Acer Nitro V 16S AI Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 260
Acer Nitro V 16S AI Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 260 Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (572 AI Tops) | 16″ WUXGA IPS 180Hz Display | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | ANV16S-41-R2AJ
- AI-Powered Performance: The AMD Ryzen 7 260 CPU powers the Nitro V 16S, offering up to 38 AI Overall TOPS to deliver cutting-edge performance for gaming and AI-driven tasks, along with 4K HDR streaming, making it the perfect choice for gamers and content creators seeking unparalleled performance and entertainment.
- Game Changer: Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU unlocks the game changing realism of full ray tracing. Equipped with a massive level of 572 AI TOPS horsepower, the RTX 50 Series enables new experiences and next-level graphics fidelity. Experience cinematic quality visuals at unprecedented speed with fourth-gen RT Cores and breakthrough neural rendering technologies accelerated with fifth-gen Tensor Cores.
- Supreme Speed. Superior Visuals. Powered by AI: DLSS is a revolutionary suite of neural rendering technologies that uses AI to boost FPS, reduce latency, and improve image quality. DLSS 4 brings a new Multi Frame Generation and enhanced Ray Reconstruction and Super Resolution, powered by GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and fifth-generation Tensor Cores.
- Vibrant Smooth Display: Experience exceptional clarity and vibrant detail with the 16" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 display, featuring 100% sRGB color coverage for true-to-life, accurate colors. With a 180Hz refresh rate, enjoy ultra-smooth, fluid motion, even during fast-paced action.
- Internal Specifications: 32GB DDR5 5600MHz Memory (2 DDR5 Slots Total, Maximum 32GB); 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD (2 x PCIe M.2 Slots | 1 Slot Available)
Slim, Portable Gaming Laptop: This AI-powered laptop redefines gaming on the go. With a perfect balance of performance and portability, it offers solid, reliable power for seamless gameplay. Its sleek, slim design makes it easy to carry and game anywhere, ensuring you never miss a beat, no matter where you are. The Acer Nitro V 16S AI is built for gaming on the move with an AMD Ryzen 7 260 processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU with 572 AI TOPS. Featuring a slim chassis, 16″ WUXGA 180Hz display, and quad-intake cooling. (NH.QZYAA.001)
| SKU: | B0F195W823 |
| Weight: | 4.63 Pounds |
| Brand: | Acer |
| Model: | ANV16S-41-R2AJ |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | Lithium Ion |
| Manufacture: | Acer |
| Colour: | Black |
From the manufacturer
Buena compra
Muy buena laptop, no tengo queja, es muy delgada y porttil. La pantalla est muy bien. El rendimiento es muy bueno, no tengo quejas. Los 32gb en ram son muy necesarios
Top Experience
I’ve been using the Acer Nitro V 16S and it delivers strong performance for the price. The Ryzen 7 processor and RTX graphics handle multitasking and gaming smoothly without overheating. The 16-inch display is bright and sharp, making videos and work feel comfortable. I also like the fast SSD, which makes booting and loading apps quick. Overall, it’s a solid laptop for productivity and casual gaming.
Muy bien al momento.
Funcionando bien hasta ahorita, la batera a rinde muy bien no se descarga, no es pesada y pasa desapercibida si no enciendes las luces rgb, muy til si llegas a trabajar en espacios pblicos.
After owning for a month, This laptop has handled every game I have thrown at it with ease. The laptop itself came in handy when I was sick as well due to being able to play while in bed. Overall great buy! And quiet as well! The WiFi is great, lasts a long time on a charge, no overheating during hard playing it’s a powerful laptop and the resolution is amazing.
Awesome laptop!
Got this for my 9 year old son for Christmas 2025 and I was being Really picky about what kind we got him because what’s the point of buying something of such calibur and not buying something that’s gona be worth a crap?! This laptop is awesome with excellent gaming capacity!!
This Acer Nitro V 16S AI laptop is a good laptop. For current prices being as expensive as they are, I think this laptop hits a sweet spot for someone that needs just the right amount of additional horsepower that most other AI “CoPilot+” laptops don’t offer. This is a large laptop. While not as large as some 18″ laptops, this one certainly has a wide footprint. This is good for my needs to have a larger screen for coding than my old 15.6″ laptop. I do enjoy how even with this footprint, they kept the “lid-closed” top to bottom height a nice slim measurement which means you can carry this under your arm or clasped in your hand and it doesn’t feel like a 3-inch slab of concrete. I like that the top lid is metal (just the top-side of the lid) and the rest of the laptop being plastic ensures it is not anymore heavy. I think this laptop has a good balance of weight overall. It doesn’t want to tip backwards automatically with the lid open or anything of that sort. Proprietary charger is a little bit of a nuisance but all gaming laptops in general just haven’t gotten to a reliable point yet of being universally USB-C charge compatible anyway. It’s an industry-wide issue so no big deal. I enjoy the keyboard on this laptop a lot. It is very nice to type on. If you have large arms and hands, I think the placement of the touchpad may be awkward for you because it is offset to the left and your left hand may brush the touchpad while typing. For most people, not really an issue. Now, if you are planning on having a portable laptop to keep directly on your lap specifically for hardcore gaming, then do not purchase this laptop for that use case. Your needs would be best served by an older-gen less powerful laptop like an RTX 2000 or 3000 series which will have much better cooling that you could potentially run games while it rests on your legs, but for this 16S AI laptop you want to be gaming on a solid surface instead of on your person. At stock settings, the laptop does run very hot and its fans are loud even when doing pretty minimal work *UNLESS* you lower the maximum processor utilization and ensure the CPU is not going into Turbo. I did this in Windows Control Panel and set Windows power mode to “most efficient” and enabled ECO mode in the pre-installed Acer NitroSense software which I set to be automatically enabled whenever it’s on battery and not plugged into a charger. Now I have *ZERO* fan noise or heat even when doing some fairly intensive work with AI LLMs while simultaneously coding with VS Code and using a web browser. And the laptop is still very fast and responsive even with these settings changes due to the new-gen hardware it has. This Ryzen 7 CPU is very efficient while being powerful and 32GB of DDR5 RAM keeps things running smoothly. Maybe even undervolting the CPU and GPU if you can find a way would be worth it if you want to try to run ice-cold but not necessary. Even though this laptop has a smaller capacity 75wH battery than my old laptop which had a 96wH battery, I find that this laptop can outlast my old laptop due to its efficiency and with all the power saving settings I enabled. I choose to charge this thing to 80% max to keep the battery healthy (NitroSense has a setting you can enable for this) and even at that percentage it will last well over 6-7 hours. Which is plenty time for me to sit and do the work I need and then eventually connect to a charger. When I am plugged into a charger, this laptop gives me an 8GB 5060 RTX GPU to use for smooth 1080p gaming if I ever have a need to, which is awesome. Overall, this laptop is serving my needs perfectly and I am happy with it.
