FINALLY, a budget laptop that's a good candidate for PCVR streaming - Shadow PC > Virtual Desktop > Oculus Quest on WiFi 6 (or Oculus Link via full-service USB-C port)!
Really appreciated the clarity at the beginning of the video about how the review wasn't sponsored and such, made me trust it a lot more (not to say that sponsored reviews are necessarily 100% lies but knowing there was no money involved helps)
New RUclips feature! We've been putting timestamps in the video description for a long time but they recently built it into the video player. It's awesome.
I needed to install kernel 5.6 because hdmi and brightness change didn't work. Also couldn't enter bios afterwards. Suspending doesn't seem to be working.
A review on this Acer Swift 3 plus an upcoming review of the Lenovo Flex 5 Ryzen 4500 16gbram on the way too.Lon you know absolutely what the tech-enthusiast consumer are looking at. Big thank you for these Ryzen AMD laptop reviews
I really like it's design (all metal, no number pad). Makes me nostalgic for a similar Gateway laptop I had a little over 10 years ago. If I was in the market for a laptop now I'd definitely get this one for sure.
Your presentation isn't as flashy as some other channels, but you have a great format for your videos. The few videos of yours that I have watched have all been extremely informative and cover just about everything I could possibly want to know about a device. Not nearly enough channels make use of the RUclips chapters feature, but your videos make it very easy to browse through and quickly get all the information I'm looking for. Thank you for helping me in my search for a new laptop!
Whoever is thinking of buying the laptop, with the amd configuration. Do it! I use it for my college classes and I run OBS broadcasting software for when I'm streaming on my Xbox
watching this video from my Acer swift 3 intel 5 10th gen. I don't have a problem with the display. Prolly not as good as apple but as time goes by, it becomes decent. At first faces in the display sucks as it looks like all people's faces were filtered but for some reason, after a few hours it fixed by itself. The keyboard was my favorite part. The spacing was awesome. Just fitted right for me and yes the fan is so quiet I can't really hear anything at all and the intel core 5 10th gen even if I only tether in 3g phone works really fast. Oh I'd like to add that the speaker is awesome as well. I lived in southeast Asia and I don't have air-conditioning in my room I used two electric fans that which is so noisy But I can still hear you decently and even if I go to the bathroom , I can still hear it. its the speaker is beyond decent. The battery, decent. I only charge once or twice a day more like once a day watching Netflix creating website and using social media, and office tools
Really looking forward to Lon's comparison of the Lenovo AMD 4000-series offerings to this Acer. I bought 2 laptops per Lon's recommendations, and am looking for a 3rd. Lon's my go to reviewer for trustworthy, real-world and consumer reviews.
Florian Schumacher IdealPad 5 is a bit more expensive I think, but you get a better display. Depends how much you value a display, but lots of people would prefer the IdealPad 5
i got this for my secretary in pink/purple with the same color of a G305 wireless mouse. The main purpose of the laptop is to manage an eShop online and office and emails and basic image photoshop. and this baby rocks! clean format ofcourse and windows 10 pro. this puppy is flying and it last no kidding 7-8hours doing those tasks in battery mode on balance. fantastic value for money and really no need to upgrade the RAM for this kind of workloads and the IPS screen is just fine and comfortable on the eyes and super portable and light and can charge from plane plugs! 8.8/10 for me.♥️
Good to see some reviews of Renoir-U series laptops coming through, these new chips look like great options for thin and light devices. One of these chips (or the 4800U) in a 14" class device with a nice display, a couple of SO-DIMM and M.2 slots and a well sized battery is pretty close to my ideal laptop. Thanks for the review! Also, this might sound strange, but that's a slick haircut Lon!
Lon, any issues with the APU drivers? That has been my biggest complaint with my 2500U, although I only recently figured out that the problem might be the way I was using DDU. On another note, nice side burns. Very handsome. Reminds me of Luke Perry.
Excellent review. Great to cover Linux - thanks! Buyers who process a large volume of data or on frequent conferences need to note that (1) RAM is not upgradable and (2) there is no wired Ethernet port; performance will take a hit under volume, especially for Windows.
It's good that AMD are at last getting a decent foothold in the laptop space. I really wish manufacturers would stop putting laptop speakers on the bottom though.
Thank you so much for this super informative and unbiased review. I was just about to buy this laptop and was in the final stages, just trying to make sure it is right for me. I have definitely made my mind up now. I hope its good!
