Brother Roar has been playing "Atomic Heart" to the top lately, especially that refrigerator... Ahem, pulled away.
Back to the point, the main force of PC games is our young people in their twenties and thirties, but at this age we also need to work and make money... Then a laptop that can not only play the current 3A masterpieces, but also cope with the office, editing, and modeling software needed at work, is a must-have weapon, and I often have friends who ask me to recommend such a "civilized and military" game book.
It just so happens that HP has just released a new generation of VICTUS Light and Shadow Genie 9 Unbounded Game Book, I think it is very in line with the expectations of gamers and social animals such as me, people have already told you in the name: "Unbounded" - can be used anywhere, and "game book" - the performance is still strong.
With Brother Roar's excellent friendship with HP, I directly got one for everyone to evaluate.
Cool styling with a full atmosphere
As a game book, Light Wizard 9 does not have the "brick" appearance of traditional game books, on the contrary, it not only looks cool, but HP uses a unique design to make it visually lighter.
In addition to the meteorite black in my hand, there are also frost white and surging blue, each with its own characteristics, you can choose according to your preferences. Behind the hinge, the Light Genie 9 adopts a rounded tail air outlet design, which not only makes the fuselage appear thinner, but also plays an auxiliary heat dissipation effect, killing two birds with one stone.
Not only "looks" thin, the light wizard 9 in the case of achieving a 16.1-inch large screen body, the whole machine weighs only about 2.3kg, and the thickest point is only 23.9mm, which is really a "lightweight" product in the game book.
When it comes to screens, in fact, whether it is a gamer or used as an office, everyone's requirements for the quality of computer displays are still very high. Fast response and high refresh rate are essential for gamers; For work, screen color gamut and color accuracy are also very important.
Light Genie 9 can choose a high-resolution high-resolution high-refresh rate gaming screen with up to 2.5K resolution + 240Hz, with 3ms fast response time and 100% sRGB high color gamut and high color accuracy, whether it is used for gaming or work, this is a good screen; In addition, this display has narrow sides on three sides, a 16:9 screen ratio, a screen-to-body ratio of 83.4%, a wide game field of view, office can be split screen, and the effect is leverage~
RGB light efficiency is known to bring a 300% performance bonus (
）。 Don't think that only desktops can play light pollution, we Light Wizard 9 can too. The keyboard of Light Genie 9 supports RGB adjustable backlight (RTX4060 and above), let's say, which color you like, directly arrange it for you, with LightStudio software can also achieve dynamic RGB effect, the e-sports atmosphere is full.
Many gamers said that when playing a large game, the computer fan began to whistle, the noise thief was big, and the temperature did not drop a few degrees... The Light Genie 9 is different, it is equipped with HP's high-tech "cool storm cooling technology", using two-in, three-out five-air duct design, built-in four heat pipes (dual 8mm main heat pipes), upgraded to 12V three-phase motor, liquid bearings, fast heat dissipation and quieter.
Coupled with the infrared temperature sensor of the fuselage, combined with Dynamic Power Technology in the OMEN Gaming Hub, the dynamic adjustment of power consumption and fans can be used to maximize performance while maintaining a comfortable experience, which is called "soft and hard combination".
Hardcore configuration, play 3A
The game is basic, the focus is still on the game performance, so the hardware configuration must not be low, I will give you a brief list of the core configuration of Light and Shadow 9:
Equipped with the 13th generation Intel ® Core ™ i7 processor, super core, up to 16 cores and 24 threads, turbo frequency up to 5.0GHz;
The graphics card can choose NVIDIA ® GeForce RTX 4070/ RTX 4060/RTX™™™4050, and support direct connection/mixed switching of graphics card;
Support dual PCIe4.0 NVMe interfaces, up to 1TB PCIe4.0X4 M.2 SSD;
All systems support DDR5 4800MHz dual-channel high-frequency memory;
The Intel AX211 Wifi6e wireless card is standard across the line
It's useless to just say, let's measure it.
The specifications of this Light Genie 9 in my hand are i7-13700HX+RTX4060+16GB, the following are tested in a room temperature environment of 25°C, the machine turns on the fury mode, and the test is 100% fully charged and connected to the power supply.
