HP ZBook Studio G9 Review

A cikin jeri na aikin wayar hannu na kamfanin, HP ZBook Studio yana matsayi na biyu kawai ga titanic ZBook Fury, sama da ZBook Firefly mai nauyi da (dangane) ƙirar ZBook Power mai araha. Wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka an yi niyya ne ga masu ƙira da ke yin 3D, gyaran bidiyo na 4K, nazarin bayanai da hangen nesa, ko haɓaka software. Bin 15.6-inch, 2021 Editocin Zabin Kyautar ZBook Studio G8, HP's ZBook Studio G9 (farawa daga $2,499; $ 4,899 kamar yadda aka gwada) yana yin yunƙurin tafiya zuwa allon inch 16 yayin gadar sabuwar Intel da Nvidia silicon. HP yana yin ƙaƙƙarfan dandamali mai ƙirƙira amma ZBook Studio G9 ƙunshe ya rasa zaɓin Editoci suna girmama wannan lokacin, tare da aikin sa da ƙimar sa ta sabbin shigowa.

HP Yana Haɓaka Zaɓuɓɓukan Na'urori

Samfurin tushe na HP.com na ZBook Studio G9 shine $2,499 tare da Core i7-12700H processor, 16GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, 512GB mai ƙarfi-jihar drive, da 4GB Nvidia RTX A1000 graphics guntu. Koyaya, rukunin binciken mu na $ 4,899 yana ɗaga hannun jari sosai, tare da Core i9-12900H CPU (core Performance cores, Ingantattun cores guda takwas, zaren 20) waɗanda ke nuna fasahar sarrafa Intel na vPro IT, matsakaicin 64GB na RAM, da rabin matsakaicin ajiya: 2TB NVMe SSD.

Hakanan an haɗa shi cikin wannan saitin shine nunin DreamColor na HP na 3,840-by-2,400-pixel, IPS panel mara taɓawa tare da nits na haske 500 da ƙimar wartsakewa na 120Hz, wanda Nvidia ta 16GB GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ke goyan bayan. Koyaya, zaku iya zaɓar daga GeForce guda uku da RTX A-jerin GPUs guda biyar dangane da ko kuna son wasan caca ko ƙirar 3D tare da takaddun shaida na mai siyar da software (ISV); flagship RTX A5500 GPU zai ƙara $600 zuwa farashin tsarin mu.

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Hakanan kuna da zaɓi na allon taɓawa na OLED 400-nit tare da babban ƙuduri iri ɗaya, tare da ƙarin nunin 1,920-by-1,200-pixel mara taɓawa, ɗaya tare da Tacewar Sirri na Tabbatar da Dubawa na HP. Maɓallin madannai na HP yana haskaka kowane maɓalli na RGB backlighting - ƙari, idan kuna zuwa daga MacBook, kuna iya yin oda maɓallin umarni na Z wanda ya kwaikwayi tsarin Apple.

Wani tsohon soja na MIL-STD 810H yana gwada haɗarin hanya kamar girgiza, girgizawa, da matsananciyar zafin jiki, ZBook shine dutsen aluminum na azurfa wanda yake auna 0.76 ta 14 ta inci 9.5. Wannan iota ne mai kauri fiye da sabon Apple MacBook Pro 16 (0.66 ta 14 ta inci 9.8) amma cikakken ruwan famfo (3.81 da 4.8 fam). Wani tashar ƙirƙira mai inci 16, Gigabyte Aero 16, yana da 0.88 ta 14 ta inci 9.8 kuma mafi nauyi har yanzu yana kan fam 5.07.

Slim bezels suna kewaye da allon, yayin da grille masu faɗin magana suna gefen madannai, suna ɗaukar ɗakin da za a iya amfani da faifan maɓalli na lamba. Mai karanta hoton yatsa a cikin zurfin dabino, da kyamarar gidan yanar gizo ta gane fuska, yana ba ku hanyoyi biyu don tsallake buga kalmomin shiga tare da Windows Hello. Wi-Fi 6E da Bluetooth daidai suke, kamar yadda yake Windows 10 Pro (tsarin da aka haɓaka zuwa Windows 11 yayin gwaji).