I'll admit, it's rather tempting to buy this, but the lack of upgradable ram seems to be a bit of a breaking point for me. I'm personally thinking about the Aspire 5 with this particular chip because it has upgradable ram, but we'll see.
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Amazing review! Thanks again Lon for this detailed review. Do you know if there is or will be a 16gb ram model?? Thanks!!
Glad to see the review. Small screen in 1080p that is poorly lit means no dice. Only a 1/2 TeraByte SSD? I'll take a slower reliable WD 1 TB drive in my laptops any day of the week. I don't trust SSDs with original data.
Wow, what an amazing review, very simple and clear explanation !!! I do want to ask you 2 questions : If you compare this laptop with Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14 inches) with Ryzen 5 4500U what's your opinion on its comparison ? Would this be a great laptop for Big Data, Web Development and Soft Dev. Projects in comparison to Lenovo IdeaPad 5 ? If you can suggest me something better, I would appreciate that as well.
Great review but was expecting some more CPU benchmarks. Would you please include some CPU benchmarks like Cinebencn R20, Blender, Handbrake, V-ray etc. Why I'm saying this because it can go over 60% or more compared to Intel Quad core Comet lake and Ice lake chips. This can actually do high end video and photo editing, even 4k, with ease. I'm using the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 with same CPU but 16gb ddr4 ram and very impressed. It can sometimes beat my i7-8750H laptop in some CPU heavy tasks which run for shorter duration. This thin and light laptop not only gives you portability and good battery life, but let you do highly demanding tasks which was not reachable with these kind of laptops with U series 15W processors.
@@LonSeidman Don't get me wrong, I also don't want this to be flooded with raw benchmark and numbers. Why I'm asking this is because to portray the huge CPU performance leap over Intel based quad core U series processors and the stuffs you can now do in a 2.5 lb Ultrabook which previously required a powerful full size laptop with H series processors. For example, doing my video encoding or 4K editing, I always had to use My Omen 15 with i7 8750H but now I can do some of them on my 3 lbs Ultrabook with comparable performance. This is just to showcase that how much you can do on these new Ryzen 4000 chips against the competition. Like you have shown in the graphics front that it completely eliminates the requirement of low end cards like MX150.
I own a 2019 Swift 3. It's fallen apart abeit careful use, always in my laptop bag for transit. Both screen hinges have broken off of the PLASTIC frame, Acer asked me to send the laptop to their Vancouver warehouse for "assessment" at my cost. I will not purchase another Acer. Ended up spending more for durability on an XPS 13 this year, otherwise the Swift 3's metal hinge bracket surely would have broken through the keyboard tray. It appears this year's Swift 3 has the same hinge construction. Buyer beware.
Yep had the same story with a Acer es1 same internals as a swift 3 of the 6th gen era but with a plastic casing hence cheaper but all the metal hinges inside are the same with the swift 3 of that time. Tdlr the thin metal hinge also broke and I had to find my hinge from AliExpress to replace it.
That's sad to hear. I had a HP Pavilion where the hinges on it were shocking and eventually ended up destroying the whole laptop. That was something that has put me buying a HP laptop ever again. With that being the case I'm liable to stay clear of any other manufacturer that has had similar issues. That's a shame as this was looking like a good bit of kit sans no TB3.
For just surfing, using office, type documents, use youtube and netflix i think AMD Ryzen 4500 is enough for me? i should i spend 100 euro extra for a Ryzen 7?
But, the one thing i'm really interested in is what was the average temp during playing games like GTA5? And what is more preferable in the case of cooling system AMD or Intel versions? Thanks in advance
Haven't booted it up on this particular one but it was usuable with the prior generation. Just don't expect much when you're doing exporting/rendering of more complex projects. Here's some things we did with the prior gen - ruclips.net/video/X6YsYnd7fLg/видео.html
Bought this exact model and had major issues. After updating the included Norton version, no more fingerprint reader and Windows Hello does not see the camera either. Contacted Acer support and they have no solution. Reinstalling driver (taken from Acer site) do not work either. Did factory reset and tried removing Norton without doing an update, same result. So if you get this laptop, understand that you will not be able to use finger print reader and Hello face will not work as it does not see the camera. … Ha yes, doing a factory reset also failed, ending up with what looks like a disc corruption. Needed to call Acer support “again” to fix that, they had a solution but at this point I lost confidence in the product. Other annoyance, as stated in video, this come with adware pre-installed by Acer. While this is acceptable when you get free stuff, I did pay for the PC, so it should come with a clean version of Windows. The only good news is the screen, which was way better than what I read, no issue there. At the end, after spending hours trying to find a solution, I returned this flawed product for a full refund :-(
Hi I am from India and we are getting an AMD Ryzen 5 4500u model here in India under Swift 3 branding for 60k My question though is “ Is Acer dependable ? I have read all negative reviews here in India about the parts and peripherals used in Acer and also the after sales customer service is rated very down. What is your say on the quality of parts and peripherals used in Acer. Is quality at par around the globe or they make different quality products for different parts of the world? I am seriously looking forward to buy it but what is holding me back is the huge quantity of negative reviews present out there. Plz advise.....
