PC World - USA (2019-10)

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resulted in occasional

choppiness while taking

in elevated views of

post-apocalyptic Russia,

and Forza Horizon 3

played best while locked

at 30 frames per second.

(The latter game is

notoriously CPU-

intensive, so the GTX

1650 GPU probably

wasn’t to blame in that

case.)

As for the hard data,

benchmarking in Rise of

the Tomb Raider

predictably put the Nitro

5 between laptops with

weaker GTX 1050 cards

(such as Dell’s G3) and

those with more

powerful GTX 1060

cards (such as Dell’s G7

Cinebench lays bare the

downsides of the Nitro

5’s weaker CPU. It’s well

behind other laptops from

this year.

It’s always nice when two

separate GPU tests look

nearly identical in charts.

(See the chart for Shadow

Acer Predator Helios 300 of Mordor opposite.)

(Core i7-8750H)

Lenovo Legion Y7000P(Core i7-8750H)

Dell G7 15 7588(Core i7-8750H)

Acer Nitro 7

(Core i7-9750H)

Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51-

56YW (Core i5-9300H)

Dell G3 15 3579

(Core i5-8265U)

Acer Nitro 5(Core i5-8300H)

3DMark FireStrike Extreme 1.1

Overall (GPU score)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

5,589

3,954

5,109

2,700

5,213

3,583

4,006

Dell G7 15 7588(Core i7-8750H)

Cinebench RT15.038
(Single/multi threads)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,104

179

Single Multi

Acer Predator Helios 300
(Core i7-8750H) 1,047

178

Lenovo Legion Y7000P(Core i7-8750H)
1,020

174

Acer Nitro 7(Core i7-9750H)^181
993

Dell G3 15 3579 (Core i5-8265U)
812

173

Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51-56YW (Core i5-9300H)
784

179

Acer Nitro 5(Core i5-8300H)^174
737