Alienware x16 R1 Review | PCMag

Matsayin Alienware a cikin kasuwar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na caca bai taɓa kasancewa kawai game da aiki ba (yawan fafatawa a gasa sun dace da shi a wannan gaba) amma a maimakon haka salo da fasali ban da iko. Dell's Alienware x16 R1 (farawa daga $2,049.99; $2,949.99 kamar yadda aka gwada) shine sabon misali na wannan, haɗa kayan aikin da aka yarda da su - Intel Core i9-13900HK CPU da Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka GPU - tare da fasalin Alienware na ban sha'awa (idan ya bambanta). A yi na mu gwajin naúrar trailed ba kawai mafi kyau-sanye take da pricier fafatawa a gasa amma kuma mu mai rahusa da kuma mafi iko Editocin' Choice lambar yabo mariƙin, da Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8. Ko da kuwa, da dama keyboard da kwazazzabo nuni taimaka Alienware x16 R1 rayuwa har zuwa mu ci duk guda.

Mahimmanci Amma Abubuwan Abubuwan Iyawa da Tsare-tsare

Alienware x16 R1 yana da zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa don masu siyayya, musamman waɗanda suke da kyau, kuma suna cikin farashi daga $2,049 don farawa, har zuwa $4,000 ko fiye, ya danganta da tsarin da kuka zaɓa.

Samfurin tushe na Dell yana farawa da matsakaicin 13th Generation Intel Core i7-13620H 10-core processor, 16GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, da 512GB na ajiyar SSD.

Ramp abubuwa har zuwa babban tsari, kuma zaku iya samun samfurin iri ɗaya wanda aka sanye shi da 14-core Intel Core i9-13900HK CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka GPU, 32GB na RAM, da har zuwa 4TB na ajiyar SSD, ana siyarwa akan babban $4,099.99.

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Naúrar nazarin mu ba ta cika haka ba, amma har yanzu tana ɗaukar nauyin Core i9-13900HK guda ɗaya da 32GB na LPDDR5 RAM. Zane-zanen sun ɗan fi sauƙi kaɗan, tare da RTX 4080, kuma SSD yana ba da 1TB na ajiya kawai.

Koyaya, rukunin mu na bita ya zo tare da ƴan ƙarin abubuwan ban sha'awa, kamar AlienFX touchpad, wanda ke fantsama wasu kyawawan RGB daidai a saman taɓawa, don haka motsin motsinku da gungurawa na iya daidaita launi tare da maɓalli na RGB-lit keyboard. Maɓallin madannai na mu yana samun haɓaka cikin inganci kuma, tare da ƙananan-ƙananan bayanan martaba na CherryMX maɓalli na inji-ƙari akan waɗanda daga baya.

A ƙarshe, wannan rukunin kuma yana da nuni tare da ƙimar annashuwa mafi girma, yana gudana a 240Hz sabanin nunin 165Hz da zaku iya zaɓa a matakin tushe.

Zane Don Haskaka Dare

Tare da chassis na anodized aluminum da magnesium gami, Alienware x16 yana da ƙarfi sosai, kuma yana da kauri mai ma'ana da nauyi don kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai ƙarfi mai ƙarfi. Yana auna nauyin naman sa 6 fam, amma yana auna kusan 0.73 ta 14.4 ta 11.4 inci, yana sanya shi a gefen siriri a cikin rukuni mai cike da tsarin kauri.

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Yawancin wannan kauri na dangi shine don samar da sarari don kwararar iska da kayan sanyaya, kuma x16 yana cike da magoya bayan sanyaya guda huɗu, bututun zafi da yawa, da ɗakin tururi wanda ke rufe duka GPU da CPU. (A gallium-silicone thermal manna da ake kira Element 31 yana rufe maɓalli na silicon.) Ita kanta chassis ɗin tana rufe da filaye da guraben shaye-shaye, kuma duk da alama yana yin aiki mai kyau wajen sanya abubuwa su yi sanyi ba tare da yin aiki ba. Sakamakon gefen duk wannan kayan sanyaya, duk da haka, injin ne mai hayaniya. Wuta wasa kamar Cyberpunk 2077, kuma injin yana ruri kamar jirgin sama yana shirin tashi.

