Acer Nitro 18 AI AN18-61
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The Acer Nitro 18 AI AN18-61 is an 18-inch gaming laptop positioned as a desktop replacement focused on power and screen size rather than portability. It pairs an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU (8 GB GDDR7, up to 115 W) and 32 GB DDR5 memory. The 2560 x 1600, 16:10 glossy panel runs at 165 Hz, aiming for smooth high-resolution gameplay. Reviews describe the chassis as refined for its class and praise its emphasis on thermal stability and sustained performance. Connectivity is strong, including USB4 and Thunderbolt 4, plus HDMI, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and gigabit Ethernet. With a 90 Wh battery and a 3.02 kg weight, it prioritizes runtime and capability over easy travel.
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Reviews for the Acer Nitro 18 AI AN18-61
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Long, Date: 12/20/2025
Source: Laptop Media
The Acer Nitro 18 AI (AN18-61) is a monumental laptop in every sense of the word. It is a machine that fully embraces its 18-inch form factor, delivering a desktop-like experience in a chassis that is surprisingly refined for a gaming beast. It’s not trying to be the thinnest or the flashiest; instead, it focuses on delivering raw power, expansive screen real estate, and excellent thermal stability. While it makes a few concessions typical of the Nitro series, the overall package is incredibly compelling for gamers who value immersion and performance above portability. It’s a true desktop replacement that gets the fundamentals right.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/19/2025
Foreign Reviews
Source: Arena IT
→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/23/2025
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop: An upcoming graphics card from the Blackwell family for laptops, which Team Green will most likely present at CES 2025. Considering that the 4070 laptop has 4,608 unified shaders (CUDA cores), the 5070 will most likely have well over 5,000 shaders.
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ryzen AI 9 365: A relatively powerful Strix Point family processor that debuted in June 2024. The chip features 10 CPU cores running at 2.0 GHz to 5.0 GHz, along with the 12 CU RDNA 3.5 Radeon 880M graphics adapter and the 50 TOPS XDNA 2 neural engine. Other key features include PCIe 4, USB 4 and LPDDR5x-7500 RAM support. Of the 10 CPU cores, 4 are full Zen 5 cores with the other 6 being smaller Zen 5c cores.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
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