PC World - USA (2020-12)

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 61 W e’ve long been fans of Acer’s line of affordable Nitro 5 gaming laptops. This new entry in the series ...

62 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS ACER NITRO 5 CONFIGURATION Acer offers a wide variety of Nitro 5 configurations, with models po ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 63 DESIGN Big, bulky and heavy: That’s pretty much the name of the game when it comes to gaming laptops, a ...

64 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS ACER NITRO 5 appropriately roomy considering the laptop’s size. As we noted earlier, Acer does ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 65 spacebar and somewhat left of center of the chassis. When I was gaming on the Nitro 5, I generally didn ...

66 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS ACER NITRO 5 probably want to upgrade to an external webcam for your Twitch channel. PORTS The ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 67 With its Ryzen 4000-series CPU, the Nitro 5 ripped through our HandBrake test. HandBrake Total Encode T ...

68 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS ACER NITRO 5 The Nitro 5’s FireStrike Extreme score lands third to last in our chart, but that’ ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 69 With maxed-out graphics settings, the Nitro 5 manages to get awfully close (or close enough) to 60fps w ...

70 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS ACER NITRO 5 The Nitro 5 snagged an excellent battery life score given its 57.5 watt-hour batte ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 71 Acer Nitro 5 AN515-44-R99Q PROS Speedy CPU performance. Solid 60-fps visuals. Excellent battery life. ...

72 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS IMAGE: JARED NEWMAN LG tends to fly under the radar as a PC maker, yet its laptops— including t ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 73 The result is admittedly less breathtaking than the aforementioned Gram—it doesn’t quite feel like it’s ...

74 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS LG ULTRA PC 17 headphone jack, MicroSD card slot Right side: Laptop lock, gigabit ethernet, US ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 75 deep-gray finish—its sole color option—is on the drab side, there’s no edge-to-edge glass over the lapt ...

76 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS LG ULTRA PC 17 KEYBOARD AND TRACKPAD LG still doesn’t make the greatest laptop keyboards. There ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 77 dinky 1.5W speakers on the laptop’s underside. The result is audio that sounds muffled and doesn’t get ...

78 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS LG ULTRA PC 17 The Ultra took about an hour to encode a large video file in Handbrake. Other Co ...

DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 79 LG Ultra PC 17 PROS Bright, sharp, and roomy display for work or play. All-day battery life for produc ...

80 PCWorld DECEMBER 2020 REVIEWS IMAGE: MICHAEL SIMON T he Google Pixel 4a 5G sits in a very awkward place in Google’s 2020 smar ...