The Xiomi has 16gb of ram and better display for the same price but lacks a webcam and has a small battery at 46ah. I wish he had listed more of the actual specs instead of saying he got about 10 hours of battery life which doesn´t mean much if I am using more high power tasks and knowing the video memory is more important than knowing fps in doom if I am not playing games. It seems RUclips reviews are always geared towards gamers and not working.
I have a laptop from Acer with the Ryzen 7 chip in it and the computer is nice, but the video does flicker often and interferes with what I am doing when working with normal applications.
I wanted to know which is better, Ryzen 7 4700 with 8GB soldered or, Ryzen 5 4500 with 16GB soldered? There isn't a big difference in price. Anyone can help!?
@@LonSeidman I Guess running 2x8gb increases framerate since other reviews with dual channel 16gb with the 4700u have higher fps. I saw GTA 5 on normal settings at 50fps.
Hi, i'm planning to buy a laptop but i'm stuck on what to buy between Acer swift 3 3500U and Asus X512DA EJ364T. Can you help me with what to pick? Thank you!
1) In laptops, performance depends on power as well. APU in this laptop is configured for rather low power (18W sustained), so the difference between the R5 and R7 is not very high. In games- it is about 10%, but it can be much higher in pure CPU or pure GPU workloads. 2) Thunderbolt was created by Intel and Apple, and initially was not shared with others. Technically now it is free for everyone, but I think there are still some certification hurdles - so only rare AMD products get it. Situation should change next year, because USB4 is getting the same functionality as TB3, and AMD are very likely to integrate USB4 into their next APUs.
buy the lenovo ideapad 5 14 (not flex) with amd ryzen 7 4700u, 16gb ram, keyboard backlight and wifi 6 card. On lenovos website this will come to £709.99 but you can use code CUPO80 to reduce the price to £630 which is crazy cheap for such a great laptop. The coupon runs out in July so if your gonna buy a laptop for university or college then buy it now since the shipping can be more than 6 weeks.
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Always appreciate you testing for Linux compatibility. Thanks!
Nothing but respect for you. I trust your reviews much more than the "bigger" channels. Thanks! 🤓
FINALLY, a budget laptop that's a good candidate for PCVR streaming - Shadow PC > Virtual Desktop > Oculus Quest on WiFi 6 (or Oculus Link via full-service USB-C port)!
Would you recommend this as a good starter laptop? For school and such.
@@nik5626 From what I've seen, it seems pretty good for college life.
AMD has really been stepping up their game recently.
About time. Intel has virtually had a monopoly when it comes to laptop chipsets for far too long. Competition is good for consumers.
If OEM fair play.
Fam AMD and apple are out performing intel
Really appreciated the clarity at the beginning of the video about how the review wasn't sponsored and such, made me trust it a lot more (not to say that sponsored reviews are necessarily 100% lies but knowing there was no money involved helps)
Amazing progress bar description!!! When you think the videos are pretty good but you still make surprises in the improvements XD
New RUclips feature! We've been putting timestamps in the video description for a long time but they recently built it into the video player. It's awesome.
Thank you for adding Linux to the test. I always run 100% Ubuntu so for me it's important.
I needed to install kernel 5.6 because hdmi and brightness change didn't work. Also couldn't enter bios afterwards. Suspending doesn't seem to be working.
Lol good luck with drivers. AMD sucks at drivers, for Linux.... lololol forget about it.
@@xuimod dafuq you talking about, everything works great except putting device to sleep
Amazing review..
1:20 Dim display is not a problem , it is a future for addicted laptop users.
@Chethan Reddy I am glad that you are with me
Your intro looks so 90s, like computer chronicles show, I love it.