Bambance-bambancen kyawun Alienware ba zai zama ƙoƙon shayi na kowa ba. Haɗin ƙwanƙwasa sumul, walƙiya da za'a iya daidaitawa, da banbanta baƙar fata, fari, da tambarin ƙarfe maras tushe suna ɗaukar wannan azaman kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na ɗan wasa. Ba zai iya yin kamar wani abu ba. Tabbas, za ku sami fitilu a ko'ina: fitilu a kan madannai, fitilu a cikin tambarin da ke kan murfi, fitillun fitilu a kusa da gefen chassis na baya, har ma da maɓallin taɓawa mai haske. Dukkanin ana iya daidaita shi tare da launuka miliyan 16.8 masu ban mamaki ta hanyar software na AlienFX da aka haɗa.

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faifan taɓawa mai haskakawa tabbas alama ce mai ɗaukar ido, amma kuma wani lamari ne na ɗanɗano. Ina sha'awar fitilun RGB kamar kowa, amma na sami launuka masu haske a kan touchpad sun yi yawa, kuma zan tsallake shi idan na sayi wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da kaina.

Dell's touchpad kanta yana jin daɗin santsi, godiya ga gilashin gilashinsa, kuma yana da daidai kuma yana amsa duk wani motsi da motsin da nake amfani da shi. Amma yayin da matakan taɓawa ke girma akan kusan kowane kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, 4.5-by-2.7-inch touchpad na x16 yana jin ƙanƙanta idan aka kwatanta. Wannan ba kawai tunanina ba ne, ko dai: Asus ROG Strix Scar 16, alal misali, yana da ƙarin rabin inci a kowace hanya.

Abin da ke jin tabbataccen fili, duk da haka, shine madannai. Ta hanyar rashin ƙoƙarin murƙushewa a cikin kushin lambobi, allon madannai na x16 yana da ɗaki don shimfidawa, kuma maɓallan da ke da sarari suna yin hakan. Samfurin mu kuma yana da maɓallan maɓalli na Cherry MX mai ƙarancin ƙima, wanda ke yin maɓalli mai gamsarwa. Kamar mutane da yawa, na rantse da madanni na inji a cikin aikina na yau da kullun, don haka na ga sha'awar sanya ainihin maɓallan injina cikin madannai na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. Kuma, kamar faifan taɓawa, kowane maɓalli yana haskakawa tare da haske mai daidaitawa, kuma zaku iya saita kowane nau'in ƙira da haɗin launi a cikin software na AlienFX.

Mashigai masu yawa (idan ba a sanya su da kyau).

Ba za ku sami abubuwa da yawa da za ku yi kuka game da x16 ba, kuma zaɓin tashar tashar jiragen ruwa mai karimci yana nufin ba za ku taɓa yin asara ga takamaiman mai haɗawa ba - canjin maraba daga kwamfyutocin bakin ciki da yawa a zamanin yau waɗanda suka fice gabaɗaya don haɗin USB-C ko Thunderbolt.

Baya ga iko, x16 yana da mini DisplayPort, cikakken fitarwa na HDMI, masu haɗin USB dual, biyu na tashoshin USB-C (ɗayan shine Thunderbolt 4, ɗayan ba), da Ramin katin microSD. Akwai jack 3.5mm don belun kunne da naúrar kai. Abin kunya ne na dukiya ta mafi yawan al'amura.

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Amma dole in yi korafi game da abu ɗaya: Sanya tashar jiragen ruwa ba kawai taimako bane. Duk tashoshin jiragen ruwa a kan x16 suna kan bayan tsarin, a cikin wani I / O panel wanda ke tsakiya tsakanin nau'i-nau'i guda biyu na saƙar zuma, ba tare da komai a gefe ba. Tare da nau'in kauri da nauyin da ba zai yuwu ba akan na'ura kamar x16, Dell yana da isasshen daki don sanya wasu ko duk waɗannan tashoshin jiragen ruwa a gefen chassis, yana mai da su ɗan ƙaramin ƙarfi don amfani.

