Customer Ratings & Reviews

Wonderful laptop for both office use & gaming purposes, very cool red led light, clear picture, great speaker, I love it❤️

Acer - Nitro 5 15.6" Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 560X - 256GB Solid State Drive - Shale Black I have been lucky in that I have reviewed a few gaming laptops over the last year. The Nitro is unique in that it actually has two GPUs. The Ryzen 5 has intertgated Vega graphics and added to that is a discrete Radeon RX 560X graphics card. This combination of integrated and discrete gives you the best battery life for normal use and then allows you to play most modern games. The Radeon RX 560X graphics card itself will not let you play AAA games in high or ultra but it does play well in medium or low settings. Keeping the settings on the lower side will keep your frame rates up so you have smooth game play. I did most of my game testing playing PUBG. PUBG uses the Unreal Gaming engine and is a very common game engine so you get a good idea of the performance you can expect in other games. At first when I played the game it set itself to all setting on low. The frame rates were to low to be playable. I checked Windows task manager and found I was playing on the integrated Vega GPU. I then went into the Radeon settings driver utility and it had detected that PUBG was installed. I needed to read how to manage the setting for the switchable graphic so the RX 560x was the default when I launched PUBG. The game then set itself to all medium settings which worked just fine and I didn’t have any issues with frame rates. The Ryzen 5 here is the most current 2500U part. It is a true 4 core chip with 8 total threads. It is more than capable for most any desktop computing tasks you might do on a laptop. The trackpad and keyboard both fell very good. Maybe better than my much more expensive MSI gaming laptop. The overall build quality here feels good. There is some flex at the bottom on the display but I never felt it was going to be a problem in the future. The Nitro only comes with a minimum of ports. You get three USB type A and one USB type C. The USB C port is not a full Thunderbolt 3 port which can transfer at 40bps speeds. But it does do 5bps which is still quite fast. There is also an HDMI, ethernet port and full size SD card reader. I would have liked to have seen a displayport here but this is a 1080p gaming laptop and not quite powerful enough for 2k or 4k gaming so the HDMI makes sense. Overall I do like the Acer Nitro. It looks good, is not to flashy and has run very well. The dual GPU combination is nice because the VEGA graphics really helps battery life and keeps the notebook cool when not gaming. And the RX 560x is there for most games as long as you keep the settings where it plays best.

Great machine that is handling my school stuff and some gaming. Price was great and performance has been great so far.

Has great feature for this price, the keyboard and track pad have a nice feel and screen is clear.

Computer ran slow, took to geek squad, they were zero help. My 27 yr old son had to work on computer to make it faster. Works great now.

My issue with this PC was that i bought it for my husband as a gaming PC. Everything looked and worked great except the actual pfs* or how the game was running. From what i understood. It wouldn’t get the amount that it should because of the integrated program it had and couldn’t be removed. So the game wasn’t running at its full potential. Went back and got the same one but one that had intel which we could actually program it.

This was a birthday present for our Grandson. As expected he is into online gamming, i.e. "Fortnight" He did pretty good on his regular laptop but it slowed his game down. He loves this laptop, graphics are great, game smooth and responsive, no lag. For now he is extremely satisfied.

Added 8GB RAM now an excellent computer. I use a 256 GB SD card for storage and use built in SSD for running apps.