A review on this Acer Swift 3 plus an upcoming review of the Lenovo Flex 5 Ryzen 4500 16gbram on the way too.Lon you know absolutely what the tech-enthusiast consumer are looking at. Big thank you for these Ryzen AMD laptop reviews
I really like it's design (all metal, no number pad). Makes me nostalgic for a similar Gateway laptop I had a little over 10 years ago. If I was in the market for a laptop now I'd definitely get this one for sure.
Your presentation isn't as flashy as some other channels, but you have a great format for your videos. The few videos of yours that I have watched have all been extremely informative and cover just about everything I could possibly want to know about a device. Not nearly enough channels make use of the RUclips chapters feature, but your videos make it very easy to browse through and quickly get all the information I'm looking for. Thank you for helping me in my search for a new laptop!
Ok, you got me with this Linux part.
Thanks a lot for your work Sir
Some other reviewers sometimes forget to put the price into perspective. I'm glad he does.
Whoever is thinking of buying the laptop, with the amd configuration. Do it! I use it for my college classes and I run OBS broadcasting software for when I'm streaming on my Xbox
Thanks for checking on Linux compatibility! That's always a must for me.
Thanks for testing Ubuntu / Linux. Linus Torvalds also switched to AMD!
Always a pleasure seeing your video, Lon. I can't wait to get Ryzen laptop.
yoooo, i've been looking for a good affordable laptop with an ssd and man this one delivers. thanks for the review
Thank you so much for including gaming performance with a test of GTAV.
And a Linux test too?! Fantastic channel you got here!
watching this video from my Acer swift 3 intel 5 10th gen. I don't have a problem with the display. Prolly not as good as apple but as time goes by, it becomes decent. At first faces in the display sucks as it looks like all people's faces were filtered but for some reason, after a few hours it fixed by itself.
The keyboard was my favorite part. The spacing was awesome. Just fitted right for me and yes the fan is so quiet I can't really hear anything at all and the intel core 5 10th gen even if I only tether in 3g phone works really fast.
Oh I'd like to add that the speaker is awesome as well. I lived in southeast Asia and I don't have air-conditioning in my room I used two electric fans that which is so noisy But I can still hear you decently and even if I go to the bathroom , I can still hear it. its the speaker is beyond decent. The battery, decent. I only charge once or twice a day more like once a day watching Netflix creating website and using social media, and office tools
Thank you so much for including the LINUX part, I have been looking everywhere!
Your style is really honest and nice. Never change.
Cringe
Please test out the ideapad 5 with AMD chips. I know there are a few reviews on RUclips, but I wanna know your opinion on it vs Acer swift 3.
I got one in we'll be looking at it soon!
Really looking forward to Lon's comparison of the Lenovo AMD 4000-series offerings to this Acer. I bought 2 laptops per Lon's recommendations, and am looking for a 3rd. Lon's my go to reviewer for trustworthy, real-world and consumer reviews.
@@LonSeidman Does that video exist by now? I'm trying to decide between the Acer Swift 3 and the ideapad 5, too.
Florian Schumacher IdealPad 5 is a bit more expensive I think, but you get a better display. Depends how much you value a display, but lots of people would prefer the IdealPad 5
Swift 3 is better build and better battery and faster but IdeaPad has better screen.
I love this review! Just got this laptop, and this review is spot on!! Thank you sir!!
Thanks for the Linux quick check, much appreciated.
i got this for my secretary in pink/purple with the same color of a G305 wireless mouse. The main purpose of the laptop is to manage an eShop online and office and emails and basic image photoshop. and this baby rocks! clean format ofcourse and windows 10 pro. this puppy is flying and it last no kidding 7-8hours doing those tasks in battery mode on balance. fantastic value for money and really no need to upgrade the RAM for this kind of workloads and the IPS screen is just fine and comfortable on the eyes and super portable and light and can charge from plane plugs! 8.8/10 for me.♥️
AMD Ryzen 4000 series look amazing. I hope more manufacturers put them in laptops.
Good to see some reviews of Renoir-U series laptops coming through, these new chips look like great options for thin and light devices. One of these chips (or the 4800U) in a 14" class device with a nice display, a couple of SO-DIMM and M.2 slots and a well sized battery is pretty close to my ideal laptop. Thanks for the review!
Also, this might sound strange, but that's a slick haircut Lon!
