expiredVietty posted Sep 27, 2022 12:14 AM
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expiredVietty posted Sep 27, 2022 12:14 AM
Acer Nitro 5 Laptop: Ryzen 5 5600H, 15.6" 144Hz, 8GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, RTX 3060
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It's a beast, but be aware the screen is TERRIBLE, 144hz is a lie and it suffers from some of the worst ghosting I've ever encountered on a modern LCD.
There's a model with a 1440p screen and another with a 300hz 1080p, both are well reviewed and I'm planning on trying to find of of those screens and swapping it in, because gaming on this 144hz screen is just terrible.
it has 2 m.2 slots, 2 RAM slots and a wifi cards slot, getting anything with an HDD is practically impossible now
all you have to do is flip it, take the backplate off and change add more
and WTF was that about 6gb of RAM? that's the VRAM.... and no, 32gb is still overkill for anything gaming related
please refrain from giving terrible advice next time
It is superb on a laptop
Most laptops at this price point are rtx 3050 (4gb vram)
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Acer laptops are absolute pieces of trash.
I wouldn't be caught dead using one of these puppies. It's almost guaranteed to break within a year. Get a Lenovo laptop instead.
512 gig drive is likely going to fill up fast with games, COD itself taking up around 130 gigs. Not sure if this is an SSD or an HDD (Likely a HDD), So you'd want to get an SSD to swap it out with (Samsung Evo 870 is what I got) with at least 1 TB space. If it has 2 hard drive Bays, that's better.
Space runs out fast if you're playing lots of different games with friends, and you typically want to keep them installed.
Desktops you can upgrade everything over time. Stationary, sure, but it's worth it for more capabilities and parts you can add on.
not sure what the prices will be but if all the rx7700 chips are going into laptop you will get your 1440p performance at 60 fps easily plus with usb 4.0 functionality you will have the ablility to have actual gpu docks so later on you will be able to connect an external gpu but we are entering the territory with traditional rasterization there will be a wall
where the only increase in fidelity will most likely be due to direct storage (reducing pop in) and ray-tracing for more realistic shadows/lighting/reflections
but if you need a laptop right now?? with this gpu u can game at 1080p ultra (on the more realistic games) at around 60fps... esports you will be hitting the 100-150fps at ultra
Acer laptops are absolute pieces of trash.
I wouldn't be caught dead using one of these puppies. It's almost guaranteed to break within a year. Get a Lenovo laptop instead.
My wife got my daughter an ACER Aspire two years ago and it had a number of hardware issues, and the motherboard died at two years old. Acer offered no assistance at all.
Before my Lenovo Thinkpad T550 I had a Lenovo Ideapad line U410, and that was a piece of garbage in every way. Hinge was so bad, and wifi antenna routing were wrong that there were eventually two class actions. I kept it two years.
I have had computers since my Kaypro II, and laptops since the first week the Toshiba T-1000 came out.
I think you are absolutely right about Acer, but I would say my own experience with the cheaper line of Lenovo is it is not great either.
I will say though, I would have a heart attack if my machine truly died due to the way I use it with a lot of data and programs on my hdd. My kid was not phased at all as their programs are subscriptions/apps and their data is all on line. So I think for the student buyer, the home user, they dont really care if a machine dies in two or three years.
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512 gig drive is likely going to fill up fast with games, COD itself taking up around 130 gigs. Not sure if this is an SSD or an HDD (Likely a HDD), So you'd want to get an SSD to swap it out with (Samsung Evo 870 is what I got) with at least 1 TB space. If it has 2 hard drive Bays, that's better.
Space runs out fast if you're playing lots of different games with friends, and you typically want to keep them installed.
Desktops you can upgrade everything over time. Stationary, sure, but it's worth it for more capabilities and parts you can add on.
When replacing a machine a couple of months ago, I did as usual and harvested ram and its 1tb 2.5 SSD. and its 128 m2 before throwing's it in the trash. I usually get some use out of that stuff. Heck the laptop I am typing on has space for two user replaceable 2.5 ssds. And yes I am in shock at the idea of soldered ram. Some of htis may go into my self built tower that has been running as a server 24/7 for eight years.
So dont be too hard on people like above. It is actually pretty recent that the makers have decided they do not give a hoot about people who would self upgrade their laptop.
It's a beast, but be aware the screen is TERRIBLE, 144hz is a lie and it suffers from some of the worst ghosting I've ever encountered on a modern LCD.
There's a model with a 1440p screen and another with a 300hz 1080p, both are well reviewed and I'm planning on trying to find of of those screens and swapping it in, because gaming on this 144hz screen is just terrible.
it has 2 m.2 slots, 2 RAM slots and a wifi cards slot, getting anything with an HDD is practically impossible now
all you have to do is flip it, take the backplate off and change add more
and WTF was that about 6gb of RAM? that's the VRAM.... and no, 32gb is still overkill for anything gaming related
please refrain from giving terrible advice next time
Heck I just checked prices for Crucial and a 16GB DDR4 stick has the same price for desktop and laptop i.e. $55
The only reasonable argument against gaming laptops is potentially lower TDP for CPUs/GPUs and lack of cooling solutions which I see as a related problem.
Futureproof is a fools errand. It needs at least 8 more gigs of ram right off the line. It should hold up alright.
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