Acer Aspire V15 Nitro

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Demand for gaming and entertainment has grown increasingly high on both PC and mobile. Because of this, big manufacturers are always paying special attention to the devices that support these needs. Acer Aspire V15 Nitro gaming notebook is a testament to this trend. It is said that this is Acer’s first dedicated gaming laptop, priced at entry-level gaming PCs.

Basically, Test Lab evaluates Aspire V15 Nitro has met the requirements of a gaming laptop in terms of performance and features. However, the design of the machine is not very impressive and seems like a large business-class laptop rather than a “bunker” device, the style for gamers.

Aspire V15 Nitro (code-named VN7-591G) is equipped with Intel Core i7-4710HQ 4-core 2.5GHz processor, 6MB L3 cache, 8GB DDR3 RAM, discrete graphics Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M 4GB GDDR5. And Intel HD 4600 integrated graphics. It has a 15.6-inch display, HD resolution support and anti-glare functionality. In addition, this product is also equipped with HD camera and Dolby Digital Plus Home Theather and battery life of 3.605 mAh battery.

– Pros: Reasonable price for a gaming laptop; High overall performance; High quality speakerphone; The keyboard and touchpad are well designed.

– Cons: screen quality is not high; Design not worth the gaming laptop; No backlight sensor, keyboard and screen; No optical drive; The battery can not be disassembled.

Design

In line with the ever-thinning trend of laptops in general, the recent gaming laptops are also designed to be more “feminine” and the Aspire V15 Nitro is no exception. With a weight of 2.4 kg, Nitro can be considered quite light compared to the previous laptops and of course the machine is also easier to carry with you.

The full-body plastic cover design with straight lines on the top of the screen makes Test Lab a reference to the HP and Dell business laptops. The screen and around the touchpad, Acer Aspire V15 Nitro is coated with a thin rubber coat for better grip but makes the machine easy to dust. The most impressive feature of the V15 Nitro design is the hinged connection between the screen and the body of the machine, coated with a metallic layer with the inscription Aspire V Nitro. This feature makes the machine more rigid and class, although inside is just plastic.

The layout of communication ports on Aspire V15 Nitro under Test Lab is not reasonable. If the left edge is completely empty with only one Kensington lock slot, then the right edge of the connector is very brightly connected. In addition to the three USB 3.0 ports located close together at close distance, there are HDMI port, LAN port (RJ45) and the headphone slot. The front edge has a single SD memory card slot. The next generation of communication interfaces such as V 15 Nitro will be inconvenient, especially when the USB ports of some devices are designed head first, so there is no space for use remaining ports. On the other hand, despite the relatively large size, but not integrated optical drive.

In general, Test Lab evaluates the design of the Aspire V15 Nitro at a decent level and does not reflect the nature of a gaming laptop but rather a high-profile laptop and a larger business screen.

Keyboard, touchpad and speakerphone

The keyboard of the Aspire V15 Nitro is fully designed with two normal keyboard keys and a numeric keypad on the right. The chiclet key design with enough keys for easy operation. Test Lab appreciates the keyboard design of the Aspire V15 Nitro, which is relatively large and evenly spaced, the characters printed on the keys are sharp and clear with two white (for main function) and blue Light (for function with Fn button). Besides, the bounce rate of the keys is good and the sound is quite small so it will be comfortable when playing a game or working in a quiet environment.

Besides, the Aspire V15 Nitro’s keyboard is also equipped with a red keyboard backlight that matches the “blaze” of gaming. However, the machine does not have a low brightness adjustment function, but only one button Fn turn off the keyboard light. This limits the gamers’ choices when playing in different lighting conditions.

On the touchpad, Test Lab also praised Acer’s recent improvements to one of the most important functions for a laptop. These enhancements have also been applied to the V15 Nitro with its large touchpad, no buttons, high sensitivity and smooth surface and enough friction required to move the finger without any obstacle. In terms of size, the V15 Nitro touchpad is equivalent to the trachpad size of the MacBook Pro, but the angle of the curve is stronger.

The quality of the 4 built-in speakers is arranged in the back, impressing with the Test Lab due to clear sound and not the noise when switching on the highest volume. Besides, the loudspeaker loudness is equivalent to the current small Bluetooth portable speakers, bass is big enough to experience better sound when playing games.

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Monitor and camera

The Acer Aspire V15 Nitro’s 15.6-inch display supports Full HD resolution (1,920×1,080 pixels). At this level of resolution, the actual display quality of the screen is rather average and less than the other laptops at the same price, especially the line support Full HD or higher but there are Smaller screen size. Test Lab assumes that if the Aspire V15 Nitro is equipped with a 3K screen (2.880×1.620 pixels), the screen quality will be much better and will no longer see pixels in closer inspection. Of course, the price of the product at that time will also be higher. Although it is equipped with Comfy-View Anti-Glare screen, but when using the machine in the morning is difficult, the screen does not reflect the image but still reflect light, especially when watching from two side of the machine.

The camera’s quality is sufficient for video calling such as Skype or Yahoo Messenger. Snapshots from the built-in camera support HD (1,280 by 720 pixels) resolution that is not sharp, the image is broken and the colors are not really impressive.

Features and performance to use

The machine is pre-installed with Windows 8.1 64-bit operating system and pre-installed with some Acer-specific applications such as Acer Portal, abFiles, abDocs and some links to services such as Dropbox, eBay, PDF reader application with Foxit Reader, view and edit videos with Cyberlink tools (trial version). In addition, the machine is also pre-installed McAfee security tools but also just a 30-day trial.

As reviewed in the review, the Aspire V15 Nitro is equipped with a fairly powerful configuration with a fourth-generation Core i7-4710HQ 4-core clock (similar to the integrated CPU on the MSI GS60 laptop Ghost Pro 3K), 6MB L3 cache, 8GB DDR3 RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M 4GB GDDR5 graphics card and integrated Intel HD 4600 graphics. Test Lab does not have to complain about performance. Common tasks from web surfing, text editing … the machine responds to fast and smooth speed. However, when using the multitasking machine is quite hot and the fan is relatively large, so if you work quiet night, this is an inconvenience.

With the performance test on the game, the machine responds quite well. Need for Speed: Most Wanted Limited Edition 2012 both smooth graphics quality with most of the scene in the game and the sound is also alive with integrated speakers. Adjusted to the maximum. Some of the game scenes explode, the crabs are slightly snatched, the frame rate drops significantly, the image starts appearing lightly jagged. However, Test Lab found that the machine is good for racing games with heavy 3D graphics.

Continuing with the action game Assassin Creed III, the game proved quite powerful with all the gameplay, the visual effects were soft and not jerky in the first 45 minutes. However, after one hour the machine started to radiate a lot of heat, even when some of the CPU increased from 77 degrees to 85 degrees Celsius. At this time, the fan also began to spin and just touch the hand behind the screen. It is possible to feel the heat exhaled by the fan.

Experiment with benchmark tools showing overall performance with the PCMark 8 Work Conventional test at 3,042 points and Home Accelerated at 2,944 points. This score is considered good for an entry-level gaming machine and is comparable to other rivals such as the MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K.

In terms of the actual battery life, the unit reaches nearly 4 hours of continuous use. But with the battery test with PC Mark Home, the machine only reached more than 2 hours of use. For a large screen laptop, the actual battery life, Test Lab found it quite good.

In general, Test Lab is not impressed with the built-in features of the Acer Aspire V15 Nitro and really only see these applications as junk software to remove from the system. However, the performance of the machine is good enough to praise this laptop.