Acer Swift 3 (16-Inch) Review

Ib zaug ib qho tsis tshua muaj, laptops nrog 16-nti cov ntxaij vab tshaus tau dhau los ua ntau dua thiab zoo siab nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no, kov yeej cov kev txwv ntawm lub cev uas ib zaug txwv lawv rau 15-nti proportions. 16-nti version ntawm Acer Swift 3 (pib ntawm $ 869; $ 999 raws li kev sim) txuas ntxiv cov qauv ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus loj thiab ntxiv cov txheej txheem zoo nkauj hauv qab lub hood, ib yam nkaus, suav nrog Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj, roj teeb lub neej ntev. , thiab ib tug npaum processor uas ua tau admirably nyob rau hauv load. Cov neeg tab tom nrhiav kev hloov pauv nruab nrab ntawm lub desktop yuav pom ntau yam uas nyiam nrog qhov 16-nti Acer Swift 3.

Loj thiab them nqi

Lub Acer Swift 3 tau tshuaj xyuas ntawm no (qauv SF316-51) yog rov kho dua rau xyoo 2022 thiab ua rau muaj kev xav zoo thawj zaug raws li nws lub hauv paus ib leeg. Nruab nrog 11th Generation Intel H-series processor, Acer Swift 3 zoo kawg nkaus haum rau kev tsim khoom thiab yog saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm kab rau sub-$ 1,000 laptop. (Qhov ntawd yog, kom txog rau thaum nyuam qhuav tshaj tawm 12th Generation Alder Lake CPUs pib ua lawv txoj kev mus rau qhov chaw.) H-series processors feem ntau pom muaj nyob rau hauv gaming laptops, uas ua rau lawv cov tsos ntawm no nyob rau hauv ib tug general-lub hom phiaj tshuab tag nrho cov sweeter. (Nyeem ntau ntxiv txog kev xaiv lub laptop zoo tshaj plaws processor.)

Peb cov kws tshaj lij tau sim 150 Cov khoom lag luam nyob rau hauv qeb Laptops Xyoo no

Txij li xyoo 1982, PCMag tau sim thiab ntsuas ntau txhiab yam khoom los pab koj txiav txim siab yuav zoo dua. (Saib seb peb sim li cas.)

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Peb cov qauv tshuaj xyuas suav nrog 16GB ntawm RAM, 512GB ntawm SSD cia, Intel Core i7-11370H, thiab Iris Xe cov duab sib xyaw. Muaj ib qho kev teeb tsa pheej yig dua me ntsis uas muaj xws li Intel Core i5-11300H thiab 8GB ntawm RAM, txawm hais tias tus so ntawm cov txheej txheem tseem tsis zoo. Tsis muaj teeb meem ntawm kev teeb tsa, koj yuav xaus nrog lub tshuab nrog ntau pep hauv nws cov kauj ruam dua li 14-nti Acer Swift 3, uas peb tau tshuaj xyuas xyoo tas los.

Tsis dhau flashy, Swift 3's silver hlau chassis yog ib qho khoom siv ruaj khov. Qhov hnyav 3.9 phaus, Swift 3 hnyav dua li Dell Inspiron 16 Plus '4.4 phaus thiab zoo nyob rau hauv 5.3-phaus XPS 17 (9710). Rau lub laptop ntawm qhov loj me no, qis dua 4 phaus yog ib yam uas yuav txaus siab rau, txawm tias nws tsis yog lub tshuab teeb tiag tiag. Nws tsis yog lub laptop slimmest, ib qho, ntsuas ntawm 0.63 los ntawm 14.5 los ntawm 9.3 ntiv tes (HWD), tab sis rau lub laptop ntawm qhov screen loj thiab hneev taw, nws yog qhov nyias heev.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Hauv qab, koj yuav pom tsib lub roj hmab tuav uas ua kom lub tshuab nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, lub qhov cua loj, thiab ob lub suab qis qis uas xa cov suab zoo nkauj ntawm qhov ntim max. Hmoov tsis zoo, tsis muaj txoj hauv kev uas koj tuaj yeem hloov kho koj lub laptop lub cim xeeb li Acer tshem tawm ib qho ntxiv RAM ntxiv; lub cim xeeb yog soldered.

Nyob rau sab saum toj, koj yuav pom cov keyboard backlit. Nws tau tsim tshwj xeeb keycaps nrog qhov chaw hauv qab lawv, tso cai rau huab cua dawb rau lub laptop sab hauv, nrog rau lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua kom txias txias. Thaum tsis pom zoo thaum siv ib txwm, koj tuaj yeem hnov ​​​​cov huab cua raug tshem tawm thaum khiav lub tshuab hauv nws qhov kev ua haujlwm txias. (Kev hloov pauv ntawm cov qauv txias tsuas yog yuav tsum tau nias ntawm Fn thiab F yuam sij - tsis tas yuav muaj app ntxiv.)

