While both the Nitro 5 and Bravo 15 benefit from AMD's new "Renoir" CPU architecture, there's only so much Acer can do with a $330 lower price. Besides packing a six-core Ryzen 5 versus an eight-core ...

If you're not into consoles, the Acer Nitro 5 is a brilliant gaming laptop alternative. As long as you keep it plugged in and aren't looking to go crazy with settings, you'll have no problems running ...

Today, Acer is launching a new pair of Nitro 5 laptops that can be specced to include AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 series mobile chips. Users have the choice of either a 15.6-inch, or 17.3-inch model, both of ...

Normally a midrange machine, this year’s upgrades bump it up a level Normally a midrange machine, this year’s upgrades bump it up a level is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in ...

You don't need a desktop to enjoy smooth gaming, but neither do you need to spend more than $2,000 on a high-end gaming laptop with a discrete GPU that's so bulky and power-hungry that it likely will ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Acer’s Nitro 5 gaming laptop lineup has become more ...

To begin with, Acer will now offer Intel’s latest and greatest high-power “H” line of CPUs in the lineup, including the six-core Core i7-8750H that should dramatically improve the machine’s processing ...

Acer Nitro 5 launches as India’s first gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 7000 series processor. It also comes with Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU, and a 4-zone RGB keyboard, among other things. Let’s check out the ...

The Nitro 5 makes no apologies for being a budget gaming system. If you want cutting-edge tech like Nvidia's GeForce RTX graphics or a screen with a 144Hz refresh rate instead of the more familiar ...

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Acer equipped its Nitro 5 gaming notebooks with a relatively modest feature set compared with other gaming laptops, but that doesn't stop them from being solid values overall. Share on Facebook (opens ...