Master Lu
Although it is nicknamed the "entertainment master", the score can still be used for our reference. The Lu Master score of Light and Shadow Genie 9 is 1676084, more than 97% of users in the country, so to speak, as long as it is the mainstream 3A game on the market at present, it can basically run without pressure, and the office is naturally not a problem.
Geekbench 6
Geekbench 6 is a new generation of CPU score test software, the new version of the test takes into account the usage habits of modern users, closer to the way users actually use the device in 2023, simply put, the score is more comprehensive and objective.
The CPU score of Light Genie 9 in Geekbench 6 is 2470 points for a single core and 12141 points for a multi-core, after all, it is equipped with the thirteenth generation Intel ® Core ™ i7 processor, super strong core, which is quite excellent.
3DMark
3DMark's "Time Spy" is a DirectX 12 benchmark developed for high-performance gaming PCs, and the higher the score, the better the graphics card. My RTX4060 graphics card of the Light Genie 9 has a score of 11065 points, and for comparison, the RTX3060 graphics card has a score of 8800 points, which seems to be a great improvement.
GPU single bake
Stress tested with Furmark, set to FHD resolution +2X MSAA, run for 30 minutes, GPU core maximum temperature of 71°C, power consumption stable at 120W, and the performance release of the graphics card is also quite good.
PCMark Modern Office Test
Although I knew that it was "killing chickens with a cow knife", I was too curious about how much this could reduce the dimensionality of the blow, or to run.
PCMark includes a comprehensive set of tests covering almost every task in the modern office: from simple web surfing, video conferencing, document and spreadsheet processing, photo and video editing, to more complex digital content creation. The higher the benchmark score for PCMark, the better.
Generally speaking, a score of more than 4500 points is a normal score for high-performance notebooks, while the score of Light and Shadow Genie 9 is 7281, which is too bullying.
Game books are not just bought to run points, of course, to play ah. I chose "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Dying Light 2" two 3A masterpieces with eating configurations, as well as the game "PUBG" with high frame rate requirements, to take you to feel the joy of the game book.
Cyberpunk 2077
In the benchmark that comes with "Cyberpunk 2077", using the 1080P + "Ray Tracing: Super" preset, the average frame rate is stable at 99 frames, which I couldn't imagine when I played this game before...
"Dying Light 2"
In the benchmark test that comes with "Dying Light 2", the 1080P+ high quality preset is used, the average frame rate is 90 frames, and the maximum can reach 119.4 frames, which can be said to be very silky.
《PUBG》
At 1080P resolution, the rendering ratio is 100%, the overall image quality is "super high", and the frame rate can be stable at more than 140 frames throughout the game, almost running at full frames.
With the support of this frame rate, even if the game screen changes quickly, the human eye will look very smooth, and it can effectively alleviate the dizziness after playing for a long time, and it is certainly easier to win.
Seeing the number of frames, I believe I don't need to say anything more, just one word: cool.
By the way, I will introduce the "OMEN Gaming Hub" application that comes with Light Wizard 9, you can use it to adjust the performance of the machine very conveniently, such as when playing 3A masterpieces, turn on the fury mode like me, play games at full power, and achieve a smooth e-sports experience; If it is a casual game that does not eat so much, you can switch to balanced mode to achieve a balance between power consumption and performance, and also exchange for a quieter entertainment experience; This time, a "ECO" mode has been added, which limits the CPU/GPU/screen refresh rate with one click, so that the battery life of the whole machine is greatly improved, and it can be used for browsing the web or light office!
In addition, the game acceleration function in Gaming Hub has added a Core Affinity technology, which can lock the game process on a few dedicated P cores, and arrange other processes to unused P cores and E cores, that is, the performance is prioritized to the game, which can greatly improve the game performance, another excellent case of "soft and hard combination", wonderful.
As a game book, Light and Shadow Genie not only has a hardcore hardware configuration, equipped with the thirteenth generation Intel ® Core ™ i7 processor, super core, and the new RTX 4060 game graphics card, as well as a unique appearance design, and even thinner than the same price game book, can be used as the main office computer, real players and real social animals chose it, are proper love.