The most discussed gaming laptop this year is the dessert model of the 8-core processor + RTX 2060 combination. There are three main reasons for the popularity of this combination. First of all, as the top specification processor in mobile platforms, the 8-core H processor can handle large applications and 3D games, and has a wide range of applicability; secondly, the RTX 2060 has significantly leading performance compared to the entry-level independent display, and is sufficient to run single-player masterpieces with high picture quality under FHD; the third is that the price of the game notebook of this combination is basically maintained at the mainstream price of 10,000 yuan, which is just in line with the budget of dessert players.
Among many dessert gaming laptops, Acer's Predator Tomahawk 300 is a "late" model and has only been launched recently. Although it came late, its overall strength cannot be underestimated. It is equipped with a high-end hardcore combination of i7 10870H+RTX 2060 and has a 144Hz high-color gamut screen. So, in terms of actual experience, how does the machine perform? In response to this issue, Uncle Niu will talk about the comprehensive performance of the Predator Tomahawk 300 from several aspects such as design, performance, heat dissipation, and gaming.
Configuration specifications:
■ Screen: 15.6 inches 144Hz 72%NTSC FHD IPS
■ Processor: i7 10870H (8/16, 2.0GHz/5.0GHz)
■ Memory: 16GB DDR4 3200 (working at 2933)
■ Graphics card: RTX 2060 6GB
■ Hard disk: 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD
■ Wireless network: Killer AX1650i WiFi6 wireless network card
■Rear interface: power port
■Left interface: RJ-45 network port, 2× USB3.0, 3.5mm audio port
■Right interface: HDMI, Mini DP, USB3.0, Type-Ch
■Weight: 2.19kg (including 59Wh battery)
Promotional price: 9499 yuan
Appearance: metal material, good design sense, the weight of the whole machine is 2.19kg
Prepatriate Tomahawk 300 has returned to some typical gaming laptop elements in terms of appearance design, which is more recognizable than some square gaming laptops. For example, the air outlet at the rear of the fuselage adopts an irregular silver-black contrasting net format design, which looks very powerful (by the way, the two air outlets at the tail are very "wind" very strong when high loads). There are strip-shaped decorations on the left and right sides of the A side, and the luminous Predator icon LOGO in the middle.
The AC surface of the Raider Tomahawk 300 is made of metal, which makes the body of the machine more classy. In addition, the machine also has an "TURBO" button on the top of the keyboard. Press it to switch under the "Maximum Mode" and "Auto Mode" of the fan, which is easy to operate.
The weight of this machine is 2.19kg, which belongs to the conventional 15.6-inch gaming laptop weight. However, the thickness of the body is relatively thin among gaming laptops, which is quite good. It doesn't look as rough as a thick gaming laptop. The left and right bezels of the machine are narrower, and the upper and lower bezels are slightly wider because the camera is retained. Interestingly, the two corners were cut off left and right above the screen of the Predator Tomahawk 300, which made the machine look a little narrower visually than the actual bezel.
processor performance release: single test is stable at 70W, and the fan can suppress the heat dissipation
As we all know, for notebooks, hardware configuration is only paper parameters, and actual performance is the real performance. Uncle Niu mainly examines the performance release of the Predator Tomahawk 300 from the two aspects of benchmark/application testing. Let me briefly introduce the i7 10870H of this machine: 8-core 16-thread specifications, base frequency 2.2GHz, maximum turbo frequency 5.0GHz, third-level cache 16MB, default TDP is 45W, and a flagship 8-core H processor. In addition, in order to facilitate everyone to understand its performance, the performance test of the i7 10875H processor with stable 62W performance is added for the main comparison.
▲The most familiar Cinebench R15 test, with a multi-core score of 1637cb. For reference, the i7 10875H, which can burst up to 100W and stable 62W performance release, has a score of 1638cb - very similar, so from this test, the processor burst power consumption and stable power consumption settings of the Predator Tomahawk 300 should be similar. In addition, compared with the 6-core and 12-thread i7 10750H running about 1300cb, the leading range is quite considerable.
▲Cinebench R20's processor score is 3645pts. This test is longer than R15, so you can see a longer performance release.This score is quite interesting, surpassing the i7 10875H with a stable 62W performance release, the latter's multi-core score is 3424pts - from this point of view, the continuous performance release of the Predator Tomahawk 300 is higher than that of 62W, but lower than the i7 10875H with a 110W performance, the latter's multi-core score can reach 4106pts.
