This year, Intel launched the 13th generation mobile version of the Core processor, NVIDIA also brought you RTX40 series graphics card, the hardware configuration of the game book ushered in a new upgrade, but also attracted the attention of gamers. At the same time, the hardware performance of full blood once again puts forward requirements for the heat dissipation ability of the game book. In this environment, the mechanic once again brings players a new generation of external water-cooled game book - Dawning 16 Pro. It remains to be seen what surprises it will bring to players.
In terms of appearance, the color matching design of white outside and black inside is quite coordinated, and on the Dawning 16 Pro, a large number of RGB light strip elements are used, and the two Dawn surround light rings in the front and rear bring a full sense of atmosphere to the fuselage, including keyboard backlight, A-side logo and water-cooled Rubik's Cube, these places with lights can be customized by the mechanic intelligent control center software, and the side of the fuselage is a simple line design, which directly enhances the advanced sense of the A side.
In terms of screen, the mechanic Dawning 16Pro we received uses a 16-inch 16:10 2.5K screen with a resolution of 2560x1600 and supports a 240Hz refresh rate. Meet the visual enjoyment of players for narrow borders and large screens, as well as the clearer display effect brought by high resolution.
In terms of color, we tested the screen color gamut and color accuracy with the Red Spider Color Corrector, and the specific results are as follows:
Measured in the factory state, covering 99% sRGB, 77% of AdobeRGB and 77% of DCI-P3 color gamut, color performance is the current mainstream game book, thin and light book level, daily use and creation is enough.
In terms of color accuracy, the average value of ΔE is 0.66, the minimum value is 0.08, the maximum value is 3.89, and the color accuracy belongs to the upper level of the mainstream.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the mechanic Dawning 16Pro is equipped with 4KHSR "dual-mode star phantom screen" (not supported by test prototypes), and the screen can be cold-switched between 4K/120Hz and FHD/240Hz screen specifications to meet the screen needs of users with different needs.
If players have such needs, they need to pay attention to whether the selected product supports this technology when purchasing.
The Mechanic Dawning 16Pro's keyboard adopts a four-zone illuminated design that supports 16.8 million colors of RGB color, and the right side is equipped with a numeric keypad, and the keyboard arrow keys are also designed to be full-size.
In terms of interface, the interface of the mechanic Dawning 16Pro is mainly concentrated on the rear side and the left and right sides. From left to right, the rear side is: water-cooled double hole, Thunderbolt 4 interface, HDMI 2.1 interface, network cable interface and power hole. The external water cooling port is protected by dust-proof rubber plugs, which can be plugged to prevent dust blockage when not in use.
On the left is the USB3.2Type-A interface, microphone interface and headset two-in-one interface.
On the right side is the SD card slot and 2 USB-A3.2Type-A ports.
Water-cooled Rubik's Cube 2.0
In addition to the main unit, the water cooling box comes with 2 water cooling pipes (transparent, nylon material) and power adapters.
The water cooler has one illuminated power supply on the front, and the back is the power input, output and water-cooling interface. The top can be unscrewed to inject purified water or water coolant, and all functional checks and configurations are configured in the Sugon Intelligent Control Center.
The water tank adopts transparent design, and the water level can also be seen through the water level observation window on the side, and the water volume can be increased to 2/3~3/4, which is convenient for operation. The tip of the water-cooled tube adopts a magnetic design, which is more convenient to insert and has no operating threshold.
Water-cooled Rubik's Cube 2.0 has built-in intelligent sensors, which can intelligently adjust the water-cooled running power with the computer load, and can also actively stop when the pipeline is accidentally disconnected, and automatically switch to water-cooled mode after connecting to the notebook.
This time, we tested the different modes of air cooling and water cooling of the Dawning 16Pro respectively. Next, let's take a look at the hardware configuration and performance of the Dawning 16Pro.
In terms of processor, mechanic Dawning 16 Pro is equipped with the 13th generation Intel Core i9-13900HX, Intel has significantly increased its investment in HX series processors this year, the specifications of the 13th generation HX55 standard pressure processor have reached the level of the 13th generation Core desktop processor, i9-13900HX uses 8 performance cores + 16 energy efficiency core design, a total of 24 cores and 32 thread specifications, The maximum turbo frequency of the performance core is 5.4GHz, the maximum turbo frequency of the energy efficiency core is 3.9GHz, the L3 cache is 36MB, the basic power consumption is 55W, and the maximum turbo frequency power consumption is 157W. More cores, higher frequencies, more powerful performance, far more powerful than the previous generation. This should also be the "standard" choice for this year's high-end game books.
Mechanic Dawning 16Pro under the blessing of water-cooled Rubik's Cube 2.0, the performance of this processor has been further improved, and it can be seen through a series of tests that the water-cooled module has improved the multi-threaded performance of the CPU.
