Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57-79TD Gaming Laptop | Intel Core i7-11800H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | 15.6 FHD 144Hz IPS Display | 8GB DDR4 | 512GB NVMe SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6 | Backlit Keyboard

Received fast. Works great. Nice

Performs well especially for a laptop and is great for gaming. I personally think that 8gb ram is a little too small for gaming and multitasking on your computer but it can be fixed by installing your own desired amount of ram later on. That goes as well for the SSD/HDD. Other than that its definitely it runs fine on a day to day basis.

Within hours of receiving, screen started flickering issue & there were consistent problems with software being installed. Called customer care to determine it has a hardware concern although brand new in box … returning asap. Won’t be purchasing Acer again.

Its nice to see Acer stepping up and producing a well rounded gaming laptop for under $1,000. The first thing you will notice is how slim and lightweight it is with a solid metal feel. Windows 11 is a relatively easy system to setup but there are several trail services that are best skipped or signed up for later on. The only freebie software that I do recommend signing up for is the 1 year of 100GB storage with Dropbox. You dont need any of the extra bells and whistles it will try to sell you but a year of service without having to provide a credit card is a good deal. The keyboard layout feels spacious and does not flex. So, typing is actually pleasant on this laptop. I am not sure the exact brightness level but it is brighter than my Asus TUF gaming laptop that I am coming from. The 144 refresh rate is appreciated and a must for the modern gamer. I was worried the RTX 3050 Ti would be lackluster after using a RTX 2060 for the past two years, but it holds its own quite well (see uploaded video of Hogwarts Legacy playing very smoothly with an xbox controller on this laptop). If you are buying this for teen or young adult gamer, I recommend pairing it with one of the official Xbox series S/X controllers. This is one of current favorite controllers and it works well for Windows 11 gaming on this laptop. For anyone wondering if a 3050 Ti can handle VR gaming with only 4GB VRAM, the answer is yes. I connected a Odyssey+ VR headset that ran Townsmen, Noun Town, or Vacation Simulator smoothly (all excellent VR games). The 512GB SSD is speedy but may not be enough if you have a large photo collection or if you like to store tons of games to switch between. There is room to add another SSD and 1TB SSD upgrade should only cost between $60 - $100. At this price point, I think 512GB is reasonable for a baseline as is the 16GB of DDR4 RAM. I dont think you will need more for another a few years. The i5 is plenty powerful for gaming and business tasks. Intel has finally caught up to AMD with there current generation mobile processors.

The battery cant last very long even when the performance is not max out.

Bought to take with me to work during night shifts, works really well only real problem is the battery drains rather quick otherwise it is great

We purchased this machine for the specific purpose of downgrading the OS to Windows 10 64 bit for use with some proprietary software that we use in the entertainment industry. The OS rollback went smoothly except for the audio driver. Hats off to Acers tech support! We were on the phone with them for 10 minutes, and the problem was solved with a replacement driver. The best part was we received no hassle from them about rolling back the OS on the machine. The unit is very fast, and the adaptive cooling which is crucial for us works very well. The most impressive feature was the new style screen technology. We lowered the resolution, and nothing become fuzzy, or blurry at all. the text is still crisp, and the graphics are excellent. For the price this is a great must buy if you want a quality machine that will stay relevant for several years, and not break the bank today when you buy it.

no problems in setting up the laptop very happy with my new machine

I needed a new laptop, mainly just to keep my photos and play sims 3. And this laptop was just perfect. I’ve never had such a fast gaming experience, I have 9 expansion pack so my old laptop always lagged. This one is doing so great I even tried adding mods and custom content, something my old laptop would never have been able to do, and it’s still running great! I’d highly recommend it!

Product was dead on arrival! No evidence of tampering, product came with unbroken seal. However, upon connecting charger and making several attempts to turn laptop on, nothing.