Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)

gaming 2022 17.3" dGPU โฑ ~6h โš–๏ธ 3.00 kg โš–๏ธ balanced
LB Score
75
out of 100
Fit for you
57/100
โœš Strong: fit_value โš  Weak: fit_mobility
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Related resources

CPU
78
GPU
78
GeForce GTX 1650
RAM max
32 GB
DDR5
Battery
55 Wh
~6h
Price
~$737
estimate
Age
4 years
2022
๐Ÿ“ Our review

Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42) review

Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42) โ€” from 2022, 3 kg, performance 74.

LB Score
75
/100
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๐Ÿ“Œ Quick verdict

Overall score 75/100. Strongest suit โ€” Photo & design (96), weakest โ€” Portability (6).

โœ“ Strengths

Photo & design (96) ยท Light office (84)

โš  Weaknesses

Portability (6)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Price trend

$1,800 $1,195 $590 2022: $1,800 2022 2023: $1,440 2024: $1,152 2025: $922 2026: $737 2026 2027: $590 (forecast) 2027
๐Ÿ“‰ Loses ~$266/year (15%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 75
CPU score 78 High tier
GPU score 78 High tier
RAM max 32 GB Professional
Weight 3.00 kg Heavy
Battery 55 Wh Standard

Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.

Full specifications

Brand
Acer
Series
Nitro 5/V/14/16/17/18/Lite
Type
Gamingโ‰ˆ
Release year
2022โ‰ˆ
Screen size
17.3"
Resolution
1920x1080
Panel type
ips
Color gamut (sRGB)
100%~
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Graphics
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GB , GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB , GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB , GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 8GB , GeForce GTX 1650 , GeForce GTX 1050 , GeForce RTX 2060 , GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
RAM (max)
32 GB DDR5โ‰ˆ
Weight
3.00 kg
Ports
4
Backlit keyboard
โœ“
Webcam
โœ“
Battery
55 Wh

Performance metrics

Performance 74
Portability 6
Light office 84
Gaming 75
Creative 75
Energy efficiency 75
Connectivity 65
Value 80
Color accuracy โ€”

Graphics (4 discrete + 0 integrated)

GeForce GTX 1650 (dGPU)
4 GB ยท GDDR6
CUDA 7.5
53
GeForce GTX 1050 (dGPU)
2 GB ยท GDDR5
CUDA 6.1
31
GeForce RTX 2060 (dGPU)
6 GB ยท GDDR6
CUDA 7.5 DLSS
66
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (dGPU)
6 GB ยท GDDR6
CUDA 7.5
64

๐ŸŽฎ Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

Game Medium (1080p) High (1080p) Verdict
FIFA 19 366 280 โœ“ Comfortable
CS:GO โ€” 240 โœ“ Comfortable
Overwatch โ€” 240 โœ“ Comfortable
Valorant 223 223 โœ“ Comfortable
Rainbow Six Siege โ€” 206 โœ“ Comfortable
Rocket League 242 181 โœ“ Comfortable
Star Wars Squadrons 185 173 โœ“ Comfortable
FIFA 21 227 163 โœ“ Comfortable
Fortnite 162 162 โœ“ Comfortable
Resident Evil 7 279 160 โœ“ Comfortable
Farming Simulator 19 189 151 โœ“ Comfortable
Counter-Strike 2 โ€” 150 โœ“ Comfortable
Dirt 4 231 150 โœ“ Comfortable
GTA V โ€” 140 โœ“ Comfortable
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) 171 140 โœ“ Comfortable
Prey 143 139 โœ“ Comfortable
For Honor 138 132 โœ“ Comfortable
World of Warships โ€” 129 โœ“ Comfortable
F1 2020 142 126 โœ“ Comfortable
F1 2021 149 126 โœ“ Comfortable
Doom โ€” 125 โœ“ Comfortable
F1 2019 146 122 โœ“ Comfortable
Need for Speed Payback 140 122 โœ“ Comfortable
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 148 122 โœ“ Comfortable
Escape from Tarkov 121 121 โœ“ Comfortable
Star Wars Battlefront 2 140 121 โœ“ Comfortable
Dota 2 โ€” 118 โœ“ Comfortable
Dirt Rally 2.0 135 113 โœ“ Comfortable
Doom Eternal 125 112 โœ“ Comfortable
Destiny 2 115 111 โœ“ Comfortable
FIFA 20 252 111 โœ“ Comfortable
The Witcher 3 โ€” 111 โœ“ Comfortable
Dishonored 2 โ€” 110 โœ“ Comfortable
Mirror's Edge Catalyst โ€” 110 โœ“ Comfortable
Forza Horizon 4 108 108 โœ“ Comfortable
Rise of the Tomb Raider โ€” 107 โœ“ Comfortable
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 119 106 โœ“ Comfortable
Apex Legends 130 105 โœ“ Comfortable
Hitman 3 120 105 โœ“ Comfortable
Battlefield 5 78 104 โœ“ Comfortable
Darksiders III 134 103 โœ“ Comfortable
F1 2018 133 103 โœ“ Comfortable
Middle-earth: Shadow of War 136 103 โœ“ Comfortable
The Division โ€” 101 โœ“ Comfortable
Forza Horizon 5 โ€” 100 โœ“ Comfortable
ELEX 119 96 โœ“ Comfortable
Far Cry 5 218 96 โœ“ Comfortable
Grand Theft Auto V โ€” 95 โœ“ Comfortable
Resident Evil Village 106 95 โœ“ Comfortable
Gears Tactics 129 93 โœ“ Comfortable
Civilization 6 โ€” 92 โœ“ Comfortable
Death Stranding 100 92 โœ“ Comfortable
Monster Hunter World 102 90 โœ“ Comfortable
Outriders 104 90 โœ“ Comfortable
Days Gone 99 87 โœ“ Comfortable
Deus Ex Mankind Divided โ€” 86 โœ“ Comfortable
Ghost Recon Wildlands 93 86 โœ“ Comfortable
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 105 83 โœ“ Comfortable
Just Cause 4 110 82 โœ“ Comfortable
Hitman 2 89 81 โœ“ Comfortable
Far Cry New Dawn 80 77 โœ“ Comfortable
Hunt Showdown 94 75 โœ“ Comfortable
Call of Duty: Warzone 90 74 โœ“ Comfortable
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 84 74 โœ“ Comfortable
The Division 2 90 74 โœ“ Comfortable
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt โ€” 74 โœ“ Comfortable
Rage 2 86 73 โœ“ Comfortable
Yakuza Like a Dragon 83 72 โœ“ Comfortable
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 91 68 โœ“ Comfortable
Horizon Zero Dawn 72 67 โœ“ Comfortable
Total War: Three Kingdoms 107 67 โœ“ Comfortable
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 100 66 โœ“ Comfortable
Watch Dogs Legion 86 66 โœ“ Comfortable
GRID 2019 117 65 โœ“ Comfortable
Resident Evil 4 Remake โ€” 65 โœ“ Comfortable
Ashes of the Singularity 65 64 โœ“ Comfortable
Need for Speed Heat 93 63 โœ“ Comfortable
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 83 62 โœ“ Comfortable
Anno 1800 73 61 โœ“ Comfortable
Borderlands 3 87 61 โœ“ Comfortable
Cyberpunk 2077 โ€” 60 โœ“ Comfortable
Mafia Definitive Edition 63 60 โœ“ Comfortable
The Crew 2 60 60 โœ“ Comfortable
Dirt 5 76 59 โš  Playable
Serious Sam 4 76 58 โš  Playable
Anthem 78 56 โš  Playable
Metro Exodus 67 56 โš  Playable
X-Plane 11.11 64 56 โš  Playable
Control 75 54 โš  Playable
Immortals Fenyx Rising 74 54 โš  Playable
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 71 53 โš  Playable
Crysis Remastered 112 53 โš  Playable
The Evil Within 2 53 53 โš  Playable
Ark Survival Evolved 67 52 โš  Playable
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 74 52 โš  Playable
Red Dead Redemption 2 76 51 โš  Playable
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 62 45 โš  Playable
Flight Simulator 2020 55 42 โš  Playable
๐Ÿ’ก 98 games in the database for this GPU. โœ“ playable (โ‰ฅ60 FPS), โš  medium (30-59), โœ— low (<30).

