With the development of notebooks, more and more consumers have begun to pay attention to the "body weight", for example, a thin and light notebook≥ 1.5kg is heavy, and a gaming laptop should not be too heavy even if it is inherently not portable.
Most new users may not know that there is a class of laptops that have almost given up portability and pursued cooling, performance, and scalability, and that is the flagship gaming laptop.
Why are high-end gaming laptops generally overweight?
Today, we will use a typical product to briefly analyze:
MSI Titan 18 Ultra
Left side of the fuselage
The right side of the fuselage
Rear fuselage
It is configured as follows:
i9-14900HX processor
RTX 4090 16GB 独立显卡（175W）
128GB DDR5 5600MHz RAM (because Intel limits actually running at 3600MHz)
4TB SSD
18.0英寸 3840×2400分辨率 100%DCI-P3色域 120Hz刷新率 MiniLED屏
厚度 24.1~31.7mm
Weight 3.62kg
The adapter weighs 1114g
The reference price is 41999 yuan
Its advantages and disadvantages are as follows:
Advantages!1, the performance is very strong, and it is matched with the only 400W adapter in the industry
2. Strong internal scalability, 4 memory slots + 3 solid-state bits
3. The peripheral configuration such as keyboard and lighting effect is good
Disadvantages!1, the noise is higher under high load, and the surface temperature is higher
2. The machine is very heavy, and the trackpad vibration simulation experience is average
3. Due to Intel platform limitations, the actual memory frequency is lower
【Upgrade Suggestion】It is not difficult to disassemble this laptop, unscrew all the screws on the bottom surface, and use the spudger to remove the back cover.
Dual-channel 128GB DDR5 5600MHz memory, because of Intel limitations, actually runs at 3600MHz, which is not MSI shrinkage, so I want to explain it here. The SSD has a capacity of 4TB, consisting of two 2T Samsung PM9A1a Group Raid0, and the machine also has a 2280 M.2 slot, which can be installed if necessary.
(The slot specification in the upper left corner is PCIe5.0, and the other two are PCIe4.0)
【Purchase Suggestion】
1. It requires a strong performance release of the whole machine
2. Extremely high requirements for internal expansion
3. Have the family conditions of re-entrenchment
The biggest feature of the MSI Titan 18 Ultra is expandability, after all, i9 and 4090 can do it, but few manufacturers dare to do 4 memory slots + 3 hard disk bays. In terms of screen, this MiniLED screen supports color gamut switching, with a measured color gamut volume of 98.7% DCI-P3 and a color gamut coverage of 95.3% DCI-P3;
Taking DCI-P3 as a reference, the average ΔE was 2.06 and the maximum ΔE was 5.02.
Using sRGB as a reference, the average ΔE was 2.78 and the maximum ΔE was 5.06.
The measured global maximum brightness is 697nits, and when HDR is turned on, the local maximum brightness is 1116nits. The screen dimming type is 2600Hz high-frequency PWM.
In terms of interfaces, there are two USB-A 10Gbps and an SD card slot on the left side of the fuselage, two Thunderbolt 4 on the right side of the fuselage, one USB-A 10Gbps and one 3.5mm audio interface, and one HDMI2.1 (independent display output), RJ45 network port (2.5G) and power interface on the back side of the fuselage.
In terms of noise, it has a decibel level of 58.2dB at full load and 63.7dB in strong cooling mode. (33.6dB ambient noise)
In terms of battery life, the endurance test result of high-load simulation is 3 hours and 6 minutes.
MSI Titan 18 Ultra also has relatively cheaper options, such as 64G+4T priced at 39999 yuan, and 64G+2T+4080 priced at 32999 yuan. So if you are particularly rich and love fitness and want to buy a laptop to play games and strengthen your body by the way, then this computer can be considered.
But if the budget is not so high, then you can consider mainstream game books, which also have some fitness benefits.
【Heat Analysis】
The picture above is a real shot of the disassembly of the MSI Titan 18 Ultra Titan, a combination of dual fans and a large vapor chamber heating tube.
Room temperature 25 °C
Reflectance1.0
BIOS版本:E1822IMS.111
In the full load state, turn on the furious mode, the CPU temperature is up to 89°C, stable at about 88°C, the power consumption fluctuates somewhat, about 92W in 30 minutes, the P-core frequency is 3.3GHz, the E-core frequency is 2.8GHz, and the graphics card power consumption is 175W, the temperature is 74.7°C, and the frequency is 1620MHz.
Turn on the strong cooling mode, the CPU temperature is up to 86°C, stable at about 81°C, the power consumption fluctuates somewhat, about 94W in 30 minutes, the P-core frequency is 3.0~3.1GHz, the E-core frequency is 2.6GHz, the graphics card power consumption is 175W, the temperature is 69.9°C, and the frequency is 1605MHz.
单烤Stress FPU,CPU温度维持在93°C,30分钟时约为169W,P核频率3.9~4.1GHz,E核频率3.5GHz。
Single-baked Furmark, the temperature of the graphics card is maintained at 72.8°C, the power consumption is 175W, and the frequency is 1620MHz.
The surface temperature is shown in the graph above, with keyboard keycaps up to 49.2°C on the "-" key, around 39.4°C near the WASD key, and 40.7°C on the arrow key. The temperature of the left wrist rest is 30.3°C.
Overall, the MSI Titan 18 Ultra's cooling performance is average, and as a top-of-the-line flagship, the keyboard temperature is already quite high, and the power consumption of the oven also fluctuates, indicating that it is still a bit difficult to pursue the highest power consumption.
【The Pig King's Conscience Conclusion】
The biggest feature of a top-of-the-line gaming laptop is "high configuration and strong performance", but this is a double-edged sword, which is both an achievement and a limitation. The high core configuration requires higher power consumption, so a higher power power adapter is required. The higher the power consumption, the higher the heat generation, so a larger heat dissipation specification is required.
Many users ask me when they ask for recommendations: "Why are there so few large-screen gaming laptops over 16 inches in the recommendation list?"
The reason is portability, 15~16 inch notebook portability is already very bad, not only the weight of the body increases, but the length and width of the size also limits the computer carrying.
If the screen size of the laptop is increased to 17~18 inches, the portability will become extremely poor, and some can no longer even fit into a normal backpack, so they can only drag the trolley case to move.
But then again, today's game, even if it is less portable, is much stronger than a desktop, after all, its body integrates a screen, keyboard, and trackpad, and these three peripherals are placed here on the desktop, which is a devastating blow to portability. (especially the screen)
In my opinion, this kind of super-heavy game book will always be liked because of its power consumption and scalability, but this group will not become the mainstream, and thinness is still the general direction of the future.