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MagyarAcer Swift 3 SF314-71-751E
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Average of 6 scores (from 10 reviews)
Reviews for the Acer Swift 3 SF314-71-751E
Source: Expert Reviews
The latest Swift 3 has all the strengths that have made it a perennial favourite here at Expert Reviews, but now it has the added appeal of Alder Lake power and a cracking 2.8K OLED display. Battery life has taken a hit, but the new chip and display were always going to have that effect. The new model is naturally more expensive than the old one but that too was to be expected. Is it still our favourite machine in this class? That’s a tough question to answer because the new Pavilion Plus 14 is very strong competition. It all comes down to the question “Do you want a discrete GPU”? If you do, buy the HP, if you don’t, I would lean towards the Acer. Both are very fine laptops.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/27/2023
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: The Verge
The case for the Acer Swift 3 is: It is one of the most powerful laptops, with one of the best screens you can get, available in the $1,200 range. With a portable build, it can be a great choice for both multimedia viewing and demanding work on the go. This has the potential to be a very unique and effective device. It’s just a shame how much the short battery life weakens that case, because there’s absolutely an audience for a powerful 14-inch laptop with a great screen. I understand that some shoppers — even those shopping in the 14-inch category — don’t care about battery life. That, to me, doesn’t mean it’s acceptable for companies to ask such large compromises of their buyers. I don’t completely blame Acer for this, as it’s been a consistent issue with Intel devices over the past year. But this is a poor result even among those products, and the corresponding extra power the H-series chip brings over the P-series (which is identical in architecture) is not as valuable for an ultraportable as it would be for a bigger workstation. And media creators who are wed to Windows can expect a much longer lifespan out of all kinds of portable OLED devices — the Dell XPS 13 Plus, for example, and various members of Asus’ Zenbook line — without a massive compromise on performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/23/2023
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Mobile Tech Review
As you might guess from the name, the Acer Swift 3 OLED 14” laptop has an OLED display. That’s a welcome feature in a mid-priced laptop, as is the 45 watt Intel 12th gen processor that’s more commonly found on mobile workstations and gaming laptops. The Acer is an aluminum clad Ultrabook-sized laptop that’s an easy carry. The 90Hz OLED display is 2.8K resolution, and you can get the PC with up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage. It starts at $900 list.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/18/2022
Source: Techradar
The Acer Swift 3 OLED is a follow-up to one of the finest laptops ever made, the Acer Swift 3, as well as the Acer Swift 5 touchscreen. However, not a touchscreen like the others, this laptop's main draw is its bright and absolutely stunning OLED screen which also supports HDR. Unlike many of the best Ultrabooks, this one is priced exceptionally reasonably, with its most expensive model only $1,300 (around £1,065 / AU$1,815). Currently, though, its availability is very rough, with it being sold out at the limited retailers that had it in the US and nonexistent in other regions like the UK and Australia. Hopefully, it comes back in stock soon as it’s a gorgeous laptop with a sleek and sexy silver chassis, beautiful backlighting on the keyboard that makes it looks almost crystal-like, and a smooth and responsive touchpad. It’s also incredibly thin and lightweight at only three pounds, ideal for portability. It’s genuinely shocking how easy it is to carry this laptop around.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/15/2022
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Reviewed.com
Acer’s Swift 3 OLED is not the flashiest productivity laptop around, but it has a ton of performance thanks to Acer’s smart decision to outfit one of its most popular laptops with an H-series Intel processor instead of a P-series. The OLED display’s excellent color accuracy and wide color gamut make the Swift 3 a surprisingly good machine for light photo and video work, even some 3D image rendering. However, its Achilles heel is not its design or even its audio, but its battery life. Crashing just before the six-hour mark means you will need to carry the adapter with you if you leave your house with anything less than a full charge. You can avoid this by looking for another laptop with an Intel P-series processor or an AMD Ryzen U-series processor, but you’ll have to be fine with a slower laptop. If speed is not something you can compromise on, but you’re working with less than $1,000, consider grabbing the base model of the Swift 3 OLED with the Intel Core i5-12500H. It’s slower but less-power-hungry, so you’ll get a little more battery life out of the laptop
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/05/2022
Source: Digital Trends
In the end, there’s much to like about the Swift 3 OLED. It leverages its faster CPU, unlike some other 14-inch machines, and its OLED display is as good as it gets. Its build quality is solid for a midrange machine, although not the best in its class, and its connectivity and keyboard are excellent. The touchpad’s too small and the battery life is too short, which are the laptop’s two most significant weaknesses. But even so, it competes well against the two most pertinent alternatives in the HP Pavilion Plus 14, which is available in one configuration for around $400 less, and the Asus Vivobook S 14X, which is closer in price. And you’re only paying $100 more compared to the non-OLED Swift 3, which makes the OLED version a relative bargain. The Swift 3 OLED’s price might be a smidge too high, but it’s mostly justified. So, should you buy it? Yes, if faster performance to go with the spectacular display is your objective. You’ll suffer in battery life, but outside of the one incredibly low-cost HP Pavilion Plus 14 configuration, the Swift 3 OLED provides a compelling enough value to belong on anyone’s shortlist.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/05/2022
Rating: Total score: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/29/2023
Source: Computerhoy
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/04/2022
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Charles Tech
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/24/2022
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 90% display: 100% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 90%
Source: Jagat Review
ID→ENPositive: Powerful processor; slim size; light weight; high gaming performance; great connectivity. Negative: Overheats while using.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/12/2022
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Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G4 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 96 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
i7-12700H: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 6 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 20 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 1.7 to 4.7 GHz and supports vPro.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00":
There are hardly any tablets in this display size range anymore. For subnotebooks, on the other hand, it is the standard format.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small and therefore easily portable. The smaller display also has the advantage of requiring less power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is more strenuous on the eyes. High resolutions are more likely to be found in standard laptops.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
83%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
