With the progress of technology and architecture, the gap between the performance of the game notebook and that of the desktop computer has become smaller and smaller. Theoretically, it is no longer a wild dream to obtain a high-quality game experience. Why do many people still lack confidence in the game notebook? The main problem is the frequency reduction caused by heat dissipation. For a long time, due to the poor heat dissipation efficiency caused by the notebook space, the problem of forced frequency reduction of CPU and GPU has always been an insurmountable gap for game notebook manufacturers. Is this really an unsolvable problem? Until Acer Predator 1 7 Bring its removable cooling module to Xiaobian, and Xiaobian gets the answer.

1: Product specification

Predator 17 is equipped with Intel's latest Skylake i7 6700HQ CPU, and the GPU is configured with GTX980M. There is no doubt that it is a top configuration, and the combination of 16GB DDR4 memory, 256GB PCIe solid state disk and 1TB mechanical disk is more logical. Everything seems to be so natural.

2: Attachment Introduction

As a positioning flagship game notebook, the accessories of Predator 17 can be said to be relatively stingy. Apart from the conventional power supply, San Bao certificate and replaceable modules, they are gone. It can only be said that they are enough, but not enough.

Power adapter body:

The power supply is 180w.

After the example introduction, let's take a look at the main replaceable module of Predator 17. It can be seen that the module is mainly replaced through the optical drive bit, and users can choose the cooling module or optical drive module.

The cooling module is manufactured by the Cooler Master, and the overall workmanship is excellent. The filter screen is made of metal material and red paint.

The air inlet is on the side, and the logo of the Cooler Master is on the right.

The module uses SATA interface as the optical drive, and supports hot plug

3: Appearance introduction

The A side of Predator 17 is generally made of black skin like material, which has a good hand feel. Unfortunately, it is not resistant to dirt, and sweaty users pay much attention to it.

The Predator 17 is 39.7mm thick, which is standard in the game book. It is neither thin nor heavy. At the same time, the speakers are hidden in the two filters in the front, which is good in location and beauty.

The logo of Predator is right above the A side, and the ID design is pretty cool.

Luminous effect under A-side night light:

From the side view of Predator 17, it can be seen that its overall design is quite dynamic, and the black and red matching also conforms to its game positioning

On the right side of Predator 17, from left to right, there are one type-c interface (supporting lightning 3), two USB3.0 interfaces, one HDMI interface, one RJ45 network cable interface and one DP interface (supporting G-SYNC)

On the other side, the power interface, two USB3.0 interfaces, audio input, output, interface, multiple in one card reader, and replaceable modules are also integrated here.

Users can replace the optical drive or cooling module through the switch at the bottom of the notebook, which is convenient for overall replacement.

There is an air outlet at the left and right ends of the tail, which is very similar to the supercar exhaust funnel

Both surface D and surface A are made of skin like materials, which have good hand feel but poor stain resistance. Four corners are equipped with high anti-skid foot pads, which can make the air volume at the air inlet more sufficient in addition to anti-skid. The red part is a subwoofer.

The screen frame is made of frosted plastic, while the entire C surface continues to be skin like

The screen frame is thick. If it can be made into a narrow frame, the visual impact will be much higher.

The top is camera and microphone, with mirror treatment

The surface C is also coated with skin like coating. The keyboard has a number area and user-defined keys. The game common keys such as WASD and direction keys use red background and black surface. There is a lock key on the right side of the touchpad. Press it to lock the touchpad to prevent accidental touch.

The folding part has excellent workmanship and good damping. It is very comfortable and convenient to open and close with one hand, and the status indicator light is integrated here. Users can easily see various settings of the computer.

The power key with LED light effect is directly above the surface C, which is extremely powerful

Keyboard light effect display

There are stickers for i7, 980M and other kinds of hardware and functions on the palm rest of the C side.

4: Screen test

The software used for minor editing test is CalMAN 5 Home Theater, and all tests are conducted at 100 nit and 6500k color temperature.

The maximum brightness of the screen is 337.55 nits and the contrast is 1131:1

The color temperature is 6318k, very close to 6500k.

