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Some time ago, our evaluation room made a corresponding evaluation for Acer's Shadow Knight 3 Advanced Edition. For most entry-level players, the Shadow Knight 3 Advanced Edition is a very good choice. Today we test the protagonist More powerful, it is -Acer Shadow Knight 3 Guns Edition, Let's take a look at the evaluation together, to understand the new game.

First, product appearance and heat test

● The game is of course cool.

In terms of design, Acer Shadow Knight 3 Guns and Advanced Edition use the same mold, and continue the series of iconic cool shapes, A and C sides are made of light-carved carbon fiber texture, greatly increased The texture of the fuselage. The fuselage line is quite tough, with the ejector-style air outlet design, the machine's face value has been greatly improved, and has full appeal to gamers.

The Guns Edition is also equipped with a full-size red backlit keyboard. The keystroke design is reasonable and the feedback is moderate. It can give gamers a comfortable control experience. It is worth mentioning that the Shadow Knight 3's WASD highlight design is even more obvious. Out of the series of professional game properties.

In terms of interface, Acer Shadow Knight 3 Guns Edition is equipped with network port (RJ-45) × 1, Type-C interface × 1, HDMI interface × 1, USB 3.0 interface × 1, USB 2.0 interface × 2, and SD card Slots, the interface is very rich, can meet the basic daily expansion needs of players.

The Shadow Knight 3 Guns is equipped with a 15.6-inch full-HD IPS display with a resolution of 1920×1080, and supports 170° viewing angle, plus up to 72% NTSC color gamut, making the game screen more vivid. The Shadow Knight 3 did not choose to have a narrow bezel screen, but the Guns version supports a 144HZ refresh rate display, which greatly enhances our gaming experience. Especially in some highly confrontational games, high refresh rate The screen allows us to have a better game vision.

The Shadow Knight 3 Guns Edition is also equipped with Dolby Audio, which provides rich, clear and powerful sound effects, and is very helpful for players who like "Jesus Survival".

● Thermal performance

AIDA64 and FurMark are two commonly used copying tools. AIDA64 can test the heat dissipation capability of the product through System Stability Test, and provide real-time updated voltage and temperature to monitor the thermal performance of the product. FurMark It is through the fur rendering algorithm to measure the performance of the graphics card, but also to test the stability of the graphics card, we will use these two software to double-boil the machine. It is worth mentioning that in actual use, long time High load usage is relatively rare, so the temperature in the test results is usually not reached. (The test sample runs continuously for at least 30 minutes with the CPU fully loaded.

As can be seen from the image generated by the infrared thermometer, the maximum temperature of the machine B surface is 49.5 ° C. If the keyboard is used with both hands, it may be uncomfortable. The vent hole is behind the fuselage, and the D surface is at a high temperature of 47.9 ° C. Overall, this laptop's fan performance is good, but there is still some room for improvement.

● Acer NitroSense

The NitroSense control sensing system enhances the gaming experience, making it easier to monitor system information, CPU/GPU temperature and load, and manually control fan speed to cool it to maximize its potential to avoid frame loss or instability.

Second, hardware configuration and performance

In terms of hardware configuration, Acer Shadow Knight 3 Guns Edition is equipped with Intel® CoreTM i7-8750H processor, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (6GB), 8GB DDR4 memory, and 128GB SSD+1TB HDD hard drive combination. This new product also provides the i7 version of the processor, followed by a higher level of graphics card for users to choose.

● CPU test

The Acer Shadow Knight 3 Guns version is powered by Intel® CoreTM i7-8750H processor (basic frequency: 2.20GHz, maximum core frequency: 4.10GHz, cache: 9MB), quad-core eight threads, TDP 45W.

Compared with the previous generation, the performance of the new Coffee Lake architecture's eight-generation Core processor is very obvious. The results of the CINEBENCH R15 can also be seen. The Shadow Knight 3 Guns is equipped with the i7- 8750H processor achieved, multi-core: 1030cb, single core: 152cb, performance has been greatly improved.

● Video card test

In the 3DMARK test, the Shadow Knight 3 Guns performed well, and the level of the FireStrike Ultra (4K Game Run Test) reached 2,747 points. The FireStrike Extreme test scored 5,406 points.

● 8GB DDR4 memory and 128GB SSD+1TB HDD.

On the storage device side, Acer Shadow Knight 3 Guns Edition uses 8GB DDR4 memory (up to 32GB memory) and 128GB SSD+1TB HDD, which is a common storage configuration in entry-level games. In solid-state drive testing (CrystalDiskMark), The SSD has a sustained read speed of 511.9MB/s and a sustained write speed of 129.8MB/s. The overall performance is at the upstream level of the same price. The combination of dual hard drives can also provide players with greater speed while speeding up. storage.

●Comprehensive testing & battery life

PCMark 8 can measure and compare computer performance through practical application tasks and applications. Group these applications into different scenarios to reflect the typical usage of the computer, and to understand the performance of your computer through the final score. The final score of the Shadow Knight 3 Guns has reached a high score of 4298 points, and the battery life has reached 2h54min.

Fourth, popular game testing

In order to specifically understand the actual game performance of Acer Shadow Knight, we selected several games including Jedi Survival, Watching Pioneer, Assassin's Creed: Origin.

● Jedi Survival (PUBG)

Resolution: 1920×1080
Vertical sync: off
Game settings: high

During the test, we chose high image quality and turned off vertical sync. In the frame number record, we select 100 consecutive values ​​as the sampling result. The game is basically around 60 frames, which can theoretically run smoothly. However, in medium painting The game settings that are commonly used in my personal games (all settings are set to minimum, shadows and anti-aliasing are turned on). The number of game frames is kept above 70 frames, and the game runs very smoothly.

● Watch the Pioneer

Resolution: 1920×1080
Vertical sync: off
Game settings: Super high

"Watching Pioneer" as a game a few years ago, most of the computers can now run more smoothly, Shadow Knight 3 guns God version in super high quality, the game frame number is basically stable above 80 frames, except for network fluctuations did not occur Caton phenomenon.

●Assassin's Creed: Origins

Resolution: 1920×1080
Vertical sync: off
Game settings: high

The Shadow Knight 3 Guns version of the online game test results are relatively good, how to perform when you encounter a single game with higher configuration requirements? In the "Assassin's Creed: Origin" high quality, Shadow Knight 3 Guns God Edition The number of frames is kept at around 60, and the game has a slight stuck (the battle picture is smoother, so consider the new map may be loaded).

Fourth, PConline evaluation room summary

● Product configuration and running information

● Evaluation summary

The Acer Shadow Knight series has a good user base in gamers with its excellent price/performance ratio and unique body design. And this Shadow Knight 3 Guns Edition is also equipped with the 144Hz refresh rate of the more popular e-sports standard. The screen, even more classic, this icing on the cake. And i7-8750H plus GTX1060 graphics card, so that its hardware performance is even better. On the shell, light carved carbon fiber surface and simple tough body line, so that The appearance of the machine is more textured. On the whole, the Shadow Knight 3 Guns has a good performance and has a high price/performance ratio, which is suitable for most gamers.