Today at IFA in Berlin, Acer introduced the Nitro V 16S, a thin laptop with big gaming power. These days portable gaming laptops are all the rage, especially with hardware getting smaller and cooling systems, well, getting cooler. That said, the Acer Nitro V 16S stands out because of the combination of powerful hardware and a slim design. So let’s dive in and see what all the riff-raff is about.

Build quality, hardware

For the design, how thin are we talking here? Acer says the Nitro V 16S measures 19.9mm thin and weighs 4.64 pounds. That’s more or less the same as the Razer Blade 16 2025 , which we checked out recently. That’s downright sleek for a gaming laptop (they used to be massive–some still are!). Watch out, Razer. Acer’s coming for your three-headed snake.

Under the hood, the

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