▲ HP g4- 10 18TU notebook computer
At present, there are four products in the G series I * * *, all of which are equipped with Intel's second-generation Core intelligent processors, four products are equipped with Core i5 and Core i3 processors respectively, two graphics cards are equipped with independent graphics cards, and two are equipped with integrated graphics cards, forming a high-low collocation. G4- 10 18TU is a product with dual-core core i5 processor 24 10M, and the graphics card adopts Intel HD 3000 Core graphics card built in the processor.
▲ HP g4- 10 18TU notebook computer
G4- 10 18TU not only adopts a more powerful processor and core graphics card, but also adopts a 640GB hard disk specification that conforms to the current application trend, which can fully meet the needs of users for storing high-definition videos and documents.
▲ HP g4- 10 18TU notebook computer
In terms of specifications, the fuselage size of 340x229x3 1-36.5mm and the fuselage net weight of 2.062kg make G4-10tu relatively portable, especially in terms of net weight, which belongs to the mainstream 14 inch notebook.
Advantages: the fuselage is fashionable in appearance, exquisite in workmanship, low in power consumption, good in C-plane temperature control, and equipped with Aote Bluestar certified speakers.
Disadvantages: the distance between the interfaces on the left side of the fuselage is small.
Specification of HP Pavilion G4-1018tu notebook
processor
Intel's second-generation Core i5 24 10M dual-core notebook processor, clocked at 2.3GHz.
Configure memory type
1 block 2GB DDR3- 1333MHz memory.
display card
Intel HD HD Graphics Card
hard disc
640 GB 5400 rpm
Wired network/WLAN/Bluetooth
1000M wired network card /802.5438+0 1N wireless network card
class monitor
14. 1 inch LED backlight screen resolution 1366 x 768 display scale 16: 9.
Battery specification
10.8V/47WHr
Engagement/interface
3 USB 2.0/ 1 VGA/ 1 HDMI/ 1 RJ45/ 1 card reader.
Notebook size/weight
340 x 229 x 3 1-36.5 mm /2.062 kg
New appearance, new style, exquisiteness and stability coexist.
HP g4- 10 18TU adopts a brand-new design style. Although the shell is engineering plastic, thanks to the expressive force of the surface treatment process of the top cover, the grade of the whole product is irresistible. The corners of the fuselage are designed with smooth transition. The body color of this product we received is a combination of low-key and restrained metal ash and calm black, and this color combined with the effect of A-side treatment makes the product look fashionable and stable.
▲ HP g4- 10 18TU notebook computer
The top cover surface of HP g4- 10 18TU is painted like a piano, and the smooth surface conforms to the current fashion trend. Although fingerprints and other stains are inevitable, the metallic gray background can make these stains look less conspicuous.
▲ The screen and frame of HP g4- 10 18TU adopt a combination of mirror screen and frosted frame.
The screen and frame of HP g4- 10 18TU adopt the combination of mirror screen and frosted frame, which has less visual impact in complex lighting environment than the combination of mirror screen and piano painted frame.
▲ The design of the keyboard surface of HP g4- 10 18TU follows the technological treatment of the top cover surface, and the black edge is surrounded by a metal gray panel.
The design of the keyboard surface of HP g4- 10 18TU follows the process of the top cover surface, and the black frame surrounds the metal gray panel, and the black of the keyboard area echoes the surrounding frames.
▲ The touchpad of HP g4- 10 18TU has a large body area, and the surface has particles similar to metal stamping effect.
The keyboard of HP g4- 10 18TU also adopts a separate design, and the surface of the keys is matte black matte, so the keys feel more common. The touchpad is designed in an integrated way. The main body of the touchpad has a large area, and there are particles similar to metal stamping effect on the surface, which can enhance the feel when used.
▲ fuselage interface layout
In terms of interface and expansibility, this HP g4- 10 18TU notebook has three USB2.0 interfaces, 1 HDMI interface, 1 D-SUB interface, 1 RJ-45 and 1 audio and microphone combination interfaces. It can meet the daily needs of most users, but for users who often need to copy a lot of data, the speed of USB2.0 interface may make them unable to make up their minds to fill the 640GB hard disk for a long time.
▲ HP g4- 10 18TU provides users with the possibility of upgrading hard disk and memory.
