As the absolute leader of mobile GPU, NVIDIA brought us two new high-end Laptop GPUs at the beginning of this year - RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti, more stream processors and higher power consumption settings have brought about the improvement of underlying performance, coupled with various AI technologies, NVIDIA not only provides a graphics chip in the notebook, but also combines this chip with other hardware and software in the notebook. Improve the user experience of the game and daily life in an all-round way.
Specific to our protagonist mechanic Star 17 today, in addition to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU, the biggest feature is that it has an external portable water cooling box, which brings water cooling to the mainstream game product, which greatly alleviates the old and difficult problem of the game book - heat dissipation, and the specific water cooling will bring much improvement to the performance of the whole machine, which we will test later.
The test model in my hand is the medium and high version of the Mechanic Star 17, and the specific configuration is as follows:
CPU: Intel Core i7-12700H processor
GPU: GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (150W)
Memory: Dual channel 32GB DDR5 4800MHz memory
Hard Disk: 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD*2
Screen: 17.3 inch 2K 100% sRGB 240Hz
Power supply: 280W
1. Probably the most easy-to-use performance control center
Before starting the performance test, let's briefly introduce the built-in control software in the mechanic game book, called the intelligent control center, which I think is the best control center on the market in terms of ease of use and openness.
Switching and opening functions in terms of operation and use are all available, and the color correction of the monitor is built-in, and the keyboard light can be manually adjusted.
In terms of performance adjustment, the conventional performance mode, unique direct switching is of course possessed, the biggest highlight is the openness of performance adjustment, you can adjust the CPU power consumption, GPU core frequency, video memory frequency, whether to turn on Dynamic Boost and DB specific power consumption, memory overclocking and a series of functions. The high degree of openness and the low difficulty of adjustment are unique among mobile platforms, and of course, the operation of connecting water cooling is also done here.
In this test, we turn on the performance mode throughout the process + unique direct connection + fan forced maximum speed.
2. GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU
First of all, let's take a look at the performance of the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU, 8GB GDDR6 video memory, 5888 stream processors, 256bit memory bit width, and the parameters are infinitely close to the low-end RTX 3080. Specific to the RTX 3070 Ti on the Mechanic Star 17, the power consumption is set at 150W power consumption, GPU frequency 1035MHz, Boost frequency 1485MHz.
3. GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU technology test
NVIDIA is committed to taking the entertainment experience on laptops to unprecedented heights through innovative technologies, improving the gaming environment and enhancing the player experience. These technologies are brought by Nvidia's Max-Q technology, which contains 9 major technology collections, focusing on optimizing the power consumption and performance of mobile platforms, so as to maximize the energy efficiency ratio of the chip in the very limited space inside the notebook, and adapt it to more use scenarios, balancing the performance, endurance, light and thin of the notebook.
For example, Whipper Mode 2.0, this function is used to balance the performance of the laptop with the fan noise, the player can set the minimum frame in the game scene, and the system automatically controls the fan, so as to achieve the player's target frame number with the lowest fan noise.
Another example is Battery Boost 2.0, a feature designed to help players improve battery life when playing on battery. The two functions mentioned above can be turned on and adjusted manually in the NVIDIA Experience software.
In addition, in max-Q technology, "Dynamic Boost" and "DLSS" are the two most important and most obvious technologies in the game scene, and we will use this mechanic Star 17 to test how effective they are
· Dynamic Boost
Dynamic Boost, in the game scene, even if it is the same game, in different scenes, different picture quality settings, the CPU and GPU requirements are not the same, not to mention different games. So for this, NVIDIA launched Dynamic Boost technology, which can make the power consumption of the whole machine in the case of basically unchanged, automatically detect the game scene, the power consumption is dynamically distributed to the CPU and GPU in real time, so as to provide higher frame rate and stability in different game scenarios, and then we will test it through the game "Subway: Gone".
The detection software used is NVIDIA's official FrameView, which can detect the average power consumption of THE CPU and GPU during the game.
Before starting the test, first turn on the Dynamic Boost function in the Intelligent Control Center, and adjust the power consumption to the maximum 25W, to maximize the power of the DB, running the "Subway: Gone" BenchMark:
Under the preset minimum effect Low image quality, the average CPU power consumption in the entire BenchMark process is 32W, and the average power consumption of the GPU is 123W;
With the highest special effects in Excel quality preset, the average CPU power consumption throughout the Benchmark Process is 23W, and the average POWER consumption of the GPU is 144W.
The higher the image quality, the higher the demand for the GPU, Dynamic Boost will automatically detect the running pressure, allocate more to gpu power consumption to increase the number of frames and stabilize the number of frames, avoid a large drop of frames, and bring players a smoother game experience.
· DLSS
DLSS, also known as Deep Learning Supersampling, is an AI rendering technology that can greatly increase the number of game frames by rendering low-resolution images, output high-resolution images, and without losing image quality. This technology is usually turned on with his good brother ray tracing, ray tracing is too much pressure on the GPU, the number of frames drops sharply after opening, but at the same time after turning on DLSS, the game frame rate will be well compensated. The current DLSS has come to the second generation, and the efficiency is much higher than when DLSS was first released, and we will use the game "Control" to see its power. The test method is to switch DLSS and Ray Tracing on and off in the same scene to compare the change in the number of frames (ray tracing is turned on as "high" by default).
