Acer Swift X 14″ Full HD Creator Laptop, SFX14-41G-R1S6
Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G-R1S6) Creator is a 14-inch Full HD laptop with the modern technical specs including the Ryzen 7 5800U processor, RTX 3050Ti graphics card, 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive, 16GB LPDDR4x memory, Windows 10 Home operating system, fingerprint reader, backlit keyboard, WiFi 6, USB Type-C port, Bluetooth 5.2 and more.
Acer Swift X Creator Laptop is rated an average of 4.3 out of 5 stars by 58 users at the time of this product review and can be used for personal, business, multimedia and gaming. The quarter one of 2021 release quad core AMD Ryzen 7 5800U ultra low voltage processor (8 cores, 16 threads) works at the speeds between 1.9GHz and 4.4GHz with the boost frequency. The average CPU Passmark benchmark score is 19513 and you can perform all the tasks easily, basically whatever you throw at it.
The typical TDP- Thermal Design Power is 15 watts which helps with the long battery life. 16GB LPDDR4x RAM is sufficient for most computer users. Windows 10 Home operating system has the Windows-7 type Start menu, Cortana Personal Assistant, Microsoft Edge browser and a variety of apps. Acer Swift X has the Alexa built-in and you can view your calendar, set reminders, play music, listen to music, control smart home and more. Maximum supported memory is 16GB and you’re getting 16GB LPDDR4X anyway. 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive offers a good amount of storage space and good speed.
14″ FHD non-touch 100% sRGB widescreen LED-backlit display has the 1920 x 1080-pixel resolution, IPS panel with the large viewing angles, 16:9 image aspect ratio & 300 nits of brightness. But it has the modern NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti with the dedicated 4GB GDDR6 VRAM memory with the Ampere architecture & Ray Tracing cores. You can play games like Dota 2 and Overwatch at low settings, LOL and CS:Go at medium settings and Quake Champions at high settings. Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics card is a decent one for light to moderate gaming as far as the integrated CPUs go. It is somewhere between the NVIDIA 940MX and MX150 or Radeon Pro 450 and 555.
The sound quality is quite good with the DTS Audio and double front-facing speakers and the great Acer technologies like PurifiedVoice and TrueHarmony. You can listen to music and watch videos with the distortion prevention and optimized bass response. There is no Optical DVD Drive and the connectivity options include the latest 802.11ax WiFi 6 with 2×2 MU-MIMO technology, Bluetooth 5.2, USB 3.2 Type-C gen 2 port, 2 x USB 3.2 gen 1 port (one with power-off charging), an HDMI 2.0 output with HDCP support, a headphone/microphone combo and a DC-in for AC adapter.
Acer Swift X is thin and lightweight, has a metal chassis and a beautiful design, weighs only 3.06 pounds and measures 12.71 x 8.35 x 0.7 inches and you can take it wherever you go easily. With the great battery power it will last up to 12 hours at the reduced light settings and you can charge it quickly. There is an NVMe/SATA slot and an NVMe only slot. And all RAM is soldered on and you can not upgrade it. It has the Windows Hello with the fingerprint reader and Windows Hello sign-in options. June 1, 2021 is the date it first became available at Amazon.com and it is ranked the 34th among the traditional laptop computers. You’re getting decent value for money overall.