The recently released Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare from the same genre needs a beefy computer to enable smooth gameplay. Unfortunately, the game felt choppy on the reviewed GPU, with fps oftentimes hitting below 20 mark, although all details and resolution were set to low. For this game we had to upgrade RAM to 8GB (other games were tested with 4GB). The game itself consumes nearly 4GB, plus you need memory for operating system and integrated graphics.
If we add up all the frame rates in all of the titles (counting a zero against Intel for any games that they fail to run properly), the final tally is that the AMD platform ends up providing more than twice the performance of the Intel platform (140% faster) when it comes to gaming. (Incidentally, if we drop the four failed titles along with ETQW and Crysis from the average, AMD's HD 3200 ends up being just 88% faster, so further driver tweaks could still help Intel.) You might not think that's a fair comparison, but if we look at frame rates there are only five titles where Intel managed playable frame rates - and this is at 800x600 with minimum detail settings. Unreal Tournament 3, STALKER: Clear Sky (barely), Company of Heroes, Devil May Cry 4 (again barely), and Empire: Total War manage tolerable performance. Out of all of the games we tested, only Company of Heroes and Unreal Tournament 3 are even remotely playable (20 to 24 FPS) at the native LCD resolution. In fact, the AMD platform provided better performance at the native LCD resolution than Intel manages at 800x600.
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Before we get too carried away, we should also mention that there are three games in our test list where neither platform could come anywhere near providing adequate performance: Call of Duty: World at War, Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, and Mass Effect all failed to break 20 FPS at 800x600. Crysis, Assassin's Creed, Fallout 3, and Far Cry 2 aren't much better at less than 25 FPS. So congratulations AMD: your integrated graphics solution manages to walk away with the flyweight boxing title after going up against a sick one-armed man. What happens if we put a real contender in the ring?
The short summary is that the final rendered images are not 100% identical for a couple reasons. First, we are now dealing with games that have quite a bit of LOD (Level of Detail) adjustments going on, and it looks like certain details get dropped in order to improve frame rates. Second, some rendering errors on the Intel side (i.e. water reflections didn't work in either Sims game at Low detail where we tested) artificially boost the score. Of course, AMD wasn't without rendering errors, but the Gateway NV52 ATI drivers are about six months old (and unfortunately there's no good way to get updated drivers). HDD and CPU performance also appear to be more significant factors in these casual games, allowing Intel to close the gap.
AMD is also delivering good integrated GPU performance. In the Core i5 bracket it's an easy victory for Ryzen, but the 4500U is also able to outperform Intel's fully unlocked Core i7-1065G7 most of the time. This makes the 4500U suitable for light gaming, whether that's casual games at modest settings, or even some higher performance titles at the lowest settings.
Most often overlook web-browser performance, but these are among the best CPU benchmarks to measure performance in single-threaded workloads, which helps quantify the snappiness in your system. This also often directly correlates to performance in games that prize single-threaded performance. We've included a few web browser benchmarks below as well.If you plan to compare to other gaming and application CPU benchmark results from reviews, forums, or friends, be sure to turn off as many background tasks as possible during your benchmarks to eliminate that influence from your CPU benchmark results. Here's a list with download links for some of the most common CPU benchmarks:
We tested the Pavilion Gaming Laptop with a 1080p 60Hz display, an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. The Ryzen 5 5600H is more than enough for most modern AAA titles and heavy creative workloads, but you can get the more powerful Ryzen 7 5800H if you need more cores and threads for applications like physics simulations or video editing. If you want features like ray-tracing or DLSS upscaling in your games, we suggest you opt for the RTX 3050 or 3050Ti as the 1650 doesn't support either of them. Finally, you can upgrade to a 144Hz display for more fluid movement, which can improve aim in FPS games and potentially improve cursor precision in MOBAs.
Our display and performance results are only valid for the configuration we tested. If you come across a different configuration option not listed above, or you have a similar HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop that doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update it. Some tests, like black uniformity and color accuracy, may vary between individual units.
The HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop's speakers are only alright. They fire upwards from above the keyboard, close to the screen, and have very little compression at maximum volume. That said, they don't get very loud, so they aren't a good choice for immersive listening when watching movies or playing games. The frequency response is mid- and treble-heavy, with a small bump in the low-treble to emphasize vocals. This means the speakers provide a satisfactory listening experience in speech-heavy content like podcasts, but varied content doesn't sound very rich. If you want a gaming laptop with better speakers, check out the HP Victus 16 (2021).
The HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H has amazing performance in Geekbench. Its single-thread performance is outstanding, better than that of the Intel Core i7-10750H in the Dell Alienware m15 R3 (2020) that we tested, meaning its performance in applications like photo editing is superb. Its excellent multi-thread performance means it's very smooth when running most modern applications and when multitasking, and is a great choice for playing complex games and running applications like video editors. Its GeForce GTX 1650 performs well in the GPU compute benchmark, meaning it's a good choice if you want to run complex simulations or perform computations on large sets of data.
The HP Pavilion Gaming model that we tested runs Civilization VI decently well, providing a smooth gaming experience. There are almost no stutters during normal gameplay, although the framerate lowers when panning around the game world. The turn time with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H is decent, but we expect the Ryzen 7 5800H to provide faster turn times, especially in larger games, thanks to its increased core and thread count. The RTX 3050 and 3050Ti will run the game more smoothly overall.
Being someone who has purchased a whiny-fan 8400GS (gave to wife for dual monitor purposes), a fanless 3450 (gave to nephew for older online games), and a fanless 4550 (since replaced by X4500 integrated graphics), I agree with your analysis.
If you can afford it, Alienware will fill the Aurora R13 with top-of-the-line components that make it a top-tier gaming PC. At nearly $3,000, our review unit is far from cheap, but it's powerful enough to play the latest and greatest games in 1080p for years to come. Just don't expect blazing-fast framerates at 4K for that price -- the Aurora R13 gets as expensive as any other PC on this list if you fill it up with top-tier components.
Model: ASUS Q550LF-BSI7T21 (Recently Discontinued Model from Best Buy)Operating System: Windows 8.1Graphic card: Nvidia Geforce 745M 2GB + Dual Outs(HDMI + MDP)Harddisk: Samsung 840 EVO 500GBProcessor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz Dual-Core Turbo Boost to 2.4GHzMemory: 8 GB Resolume: 4.1.11Output Setup: Control Display @ 1080p and 1 Out Via HDMI @ 1080pBenchmark for 1920x1080Clean content: 6(5 @ 32Fps)Noise content: 4 @ 29.9I tested Out via MDP and it yielded same results.Alternate Output Setup: Control Display @ 1080p and 2 Outs HDMI @ 1080p and MDP @ 1080Benchmark for 1920x1080Clean content: 5Noise content: 4The second output setup is what I will actually be using consistently mainly in 720p though. I hope I can use Multi Stream Transport through the MDP. I think that this thing is great for what it is! A laptop with dual core, 2 outputs, 2 GB of graphics memory AND it has Nvidia Optimus. Best $1000 I have spent in a while(Includes 500GB SSD Upgrade)!
Performance was less impressive on the lighter, esports titles and first-person shooters I tested. The Strix G15 was far behind the MSI GS66 Stealth in both Battlefield V and Fortnite, both games that benefit strongly from higher frame rates. AMD was unable to verify that these frame rates matched its expectations for performance. 2ff7e9595c
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