Wataƙila Dell ya yi wasu bincike da ban sani ba game da su, kuma wataƙila matsakaicin Alienware fan suna yin fakin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na caca akan tebur ko tsayawa kuma da wuya su motsa shi, amma ina da wuya a yi imani cewa kowa ya ga ya fi dacewa don isa bayan tsarin 16-inch kawai don toshe wasu belun kunne.

Koyaya, aƙalla zaku sami hanyoyin haɗin gwiwa guda biyu waɗanda suka rage masu dacewa, waɗanda mara waya: Wi-Fi 6E don sadarwar yanar gizo, da haɗin haɗin Bluetooth 5.3 don naúrar kai da na gefe. Ya kamata ku lura, duk da haka, babu tashar Ethernet da aka haɗa, don haka kuna buƙatar amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa ko adaftar idan kuna son haɗin cibiyar sadarwa mafi sauri.

Babban Launi da Ƙirar Wartsakewa

A bayyane yake tsakiyar cibiyar Alienware x16 R1 shine nunin sa na 16-inch 1600p, wanda yayi girma daga al'adar 15.6-inch na gargajiya tare da yanayin 16:10. Nuni mafi tsayi yana fa'ida daga ƙudurin QHD + (2,560-by-1,600-pixel), ƙimar wartsakewa ta 240Hz, launi 100% DCI-P3, da alamar software da kuke so a cikin Nvidia G-Sync da Dolby Vision HDR.

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Nunin Dell ya dace da inganci ta tsarin tsarin masu magana shida, wanda ke da nau'ikan tweeters na 2-watt (W), da quartet na woofers na 3W, suna ba da sauti ba kawai sauti mai ƙarfi da ƙarar ƙarfi ba, amma yana goyan bayan Dolby Atmos sarari audio. Yayin da yawancin 'yan wasa za su zaɓi babban na'urar kai ta wasan caca don kewaye sauti da waƙafi, kuma har yanzu ya kamata ku yi la'akari da hayaniyar fan, Alienware x16 yana sauti mai inganci da kansa.

Gwajin Alienware x16 R1: Ayyukan Kololuwa Ba-Quite

Mun gudanar da Alienware x16 R1 ta hanyar daidaitattun kayan aikin mu, gwada komai daga aikin CPU zuwa ƙarfin wasan, kuma idan aka kwatanta wannan aikin tare da wasu mafi kyawun kwamfyutocin wasan caca akan kasuwa a yau, kamar Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 (2023), MSI Titan GT77 (2023), da Zaɓin Editocin, Lenovo kuma muna duban babban nasara a Pro. Alienware m7 R8 na bara.

Yawancin waɗannan masu fafatawa suna kama da cikakkun bayanai: Intel Core i9 CPUs masu ƙarfi, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 da 4090 graphics, da 32GB na RAM mai ƙarfi. Alienware m17 R5 shine mafifici, tare da sarrafa AMD da zane-zane, amma yana cikin farashi iri ɗaya da matakan aiki.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami

Babban ma'auni na UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwaya nau'ikan samarwa na duniya iri-iri da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ɗawainiyar ɗaiɗaikun ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, maɓalli, binciken yanar gizo, da taron bidiyo. Muna kuma gudanar da gwajin Cikakken Tsarin Drive na PCMark 10 don tantance lokacin lodi da kayan aiki na ma'ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. (Dubi ƙarin game da yadda muke gwada kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka.)

Ma'auni guda uku suna mayar da hankali kan CPU, ta yin amfani da duk abin da ke akwai da kuma zaren, don ƙididdige dacewar PC don yawan aikin sarrafawa. Maxon's Cinebench R23 yana amfani da injin Cinema 4D na kamfanin don yin fage mai rikitarwa, yayin da Geekbench 5.4 Pro ta Primate Labs ke kwaikwayon mashahuri apps kama daga fassarar PDF da fahimtar magana zuwa koyon injin. A ƙarshe, muna amfani da buɗaɗɗen tushen bidiyo transcoder HandBrake 1.4 don canza shirin bidiyo na mintuna 12 daga ƙudurin 4K zuwa 1080p (ƙananan lokutan sun fi kyau).