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Lub touchpad ua haujlwm zoo thiab ua haujlwm zoo, txawm hais tias cov khawm sab laug thiab txoj cai-nias yog me ntsis tsis xis nyob siv. Nws tsis yog deal-breaker, tab sis kuv xav kom cov nyees khawm tsis xav tias nruj heev. Yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav qee qhov kev ruaj ntseg ntxiv thiab kev nkag tau yooj yim dua, koj tseem yuav pom cov ntawv nyeem ntiv tes embedded nyob rau hauv tus lej yuam sij.

Haum rau Txhua Yam Xav Tau

Nrog 16.1 nti ntawm lub vijtsam los ua haujlwm nrog ( ntsuas kab pheeb ces kaum), koj yuav cia siab tias Swift 3 tsim nyog saib. Feem ntau, qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb. Lub laptop nta tag nrho HD (1,920 los ntawm 1,080 pixels) IPS zaub nrog ultra-thin bezels uas muaj kwv yees li 88% screen-rau-lub cev piv. Cov tshuaj tiv thaiv glare zoo nkaus li zoo, thiab nrog 300 nits ntawm qhov ci siab tshaj plaws, cov duab thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab tshwm ci ntsa iab thiab muaj yeeb yuj. Lub vijtsam tsis muaj peev xwm kov cov tswv yim, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov yuav tsum tau los ntawm lub tshuab hloov lub desktop. (Feem ntau tsis kov.)

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Swift 3's speaker yog ib qho kev xav tsis thoob, txawm li cas los xij, xa cov suab nrov thiab meej ntawm qhov ntim siab tshaj plaws. Qhov no yuav yog cov khoom lag luam ntawm DTS Audio thiab Acer's True Harmony thev naus laus zis, uas siv cov hlau nplaum zoo hauv nws cov neeg hais lus los tsim cov hlau nplaum sib nqus, uas yog tom qab ntawd muab faib ntawm cov neeg hais lus thiab ua rau muaj suab nrov dua. Peb pom qhov kev txhim kho suab nrov hauv Acer Aspire Vero tsis ntev los no tau tshuaj xyuas, thiab lub suab zoo tau dov mus rau xyoo no Swift 3. Tsis muaj chassis vibration ntawm qhov ntim siab, ib qho, ib qho teeb meem uas feem ntau plagues pob nyiaj siv laptops.

Windows 11 los preinstalled hauv tus qauv qis kawg ntawm 16-nti Swift 3. Peb cov qauv tshuaj xyuas tuaj nrog Windows 10, txawm tias muaj kev hloov kho dawb rau cov neeg siv txaus siab coj kom zoo dua Microsoft lub OS tshiab. Lub laptop tseem yog Wi-Fi 6-enabled, uas txhais tau hais tias ceev mus txog 40% sai dua li cov khoos phis tawj khiav Wi-Fi 5.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Lub Swift 3 kuj tau ntim ob peb qhov chaw xaiv, xws li USB 3.2 Hom-A, HDMI, thiab ib qho yooj yim heev Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj ntsaws ntawm nws sab laug. Koj tuaj yeem them cov khoom siv sab nraud los ntawm USB-A chaw nres nkoj, txawm tias Swift 3 raug kaw.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Rounding tawm cov chaw nres nkoj ntawm sab xis, koj yuav pom lwm USB 3.2 Hom-A chaw nres nkoj, lub mloog pob ntseg, thiab lub qhov rau Kensington cable xauv.

Benchmarking lub Swift 3: Ib tug Prolific Silver Medalist

Nrog ntau mus rau nws, 16-nti Acer Swift 3 yog lub tshuab muaj peev xwm, tab sis nws zoo li cas piv rau lwm lub tshuab nrog cov specs zoo sib xws? Txhawm rau pom tias Swift 3 muaj peev xwm npaum li cas, peb muab lub tshuab thiab ob peb ntawm nws cov neeg sib tw los ntawm peb cov CPU, GPU, roj teeb, thiab cov kev ntsuam xyuas.

Lub Swift 3 tau koom nrog ob tus khub Acers: Acer Enduro Urban N3 (lub tshuab semi-ruggedized) thiab Acer Aspire Vero, nrog rau Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7i Pro (14-Inch) thiab Dell Inspiron 16 Plus (7610). ). Thaum feem ntau ntawm cov tshuab ntawm no me ntsis me dua 16-nti Swift 3, lawv txhua tus sib koom ua ke zoo sib xws nco, processor, thiab GPU teeb tsa (nrog rau qhov tshwj xeeb ntawm GPU siab thiab yim-core CPU pom hauv Inspiron 16 Plus).

