MSI Vector GP66 Review | PCMag

Ba lallai ba ne a cika shi ba da dadewa ba, amma a wannan rubuta kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mafi sauri a cikin bayanan mu - yana riƙe mafi girman ƙimar aikin PCMark 10 da ƙimar ƙima a cikin biyu daga cikin gwaje-gwajen wasan mu uku na ainihi - ba Alienware ko Razer ba ne kuma ba ya kashe $3,000 ko fiye. MSI Vector GP66 ce, ​​mai inci 15.6 wanda ke $2,399.99 a Best Buy. Vector yana da ƙyalli-da-shi-kan rayuwar batir kuma yana da ɗan ƙanƙara a kusa da gefuna-ba shi da kyawawan abubuwa kamar allon Nvidia G-Sync ko tashar tashar Thunderbolt-don haka ya gaza ga darajar Zaɓin Editocin. Amma idan kuna son aiki mai girman gaske don matsakaicin matsakaicin kuɗi, injin kururuwa ne mai jaraba.

Allon Tare da Farfaɗowa na 360Hz 

Naúrar gwajin mu (samfurin 12UGS-267US) ya haɗu da na'ura ta 12th Generation Intel Core i9-12900H processor (core cores guda shida, nau'ikan inganci guda takwas, zaren 20) tare da Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics da cikakken HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel). ) nuni. Allon yana alfahari da ƙimar farfadowar 360Hz mai ban mamaki. Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka tana da 32GB na ƙwaƙwalwar DDR4 da 1TB NVMe mai ƙarfi-jihar. Wani saiti a farashin iri ɗaya yana hawa zuwa Core i7-12700H CPU, amma yana ƙara ƙudurin allo zuwa 1440p (tare da ƙimar farfadowa na 165Hz).

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Ba garish ja da baki kamar wasu litattafan wasan kwaikwayo ba - kawai monochromatic black magnesium alloy - amma Vector GP66 yana kallon ɓangaren, tare da ƙugiya mai ƙyalli da kuma hulunan sanyaya da yawa. An yi masa ado da tambarin dodo na MSI, tsarin yana da ƙarfi, ba tare da sassauƙa ba idan kun fahimci sasanninta na allo ko matse madannai. Yana da hayaniya, ko da yake. Saita zuwa Yanayin Aiki don wasan kwaikwayo mai tsananin GPU, magoya bayan sa suna ruri da ƙarfi tare da ƙoramar iska mai zafi tana kadawa daga gefen hagunsa.

A 0.92 ta 14.1 ta inci 10.5 (HWD), Vector yana kusan girman daidai da na 16-inch Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 6, ko da yake ya ɗan fi sauƙi a fam 5.25 a kan fam 5.5. Sauran 'yan wasan 15.6-inch kamar XPG Xenia 15 KC (0.8 ta 14 ta 9.2 inci, 4.2 fam) da Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model (0.67 by 14 by 9.3 inci, 4.4 fam) sune trimmer.

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Ƙaƙƙarfan bezels na kowane gefen allon sirara ne, tare da masu kauri sama da ƙasa. Ba tare da mai karanta yatsa ba ko kyamarar gidan yanar gizo ta gane fuska, babu wata hanya ta tsallake buga kalmomin shiga tare da Windows Hello. Ba za ku sami mai karanta katin SD ko microSD ko tashar tashar Thunderbolt 4 ba, ko dai. Tashar jiragen ruwa sun ƙunshi tashoshin USB guda biyu na 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A a gefen dama, na uku tare da tashar USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C tashar jiragen ruwa da jack mai jiwuwa a gefen hagu, da iko da 2.5Gbps Ethernet masu haɗin haɗin haɗin HDMI da ƙaramin fitowar bidiyo na DisplayPort. a baya. Wi-Fi 6E da Bluetooth suna ɗaukar haɗin mara waya.

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Yana da ban tsoro a cikin dakuna masu duhu, amma idan aka ba da haske mai yawa, kyamarar gidan yanar gizon 720p tana ɗaukar hotuna masu haske da launuka masu haske tare da wasu a tsaye; fuskata a fili take sosai, ko da yake bayanan baya sun yi duhu. Maɓallin F4 na saman-jere yana kunna da kashe kamara. 

Masu lasifikan da aka saka a ƙasa suna samar da matsakaici-ƙarfi, kyakkyawan sauti mai tsauri. Bass kadan ne amma zaka iya fitar da wakoki masu hadewa. Software na Nahimic yana ba da kiɗa, fina-finai, wasanni, da hanyoyin sadarwa tare da bass, treble, da masu haɓaka murya, faux kewaye da sauti, da mai daidaitawa; Saitin Smart ya yi kyau fiye da yawancin abubuwan amfani da sauti na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da na gwada.

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Maɓallin Fn yana da girman rabin kuma zuwa dama, ba hagu ba, na mashaya sararin samaniya, don haka haɗa shi tare da maɓallin kibiya don daidaita ƙarar da hasken allo yana da ban tsoro. In ba haka ba, madanni na KarfeSeries tare da hasken baya na RGB yana da kyau, tare da sadaukarwar Gida, Ƙarshe, Shafi Up, da maɓallan Downaƙa. Duk da haka, jin daɗin buga allo ba shi da ƙarfi kuma ba ya da amsa maimakon ƙulle-ƙulle. faifan taɓawa mara maɓalli yana zazzagewa kuma yana dannawa a hankali amma yana dannawa da kyar. 

