Acer Nitro 16 Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS Octa-Core CPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU | 16" WQXGA 165Hz IPS Display | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6E | RGB Backlit KB | AN16-41-R5KC

This 16" laptop has the most features, at the highest specs, for the lowest cost. I spent months reading reviews and comparisons to other laptops, and I decided on this model because it offered the best value. So if that is your primary concern, buy this laptop. I'm a creative entrepreneur who also games, so I needed a machine that could be fun while also making me money, yet without looking like a typical gamer laptop. The Nitro will play all of the latest games on Ultra and run them perfectly. The 4070 has 8 GB of VRAM, and in most situations this is plenty. There are a few games that require more for the highest quality textures, but you can toggle a different feature off to compensate, and it'll then run it at a high FPS. The DLSS and RTX on some games help it run even smoother. This laptop has excellent cooling, with multiple vents. The fans are not as loud as I thought they would be. In fact, when you use the included Nitro software, you can toggle it for everyday use and the fan is near-inaudible. There's an even quieter setting for absolute silence. The fan does get loud when playing a few intense games at max, but your headphones can block it out with in-game sound. The same is true for most desktop towers, and is the nature of gaming. The screen is excellent, with vivid colors, high brightness, a 165 Hz refresh rate, and a 16:10 ratio. The extra vertical height serves a valuable purpose when reading documents and editing images in graphic design programs. It's also pleasing to the eye. The thin bezels add to this appeal. Lots of connection ports. Fast Wi-Fi and ethernet. The keyboard is slightly squishy, but it's fine, and I use a full external keyboard anyway. The backlit keys are fun, useful, and can be modified in 4 zones, or turned off. The included webcam isn't stellar, but it works like you want it to. The only concern I had with this laptop is the 16 GB of RAM. They are high-speed sticks from Hynix, but when I multitasked in Photoshop, Chrome, and other editing programs, or while gaming at max settings, it would sometimes use 95% of the RAM. That's not a problem with the hardware, because RAM is designed to be utilized at its fullest for hours at a time, but I knew that I'd be doing simultaneous video and audio editing while browsing that would require more RAM, so I upgraded to 64 GB G.Skill RipJaws. It turns out that this was overkill, and I never utilize more than 32 GB. The 16 GB is fine for most creative people. Similar situation with the built-in SSD. It's a fast model Samsung, but I needed more space, so also upgraded the SSD from 1 TB to two 2 TB Samsung Pro 990s, to fit the extra m.2 drive bay. There is no third bay for a SATA SSD platter, as there was on the previous Nitro model. The laptop battery is huge, but this laptop supports USB-C charging. I purchased a 140 watt portable USB-C battery with a 240 watt cable. When plugged-in, this charger provides all of the necessary energy to run my applications and keep the battery at max. This lightweight charger makes trips to the library easier. However, once plugged in, Acer notifies me with a brief message that the laptop is not receiving the ideal amount of power. Unfortunately there are no 240 watt portable chargers available on the market at the moment. Some day soon they'll have 240 watt chargers and the larger brick will be obsolete. To conclude, this laptop can do everything you need a laptop to do, while also playing games at max, and it provides a tremendous value. --- Here is the information I gathered about this machine, from various reviews and the internal readouts after owning it. I wish Acer added this to the sales page to have helped with my initial purchase, but since they didn't, here it is for you, to help with your decision. Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-41-R5KC) 2023 Launched: January 2023. Date First Available: June 18, 2023 Screen-to-body ratio: ~73.6% Dimensions: 14.18 x 11.02 x 1.1 inches (360.17 x 279.9 x 25.9-27.9 mm). Area: 156.3 inches2 (1008 cm2) Weight: 5.95 pounds CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS Octa-Core CPU. Base frequency: 2.5 Ghz, Turbo frequency: up to 5.2GHz. AMD Radeon 780M iGPU. Cores: 16. Threads: 32. L3 Cache: 64 MB. Fabrication: 4 nm. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU. 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM. Memory bus: 192 bit. Memory speed: 16 Gbps. Shading units (cores): 7424. Texture mapping units (TMUs): 232. Raster operations pipelines (ROPs): 80. Performance: 17.1-24.7 TFLOPS. TGP: 140 watts maximum. Display: 16" WQXGA (16:10, 2560 x 1600) 165Hz IPS LCD Display. 189 ppi. Side bezels: 7.8 mm. Matte coating. (No HDR support. No touchscreen. No Ambient light sensor). Response time: 3 ms. Maximum open angle: 165 degrees. No PWM flickering. 475 to 520 nits brightness. Display tests: sRGB color space: 100%. P3: 67.9%. Adobe RGB: 69.9% Memory: 1TB PCIE Gen 4 M.2 SSD (Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR): 7079 MB read / 5161 MB write. 2 slots. Ram: 16GB DDR5 5600 Mhz SODIMM (2 x 8 GB) from Hynix. Max. ram size: 64 GB. Mainboard: AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH Wi-Fi: 6E (MediaTek MT7922, can be upgraded). Supports dual-stream Wi-Fi in the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands, including 2x2 MU-MIMO Technology; Killer Ethernet E2600 10/100/1000; Bluetooth 5.1 or above. 802.11ax. Keyboard: 4-zone RGB Backlit chiclet keys, Numpad. Concave keys (letter, number row) and flat keys (function keys, numerical pad). Touchpad: ~12.6 x 7.7 cm. Windows Precision multi-gesture. OS: Windows 11 Home Code: AN16-41-R5KC Audio: 2W dual speakers. DTS:X Ultra 3D spatial soundscape Features: NitroSense, AMD Adrenaline Edition, AMD FreeSync, NVIDIA G-SYNC, NVIDIA Advanced Optimus Cooling: 2-fans, 2-intakes (top and bottom), and a quad-exhaust port design. Liquid metal thermal grease. (No vapor chamber) IO: 1 USB A 2.0, 2 USB A 3.0, 2 USB C 4.0, HDMI 2.1, Micro SD (max transfer rate of 80.3 MB/s), Headphone/Microphone audio-multi-jack. Ethernet: RJ45 Ethernet. Killer/Intel chip (E2600; 1 GBit/s). Battery: Li-Ion, 90 Wh, Fast charging, USB Power Delivery, Charge power 280 2, AC adapter weight: 820 grams. Life: 12 hours of idle, 9 hours of websurfing. Maximum load: 1.75 hours. Webcam: 1280 x 720. 0.9 MP. Warranty: Two-year guarantee. Noise: Idle: 25.7 dB(A). Average: 33.9. Maximum: 62.