Today, I am looking at Acer’s Nitro 5 Gaming laptop (AN515-42-R5GT). I was particularly interested because this laptop features the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Processor at 2GHz (turbo boost at 3.6GHz), VEGA integrated graphics and a Radeon RX 560X GPU with 4GB GDDR5 memory. I have never used an all-AMD laptop. It has 8GB of DDR4 SDRAM (easily upgradable to 32GB). It comes with 256GB of SSD storage. First, knowing that this is an entry-level gaming laptop, my expectations were not that high. Well, I have had it for a week now and the experience so far has not been disappointing and a little surprising, frankly. This model’s chassis is made entirely of black plastic with a nice accented carbon fiber-looking finish top and carbon graphics on the dash. It weighs a hefty 5.96 lbs. so carrying it around can take some effort requiring a bigger book bag. The swivels are sturdy keeping the screen firm and in place. Overall, it feels well built. Connectivity is not an issue since this model offers a good amount of ports; 2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3, 1 USB-C 3.1, HDMI 2.0, an Ethernet port, a single audio port and a card reader. It has a standard 720P camera. Now let’s get to the important stuff. Booting up is fast and for the most part, opening and moving between programs is rather smooth and responsive, due to the SSD. The IPS 1080P 60Hz 15.6” screen is a bit dim being about only 250 nits, and more on the warm side. The keyboard feels responsive with nice clicking and travel. However, the layout takes some time getting used to, especially because the delete and right shift keys are on the small side. The trackpad feels very smooth and responsive, easily detecting most gestures. The audio, as expected from most laptops, is nothing to get excited about -it is decent and loud, but with no bass at all. It does feature Dolby Audio so using headphones is basically a must. As far as performance, this laptop does rather well. Doing minor video and sound editing is not a problem. It is not blazing fast, but acceptable. It is a great device for productivity. Being marketed as a gaming laptop, it can give the impression to casual PC users that it will play the latest and more demanding games at the highest settings. That is not the case. I ran a few benchmarks and found that this is more of an entry to mid-level gaming rig. I ran tests using the 3DMark’s tool. It scored 15136 on Sky Diver, 5344 on Fire Strike and 1937 on Time Spy. These numbers are not bad, but far away from top scores. For a better perspective, DOOM on Ultra settings ran at a nice 70-90 FPS, Fallout 4 at high settings at 60-70 fps. However, I was shocked that I had to play Fortnite on medium settings to keep the frame rate at 60FPS and even then, it dipped occasionally. Of course, this does not matter if you are not used to playing games on high-end PC’s and most games look and perform better than on a dedicated console. I will have to say that the PC runs on the hot side, even though it features CoolBoost Technology. The cooling fans can get very loud, and they are strangely located on the right side only. Also, because this laptop has only 256GB of space, very few games can be installed. However, installing a second hard drive is incredibly easy as this laptop offers easy access to the bay without dismantling the whole computer. The same if you want to upgrade the memory (which you should immediately). As far as the battery, it will provide about 4 hours during regular work, 2-3 hours while watching video content and about 1.5 hrs. when playing games or editing videos. Overall, this is a great value entry-level laptop that will not break the bank. At the suggested retail price, I will highly recommend it if you are mainly focusing on productivity with some gaming sprinkled in between -but do not forget to upgrade space and memory right away!

Bought as a first computer for my 12 yr. old. Easy to use. She loves it

This Acer Nitro 5 comes with 2 Radeon graphics cards instead of a Nvidia GTX 1050 ti like it's other configuration. That being said, the performance difference is only slightly noticeable. With AMD Radeon you have full control over all your necessary graphics settings to ensure you have a smooth gaming experience. This laptop is great for both casual gamers who play a couple hours a day and those who play more often than that. With the SSD boot times and download speeds are quick. The fans never kicked to full capacity while playing Killing Floor 2 on high settings but they did kick in while playing Battlefield. Fortnite ran very smoothly and it feels great gaming on this Acer nitro 5. I do like the keyboard and the red backlight is very cool to me but the trackpad was very rough and unresponsive. That being said I did use a mouse most of the time. The storage at 256 GB is not fantastic but it is rather simple to get the back open to swap out storage drives if need be. The screen is well lit and looks great in game with no screen tearing and minimal spikes in frame rate. I only noticed frame rate drops when pushing the graphics card to the max on ultra settings but the cooling system does well in managing clock speeds so you don't misuse your device. Overall, the Acer Nitro 5 with AMD Radeon Vega 8 and Rx560 is truly worthy of purchasing for anyone looking to game on a budget and doesn't mind not having a GTX1050 Ti. To those that just gotta have the 1050 ti then this is not for you. This PC will offer smooth, comfortable gaming at a reasonable price.

