The Acer Nitro 5 is a gaming laptop that arrives with a low price and lashings of AMD hardware. That may be enough to make a lot of gamers think twice in a world full of expensive machines that are ...

Intel’s 8th-gen laptop processors are finally here, and they’re stuffed with more cores and threads than ever before. Many PC vendors kicked off the charge with beastly flagships or MacBook Pro rivals ...

Acer’s Nitro 5 may be for casual gamers, but Acer’s not skimping on the parts. At CES on Saturday the company announced its refreshed Nitro 5 would add AMD’s latest Ryzen mobile APUs to its processor ...

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Acer’s 2021 Nitro 5 is 100 percent a gaming laptop. The 2021 Nitro 5 comes in various configurations that range from as little as $800 to as much as $2,000. Like many gaming laptops, it’s big, bulky, ...

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Acer’s Nitro 5 gaming laptop lineup has become more ...

The Nitro 5 makes no apologies for being a budget gaming system. If you want cutting-edge tech like Nvidia's GeForce RTX graphics or a screen with a 144Hz refresh rate instead of the more familiar ...

True budget gaming laptops—models well under a grand—aren't as plentiful as some budget-conscious shoppers may like, so it's always nice to see when new contenders hit the market. The refreshed Acer ...

You don't need a desktop to enjoy smooth gaming, but neither do you need to spend more than $2,000 on a high-end gaming laptop with a discrete GPU that's so bulky and power-hungry that it likely will ...

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The Acer Nitro 5 is a budget gaming laptop that starts at $580 and can cost as much as $1,200. The wide-ranging Nitro 5 series offers models with 15.6- or 17.3-inch displays powered by AMD or Intel ...