{"id":438011,"date":"2020-10-05T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=438011"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:04:40","slug":"acer-nitro-5-hands-on-the-perfect-laptop-for-pro-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/438011\/acer-nitro-5-hands-on-the-perfect-laptop-for-pro-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Acer Nitro 5 hands-on – The perfect laptop for pro gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This review unit was provided by Acer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Acer’s Nitro 5 laptop offers the perfect balance between power and portability.<\/p>\n

The gaming notebook sports a slim and stylish design while packing more than enough performance to run the latest games at high framerates.<\/p>\n

It is powered by Intel’s 10th-generation CPU and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card, making it a powerhouse despite its relatively small size.<\/p>\n

The notebook can also be configured with an AMD Ryzen Series 4000 chipset, as well as up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM and two M.2 PCIe SSDs.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the Acer Nitro 5 is its cutting-edge design, which sports a bezel-less display and a slim chassis which uses exceptional cooling technology to keep the powerful GPU inside it at optimum temperatures.<\/p>\n

Acer gave us an Acer Nitro 5 laptop to try out, and we were impressed at its gaming performance and design.<\/p>\n

Hardware highlights<\/h3>\n

Our favourite feature of the Acer Nitro 5 was its display – a Full HD IPS LCD panel with a refresh rate of 144Hz surrounded by narrow bezels on all sides.<\/p>\n

The display has a screen-to-body ratio of 80% and a lightning-quick response time of 3ms, making it ideal for competitive gaming.<\/p>\n

Upon firing up competitive games on the Nitro 5, we found the impressive display of the laptop pairs ideally with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 included in our review unit.<\/p>\n

This graphics card supports ray-tracing, which delivers improved visual fidelity and additional immersion in titles that support the rendering technology.<\/p>\n

While delivering high-quality video at 144 frames-per-second, the Acer Nitro 5 keeps its hardware cool using its CoolBoost technology and quad-exhaust design.<\/p>\n

CoolBoost increases fan speed by 10% and GPU cooling by 9% compared to auto mode, and you can also monitor and manage temperatures and cooling in real-time with the bundled NitroSense software.<\/p>\n

Connectivity and quality<\/h3>\n

The Acer Nitro 5 offers impressive build quality with great functionality.<\/p>\n

This includes a keyboard with a 1.6mm travel distance and four-zone RGB lighting, which can be configured according to your preference.<\/p>\n

The laptop also delivers exceptional audio through its dual 2W speakers, which are great at playing directional sound that enables competitive gaming even without a headset.<\/p>\n

A fast and stable Internet connection is a key factor in a good gaming experience, and the Acer Nitro 5 offers this through its support for the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard.<\/p>\n

The selection of ports also caters to any situation and includes a high-speed Ethernet port, HDMI 2.0, and Thunderbolt 3.<\/p>\n

The Acer Nitro 5 is available from retailers around South Africa, and it is priced from R15,999 from the Acer Online Shop<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Specifications and photos of the device we reviewed are below.<\/p>\n

Specifications<\/h3>\n
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Acer Nitro 5<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Main Display<\/strong><\/td>\n15.6-inch 1,920 x 1,080 IPS 144Hz G-Sync<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operating System<\/strong><\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processor<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Core i7-10750H<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/strong><\/td>\n16GB 2,933MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n1TB NVMe SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nNvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ports<\/strong><\/td>\n1x Thunderbolt 3, 3x USB 3.2 Type-A, 1x HDMI 2.0b, Gigabit Ethernet, 3.5mm audio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connectivity<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\n363.4 x 255 x 23.90 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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