Games are used to kill time and relieve stress. When playing games, the human brain will secrete an object - dopamine. At this time, we will have a sense of happiness, which is very close to eating food and dating. But if you use a computer with weak performance（ You can't take care of yourself ）It may not feel like this, so it is extremely important to select excellent equipment. Will the Shadow Elf II Pro in my hands become one of the important elements of dopamine secretion?
appearance
Like all its own products, this Shadow Fairy also adopts a family style appearance design, and the red spirit logo is embedded in the A-side of the carbon fiber imitation（ But the material is plastic, which is a pity ）It has a sense of finishing touch, which makes people feel its uniqueness when they look at it. There is an impulse to immediately download a watchman and then draw two.
（ Equipped with a 150W power adapter ）
In terms of the body workmanship, the Shadow Fairy is good. There is no obvious gap at the splicing of each part, which is very solid. The only complaint of the author about its workmanship may be the edge of the palm support area on side C, which is a bit sharp. If you put your hand on it for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable. The hinge rotates firmly and moderately. When it is placed flat on the desktop, the screen can be opened with only one hand. In addition, the silver ornament looks very attractive.
The frame of the screen is a little thicker, but because it is positioned as a game notebook, its beauty is not its main selling point, which is generally acceptable. This Shadow Genie II Pro is also equipped with BANG&OLUFSEN speakers, which is better than most of the so-called "audio" you can see on the Internet from the actual experience, If the user doesn't pay special attention to the sound quality, I believe that the built-in speaker can meet your needs. I feel that it is full of sincerity.
（ Right, SD card reader USB 3.0、HDMI、 Ethernet interface and power interface ）
（ Left, computer lock, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and headphone jack ）
In terms of interface, I need to criticize it a little, because it is relatively poor in number. As such a large game notebook, it has only 1 x Ethernet interface and 3 x USB interface（ Two of them are USB 3.0 ）SD card reader and 1 x HDMI interface, and then there is no more. There is not even a popular Type-C interface at present. As a notebook with a Pro in its name, this is a bit unreasonable. The expansion performance has been greatly weakened. I hope that some more practical interfaces, such as Thunderbolt 3, will be added to this model next time.
Screen quality
This Shadow Genie II Pro is equipped with a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS screen, which is anti glare, and performs very well in the visual angle. Even in the extreme angle, this screen can still maintain a good appearance.
After testing with professional instruments, it is found that this screen covers 59.3% of sRGB color gamut, color temperature 6791K, maximum brightness 220 nits, average deltaE 4.4, maximum deltaE 24.8. Brightness and color gamut are the shortcomings of this machine. Generally speaking, from the data point of view, this screen is relatively mediocre.
performance
The latest Kaby Lake architecture processor is not absent. The Shadow Genie II Pro is equipped with Intel i5-7300HQ（ Nuclear display HD 630 ）, four cores and four threads, 6MB three-level cache, maximum frequency 3.5GHz, 8GB DDR4 memory. It is Nvidia GTX 1050, equipped with 2GB GDDR5 video memory. In terms of storage space, the Shadow Genie 2 Pro in my hand is a 128GB SSD+1TB 7200 RPM mechanical hard disk version. At present, most notebooks use this combination, because it can solve the dilemma of "pure SSD is too expensive, the capacity is too small, and pure mechanical hard disk is too slow", It is a good compromise choice.
In this configuration, there should be no problem in dealing with ordinary mainstream games, such as Watch Pioneer. Even if the ultra-high picture quality is enabled, it can hover around 60fps. Under the ultra-high picture quality, the Destroyer is about 40fps to 50fps. For large games such as Battlefield 1 and Tomb Raider, the frame number is slightly ugly, The picture quality needs to be lowered when playing.
Next, let's look at a set of performance score tests:
（ PCMark 8 Home conventional：3047 ）
（ PCMark 8 Work conventional：3230 ）
（ PCMark 8 Creative conventional：3152 ）
（ 3DMARK Fire Strike：5183 ）
（ 3DMARK Fire Strike Extreme：2540 ）
（ 3DMARK Fire Strike Extreme：776 ）
（ AS SSD Benchmark ）
Keyboard&Touch Pad
The Shadow Genie II Pro is equipped with a full-size keyboard, and also has a backlight function. Its backlight color is the same as the body, and it is bright red. It looks very enjoyable and hot. When typing, it can be satisfied with both the key program and the press feedback. Moreover, this article was compiled with the keyboard of this notebook, The input experience is very good. But the Ctrl key is located at the edge of the keyboard. If you often need to use the copy and paste function, it may be a little troublesome, and it is better if the backlight is RGB and can support multi-level brightness adjustment.
The performance of the touchpad is somewhat unsatisfactory. First of all, the size of the touchpad is very large, which is commendable. However, the sliding operation is a bit awkward, and many touch commands often fail, and it is a bit "jumping". If you need precise control or business travel, it is recommended to use a mouse. However, In fact, this is not a big disadvantage. After all, when you buy a game book, you will certainly not often use your own keyboard and touchpad. What's more, players choose equipment from peripheral manufacturers, right.
Heat&noise
Whether the noise is disturbing depends on your environment. If you are in a noisy place（ Such as Starbucks, offices with a large number of people, etc ）Most of the time, you won't hear the wind noise of Shadow Genie II Pro. But if you write alone or surf the Internet late at night, the dual cooling fans that work sound absolutely moving.
In the process of use, the fever is mainly concentrated in the small number keyboard area. If you are playing games, it will not be affected. The WASD key is very cool at any time, and you can like it. However, if you are working on an Excel table and need to fill in numbers frequently, you will feel the heat wave at this time. Winter is fine, but if it is summer, you may feel a little unhappy.
summary
So the question is, can Shadow Genie II Pro meet the requirements mentioned at the beginning of the text? The answer is yes. Whether it's games, multimedia video entertainment or office work, it can meet my needs well, except that it is not portable enough（ The overall fuselage is too large and heavy ）In addition to its poor expansion performance, it has almost no major shortcomings. From its positioning, the Shadow Genie II Pro will not disappoint you. Its durable appearance, solid body workmanship, backlight keyboard BANG&OLUFSEN speakers, good hardware performance, etc. The price of this version in the hands of the author is 5999 yuan, which is generally worth the price. If you need more powerful performance, you can also choose i7+GTX 1050Ti. At the end of the day, to use an immortal saying, "You can't be fooled or hurt".
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