Computer maker Acer is making progress in the design and production of a gaming laptop that combines AMD’s incoming Ryzen 7 5800H processor with the Nvidia RTX 3080 GPU. This information was provided by German retailer ElectronicPartner, as they have listed the company’s next-generation Nitro 5 ahead of its potential release at CES 2021. The listing has been removed from the retailer’s website, though.
The gaming laptop is among the first
devices to pair AMD’s Zen 3 and Nvidia’s Ampere architectures. It is reported
to have an octa-core Ryzen 7 5800H processor, capable of enhancing the base and
boost clocks to 3.2GHz and 4.4GHz, respectively alongside the Nvidia RTX 3080
graphics card with 8GB of memory and likely GDDR6.
There is a high possibility that this
could be the mobile version of the Ampere GPU, which will likely feature
cut-down specifications. The Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop has a 17.3-inch FHD
screen, refresh rate of 144 Hz, 32GB of DDR4 memory, and a massive 1TB SSD.
The gaming laptop features a full-size
keyboard equipped with backlighting, a battery capable of working up to eight
hours, together with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 capabilities. The laptop also
has one HDMI port, three USB 3.0 ports, a single USB 3.1 port, and a 3.5mm
audio jack.
The listing by ElectronicPartner enforces
the view that Acer may also be releasing a trimmed-down variant of the Nitro 5
that could have either an Nvidia GTX 1650 with 4GB of GDDR6 memory or an AMD
Radeon GPU. According to the German retailer, the Acer Nitro 5 will carry a
hefty retail price of € 1,948.61 (about US$ 2,372). The laptop is also expected to
adopt a cheaper price when it is announced for the US market.