In two long-term application test projects, 8-core 16-threaded i7 10875H processor with stable performance is also added as a comparison. Media Encoder CC video transcoding test (hardware encoding) of the CPU solution took just 11 minutes. The i7 10875H, which releases 62W continuously, takes 12 minutes and 18 seconds, compared to the Raider Tomahawk 300, which is significantly faster.
▲In the Blender rendering test, the final time of the Raider Tomahawk 300 was 5 minutes and 09 seconds, which is 309 seconds, which is also ahead of the 62W run 325 seconds.
Let’s see the performance of the single-test processor. The room temperature is around 23℃. Aida64 uses the single-test FPU test of the Predator Tomahawk 300. The fan mode is in automatic mode, and CoolBoost is turned on to check the heat dissipation performance and performance release of the machine under a long-term processor full load. The situation after half an hour is shown in the figure below:
▲In the first few minutes, the processor’s maximum burst power consumption was about 95W, the stable state power consumption was about 70W, the frequency was about 3.2GHz, and the temperature was about 85℃. This result also conforms to the above speculation: the single-study processor is 70W, which is exactly between 62W and 110W. At this time, the fan speed of the processor is 3157, and the fan speed of the independent display is about 3800, which has some noise, but it does not affect the use.
In addition, the machine supports "one-click TURBO" to maximize the fan speed and can reduce the processor temperature. After the actual test is turned on, the processor power consumption remains unchanged, and the temperature during stable operation is reduced to less than 80℃, which is very effective. However, at this time, the processor fan speed reaches 5000 rpm, and the fan noise becomes obvious.
TIPS: Acer Predator Tomahawk 300 can switch to three cooling modes, namely automatic mode (only this mode can turn on CoolBoost, which can slightly increase the fan speed). While ensuring performance output, try to reduce fan noise; maximum mode, the fan is turned on at all times, and the core temperature is significantly reduced, but the noise is obvious; manual mode, the player sets the fan speed by himself. From the user experience, when actually players use it, they can use automatic mode (CoolBoost can be turned on). The core temperature is a little higher, but the impact is not big, and there is no loss in performance. The fan noise is much quieter and more comfortable to use.
processor performance release summary: In automatic fan mode, the Predator Tomahawk 300 can maintain a stable performance release of 70W, which greatly exceeds the default TDP of 45W. Combined with benchmark tests and application tests, the performance release is relatively strong, enough to cope with various heavy applications that require high processors.
dual-test machine: CPU 45W+GPU 80W in automatic fan mode, independent display can reach 90W
still has room temperature around 23℃ based on the single-test processor, add Furmark to perform dual-test machine on the machine, still use automatic mode and turn on CoolBoost. After another thirty minutes, the situation is shown in the figure below.
▲CPU is around 45W, the frequency is 2.6GHz, the temperature is around 88℃, and it is basically maintained within 90℃. The GPU power consumption is 80W, the frequency is between 1545MHz and 1605Hz, and the temperature is around 78℃. Judging from the double exam, the Raider Tomahawk 300 dual core has high load and no pressure.
Surface temperature and noise: surface heat is concentrated in the middle of the C plane and below the screen. The area below the screen feels obvious. The temperature is around 49℃, and the middle of the keyboard reaches 47℃, which is not considered low. Fortunately, the W, S and other button control and bowl holder area are within 40℃, so you won’t feel too hot when playing games. In terms of noise, in automatic fan mode, the real-time processor fan speed is 3947, and the independent fan speed is 4761. There are some fan sounds, but it has no obvious impact on use.
Turn on the maximum fan mode dual test machine: After turns on the maximum fan, the processor fan speed will be increased to 5000 rpm, and the independent fan speed will be increased to 6122 rpm. At this time, the processor is running at 56W/2.96GHz, and the temperature is around 90℃.The independent display is stable above 90W/1700MHz. In other words, the processor and independent graphics card have basically increased power consumption by about 10W, which is a good performance that exceeds the standard. After running for a while and the heat is accumulated, the processor will have a round-trip cycle from 45W to 55W, while the independent display is stable at 90W.
heat dissipation evaluation: Predator Tomahawk 300 uses dual fans (one of which is the fourth generation 3D blade quick-cooling metal fan, the other is an ordinary fan) 3 copper tube heat dissipation. Judging from the dual-test machine, the performance is indeed good. The dual-exam automatic fan mode can not only suppress the combination of the eight-core i7 10870H processor + RTX 2060, but also the fan noise is not obvious. At the same time, if you need full performance release, you can turn on the highest fan mode. Of course, Uncle Niu also wants to remind everyone that the fan noise is more obvious at this time.
