Acer Chromebook 516 GE Review

Acer's Chromebook 516 GE ($ 649.99) yana cikin na farko a cikin sabbin kwamfyutocin caca masu ƙarfi na ChromeOS, waɗanda ke ba da wani sabon salo: wasan PC na tushen girgije kawai, a cikin Chromebook wanda ke kusa da kayan masarufi zuwa kwamfyutan wasan caca na gargajiya na Windows. "GE" yana nufin "Gaming Edition," kuma tsarin ya zo tare da fasali kamar maɓallin RGB da nuni na 120Hz don tallafawa wannan. Ba shi da kwazo AMD ko Nvidia graphics processor, kamar na'urar wasan kwaikwayo ta Windows. Amma har yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun littattafan Chrome da muka taɓa gani, kuma wanda ya dace da ku don ba ku damar shiga babban wasan PC tare da ɗan ƙaramin kayan aikin da ake buƙata. Ingancin littafin Chromebook 516 GE gabaɗaya yana samun lambar yabo ta Zaɓin Editocin mu na farko don Chromebooks na caca.

Chromebook Babu Barkwanci

Yayin da ra'ayin littafin Chromebook da aka yi don wasa na iya yin kama da layi-musamman kamar yadda Google's nasa sabis na yawo na wasan Stadia aka saita don rufewa a cikin 2023 - ta hanyoyi da yawa ra'ayi ne wanda a ƙarshe ya shirya ya zama gaskiya. Wasan gaskiya akan ChromeOS bai kasance mai nisa ba na ɗan lokaci, tare da Stadia kanta da sauran ayyukan yawo na wasa (kamar Nvidia's GeForce Yanzu) yana tabbatar da ingancin fasaha na shekaru. Tallafin Android-app ya yi sabbin wasanni dubu da yawa, da yawa tare da ingantattun zane-zane, ana samun su na asali akan Chromebooks.

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Amma ainihin maɓalli don yin wasa akan ChromeOS shine ƙididdigar girgije na tushen uwar garken. Lokacin da 'yan wasa ke magana game da wasanni, ba suna nufin Angry Birds ba, suna nufin taken AAA a cikin ɗakin karatu na Steam tare da ƙimar firam mai girma da tallafi don gano ray. Yan wasan da ke da babban birnin "G" suna son masu harbi masu saurin yaƙar yaƙi, ƙungiyoyin kai hari a cikin MMOs, da faɗuwar kasada a cikin RPGs. Fiye da ma'ana, suna son wasannin da ke buƙatar kayan aikin sadaukarwa don samar da manyan ƙira, zane-zane na ruwa.

Wasan Cloud yana ba da duk waɗannan abubuwan ta hanyar sauke zane-zane da sarrafa shigarwa zuwa sabar mai nisa sanye take da kayan aikin hoto mai tsayi. Ayyuka kamar GeForce Yanzu suna ba ku damar amfani da na'urar wasan kwaikwayo ta kama-da-wane, kammala tare da sabbin katunan zane, sannan ku jera wasan kai tsaye zuwa tsarin ku akan intanet. Kuma amfani da su bai iyakance ga Chromebooks ba: Ayyukan yawo na wasa sun kawo wasan kwaikwayo ga kwamfyutocin Windows da Mac, na'urorin hannu na Android da iOS, har ma da TV mai wayo.

Wannan yana nufin cewa Chromebooks ba zato ba tsammani suna da ainihin harbi a neman wuri a cikin duniyar wasan caca. Babu shakka, ba za su maye gurbin ainihin rigs na wasan Windows ba ko na'urorin wasan bidiyo don masu sha'awar diehard. Amma wannan ba shine tushen abokin ciniki da Chromebooks suka kula dashi ba. Madadin haka, wannan ya sake rushe wani shinge guda ɗaya don siyan Chromebook - ingantaccen wasan caca na ƙarshe ba zato ba tsammani zaɓi ne.

Saitunan 516 GE: Daya, Tare da Ƙari Masu Zuwa

A lokacin wannan bita, Acer ya ba da zaɓi na daidaitawa ɗaya kawai don siyan Chromebook 516 GE, kuma wannan shine sashin nazarin mu. Lambar samfurin ce CBG516-1H-53TY, wacce ake siyarwa akan $649.99 MSRP.

An gina shi don wasan gajimare a babban ƙimar firam, ƙirar gwajin mu tana sanye take da Intel Core i5-1240P, processor 12-core wanda kuma ke amfani da sabon Iris Xe Graphics na Intel. An haɗa wannan tare da 8GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da 256GB mai ƙarfi-jihar drive don ajiya. Ƙarshen ya yi daidai da mafi girma SSDs da muka gani a cikin Chromebook.

