I Tested Acer's Nitro V Gaming Laptop, and It Serves Up a Big Screen and Big Value
7.7 / 10 SCORE Acer Nitro V 16S AI (ANV16S-41-R2AJ) $1,300 at Amazon Pros Thin, sturdy, mostly aluminum design Big, bright 16-inch display Ample RAM and storage for the price Free M.2 slot to add second SSD Cons Throttled RTX 5060 limits frame rates Flex in plastic keyboard deck make keys feel mushy Fuzzy 720p webcam No biometrics for easy, secure logins Lacks fast Thunderbolt 4 or USB4 ports It wasn't too long ago that Acer's Nitro budget gaming laptops were bulky, all-plastic affairs.