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That's quite the spec list for a compact, 14-inch laptop. It features an AMD Ryzen 5 5600U CPU with integrated Radeon graphics, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD, and a discrete Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPU. The configuration of the Swift X that I received from Acer is available on its India website, at the time of writing this review. In the box, you will find a 90W power adapter and the user manual. The display also has narrow borders on three of its four sides, along with a webcam on the top.
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It has a claimed brightness of 300nits and this was more than adequate for my usage. The 14-inch display on the Acer Swift X is an IPS panel with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a full-HD resolution. The trackpad is roomy and works well, although it's not as precise as a glass trackpad. It's responsive and works well for logging in to Windows. The Acer Swift X has a fingerprint scanner placed just below the keyboard area. The arrow key cluster is a little cramped due to the Pg Up and Pg Dn keys being placed right above it. There's white backlighting which illuminates all the letters evenly. The keys on the keyboard are well spaced and aren't very noisy. The direction keys feel cramped on an otherwise comfortable keyboard The exhaust vent is placed between the hinges of the lid. There are stereo speakers on the bottom, and plenty of air intake vents. There isn't an SD card slot on the Swift X.
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There's also a headphone jack, kensington lock slot, and a round-pin charging port. These include a USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A port with power-off charging, a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port which can also charge the laptop, and a full-sized HDMI port. You get a good selection of ports for a 14-inch laptop. Weighing roughly 1.39kg, the Acer Swift X is not too heavy, and its overall compact size makes it very portable. The lid does have a bit of flex but the screen seems well protected and doesn't warp when light pressure is applied.
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The fit and finish of the chassis is good, and there isn't a lot of flex around the palm-rest area. It's not too flashy and yet does not look boring. The silver and champagne gold trim on the unit that I have looks nice. The Acer Swift X has a pretty standard laptop form factor but the dual-tone body colour helps it stand out a bit. 84,999, is it good value? I've been using it for the past week and this is what I think. It's a power-packed machine for sure, with great portability, but with prices starting at Rs. The Swift X is special because Acer has managed to pack a powerful AMD CPU and a discrete Nvidia GPU inside a 14-inch laptop body measuring only around 18.8mm in thickness.
#SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER BENCHMARK SOFTWARE#
Other Linux system requirements are at least 8GB of RAM (though ideally 16GB), an Intel Core i3 minimum or Core i7 recommended, and at least Ubuntu 18.04 LTS in terms of other software components.The Acer Swift series is the company's line of premium thin-and-light laptops, and today we'll be checking out the latest Acer Swift X model, which launched in India in September.
#SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER BENCHMARK DRIVER#
These driver requirements are fairly relaxed and basically any Vulkan driver this year should be in decent shape, such as what is found by Ubuntu 19.04, Fedora 30, etc. Feral says at least the NVIDIA 418 driver series or Mesa 19.0.1+ are needed on the AMD side. The Vulkan driver requirements are not too stiff unlike some of their earlier Vulkan-powered ports. Current Intel graphics are not fast enough to run this game on Linux. But Feral recommends at least a Radeon RX 480 Polaris graphics card for decent performance. It should also be possible getting a GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card working if opting to use the AMDGPU DRM driver rather than Radeon DRM as needed for Vulkan driver support. The Linux port of Shadow of the Tomb Raider basically recommends at least an AMD GCN 1.2 or newer graphics card or GeForce GTX 680 or newer, basically the bare requirements on Linux for having a Vulkan driver out-of-the-box. NVIDIA GeForce performance for this Vulkan-powered Linux game port, here are benchmark results on 23 different graphics cards. For those wondering about the AMD Radeon vs. Earlier this month Feral Interactive released the Linux port of Shadow of the Tomb Raider.