Acer announced new Nitro 5 gaming notebooks, plus new Aspire 5 and 7 notebooks, powered by AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors. The powerful new AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors deliver fast and efficient performance for laptops. With up to 8 cores of processing power, they combine low-power high-bandwidth memory with low power consumption and up to double the data rates achieved by the previous generation of RAM, making them ideal for the new Nitro and Aspire notebooks.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Laptop GPUs, powered by the NVIDIA Ampere architecture, increase energy efficiency by up to 2x, accelerate performance dramatically, and introduce third-generation Max-Q technologies for thin and lightweight designs.
The Acer Nitro 5 is a line of beautifully balanced notebooks aimed at casual gamers who are ready for something better. These devices have been painstakingly designed in order to cater to the needs of any PC enthusiast, whether that’s exploring the world’s ever-growing catalog of game titles or editing montages of gameplay
The Acer Aspire 5 and Aspire 7 lines are powerful, well-rounded notebooks with understated designs, ideal for more conventional users who particularly care about performance, display quality, weight, and battery life.
Acer Nitro 5 – Get Into the Game
Acer’s popular Nitro 5 gaming notebook line gets a significant upgrade with the addition of up to an AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX Mobile Processor and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, a powerful combination ideal for gaming enthusiasts. Rounding out this powerful CPU/GPU combo are two slots for an M.2 PCIe and/or SATA SSD (supporting up to 2TB NVMe SSD / 2TB HDD), up to 32 GB of DDR4 3200 RAM, and fast networking via Killer E2600 support and Wi-Fi 6.
The new Nitro 5 notebooks are available with 15.6-inch or 17.3-inch displays, featuring a quad high-definition (QHD) display with a 165 Hz refresh rate or a full high-definition (FHD) display with up to a 360 Hz refresh rate. Acer also kept colors bright with a 300-nit panel that covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut and made the screen more attractive by boosting its screen-to-body ratio to 80% with narrow 0.27-inch (7.02 mm) bezels.
Twin fans, Acer CoolBoost technology, and four strategically placed exhaust ports keep the Nitro 5 running cool. CoolBoost monitors fan speed and increases it when necessary to optimize total performance.
Acer Aspire 7 – Powerful Performance and a Slim Design for Power Users on the Go
New models in the Aspire 7 line feature the powerful new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processor paired with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU, making them ideally suited for the demanding needs of both professionals and enthusiasts.
All that power is housed in a chassis weighing just 4.73 lbs (2.15 kg), making it portable enough to work on-the-go without compromising on performance. With up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory and up to a 1 TB PCIe SSD, it’s a powerful productivity machine that’s up for a challenge.
It also features the latest connectivity, with USB-C for superfast data transfer at up to 5 Gbps. Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) improves average network throughput by up to 3 times and reduces latency by up to 75 percent compared to Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac).
Its slim design includes a stunning FHD 15.6-inch display with a narrow bezel, delivering an 81.61 percent screen-to-body ratio. Acer Color Intelligence and Acer ExaColor work in tandem to deliver highly accurate visuals.
Lastly, its thermal design offers multiple cooling modes, ensuring the notebook runs cool and quiet. With a single touch of the shortcut “Fn+F,” the fan speed can be alternated between silent, normal, or performance.
Acer Aspire 5 – Affordable Performance for Multi-Taskers
The newest Aspire 5 also features powerful new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors, AMD Radeon RX 640 GPUs, 24 GB memory, and up to a 1 TB M.2 PCIe SSD NVMe and/or up-to a 2TB HDD.
Its slim 0.70-inch (17.95 mm) design and sandblasted aluminum cover give it a sleek polished appearance. Its narrow border design surrounds a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display, which also includes Acer BlueLightShield technologies to reduce the emission of potentially harmful blue light.
Pricing and Availability
The Nitro 5 (AN515-45) will be available in EMEA in May starting at AED 4,999.
The Aspire 5 (A515-45 [G]/[S]) will be available in EMEA in May starting at AED 2,799.
Exact specifications, prices, and availability will vary by region.