First, let's take a look at the basic image quality settings, 2K resolution, preset high image quality.
In this scenario, the number of frames in the default state is 76, the number of frames soars to 124 after only DLSS is turned on, the number of frames drops to 45 after only ray tracing is turned on, and the number of frames after opening DLSS and ray tracing is 78
After changing a scene, the number of frames in the default state is 79, the number of frames soars to 125 after only opening DLSS, the number of frames drops to 49 after only ray tracing is turned on, and the number of frames after opening DLSS and ray tracing is 84
Through the above two scene tests, everyone should be able to appreciate how the effect of DLSS is, and the frame rate has almost doubled after opening DLSS. After turning on RTX, due to the pressure of ray tracing on the GPU, the frame rate has fallen off a cliff, and even did not reach the smooth passing line of 60 frames, but after opening DLSS at the same time, the DLSS technology directly offsets the huge pressure brought by RTX to the GPU, pulling the frame rate back to the default state, enjoying the realistic picture quality while also enjoying smooth game screen.
Ray tracing
Since the RTX20 generation, ray tracing into the consumer field, before ordinary users can not touch the technology through a graphics card can be experienced, it can be said that "the old Wang Xie Tang Qianyan, flew into the homes of ordinary people", this technology provides a more realistic light and shadow effect for the game screen, so that we can feel the light reflection close to the real world in the game world, we still feel through the game "Control" This game to feel how much light tracing can bring to the screen.
First of all, look at this set of pictures, the upper is closed ray tracing, the bottom is open, you can see the glass reflected out of the corridor, and when you turn off ray tracing, you can only see the blinds.
When ray tracing is turned on, the reflections on the ground are more detailed and more realistic, and you can see that the left side of the picture also reflects more things than pitch black.
The two sets of screenshots show the same effect after turning on ray tracing, and the overall picture is brighter, and the ground reflects more pictures in the scene from gray and bald, more layered.
Game testing
At the end of this section, let's take a look at the game performance of the other two AAA masterpieces. Game tests are conducted in a water-cooled state.
In Tomb Raider: Shadow, the quality is set to the highest quality in 2K resolution, with vertical sync turned off and the game's built-in Benchmark running, with an average frame count of 96 frames.
In Horizon 5, 2K resolution extreme quality, turn off vertical sync, run the game's built-in Benchmark, the average frame count is 80 frames.
The performance of the RTX 3070 Ti is enough to smoothly run various AAA masterpieces under the high quality of 2K resolution, which represents the outstanding performance of the underlying performance of the RTX 30 series GPU, coupled with the blessing of AI technology, the RTX 30 series GPU can improve the all-round gaming experience of players and friends.
4. CPU performance test
Of course, whether the game is smooth or not not only depends on the graphics card, the CPU is also crucial, the CPU equipped with the mechanic Star 17 is already familiar with the Intel 12th generation Core i7-12700H processor, Intel 7 process, heterogeneous design, with 6 high-performance cores + 8 high-performance cores, 20 threads, of which the high-performance core maximum turbo frequency 4.7GHz, high-performance core maximum turbo frequency 3.5GHz, 24MB three slow, basic TDP 45W.
In the CINEBENCH benchmark:
CINEBENCH R15: Multi-core performance 2571cb, single-core performance 255cb;
CINEBENCH R20: Multi-core performance 6091cb, single-core performance 679cb;
CINEBENCH R23: Multicore performance 15494cb, single core performance 1756pts.
After connecting the water cooling:
CINEBENCH R15: Multi-core performance 2768cb, single-core performance 261cb;
CINEBENCH R20: Multi-core performance 6937cb, single-core performance 688cb;
CINEBENCH R23: Multi-core performance 17737pts, single-core performance 1810pts.
The improvement of multi-core performance by 14 physical cores is quite obvious, and the 12th generation Core is still adhering to the excellent tradition of Intel's single-core performance, bringing performance guarantees to games, designs and other scenarios. After connecting the water cooling, the performance of the CPU can be improved by about 15%, for the mobile platform, it is very difficult to squeeze out an additional 15% of the performance, which shows that the power of water cooling is still not to be underestimated, so in the grill, what kind of changes will water cooling bring?
5. Grill test
The first is the single baking test of the GPU, in the case of not connecting water cooling, using FurMark 1920 * 1080 8x MSAA for testing, 30 minutes of test GPU stability 150W, temperature 75 degrees, frequency in 1530MHz ~ 1635MHz.
After connecting the water cooling, re-test, the same FurMark 1920 * 1080 8x MSAA, test time 30 minutes, GPU stability 130W, temperature 49.4 degrees, frequency 1485MHz ~ 1635MHz.
