Acer Announces New Swift X 16 Laptop with AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Processors

Acer has announced the new Acer Swift X 16 (SFX16-61G), which is geared towards graphic designing, 3D rendering and video editing.  The laptop comes equipped with a 16:10 OLED display, AMD Ryzen 9 7940H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPUs.

Display and Build

The newly designed thin-and-light Acer Swift X 16 weighs at just 1.9 kg in a sleek 17.9mm chassis. The smooth touchpad comes with 33% more scrolling space as compared to previous model, flaunting the largest touchpad among Acer’s current line of laptops.

The laptop features a 16″ 3.2K OLED (3200 x 2000) panel with VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 500 and TUV Rheinland Eyesafe display certifications. The OLED display screen offers a 100% DCI-P3, 500 nits peak brightness, 120 Hz refresh rate, and less than 0.2 ms response time. All of which are accompanied with thinner bezels and a larger 16:10 display.

Processor and Cooling

Powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H processor (up to 45W and 8 cores), the Acer Swift X 16 also comes with a built-in AMD Radeon 780M graphics. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 laptop GPUs highlight next-gen ray tracing, AI and AV1 video encoding hardware, with access to NVIDIA Studio Drivers and exclusive tools such as NVIDIA Omniversem NVIDIA Broadcast, and NVIDIA Canvas.

To help with the hardware, the creator laptop features redesigned interiors and thermal solutions for improved balance between thermal performance and battery life. The Swift X 16 comes with upgraded TwinAir cooling which boosts air intake by up to 36% from its larger fans and newly added turbo mode, and an air-inlet keyboard design.

Video Conferencing and Streaming

Thanks to the high-resolution 1080p FHD camera, the Acer Swift X 16 is great for video conferencing. live streaming, and video blogging. The Acer PurifiedView’s suite also comes with a variety of AI features such as Background Blur, Automatic Framing and Eye Contact technology. The combination of Acer’s Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR) technology provides high-quality imagery even in low-light conditions, while the Acer PurifiedVoice with AI noise reduction ensures voices are clearly heard when video calling or recording.

The Acer Swift X 16 comes up to 16 Gb of LPDDR5 memory, up to 2 TB of PCIe Gen 4 SDD storage, and a MicroSD slot for added storage space when archiving creative designs. Additionally, it also features two USB Type-C ports, HDMI 2.1 and Wi-Fi 6E for enhanced connectivity.

Pricing and Availability

The Acer Swift X 16 (SFX16-61G) will be available in North America in July starting at USD 1,249.99; in EMEA in June starting at EUR 1,566 and in China in May starting at 7,999.

For more details, check out the official Acer website here.

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