Gwajin aikin mu na ƙarshe shine PugetBench don Photoshop(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga) ta mai yin aikin Puget Systems, wanda ke amfani da Creative Cloud sigar 22 na sanannen editan hoto na Adobe don kimanta aikin PC don ƙirƙirar abun ciki da aikace-aikacen multimedia. Tsawaita ce ta atomatik wanda ke aiwatar da ayyuka na gaba ɗaya da GPU-gazazzafar ayyukan Photoshop da suka kama daga buɗewa, juyawa, sake girman, da adana hoto zuwa amfani da abin rufe fuska, cikewar gradient, da masu tacewa.

A wasu gwaje-gwajenmu, kamar PCMark 10 da Photoshop, wasan kwaikwayon ya kasance mataccen zafi a kusan dukkanin tsarin kwatancenmu (Lenovo ya jagoranci fakitin a cikin Photoshop), yana nuna yadda duk waɗannan kwamfyutocin ke kan ayyuka na asali. Tare da irin wannan iko, babu wani abu game da binciken gidan yanar gizo, kiran bidiyo, ko ma gyaran hoto da zai haifar da matsala ga wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka.

Koyaya, duban sakamakon a cikin gwaje-gwaje kamar HandBrake, Cinebench, da Geekbench, a bayyane yake cewa Intel's HK-Series processor a cikin x16 ba shi da ɗanɗano kamar kwakwalwan kwamfuta na HX da ake amfani da su a cikin sauran manyan rigs na caca. Idan kuma kuna shirin yin aiki tare da bidiyo, ko wani aiki mai nauyi na processor, x16 zai yi aikin, amma ba zai zama kerkeci mafi sauri a cikin fakitin ba.

Gwaje-gwajen Zane da Wasanni 

Muna gwada zane-zanen Windows PC tare da simintin wasan kwaikwayo na DirectX 12 guda biyu daga UL's 3DMark: Night Raid (mafi girman kai, dacewa da kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci tare da haɗe-haɗen zane), da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali). 

Don ƙara damuwa GPUs, muna kuma gudanar da gwaje-gwaje guda biyu daga madaidaicin GPU na giciye GFXBench 5, wanda ke jaddada ƙananan ayyukan yau da kullun kamar rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto kamar wasa. Gwajin 1440p Aztec Ruins da 1080p Car Chase gwaje-gwaje, wanda aka yi a waje don ɗaukar ƙudurin nuni daban-daban, zane-zanen motsa jiki da ƙididdige inuwa ta amfani da ƙirar shirye-shiryen OpenGL da tessellation na hardware bi da bi. Yawancin firam ɗin a sakan daya (fps), mafi kyau.

A ƙarshe, don kwamfyutocin caca, gwajin wasan wasan mu na zahiri ya fito ne daga ma'auni na cikin-game na F1 2021, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, da Rainbow Six Siege, suna wakiltar kwaikwaiyo, buɗaɗɗen ayyuka-kasada, da gasa / fitar da wasannin harbi, bi da bi. A kan kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci, Valhalla da Siege ana gudanar da su sau biyu (Valhalla a Medium da Ultra quality, Siege a Low and Ultra quality), yayin da F1 2021 ke gudana sau ɗaya a saitunan ingancin Ultra kuma, don kwamfyutocin Nvidia GeForce RTX, a karo na biyu tare da aikin Nvidia na haɓaka DLSS anti-aliasing kunna. Duk suna gudana a 1080p.

A zahiri, wasan kwaikwayo shine inda wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ke haskakawa, yana fitar da ƙimar firam ɗin lambobi uku a cikin dukkan gwaje-gwajen wasan mu, koda lokacin da muka yi amfani da ƙudurin ɗan ƙasa mafi girma na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. Gwajin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na asali sun ga maki masu yawa, haka nan, amma Alienware yana riƙe da tsayin daka a matsayi na uku ko na huɗu a cikin dukkan gwaje-gwajen zane na roba. Duk abin da kuke nema don wasa, x16 yana shirye don ɗaukar shi, tare da DLSS da tallafin ray-ray, amma (ba abin mamaki ba) zaku sami mafi kyawun aiki daga RTX 4090 mafi tsada-ko ma RTX 4080 tare da mafi kyawun CPU-fiye da haɗin siliki da aka yi amfani da su anan.