RTX4080Laptop GPU is also one of the must-have configurations of this year's flagship gamebook, which uses AD104 cores, has 7424 stream processors, 12GBGDDR6 video memory, memory bit width 192bit, core frequency 1960MHz, Boost frequency 2380MHz. At the same time, RTX40 series graphics cards also bring DLSS3 technology, which can bring higher frame rates when the game picture quality is better than DLSS2 technology.
In a number of tests of 3DMark, it is not difficult to find that air cooling has a very good performance, and with the blessing of water cooling, because the heat dissipation capacity is better, it can also make the whole machine play a more stable performance.
The memory and hard disk configuration of the mechanic Dawning 16Pro have also reached a high level. The test model is equipped with 32GBDDR54800 high-frequency memory, and its memory read speed reaches 40034MB/s, write speed 35703MB/s, and copy speed of 39610MB/s through AIDA64.
Because it is a single 32GB memory, the read copy speed is lower than the dual-channel DDR54800 memory, but for enthusiasts who have expansion needs in the later stage, you can add another 32GB memory to give 64GB DDR5 dual-channel memory, saving a lot of trouble.
In terms of hard disk, this product is equipped with a Samsung 1TBPCIe4.0 SSD, the measured sequential read speed is 6061.49MB/s, the write speed is 4649.5MB/s, which is a high-end level in PCIe4.0 SSDs, and can provide excellent read and write speeds for gamers.
The heat dissipation structure of the mechanic Dawning 16Pro is somewhat different from the traditional game book, the air-cooled structure is composed of 7 heat pipes + dual fans + four air outlets, the water-cooled pipe runs through the four heat pipes, and a large "U-shape" is taken inside the fuselage, extending the residence time of the water-cooled liquid inside the fuselage. In addition, both the CPU and GPU adopt liquid gold heat dissipation design, and the heat dissipation efficiency is much higher than that of silicone grease thermal conduction.
In terms of hardware power consumption and heat dissipation performance, we conducted a 30-minute high-intensity stress test on the processor through AID64. In air-cooled mode, the CPU temperature averages 95°C and the average power consumption is 87W.
↑Air-cooled mode single copy↑
In the water-cooled mode, the CPU temperature averages 95°C and the average power consumption is 100W.
↑Water-cooled mode single copy↑
In the double copy test of AIDA64 and Furmark, the average power consumption of the processor in air-cooled mode is 66W, and the average power consumption of the graphics card is 160W. The overall power consumption of CPU+GPU is released at about 225W.
↑Air-cooled mode double copy↑
In water cooling mode, the average power consumption of the processor is 69W, and the average power consumption of the graphics card is 175W. The overall power consumption of CPU+GPU is released at about 245W.
↑Water cooling mode double copy↑
It can be seen that the dual core can have such a strong performance release in the air-cooled state, which is also related to the design of its own heat dissipation module. The CPU and GPU are made of liquid gold, coupled with the design of dual fans, seven heat pipes and four air outlets, even if it is separated from water cooling, its heat dissipation ability is quite powerful.
Playtest
The theoretical performance of the 13th generation Core HX processor and RTX40 series laptop GPU is very powerful, with DDR5 memory and PCIe4.0 SSD, as well as the heat dissipation blessing of the mechanic Dawning 16Pro water-cooled Rubik's Cube, providing a strong hardware foundation for playing trendy games. What will the actual gaming experience look like, we chose Forza Horizon 5, Cyberpunk 2077, CS:GO as test objects:
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5, as the pinnacle of today's open-world racing games, has high requirements for hardware performance, and in the performance test provided by the game, the preset is adjusted to the highest, which can achieve an average comprehensive frame rate of 130FPS.
Cyberpunk 2077
"Cyberpunk 2077" can be said to be one of the masterpieces of light tracing games, after turning on light tracing can present extremely high-quality graphics, of course, it also needs strong hardware support.
Under the preset of 2.5K resolution and super quality, the average frame rate is 81.68.
At 2.5K resolution, ray tracing: Ultra + DLSS3 (performance mode) presets, the average frame rate reaches 91.87.
At 2.5K resolution, ray tracing: overload + DLSS3 (performance mode) presets, the average frame rate reaches 57.25.
《CS:GO》
In CS:GO's FPSBenchmark map, the final average FPS is 465.31.
summary
In fact, it is not difficult to find from the test that the mechanic Dawning 16Pro in air-cooled mode has a relatively good performance, the performance release of the whole machine 225W, with 2.5K resolution 16:10 ratio high color gamut 240Hz refresh rate screen takes into account the gaming experience and daily use, the overall use of the body is very good. The existence of water-cooled Rubik's Cube 2.0 has raised the noise control and temperature control performance of the whole machine to a higher level, and the performance of the whole machine has been released to close to 250W. Long-term high-load environment can have higher and more stable performance, suitable for enthusiasts.