The real battle weapon -144Hz gaming screen | Shadow Elf shine upgrade

The development of competitive games in recent years for all to see, the gaming market is hot, making the heat of the game once again rise.HP Shadow Wizard series has now launched the third generation of products, with the first two generations of product experience, Shadow Elf III games This is both in terms of design or user experience, etc. are more outstanding.From the beginning of 2018, HP will be the new Shadow Elf III Pro, the new Shadow Elf III Pro compared to the previous generations of products have made any progress?

Features: 144Hz Screen | Headphone X Technology (Headphones for 3D Surround) | High Color Gamut

insufficient: Heavy machine weight | touchpad area smaller

Upgrade recommendations : Shadow Elf III Pro SSD hard drive size is 128GB, later if needed to replace a larger memory hard drive SSD.

Hardware parameters comparison:

Hardware Comments:

Shadow Elf III Pro official gave a total of 3 different configurations, the lowest price for the equipped Core i5-7300HQ, GTX1050Ti (4G) version (the rest of the same configuration) is priced at 6599 yuan , The highest price for 8499 yuan Version of the configuration for the Core i7-7700HQ, GTX1060 with Max-Q (6G). Its three different configurations have a higher price, plus this refresh rate equipped with this gaming-level 144Hz gaming screen, the overall Price or remain at a high level.

Machine appearance comments

Shadow Elf III Pro continues Shadow Elf III design, tough body lines, details of the deal is also in place. The overall effect is still quite out of color. A side of the 'X' element is still the highlight of the machine, so carbon fiber texture, Brushed metal texture, then embellished with red elements, so that the black body has a new vitality.

Shadow Wizard III Pro D surface design is also very hard, still using the A side of the 'X' element design, clever use of patterns and patchwork triangular vents, the D plane is divided into the fuselage and A side of each other 'X' 'Type. C surface with a more integrated design, a whole piece of metal plate with the brushed metal craft, whether you feel or to visual effects are very good.

HP Shadow Elf III Pro interface is very complete, adapter interface, 2 × USB3.0 and SD card reader placed on the right side of the fuselage, the left is the keyhole, miniDP, HDMI, RJ45, USB3.0, Type-C (Thunder and lightning 3), 3.5mm headphone and microphone interface.


Use experience -144Hz really extraordinary

Hewlett-Packard Shadow Elf III Pro's biggest bright spot is playing in this gaming monitor standard screen, this screen refresh rate of 144 GDS. Maybe some of my friends do not know much about this parameter, here we do not Too much science, and the refresh rate is low, the effect is presented - the screen tear.

Relative to the role-playing games, FPS refresh rate for the screen has a high demand, after all, life and death only in a moment can be seen by the above animation in the "Jedi survival", the screen tear will seriously affect the game experience. And HP Shadow Elf III Pro this screen response time of only 9ms, the picture will be more fluid.

The HP Shadow Elf III Pro on the screen can be described as the next foot effort, not only reached the gaming level refresh rate, the color gamut is reached - 72% NTSC level and HP Shadow Elf III Pro this time Headphone X technology is also used to enable the headset 3D surround effect, especially in the FPS game, to quickly find the enemies position through the hard to get the key to the advantages in the multi-channel sound effects in the game Headphone X technology will give us the band To a better gaming experience.

Hewlett-Packard Shadow Elf III Pro as a game this cooling effect is still very good, through the cooling test, the temperature of the notebook body up to - 44.6 ℃, the temperature distribution is more reasonable central temperature of the keyboard is somewhat high In the game test process, there is no overheating of the fuselage, the overall cooling effect is good.

We use the game this game, most will choose an external mouse, keyboard, notebook keyboard, whether it is the touch or key bits have some defects.HP Shadow Elf III Pro keyboard built moderate paragraph obvious sense of heavy rebound, feel Good in the notebook keyboard. HP Shadow Elf III Pro touchpad buttons and touchpad separation, the use of the area and the keys are too small, the overall experience of poor use.


Game Test & Summary

"Jedi survival: big escape"

"Jedi survival: a large escape" a very strong randomness, relative to the FPS game in terms of high degree of freedom.Players can choose to land in a resource-rich military base, bloody bloody trail in the bloody, but also sparsely populated, Resources lean wretched growth slowly grow their own.Map each scene modeling is very real, town, residential areas, military bases and air raid shelter etc. Very high resistance to play, the game is extremely rich scene and the game is not optimized Is in place, the full effects of the operation requires the computer has a strong hardware performance.

As the game continues to heat up, the current game optimization has been greatly improved compared to the previous game in the high-end effects (the highest level for the 'super') game frames stable at 80 frames or more, it is entirely possible Smooth running game.

Assassin's Creed: Origin

Not long ago just listed on the stand-alone masterpiece "Assassin's Creed: Origin", open the full effects, through the screenshot you can see the game screen is very delicate, remote villages, peaks and clouds render very place and "Assassin's Creed: Origin" Is a third-person action game, which requires a higher computer hardware configuration.

By recording the number of frames we can see that HP Pro Shadow III Pro frame number is relatively stable, remained at about 60. The game did not run smoothly Caton phenomenon.

Call of Duty: World War II

"Call of Duty: World War II" FPS game, a more realistic restoration of the scene in World War II, under difficult conditions require the player's reaction speed is high, which requires a certain degree of computer hardware security. More elements, if the screen refresh rate is low, then quickly switch perspective easily lead to torn picture, HP Shadow Elf III Pro 144Hz refresh rate of the screen value is reflected.

"Call of Duty: World War II" game frame fluctuations, the minimum number of frames and the maximum difference between the frames, but the minimum number of frames in the game are above 60FPS, the game does not appear smooth Caton phenomenon.

"Humiliation: the death of the outside world magic"

"Shame: the death of the world outside the Magic" is a dive assassin game, dive into the most exciting game is the thrilling atmosphere, fleeting customs clearance opportunities. If the operation of the game Caton situation, then Will greatly affect the gaming experience at full effect, HP Shadow Elf III Pro's performance is still very good.

HP Shadow Elf III Pro in the "shame: the death of outsiders magic" performance is very good, the game runs smoothly, the number of frames stable.

PConline studio reviews

Hewlett-Packard Shadow Elf III Pro performance and operating experience presumably we have some understanding of this evaluation, at the same price in the configuration of Hewlett-Packard Shadow Elf III Pro quite satisfactory, it highlights the replacement of a gaming level (144Hz refresh rate and 9ms Response time) and the high color gamut screen, coupled with Headphone X audio technology, and the price remained flat with the level of Shadow Elves III generation, so it seems HP Shadow Elf III Pro is still relatively cost-effective at Hewlett- Shadow Elf III excellent user experience, I am still looking forward to the new body of the HP Shadow Elf. Overall HP Shadow Elf III Pro's outstanding performance, after all, a good workmanship, performance gaming laptop.


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