Ko da kuwa, matakin ƙarfin zane-zane har yanzu yana da girma tare da RTX 4080. Idan kun sami AMD-powered Alienware m17 R5 a bara don tayar da ku har sai Nvidia ta wannan shekara ta ƙaddamar da shi, RTX 4080 alama ce ta haɓaka, kuma yana ba da mafi yawan damar 4090 don ƙananan farashi.

Gwajin Baturi da Nuni 

Muna gwada rayuwar batirin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta hanyar kunna fayil ɗin bidiyo na 720p da aka adana a cikin gida (fim ɗin Blender mai buɗewa Hawayen Karfe(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga)) tare da hasken nuni a 50% da ƙarar sauti a 100%. Muna tabbatar da cikakken cajin baturi kafin gwajin, tare da kashe Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai. 

Don gwada nunin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, muna amfani da na'ura mai saka idanu na Datacolor SpyderX Elite da software don auna jikewar launi na allon kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka - menene kashi na sRGB, Adobe RGB, da gamuts launi na DCI-P3 ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa - da 50% da haske mafi girma a cikin nits (candela a kowace murabba'in mita).

Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na caca suna da maƙasudin rauni gama gari a rayuwar baturi. Tura hotuna masu tsayi tare da kayan aiki da yawa da sanyaya suna buƙatar ƙarfi mai yawa, don haka gajeriyar rayuwar batir kyakkyawa ce ta al'ada. Tare da gwajin rayuwar baturi na sa'o'i 6 da mintuna 52, x16 yana cikin kamfani da aka saba, mintuna 19 kawai yana jin kunya na Asus ROG Strix Scar 16, kuma minti ɗaya ya fi MSI Titan GT77 tsayi. Amma jagoran fakitin shine Alienware m17 R5 na bara, wanda ya dauki awanni 9. Ka tuna cewa waɗannan lambobin duk don sake kunna bidiyo ne mai sauƙi, ba wasa ba. Harba wasa kamar Cyberpunk 2077, kuma za ku iya samun watakila sa'a guda ko makamancin sa kafin ku sake kunnawa.

Duk da yake ba a saman cikakke ba, ingancin nunin Dell shima babban daraja ne, tare da launi 100% DCI-P3 da ingantaccen haske, musamman don kayan kallon HDR. Ba shine mafi haske ba, amma allon Dell bai taɓa dushewa a gwaji na ba.

Hukunci: Dan takara mai Inci 16, Amma Ba Babban Gari ba

Alienware x16 R1 shine fakitin gaba ɗaya, tare da babban aiki, fasalulluka masu ƙima, da ƙira ba za ku iya yin watsi da su ba. Daga karfe chassis da nunin 240Hz zuwa madannin inji da RGB komai, nasara ce mai sauƙi ga amintaccen Alienware, kuma tsakanin mafi kyawun fitowar Dell. Koyaya, idan kuna son kashe ƙarin kuɗi-wanda, lokacin da kun riga kun cika manyan manyan abubuwa uku, ainihin daloli ne da cents — zaku sami ma kwamfyutocin caca masu ƙarfi a cikin ƙira mafi karɓuwa kuma masu taimako.

Don wannan, za ku sami wasu abubuwan da ba su da kyau, wato wurin sanya tashar jiragen ruwa mara kyau da masu hayaniya. Idan aka kwatanta da jagorar rukuni da Editoci masu riƙe da lambar yabo ta Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8, Alienware x16 R1 madadin cancanta ne, amma ba ya kawar da Lenovo a matsayin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na 16-inch da muka fi so. Duk ya zo ƙasa da farashi tare da aiki: Lenovo kawai yana kawo mafi kyawun aiki akan farashi mai daɗi.