Ha actually the hair hadn't been cut yet but I managed to sculp it into something workable for the day :)
Like your reviews helped me decide to get the AMD model very informative
I only wished if you compared the Ryzen vs Intel versions and showed us their competitive benchmarks. Awesome review though !
Lon, any issues with the APU drivers? That has been my biggest complaint with my 2500U, although I only recently figured out that the problem might be the way I was using DDU. On another note, nice side burns. Very handsome. Reminds me of Luke Perry.
theres a 16GB RAM model version SF314-42-R4KU about $779 (or wait for sale)
i think that pretty much will be a decent starter-mid range laptop
Very good, concise review. Covered everything thoroughly. Great watch, definitely buying this swift new laptop.
Excellent review. Great to cover Linux - thanks! Buyers who process a large volume of data or on frequent conferences need to note that (1) RAM is not upgradable and (2) there is no wired Ethernet port; performance will take a hit under volume, especially for Windows.
New here, loving the time stamps. Thank you!
your content is much better than other channels but not so famous///one day you will be 3rd most subscribes channel after pweddiepie..all the best
This channel is like a home shopping channel... Except it's so much better in every way
Best review for this laptop hands down, very thorough and informative!
seems like finally you can game on a budget laptop....thanks to amd
the voice is perfect..i love this!
Please comment on reliability. People say acer isn't a good brand.
It's good that AMD are at last getting a decent foothold in the laptop space. I really wish manufacturers would stop putting laptop speakers on the bottom though.
Thank you so much for this super informative and unbiased review. I was just about to buy this laptop and was in the final stages, just trying to make sure it is right for me. I have definitely made my mind up now. I hope its good!
Hey, did you end up buying it? What do you think? Pros and cons?
@@UniMagik definite-con: Non-Replaceable Ram. If the ram stops working you have a fancy paperweight :-(
I'll admit, it's rather tempting to buy this, but the lack of upgradable ram seems to be a bit of a breaking point for me. I'm personally thinking about the Aspire 5 with this particular chip because it has upgradable ram, but we'll see.
Amazing review! Thanks again Lon for this detailed review. Do you know if there is or will be a 16gb ram model?? Thanks!!
Just upgrade the RAM dude, much easier
Ram is not upgradable
I don’t think there’s one at the moment but Acer often has multiple configurations
@@Yamartim clearly u didn't watch Lon's video.
@@LonSeidman it make no sense, with 16gb of ram will be magical.
Glad to see the review. Small screen in 1080p that is poorly lit means no dice. Only a 1/2 TeraByte SSD? I'll take a slower reliable WD 1 TB drive in my laptops any day of the week. I don't trust SSDs with original data.
Wow, what an amazing review, very simple and clear explanation !!!
I do want to ask you 2 questions :
If you compare this laptop with Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (14 inches) with Ryzen 5 4500U what's your opinion on its comparison ?
Would this be a great laptop for Big Data, Web Development and Soft Dev. Projects in comparison to Lenovo IdeaPad 5 ? If you can suggest me something better, I would appreciate that as well.
u deserve at least a million subs
Great review but was expecting some more CPU benchmarks. Would you please include some CPU benchmarks like Cinebencn R20, Blender, Handbrake, V-ray etc. Why I'm saying this because it can go over 60% or more compared to Intel Quad core Comet lake and Ice lake chips. This can actually do high end video and photo editing, even 4k, with ease. I'm using the Lenovo IdeaPad 5 with same CPU but 16gb ddr4 ram and very impressed. It can sometimes beat my i7-8750H laptop in some CPU heavy tasks which run for shorter duration. This thin and light laptop not only gives you portability and good battery life, but let you do highly demanding tasks which was not reachable with these kind of laptops with U series 15W processors.
We don’t lean too heavily on benchmarks in our evaluations given my focus on general consumers.
@@LonSeidman Don't get me wrong, I also don't want this to be flooded with raw benchmark and numbers. Why I'm asking this is because to portray the huge CPU performance leap over Intel based quad core U series processors and the stuffs you can now do in a 2.5 lb Ultrabook which previously required a powerful full size laptop with H series processors. For example, doing my video encoding or 4K editing, I always had to use My Omen 15 with i7 8750H but now I can do some of them on my 3 lbs Ultrabook with comparable performance. This is just to showcase that how much you can do on these new Ryzen 4000 chips against the competition. Like you have shown in the graphics front that it completely eliminates the requirement of low end cards like MX150.
The best review i've ever seen! Top!