HP g4- 10 18TU provides users with the possibility of upgrading hard disk and memory, and the dual-slot configuration can effectively reduce the upgrade cost of users. In addition, its DVD recording drive supports lithography technology, which is convenient for users to make their own CD covers.
Hardware configuration The new i5 processor is the biggest selling point.
HP g4- 10 18TU adopts Intel Core i5 24 10M processor and adopts the latest 32nm technology. It is a native dual-core 32nm processor product released by Intel 20 1 1 at the beginning of the year, with the main frequency of 2. 3GHz, supports Turbo Boost technology, the processor's third-level cache is 3MB, the processor is dual-core, supports HT Hyper-threading technology, has dual-core and four-thread processing capability, and the thermal design power consumption is TDP 35 W. ..
▲ Core i5 processor specifications
In terms of chipset, HM65 has replaced HM55 as a close partner of the new Core i7 processor. Like previous mobile chipsets based on desktop chipsets, HM65 chipset is also derived from H65 chipset on desktop. HM65 also adopts single-chip architecture, and the memory control unit (IMC) is integrated in the processor, so there is no MCH (Memory Controller Hub) commonly known as the North Bridge chip. Only one platform control unit, PCH (Platform Controller Hub), undertakes the functions provided by the previous PCI Express controller and ICH (Input/Output Controller Hub), which is usually called the south bridge chip. HM65 can support up to six SATA 6Gbps interfaces (including eSATA), eight PCI-E 2.0 x 1 interfaces, 14 USB 2.0 interfaces, Hanksville GbE MAC Gigabit Ethernet controller, matrix storage technology, high-definition audio and high-definition audio, and management engine ignition firmware technology.
▲HD 3000 integrated graphics card specifications
HP g4- 10 18TU uses Intel's new Core i5 processor with built-in core graphics card? HD 3000 is an integrated graphics card with 12 execution units (EU), with a reference frequency of 650MHz and a dynamic acceleration frequency of 900mhz-1.3ghz. ..
▲ 2GB DDR3 1333MHz high-speed memory is standard.
As for the storage system, the HP g4- 10 18TU test prototype we received comes standard with 2 GB of DDR 3 memory. For ordinary business users running 32-bit operating system, this memory capacity is enough to cope with most mainstream applications and run some large-scale business software applications, but we still recommend users to upgrade the memory to 4GB to better meet the application requirements that may increase the load in the future.
▲ 640GB large-capacity SATA hard disk is standard.
The prototype we received used a hard disk with a capacity of 640GB, and the rotation speed was the mainstream 5400 rpm. The hard disk supports SATA-II interface, which can effectively cooperate with PCH to achieve a faster 3.0Gbps transmission rate.
In terms of network communication capability, HP g4- 10 18TU adopts the collocation method of gigabit wired network card and wireless network card. Atheros AR9285 wireless network card can support 802. 1 1 b/g/n communication protocol, and Realtek PCIe FE series wired network cards can support10/000 m network connection.
Upgrade suggestion:
For users of HP g4- 10 18TU, we suggest that users upgrade their memory to 4GB to get better overall performance, and the capacity of the hard disk is 640GB, which can meet the storage requirements. If users don't usually use the optical drive, they can also get extra storage capacity by using the hard disk bracket of the optical drive.
▲ We recommend users to upgrade the configuration of g4 dual memory slots, which can effectively reduce the upgrade cost.
In terms of upgrade cost, the cost of adding a single 2GB DDR3 1333MHz memory is about 150 yuan, and the cost of the hard disk bracket of the optical drive is about 50 yuan. If the user chooses to upgrade the notebook to a combination of 4GB memory, 640GB 5400 rpm hard disk and +500GB 5400 rpm hard disk, the cost will increase around 580 yuan.
Battery life, power consumption and heating test
battery life
We mainly use Mobile Mark2007 software to simulate daily office, multimedia production and other major applications to comprehensively evaluate endurance. MobileMark 2007 is a notebook battery life and performance evaluation software based on real applications. Support 64-bit /32-bit versions of Windows Vista/XP (Professional Edition/Home Edition). It has three test modes: productivity module, DVD module, reader module, Will call Adobe AcrobatReader 7.0, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Apple Quicktime 7. 1, Intervideo WinDVD 8, Macromedia Flash 8, Microsoft Office 2003 Pro、Microsoft Project 2003、Winzip 10.0。
▲ The battery capacity of ▲47Wh is the standard of 14 inch notebook.