The average color accuracy test is 10.6, which is slightly embarrassing. Overall, the data is not very good.

The color gamut of the screen is 87% sRGB, slightly lower than the display color gamut of other brand flagship.

5 Performance test and accompanying application introduction

In terms of system, Predator 17 is equipped with Windows 10 Home Edition, so our tests are based on Windows 10 Home Edition

Predator 17 comes with a software called PredatorSense to set the hardware of the notebook, such as dual graphics card mode, keyboard light effect, macro key customization and fan speed. Unfortunately, the CPU frequency cannot be adjusted, and the playability is poor.

The keyboard has a light effect and supports partition management. Unfortunately, it is not RGB, and the number area is differentiated by color.

Macro key users can make various settings according to their preferences.

Predator 17 has a variety of display modes, which can be adjusted by the user according to the use environment.

Acer Care Center is a system management software, through which users can conduct garbage cleaning, hardware detection, driver and system update, process management, etc. Its functionality and practicability are worth affirming.

System Overview

system detection

adjustment

System update

Backup Restore

In terms of network card, Predator 17 uses the popular Killer network card. The overall interface is the Metro style of Win8, and the overall operation is simple and easy to use.

Predator 17 uses Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.60GHz, four cores and eight threads, which can reach up to 3.5GHz. With the 14nm process and Skylake architecture, it can be said that it achieves a good balance in power consumption and performance.

The GPU is configured with the strongest GTX980M in the mobile graphics card (the strongest one here does not include the GTX980 model with desktop platform)

Predator 17 uses two 128GB Toshiba SSDs to form a disk array, which has more advantages than ordinary SSDs in reading and writing. In addition, it also uses a 1TB mechanical hard disk with 7200 rpm 32MB cache, which can be said to be impeccable in terms of operation and storage space.     

The performance of solid state disk drives can only be written in a very brutal way, but the reading performance is not so good.

PCMark 8 Home conventional 3.0 scored 3276

PCMark 8 Creative conventional 3.0 scored 3340

PCMark 8 Work conventional 3.0 scored 3409

The score of 3DMark running Fire Strike was 8389

3DMark scored 4360 points in Fire Strike Extreme

3DMark scored 2319 points in running Fire Strike Ultra

Stress test demonstration:

Cinebench R15 test results show that OpenGL is 102.3 fps and CPU is 652cb

6: Heat dissipation and noise test

All tests were conducted at about 25 ℃ (the laptop was set to performance mode).

Standby temperature is about 47 degrees

The temperature at full load is 85 ℃, and the frequency is stable at 3.1 GHz.

The full load temperature of GPU is kept at 70 ℃ and the frequency is kept at 860MHz

The noise is 58.1 decibels when the car is fully loaded, which is a little touching. If you wear headphones, it's OK, otherwise the long-term buzz is really bad.

7: Game experience

The test is based on the performance mode, and all game screens are set to the highest, and play for 30 minutes.

The average frame number of CCECC World is about 67, which is better than most desktops. The lowest frame number is 47. Generally speaking, it is easy to play with the highest picture quality.

Game frames:

Batman and Forrest Gump Knight: The average frame number of Forrest Gump Knight is 47, which is not easy to play sandbox games on the notebook, and the minimum frame number has also stabilized at the watershed of 29 frames. On the whole, playing with the highest picture quality can get a good experience, and there is no need to worry about Carton.

Game frames:

8: Summary

Acer Predator 17 is a new player in the current top game book, but although it is new, we can see its intentions. The customized shape mold, good light effect, and the hardware configuration of conscience are very cost-effective in comparison with the same price, such as aliens, ROG, and other big brothers. We can also see the role of its unique cooling module in the performance test. The i7 6700HQ and 980M both maintain a high frequency, which is quite rare in the game book. Of course, for example, the attached application is a little weak, the keyboard has a general key range and feel, and there is no custom light effect, which highlights the inexperience of Acer Predator 17 as a newcomer. However, the flaws do not hide the merits. If you are looking for a game book with distinctive appearance, reasonable price and excellent performance, I believe that Acer Predator 17 will not disappoint you.