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日本Acer Nitro 5
- Date Published: 23 Mar 2022
- Intel Core i5-10300H
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W)
- 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 144 Hz, IPS
- 256GB SSD
- 8GB DDR4, 2933 MHz
- 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
Pros
- One of the best-priced gaming laptops out there
- Good keyboard with decent travel, clicky feedback, and an optional RGB backlight
- Two M.2 slots with RAID 0 support
- The display doesn't flicker at any brightness level (LG LP156WFC-SPD5)
- Has a good contrast ratio and comfortable viewing angles (LG LP156WFC-SPD5)
- 144Hz display option
Cons
- Lacks an SD card reader and Thunderbolt support
- Hot and loud during gameplay
- Covers only 53% of sRGB (LG LP156WFC-SPD5)
- Subpar CPU performance
Specs
- Intel Core i7-1165G7 1.0%
- AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 1.2%
- Intel Core i5-10300H
- Intel Core i5-1145G7 0.3%
- Intel Core i5-10400H 0.6%
- Intel Core i5-9300H 1.0%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 60W) 0.2%
- NVIDIA RTX A2000 (Laptop) 3.6%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) 2.5%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop) 4.3%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 50W) 4.4%
- HDD/SSD
- 256GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 2x 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 RAID 0 See photo
- RAM
- 8GB DDR4, 2933 MHz
- OS
- Windows 10 Home
- Body Material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 363.4 x 255 x 23.9 mm (14.31" x 10.04" x 0.94")
- Weight
- 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 3x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- HDMI
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Audio jack
- 3.5 mm combo
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone
- Optical drive
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Acer Nitro 5 in-depth review
Last year, the Nitro 5 was one of the first notebooks to introduce the then newly announced Turing graphics cards from NVIDIA. Now, it is the processors that are upgraded, and with Comet Lake-H, the new Nitro 5 (AN515-55) will try to assault the budget gaming market. However, it has a frightening competitor in the face of the ASUS TUF A15 (FA506) and its crazy fast Ryzen 4000H processors. Thankfully, Acer is planning on AMD-equipped laptops from the Nitro family, as well, but until that happens, we are "stuck" with what Intel has to offer. Despite all of the fuss about them, they proved to be a non-substantial upgrade over the Coffee Lake-HR CPUs, and they produce a lot of excessive heat. It is particularly interesting how the Nitro 5 (AN515-55) will counter this, especially when yo[...]
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Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options
This is another year where we see the Nitro 5 struggle to cool down its components adequately enough. However, it has a decent upgradability package, and Acer provides stickers inside the box, making it great for personalization. Check out all Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-55) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review. 1. Remove the bottom plate Since there are no service lids here, you need to remove the entire bottom panel to access the internals. First, remove all 11 Phillips-head screws. Then pry the panel with a plastic tool and lift it away. It'[...]
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CPU Performance: Intel Core i5-10300H
Results are from the Cinebench 20 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU Performance: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W)
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 4.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Superposition benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Some games you can play on this laptop
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 178 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 137 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 93 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 180 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 134 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 72 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 42 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 86 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 52 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 28 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 63 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 52 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 44 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 37 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 453 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 72 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 406 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 240 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 117 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 76 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 63 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 21 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 24 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 429 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 374 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 293 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 172 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 145 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 136 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 121 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 164 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 93 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 58 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 43 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 155 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 113 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 96 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 61 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 136 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 104 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 92 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 84 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 181 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 131 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 122 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 101 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 219 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 137 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 136 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 216 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 101 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 93 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 80 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 69 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 43 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 97 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 82 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 72 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 238 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 180 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 125 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 420 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 276 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 330 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 187 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 230 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 203 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 202 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 201 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 120 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 90 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 61 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 46 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 211 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 188 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 219 FPS | 137 FPS |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 104 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 79 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 69 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 46 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 92 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 43 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 21 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 140 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 93 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 77 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 60 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 191 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 184 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 163 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 101 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 84 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 76 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 124 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 118 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 92 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) | 167 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 140 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 121 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 108 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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