๐Ÿ’ป Software compatibility

Counter-Strike 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
114%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V โœ“ Runs well
CPU
388%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Minecraft โœ“ Runs well
CPU
776%
GPU
785%
RAM
800%
Fortnite โœ“ Runs well
CPU
141%
GPU
491%
RAM
400%
Valorant โœ“ Runs well
CPU
518%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
314%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring โœ“ Runs well
CPU
141%
GPU
164%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
280%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends โœ“ Runs well
CPU
141%
GPU
196%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy โœ“ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
262%
RAM
200%
Dota 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
518%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
141%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
Starfield โœ“ Runs well
CPU
111%
GPU
114%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone โœ“ Runs well
CPU
141%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
League of Legends โœ“ Runs well
CPU
776%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
518%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
111%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
194%
GPU
357%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
436%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus โœ“ Runs well
CPU
194%
GPU
253%
RAM
400%
Overwatch โœ“ Runs well
CPU
311%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds โœ“ Runs well
CPU
194%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
314%
RAM
400%
God of War โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding โœ“ Runs well
CPU
311%
GPU
253%
RAM
400%
Control โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight โœ“ Runs well
CPU
431%
GPU
392%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
314%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion โœ“ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
311%
GPU
280%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege โœ“ Runs well
CPU
647%
GPU
785%
RAM
533%
The Division 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
314%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics โœ“ Runs well
CPU
311%
GPU
523%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown โœ“ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
392%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
392%
RAM
533%
Days Gone โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo โœ“ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
327%
RAM
267%
Returnal โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
196%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
196%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart โœ“ Runs well
CPU
243%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
121%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
327%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
196%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
353%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales โœ“ Runs well
CPU
259%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
143%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake โœ“ Runs well
CPU
243%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Lies of P โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest โœ“ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
171%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider โœ“ Runs well
CPU
518%
GPU
785%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider โœ“ Runs well
CPU
431%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey โœ“ Runs well
CPU
388%
GPU
392%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
F1 24 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
431%
GPU
191%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat โœ“ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
224%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
518%
GPU
785%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order โœ“ Runs well
CPU
431%
GPU
654%
RAM
400%

๐Ÿ”— Same series

4 models in the series.

2024
Acer Nitro 14 AMD (AN14-41)
2023
Acer Nitro 17 (AN17-41)
2024
Acer Nitro 17 (AN17-72)
2023
Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-41)

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Configuration options

Available model options ยท 18 variants across 6 categories

๐Ÿ–ฅ Displays (2)
1920 x 1080 2560 x 1440
๐ŸŽฎ Graphics (8)
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GB GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 8GB GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce RTX 2060 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
๐Ÿ”ฒ Memory (3)
8GB 16GB 32GB
๐Ÿ’พ Storage (3)
512GB 1024GB 256 GB SSD
โš™ Processors (1)
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
๐Ÿ”‹ Batteries (1)
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