In the field of game, HP's "Shadow Elf" should be one of the most famous family brands. Today, the Shadow Elf Family has finally sacrificed the IV generation, while inheriting the predecessors, the new microbide frame design and Intel's latest eighth-generation Core platform, which is similar to Higher color and performance is achieved.
The scarred dog is the experience of the experience of the HP's Shadow Elf 4 generation family (the lowest meaning), using the eight generations of Core i5-8300h and NVIDIA GTX1050 alone combination, official The price is 5799 yuan.
Xiaobian also specially sorted out all members of the 15.6-inch version of the Shadow Elf 4 generation family, the difference between members except for the processor existed the eight generations of Core i5-8300h and the eight generations of Core i7-8750h, it also included whether to use a 144HZ electrical game, independent Obviously GTX1050, GTX1050 Ti or GTX1060, etc., the price is from 5799 yuan to 9999 yuan.
Relatively speaking, the most worthwhile model in the Shadow Elf 4 should be the version of I5 + GTX1050 Ti, only 200 yuan more than "乞丐 version", but 3D performance can be significantly improved. As for the reason, the small package will be explained in the back configuration analysis.
Microbian frame makes a higher screen
Compared with the predecessors of the Shadow Elf 3, the biggest improvement of the Shadow Elf 4 is the use of two microbide frames, and the border width of the left and right sides of the screen is compressed to 7.03 mm.
The upper side of this product is actually compressed, but there is only no two sides of the best, the advantage is that the camera does not have to transfer the position, and the video chat can find a more ideal shooting angle.
The benefits of the microbide frame are self-evident, first of all, it is greatly improved the screen for this parameter. It can bring a more immersion visual experience when playing games.
In addition, the microbide frame also allows the Shadow Elf 4 to reach slimming at the same time, and the 360mm × 263mm long width is only a little bit bigger than the 14-inch ordinary notebook. You can save more bags in the package. Space, 2.3kg weight can also play a certain reduction effect.
Still familiar design
The Shadow Elf 4 inherited the style of the predecessor in the design, which introduced two material splicing on the top cover: the brushed metal and carbon fiber texture divided into four parts through the middle red "X" strip, provided more Rich and distinguished visual feelings.
Among them, the top cover up and down the triangular area is a metal, the surface is a brushed texture, and the central position of the upper half is also embedded in the HP shadow sprite series logo. The triangular area of the top cover is a composite material, and the surface is a wavy carbon fiber texture, no matter whether it is visual or tactile.
Unfortunately, the shadow wizard 4 top red logo and four stripes inside the four stripes still do not have a backlight, they just play a decorative effect.
Shadow Elf 4 This time, the shaft portion is updated, further raising the screen height, and can have a more comfortable experience when playing the game.
Since the length of the fuselage is compressed, the C side keyboard of the shadow wizard 4 is more compact, and HP does not sacrifice the key cap area and the key to the pursuit of slimming, through Fn + F4, we can close the keyboard backlight Only the WASD button and the shift between all buttons, the red backlight and the black body are full.
The LOGO of Bang & Olufsen is printed in the upper right corner of the keyboard, which represents the double stereo speaker of the brand. Combined with DTS and Headphone sound technology, the user can simulate the true surrounding three-dimensional sound effect when using the headset, it is easy to identify the direction of the sound in the game, and determine the enemy position.
The Shadow Elf 4 distributed the interface in the left, then the right three directions. Among them, USB3.1 (Gen1), audio input and multiple card readers are sequentially provided on the left side of the fuselage.
Shadow Elf 4 prepared USB3.1 (Gen1) and power sockets on the right side of the fuselage, the hard disk status and charging indicator were also placed here.
The shadow wizard 4 provides RJ45, USB3.1 (Gen1), HDMI, MiniDP, USB Type-C (compatible DP, supported sleep charging) and notebook locking holes.
In terms of the number of interfaces and types, the performance of the Shadow Elf 4 is still nice. If you buy a high-use version of the armed GTX1060, the USB TYPE-C interface is not only compatible with lightning 3 (can external graphics dock), but the keyboard backlight is also upgraded to the four-color partition, the expansion potential and the value are more powerful.
