As a hardware manufacturer with the aim of innovation, ROG always surprises consumers with a variety of highly innovative end products, such as the Magic 13 launched last year. There's a steady stream of power underneath the light figure, especially with the XG docking station.
Recently, ROG has launched the ROG Magic X two-in-one notebook, which has brought a different experience to the two-in-one notebook market, and has brought a different choice to ROG fans. Today we will bring you the experience of ROG Magic X.
appearance
If phantom 13 still meets you in the form of a notebook, then phantom X can be called a complete two-in-one notebook. Magic X uses a separate computer from the keyboard design, so that it is easy to carry. The thickness of the whole machine is 12.9mm, and the weight is only 1.2Kg, so it can be said that it is unimaginable to stuff the flagship CPU and RTX GPU under the weight of 2.4 kilograms.
The front of the ROG Fantasy X is very sci-fi, including a heat dissipation cut marked with "06" and a red handle, which is very sci-fi. At the same time, ROG also specially created a transparent window, marking the latitude and longitude on it, which can not only display RGB lights, but also show some components inside the computer for users, which is very industrial.
After opening the bracket, ROG Phantom X is also very distinctive, including the installation of SSD M.2 2230 expansion slot and TF card, you can replace the SSD without opening the computer back cover, after all, phantom X is a two-in-one computer, the internal integration is more than other notebook products, so it is also to ensure the strength and overall sense of the fuselage.
ROG Magic X uses a touch screen with a size of 13.4 inches, the resolution reaches 1920 * 1200, more than FHD, and the refresh rate also reaches 120Hz, compared to the traditional 60Hz screen, it is smoother to use. We also tested the quality of this screen with Red Spider, reaching 100% sRGB, and the average color accuracy is only 0.88, which is the level of a professional-grade display.
ROG Magic X also has a unique style in the design of the keyboard, such as the use of magnetic design, and also supports RGB backlighting, which can be said to be very cool, and ROG has also been optimized in the key range, with a experience comparable to that of traditional notebooks, and it is very easy to type.
On the external interface, ROG phantom X can also meet daily needs, including support fingerprint recognition of the power key, USB Type-A and 3.5mm headphone interface, in addition to including a USB Type-C interface, can provide data transmission and power supply, in addition to the same as the phantom 13 almighty book, ROG phantom X is also equipped with a ROG custom interface, including the use of PCIe 3.0 * 8 channel data transfer interface and standard USB Type-C port, It fits perfectly with the XG graphics card docking station.
performance
ROG Phantom X uses Intel's latest 12th generation mobile processor, which has a great improvement in performance, and at the same time, with the release of the 12th generation Core processor, Phantom X has also upgraded the memory to LPDDR5 in a timely manner, which in turn has also improved significantly in bandwidth. At the same time, with the help of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop graphics card, it is more to meet the smooth operation of 3A masterpieces at 1080P resolution, so how does the ROG Magic X actually perform? We will use the corresponding test software to test the new platform of Magic X to see if the newly upgraded platform can make everyone satisfied. The ROG Phantom X we got is powered by the Intel Core i9-12900H processor, which has a 14-core and 20-thread design, that is, 6 P-cores and 8 E-cores.
We first used the CineBench R23 software to test the CPU of the ROG Phantom X, in the test of CB23, the Intel Core i9-12900HK processor single-threaded running score of 1838 points, and multi-threaded running score of 14416 points, this running score is very good, it can be said that it is one of the best in the current mobile processor, especially for the ROG Phantom X, can be tucked under the relatively lightweight fuselage into the current best performance of the mobile processor Obviously, the heat dissipation of ROG Phantom X plays an important role.
We also tested the CPU test in 3DMark, single-threaded 1002 points, 2 threads 1886 points, 4 threads 3447 points, 8 threads are 4586 points, the maximum thread is 7849 points, as to why there is no linear improvement between several threads, one of the important reasons is that the hybrid architecture used is P core and E core, and the performance of the two is still somewhat different.
This time ROG magic X uses LPDDR5 memory, the frequency reached 5200MHz, is also the first batch of notebook terminal equipment using LPDDR5, compared to the previous generation of LPDDR4x memory, LPDDR5 memory in the memory bandwidth increased significantly, we also used AIDA 64 for testing, the current new version of AIDA 64 for LPDDR5 memory and 12 generations of Core mobile processor identification is not very in place, many information is not displayed. After testing, it has achieved a memory read speed of 74GB/S, a memory write speed of 63GB/s and a memory copy speed of 72GB/s, which is a significant improvement compared with LPDDR4x memory.
