Acer Nitro 5 AN517-54

gaming 2021 17.3" dGPU ⏱ ~6h ⚖️ 2.20 kg ⚖️ balanced
LB Score
79
out of 100
Fit for you
62/100
✚ Strong: fit_value ⚠ Weak: fit_mobility
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CPU
74
GPU
78
GeForce GTX 1050
RAM max
64 GB
DDR4
Battery
58 Wh
~6h
Price
~$590
estimate
Age
5 years
2021
📝 Our review

Acer Nitro 5 AN517-54 review

Acer Nitro 5 AN517-54 — from 2021, 2.2 kg, performance 80.

LB Score
79
/100
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📌 Quick verdict

Overall score 79/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (98), weakest — Portability (20).

✓ Strengths

Connectivity (98) · Light office (91)

⚠ Weaknesses

Portability (20)

💰 Price trend

$1,800 $1,136 $472 2021: $1,800 2021 2022: $1,440 2023: $1,152 2024: $922 2025: $737 2026: $590 2026 2027: $472 (forecast) 2027
📉 Loses ~$242/year (13%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 79
CPU score 74 High tier
GPU score 78 High tier
RAM max 64 GB Professional
Weight 2.20 kg Standard
Battery 58 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
Gaming≈
Release year
2021≈
Screen size
17.3"
Resolution
1920x1080
Panel type
ips
Color gamut (sRGB)
55%
Processor
Intel Core i5 11300H , Intel Core i7 11370H , Intel Core i5 11400H , Intel Core i7 11800H
Graphics
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile 4GB , GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4GB , GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GB , GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB , GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB , GeForce GTX 1050 , GeForce RTX 2060 , GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
RAM (max)
64 GB DDR4≈
Weight
2.20 kg
Ports
5
Thunderbolt
✓
Backlit keyboard
✓
Webcam
✓
Battery
58 Wh

Performance metrics

Performance 80
Portability 20
Light office 91
Gaming 73
Creative 75
Energy efficiency 76
Connectivity 98
Value 82
Color accuracy 29

Graphics (3 discrete + 0 integrated)

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

🎮 Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

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

💻 Software compatibility

Counter-Strike 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
114%
RAM
800%
Grand Theft Auto V ✓ Runs well
CPU
370%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077 ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
262%
RAM
800%
Minecraft ✓ Runs well
CPU
740%
GPU
785%
RAM
999%
Fortnite ✓ Runs well
CPU
135%
GPU
491%
RAM
800%
Valorant ✓ Runs well
CPU
493%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
314%
RAM
999%
Elden Ring ✓ Runs well
CPU
135%
GPU
164%
RAM
533%
Red Dead Redemption 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
280%
RAM
800%
Apex Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
135%
GPU
196%
RAM
999%
Hogwarts Legacy ✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
262%
RAM
400%
Dota 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
493%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
135%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Starfield ✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
114%
RAM
400%
Call of Duty: Warzone ✓ Runs well
CPU
135%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
League of Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
740%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
493%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Helldivers 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
121%
RAM
800%
Battlefield 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
262%
RAM
800%
Far Cry 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
357%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
436%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Metro Exodus ✓ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
253%
RAM
800%
Overwatch ✓ Runs well
CPU
296%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds ✓ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
191%
RAM
800%
Escape from Tarkov ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
314%
RAM
800%
God of War ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
Horizon Zero Dawn ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
262%
RAM
800%
Death Stranding ✓ Runs well
CPU
296%
GPU
253%
RAM
800%
Control ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
262%
RAM
800%
Doom Eternal ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Batman: Arkham Knight ✓ Runs well
CPU
411%
GPU
392%
RAM
999%
Hitman 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Flight Simulator 2020 ✓ Runs well
CPU
264%
GPU
314%
RAM
800%
Watch Dogs Legion ✓ Runs well
CPU
264%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
Borderlands 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
296%
GPU
280%
RAM
999%
Anno 1800 ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Rainbow Six Siege ✓ Runs well
CPU
617%
GPU
785%
RAM
999%
The Division 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
314%
RAM
800%
Gears Tactics ✓ Runs well
CPU
296%
GPU
523%
RAM
800%
Hunt Showdown ✓ Runs well
CPU
264%
GPU
392%
RAM
999%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
191%
RAM
800%
Mafia Definitive Edition ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
392%
RAM
999%
Days Gone ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
262%
RAM
800%
Ghostwire Tokyo ✓ Runs well
CPU
176%
GPU
327%
RAM
533%
Returnal ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
196%
RAM
400%
Dying Light 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
191%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil Village ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
The Callisto Protocol ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
196%
RAM
800%
Atomic Heart ✓ Runs well
CPU
231%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
Alan Wake 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
176%
GPU
121%
RAM
400%
Black Myth Wukong ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
327%
RAM
400%
Ghost of Tsushima ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
The Last of Us Part 1 ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
196%
RAM
400%
Diablo 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
336%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Spider-Man Miles Morales ✓ Runs well
CPU
247%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
143%
RAM
800%
Dead Space Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
231%
GPU
191%
RAM
800%
Lies of P ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
Sons of the Forest ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
171%
RAM
533%
Rise of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
493%
GPU
785%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
411%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ✓ Runs well
CPU
370%
GPU
392%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
327%
RAM
800%
F1 24 ✓ Runs well
CPU
411%
GPU
191%
RAM
800%
Need for Speed Heat ✓ Runs well
CPU
211%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Civilization 6 ✓ Runs well
CPU
493%
GPU
785%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order ✓ Runs well
CPU
411%
GPU
654%
RAM
800%

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Configuration options

Available model options · 22 variants across 6 categories

⚙ Processors (4)
Intel Core i5 11300H Intel Core i7 11370H Intel Core i5 11400H Intel Core i7 11800H
🎮 Graphics (8)
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile 4GB GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4GB GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GB GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce RTX 2060 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
🔲 Memory (5)
12GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)
💾 Storage (3)
512GB 1024GB 256 GB SSD
🔋 Batteries (1)
57.5 Wh
🖥 Displays (1)
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)

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