▲ For a notebook with integrated display, this achievement is directly proportional to its battery capacity, which belongs to normal play.
In the test, we turned off the screen saver and went to sleep, and set the battery and system to the highest performance mode. In the office environment test, this battery provides users with 250 minutes of battery life when the remaining power is 0%, which is normal compared with its equipped battery capacity.
Power consumption
We tested the actual power consumption of this product, and we tested the power consumption of this product in three states. We use UNI-T UT7 1E intelligent digital multimeter as test equipment to measure the power consumption when the power supply is turned on but not turned on (non-charging state), the system is started but has no action for 5 minutes, but it is not dormant (non-charging state) and the system is started, the processor is fully loaded, and the disk works at the maximum throughput (non-charging state).
Under three test conditions, the power consumption of HP g4- 10 18TU is 0.4W, 14W and 46.3W, respectively. Compared with some notebook products with similar configurations on the market, the power consumption in standby state is at the same level, while the power consumption index under high load operation is obviously lower than that of similar notebooks.
Caloric value test
In this test, we used Fluke's Ti25 thermal imaging instrument to test the calorific value of this product. The test mainly measures the temperature of the C surface, bottom surface and radiator of the notebook. EVEREST software was used in the test, the system stability test was selected, and all items were checked. 15 minutes later. At the same time, the indoor temperature is measured, so that readers can have a more intuitive understanding of the test data.
We tested the temperature at five points around the test platform. The temperatures at the five points are 25.7, 25.7, 25.6, 25.2 and 25.5 degrees Celsius, with an average of 25.5 degrees Celsius.
▲C surface temperature
Judging from the test image, the C-surface calorific value of this notebook is well controlled. As can be seen from the figure, although the central position of the C-face keyboard belongs to the high heat value area, according to the temperature scale at the edge of the figure, we can see that the highest temperature in most areas of this area is only about 4 1 degree, which is not beyond the tolerance range of ordinary people for high temperature, and the palm rest temperature of this product is also relatively low. Therefore, according to the comprehensive image display and measured temperature, although the C surface of this product has obvious fever, because the highest temperature does not exceed the human body's tolerance limit to high temperature, the user will feel warm when fully charged, but it will not affect the use experience too much.
▲D surface temperature
The main heat dissipation part of the D plane is concentrated in the central core hardware area of the fuselage. From the actual heating imaging, the heating area is consistent with the area where its main hardware is located. In the measurement, the highest temperature on surface D is 49.4 degrees Celsius, which appears at the bottom radiator, and the highest temperatures in other areas are lower than this figure.
▲ Radiator temperature
At the position of the radiator, the highest temperature measured is 5 1.2 degrees Celsius. Judging from the temperature test results, this notebook has relatively good control over the calorific value and maximum temperature of C surface. If it is not in a high-intensity working state for a long time, it will not affect the comfort of users too much.
Benchmark performance and game performance test
HP g4- 10 18TU notebook is pre-installed with 32-bit Windows7 Home Basic operating system. We used a series of testing software to test the basic performance of this product, including Windows 7 system evaluation, 3DMark, PCMark, Street Fighter 4 and resident evil 5.
▲ Screenshot of ▲Windows 7 system evaluation results
Let's take a look at how Windows 7 evaluates the performance of this notebook. The system bottleneck of this product is not unexpected, but only in the desktop graphics processing ability, but the evaluation score of 4.3 points is enough to maintain the opening of desktop special effects such as Aero. Game performance 6. 1 The HD 3000 graphics card is comparable to the strength of the entry-level discrete graphics card, but how it performs in practical application depends on the later game test. The test results of processor, memory and hard disk all belong to the current mainstream level, and users can get a better mainstream application experience with this configuration.
In the graphic part of the test, we use the test software 3DMark Vantage of Futuremark, which is the first comprehensive benchmark tool based on Microsoft DX 10 API interface and Windows Vista operating system. It can give full play to the advantages of multi-channel graphics card and multi-core processor, and can meet the needs of game performance testing of PC system at present and in the future. 3DMark Vantage provides two new graphics test items, two processor test items and six characteristic test items, and introduces four different levels of parameter preset, which can reflect the system performance level in detail. In the test, we adjusted the system resolution to the same 1024? 768. Use the entry mode provided by the test software to test.