On the graphics card, ROG Phantom X also uses NVIDIA GeForce RTX RTX 3050 Ti Laptop graphics card, using 3DMark to test this graphics card, basically in line with the performance that this graphics card should have, it can be seen that NVIDIA GeForce RTX RTX 3050 Ti Laptop graphics card is still in line with the actual performance of a mid-range graphics card. We also tested three games, including Overwatch, Tomb Raider: Shadow, and Horizon, and basically achieved more than 60 frames at 1080P resolution, but in Bright Memory, the game frame rate averaged 45 frames based on the highlight chase effects and performance mode.
This generation of ROG Magic X adds a new function, that is, dual display three modes, that is, single display mode, nuclear display mode and mixed mode, for gamers, graphics card direct connection can directly bypass the core display for image output, thereby improving the actual performance of the game, so many game notebooks have announced that they will use this technology.
Want to set the dual display three modes in the ROG magic X notebook is still more convenient, as long as the ARMoury Crate select the MUX switch off or not, when turning off the MUX, is to choose the unique display mode for graphics processing, and this mode of game frame rate is the highest.
We tested the graphics card direct connection, mixed mode and standard mode, where the mixed mode and the standard mode game frame rate is not much different, and the graphics card direct mode has a relatively large increase in the frame rate, reaching 71 frames, for gamers, the use of graphics card direct mode can indeed achieve more excellent results.
In terms of storage performance, the ROG Magic X notebook is equipped with an SSD based on PCIe 4.0, which was tested by CrystalDiskMark and found that the read speed was 3606MB/s and the write speed was 2897MB/s. In the 4K test, the read speed is 61MB/s, the write speed is 348MB/s, limited by the volume of 2230, there is no way to use a higher performance SSD, a little regret.
Heat dissipation and battery life
For a two-in-one notebook, battery life and heat are also an important part, especially for notebooks with discrete graphics cards such as the ROG Phantom X series. If there is no excellent cooling system, then even the best CPU and GPU can not exert full force, and then the function is wasted. We used AIDA 64 and Furmark tests to perform single and double copy tests on the Phantom X.
In the FPU-based single copy test, the temperature of the Intel Core i9-12900H processor is maintained at about 75 degrees Celsius, and the power of the CPU at this time is around 50W.
In the dual test mode of FPU+Furmark, the power consumption of the CPU is 15 watts, while the GPU is 40W, and the sum of the two is 55W. In terms of temperature, due to the frequency of the CPU and the lower power consumption, the maximum temperature at this time is 60 degrees Celsius.
Tested with the Flir One infrared thermometer, it was found that the highest temperature of the Phantom X was in the middle of the notebook, at 49 degrees Celsius, while at the keyboard it was only 26.5 degrees Celsius, and the heat was basically not felt.
We also used pcmark 8's home mode to test the battery life of the phantom X, the condition is to turn off the WiFi, set the brightness to 50% and turn on the centralized mode for testing, through the test found that the battery life of the phantom X is 4 hours and 6 minutes, which is still quite good. In addition, thanks to the 100W PD fast charge, the phantom X has a charging time of 70 minutes from 0-95% of the charge, and then enters the trickle charge, which finally takes 90 minutes to fully charge.
summary
Whether it is a very sci-fi appearance, or excellent performance, ROG magic X can always bring us more surprises, especially as a delicate and compact two-in-one notebook, can be tucked into the performance of the RTX 30 series graphics card and the 12th generation Core mobile processor is obviously a very good achievement, especially with the help of liquid gold and other advanced heat dissipation media, even if the full load state can achieve quite good heat dissipation results, which is valuable for the two-in-one notebook. After all, ROG did not compromise performance because of its small size.
There is no doubt that as an innovative product under the umbrella of ROG, whether it is the previously released Phantom 13 or Phantom X, it has brought us endless surprises, and it is a very competitive and good choice for enthusiasts who pursue portability and performance. But unfortunately, we did not get the XG dock equipped with AMD's flagship mobile graphics card this time, otherwise we can also see how the graphics performance of ROG Magic X can reach with the help of external graphics card.