Thawj qhov ntsuas hauv peb qhov gauntlet yog PCMark 10, ib qho kev sim uas simulates ntau yam Windows cov kev pab cuam los muab tag nrho cov qhab nia ua haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm. Hauv qhov kev xeem no, qhov qhab nia nruab nrab ntawm 4,000 thiab 5,000 cov ntsiab lus qhia tau hais tias kev ua tau zoo-siab dua, zoo dua. Interestingly ntawm no, thaum Acer Swift 3 ua tau zoo, nws tau trumped los ntawm lub me-ko taw Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7i Pro txawm tias muaj tib lub processor.

Lub Swift 3 ua tau zoo ib yam li ntawm PCMark 10 Full System Drive cia kuaj, uas ntsuas qhov kev pab cuam lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab qhov dhau los ntawm lub laptop lub khau raj tsav. Ntawm no, Swift 3 kaw qhov sib txawv ua tsaug rau nws PCl Express Gen 4 SSD, thaum Acer Aspire Vero los tom qab ntau, yuav yog vim nws siv PCIe Gen 3 SSD qub qub.

Qhov kev ntsuas tom ntej rau peb cov kab ke yog Handbrake 1.4, qhov qhib qhov cuab yeej siv los hloov cov ntaub ntawv multimedia rau ntau qhov kev daws teeb meem thiab tawm tswv yim. Hauv peb qhov kev sim, peb muaj txhua lub tshuab hloov 12-feeb 4K cov ntaub ntawv rau 1080p hom. Thaum ua li no hom ntawm CPU-hnyav hauj lwm yog ua tau nyob rau hauv feem ntau cov cav tov, nws yog tiag tiag zoo tshaj relegated rau zoo-nruab nrab workstation laptops. 

Nrog rau qhov tsis lees paub tawm ntawm txoj kev, peb pom tias feem ntau ntawm cov tshuab siv sijhawm 10 feeb los ua kom tiav qhov ntsuas, tshwj tsis yog Enduro Urban N3, uas tau qhwv nws cov haujlwm hauv qab 8 feeb xwb. (Ceeb Toom: peb tsis tuaj yeem ua tiav Handbrake 1.4 tus qauv ntsuas ntawm Inspiron 16 Plus.)

Tej yam pib nrhiav Swift 3 hauv peb qhov kev sim tom ntej, Cinebench R23 benchmark, lwm qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntau yam txhais tau hais tias siv tag nrho cov txheej txheem ntawm cov cores thiab xov. Plaub cores thiab yim xov ntawm Intel Core i7-11370H tsim cov qhab nia siab rau ob qho tib si Swift 3 thiab IdeaPad Slim 7i Pro, nrog rau tom kawg edging tawm cov thawj coj los ntawm ob peb puas lub ntsiab lus. Ob leeg ua tiav zoo hauv qab Dell Inspiron cov qhab nia, txawm li cas los xij, uas tau siv los ntawm nws yim-core Core i7.

Cov txiaj ntsig zoo sib xws tau pom nyob rau hauv Geekbench 5.4 qhov ntsuas, tseem muaj lwm qhov kev ntsuas ntau ntawm CPU kev ntxhov siab txhais tau tias simulate cov haujlwm tiag tiag hauv ntiaj teb. Hauv qhov ntsuas no, Swift 3 tau coj qhov chaw saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm IdeaPad, yog tias tsuas yog nyuam qhuav xwb, tab sis tuaj luv dua rau Inspiron 16 Plus.

Peb qhov kev ua tau zoo kawg nkaus yog PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Adobe Photoshop 22 los ntsuas ntau yam ntawm cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev ua haujlwm multimedia, siv ob qho tib si CPU- thiab GPU-ua haujlwm nrawm. Qhov sib npaug sib npaug thoob plaws lub rooj tsavxwm, feem ntau ntawm cov tshuab ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv 100 cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib leeg, nrog rau lub tshuab Dell tau txais qhov chaw saum toj kawg nkaus, ua tsaug rau ib feem ntawm nws lub siab GPU thiab ntau dua CPU cores.

Graphics Tests

Cov duab sib xyaw ua ke tau los ntev, thiab txawm tias cov khoos phis tawj no tsis yog lub tshuab ua si, tsis tau txhais hais tias lawv tsis tuaj yeem khiav yooj yim mus rau nruab nrab cov kev ua si nyuaj ntawm cov kev daws teeb meem zoo thiab tus nqi ncej.