I was very excited when i purchased this on sale. It should be a great computer with the Ryzen 5 APU chip-set and a RX 560 GPU. Plus it has a SSD for even better speeds!! So mine either is just broken or the GPU doesn't work with this chip set. My 8 year old non gaming laptop is way faster. I can barely get 10 FPS running a non intensive game on the lowest settings. This thing is so slow that it takes 3-5 seconds for my typing to even pop up in the windows desktop search box. I am so disappointed in this product and i will be returning it!

Screen freezes all the time and will even go green screen lock up during gaming. This is not the one.

The Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42-R5GT is a 15.6 inch Full HD display laptop computer marketed with an 8 GB RAM, 256 Solid State Drive (SSD), weighs just under 6 pounds and is a touch over 1 inch thick. The Nitro is preloaded with Windows 10, which is the newest Microsoft operating system which will need updating as soon as you power-up your new system. The update of the operating system went smoothly. The supplied 8 GB of Ram is pretty standard for a newly configured laptops, and should be able to provide most consumers advanced multitasking options whereby enabling them to do several things simultaneously without any hick-ups. This is a nice capability if you are one of those users that tends to have several large programs open at the same time. This will also help you achieve smoother gaming as the Nitro has 6 cores and 12 processing capabilities. The Nitro 5 does not have a GTX1050 TI graphics card, so if this is a must for you, consider a different laptop choice. The Nitro 5 laptop comes standard with a 256GB SSD which does not offer a plethora of storage, but you can always upgrade the system if you desire. The smaller storage capability was not a deal breaker for me, as I use online storage for my vast photo collections. Honestly speaking, I would rather have a SSD with no moving parts, which provides faster start ups and reduced heat production and power drain on the battery. If you have never experienced a start up with a SSD you are in for a surprise. SUPER FAST! Inside the Nitro 5 is a AMD Radeon RX 560X graphics card backed with 4GB GDDR5 dedicated video memory which provides faster video memory and an advanced Graphics Processing Unit. This unit will supercharge your gaming experience. The laptop does not have a DVD/CD drive which makes the unit lighter and has a 4-cell lithium-ion battery. If you want this capability, you will have to purchase a separate unit. I've used this laptop quite extensively after unpacking. I found that the laptop did not become hot after long periods of use, but it did become warm. It's performance easily handled my games with no problems. The Nitro has HD Webcam to include a microphone meaning that you don't have to go out and purchase separately in order to use SKYPE or the WHATSAP. Having an available webcam definitely makes sense for a laptop. Also standard with this product is a media reader for transferring your photographs. It does support SD memory card formats. The Nitro is a magnet for fingerprint oil. The trackpad or surface of the laptop does not show visible finger prints, but it does show the oil from your fingers and hands. I have another Nitro laptop which also suffers this symptom. The keyboard has a very solid feel to it, and I did not experience any flex or bending. The keyboard has the option of backlighting which is great, especially if you use your laptop in a dimly or darkened room. One note on the usage of this keyboard (backlighting in off position) is that I personally found it difficult to see letters and numbers on the keyboard even if there was sufficient lighting in the room. What that translates into is basically using a lit keyboard all the time. The screen is matte and has very nice colors to it. Viewing angles are decent even if you are not sitting directly in back of the screen. No complaints at all. The verdict on the Nitro 5? Nice laptop, superfast, great startup time, and overall decent performance for the budget conscious. Nice laptop. You should be very happy with this purchase.

I gave the Nitro 5 five stars because I believe it does exactly what a gaming laptop in this price range is supposed to do--it will play any modern game and though you won't be able to always turn the game settings all the way up, you'll still have a good experience that won't break the bank. The Nitro 5 looks good. Acer didn't overdo it on the cosmetics, but it looks like it's ready to do battle. Ultimately, you'll have to be the judge, but I like it. It doesn't really matter how good a laptop looks if it doesn't perform well. To be honest, this is my first AMD laptop and I wasn't expecting much. But I've been pleasantly surprised by the performance of the Ryzen 5/RX 560 combo, particularly in games. Call of Duty runs smoothly, bottoming out at just above 70 frames with everything turned up. That's pretty impressive at this price range. And I've been pleasantly surprised at how good the screen is. Corners were definitely cut to get to price down in other areas, but the screen is bright and colorful. If you have a limited budget and need/want a good gaming laptop, it doesn't get much better than the Nitro 5.

