Dell XPS 17 (9720) Review

Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na XPS na Dell suna yawan baƙi zuwa bencin gwajin mu, kuma shine XPS 17 don sabuntawa na 2022. Sabon samfurin XPS 17 9720 (yana farawa daga $1,849; $3,049 kamar yadda aka gwada) yayi kama da na shekarar da ta gabata, amma yana kawo na'urori na Intel's Generation na 12th Generation “Alder Lake”. Wannan slim, premium-jin chassis gida ne ga wani zaɓi na 4K touch panel da Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics a cikin tsarin nazarin mu, da kuma RAM da yawa da ajiya. Wannan haɗin yana biyan kyawawan dinari, amma sakamakon ƙarshe shine babban kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka don masu amfani da wutar lantarki waɗanda ke da ƴan fafatawa na gaskiya. Idan kun mallaki XPS 17 na baya-bayan nan, bump ɗin CPU bai cancanci haɓakawa ba, amma waɗanda ke da babban kasafin kuɗi waɗanda ke neman sabon maye gurbin tebur mai haske ba za su iya yin mafi kyau ba.

Zane: Kula da Salon XPS

Ba za mu ɓata lokaci mai yawa don sake karanta ƙasa akan ƙirar ba - mun ga kwamfyutocin XPS da yawa, kuma wannan sabuwar XPS 17 iri ɗaya ce da ta da ta fuskar gininta. Wannan ba wani mummunan abu bane, tunda wannan shine ɗayan ƙirar da muka fi so, tare da ingantaccen ingancin gini. Amma ya fi maimaita ƙira daga bugu na baya, don haka babu wani sabon abu da za a faɗi.

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Na waje shine aluminium mai ƙima, wanda shi kaɗai ya raba shi da yawancin kwamfyutocin filastik da ke kewaye. Lokacin da ka buɗe ƙuƙumma, ingantaccen ginin yana ci gaba, daga maɓalli na carbon-fiber zuwa nuni mai ban mamaki. Wannan shi ne akai-akai ɗayan mafi kyawun kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci masu amfani na gabaɗaya, kuma ana kiyaye su anan. Idan in ba haka ba za ku zama mai amfani da MacBook, wannan shine mafi kusanci ga ƙirar Apple a ingancin ƙira.

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Dangane da girman, XPS 17 yana auna 0.77 ta 14.7 ta inci 9.8 (HWD) da fam 5.34. (Sigar da ba a taɓa taɓawa ba ta fi sauƙi, a kilogiram 4.87.) Yayin da za ku iya samun wasu kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci masu inci 17 masu haske, musamman daga LG, yawancin suna kusa da wannan nauyin; Girman allo shine fifiko, kuma yawancin masu zanen kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka suna sanya shi a matsayin šaukuwa kamar yadda zai yiwu daga can.

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Amma kuma, waɗannan kadarorin ba sababbi ba ne — madannin madannai mai ƙarfi, faifan taɓawa yana da ɗaki sosai, kuma ƙirar gabaɗaya tana da kyau. Kuna iya karanta bita na XPS 17 na bara don ƙarin ƙari akan wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, amma ya saba da yawancin yanzu.

Nuni da Haɗuwa: 4K da Thunderbolt Jagoran Hanya

Nunin har yanzu yana ba da garantin tattaunawa, kodayake. Babban wurin siyar da wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ne, saboda koyaushe yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun bangarorin da za su haɗu da benci na gwaji. Da kyar-akwai bezels (a cikin sharuddan Dell, InfinityEdge) da gaske suna sa allon yayi girma fiye da yadda yake, kuma a inci 17, ya riga ya zama ɗaki.

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Allon yana auna daidai inci 17 diagonal saboda yanayin 16:10, ba mafi inci 17.3 na gargajiya ba. Samfurin mu na musamman shine zaɓin taɓawa na 4K, don haka fuskar gilashin mai walƙiya yana ƙara haske mai kyau (amma yana nunawa a cikin hasken da ba daidai ba). Abin mamaki, babu wani zaɓi na OLED panel, wanda ke da ban sha'awa ga irin wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka.

