Acer Swift 3 and Nitro 5 now with second generation AMD Ryzen Mobile

The Computex 2019 is fast approaching in Taipei (it will start at the end of the month) and the first manufacturers announcements will arrive. One of these concerns notebooks from Acer Swift 3 and Nitro 5 which will be able to use the new AMD Ryzen CPUs for the mobile industry.

In particular, the Taiwanese producer stated that with second-generation AMD Ryzen Mobile processors, Acer Swift 3 and Nitro 5 could be configured and integrated into the Radeon Vega GPUs. Here are a few details.

The new Acer Swift 3, the ultra-thin notebook, can use the Radeon Vega GPU's AMD Ryzen 7 3700U CPUs. This allows an interesting price / performance ratio for those who don't necessarily want an Intel platform.

Users will find the Radeon 540X GPU among the configuration options that should allow good performance when not too heavy games or video editing are involved. Acer Swift 3 has a 14 "display with FHD resolution based on an IPS panel while, to contain the weight, the chassis is made of aluminum with a lid that can be opened up to 180 °. According to the" Swift "philosophy, the Acer Swift 3 is relatively light touching 1.45 kg while the thickness is 17.95 mm The new model will have a starting price of 649 euros and will arrive on the market by mid-August 2019.

The Acer Nitro 5 also has 2x2 MU-MIMO 2x2 Gigabit Wi-Fi connectivity with support for Acer Network Optimizer technology to improve network management (even during the game) and is easier to use thanks to the revised interface. In order to ensure good connectivity, they are also present on the chassis HDMI 2.0 ports, USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5 Gbps).

Acer Nitro 5 uses Acer CoolBoost technology for cooling with two fans with automatic adjustment and dual ventilation grids (designed for high workload, for example during gaming). The starting price from July 2019 will be EUR 799 with availability.