The Acer nitro 5 offers a gaming laptop that should fit just about any gaming need you may have. With AMD's 560X graphics gaming card you should be able to play with just about any game thats out there with a breeze. AMD's set up i think can be arguably compared to Nvidias GTX 1050TI which is a very good entry level card. With the ability to switch to vega 8 for power concerns this laptop will be able to adapt based on its environment. Out of the box this is a very nice and simplistic looking laptop. Its not over the top in the way of design and offers a key layout which should suit just about most gamers out there. The WASD layout is very nice and visible and the key back lighting is done nice. One drawback is that i wish the keyboard had more color options or even the ability to dim the lights. They are either on or off. The laptop offers an IPS display which im not too fond of as they usually are not that bright or vibrant. However the screen display was very bright with vibrant colors which was a breath of fresh air. With the IPS display don't expect to game or stream in 4k either. The speakers put out decent sound but this shouldn't be an issue as most gaming is done with headphones on anyways. I got about 3 hours of battery life before needing a charge on medium settings. There is also no CD drive so keep that in mind when purchasing. This is not a big issue for me as i do alot of gaming on Steam anyways. I don't want to drag this on with the specifics as all the specs can be found here on Best Buy. What i want to do is really focus on what this laptop was meant to do which is gaming and how well it can handle it in to the longer hours. One of the biggest issues i have noticed with some of the lower end laptops in my past is issues with heat distribution during the longer hours of gaming. This laptop does pretty well into the longer hours while playing some of the older games like civilization on the higher settings. I didn't really feel it start to heat up till about the third hour. However while playing Call of Duty i started to really notice the heat temperature rise well in to the end of the first hour. Granted my settings were maxed out but the heat never got to the point where i felt i could not lay it on my lap. Taking apart the laptop was easier than i thought it would be and once apart i noticed the fan layout. I noticed they put the fans side by side instead of separating them on opposite ends for better heat distribution. Now i didn't want to mess the laptop up taking apart the heat channels to see if they ran to their own separate fan but by the looks of it, it looked as if they pull from the same junction which seems kinda of like a waste and may be why it heated up rather quickly. Either way about 3 hours in to my game my temperature seemed to stabilize and i saw no issues from this in the form of frame rate drop or lag. Im used to gaming with Nvidia set up and don't have too much experience with just how well AMD's radeon can perform so i put it to the test while playing Fortnite. While playing and maxing out all my settings in game i got a very good and smooth 80 frames. I was really impressed and even how to double check to make sure i wasn't reading that wrong. It just seemed almost unrealistic for a laptop to run that smooth and during some of my high action fighting there was never once any drop outs or lag issues. In the past when i run my settings on max load they usually give me a disadvantage as there tends to be hiccups in the display and i usually end up dead before i get a chance to line up my target. This was not an issue here at all. While playing Call of Duty, action sequences were smooth and color display was vibrant throughout the whole game with no visible streaking. Having a built in web cam with mic also was a nice feature to have for some live streaming. Although i never really utilized the cam during gaming i had no issues setting it up and using it to chat with some friends. Display was smooth and streaming was very fluid with no blurs or lag. Here's the bottom line. This is an awesome set up for entry level to moderate gamers. Heat dissipation is not the best but its not horrible either and does not seem to effect game play. The only thing that kinda of worries me a bit is the fact that i have only put a week of testing in to this. In the past i have seen and heard mix reviews of Acers line up for gaming laptops and while this is the first one i have owned i would keep in mind that there have been issues with screen displays going out. Now while i wanted to throw that out there for you i want you to also know that i have at this time yet to run in to any issues. Everything has been flawless and quite impressive that i am in almost disbelief that this laptop runs this good. I just hope that this can stand the test of time but if that is a concern of yours as it is mine my suggestion would be get this laptop as it is a good gaming laptop just make sure to get a warranty and you should be good to go.