Ɗayan maɓallan saituna na sama-jere yana da tambarin KarfeSeries, amma bai yi komai ba a rukunin gwajin mu; haka ma SteelSeries GG mai amfani a cikin Fara menu ya ƙaddamar da kyau. Na zazzage kuma na shigar da sabon SteelSeries GG daga mai yin madannai kuma yayi aiki da kyau (ko da yake maɓallin gajeriyar hanya bai taɓa yin ba), yana barin ni tinker tare da ƙirar launi. 

Software na Cibiyar MSI tana ba da saitunan tsarin daban-daban tare da saka idanu na hardware; na'urorin da za a iya shigar da su tun daga inganta Wi-Fi zuwa sokewar AI da kuma sanya alamar hoto; da zaɓi na Ayyuka, Daidaitacce, da Yanayin sanyaya shuru. Na yi amfani da yanayin Aiki don gwaje-gwajen ma'auni na mu, ban da Daidaitaccen yanayin don runtsewar baturi. Bai taimaka da yawa ba, kodayake—rayuwar baturi har yanzu gajeru ce, kamar yadda zan tattauna a ƙasa. Preload ɗin software na gida na Windows 11 shima ya haɗa da Maker Maker Jam da gwajin Tsaro na Norton.

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Babban abin jan hankali na 1080p wanda ba a taɓa taɓawa ba shine ƙimar farfadowar sa na 360Hz, amma kuma yana da launi da haske, tare da faɗuwar kusurwar kallo da kyakkyawar bambanci. Farin bangon bango suna da tsabta maimakon ɗigon ruwa, kuma babu pixelation kusa da gefuna na haruffa. Na sami kaina na danna maɓallan haske a cikin bege na kawar da ɗan haske, amma in ba haka ba allon ya fi gamsarwa.

Gwajin Vector GP66: Wasa Sarkin Dutse 

Don sigogin maƙasudin mu, mun daidaita MSI da sauran kwamfyutocin caca masu ƙima guda huɗu. XPG Xenia 15 KC da 17.3-inch Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 suna kusan a cikin filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa iri ɗaya, yayin da Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 6 mai ƙarfin AMD yana kashe $ 250 ƙarin, kuma Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model shine mafi tsada a $ 2,999.99. Lenovo da Asus sune waɗanda suka ci lambar yabo ta Zaɓin Editoci. Kuna iya ganin ainihin ƙayyadaddun bayanan su a ƙasa.

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. 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 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.

Ba da daɗewa ba, ƙananan kwamfyutocin kwamfyutocin sun sami maki 4,000 a cikin PCMark 10, kuma mun saita wannan lambar a matsayin alamar kyakkyawan aiki na yau da kullun. apps kamar Microsoft Office. MSI ya kusan ninka shi kuma yana iska ta cikin sauran alamominmu, kodayake ya ɗan bi Asus da guntu iri ɗaya a cikin gwaje-gwajen CPU. Duk waɗannan tsare-tsaren sun cika kima don aiki na yau da kullun, kuma suna adawa da wuraren aiki na wayar hannu don ƙarfin ƙirƙirar abun ciki. 

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

Muna kuma gudanar da gwaje-gwaje guda biyu daga madaidaicin madaidaicin GPU na GFXBench 5, wanda ke jaddada ƙananan ayyukan yau da kullun kamar rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto mai kama da 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. 

Gwaje-gwajenmu guda uku na gaba sun haɗa da wasanni na gaske-musamman, ginannen ma'auni na 1080p daga taken AAA (Assassin's Creed Valhalla), mai saurin fitar da mai harbi (Rainbow Six Siege), da sim ɗin tseren wasanni (F1 2021). Muna gudanar da kowane ma'auni sau biyu, ta yin amfani da saitunan ingancin hoto daban-daban don Valhalla da Rainbow da ƙoƙarin F1 tare da kuma ba tare da fasahar hana ɓarna na Nvidia's DLSS ba.

Samun mafi kyawun allo na 360Hz a mafi girman ingancin hoto na Rainbow Six Siege? Ee, don Allah! Mun ga ɗimbin bambance-bambance a cikin GeForce RTX 30 jerin ayyukan GPU a nau'ikan wattages; MSI ta ce Vector's RTX 3070 Ti yana gudana akan watts 150, wanda da alama ya isa ga ƙimar firam mai ban mamaki. Idan wannan na'urar ba za ta ba ku haƙƙin fahariya a kowane wasa ba, zai zo kusa da shi. 

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%. Muna tabbatar da cikakken cajin baturi kafin gwajin, tare da kashe Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai. 

Har ila yau, 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 launi gamuts ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa - da 50% da haske mafi girma a ciki. nits (candelas da murabba'in mita).

Ba ma tsammanin litattafan wasan kwaikwayo za su daɗe idan dai masu ɗaukar hoto da masu iya canzawa, amma rayuwar batir Vector GP66 ta zama bala'i, rashin maraba da dawowar wasannin wasan 'yan shekarun da suka gabata. Kewayon launi na nuninsa matsakaici ne kawai, amma yana da haske fiye da wasu masu fafatawa (ko da yake, kamar yadda na faɗa, gajeriyar karatun kololuwar 400-plus nits wanda na fi so).

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Gudun kururuwa, Ba Yawan Luxury ba 

Kuɗin ɗari ashirin da huɗu ba su da arha, amma farashi ne mai kyau don yin aiki mai ban mamaki kamar na MSI Vector GP66. Wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ba Gargantua wasan kwaikwayo ce ba, tana ba da ƙimar firam (tare da wannan GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, manta game da taɓa buƙatar RTX 3080) da ƙimar sabunta allo don daidaitawa. MSI ba ta da siriri ko kyakkyawa kamar Razer Blade 15, kuma rayuwar batir ɗin sa gajeru ce, amma babban zaɓi ne idan kuna son toshe shi kuma ku bar shi ya tsage.