Its main sound modes are music, gaming, movies and custom audio (where you manually balance treble, vocals and bass). Even with the volume at 100%, the speakers didn’t play any music very loud, which can be chalked up to the Swift 3 being designed with bottom-firing speakers.Īcer includes the DTS Audio Processing app, which provides some sound settings for customization.

However, the vocals sounded so low, almost like someone was covering their mouth while trying to sing to me. While listening to “Hate Me” by Blue October, I noticed that guitars sounded clear and bold, including the bass that came through accurately.

The Acer Swift 3 speakers, which are located on the bottom sides of the laptop, provides sound that is simply mediocre. Visually, you might not even notice it's there, were it not for the indentation around it. The lack of contrast would be easier if the keys had more than one backlight brightness option.Īs I navigated Windows 10, I found that the Swift 3's silver 4.2 x 2.6-inch touchpad offers extremely precise scrolling and cursor control. Visually, the keys all blend in with the metallic deck, and it didn’t help that the font of the keys is in a dark gray, which made it blend a bit into all of the grey/silver. But while it was easy to type on the laptop, the palm rest area was tiny, which led to my accidentally brushing against the touchpad. When taking a typing test on, I managed to hit 48 words per minute, which is not far off from my 53 wpm average. Clicking the keys, however, provided an extremely enjoyable typing experience, with each press delivering soft, quiet clicks, which is perfect for a work or school setting. The Acer Swift 3 has a nice sized keyboard that's decent for typing, but it doesn’t come with a numpad and its palm rest is on the small side (an issue for those with larger hands). Acer Swift 3 (AMD) review: Keyboard and touchpad It doesn’t even come close to the category average of 91%.

According to our colorimeter, the Acer Swift 3 produced 62% of the sRGB color gamut, falling short of the Intel Swift 3’s 66%, and falling below the HP Envy 13’s 99%. However, it did surpass the Intel version of the Swift 3, which peaked at 224 nits.Īs what may have been expected, the color production wasn’t great for the Acer Swift 3. Considering that the whole movie is supposed to be about art, it’s hard to enjoy when the color is so bland.Īt just 251 nits of brightness, the Acer Swift 3 fell short compared to the 285-nit mainstream laptop average and the 387-nit HP Envy 13. In a scene showing off an urban landscape, the faded appearance of the light and color distracted me from what I was seeing. While watching a trailer for The Broken Heart Gallery, I noted that the picture was very crisp and clear, and it would have been enjoyable to watch, but the dullness of the color really took away from the whole experience.

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