This is was a good and genuine review. Thanks for this and please continue to do the same
This channel is so good
Very good detail shared in the video
Good one !.
Thanks, would also love to see a review the new 3:2 aspect Swift 3.
Thanks for such an elaborated review, I want to know that Acer swift 3 AMD version charge through the 65-watt type-c charger
I am using innergie 60C, and I have also tested some apple chargers; both work fine.
I would've bought this laptop if it had a good quality display
fr it’s so annoying that the display is bad :(
@@drill6739 out of all things why would they skimp on the display, that's probably the most important part of the laptop
@@yab3146 money talks
What's wrong with the display
Heisenberg not the brightest or best looking
I own a 2019 Swift 3. It's fallen apart abeit careful use, always in my laptop bag for transit. Both screen hinges have broken off of the PLASTIC frame, Acer asked me to send the laptop to their Vancouver warehouse for "assessment" at my cost. I will not purchase another Acer. Ended up spending more for durability on an XPS 13 this year, otherwise the Swift 3's metal hinge bracket surely would have broken through the keyboard tray.
It appears this year's Swift 3 has the same hinge construction. Buyer beware.
Yep had the same story with a Acer es1 same internals as a swift 3 of the 6th gen era but with a plastic casing hence cheaper but all the metal hinges inside are the same with the swift 3 of that time.
Tdlr the thin metal hinge also broke and I had to find my hinge from AliExpress to replace it.
Thinkpad my friend.
@@DigitalYojimbo Has Lenovo soldered in the RAM? I know they do on their lower offerings.
@@bocconom if you are looking at a thinkpad you can easily check the model from it's psref
That's sad to hear. I had a HP Pavilion where the hinges on it were shocking and eventually ended up destroying the whole laptop. That was something that has put me buying a HP laptop ever again. With that being the case I'm liable to stay clear of any other manufacturer that has had similar issues. That's a shame as this was looking like a good bit of kit sans no TB3.
For just surfing, using office, type documents, use youtube and netflix
i think AMD Ryzen 4500 is enough for me?
i should i spend 100 euro extra for a Ryzen 7?
What do You prefer, I mean, which is better? Asus Zenbook Q407IQ or this Acer Swift 3. Thanks a Lot!
I need a gif of Lon waving at the screen pronto!
Lon thanks for the review, really nice laptop. You think you could get above 60fps on a old game like WOW Classic?
Should have an upgradable RAM, 16:10 or 3:2 display, brighter display and better color options with dark key caps
add 400 to that then
But, the one thing i'm really interested in is what was the average temp during playing games like GTA5? And what is more preferable in the case of cooling system AMD or Intel versions?
Thanks in advance
How's premiere pro performance Lon? Can't really find any info on this subject
Haven't booted it up on this particular one but it was usuable with the prior generation. Just don't expect much when you're doing exporting/rendering of more complex projects. Here's some things we did with the prior gen - ruclips.net/video/X6YsYnd7fLg/видео.html
Bought this exact model and had major issues. After updating the included Norton version, no more fingerprint reader and Windows Hello does not see the camera either. Contacted Acer support and they have no solution. Reinstalling driver (taken from Acer site) do not work either.
Did factory reset and tried removing Norton without doing an update, same result. So if you get this laptop, understand that you will not be able to use finger print reader and Hello face will not work as it does not see the camera.
… Ha yes, doing a factory reset also failed, ending up with what looks like a disc corruption. Needed to call Acer support “again” to fix that, they had a solution but at this point I lost confidence in the product.
Other annoyance, as stated in video, this come with adware pre-installed by Acer. While this is acceptable when you get free stuff, I did pay for the PC, so it should come with a clean version of Windows.
The only good news is the screen, which was way better than what I read, no issue there.
At the end, after spending hours trying to find a solution, I returned this flawed product for a full refund :-(
Same issue here
do you recommend 16gb LPDDR4X or 8gb DDR4??
Tenkzz for linux test. Subscribed
Seems like these new AMD chips would be a better choice (than Intel) for something like GPD products.
Which one has a better display? Swift3 or Aspire 5?
These chips bring some exciting possibilities.
Is the 4700G version of this going to be better. I’m surprised at how well it can game without an APU
Lacking of thunderbolt is not a big deal for someone seeking for a budget laptop with such performance. Dim display is a big con, meanwhile.
Wish they's drop the price a bit. Wanna grab one, but feels a bit crazy to pay full price for year old tech idk.
Thanks for the video
Can i upgrade the RAM?