▲3DMARK test scores
Judging from the above test results, the performance of the core graphics card is obviously ahead of the current mainstream low-end entry-level graphics card. From the overall performance of GPU testing, the performance gap between the core graphics card and the mainstream independent graphics cards such as HD 5470, GeForce3 10M can reach about 30%, and its leading margin in GPU sub-testing has reached at least 35%, so we also have great expectations for the performance of this latest core graphics card in the future. Of course, this is only a theoretical test result. How is the performance of this graphics card? Let's test it with 3D games. Street fighter 4 biochemical 5 test 720P resolution 30FPS pear-free
Besides theoretical software, we also used Street Fighter 4 and resident evil 5 to test. The PC version of Street Fighter IV is a completely transplanted version of the host version, which will correspond to the game functions of Windows Live and support online battles, in-game SMS communication and instant voice chat. In addition to supporting high-resolution screen output, the PC version also provides players with the function of selecting screen rendering style, except for the PC version? Ordinary? Beyond the mode, what else? Watercolor? 、? Poster? And then what? Grey ink? These three additional rendering styles. Players can adjust the display effect according to their own preferences in the game setting options.
▲ Street Fighter 4 test results
From the final test results, the Core i5 processor and the Core graphics card have no problem in dealing with such low-load games. At the resolution of 1024X768, the speed is kept above 29FPS. At the same time, this performance also tells us that users who use this hardware combination can get a pretty good game experience when running this low-load 3D game.
Resident evil 5 is the fifth game of this game. This time, the stage of "resident evil 5" is set in a small African country (the story is pure fiction), which is located in an active volcanic zone, spanning Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya. At the beginning of the game, the local residents were not infected, but with the outbreak of volcanic activity, the virus gradually spread, turning the local residents into zombies-like killers. In this part of the test, we used the resolution mode of 1280X720 pixels for the test.
▲ resident evil 5 test results
From this part of the test, the test results of the core graphics card are not enough to provide users with a smooth experience under the default settings, so we suggest that users reduce the resolution when running such medium-sized 3D games to ensure the continuity of the game screen.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) produced by the famous game company Blizzard Entertainment. It was publicly tested in North America in mid-2004. In view of the fact that World of Warcraft is the most famous online game in Chinese mainland, we also chose this game for testing in the test, and we adopted a point-to-point flight test method.
From the test results, the core graphics card built in the i5 processor has maintained excellent performance in this test, and the average speed has been maintained at around 24FPS, which can basically ensure the consistency of the picture. Users can get more consistent image performance by reducing image quality.
IT 168 evaluation center's point of view: mainstream products with exquisite appearance and low price are a good choice.
For a notebook with integrated graphics card, most users may think that this product can't afford mainstream applications, but through previous tests, we can see that the performance of the new generation HD 3000 Core graphics card is enough to meet the needs of some mainstream applications, and the new generation Core i5 processor can make a perfect transition with the previous generation and become the protagonist in the next pendulum trajectory.
▲ HP g4- 10 18TU notebook computer
Back to the product, the biggest feature of the new G series is the adoption of a new generation of hardware platform, and the evolution of appearance is worth describing. Exquisite and steady is the best adjective for the appearance of this product. On the surface treated with piano paint effect, the metal gray background represents stability, and the screen shaft with metal wire drawing effect forms a good ornament in the overall stable style.
▲ HP g4- 10 18TU notebook computer
In terms of performance, the hardware combination of g4- 10 18TU relies on the lower power consumption and heat generation provided by 32nm process technology and the enhanced CPU/GPU performance. The graphics core of the mobile processor has 12 execution units, which is twice that of the previous generation HD core graphics card. The second generation Turbo Boost technology can achieve higher Turbo Boost frequency. At the same time, it supports the dynamic adjustment of CPU/GPU performance, and adds more efficient and powerful AVX instruction set and other features. The overall performance far exceeds the current mainstream Core i5 platform, and it should be no problem for most current mainstream applications. We think this product should be suitable for users who require their laptops to have enough performance to run mainstream applications, to run some low-intensity small 3D games, and to have more than enough needs for multimedia audio and video playback and daily office work.