This is a good-looking laptop in several respects. From the outside, the faux carbon fiber finish and metallic-looking hinge give it a nice presence. The red backlit keyboard is impressive, and it's nice that they managed to fit in a numeric keypad beside the standard keyboard layout. In order to do that, they had to make the number keys a bit more narrow, but not unworkably so. The display is also good for looking *at*. Great resolution and colors, with a very wide viewing angle for when someone wants to watch over your shoulder without having to stand directly over your shoulder. There's also a good, included app for adjusting the graphics performance when you're more worried about battery life. I found it to be very quick and capable, and it juuuust fits inside my laptop bag. Although it's definitely not a light computer, it's not quite as heavy as I expected from looking at it. If you're looking for a way to do some gaming while traveling, this is a solid choice.

So, yes 5 stars. I bought this with many expectations. This unit met all of them except one. I will mention the one later. This unit replaced a 15in laptop from 2015. That unit has the AMD A10-8700P with 8GB single channel DDR3 1333, 256GB SSD, no USB-C and a DVD/RW with a 1920x1080 TN panel. Pros for this unit (and keep in mind this is in comparison as I am sure there are more expensive better units available): The keyboard is the first one. I wanted a backlit keyboard. This delivers. The video performance is phenomenal and the switching graphics works seamlessly (main game that the old unit could not run was Fallout New Vegas which had to run medium settings at 720p). This unit runs that game at ultra settings with no problem (the log shows low GPU and CPU utilization while playing). Another con is the screen. Same resolution but completely different screen quality between the two. The brightness of this unit is plenty for me. Next, the battery life. My old unit had the APU processor only but struggled to hit 3 hours of life. This unit even with the extra hardware lasts about 4 hours. Next pro, USB-C. Useful for my devices. The overall Windows experience is also smooth and buttery. Only con: The SSD on here is lacking. It's 2018 and unfortunately SSD's are available in the market with speeds ranging from ultra fast to just about 7200RPM HDD speeds. This SSD maxes out at 450MB/s but that is interface thoroughput. When I test it with smaller block sizes, the lack of speed is notable. Other than the SSD speed issue, this unit is solid and the keyboard has a very usable keyboard. I bought a second DDR4 stick and now run in dual channel with 16GB. For someone wanting to play older games at maxed out settings or newer games with many adjustments, this unit will get you into that group at a minimal cost.

Literally ordered it the second it was available on this site.... Received and unboxed it today, well built unit good feel. It has a good keyboard, screen, touchpad, etc... I wouldn't say its the "best" at anything but everything is well thought out and put together. There is a bit of keyboard flex, but this is more than acceptable at this price point. The bad: Single channel CAS 17 8G Ram, but its upgradable so.... No options in BIOS whatsoever, so no power management, tuning or overclocking available. The good: Runs cool, screen is more than acceptable and matte! 58C top temp in CPU based workloads, can get into the 70s when the RX560x is running too.. 47fps average in Uniengine Valley & Heaven, 1080p High no AA 66-72fps Cinebench OpenGL Cinebench R15: 141 single threaded, 642 multi threaded Passmark 9: 2730 overall, 7,847 CPU, 1217 3D PCMark 10: 3624 overall, 6720 Essentials, 5183 Productivity, 3710 content creation, 3707 Extended. 3Dmark 10: 17222 Cloud Gate, 5425 Fire Strike, 8.8M Vulkan, 11.5M DX12, 888.8K DX11MT, 1.07M DX11ST. Corona: 5:50 1,384,720 rays/sec.

Casual gamers...this laptop is perfect for you. This laptop is a nice size, not too heavy for easy portability. Set up is self-explanatory. Just follow the instruction on screen. Super-fast startup. Graphics are amazing! Decent sound. I really like how the keyboard lights up for night playing. The Nitrosense is great for saving battery life or making sure you get high performance when plugged in.