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Koyaya, sakin latsawa daga duka Acer da Google sun nuna cewa 516 GE yakamata ya sami ƙarin samfuri akan hanya, tare da "har zuwa 12th Gen Intel Core i7 P-jerin processor," da babban rabon RAM tare da "16GB na LPDDR4X RAM". .” Har yanzu ba a siyar da wannan ƙirar ta musamman, don haka ba mu da cikakkun bayanan farashi a lokacin rubutu. Amma ku sani cewa ƙirar da muka gwada wataƙila ba zai zama rufin injina irin wannan na dogon lokaci ba.

Wasan kwaikwayo akan littafin Chrome: Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa - Galibi

Yayin da muka kalli zaɓuɓɓukan da ba su da daɗi don wasa akan kwamfyutocin ChromeOS, zuwan ƙarin sabis na wasan caca na gajimare yana nufin cewa zaku iya yin abubuwa da yawa fiye da gudanar da Minecraft ko kunna wasannin wayoyin hannu masu ƙima. Don gwada waɗannan ci gaban, na yi amfani da Nvidia's GeForce Yanzu don wannan bita.

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Harba GeForce Yanzu akan ChromeOS, Na yi tsalle kai tsaye cikin wasu wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kyauta, da kuma ɗaukar wasanni daga ɗakin karatu na Steam da sauran ayyuka. Yayin da Nvidia ke da zaɓi na kyauta don yin rajista, yana iyakance ku zuwa sa'a ɗaya na caca, yana ba da damar samun damar matakin "daidaitacce" zuwa sabobin caca na Nvidia, kuma gabaɗaya yana tura hoton wasan ƙasa da ƙudurin 1080p.

Amfani da tayin gwaji da aka haɗa tare da sabon Chromebook na caca, Na sami damar haɓaka kaina zuwa matakin mafi girman aikin Nvidia kyauta na tsawon watanni uku. (Yawaita farashi akan $ 19.99 kowace wata, ko $ 99.99 na watanni shida.) Wannan yana haɓaka aikin sosai, yana ba ku dama ga mafi kyawun sabobin Nvidia (GeForce RTX 3080), tare da ƙudurin 4K da ƙimar firam har zuwa firam ɗin 120 a kowace. na biyu. Zaman wasan zai iya kai har zuwa sa'o'i takwas a rana.

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Tare da GeForce Yanzu yana ba da ƙarfin dawakai da fitar da wasannin kai tsaye zuwa Chromebook na, na yi abin da (har kwanan nan) ba zai yiwu ba: Na buga wasanni na gaske, tare da ƙimar firam mai kyau, ba tare da lahani da yawa ba ko wasu batutuwa masu wahala. Ba dole ba ne in yi rikici da direbobi ko saitunan nuni ba. Ban ma damu da sakawa a cikin Logitech F310 gamepad dina ba lokacin da na gaji da amfani da madannai, saboda yana aiki mara kyau nan da nan.

Na buga wasu zagaye na Rainbow Six: Siege, fitar da 'yan ta'adda da aiki tare da wata tawaga don kwance bama-bamai da dakile hare-hare. Na kunna Chorus, ina shiga cikin sci-fi dogfights a sararin samaniya. Har ma na buga sanannen sanannen Cyberpunk 2077, ana yin chromed a cikin sassan ɓangarorin Night City. Kuma ka san me? Ya yi kyau duka-wasanni aiki kawai. 

Wasan wasan ya kasance santsi kuma yayi kaifi akan nunin 16-inch, 120Hz, kuma ban ga wani ragi tsakanin latsa maɓalli da ayyukan kan allo ba. Harba wasa ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci kaɗan, kuma bai bar ni da jin cewa dole ne in yi tsalle ba don buga wasannin da na riga na mallaka. Kwarewa ce kawai mai daɗi kusan duk lokacin da na zauna don yin wasa.

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Duk da haka, na ci karo da wasu wurare masu banƙyama. Na yi ƙoƙarin yin wasa Death Stranding amma ban sami damar yin hakan ba, saboda matsalolin samuwa akan Steam. Maimakon ja wasan-wanda ke cikin ɗakin karatu na Steam-An rufe ni zuwa shafin yanar gizon yana bayanin cewa zan iya buƙatar nemo wasan ta wani dandamali daban-daban (watakila GeForce Yanzu). Hakanan ba a koyaushe ana tallafawa tsofaffin wasannin, kamar Ashes of the Singularity ko F1 2020. Abin sha'awa sosai, wasu da yawa tsofaffin wasannin sune-Na sami Ƙarfafa Ƙungiya 2 da ainihin Far Cry a cikin ɗakin karatu na GeForce Yanzu, kuma dukansu sunyi aiki daidai.

