Easy to play the light chase game RTX 2070 version HP Shadow Wizard 6 experience

HP Shadow Genie 6 It is a very interesting one recently launched Gamebook New products. Compared with Shadow Fairy 5, this time Shadow Fairy 6 has made a new appearance design. From the past, it has a very personalized and exaggerated style, and is designed for low-key and introverted design language. At the same time, the elimination of Voodoo logo announced that HP Gamebook entered a new era.

HP Shadow Genie 6 series has a good price performance ratio. Not only GTX16 series models can be selected, but also RTX2070 level graphics cards can be selected for users with enough budget, which enables different game players to find models suitable for their own configuration.

The specific configuration of HP Shadow Genie 6 game book obtained by the author this time is as follows:

Video card: NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
Graphics card driver Version: 451.67
OMEN Command Center drive Version: V.10.2.14.0
CPU: Intel Core i7-10750H
Memory: 16GBDDR4 2933MHz
Hard disk: 1TBPCIe NVMe SSD
Screen: 15.6 "/FHD/IPS/144Hz

·RTX2070 Max-Q theoretical performance evaluation

Let's take a look at the basic specifications of NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q independent graphics card:

     GeForce RTX2070 Max-Q detection information

In terms of specifications, GeForceRTX 2070 Max-Q is built based on the 12nm TU106 core, with a clock frequency of 900MHz, a Boost frequency of 1125MHz, 2304 CUDA units, 64/144 grating/texture, 1375MHz video memory frequency, 256bit bit width, and 352GB/s bandwidth.

  Video card switcher interface

  Turn on Berserker Mode

In addition, in order to give full play to the performance of the independent graphics card, the OMEN Command Center built in HP Shadow Genie 6 Software The video card switcher is provided, which has two modes: mixed mode and direct connection mode. After the direct connection mode is enabled, the unique display will no longer output performance through Intel's core display, so it will have a more stable and smooth game performance. The mixed mode is mainly used to improve the endurance of Shadow Elf 6. At the same time, if you turn on the rage mode in the performance mode in the direct connection mode, the overall performance will remain at a higher level.

·Use Max-Q Dynamic Boost technology to unlock the performance potential of graphics cards

Next, we will use 3DMark Let's learn about the theoretical performance of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q.

One thing is worth mentioning before testing. For Max-Q series graphics cards, NVIDIA is equipped with Max-Q design Notebook computer The Max-Q Dynamic Enhancement option has been added to the control panel. After this option is enabled, the performance of the graphics card will be improved to a certain extent. If the 3DMark test is taken as the measurement standard, the increase is about 6%. So if you purchase this type of model, remember to enable the Max-Q dynamic enhancement function when playing the game.

  Max-Q dynamic enhancements

Max-Q DynamicBoost technology can automatically improve game performance by intelligently balancing the power consumption of each frame between the GPU and the CPU. Its working principle is to divide the CPU power consumption to the GPU, so that when the GPU becomes a key performance bottleneck, it can have higher power consumption to meet the rendering requirements under high load. Max-Q Dynamic Boost technology is an intelligent technology with autonomous operation, adaptive and intelligent adjustment characteristics, which can bring additional performance improvement to the graphics card.

Next, let's see how GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q performs differently in various tests of 3DMark when dynamic enhancement is turned on and off.

First, let's take a look at the performance of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q when Max-Q Dynamic Boost technology is enabled:

  TimeSpy graphic score: 7237

  PortRoyal graphic score: 4279

  FSE graphic score: 8689

If Max-Q Dynamic Boost technology is turned off, 3DMark's score will be reduced to a certain extent, as follows:

  TimeSpy graphic score: 6217

  PortRoyal graphic sub: 3816

  FSE graphic score: 7989

From the run test, Max-Q Dynamic Boost technology has significantly improved the performance of graphics cards. Among them, the graph score of Time Spy mode increased by 16.4%, that of Port Royal mode by 12.1%, and that of FSE mode by 8.8%.

How about the power consumption of GPU and CPU in actual games when Max-Q DynamicBoost technology is turned off and on? We had a real machine experience with Tomb Raider: Shadow, a 3A quality masterpiece, and used HWiNFO to record the changes in GPU and CPU power consumption during a game period, as follows:

First, look at the power consumption performance of the GPU. We can see that after the dynamic enhancement function is turned on, that is, the state shown by the yellow line, the overall power output of the GPU is higher, which means that the GPU will get more powerful system power support when encountering high load tasks, thus improving the overall performance and ensuring that the game surface is in a smooth and stable running state. After the dynamic enhancement is turned off, that is, the state shown by the blue line, we see that the power consumption of the GPU will become lower, which is more conducive to heat dissipation and extended endurance.

Let's look at the performance of CPU. When Max-Q DynamicBoost technology function is enabled, it is the status shown by the yellow line. At this time, because the CPU has shifted part of its power consumption to the GPU, its overall power consumption will be lower. If dynamic enhancement is turned off, the CPU power consumption will return to the normal 30-65W range.