If yes, it can up to how much?
Thanks for the Dolphin test!
wow first video with no dislikes
Damn just ordered the intel i5 (1035g4) model. Had bad experiences with amd in the past so I was worried. I hope the intel one is still good
Nice review Lon
Hi
I am from India and we are getting an AMD Ryzen 5 4500u model here in India under Swift 3 branding for 60k
My question though is “ Is Acer dependable ? I have read all negative reviews here in India about the parts and peripherals used in Acer and also the after sales customer service is rated very down. What is your say on the quality of parts and peripherals used in Acer. Is quality at par around the globe or they make different quality products for different parts of the world? I am seriously looking forward to buy it but what is holding me back is the huge quantity of negative reviews present out there. Plz advise.....
The Xiomi has 16gb of ram and better display for the same price but lacks a webcam and has a small battery at 46ah. I wish he had listed more of the actual specs instead of saying he got about 10 hours of battery life which doesn´t mean much if I am using more high power tasks and knowing the video memory is more important than knowing fps in doom if I am not playing games. It seems RUclips reviews are always geared towards gamers and not working.
What was there on display @3:04 minutes of this video in the login screen. Was it a defective display ?
I love that you test on Linux
I have a laptop from Acer with the Ryzen 7 chip in it and the computer is nice, but the video does flicker often and interferes with what I am doing when working with normal applications.
Im waiting for the "but wait, there's more!"....
Advice needed, the daughter wants a laptop and is hoping to play Sims with the downloadable CC, would Ryzen 7 4700u with Vega 7 handle Sims 4?
Regards
Hey is it still a worth buy?
Where do u guys even get the laptop to review.
Ideapad 5, now acer swift 3 out of stock
I wanted to know which is better,
Ryzen 7 4700 with 8GB soldered or,
Ryzen 5 4500 with 16GB soldered?
There isn't a big difference in price.
Anyone can help!?
No dual-channel ? ....
It’s dual channel I believe 2x 4gb
@@LonSeidman yes, it is running at dual channel in 4GBx2 configuration.
@@LonSeidman I Guess running 2x8gb increases framerate since other reviews with dual channel 16gb with the 4700u have higher fps. I saw GTA 5 on normal settings at 50fps.
The 16 GB has faster Lpddrx Ram, that why it gives better gaming performance
@@charit90 The 8GB model has lpddr4x as well, as per Acer Product page.
*Ubuntu works with this laptop, other Linux distros, MIGHT.
I tested Manjaro, works.
Hi, i'm planning to buy a laptop but i'm stuck on what to buy between Acer swift 3 3500U and Asus X512DA EJ364T. Can you help me with what to pick? Thank you!
Please include RGB values of displays too.
I got one of these from Amazon and my only complain is the track pad build quality. Hope it is not an issue only for my unit.
I think it's your one, mine is amazing
What is currently the best amd 17 inch laptop in terms of performance no matter the high price? Dell xps 17 is cool but I am looking for amd
1. Is the difference between R5 and R7 in 3rd gen significant?
2. Why is AMD slow in adopting thunderbolt 3?
1) In laptops, performance depends on power as well. APU in this laptop is configured for rather low power (18W sustained), so the difference between the R5 and R7 is not very high. In games- it is about 10%, but it can be much higher in pure CPU or pure GPU workloads.
2) Thunderbolt was created by Intel and Apple, and initially was not shared with others. Technically now it is free for everyone, but I think there are still some certification hurdles - so only rare AMD products get it. Situation should change next year, because USB4 is getting the same functionality as TB3, and AMD are very likely to integrate USB4 into their next APUs.
@@NeblogaiLT Thank you very much.
Too bad you didnt crack it open to show possible future upgrade options. That would of really completed the review.
Upgrade options were noted only the ssd
Thinking of getting this to replace a cheap hp i bought out of necessity in christmas
Acer Swift 3 Thin & Light Laptop Ryzen 7 4700U or Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-59W2 i5 10210u???
Please tell me
You like Space Games? Mad respect, sir 😎👍
buy the lenovo ideapad 5 14 (not flex) with amd ryzen 7 4700u, 16gb ram, keyboard backlight and wifi 6 card. On lenovos website this will come to £709.99 but you can use code CUPO80 to reduce the price to £630 which is crazy cheap for such a great laptop. The coupon runs out in July so if your gonna buy a laptop for university or college then buy it now since the shipping can be more than 6 weeks.