Acer Malaysia has announced that the new 2020 Acer Nitro 5 is now available with AMD Ryzen.
As part of its Merdeka Day promo, Acer is bringing in a new variant of the excellent mid-range gaming laptop. This time it’s powered by an AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile chip, a.k.a. Zen 2. In particular, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H.
This Nitro 5 shares the rest of the specs similar to its Intel counterpart. 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and an Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics card.
Any purchase of the Acer Nitro 5 (AMD Ryzen) between now until September 30 will net you free goodies, including an Acer Wireless Mouse (or Redmi Wireless Earbuds or Predator Cestus 300 Gaming Mouse) and a Predator Gaming backpack.
No, don’t worry about the mismatch brand- our review pointed out how much the 2020 Nitro 5 shares design seen in older Predator laptops. So technically, it’s still a matching accessory.
Here’s the specs for the 2020 Acer Nitro 5 (AMD Ryzen), model number AN515-44-R1AZ:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 4GB
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage: 512 SSD
- Display: 15.6″ 1080p IPS 144Hz refresh rate
- Price: RM4,099
The current Merdeka Day promotion, which is an extension of the previous Acer Day promo, see discount for the 2020 Nitro 5 (Ryzen) to RM3,999. So if you’re a fan of Ryzen CPUs it’s a good deal right now.


