050 GPU. The Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop comes equipped with an 8th generation Intel Core i5-8300H processor which is pretty powerful and can run intensive Apps in a snap. The Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop is a great option especially display wise under the budget of $600. The Acer, along with the G5 15 and its 270 nits, also outshined the total band of 268-nits. The panel of the Nitro 5 at 275 nits eclipses the Zephyrus G that measure to be at the average of 240 nits. The Dell G5 15, however, produced a segment-leading 154 percent. The Nitro 5 screen reproduced a solid 103 percent of the sRGB gamut in our laboratory, far higher than the disappointing 71 percent of the Zephyrus G and for the entry-level gaming laptops average of 82 percent. The Nitro 5’s 15.6 inches, 1920 x 1080 LCD display with backlit IPS technology is huge and immersive providing plenty of screen space from nearly every angle.Īcer has managed to shorten the bezel of the frame to a mere 0.3 inches to correct the thicker bezels that plagued yesteryear models. finely textured plastic, which is cool to the touch has been used in this laptop’s chunky interior bottom body.Īs a multitude of ports, it houses the red back-lit membrane keyboard as well. The laptop’s top and bottom corners are cut off by the design, to add some flair y creating sharp edges and to be honest, they look cool. No, here we are not thinking about metaphors, it’s actually a great step taken by the company. Lifting the hood indicates Acer is cutting corners.
A reflective black metal has replaced the silver logo, which glimmers in the light and it is the only difference between the Acer Nitro 5 and the other gaming laptops of Acer from the same series. To give a premium look to this budget laptop there is red crimson hinge contrasts nicely with a dark webbed grill below. This chunky laptop, which opts for a futuristic look, is boxed in an exterior of matt-black plastic, the only thing to grace the hood is a polished texture. With the laptop which is joining the herd of angular, black/red gaming laptops Acer has not designed the Nitro 5 gaming laptop in a newer way.