Acer - Nitro5 15.6"Gaming Laptop 2560 x 1440 QHD-FreeSyncPremium-Ryzen7 6800H-NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with 16GB DDR5-1TB SSD - Black

I'll describe the cons about this laptop Cons: - No DLSS 3 or Frame Gen since its a 3070 Ti - No Advanced Optimus, MUX Switch requires a restart - Running Freesync Premium only works in Optimus, if you set it to Discrete GPU only you lose out on Freesync Premium with the display - Power Brick is bigger than competitors Pros: - QHD Display looks great - 165 Hz is very consistent with testing - High TDP GPU with 150w on the 3070 Ti - DDR5 RAM - Better build quality than previous generations of Acer Nitro's - Freesync Premium works but only with Optimus

I got this laptop on sale for 300 dollars off, which given the components is a steal. It worked fine for about two months, and then the screen started flashing and flickering (see picture), making it unusable. This is without and physical damage or dropping or hitting the laptop. After a decent amount of time updating drivers and fiddling with display settings I plugged it into an external monitor where it works fine. This indicates to me that it is the screen that came with the laptop. Two months after dropping 1K on a laptop is truly unacceptable, and I'm irritated with Acer and best buy's quality control.

I recommend. It’s super match performance for price

TLDR: if you are looking for a good gaming/workstation laptop, do not even hesistate if you see this thing on sale again for $999!!!! (Sadly i have a feeling it wont be again). Now to the review; This thing is an absolute beast. I had ordered another Nitro 5 with an I-5 12500h, and a 4050 6gb, 512gb nvme, 16gb of ram, with a 144 herts FHD screen for $999, the Srgb color gammut for gaming on the screen was ok, but didnt come close to all the other gammuts like for workload stuff and photo/video editting wasnt even 50% coverage in most cases. This laptop went on sale for $999 which was the same price as the other one i just mentioned, and is quite literally better across the board in EVERYWAY!!! I didn’t hesitate to order, and return the other one lol. The AMD 6800H is the I-7 12700H counter part so already a win there, the 3070ti in this bad boy is a full powered 8gb of vram and destroys that 4050 in pure rasterized perfomance even with the 4050 using dlss, even the 4060, 4060ti, cant keep up unless using DLSS with frame gen, but then i can just turn DLss on and and destroy them too. Because of nivdia and their volatage limit on the 4050-4070ti, the full powered cards that advertise a 140w tgp dont even make it passed 100w and if they do the perfomance just tends to flatline, you dont have that issue with this 3070ti. Ive seen comparison videos of 4070s getting outperformed by 3070ti and overall the 4070 was like 7% faster lol, not meaningful at all ib most cases and you will also be paying $1,000 more easily for the 4070 laptop, is that worth 7%? Not to mention the AMD cpu is more power effecient then its Intel I7 counter part which will allow more power to be allocated to the 3070ti, (not to mention their integrated graphics are better too, but this does have a mux switch and it does work) 16gb of DDR5 4800mhz ram, 1tb gen 4 nvme (its a micron NVME for those wondering), oh and did i mention its a QHD display (1440p) compared to most in this price range being FHD, so using DLSS actually makes much more sense, the colors are waaaay more vibrant and come much closer to the full gammut and spectrums for not just SRGB, but all the others as well. Both screens do only get a little over 300nits of brightness, which i believe the FHD gets a bit brighter but the colors are not as vibrant, not even close. Gaming on this thing is a breeze, i can play anything i want, at highest settings, and still be utilizing that 165 hertz refresh rate, even without DLSS on in D4 i was getting 100+ fps 99% of the time, with DLSS on balanced it shot right to 165fps because i have it capped. It can get hot mostly the cpu but ive experience no throttling at all, and the cooling system does work pretty good, you can tweak stuff in the nitro sense software with the fans, and types of modes, but just on default (no perfomance mode on, or quiet) and fans on auto, it surprisingly kept the cpu within thermal spec and the fans didnt sound like a jet engine lol. Now switch to perfomance and the fans can get a bit loud, if left on auto. The keyboard is responsive with a nice click to them, and it has the 4 zone rgb that can be turned on and off for those that dont want it. Has many ports to chose from and they all function as intended. Overall a great laptop, at a GREAT price if you can find it at $999 like i did. The laptop is mostly black with sime cool silver accents on the cents and some design on the lid. It also came with a 280w power brick which is pretty beefy, but id rather have more then enough than bot enough power. Charges increbily fast. Tbh putting it all in backpack or computer bag eveeytbing fits fine, with my mouse, mouse oad, and other peripheals. Really not that heavy imo, sure you can find slimmer but i doubt it at that price and with those specs. This was a no brainer for me, as i needed something for on the go, mostly because most of my time to game is on weekends and my $3500 desktop doesnt get much use in the summer because im down the family shore house almost every weekend lol. Worth every penny at $999, and i find myself at home playing on it too lol. Hope i covered it all for anyone looking at this.

This laptop is a gaming powerhouse in it's cheap package. (I believe I purchased mine on sale for $700 / 800. Pros - Price. Great specs for most gaming needs at 1080p to 1440p. Display has a high refresh rate. Snappy performance elsewhere. Not overly bulky, cumbersome, or heavy. Addressable backlit RGB keyboard. Numpad. Cons - An all plastic build. Battery life leaves MUCH to desire for. Fans can rev up and get quite loud if you don't have headphones on while gaming. Speakers fire from an angle on both sides.

This laptop is the first pc I've ever purchased. I bought it when it was on sale for $900 about a month ago and it was very worth it. The GPU and CPU are great for gaming at high settings. The battery is ok for a gaming laptop, but you're usually going to have the laptop plugged in while gaming. The fans can be pretty loud at times, but with the right settings, it'll turn much quieter. The Temperature of the laptop can be very warm at times while gaming. I fixed this by changing some settings in the power plan and elevated the laptop a bit off my table. That dropped the temperature about 25°C while gaming. This laptop is very upgradable as well, being able to have DDR5 Ram installed, and I think 2 SSD slots. Overall, great laptop.

This machine is fast and powerful. It can handle anything I throw at it. My only issue it that the battery runs low pretty fast when I’m playing the latest games. It can also get pretty hot on my lap. These are small issues for the power I can get in a compact design. I’m pretty sure other laptops with this kind of hardware heat up also. The monitor is beautiful also.

The only criticism i have after about a month of use... The charger is HEAVY (essentially doubles the weight) Poor Battery Life Runs very loud on performance mode Pros are pretty much overall performance for the budget