Thawj cov duab kos duab peb tau khiav yog 3DMark benchmark, ib qho kev ntsuas duab rau Windows uas muaj ntau qhov kev sib tw rau GPU sib txawv thiab software APIs. Peb tos ob qhov kev ntsuam xyuas DirectX 12 tshwj xeeb: 3DMark Hmo Raid thiab 3DMark Sijhawm Spy. Lub Swift 3 tau tsim cov txiaj ntsig zoo hauv qhov kev sim no, zoo tshaj plaws rau lwm lub laptops siv cov duab sib xyaw ua ke. Tsis tas yuav hais, Dell Inspiron ua tau zoo tshaj plaws, ua tsaug dua rau nws cov GPU siab.

Cov duab kos duab tom ntej yog GFXBench 5.0, cov duab simulator uas muaj kev ntxhov siab-kuaj ob theem qis thiab qib siab niaj hnub. Zoo li 3DMark benchmark, peb khiav ob qhov kev xeem, 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Car Chase, ua tawm ntawm lub vijtsam kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv thiab ua kom muaj kev sib piv siv tau.

Hauv qhov kev sim no, peb tuaj yeem pom tias Swift 3 yuav luag 60fps qhov nruab nrab thaum lub sijhawm 1440p Aztec Ruins tab sis mus saum toj thiab dhau ntawd hauv 1080p Car Chase test. Hauv txoj kev xav, qhov no txhais tau tias Swift 3 tuaj yeem tswj hwm qee qhov xav tau software, muab qhov xwm txheej zoo. (Saib peb qhov tob tob rau hauv qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm lub laptop ua ke cov duab hauv kev ua si tsis ntev los no.)

Kev kuaj pom thiab roj teeb

Cov kev xeem loj kawg uas peb khiav yog peb cov zaub thiab cov roj teeb kuaj, qhov qub uas ntsuas lub laptop lub vijtsam qhov ci thiab xim xim. Txhawm rau kuaj lub laptop lub roj teeb, peb them lub roj teeb rau 100% thiab tom qab ntawd xa cov ntawv khaws cia hauv zos ntawm qhov qhib Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau ntawm lub voj voog, txiav qhov ci ntsa iab rau 50% thiab nce qhov ntim mus rau qhov siab tshaj plaws, nrog rau ob peb lub roj teeb-kuaj tweaks kom ntseeg tau tias muaj kev sib xws thoob plaws txhua qhov kev sim. 

Lub Swift 3 impresses, tawm los rau saum nrog yuav luag 12 teev ntawm playback lub sij hawm, zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov kev sib tw. Lo lus tseem ceeb yog feem ntau, vim Dell Inspiron 16 Plus ib zaug ntxiv nyiag qhov chaw saum toj kawg nkaus. Txawm li cas los xij, Swift lub roj teeb lub neej yog qhov zoo heev. Acer kuj tseem hais tias koj tuaj yeem tau txais plaub teev roj teeb lub neej ntawm ib qho 30-feeb them. Thaum peb tsis tau sim qhov no peb tus kheej, peb xav ntseeg nws los ntawm qhov nws ua tau zoo npaum li cas ntawm no.

Qhov kev sim zaum kawg hauv peb qhov kev ntsuas grand prix yog qhov ntsuas qhov ci thiab xim ntsuas. Siv Datacolor's SpyderX Elite calibrator thiab nws cov cuab yeej software, peb ntsuas cov kev ua tau zoo ntawm cov zaub, qhov screen-brightness tso zis ntau ntau, thiab gamut nqis rau peb qhov chaw xim feem ntau rau cov neeg siv laptop: sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3.

Lub Swift 3 cog lus 100% sRGB kev pab them nqi thiab 300 nits ntawm qhov ci, thiab paub tseeb, nws xa. Nws tseem ci dua li Dell Inspiron 16 Plus. Lub IdeaPad tseem tseem ci dua, thiab nws kuj tseem siv lub vijtsam daws teeb meem siab dua.

Ib Swift Upgrade

Acer Swift 3 tej zaum yuav tsis yog peb lub tshuab ultraportable uas peb nyiam thaum peb saib cov ntawv me me ob peb lub hlis dhau los, tab sis raws li lub tshuab 16-nti hauv qhov tshiab tshiab, nws ua haujlwm zoo heev. Lub H-series 11th Generation Intel processor muab Swift 3 qhov kev xav tau ntau ntxiv. Ua ke nrog lub roj teeb zoo heev, thiab koj muaj lub tshuab tsim tau zoo heev.

Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav kom nyem qee qhov kev ua tau zoo ntxiv los ntawm koj lub tshuab 16-nti rau ntawm tus nqi tib yam, peb xav kom rub peb Cov Kev Xaiv Xaiv, Dell Inspiron 16 Plus, uas yuav net koj GeForce RTX 30-series. GPU, nrog rau peppy H-series processor thiab txawm tias roj teeb lub neej zoo dua.