Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G)
To see a laptop like the Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G), which features this hardware and portability level, is insane. The way technology has progressed in the last couple of years is mind-blowing.
Who would have thought that a laptop that is less than 1.40 kg heavy would be able to pack a Ryzen 7 5800U and an RTX 3050 Ti? The combination is both very potent and a huge gamble, as now Acer has to deal with cooling them both down while not having a lot of room to work with.
Today we present you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G).
Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G): Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G)
1. Design and build quality
The near all-metal design feels amazing to touch, while also making the device look very good. The body has a stylish two-tone finish, with our unit receiving a golden lid with a silvery base. There is a small Acer wordmark in the center of the lid, with this being the only branding on the laptop. The lid also has a leverage mechanism, which lifts up the rear of the laptop, giving the fans more room to breathe. The laptop is quite sturdy and didn’t bend that much when we tried to twist it.
2. Display quality
The laptop has a single IPS display option, but it is very good. It has a 14-inch diagonal and a Full HD resolution. The panel has comfortable viewing angles, a max brightness of 376 nits in the middle of the screen, 372 nits as an average for the entire area of the display, and a maximum deviation of 6%. The contrast ratio is also very high – 1890:1. The laptop also covers 97% of the sRGB color gamut.
The color coverage didn’t match the standard with the factory settings, but after we applied our Design and Gaming profile, the dE value went down to 1.0, which is within the standard.
Here are the results with the default settings (left), and with the Design and Gaming profile applied (right).
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Kontorsarbete
Office Work bör främst användas av användare som tillbringar större delen av tiden med att titta på text, tabeller eller bara surfar. Denna profil syftar till att ge bättre tydlighet och skärpa genom att bibehålla en platt gammakurva (2.20), native färgtemperatur och perceptuellt korrekta färger.
Design och Spel
Denna profil riktar sig till designers som arbetar professionellt med färger, samt för spel och filmer. Design and Gaming tar skärmpanelerna till sina gränser och gör dem så exakta som möjligt i sRGB IEC61966-2-1-standarden för webb och HDTV, vid vitpunkt D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminerar den skadliga pulsbreddsmoduleringen (PWM) och minskar det negativa blå ljuset som påverkar våra ögon och vår kropp. Eftersom den är skräddarsydd för varje panel lyckas den hålla färgerna perceptuellt korrekta. Health-Guard simulerar papper så att trycket på ögonen minskar avsevärt.
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3. Battery life
The laptop has a spectacular battery life, despite having a medium-sized 59Wh battery unit. The battery lasted for 15 hours and 11 minutes of Web browsing, and 11 hours and 48 minutes of video playback. Now, we conduct the battery tests with Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
4. Performance
The laptop offers a lot of power under its small hood, coming equipped with the Ryzen 7 5800U and the RTX 3050 with the RTX 3050 Ti also being available.
CPU benchmarks
Resultaten är från Cinebench R23 CPU-testet (ju högre poäng, desto bättre)
GPU benchmarks
Resultaten är från 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Högre är bättre.
Resultaten är från 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (högre poäng är bättre)
Resultaten är från Unigine Superposition benchmark (högre poäng är bättre)
1 reason NOT to buy the Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G)
1. Upgradeability
The laptop offers a tiny bit of upgradeability, with only two M.2 PCIe x4 drives. The memory here is soldered and the laptop comes with either 8GB or 16GB of DDR4 RAM.
Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to get access to the SSD slots.
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Author: Severin Kolakov
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