Har ila yau, wasu lokuta na kan fuskanci batutuwa lokacin da na yi ƙoƙarin komawa wasan tsakanin zama. Cyberpunk 2077 ba zai bar ni in ci gaba da wasa na ba saboda "matsalar haɗi tare da ajiyar girgije." Ya sa na ci gaba daga ma'ajiyar gida, amma wannan ba zaɓi bane mai iya aiki akan Chromebook. Wannan ba batun bane kan wasu wasannin da na gwada yin wasa, amma lokacin da abin ya faru, ba ni da sa'a kawai, ba tare da wani gyara ba a gani.

Zane Mai Haskakawa

Ko da kun keɓance duk abubuwan da suka shafi wasan a gefe, 516 GE wani littafin Chrome ne da aka yi sosai. Aluminum chassis yana da ƙarfi kuma slick tare da ƙarewar titanium launin toka. Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai inci 16 tana da girma sosai fiye da yawancin manyan Chromebooks, waɗanda yawanci inci 13 zuwa 14 ne. Amma duk da girman girman, yana da ɗan ƙaramin nauyi, a kilogiram 3.75 kawai, kuma babu inda yake kusa da girma kamar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na yau da kullun, yana aunawa kawai 0.84 ta 14 ta 9.8 inci.

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Nuni ba kawai girma fiye da yawancin ba. IPS panel 16-inch yana fitar da ƙudurin 2,560-by-1,600-pixel-mafi girman da muka gani akan Chromebook. Hakanan yana da sauri, tare da ƙimar wartsakewa na 120Hz wanda ya ninka daidaitattun 60Hz da aka bayar akan kowane Chromebook da muka sake dubawa a wannan shekara. Kewaye da kunkuntar bezels, kuma yana ba da haske mai haske, nunin yayi kama da inganci kamar na'urorin Windows masu tsada da muka gwada. Korafin kawai: Ba allon taɓawa ba. Wannan rukunin yana da kyau don wasannin gargajiya, amma tallafin Android-app da aka bayar akan Chromebooks na zamani duka amma yana buƙatar shigarwar taɓawa, kuma galibin wannan ƙarfin yana ɓacewa ba tare da shi ba.

Lura: Ba za mu iya zahiri gwada ingancin launi da haske tare da kayan aikin mu na yau da kullun ba. Ba tare da ChromeOS ko zaɓi na daidaitawa na tushen ƙa'idar ba, dole ne mu ɗauki kalmar Acer gare ta lokacin da ta yi iƙirarin ɗaukar nauyin 100% na gamut launi na sRGB. Amma ko da kwatanta shi gefe-da-gefe tare da kwamfyutoci masu tsada, kamar Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon, yana kama da kowane abu mai ƙarfi da daidaito.

Yayin da Acer ba ya ɗaukar wannan Chromebook tare da ƙarin sauti - ba za ku sami Dolby Atmos akan waɗannan lasifikan sitiriyo ba - masu magana da tsarin guda huɗu suna ba da inganci mai kyau, tare da ƙarar ƙara. Yayin da yan wasa sukan fi son belun kunne, ingancin lasifikar yana da kyau wanda har yanzu kuna iya jin daɗin wasa ba tare da shigar da komai ba.

Abubuwan shigarwa da Tashoshi na Chromebook 516 GE

Maɓallin madannai na 516 GE yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun bambance-bambance tsakanin wannan da kowane Chromebook. An yi shi don wasa, yana da hasken RGB guda biyu da maɓallan WASD, don haka yana da sauƙin komawa cikin wasan ku idan kun motsa hannuwanku. Ƙarfin RGB yana da sauƙi, tare da zaɓin hasken baya mai launi ɗaya don dukan madannai, ko tsarin bakan gizo wanda ba shi da iko. Ana samun duk zaɓuɓɓukan RGB a cikin menu na Saitunan Chrome, ƙarƙashin Zaɓuɓɓukan keɓance Fuskokin bango & Salo.

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Amma wannan madanni ya wuce allo kawai mai kyawawan fitilu. Acer ya haɗa da anti-fat, don haka za ku iya fitar da maɓallan maɓalli da sauri kamar yadda yatsunku za su bar ku ba tare da maɓallan da suka ɓace ba, kuma jin daɗin bugawa shine mafi kyawun da na taɓa samu akan Chromebook. 

