With its AMD Ryzen 5 5500U processor, the Acer Aspire 7 delivers remarkable performance and excellent battery life. The laptop has an understated design which, nonetheless, appeals to most eyes. The only major downside is that the display isn’t properly calibrated. Here is a quick review of Acer Aspire 7.
If you are looking for a pocket friendly new laptop, the Acer Aspire 7 is definitely worth considering. It is a decent laptop that can easily handle your day-to-day tasks. Unlike some other laptops in this price range, the Aspire 7 Gaming can even handle gaming and video editing like a pro.
Acer Aspire 7 gaming laptop sells at around 56990 INR in India. The machine is powered by AMD’s Ryzen 5000-series chip and has plenty of storage. For gaming, it has an Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics. Its performance is surprisingly good for a laptop in this price range.
Acer Aspire 7 Gaming Laptop specifications
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 8 MB L3 cache, 6 cores
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
RAM: 8 GB DDR4-3200
Storage: 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD
Display: 15.6 inch FHD IPS anti-glare panel.
Performance
The Ryzen 5 5500U isn’t based on the new Zen 3 architecture but it offers considerably better performance than the Ryzen 5 4500U processor. This chip supports hyperthreading which means that it has more threads to run on each core to maximize performance.
The Nvidia GTX 1650 GPU on board is good enough to handle everyday gaming. It delivers better performance than the Lenovo Legion 5i with a 10th gen Intel Core i5-10300H and the same GTX 1650. Actually, the Aspire 7 delivers better performance than most other laptops with the GTX 1650 processor.
Gaming performance
Aspire 7 Gaming delivers smooth gaming performance. Benchmark favourites like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Doom Eternal run smoothly without taxing either the CPU or the GPU. There aren’t heating issues and the laptop remains fairly cool even when playing games for hours on end. Content creators who do high end photo and video editing will also find the performance of this laptop quite satisfying.
Display
The Aspire 7 Gaming has a 15.6 inch display with a native resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. It has a matte finish that does a good job of keeping reflections away.
Verdict
If you are looking for a nice laptop under 60,000 INR, this machine is certainly worth considering. It has a snappy processor and a capable GPU. Good enough for everyday tasks and even gaming and video editing.
