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 ...

In this scenario, Acer might have you covered with the $749 Nitro 5. As configured, it’s an $849 “casual gaming” laptop, with an eighth-gen Core i5-8300H quad-core processor (with up to 4GHz ...

Assembling a budget gaming PC was considered a more cost-effective way than buying a budget gaming laptop. However, this has changed due to an acute shortage of major PC building components like CPU, ...

It’s big and heavy, with so-so battery life and a fairly dim screen, but if you’re shopping for a gaming laptop that handle AAA titles without breaking the bank, the $750 Coffee Lake-powered Acer ...

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

The cheapest Nitro 5 combines an Intel Core i5 processor with Nvidia's aged GeForce GTX 1650 GPU. Our $1,099.99 test unit (model AN515-57-74TT) heats things up with an eight-core, 2.3GHz Core ...

The Nitro 5 weighs in at 5.51 pounds and is just more than an inch thick, with a chassis made primarily from black plastic. The design isn't as in your face as a lot of gaming laptops, sticking with a ...

In the field of low-end gaming laptops, Acer’s latest Nitro 5 (model AN517-51-56YW) is about as budget as they come. But for $880, you don’t need more than what the Acer Nitro 5 offers to play ...

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