Reviewers Liked
- Stylish and sturdy design
- All-aluminum chassis with good build quality
- Ports well positioned
- Fingerprint sensor
- Good price
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Mediocre battery life
- Short runtimes
- Slow PCIe-SSD
- Slow card reader
Acer Swift 3 - AMD Ryzen (SF315-41)
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By NotebookCheck
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Hit the brakes. The Swift 3 SF315-41G is a multimedia allrounder by Acer that relies on the combination of a Raven Ridge APU and a dedicated AMD graphics unit. They are joined by an IPS display, a backlit keyboard and an NVMe-SSD. As a result, the...
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It may be a basic laptop in some respects, but thanks to its AMD Ryzen processor, the Swift 3 is enticingly...
By Digit
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The Acer Swift 3 Ryzen variant is a worthy option for its price which offers the best in class build quality, a decent keyboard and a usable display. Thanks to Ryzen 2500U, performance is just as good as any other 8th gen Intel Core i5 variant and the...
By TopNewReview
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Delivering a great performance at a low price, the worst thing about the Acer Swift 3 is its lack of style.8 Total ScoreAcer Swift 3 ReviewAdd your...
By techadvisor.co.uk
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The Acer Swift 3 is not a killer laptop in any one area. But it gathers enough appeal in a wide variety of areas to make a lot of sense for people after a laptop that can do just about anything. It has better games performance than your average Intel...
By AnandTech
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While the 8 GB of RAM might seem a bit low, for this mid-range level of notebook, it’s likely enough. Acer also includes a fingerprint reader with Windows Hello support, and Wi-Fi based on the Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174A, which is a 2x2:2 802.11ac wireless NIC with MU-MIMO support and Bluetooth 4.2. Before we take a deep dive into the performance, let’s first go over the design that Acer has created for the Swift 3.
By NotebookCheck
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Ryzen up. Acer has updated their popular Swift 3 laptop with AMD's most powerful mobile APU, the Ryzen 7 2700U with RX Vega 10 graphics. Unfortunately, the system fails to live up to its full...
By ultrabookreview.com
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I can't draw final conclusions on this AMD version of the Acer Swift 3 based on this sample that did not perform to the best of the platform's abilities.However, based on the few other reviews of these Raven Ridge builds available out there (one, two),...
By HEXUS.net
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AMD's re-emergence as a serious player in the desktop and laptop marketplace has given system integrators good reason to update their product range with a number of models outfitted with Ryzen CPUs.In the laptop space, Acer is quick out of the gate...
By laptopmedia.com
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Oh, how much we want an equal competitor to Intel – to have a choice of manufacturer, without losing performance, only because you don't want to be mainstream. Behold! The Ryzen 7 2700U finally gives us an adequate comparison between a “red” and a...
By NotebookCheck
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The Boys are back in town. The mobile version of the Ryzen is here. Is this the first time that AMD is eye to eye with Intel? Overall, the answer is a definite yes, although Acer should not have cut corners with the...
By Chip.de
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Mit einer Gesamtwertung von 67,2 Prozent belegt das Notebook Acer Swift 3 SF315-41-R4AE (NX.GV7EG.002) keinen Spitzenplatz in unserer Bestenliste, enttäuscht aber auf den ersten Blick auch nicht. Ein starkes Ergebnis erreicht der Testkandidat im Bereich...
By Computer Bild
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Das nur 2 Kilogramm leichte Acer ist toll verarbeitet, bietet eine ordentliche Ausstattung, arbeitete im Test schön flink und blieb dabei kühl und leise. Sein Display könnte Farben aber kräftiger zeigen. Obendrein ist die Akkulaufzeit mit rund 3,5...
By Chip.de
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Mit dem Acer Swift 3 Laptop durchläuft eines der ersten Notebooks mit AMD Mobile Ryzen Prozessor unser Testverfahren – Nerd-Spannung pur: Wie wird es bei den Leistungstests abschneiden und wird es sich in den Top 10 unserer Bestenliste platzieren? Doch...
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