Not long ago, Hedgehog Sauce newly entered a Microsoft tablet Surface Go 3, top with i3 8+128 version, maximum turbo frequency 3.9GHz, GPU for Intel UHD 615. The small partners of the IT home all know that the Windows tablet has made great sacrifices in terms of heat dissipation and performance release for the purpose of portability, and its positioning is "lightweight office". So, can the small Sophie be up to the occasional game needs outside the office? This review will mainly focus on lol and original god games as the evaluation object.
Evaluation environment: room temperature 20°, no auxiliary cooling measures, external power supply, 80% screen brightness, game body are placed on the external mechanical hard disk.
Actual performance of the original god (1920×1280 resolution)
After the installation is complete, during the loading of the game, due to the cg animation is too fine, the body temperature has been slightly higher at this time, as shown in the figure:
▼ The CPU has reached 82 °C (the state in which the screenshot was taken at the time of the read bar, so the GPU occupancy is 0 %)
Low image quality
▼ In default (low) quality, the frame rate is about 9 - 10 FPS, at this time it seems to trigger the temperature control, and the CPU is limited to a very low frequency (only 703Mhz)
Medium quality
▼ In medium quality, the frame rate does not decrease significantly, maintaining around 7 FPS (it may not have much room for degradation):
In this case, there is no longer any need to test the highest image quality, so we tested at very low quality to see if we can meet the basic gaming experience:
▼ At this time, the temperature has reached 71°, and there is no rise in the subsequent continuous operation, the CPU frequency is also about 1200 MHz floating up and down, the frame rate is stable at about 18 FPS, if you don't fight, you can still play.
LOL actual performance (1920×1080 resolution)
In the default medium quality, the frame rate of the incoming round can reach 64 FPS.
▼ 帧率 64 FPS，CPU 78 °C
▼ Clearance frame rate around 44 FPS
The performance at the highest quality is actually better than the medium quality, with an average of about 50fps:
▼ Frame rate around 50 FPS
The frame rate improvement at the lowest quality is not visible to the naked eye:
▼ Maximum image quality frame rate up to 50 FPS
summary
If you want to play LOL with surface Go 3, it is recommended to directly maximize the image quality. After the comprehensive evaluation of the whole game, the frame rate of the group is about 30 - 45 FPS, which is valuable for a tablet without active heat dissipation.
Audio-visual entertainment effects
The Surface Go 3 features a 1920×1280p screen with 100% srgb color gamut, 400nit maximum brightness, streaming HDR video, and two speakers integrated in front of the panel, well hidden in a less thin bezel. Support for Dolby Sound (Requires Purchase of Dolby Access in the Microsoft Store), and can be turned on with simple configuration:
Of course, the Dolby sound effect at this time only makes the speaker more full and thick, in order to experience the real Dolby Atmos, you also need the corresponding resources to play all its effects, if you are playing Dolby resources, then the speaker in the lower right corner will prompt (Dolby Atmos is being used).
Next, the video playback performance was evaluated, and under the highest 4K image quality of Youku, the heat of the fuselage was not so obvious:
▼ Youku 4K plays normally
After removing the power supply, the CPU frequency has decreased, the power has dropped to about 3W, and the screen has no dropped frames:
▼ The unplugged frame rate is normal
When station B 4KHDR video playback test, there was an unexpected problem: when the bullet screen was turned on, the detection software could only detect 30fps, and the video did not drop frames; but the bullet screen frame rate was limited to 30fps. If you close the barrage, the detection component in the upper left corner disappears with it. So it's good to look at the frame rate here.
▼ When the bullet screen is fully open, the GPU occupancy reaches 80%, and the power consumption at this time also reaches 10w, which is probably the reason why HDR automatically stimulates the maximum brightness. Unplug the power supply, the data is not much the same.
As an entry-level Windows tablet released by Microsoft in 2021, the Surface Go 3 may not be able to handle all the large tasks, and the price is not so friendly, but its irreplaceable portability is believed to be enough to win the love of some users. At the same time, after this in-depth test, it was found that Surface Go3 actually has a decent performance in gameplay. It may not be so conscientious and comprehensive, but as a little guy with a body of only 10 inches, it can really surprise people in some scenes.