Configuration and performance analysis
Shadow Elf 4 family has used a 15.6-inch IPS 1080p screen, just some models also selected a 144 Hz electrical game, the price is 500 yuan to thousands of dollars than the common screen of the same configuration. Xiaobian's suggestion is that the electricity is best to be compared with the GTX1060 or higher level, otherwise it will not run more than 100 fps frames in many games, which is quite wasteful.
The foregoing mentioned that the shadow wizard 4 of the smart dog is the lowest version, considering that its configuration is very representative, so Xiaobian also wants to talk about the alone on the eight generation Core platform and GTX1050.
Let's take a look at the Intel's eight-generation Core processor platform, in 14nm ++ process, and i7 upgrade 6 core 12 thread, I5 support superlinear technology gain, eight generations Core i7-8750h performance has exceeded the desktop version of the seven-generation Core i7-7700K And the performance of the eight generations of Core i5-8300h can also take the previous seven-generation Core i7-7700HQ to the horse!
Therefore, at this stage, it is still equipped with seven-generation Core. This basically no longer has the purchase value. Everyone must give priority to the version of the armed eight generation Core processor!
Let's take a look at the graphics card, don't look at the NVIDIA GTX1050 and GTX1050 Ti only a "Ti", but the former can be seen with the previous GTX970M, and the latter performance is only slightly stronger than GTX965M, and the performance gap between the two Around 40%. Translated, GTX1050 can make you eating chicken under 1080p + low quality, while GTX1050 TI can ensure smooth eating chicken under 1080p + highlights.
If you can improve your budget, the shadow wizard 4 of ordinary screen + i5 + 8GB + dual hard drive + GTX1060 is most value, this model is now only 6999 yuan in Jingdong appointment. To know, the performance of GTX1060 is more than 50% more than GTX1050 Ti. If you want to run all 3A masterpieces in the laptop platform, this graphics card is the lowest requirements!
By the way, the Shadow Elf 4 can also start the OMEN setting center through the shortcut key of the left corner of the number keypad, where you can visually view the usage rate of CPU, GPU, and memory, and the network booster setup program Level, also supports game streaming function.
Disassemble inspection
In addition to a plane, the bottom cover of the shadow wizard 4 also introduces the "X" bar element, which is spliced by the three-dimensional structure of different materials and the number of "triangular columns", so that the overall visual effect of this product is more dynamic and stereoscopic.
The difficulty of the HP shadow wizard 4 is not difficult, as long as the 8 screws of the D-plane can remove the bottom cover, just in the rear, the lap is very tight, and do not use brute force when disassembling.
This product has a built-in 52.5WH lithium battery that is not too large for 15.6-inch high gamebooks, but it is basically enough.
On the left side of the battery, the 1TB mechanical hard disk standard, the hard disk is firmly fixed, and the shock resistance is not bad.
Shadow Elf 4 full range of 128GB PCIe SSD hard drives, if you have a higher demand for disk capacity or performance, you can upgrade the replacement, and include selecting Intel proud to replace the entire HDD speed.
Shadow Elf 4 provides 2 memory slots, standard 8GB DDR4 memory, and children's shoes need to be upgraded to dual channel mode.
This product uses a three-capped three-hot module design, a thicker heat pipe runs through the CPU and GPU, and the two chips also enjoy a thinner heat pipe assisted heat dissipation.
Since the Shadow Elf 4 is included in the version of the Armed GTX1060, the heat dissipation of the similaritic heat dissipation module is used for the heat dissipation of GTX1050 or GTX1050Ti.
This image is from the pen evaluation room
It should be noted that from the pen bar evaluation room, the GTX1060 exclusive version of the Shadow Elf 4 has a lot of small changes in the cooling module, that is, a heat pipe is also designed separately, at the same time The heat pipe is also thicker, and the fan specifications seem to have different.
summary
As the most classified game, the HP shadow wizard 4 can be described as the sincerity of inside and outside. In addition, it enhances the screen for the design of the microbide frame, which has achieved slimming, which has achieved relatively excellent portability;, in this product, this product is replaced, the new i5 is super-age I7, the new i7 is hero Invincible. If you are used to purchase the budget of the game or more than 6,000 yuan, this product is enough to include your priority procurement list.
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