After understanding the theoretical performance, let's take a look at the game performance of HP Shadow Genie 6? Considering the GeForce RTX 2070Max-Q feature, we included three parts in the game test. The first is the light chase and DLSS2.0 experience, and the test game is Control; The second part is the testing of E-sports games that require high frame rate and high stability, including Watch Pioneer and Jedi Survival: Escape; The third part is the 3A masterpiece test to test the graphics performance. The test games include Metro: Departure《 Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Tomb Raider: Shadow, and Island Frightening: New Dawn.

·Game test: light chase+DLSS2.0 experience

Ray tracing can be said to be an important direction for the development of the game industry. Excellent ray tracing experience can bring a qualitative leap to the game screen, and make the game more realistic. At present, there are more than 30 game masterpieces supporting real-time ray tracing, so if you want to buy game books at this stage, if you want a better visual experience of the game, RTX graphics card will become a must.

However, ray tracing has very high requirements for hardware performance. After ray tracing is enabled, even RTX grade graphics cards will feel a lot of pressure. For this reason, NVIDIA has introduced the DLSS2.0 oversampling technology. After DLSS2.0 is enabled, the light pursuit effect can be retained, but at the same time, the number of frames of the game screen can be significantly increased, which is the meaning of DLSS2.0.

The principle of DLSS2.0 is to render a low resolution picture, and then improve the picture quality through AI. Therefore, the number of frames will increase significantly after DLSS2.0 is enabled. At present, DLSS2.0 is supported by games such as Return to German Headquarters: New Blood, Fly to the Moon, Fighter 5: Mercenary, Control, and Dead Stranded.

Next, we will demonstrate how ray tracing and DLSS2.0 technology can guarantee both image quality and smoothness through the game Control.

The game image quality is set to 1080P, vertical synchronization is turned off, and high image quality is selected. We intercepted three states of the same scene respectively: turn off ray tracing+turn off DLSS2.0; Turn on ray tracing+turn off DLSS2.0; Turn on ray tracing+turn on DLSS2.0. I believe that through these three states, you can fully understand the charm of ray tracing and DLSS2.0.

  Turn on the light chasing effect

  Turn on real-time ray tracing+turn off DLSS2.0, average 42 frames

"Control" is a very mature game using light pursuit technology at present, and it can easily adjust the opening and closing of light pursuit effect. However, when ray tracing is turned on, the average smoothness at the highest image quality is only 42 fps. Although the details of the game screen are richer and the reflective effect is more realistic, it does affect the gaming experience.

  Turn off real-time ray tracing+turn off DLSS2.0, average 104fps

If the ray tracing effect is turned off, we can see that the reflection of the figure in the window is gone, and the overall frame rate has reached 104 fps. However, there is fluency, but players cannot experience the full version of the screen performance.

  Check the "NVIDIA superelevation sampling" option to enable DLSS2.0

  Enable real-time ray tracing+enable DLSS2.0, with an average of 69 fps

Adding DLSS2.0 is the best solution to solve the frame number and picture fineness. We can see that after ray tracing and DLSS2.0 are turned on at the same time, the excellent game picture effect brought by ray tracing technology is retained, while the frame number is increased to an average of 69 fps, achieving a double harvest of smoothness and elegance. So to some extent, ray tracing+DLSS2.0 is a golden pair.

·Game test: online game high frame rate experience

Online games and E-sports games have very strict requirements for high frame rate and stability of frame rate. For example, when a professional team is playing in an e-sports game, if the picture suddenly shows a "stuck", it will have a very direct impact on the players, and even lead to the loss of key games.

Because of this, GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, a performance class graphics card carried by HP Shadow Genie 6, has become the first choice of many online game and video game enthusiasts.

First, let's look at Watch Pioneer. In the current online games, Watch Pioneer still has high requirements for hardware performance, especially for the performance of the graphics card. We turned on the highest image quality during the test.

From the test process, the average frame number of HP Shadow Genie 6 running Watch Pioneer reached more than 150 fps, and the overall operation was very smooth. At the same time, in the process of experiencing this game, the game picture is very stable, and no frame drop occurs. This is undoubtedly due to GeForce RTX2070 Max-Q's strong graphics performance support.

FPS games such as Jedi Survival: Escape rely on high and stable picture performance. If frames are lost in the middle of the game, players may be killed. Although we usually play this game without turning on the highest picture quality, we still choose to experience this game under the highest picture quality in view of the test.

Thanks to the powerful graphic performance support of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, the average game frame of "Survival of the Jedi: Escape" can reach 128 fps, and the overall operation is very smooth. With the 144Hz refresh rate display screen of HP Shadow Genie 6, players can get faster reaction ability, thus having a higher success rate of "eating chicken".

·Game test: take all big 3A game

Next, let's take a look at the performance of large 3A games.

Let's see what experience GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q can bring to large 3A games through four games: Tomb Raider: Shadow, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, Island Fright: New Dawn, and Metro: Escape?

During the test, all four games were running at 1080P resolution and high image quality.