Idan kuna son kashe makudan kuɗi akan wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, za mu ba da shawarar tsalle zuwa nunin tabawa na 4K akan ƙarin $300. Yana yin babban bambanci a cikin inganci, kuma idan kun kasance wanda ke amfani da tagogi da yawa a lokaci ɗaya ko manyan takaddun bayanai, kuna samun ƙarin dukiya ta dijital.

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Dangane da haɗin kai, wannan babbar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ce mai yawan ɗaki don tashar jiragen ruwa, amma kuma ita ce kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na zamani, siriri. Wannan yana nufin cewa yawancin tashoshin jiragen ruwa a nan sune USB-C, tare da biyu a hagu da biyu a dama, duk tare da goyon bayan Thunderbolt 4. Gefen dama kuma yana riƙe da jackphone na kunne da ramin katin SD, kuma tashoshin USB-C suna kula da caji.

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Abubuwan XPS 17: Barka da zuwa 'Alder Lake'

Sashin bita na mu na musamman shima wasa ne na kusa-kusa don 2021 XPS 17 da muka duba. Babban haɓakawa shine na'ura mai sarrafa na'ura ta Intel "Alder Lake" na 12th Generation, wanda, a cikin gwajin mu, gabaɗaya ya nuna haɓakawa a cikin allo. Sabuwar bugu na 2022 yana farawa akan $1,849, wanda ke ba ku Core i5-12500H processor, 8GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, Intel UHD hadedde graphics, 512GB SSD, da cikakken HD+ nuni (1,920 ta 1,200 pixels, saboda 16:10 rabo) .

An daidaita sashin gwajin mu har zuwa $3,049, kodayake, mafi girman tsari kuma mafi tsada. Don wannan farashin, kuna samun Core i7-12700H processor, 32GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, 1TB SSD, da nunin taɓawa na 4K. Waɗannan abubuwan haɓakawa ne na musamman a cikin kowane nau'i, haɓaka saurin sauri, aikin hoto, ƙarfin ajiya, da ƙudurin nuni sosai. Core i7-12700H shine 14-core/20-thread CPU, tare da P-Cores shida da E-Cores guda takwas, a cikin gine-ginen guntu na 12th Gen.

Yaya saurin wannan injin yake? Bari mu ga yadda ta yi akan gwaje-gwajen ma'auni. Da ke ƙasa akwai tsarin da za mu kwatanta sabon XPS 17. Wannan ya haɗa da XPS 17 na baya-bayan nan, wasu kwamfyutocin ƙwararrun ƙwararru a cikin Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED da Gigabyte Aero 16, da wurin aiki a cikin Lenovo ThinkPad. P1 Gen 4.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami

Babban ma'auni na UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwaya nau'ikan kayan aiki na gaske na duniya da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ayyuka na ɗabi'a na ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, aikin falle, binciken yanar gizo, da taron tattaunawa na bidiyo. Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwajin PCMark 10's Full System Drive don tantance lokacin lodi da kayan aiki na ma'ajiyar 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 zaren, don ƙididdige dacewar PC don yawan aikin sarrafawa. Maxon's Cinebench R23 yana amfani da injin Cinema 4D na wannan kamfani don yin fage mai rikitarwa, yayin da Primate Labs' Geekbench 5.4 Pro ke kwaikwayon shahararru. 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 mai yin aikin Puget Systems'PugetBench don Photoshop, wanda ke amfani da sigar Creative Cloud 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, jujjuyawa, haɓakawa, da adana hoto zuwa amfani da abin rufe fuska, cika gradient, da masu tacewa.

Sabuwar XPS 17 da guntuwar Alder Lake suna aiki da kyau anan, a ko kusa da saman fakitin akan waɗannan gwaje-gwajen duk da wasu gasa Ryzen 9 da Core i9. Ya yi fice a kan gwaje-gwaje masu yawa da yawa kamar Cinebench da Geekbench, mai yiwuwa saboda gine-gine na 12th Gen, kodayake sakamakon birki na hannu yana da ban mamaki.

Duk da haka, babban mataki ne na sama da na 11th Gen XPS 17, kuma yana da rufin sama na musamman don gwaje-gwaje masu buƙata. Waɗannan su ne nau'ikan yanayin da kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai maye gurbin tebur za ta fi amfani da ita, kuma Alder Lake XPS 17 ya kai ga aikin.

