French Days €949 Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK, 16″ OLED 3K 120Hz laptop PC Thin and light silver 1.23 Kg under AMD Ryzen 5 8640U Hawk Point with 1 TB SSD
Our opinion on the Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK
Thin and light black design for the High Definition High Fidelity laptop Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK equipped with a 16-inch 3K OLED DCI-P3 screen in 16:10 format whose 120Hz frequency improves fluidity, large, fast 1TB SSD storage which enhances responsiveness, a backlit keyboard, a biometric fingerprint reader or even Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. This aluminum-magnesium Windows 11 laptop is based on 16 GB of RAM as well as an AMD Ryzen 5 8640U Octo Core Hawk Point processor with Radeon 760M graphics for very good performance in everyday use as well as light multimedia processing.
Features of the Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK
| Screen(s) | 16'' 3K OLED 120Hz 16/10th 400cd/m² DisplayHDR 500 CineCrystal 100% DCI-P3 (3200×2000, glossy) |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 8640U Hawk Point (3.5 GHz, 6 cores, TDP 20-30W) |
| Installed RAM (max) | 16 GB (soldered) LPDDR5 7467MHz |
| Graphics card | AMD Radeon 760M integrated into the processor |
| Storage | 1TB M.2 SSD (NVMe PCIe 4.0) + 1 free M.2 slot |
| Connections | 2 USB 3.2 (Gen1, 1 chargeable) + 2 USB 4 Type-C (Gen2), HDMI 2.1, microSD card reader |
| Network | Wi-Fi 6E ax (2×2), Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Backlit keyboard | Yes (stroke 1.3mm) |
| Numeric keypad | Yes |
| Windows Hello | Yes, via fingerprint reader |
| Audio system | 2 DTS Audio speakers |
| Operating system | Windows 11 64-bit |
| Announced autonomy / Battery | 6 hours / Li-Polymer 3 cells 54Whr (65W adapter) |
| Weight / Dimensions (mm) | 1.23 Kg / 357.55 x 245.9 x 12.95 |
The Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK faces the competition
The Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK is now available in promotion at Carrefour and offers a configuration/price ratio interesting for its category where it is one of the least expensive to offer such a high-performance and recent processor and graphics solution with a 16-inch screen with such high definition/frequency and such faithful colors but also an SSD of such large capacity.
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Chassis, connections, screen of the Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK
With its Olivine Black paint finish design in thin aluminum-magnesium, very light for a 16-inch, this laptop has a discreet appearance.
This laptop PC is equipped with good connectivity including 2 USB 4 Type-C, Wi-Fi 6E ax and Bluetooth 5.3 wireless modules for remote connections and communications, a practical HDMI video output to easily connect it to a monitor or a TV for example, an audio port but also 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) ensuring transfers up to 5 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect USB 3.0 devices.
As a biometric reader is integrated into the power button, one can authenticate by fingerprint recognition via the Windows Hello functionality.
The chiclet keyboard can be backlit whenever you need to better distinguish its keys.
The screen represents the major asset of this configuration along with the lightness. It offers a 3K definition that is significantly above average and still at the Full HD standard, ideal for displaying High Definition content while its 16:10 format is more comfortable in height than the classic 16:9 format.
Furthermore, the screen will delight those looking for a High Fidelity panel since it adopts OLED DCI-P3 specifications providing, in addition to colorimetric accuracy that is much more faithful than average, great black depth as well as significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles. But also minimal latency which, associated with the frequency of 120Hz, twice the usual 60Hz, clearly reinforces the general fluidity.
OLED involves a shiny coating that brightens colors but is subject to reflections in bright environments (e.g. outdoors).
Performance, autonomy of the Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK
The Acer Swift Edge SFE16-44-R0VK may appeal to those looking for a lightweight High Definition High Fidelity laptop PC in a comfortable format that performs well in everyday use.
As it is driven by a low-power AMD Ryzen 5 8640H processor Hawk Point housing the Radeon 760M graphics module, supported by 16 GB of RAM, this laptop delivers very good performance in everyday use, such as office automation and surfing the Internet or even for viewing photos and HD videos.
The game is even possible with the Radeon 760M, if you are ready to make concessions. Because a greater number of graphics calculations are necessary in 3K than in Full HD, which implies a lower number of fps in games.
This laptop PC is also suitable for small multimedia processing taking advantage of multi-cores and RAM, such as light video encoding or photo editing.
In these areas as in everyday life, SSD storage represents an asset since it greatly accelerates responsiveness and fluidity.
So starts/stops, processing and launching applications are quick.
In addition to being silent, robust and energy efficient, an SSD is indeed fast.
Acer has the good idea to offer here a large capacity of 1000 GB to install and store a lot of software and files.
Finally, although it is easy to transport, even more so than some Ultrabooks, thanks to its thinness and lightness, this mobile computer would not be the most nomadic there is. Its autonomy would be around 6 hours on battery in light use. Those who wish to equip themselves with a Student laptop Lightweight 16-inch High Definition & Fidelity may be interested, only if they do not need high battery life.
