If you’re a gamer on a budget who wants modern RTX 50-series performance, you can’t get much better than the Acer Nitro V 16 AI. The RTX 5050 GPU handles most 1080p games smoothly, hitting high frame rates in titles like Rise of the Tomb Raider and even running more intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 at playable settings. This laptop also offers surprisingly good battery life. You can get anywhere from eight to 12 hours on a single charge depending on usage. Plus, the 16-inch 1200p display at 180Hz is slightly better and smoother than the standard 15.6-inch 1080p screens on similar budget lap
We tested a bunch of gaming laptops -- these are the clear winners… Shadow of the Tomb Raider, DX12, fullscreen, highest preset, no RT, no AA In Tomb Raider Microsoft's Auto SR outperformed Intel's XeSS which can also be used on AMD and Nvidia GPUs , and hit somewhere between non-enhanced 720p and 1080p performance. …
… Tomb Raider I–III Remastered Starring Lara Croft is now available for free via the Epic Games Store. …
… Foundry / Matthew Smith Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an odd case, because the Area 51 doesn’t perform as well as would be expected in this machine. …
… The RTX 5050 GPU handles most 1080p games smoothly, hitting high frame rates in titles like Rise of the Tomb Raider and even running more intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 at playable settings. …
… Foundry / Matthew Smith Shadow of the Tomb Raider also shows the limits of performance. …
… That said, the Asus TUF Gaming A14 doesn’t reach the most alluring result in Shadow of the Tomb Raider . …
… Shadow of the Tomb Raider averaged 130 frames per second at 1080p and Highest detail. …
… It hit an average of 68fps 49fps in Balanced mode in Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p and the Highest graphics preset. …