Great for Day-to-Day
Acer is set to upgrade the Nitro 5 with the latest 8th generation Intel processors but the unit we’ve had with us is running on an i7-7700HQ processor with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 128GB of SSD storage, plus a 1TB HDD, and an NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti with 4GB of VRAM. Generally, we’ve had no complaints about its performance. I’ve been using it mainly for editing our YouTube videos and, while my workflow might be lighter compared to the work I’ve seen done by people who do SDE’s, it handled the 4K clips quite smoothly with our typical 4-minute review rendered in a little less than 10 minutes.
Here’s a look at a couple of synthetic benchmarks.
Wall Hugging Needed
Powering the Asus Nitro 5 is a 4-cell 48Wh battery and just like laptops with some sort of gaming pedigree, don’t expect it to have much lasting power when under heavy load. It lasts a little over four hours when we’ve had to go without a power outlet when covering events but should last at least twice as long if you’re just going to be watching movies. If you’re out for the whole day then bringing the power brick with you is an absolute must as you may find yourself with a dead notebook for your presentation in the middle of the day.