Sin duda, una laptop con increíble potencia y a un precio razonable, muy bonita también y su teclado iluminado muy bueno, la calidad de imagen en los juegos es muy buena, tengo un series S y X y podria decir que supera por mucho la calidad de imágen de la S al igual que de la X, imagen muy nítida, gráficas excelentes y detalles muy buenos, Eso sí, no puedo dejar de comentar que sus ventiladores se notan con mucha potencia, primera vez juego con una lap y creí iba a volar las primera veces que la use, pero creo es algo normal al jugar videojuegos

Ive been using this laptop for almost 2 years now. I never had any problem with it other than the nitro app and it solved by deleting and installing it again. Im currently playing ARK Ascended wich is a really demanding game and it runs fluid and pretty good. I got zero problems running my games or with the temperature, it does run a little hot but never got any dameges but if that worries you, just go to the nitro app and put those fans really high or just get like a gaming laptop cooling pad. I love this laptop really satisfied with it

Ventajas: Gran desempeño en videojuegos: He probado en varios videojuegos pondré de ejemplo el Alan Wake II lo probe en las configuraciones recomendadas por Nvidia prácticamente todo en alto con DLSS activado sin Ray tracing debido a que al activarlo la pantalla del juego se movía sin control como si el personaje estuviera intoxicado, pero aparte de eso el juego corría a unos 60 FPS. Desempeño general fantástico: Lo he ocupado para ofimática principalmente y no he tenido problemas. El teclado es maravilloso se siente tan cómodo para escribir, pero es la versión en inglés. La selección de puestos incluidos es muy buena y no tiene nada que enviarles a otros equipos. Las bocinas hacen un buen trabajo. La pantalla se ve bien. El software integrado es correcto, te deja controlar algunos parámetros como el color del teclado y los modos de energía. Desventajas: Al bajar a menos del 40% de batería, aunque este conectada, no te dejara ocupar todo el potencial de la computadora hasta que suba por arriba de este porcentaje. Algunas veces la computadora se congelará por ninguna razón aparente y reaccionará sin que hagas nada, una vez hasta la tuve que apagar porque no quería reaccionar. la construcción se siente sólida, pero a la vez burda, la pantalla se siente con un pequeño borde que da la sensación de que si lo fuerzas arrancaras un pedazo de plástico. El ruido que hace en sus modos más capaces es horrible, después de una hora es muy molesto, se siente como un castigo a pagar para que no se sobrecaliente tu equipo, bajas temperaturas a cambio de tu cordura. Al abrir STEAM se "tarda" bastante y se siente extraño, es similar a la sensación que sentía cuando ponía un juego en la Play 1 y no sabía si el juego funcionaria o no. A veces cuando cambias de modo de aprovechamiento de la laptop con el botón dedicado la computadora no sabe qué hacer y se congela un poco, pero eventualmente vuelve a la normalidad. Justo en este día me sucedió que al iniciar la computadora por unos 5 minutos no me dejo modificar el brillo de la pantalla, no sé si sea un problema recurrente. Conclusión: Es un buen equipo, pero tiene algunos errores de software que espero que con el tiempo se corrijan, para nada es algo que los deba detener al considerar el equipo como una buena opción entre un mundo de posibilidades.

This laptop is awesome. I love it. It runs all the games I play (COD, Fortnite, MGS3, Apex, WoW) flawlessly without any issues. The only thing I really don't like is that when I have it plugged in with the charger and try to run a game, it'll freeze and I'll have to do a hard restart to get it to work again. I found that if it's unplugged the issue won't happen though. as far as I know there isn't a fix for that issue. Other than that it's everything I expected and more.