Acer Swift 5 Laptop Review

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“Designed to be carried around all-day for work and entertainment, the Swift 5 is the lightest 14” clamshell notebook that weighs just 990 grams and has a powerful NVIDIA® graphics card. It also has the latest Intel® Core™ CPU and is only 14.95mm thin, so you can be confident in its powerful design.”

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That’s very nice marketing pitch. But we will see what’s really going on with this laptop.

This laptop is not for games, but you can run a few games, and the game list is below.

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For some reason Acer advertises some laptop models having a nVidia Geforce MX 250. But I haven’t seen this 14 inch laptop with a Geforce Graphics processor.

Yes, the 15.6 inch version has Geforce Graphics or Vega graphics.

What I know for sure is that this laptop has a nice screen and can stretch battery life up to 12 hours.

Good Points

It is thin (14.95 mm) and light (990g).

14-inch version has 86.4 % screen-to-body ratio.

Has an Intel i7 processor.

Depending on the model, it will have 8 or 16 GB memory.

Bad Points

The keyboard layout is a little awkward. The back Space button is close to the power on switch, so if you are not careful, it is easy to make your laptop shut down accidentally. I usually set the in power settings, that if I press the power button the laptop will do nothing.

Here are games that this 14-inch laptop version can run

What games will run on this laptop with recommended settings:

Red Dead Redemption 2
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
PUBG Lite
Apex Legends
Detroit: Become Human
Borderlands 3
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Urban Empire
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017

Games that will run on minimal settings (I do not guarantee that it will run smooth):

League of Legends
Fortnite
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Minecraft
Cyberpunk 2077
Fortnite: Battle Royale
Overwatch
The Sims 4
Subnautica
Terraria
Left 4 Dead 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Euro Truck Simulator 2
DayZ

Here are games that this 15.6 inch laptop version can run

Recommended settings
Red Dead Redemption 2
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
PUBG Lite
Apex Legends
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
Detroit: Become Human
Borderlands 3
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Urban Empire
Just Cause 4
Insurgency: Sandstorm

Minimal settings
League of Legends
Fortnite
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Minecraft
Cyberpunk 2077
Fortnite: Battle Royale
NotGTAV
Overwatch
The Sims 4
Subnautica
Fallout: New Vegas
Left 4 Dead 2
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Path of Exile
Terraria

Specs

Operating System Windows 10 Pro
Processor & Chipset Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U 1.60 GHz Quad-core (4 Core™)
Display & Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 LPDDR3
Graphics Memory Accessibility Shared
Screen Size 14″
Display Screen Technology CineCrystal In-plane Switching (IPS-Pro) Technology
Screen Mode Full HD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Backlight Technology LED
Touchscreen Yes
Multi-touch Screen Yes
Memory 8 GB LPDDR3
Memory Card Reader No
Total Solid State Drive Capacity 256 GB
IEEE 802.11ac
Finger Print Reader Yes
Interfaces/Ports HDMI
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2
Number of USB 3.1 Gen 1 Ports 1
USB Type-C Yes
USB Type-C port, supporting:
USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5 Gbps)
DisplayPort over USB-C
USB charging 5 V; 3 A
DC-in port 20 V; 45 W
Windows 10 Pro
Battery Capacity 4670 mAh
Maximum Battery Run Time 8 Hour

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