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Biyu 40Gbps USB4 tashoshin jiragen ruwa tare da Thunderbolt 4 goyon bayan shiga wani audio jack da AC adaftan connector a gefen hagu na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. Kulle tsaro na Nano da ramukan katin filashin microSD suna kan dama, tare da 5Gbps USB 3.1 tashar jiragen ruwa Type-A da 10Gbps USB 3.2 Type-C tashar jiragen ruwa. Ba tare da tashar tashar HDMI ba, hanya ɗaya tilo don haɗa na'urar duba waje ita ce tare da adaftar DisplayPort a ɗayan tashoshin USB4.

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Babban Fumble na HP: kyamaran gidan yanar gizo

Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na HP na baya-bayan nan, kamar Dragonfly Folio G3, sun burge mu da kyamarorin gidan yanar gizon 5- da 8-megapixel waɗanda aka inganta don tarurrukan bidiyo na yau da kullun, don haka abin takaici ne cewa Studio G9 yana da ƙarancin haya, kyamarar ƙananan res 720p. Duk da yake hotunansa suna da haske sosai kuma masu launi, har yanzu suna da ɗan toshewa tare da wasu a tsaye. Kuna samun fasahar rage hayaniyar AI ta HP don haɓaka sautin taro da maɓallin aiki na sama-jere don kashe kyamarar gidan yanar gizo don tsaro.

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Da yake magana game da sauti, ZBook yana da ba kawai manyan lasifika masu harbi sama guda biyu ba amma woofers biyu (tsaga a kowane gefe). Ƙarfi da tsantsan, sautin da aka fitar ba ƙarami ba ne ko tsauri ko da a babban ƙarar. Bass ɗin ba daidai yake haɓaka ba amma an fi saninsa fiye da yawancin kwamfutocin tafi-da-gidanka, kuma yana da sauƙi a ji waƙoƙin da suka mamaye. Software na HP Audio Control yana ba da kiɗa, fim, saitattun sauti da mai daidaitawa, da daidaita sauti don na'urorin kai masu goyan baya.

Abubuwan da aka Kaya a Ƙarƙashin Nuni Mai Kyau

A zahiri, wannan maɓalli na RGB na baya-bayan nan mai daidaitawa yana hamayya da kowane kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na caca, amma shi da faifan taɓawa suna ɗan takaici ta manyan matakan aiki. Ba wai kawai ba ku sami ainihin Gida, Ƙarshe, Page Up, da Maɓallin Page Down - dole ne ku haɗa maɓallin Fn da kiban siginan kwamfuta kamar yadda kuke yi tare da litattafan mabukaci masu arha - amma ana shirya maɓallan kibiya a cikin jeri mara kyau na HP maimakon daidai jujjuyawar T. Waɗannan kibiyoyi masu wuyar bugawa, rabin tsayi sama da ƙasa an jeri su tsakanin cikakken girman hagu da dama, wanda ke da wahala. 

Yayin da madannai ke da jin daɗin buga rubutu cikin annashuwa, ɗan sarari ne da hayaniya. Hakazalika, maɓalli mara maɓalli na HP bai dace da aikace-aikacen ISV ba saboda yawancin ƙirar kwamfuta (CAD) da sauran shirye-shirye suna amfani da ba biyu amma maɓallin linzamin kwamfuta uku. (Don zama gaskiya, ana iya saita Windows don aiwatar da dannawa hagu, dama, da tsakiya tare da dannawa ɗaya-, biyu-, da yatsa uku bi da bi.) A cikin tagomashinsa, kushin yana da girma, santsi, da shuru kuma yana amsawa a hankali. dannawa.

