The Intel Nitro 5 completed it a little faster (17:22), while the G3 15 (13:16) and TUF Gaming FX504 (11:15) went full speed ahead.Īcer's 1TB HDD copied 4.97GB of data in an exhausting 1 minute and 39 seconds, translating to a measily 51 megabytes per second, which is three times less than the budget gaming laptop average (163 MBps). The Nitro 5 took 18 minutes and 1 second to transcode a 4K video to 1080p on our HandBrake benchmark, well off the category average (14:57). Sporting an Intel Core i5-8300H, Intel Nitro 5 (14,987) and the G3 15 (14,976) climbed over the average, while the TUF Gaming FX504 (12,716) trailed slightly. On the Geekbench 4.1 overall performance benchmark, the Nitro 5 scored 8,774, which is nearly half the budget gaming laptop average (14,507). If a gaming laptop can't manage that, then it's not much of a gaming laptop. Packed with an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U and 8GB of RAM, the Nitro 5 slowed down after opening 20 Google Chrome tabs and one 1080p YouTube video while Hitman 2 ran in the background. While the Intel Nitro 5 (3.4) and G3 15 (3.5) couldn't make the 3.6 category average, either, they were closer than the Nitro. On the SteamVR Performance Test, the Nitro 5 was deemed Not Ready, scoring a 3 out of 11. It scored nearly half of the budget gaming laptop average (32 fps), and couldn't make it to the playable frame rates that the Intel Nitro 5 (31 fps) and the G3 15 (33 fps) displayed. The 17 fps from the Nitro 5 basically made Grand Theft Auto V unplayable at Very High, 1080p. MORE: The Best PC Games to Play Right Now The Nitro 5 also scored worse than the rest on the Hitman benchmark (Ultra, 1080p), hitting 34 fps and dropping short of the 41-fps category average as well as the performance from the Intel Nitro 5 (42 fps) and G3 15 (41 fps). Meanwhile, the GTX 1050 Ti GPU in the Intel Nitro 5 (51 fps) and G3 15 (50 fps) performed significantly better. The TUF Gaming FX504's GTX 1050 GPU didn't make the average either, but it still beat the Nitro 5 with 42 fps. On our budget Rise of the Tomb Raider benchmark (Medium, 1080p), the Nitro 5 averaged 39 fps, which is just shy of the 46-fps budget gaming laptop average. And while the keys don't deliver the satisfying click of more premium gaming laptops, the keyboard was pretty comfortable to type on. The Nitro 5's keyboard doesn't boast the most attractive design, with its red-on-red color palette. MORE: Laptops with the Best Display BrightnessĪt 261 nits of brightness, the Nitro's display surpassed the 247-nit category average, as well as the Intel Nitro 5 (257 nits), the G3 15 (231 nits) and the TUF Gaming FX504 (220 nits). To be fair, the G3 15 and TUF Gaming FX504 produced only 61% and 66%, respectively. The Nitro 5's 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080 display is relatively bright, but it could be more colorful.Īccording to our colorimeter, the Nitro 5's panel covered 61% of the sRGB color gamut, which falls under the 69% budget gaming laptop average as well as the Intel Nitro 5's 70%. I could also spot the sharp strands of hair on Ewan McGregor's head. Despite that, the screen was bright enough to capture most of the dark street outside the theater, including the license plate of a lone car. In the trailer for Doctor Sleep, the neon theater sign glowed a particular red that couldn't really pop.
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