The hum of ATVs sounded believable, but due to the low sound, it could be only so immersive. The character dialogue of NPCs I liberated sounded distant even with the voice preset selected. Smashing a wooden bat against my enemies lacked its usual meaty thud.
When I played Far Cry New Dawn, the bass was hollow, especially when I was shooting my bow. With the slight level of distortion and the low maximum volume, you'll definitely need a pair of solid headphones if you want to hear every note. Richness and clarity reproduced in my Astro headset disappeared upon switching my main audio source to the Nitro's external speakers. The percussion wasn't nearly as crisp, which I discovered upon removing my headphones. Listening to MGMT's psychedelic song "When You Die," I noticed elements missing from the music, like the background string, which haphazardly came and went. Even after I optimized the settings for music and cranked the volume, the sound barely filled our walk-in-closet-sized lab.
#Nitro type 3 software
The preinstalled Waves Maxx Audio software could not improve the Nitro's underwhelming speakers.
#Nitro type 3 plus
On the plus side, there is plenty of room to drag your finger across the pad. MORE: A Guide to Mechanical Keyboard Switches | Tom's GuideĪside from that, feedback from the 4.1 x 3-inch pad felt a bit mushy. Navigating to a new tab became a strategic, thought-out process that ended with me accidently clicking the close button multiple times. While I primarily use a mouse, I have yet to find tracking as sloppy as that on the Nitro 5. Touchpad tracking on the Nitro 5 is a chore. I continuously hit the button absent-mindedly, derailing my train of thought during work sessions. Multiple times, I tapped the NitroSense key, which is directly next to the backspace key, which opened the fan-control software. However, using the keyboard was not all smooth sailing. The number pad came in handy when I had to input pages of specs into the Laptop Mag CMS. The NitroSense application button, in-game movement keys (WASD), arrow keys and touchpad are outlined in red, so you can find them quickly no matter the lighting situation. With its color reproduction, the Nitro 5 is quite adept at producing lifelike colors. Dark scenes displayed quite clearly as I identified details such as lantern hues and rainbow-dyed wood panels during night scenes. Watching the Zombieland: Double Tap trailer, I was quite immersed in the post-apocalyptic film thanks to the high levels of detail shown in everything from muzzle shots to specks of explosion debris. Rectifying the thicker bezels that plagued models of yesteryear, Acer managed to shrink the chassis bezel to a mere 0.3 inches. Massive and immersive, the Nitro 5's 17.3-inch, 1920 x 1080 LCD display with backlit IPS technology offers plenty of screen space from virtually every perspective.
#Nitro type 3 windows
I've come to enjoy the smoothness of the Windows Hello-equipped fingerprint scanners on Acer's productivity line and was disappointed that the Nitro lacks one. The Dell G5 15 foregoes an Ethernet slot entirely, and the Zephyrus G comes in at one USB port short. While USB-C and 3.0 are standard for the segment, the Nitro stands out for the number of ports it offers. At one point, I had a mouse, an Astro A10 gaming headset, the power cord and an Xbox One controller plugged in, and there was still plenty of room to plug an external hard drive into the laptop. The Nitro 5 provides plenty of connection options along its sides. Weighing 5.7 pounds, the 15.9 x 11 x 1.1-inch laptop is quite a bit heavier than competing systems in the premium laptop segment, such as the Asus ROG Zephyrus G GA502 (4.5 pounds, 14.2 x 9.9 x 0.8 inches) and Dell's G5 15 (5.6 pounds, 14.3 x 10.8 x 1 inches). MORE: Best and Worst Laptop Gaming Brands This houses the red-backlit membrane keyboard and a plethora of ports The chunky interior bottom body of the laptop is made of smoothly textured plastic that is cool to the touch. Of note is a remarkably thin, 0.3-inch-thick textured upper bezel that provides an 80% screen-to-body ratio. We're not talking metaphors here, and it's actually a good thing the design cut the corners off the top and bottom of the laptop, creating sharp edges that add some flair.
Lifting the hood reveals that Acer cut corners.
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