  Tomb Raider: Shadow, high quality, 98 frames on average

  Assassin's Creed: Odyssey High quality average 67 frames

  Horror on an Island: New Dawn: 93 frames in average with high quality

  Subway: Escape: High quality average 60 frames

As you can see, the four games have more than 60 frames of performance. Tomb Raider: Shadow and Island Frightening: New Dawn have more than 90 frames of performance. The game runs very smoothly. It can be seen that the RTX 2070Max-Q graphics card can run 3A masterpieces smoothly under 1080P and high image quality. In order to pursue better visual effects, users can set the image quality to a higher level, Raytracing can also be turned on.

·A sincere effort to make a comprehensive change

The appearance of Shadow Elf 6 has changed dramatically. Instead of the "publicity" game style, it has adopted a more low-key and restrained design. At first, the author also wondered why Shadow Elf 6 is so subversive in appearance, but if we think from the needs of users, it is not difficult to understand.

Gamebooks often have stronger performance and a relatively "maverick" appearance. The previous generation of Shadow Genie series games are the best example of integrating high performance and game style. However, this pure game style appearance seems difficult to integrate into office, learning occasions and other use scenarios. Most users have diverse use needs for scenarios, such as student party White collars, designers, etc.

The more low-key and introverted appearance design can undoubtedly be integrated into more use scenarios, so as to meet the needs of more users. Shadow Genie 6 has made subversive changes to the mold based on this idea.

  Simple A-side

  Blue green gradient logo details

  There are small heat dissipation openings on the top of surface C

  Side C right palm rest detail

  Large area of heat dissipation opening above surface D

The appearance changes of Shadow Elf 6 can be summarized as follows:

1. The color matching of the whole machine is between gun gray and black, the lines are more simple and concise, and many decorative elements are removed from the A/C/D side.

2. The brand new blue-green gradient logo is adopted on the A side, and there is a line of white OMEN words below.

3. The C surface continues to be made of metal. The surface is sanded to replace the previous generation of wire drawing texture. There are fine heat dissipation openings on the top. The right side of the palm rest is engraved with the words "O15" and "DESIGNED AND ENGINEERING BY HP".

4. There is a large area of heat dissipation air inlet on the D side, and the opening area accounts for almost half of the D side. The official opening rate of the D side is 41.5%. In addition, an air outlet is added on the right side of the fuselage to ensure better heat dissipation efficiency of the graphics card. In addition, there is also an air outlet at the back shaft that almost runs through the whole tail. The specific heat dissipation effect will be tested in the later copying link.

  15.6 "FHD IPS screen

  Screen detection information

  Gamut

  brightness

  Chromatic alignment

Shadow Sprite 6 is equipped with a 15.6-inch FHDIPS screen, with a refresh rate of 144Hz (300Hz/G-Sync is optional at the highest). The screen uses a narrow three sided border, and the left and right borders are narrower, with a width of about 4.97mm. It is detected that the screen panel is from LG Display and its ID is LGD05FE. We use SpyderX Elite to test the screen. The screen covers 98% of the sRGB color gamut, the highest brightness is 344.8cd/m2, and △ E is 1.13. The overall quality is good.

Because the screen shaft is vertical and there is no shelter behind it, the screen can be opened and closed 180 °, and it also supports single hand opening and closing as well as magnetic cover closing. The detail design is quite in place.

  keyboard

  Keyboard Details

  Right number key

  Touch control board

In terms of keyboard, Shadow Genie 6 still has a very good feel. The keys are very soft, the key range is moderate, and it is very comfortable to hit. There are numeric keys on the right, and the physical keys for calling OMEN Command Center are reserved on the upper left. The keyboard supports red backlight, but does not support brightness adjustment.

The left and right entity keys at the bottom of the touch panel are removed and replaced by an integrated design, which makes the area of the touch panel larger. The integrated touchpad is still very sensitive, and the left and right buttons are also very solid.

  Left side interface

  Right side interface

Shadow Elf 6 has enough expansion interfaces while improving portability. There is an RJ-45 network interface, a USB3.1 Type-A, an HDMI2.0, a 3.5mm headset interface and an SD card slot on the left side of the fuselage, and a lightning 3 (full-featured Type-C for GTX1650 and GTX1650Ti models), a MiniDP 1.4 and two USB3.1 Type-A, three USB+three video output interfaces on the right side of the fuselage, which are sufficient to meet the use needs of most users.

·Evaluation summary

The HP Shadow Wizard 6 equipped with GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q will undoubtedly provide players with excellent performance in terms of hardware performance, which enables players to obtain a very smooth gaming experience when using this machine to play games. And from our evaluation, we can see that HP Shadow Genie 6 can achieve excellent performance output whether it is an ordinary online game, a large 3A game, an ordinary game, or a DX12 game that supports ray tracing.

In addition, NVIDIA and OEM manufacturers have specially created Max-Q Dynamic Boost technology for Max-Q in consideration of its characteristics, which makes the power allocation between CPU and GPU more coordinated when the machine is running games, thus giving players a better experience while taking into account the overall energy consumption performance.

In general, HP Shadow Genie 6 is a new game book product with very good comprehensive quality performance recently.

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