In addition, the machine adopts a large-area grooved air inlet design at the bottom, and the air outlets reach 4: 2 rear and 1 left and right. The air volume is very sufficient at high loads. This design of multiple air outlets can make the heat pipe and heat dissipation fins more evenly distributed, which is conducive to rapid cooling.
graphics card performance test: The familiar RTX 2060 high-quality dessert card
The unique graphics of the Raider Tomahawk 300 is RTX 2060 6GB. This unique graphics is a dessert independent graphics on the mobile platform, which is enough to run most stand-alone games with high picture quality and smoothness under FHD. Judging from the above test machine test, the performance output can be stable up to 90W.
▲3Dmark graphics card benchmark test, 2K resolution Time Spy scene, Raider Tomahawk 300 score is 6266, and the score is not bad.
▲Fire Strike scenes with independent appearance score of 17221 in full HD resolution, which is considered a relatively high RTX 2060 score.
▲This is the benchmark score of "Final Fantasy 15", and the picture quality is set to balanced mode. In our historical test, the GTX 1660Ti can run 7000 to 7500 points. The previous RTX 2060 was around 8200 points, and the RTX 2060 equipped with the Predator Tomahawk 300 scored 8409.
is the actual game test below to check the test of the stand-alone game with the highest image quality at FHD resolution of the Raider Tomahawk 300. In TURBO mode, the average frame speed of Tomb Raider: Shadow: The Shadow has reached 83fps, the average frame speed of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is 55fps, and the average frame speed of Total War: Three Kingdoms is 56fps. The overall performance is strong, and there is no pressure to deal with the current mainstream stand-alone masterpieces, and it is slightly ahead of the 90W version of RTX 2060 gaming laptop we tested earlier. Of course, in daily use, it is recommended that players switch to automatic fan mode, which has little impact on performance, but the fan noise will be significantly reduced.
Detailed configuration: high color gamut 144Hz screen + 16GB memory, supports 4-partition RGB backlit keyboard
In terms of gaming experience, in addition to the 8-core i7 processor + RTX 2060 hardcore configuration, the Predator Tomahawk 300 is also equipped with a high color gamut 144Hz screen. According to actual measurement, the color gamut coverage of this screen is 97% sRGB, the average color accuracy is △E of 1.28, and the quality is good. In terms of brightness, the test showed that the maximum brightness was about 290 nits.
memory and hard disk are the current standard dual-channel DDR4 16GB memory and 512GB PCIe SSD combination. In addition, the machine also supports the expansion of the second M.2 SSD and a 2.5-inch hard disk. Players who need large-capacity hard disks can expand the hard disk by themselves. The keyboard of the Predator Tomahawk 300 is highly playable and supports 4-zone RGB backlight. It can be set in the built-in software - the software is easy to use, and the fan speed, keyboard color and other settings are simple and easy to use. In addition, WASD and other buttons are transparent, and the light transmission effect is better. In terms of the
interface, on the left side of the machine are two USB ports, one RJ-45 wired network port; on the right side, there is a USB port, one Type-C port, one HDMI port and one Mini DP port, and the power port is at the rear of the body. The interface meets daily use and is reasonably distributed. If there is a lightning interface, it will be even more complete.
Conclusion: The new choice for mainstream dessert gaming laptops is
From the experience review, it is unique to the Predator Tomahawk 300. Uncle Niu wants to talk about two things. One is the design and shape. The shell is made of metal and the body is relatively thin, which makes the visual appearance quite good.Another one is that it has strong performance release and good heat dissipation, and provides different fan modes for players to choose from. The performance is good in automatic mode and the noise fan is low, and the one-click TURBO mode can maximize performance. In addition, the hardware configuration of the Raider Tomahawk 300 is complete and the hard disk expansion is strong. By the way, the machine also supports a 3-year warranty + 3-year door-to-door service, with comprehensive after-sales service. Finally, Uncle Niu’s suggestion is that for players who want to buy an 8-core processor + RTX 2060 gaming laptop, the Raider Tomahawk 300 is a reliable new choice.
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