WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.840 Hello everyone and welcome to another Gamereactor Quick Look. 00:05.840 --> 00:12.280 It is a brand new year, we're back from Christmas and New Year's break and we're straight into 00:12.280 --> 00:18.420 the thick of it with the new Acer Nitro 16S AI. 00:18.420 --> 00:24.560 Now these names tend to change quite often, it's not like the easiness of the Razer Blade 00:24.560 --> 00:28.740 and then you just have the year's equivalent of that particular model. 00:28.740 --> 00:34.620 Now this is the 16S presumably because of the 16 inch IPS panel that is in this particular 00:34.620 --> 00:38.700 version of the laptop and then obviously it's called AI. 00:38.700 --> 00:40.460 Why is it called AI? 00:40.460 --> 00:45.620 I don't think this is particularly more built with AI in mind than other co-pilot based 00:45.620 --> 00:47.940 Windows based PCs. 00:47.940 --> 00:53.420 There might be some AI based solutions built into something like NitroSense or other software 00:53.420 --> 01:00.820 that Razer has built but still, it's dumb to put it in the name so that continues this 01:00.820 --> 01:02.780 year I'm afraid. 01:02.780 --> 01:09.140 But even so, if you have to forget some of the AI nonsense, there is still quite a sensible 01:09.140 --> 01:10.460 laptop hiding underneath. 01:10.460 --> 01:16.580 First and foremost, it has this extended backside here as you can see the hinges for the display 01:16.580 --> 01:20.540 is located all the way forwards from here then you have this huge back that basically 01:20.540 --> 01:27.260 means that the exhaust of hot air happens away from the hinges and the wiring that is 01:27.260 --> 01:32.740 obviously in here to connect to the display and also it has made it much more easier for 01:32.740 --> 01:37.980 I.O. to push through because all of the ports or most of the central ports are back here 01:37.980 --> 01:46.740 so that is full HDMI charging through some USB-C ports here and a barrel connector. 01:47.260 --> 01:53.900 Also around here there is full Ethernet, microSD, a few USB ports, one there and two there so 01:53.900 --> 01:56.380 not too bad all in all. 01:56.380 --> 01:58.940 I don't necessarily like the design of it. 01:58.940 --> 02:06.780 I do think that we looked at an Acer Triton laptop late last year which sort of paved 02:06.780 --> 02:11.300 the way forward for prettier and more subtle gaming laptop designs. 02:11.660 --> 02:18.540 Acer has obviously forgotten everything here but still I do think that it is neat enough 02:18.540 --> 02:21.180 inside here. 02:21.180 --> 02:25.700 Obviously because it is a 16-inch panel you do get the numpad here with the off-center 02:25.700 --> 02:27.260 trackpad as well. 02:27.260 --> 02:30.980 Not sure why you would need that but still it is here. 02:30.980 --> 02:38.820 But if I know Acer's keyboards correctly it is a responsive, clicky, nicely tactile keyboard 02:38.820 --> 02:42.980 and a decently sized trackpad as well. 02:42.980 --> 02:44.980 This display as I said is 16 inches. 02:44.980 --> 02:50.100 More specifically it is a 16x10 meaning no actual big chin here. 02:50.100 --> 02:56.500 16x10, 1600p, 180hz, 400nit IPS display. 02:56.500 --> 02:59.780 That basically means that you don't get the fancy tandem OLEDs here because this Nitro 02:59.780 --> 03:06.180 is more budget friendly at around 1900 euros for this specific configuration but it is 03:06.180 --> 03:13.940 nice to see 16x10, high 180hz refresh rate and an IPS level display obviously means that 03:13.940 --> 03:21.140 it's going to be performant in terms of light nit-peak brightness so that is quite good. 03:21.140 --> 03:27.620 Inside we find in this particular model the AMD Ryzen AI7350 which uses liquid metal for 03:27.620 --> 03:29.780 connecting to the thermal solution. 03:29.780 --> 03:36.500 That is alongside an RTX 5070 Ti with 12GB of onboard VRAM. 03:36.500 --> 03:41.420 This particular model again because you can size up and down depending on what you like 03:41.420 --> 03:49.460 you get 32GB of DDR5 memory and 1TB of NVMe storage which is all connected to a 76wh battery. 03:49.460 --> 03:55.140 Now that I think is pretty impressive considering the fact that it is as we said before around 03:55.140 --> 03:59.380 20mm thick with a top and bottom in metal. 03:59.380 --> 04:05.060 For 1900 euros if it performs and I mean that in the sense that whether or not these components 04:05.060 --> 04:13.300 can be adequately cooled with low enough noise decibel levels that seems rather nice actually. 04:13.300 --> 04:18.100 So we'll be putting this through the test in an upcoming review and until then stay 04:18.100 --> 04:19.380 tuned for more in Game Ranger.