I love it. My last laptop was an Acer Nitro too and it’s done really well for me for years so I wasn’t expecting this one to be so much better, but it is. It’s faster, lighter, and the graphics are gorgeous. It handles gaming very well and memory is ample. I am not very techie so I have to judge by performance but this performs extremely well and I’m very happy I got it.
I’m no computers expert, and this is my first personal laptop purchase since my decade old MacBook Pro. Wasn’t sure what to expect based on some of the reviews I read but it was great out of the box and I’m really satisfied with my purchase so far. Esthetically pleasing and the build quality is great. There was a lot of bloatwear installed (which is normal) but now it’s cleaned up the machine runs smooth and fast when using AI tools and the integrated AI. Added a 4tb ssd in the 2nd slot, no issues at all. Haven’t experienced the fan noise issue mentioned by some, and am pretty happy with the battery life as well. I bought it to have something that’s forward compatible and that I can use for building my AI skillset/capabilities (and also do some gaming on of course), and after all the research I put in I believe it’s the perfect fit for my needs. Haven’t done any serious gaming on it yet so we’ll see once I get some more resource intensive games running. Will update after that.
Loving the Acer Gaming Laptop. Exactly what I imagined it would be, makes my life so much easier whether I am playing games, managing bills or working on projects. I am still learning how to use the Microsoft applications such as word it is not like the original word program that I am use to even though I paid for the program. I am unable to figure out how to print from it because it use something called Onetnote account and im not familiar with that program. But all in all I am very satisfied with the laptop itself. I would recommend purchasing from this store if you are looking for a good legit and communical business. Although i do prefer the screenshot that are 17in and above because of my eyesight, but couldnt find the right one with that big of screen and have all the components and programs I needed but the 16in screen is bright and comfortable to look at and the keyboard is bright and colorful. Battery doesn’t last that long and I have to co tinue to have it plugged in which worries me becaude in the past that is how I ruined batteries on my older laptops. As for the cooling capability, I did purchase a 6 fan cooling stand for it because it does heat up. The speed is fast, (Not as fast as I would like it to be on some games) but it gets the job done. Compatibility with my occulus is pretty good.
Pros:
* Fast, cool, and quiet. After hours of gaming with Stalker 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and BG3, max temp hit by the CPU was only 79 degrees C, and that only for a very brief time. My old ASUS Tuf would be at least ten degrees hotter after such a test. Also of note, at the end of that test, the fans do not sound like Blackhawk helicopters under military power, an annoying characteristic that both my older Asus and older HP Omen had. Test was done “vanilla” with no external cooler fans, repasting, etc.
* Nicely configured hardware. The 5060, Ryzen 7, and WD SSD drive all work well together.
* WD SSE drive, very high quality, reads at 6300 mbps.
* Second SSE slot is open.
* Caser very easy to open, well organized.
* Good build quality. The Acer feels very solid and can be opened with one hand. The unit has no “flex”.
* Good gaming performance. Cyberpunk 2077 at 2K / high detail can hit 65 fps with ray tracing on and can reach well over 100 FPS with ray tracing off.
* Reasonable price and good component value. Costs $100 more than similarly configured laptops selling with 4050 GPUs, 16 GB RAM, and 512 GB HDs, machines much worse in all ways.
Neutral:
* FHD screen, fast but dim. Typical of midrange laptops. I suggest using an external monitor anyway, but if you plan on playing all the time off the laptop, you may want a better screen option, which will likely cost a lot more.
* Port selection is adequate. 3 3.2 USB As, 1 USB 4.0 C, 1 HDMI, SD card reader, headphone jack. Decent, but a Thunderbolt port and / or additional C port would be welcome.
Cons:
* Front of lid seems to be easily smudged and seems a fingerprint magnet.
* Usual annoying bloatware that needs deletion, including world’s worst AV software (McFluffy).
* Need to set up / sign into MS to launch the operating system. Owners should have the option to bypass this annoying step.
* Documentation is close to non-existent, both in terms of what’s in the box and what’s online.
* 32GB RAM comes as two 16 GB chips, so upgrading to 64 GB means having to buy two new chips instead of one. Every PC maker seems to do this, which does not make it any less annoying. Give me one 32 GB chip, charge me $20 more.
Note: Make sure to purchase directly from Amazon. Third party sellers often void mfgr warranties by adding components themselves and some will ship returned machines as new. Amazon is the only PC seller I’d buy from on their site.
Bottom Line: Well balanced, well made, and reasonably priced for high value components.