Tambarin taɓawa mai rakiyar yana da tasiri, tare da faffadan faffadan gilashi kamar gilashin da aka yi daga kayan Acer yana kiran OceanGlass (wani suna mai ɓarna, tunda a zahiri an yi shi daga tarkacen filastik da aka kwato daga manyan tekuna). Tambarin taɓawa kuma yana da juriya da ɗanɗano, don haka zai yi tsayayya da abin sha da ke zube lokaci-lokaci ko tafukan gumi lokacin da wasanni suka yi tsanani.

Kyamarar gidan yanar gizon da ke rakiyar kuma mataki ne daga na yau da kullun, tare da mafi girman ƙudurin 1,920-by-1,080-pixel. Idan aka yi la'akari da yadda ba kasafai muke ganin cikakken kyamarar gidan yanar gizo na HD akan kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci a cikin wannan kewayon farashi ba, kari ne da ba zato ba tsammani.

Hakazalika, haɗin kai abin mamaki ne mai kyau, tare da yalwar tashar jiragen ruwa don Chromebook. A gefen dama, zaku sami tashar USB 3.2 guda ɗaya, tare da cikakken fitarwa na HDMI, da tashar USB-C wacce ke goyan bayan saurin canja wurin 10Gbps.

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A gefen hagu akwai tashar USB-C ta ​​biyu, tare da tashar 2.5Gbps Ethernet ba zato ba tsammani, don haka zaku iya shigar da lokacin da Wi-Fi bai isa ba don buƙatun wasan caca na girgije. Jakin sauti na 3.5mm zai baka damar haɗa na'urar kai ko lasifika.

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Tallafin mara waya yana da kyau a nan, tare da Wi-Fi 6E da Bluetooth 5.2 sun haɗa. Hakanan akwai lambar kulle ta Kensington, idan kuna son kulle kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta jiki tare da kebul na tsaro.

Gwajin Acer Chromebook 516 GE: Shirye don Kunna

An dauke shi da na'ura ta Intel Core i12-5P na ƙarni na 1240, zanen Intel Iris Xe, da 8GB na RAM, Chromebook 516 GE ya cika ainihin buƙatun kayan masarufi don yawo game a cikin ChromeOS. Wannan kuma yana da sakamako mai daɗi na sanya shi ɗaya daga cikin kwamfyutocin ChromeOS mafi kyawu akan kasuwa. A cikin nau'in da ke mamaye ƙananan CPUs da ƙaramin ajiya na gida, 516 GE kyakkyawa ce mai daraja, tare da 256GB SSD da nunin 120Hz mai sauri.

Amma ba shine kawai ingantaccen littafin Chrome wanda zaku iya samu ba. Don kwatancenmu, muna kallon wasu littattafan Chrome na mafi kyawun aji, waɗanda ke ba da na'urori masu sarrafawa na Intel Core, fasalulluka mafi girma, da ingantaccen ingantaccen gini fiye da matsakaicin Chromebook. Acer's Chromebook Spin 714 ($729), alal misali, ya sami lambar yabo ta Zaɓin Editoci don haɗakar aiki, fasali, da kyakkyawan ƙira. HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook mai sha'awar kasuwanci ($ 1,734 kamar yadda aka gwada) wani wanda ya ci lambar yabo, yana ba da umarnin farashi mai ƙima don jeri na kayan masarufi mai kama da na Acer, tare da sarrafa Intel na ƙarni na 12, 8GB na RAM, da 256GB na ajiya. Amma ko da tsarin kamar Asus Chromebook CX9 ($999.99 kamar yadda aka gwada) da 2021 Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook ($ 549.99 kamar yadda aka gwada) suna ba da kyakkyawan aiki da babban amfani. Kuna iya ganin ainihin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun su a cikin teburin da ke ƙasa.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami

Muna gwada litattafan Chrome tare da babban kayan aiki guda uku: ChromeOS ɗaya, Android ɗaya, kuma ɗayan kan layi. Na farko, Principled Technologies 'CrXPRT 2, yana auna yadda sauri tsarin ke aiwatar da ayyukan yau da kullun a cikin ayyuka shida na aiki kamar amfani da tasirin hoto, zana fayil ɗin hannun jari, nazarin jerin DNA, da ƙirƙirar sifofin 3D ta amfani da WebGL.

Gwajin mu na biyu, UL's PCMark don Android Work 3.0, yana aiwatar da ayyuka iri-iri a cikin taga irin wayoyi. A ƙarshe, Basemark Web 3.0 yana gudana a cikin shafin mai bincike don haɗa ƙananan ƙididdiga na JavaScript tare da CSS da abun ciki na WebGL. Duk ukun suna samar da maki na lamba; lambobi mafi girma sun fi kyau.

