Acer Nitro 5 2021 review (AN515-45 – AMD Ryzen 7 5800H + RTX 3080 Laptop)
This here is the 2021 update of the Nitro 5, in pretty much the beefiest configuration ever available on a Nitro so far (code name AN515-45): a Ryzen 7 5800 processor and an Nvidia RTX 3080 Laptop dGPU. Most of this article applies to all the other Nitro 5 configurations of this generation, though, including the best-value RTX 3060 variant. The first time I heard about Acer bringing a 3080 on the Nitro 5 I was like: are they serious about this? Wasn’t the Nitro their entry-level gaming series? Well, this 2021 model still is, but is also their only lineup built on AMD 5000 hardware for the time being, so I guess they decided to no longer skimp on the GPU classes for this generation, something people complained about on the 2020 Nitros that only topped at a 1650/1660Ti on the AMD models. That being said, I still expect the best value to be in the 3060 configurations of the Nitro 5 2021, as this is still a budget series with a mid-level power and software implemen...