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HP ya ce canjin daga 16:9 zuwa 16:10 rabon fuska yana ba ku 11% ƙarin yanki mai amfani idan aka kwatanta da ZBook Studio G8. Mun daɗe muna masu sha'awar nunin wurin aikin kamfanin na DreamColor, kuma wannan ba banda, tare da zurfi, launuka masu haske da cikakkun bayanai masu kaifi. Bambance-bambancen yana da girma, kuma kusurwar kallo suna da faɗi, tare da farar bangon bango suna kallon pristine maimakon ɗigon ruwa, yana taimakawa ta hanyar hinge na allo wanda ke karkatar da kusan gaba ɗaya. Haske yana da yawa, kodayake yana faɗuwa da ƙarfi yayin da kuke buga hasken baya. Glare babu shi, duk da haka, wanda ke da taimako sosai.

Bloatware an taƙaita shi zuwa ƙa'idar sa ido ta Tile Bluetooth. Duk da haka, dozin ɗin abubuwan amfani da alamar gida suna samar da komai daga HP QuickDrop, wanda ke canja wurin fayiloli tsakanin PC da wayarku, zuwa HP Easy Clean, wanda a taƙaice yana kashe maɓallin madannai da tabawa yayin da kuke shafa gogewa. Ya zuwa yanzu, mafi mahimmanci shine abin yabo na HP Wolf Security, wanda ya haɗa malware na tushen AI da kariyar BIOS tare da aiwatar da SureClick na. apps da shafukan yanar gizo a cikin amintattun kwantena.

Gwada ZBook Studio G9: Rayuwa a Layin Mai Matuƙar Sauri 

Mun fara sigogin maƙasudin mu tare da abokan hamayya biyu da aka ambata a sama na ZBook Studio G9, Gigabyte Aero 16 (farawa daga $2,199.99, $ 4,399.99 kamar yadda aka gwada), wanda kuma yana da Core i9 CPU da allon 3,840-by-2,400-pixel wanda ke goyan bayan GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, da 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro (farawa daga $2,499; $5,299 kamar yadda aka gwada) tare da guntu M2 Max mai girma. Muna kuma kwatanta aikin HP zuwa na kwanan nan mai nauyi mai nauyi a kowane ma'anar kalmar, MSI's CreatorPro X17 (farawa a $3,449.99; $4,899.99 kamar yadda aka gwada). Don wuri na ƙarshe, muna komawa zuwa Nuwamba 2021 don gyarawa amma Dell Precision 5560 mai ƙarfi (farawa daga $ 1,839; $ 4,195 kamar yadda aka gwada) wurin aiki.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami 

Na farko, UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwayi nau'ikan samarwa na duniya iri-iri da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ɗawainiyar ɗaiɗaikun ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, maƙunsar rubutu, binciken yanar gizo, da taron bidiyo. Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwajin PCMark 10's Full System Drive don tantance lokacin ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da kayan aiki. 

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 Puget Systems'PugetBench don Photoshop, 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 hoto, da adana hoto zuwa amfani da abin rufe fuska, cika gradient, da masu tacewa.

Duk waɗannan kwamfyutocin suna da yawa fiye da kima don ofis apps kamar Microsoft 365 ko Google Workspace, wanda ya wuce maki 4,000 a cikin PCMark 10 wanda ke nuna kyakkyawan aiki na yau da kullun. ZBook yana ɗaukar gwaje-gwajen sarrafa mu, amma MacBook Pro kuma musamman ma CreatorPro yana aika da maki mafi girma, tare da Core i9-12900HX na ƙarshe yana sanya lambobin sama. MSI kuma tana riƙe da zinare na Photoshop, tare da HP da Apple suna wasa da azurfa.

Zane-zane da Gwaje-gwaje na Musamman 

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-haɗen zane) da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali). 

Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwaje-gwaje guda biyu daga ma'aunin GPU na giciye GFXBench 5, wanda ke jaddada ƙananan ayyuka na yau da kullun kamar rubutun rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto mai kama da wasa. 1440p Aztec Ruins da 1080p Car Chase gwaje-gwaje ana yin su a waje don ɗaukar ƙudurin nuni daban-daban yayin da suke yin zane-zane da ƙididdige inuwa, ta amfani da ƙirar shirye-shiryen OpenGL da tessellation na hardware, bi da bi. Yawancin firam ɗin daƙiƙa guda (fps), mafi kyau.