Because after connecting the water cooling, the performance control turns to automatic, and can not manually open the 150W maximum power consumption, should be the default to open the DB, so the power consumption of the GPU is 130W, but the temperature is low scary, only less than 50 degrees, in the mobile platform, such a power consumption of the top GPU can have such a temperature performance, unheard of, unseen.
Next is the single-bake test of the CPU, using AIDA 64 system stability test Stres FPU mode without connecting water cooling, CPU power consumption 74W, temperature 95 degrees, performance core frequency 3.6GHz, performance core frequency 2.7GHz.
After connecting the water cooling, the same test, the CPU power consumption 91W, the temperature 95 degrees, the performance core frequency 3.8GHz. The performance core frequency is 2.9GHz. After connecting the water cooling, the power consumption increased by nearly 17W under the condition that the CPU temperature was unchanged, and the frequency of the performance core and the performance core increased.
Finally, the double-baked test, without connecting water cooling, manually adjusting the GPU power consumption to 150W, using AIDA 64 system stability test Stres FPU mode + FurMark 1920*1080 8x MSAA, test time 30 minutes, CPU power consumption 36W, temperature 85 degrees, performance core frequency 2.6GHz, performance core frequency 2.2GHz. The GPU consumes 150W, has a temperature of 79 degrees, and a frequency of about 1550MHz.
After connecting the water cooling, the same test, the CPU power consumption is 84.5W, the temperature is 95 degrees, the performance core frequency is 3.7GHz, and the performance core frequency is 2.8GHz. GPU power consumption of 125W, temperature 54.7 degrees, frequency 1470MHz ~ 1590MHz.
For comparison, when not connected to the water cooling, the power consumption of the whole machine is about 36W + 150W = 186W, after connecting the water cooling, the power consumption of the whole machine is 84.5W + 125W = 209.5W, and the depyretic capacity of the whole machine has increased by about 23.5W, compared with the conventional form of the game book, his power consumption release ability is extremely outstanding.
6. DDR5+PCIe 4.0 top storage specifications
In terms of storage, the mechanic Star 17 test machine I got is equipped with a combination of 32GB dual-channel DDR5 4800MHz memory + two 512GB PCIe 4.0 solid-state, which is also the top storage specification in the current mobile platform.
In the AIDA 64 Memory & Cacha BenchMark test, the read, write, and copy speeds of the two DDR5 4800MHz memory were 65833MB/S, 66846MB/S, and 62475MB/S, respectively, with a latency of 95.4ns. Although latency is slightly inferior to top-level DDR4, the speed of reading, writing, and copying has increased exponentially.
The sequential read and write speed of the two PCIe 4.0 SSDs is from Samsung, PM9A1, 1 thread 8 queue is 6736MB/S+4848.24MB/S, which belongs to the normal PM9A1, which has been doubled compared to the PCIe 3.0 SSD.
7, in addition to the hardware, the appearance is also showing
In addition to adding "water cooling", a rare device in the notebook platform, the mechanic Star 17 also uses its muscles in the mold surface coating process, and three processes are used in the same model.
First of all, the A-side is made of aviation-grade aluminum alloy material, and the surface is half metal drawing process and half of it is frosted, forming a visual effect of half bright and half matte; the operation area of the C-side adopts the skin-like process. Often due to the cost, manufacturing complexity, a notebook may only use a surface spraying process, the Star 17 can be applied at the same time three current common spraying processes, very rare, but also enough to prove the status of the Star 17 as a flagship.
Half of the metal brushed A side has the English LOGO of MACHENIKE with oblique laser engraving, and the frosted half has the mechanic's graphic LOGO.
The screen surface has a narrow bezel design with a camera, located at the top of the screen. This screen is 17.3 inches in size, the resolution is 2560 * 1440, supports a high refresh rate of 165Hz, covers a color gamut of 100% sRGB, and is a standard high color gamut gaming screen.
The C-side keyboard has arrow keys and a keypad area, both of which are normal size, with the power key located at the top right of the keyboard and a key next to it that quickly adjusts the performance mode. The area of the touchpad is large, but it is easy to leave fingerprint oil stains after a long period of operation.
Finally, let's take a look at the interface, the left side of the fuselage is a USB-A, a set of microphone /headphone interfaces; the right side of the fuselage is two USB-A, an SD card slot; the rear of the fuselage is a set of water cooling pipe interfaces, a tear point 4 interface, an HDMI interface, an RJ45 network cable interface and a power interface.
8. Summary
The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU gives unparalleled graphics processing performance, and through the combination of extremely advanced AI technology, software and hardware, to bring players a smoother and more stable gaming experience.
In addition, the mechanic Star 17 is equipped with the current top storage combination to further eliminate the storage bottleneck; the 14-core 20-thread i7-12700H processor escorts the game, and there is more water cooling, which brings the performance release to a new level, and also proposes a good solution for the heat dissipation of the mobile platform.
The latest high-performance GPU + water cooling, whether it is an electronic technology enthusiast who likes to try early or a gamer who pursues the ultimate performance release, this Star 17 of the mechanic is a product that should not be missed.