Acer Swift 3 SF315 (Ryzen 5 2500U, Vega 8, 256 GB, FHD) Laptop Review

[Redaktion]

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 SSD.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Swift-3-SF315-Ryzen-5-2500U-Vega-8-256-GB-FHD-Laptop-Review.277262.0.html

[12년 구독자]

보안업체전용. 15w가 2KG이라니

[Harker]

Another outstanding review.  I had been eagerly waiting for the Acer Swift 3 Ryzen release since it's announcement.  I had faith Acer would produce a proper implementation of a Ryzen laptop. Unfortunately, this is another half-hearted attempt by a major manufacturer. HP has failed, Acer has failed ... Lenovo may be our only hope (Come On Dell!!).

[Magistar]

The SF315-41 just appeared on sale here. It is configured with 256 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD (review said there were no hdd models, apparently there are). However according to acer there is only a single 8 GB ram module. This means both the cpu and vega are memory bandwidth starved. Was the laptop in your review also equipped with only a single memory module?

[Carbón]

@Magistar there are no RAM modules at all, the memory is on-board.

Why would the amount of memory modules have anything to do with bandwidth? The memory used is in dual channel configuration running at 2400 MHz (no matter how many PCBs it's soldered to).

[RinzImpulse]

@Harker Don't hope to Lenovo very much. They've confirmed that its IP720 Ryzen will run on single channel & it will affect the memory bandwith of the Vega.

[Come puter]

Do I understand correctly, there is a spare 2,5" HDD slot, but you cannot put a HDD into it, due to missing connector?!

[Miffy]

No removable ram, no sale

[Zbigniew]

No Rj-45 connector for wired network. No antiglare screen. No dual RAM connector. No buy.

[orange_cat]

I think the integrated graphics memory size 256 MB is incorrect, to work correctly you need to set integrated graphics memory size to 2 GB or at least 512 MB for some games to work, 256 MB gpu memory is for Warcraft III or Windows 2000 era.

[vyach]

orange_cat, yeap, but, as I know there is a way to make it happen through the bios, right? Or, do you mean it's not changeable?

[Bengt-Arne]

Isn't "CON5182" just behind the WiFi module the connector for SATA?