Compare Acer Nitro 5 17″ (AN517-41-R7FP) vs other laptops

Acer Nitro 5 17″ (AN517-41-R7FP)

Laptop summary

Acer Nitro 5 is a Windows gaming laptop. It has the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU that is acceptable for playing games. You can play older games on recommended settings, but using lower graphics settings you can run 50% of the games published this year. The laptop doesn't have the best AMD CPU and also less RAM than competitors for its price. Full HD resolution is ok for the 17-inch 144 Hz IPS monitor. The 500gb SSD storage is less than average. It is quite bulky at 5.95 lbs.

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16″
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17″
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15″
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15″
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16″
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17″
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Acer Nitro 5 17″ (AN517-41-R7FP) technical specifications

Acer Nitro 5 17″ (AN517-41-R7FP)

Play 70% of games on recommendedAMD CPUIPS screen

Specifications

Acer Nitro 5 17″ (AN517-41-R7FP)
Processor (CPU)?Central Processing Unit is the heart of a laptop and is responsible for executing programs.
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Memory (RAM)?Memory increases the general speed and multiprocessing capabilities of a laptop.
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16gb
Graphics card (GPU)?Graphics Processing Unit calculates 3D graphics and is essential for gaming and heavy programs.
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GeForce RTX 3060
Screen size
17.3″
Screen resolution
Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels)
Weight
5.95 lbs (2.7 kg)
Size (length x width x height)
15.89 x 11.02 x 0.98 inches
(40.36 x 27.99 x 2.49 cm)
Operating system (OS)
Windows 10 Home
Hard drives
500gb SSD
Release date
July 25, 2021
Amazon.com List Price
$1,299.00
Amazon.com Lowest New Price
$1,299.00
Amazon.com Lowest Used Price
$1,555.19
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Laptop Dimensions

15.89 in
40.36 cm
11.02 in
27.99 cm
Thickness: 0.98 in (2.49 cm)

Amazon.com description

Acer Nitro 5 AN517-41-R7FP Gaming Laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Hexa-Core Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU | 17.3" FHD 144Hz IPS Display | 16GB DDR4 | 512GB NVMe SSD | WiFi 6 | BL Keyboard

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Hexa-Core Processor (Up to 4.2GHz) | Windows 10 Home

17.3" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Widescreen LED-backlit IPS Display with 144Hz Refresh Rate | 16:9 aspect ratio

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR6 VRAM with NVIDIA DLSS | NVIDIA Resizable BAR | NVIDIA Dynamic Boost 2.0 | NVIDIA GPU Boost

16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory | 512GB NVMe SSD (2 x PCIe M.2 Slots - 1 Slot Open for Easy Upgrades) & 1 - Available 2.5" Hard Drive Bay

802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Band 2.4GHz and 5GHz featuring 2x2 MU-MIMO technology | LAN: Killer Ethernet E2600 Gigabit Ethernet LAN | Bluetooth 5.1

ASIN: B093JL63W6