Gwaje-gwajen Zane da Wasanni

Muna gwada zane-zanen Windows PCs 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-haɗe da zane) da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali). Ƙarin gwaje-gwaje guda biyu daga GFXBench 5.0, suna gudanar da kashe allo don ba da izinin ƙudurin nuni daban-daban, suna lalata ayyukan OpenGL.

Bugu da kari, muna gudanar da gwaje-gwajen wasan zahiri guda uku ta amfani da ginanniyar ma'auni a cikin taken F1 2021, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, da Rainbow Six Siege. Waɗannan suna wakiltar kwaikwaiyo, buɗe ido-duniya-kaɗe-kaɗe, da gasa na jigilar kaya da wasannin harbi, bi da bi. Muna gudanar da Valhalla da Siege sau biyu a madaidaitan ingancin hoto daban-daban, da F1 2021 tare da ba tare da haɓaka aikin Nvidia na DLSS anti-aliasing ba. Muna gudanar da waɗannan gwaje-gwaje a ƙudurin 1080p don haka za a iya kwatanta sakamako daidai a tsakanin tsarin.

Waɗannan sakamakon ba su da ban mamaki ba - muna gwada waɗannan GPUs a cikin mahallin da yawa, kuma kusan mun san abin da za mu yi tsammani - amma RTX 3060 ba ta da kunya. Yana ba da ƙarfin zane mai ƙarfi na tsakiya, yana bin mafi ƙarfin RTX 3070 da RTX 3080 GPUs a cikin Aero 16 da ThinkPad kamar yadda aka zata.

Kuna iya jayayya cewa RTX 3060 ba ta da ƙarfi a cikin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka akan wannan farashin, dangane da abin da za ku iya samu a cikin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai tsada, amma wannan ba shine inda farashin ke fitowa daga wannan tsarin ba. CPU da RAM, ƙirar ƙira, allo mai ban sha'awa, da ma'auni mai ƙarfi sune manyan masu ba da gudummawa ga farashi a nan, yayin da aka haɗa GPU ga waɗanda ke buƙatar ikon zane ko kuma son yin wasu wasannin. Akwai wasu hanyoyin da za ku sami ƙarin bang don kuɗin ku, gwargwadon abin da ya shafi GPU; kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na caca za su ba da fifiko ga wannan akan abubuwan ƙira da kyawawan siffofi.

Gwajin Baturi da Nuni

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

Rayuwar baturi yana da kyau isa, koda kuwa ba ginshiƙi bane. Muna sa ran kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mafi girma tare da allon 4K don zubar da wutar lantarki da sauri, amma yin tafiya sama da sa'o'i 11 yana nufin za ku iya amfani da wannan tsarin duk rana don yawancin ayyuka ba tare da damuwa game da inda mafita na gaba yake ba. Wasu ayyuka za su zubar da baturin da sauri, ba shakka, amma ya kamata ya daɗe a kan ayyukan yawan aiki na gaba ɗaya.

Ana ƙididdige madaidaicin ingancin nunin a nan, tare da kyakkyawan yanayin launi da haske na sama. Wannan labari ne mai kyau ga masu amfani da ƙwararru, kodayake ƙarin ƙwararrun kwamfyutocin mahalicci na iya zama mafi kyawun zaɓi ga waɗannan masu amfani.

Ɗayan Mafi kyawun Babban-Allon Yana Samun Kyau

XPS 17 da aka sabunta yayi kama da bugun da ya gabata, yana auren duk abin da muke so a baya tare da na'ura mai sauri. Wannan sabuntawa ne mai sauƙi don yin hukunci: Idan kun mallaki XPS 17 (9710), faɗuwar aikin bai cancanci haɓakawa ba, idan aka ba da ƙarancin canji a wasu fuskoki. Amma idan kuna da tsohuwar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ko ƙarami kuma kuna son sabon ƙwarewar babban allo, XPS 17 shine kawai. Tsarin mu yana da tsada amma yana da ƙima, kuma daga ƙananan ƙarshen kewayon saitin sa zuwa ƙaddamar da ƙirar gwajin mu, wannan har yanzu shine kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na 17-inch mai amfani da wutar lantarki don dokewa.