Acer Swift X SFX14-41G-R1S6 Creator Laptop | 14 Full HD 100% sRGB | AMD Ryzen 7 5800U | NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti GPU | 16GB LPDDR4X | 512GB SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | Backlit KB | Amazon Alexa | Windows 10 Home

EDIT: disabling processor power boost (aka turbo boost) solved temperature issues with the laptop and also decreased fan noise by 99%

Its my first time to have a NVIDIA processor and graphics unit, and I have to say its been great so far! I needed this laptop for school, and I wanted to get one that has a good GPU. Mostly laptops with good GPUs are made for gaming, which comes at a cost when considering its battery life. The Acer Swift X is a laptop that has the balance between a good gaming laptop with a very good performance and a good battery life. In this laptop you will find both. Also, being a 14 laptop, it doesnt feel small as in the 13 laptops and its not huge either. It is super portable. In a nutshell, this one is hard to beat on this price unit.

Let me say this has great performance. It handled everything i threw at it, playing mid to high gaming with rtx and dsll enabled was cool - while even doing some media consumption and work on the side.

With it being a laptop having a NVIDIA processor for graphics and built in graphics to the ryzen processor, the laptop tends to always put your settings on the lowest setting possible. Play with graphics in the settings and realize this isnt completely for heavy gaming use. I use it a ton for blender and adobe apps, as well as playing r6 with ray-tracing at 150fps and apex at 120. the keyboard gets hot under heavy usage but its not awful. I do recommend this laptop, its an awesome sleeper and great for everyday use, just keep the charger close lol.

This is a breakdown/review of the Acer Swift X SFX14-42G-R607 Creator Laptop:

Do the research, to find something with this much CPU power, 16gb ram, nvme storage AND an RTX 3050ti for LESS than a grand. Your choices are few and far between... I specifically wanted current gen hardware for the first time in my life. Coming from desktops I was curious just how much power does this little bad boy have. Before even turning it on I added a 1tb nvme drive and it was recognized immediately. Mostly I play GTA, Fallout, Forza, etc... It plays them all VERY WELL! Like, wow for the price kinda performance. To some people, $800 isnt ALOT of money, for me, its the most expensive tech Ive ever owned so I did my research. I couldnt be happier.......

The performance on this laptop is excellent with its RTX 3050ti GPU. I am not a heavy gamer, so it is more than enogh to handle my games such as LOL and AOE4. Not to mention this laptop is only about 3lbs with incredible long lasting battery.

Ive had very hit or miss luck with laptops, regardless of the hardware specs. I can finally confidently replace the old desktop with this one. Performing great and a great price. Im not a hardcore gamer or anything, but its probably good for a casual gamer like myself, and Ive done video editing with no problem as well.

Im on my third laptop and each time the wifi card disappears after 2-3 months. This time Im outside the return period so Im unable to exchange with Amazon and will have to deal directly with Acer. Dont buy this.

This is billed as a powerful, lightweight laptop for creatives. It is all that except the fan gets so loud and runs so long just for minor tasks at 15% CPU load before the GPU EVEN KICKS IN I cant imagine working with it for video and audio editing. Seriously, its as loud as a heatgun, and it has a shrill whine along with the woosh. I suppose if you use closed headphones it would be usable. Im very disappointed, I waited a long time for this to come out, and it sure is pretty and light with a beautiful screen.