516 GE ba ya cika kowane gwaji a nan, amma yana aika lambobi masu kama da waɗannan manyan samfuran, suna zuwa cikin ɗimbin maki na mafi kyawun samfuran da muka gwada. Waɗannan gwaje-gwajen aikin gabaɗaya sun nuna cewa Acer Chromebook 516 GE yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun Chromebooks da muka gani.

Gwaje-gwajen Na'ura da Baturi

Wasu alamomin Android guda biyu suna mayar da hankali kan CPU da GPU, bi da bi. Presime Labs 'Geekbench yana amfani da duk abubuwan da ake samu da kuma fitowar aikace-aikacen duniya, yayin da yake da-danniya da kuma babban matakin aiki da kuma babban matsayi da kuma babban matsayi da kuma girman hoto wanda ke motsa zane-zane da lissafin shaders. Geekbench yana ba da maki na lamba, yayin da GFXBench yana ƙirga firam a sakan daya (fps).

A ƙarshe, don gwada baturin Chromebook, muna ɗaukar fayil ɗin bidiyo na 720p tare da saita hasken allo a 50%, ƙarar a 100%, kuma Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai an kashe har sai tsarin ya daina. Wani lokaci dole ne mu kunna bidiyon daga SSD na waje wanda aka toshe cikin tashar USB, amma Acer yana da isasshen ma'ajiyar ciki don riƙe fayil ɗin bidiyo.

Anan muna ganin fa'ida ta musamman da Acer ke bayarwa, yayin da yake sanya maki mai ban mamaki a Geekbench 5.4, yana nuna mafi kyawun aikin na'urar Chromebook har zuwa yau, kuma yana jagorantar aikin zane-zane a cikin ƙarin buƙatar gwajin GFXBench.

Koyaya, wannan babbar nasara ta Chromebook maiyuwa ba zata zama gwajin da kyakkyawan sakamako ba. Tare da kusan sa'o'i 10 na rayuwar batir, Chromebook mai shirye-shiryen wasan yana da dawwama don kwatantawa da takwarorinsa, amma hakan ya fi kowane inch 16, kwamfyutan wasan kwaikwayo na gaskiya-zuwa-kyau da muka bita kwanan nan, inda Rayuwar baturi na sa'o'i 4 zuwa 6 ya fi kowa. A bayyane yake, Acer ba yana tuƙi iri ɗaya na kayan aikin zane ko tsarin sanyaya ba, amma tunda yana ba da aikin wasan caca ba tare da wannan kayan aikin mai ƙarfi ba, baya buƙatar hakan. Idan kuna son yin wasa tsawon lokaci akan tafiya, Chromebook na caca kamar wannan na iya zama mafi kyawun zaɓi.

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Duk abin da aka faɗa, Acer Chromebook 516 GE babban mai yin aiki ne a tsakanin Chromebooks a cikin kewayon farashinsa, yana mai da shi abin dogaro ga duk sauran ayyuka waɗanda waɗannan kwamfyutocin kwamfyutocin gabaɗaya za su iya -aiki na tushen takardu, binciken yanar gizo, da ƙari - ban da shirye-shiryen sa. don wasan caca.

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A matsayin Chromebook na wasan kwaikwayo, Acer Chromebook 516 GE ya haɗu da kayan aiki masu ƙarfi da fasali masu taimako, ƙirƙirar ba kawai na'ura da aka gina don yawo na wasa ba, har ma da babban littafin Chromebook gabaɗaya. Zane yana da kyau, aikin yana cikin mafi kyawun da muka gani, kuma fasalin fasalin yana da ban mamaki da aka ba da farashi. Yana da kyau sosai Chromebook a kan kansa; wasan gajimare shine kawai sabon yanayin da aka yi don nunawa. Za mu iya ba da shawara ba tare da la'akari da ko kuna sha'awar fasalin wasan girgije ba.

A ƙarshe, farkon kowane sabon nau'in na'ura zai bayyana nau'in da yake taimakawa ƙirƙira. Wani lokaci wannan batu ne mai ma'ana, yayin da sabbin sabbin abubuwa ke bushewa daga rashin sha'awa ko tallafin masana'anta. Amma wasu suna taimakawa sake fasalin masana'antar. Tare da wannan kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin littattafan Chromebooks na wasan kwaikwayo na farko, muna da kwarin gwiwa a faɗin cewa Chromebooks masu ikon yin wasan gajimare za su kasance a nan na dogon lokaci-idan har ayyukan girgije da kansu zasu iya ci gaba da tsammanin masu amfani.