Ƙarin ƙarin shirye-shirye guda biyu suna kwaikwayi aikace-aikacen wurin aiki. Na farko, Blender babban buɗaɗɗen tushe ne na 3D don yin ƙira, raye-raye, kwaikwayo, da haɗawa. Muna yin rikodin lokacin da ake ɗauka don ginanniyar hanyar gano hanyar Cycles don ba da hotuna na gaske na motocin BMW guda biyu, ɗaya ta amfani da CPU na tsarin kuma ɗayan GPU (ƙananan lokutan sun fi kyau). Mawaƙin BMW Mike Pan ya ce yana ɗaukar al'amuran cikin sauri don yin gwaji mai tsauri, amma sanannen ma'auni ne.

Wataƙila mafi mahimmancin gwajin aikin mu, SPECviewperf 2020, mai bayarwa, yana jujjuyawa, da zuƙowa ciki da waje na ingantattun samfuran waya da waya ta amfani da saitin kallo daga mashahurin mai siyar da software mai zaman kansa (ISV) apps. Muna gudanar da gwaje-gwajen ƙuduri na 1080p bisa tsarin PTC's Creo CAD; Autodesk's Maya samfuri da software na kwaikwayo don fim, TV, da wasanni; da Kunshin ma'anar Dassault Systemes SolidWorks 3D. Sakamako suna cikin firam a sakan daya.

Studio G9 na HP yana haskakawa a cikin Night Raid yayin da yake ɗaukar kujerar baya a cikin sauran gwaje-gwajen zane-zane na roba, tare da M2 Max da ke sa Apple ya murkushe shi a cikin GFXBench. HP yana rataye kusa da MacBook Pro a cikin Blender amma aikin MSI yana sa su duka su ci ƙura. A cikin Samfuran Tothiewayoyin, shi ne Gigabyte da MSA cewa yaƙi don haƙƙin mallaka, amma Zbook yana tabbatar da sauri a cikin dama.

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(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 nuni, muna amfani da Datacolor SpyderX Elite Monitor calibration firikwensin da software don auna jikewar launi na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka - nawa kashi na sRGB, Adobe RGB, da DCI-P3 gamuts launi ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa-da 50% da kololuwa. haske a cikin nits (candelas kowace murabba'in mita).

Wuraren aiki na wayar hannu suna ciyar da mafi yawan lokutan su yayin da suke murƙushe bayanan bayanai ko samar da duniyoyin VR, amma don rikodin, MacBook Pro ya mallaki, ya mamaye, kuma yana kunyatar da abokan hamayyarsa a cikin rushewar batir ɗinmu. Nunin DreamColor na HP yana samar da ingancin launi mai ban sha'awa da haske, kodayake Dell da OLED Aero sun fi faɗi a cikin ɗaukar launi don ku masu tsattsauran ra'ayi.

Hukunci: Tsaye Har Zuwa Gasa Mai Tsanani 

Idan HP ZBook Studio G9 kyakkyawan aiki ne mai sauƙi kuma ingantacciyar hanyar ƙirƙirar abun ciki, to me yasa ya rasa darajar Zaɓaɓɓen Editoci? Da kyau, MSI CreatorPro X17 yana farashi iri ɗaya da rukunin gwajin mu tare da nunin inch 17.3 mafi girma, haka kuma CPU da GPU waɗanda ke tura shi gaba a cikin ma'aunin mu. The M2 Max-powered 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro shi ma ya zarce Studio G9 a da yawa gwaje-gwaje, da kuma $400 mafi girma farashin samun ku ƙarin memory, sau biyu ajiya, da kuma sau hudu rayuwar baturi.

Wannan ba yana nufin ba mu ba da shawarar ZBook Studio G9 ba. Wurin aikin HP yana da ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa kamar yadda G8 na bara ya kasance, musamman idan aka ba da zaɓin rig ɗin caca ko GPUs na aiki. Kawai dai gasar ba ta taba yin zafi ba, don haka ribobi na kirkire-kirkire, ba masu yin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ba, su ne suka yi nasara na gaske.