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When I evaluated the RTX ™40 series desktop GPU before CTOnews.com, I was shocked by the extremely high energy efficiency brought about by this new generation of technology. At that time, the author thought that this generation of RTX ™40 series notebook GPU will have a bright future. But unexpectedly, this time NVIDIA moved the XX90-oriented GPU to notebooks for the first time, coupled with the strong performance of Intel 13-generation Core H55 series processors, we will see a large number of "aircraft carrier" notebooks with high performance in 2023.

In the high-performance notebook outbreak of 2023 dint ROG player country naturally will not be out of date. As the flagship configuration of the launch i9-13980HX + RTX 4090 series, what kind of shock will the ROG Gun God 7 Plus Super Edition give us? In this article, the author will take you to experience in detail. The following is the configuration table:

Design as a result of this CPU and GPU platform have ushered in a comprehensive upgrade, ROG Gun God 7 Plus super version of the mold has also been fully upgraded, but the design can still see the unique style of the Gun God series. The whole machine is a brand-new 18-inch game model, which actually upgrades the screen to 16:10 on the basis of the original 17.3in, bringing a wider field of vision.

The BWH is 399x295x30.8mm and weighs as much as 3.1Kg. It's a pretty huge laptop, and with a huge 330W power adapter, portability must have been sacrificed. It is positioned to be on the desktop most of the time and can be moved occasionally.

The A side is all-metal design, the texture of the whole machine adopts the oblique cut design style, and the graffiti fashion style is full. With the glowing ROG "the Eye of failure" belief in logo, the look and feel is very high-profile and cool.

The ROG Gunnery 7 Plus Super Edition also has a new small design: a new winger light belt has been added to the back air outlet, which can be synchronized with the keyboard lights to make the look more cool. But correspondingly, the interface on the back was moved to the right-hand side.

Open side B with one hand, which is a huge 18-inch electronic competition screen. This screen has a history. It is called "Star screen". It has a resolution of 2560 to 1600, has a refresh rate of 240Hz, supports 3ms low latency response, takes the lead in e-sports 's game, and supports G-SYNC and Adaptive-Sync anti-tear to make the game look and feel better.

Color is also the top level, ROG Star screen has 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, through the factory color school and Pantone color certification. And the Ultron Intelligence Control Center-Game Visual page can be used to switch the global color gamut, which can be adapted to a variety of use scenarios such as games, movies and content creation.

There is a major upgrade at the top of the screen: the 720p camera. In the past, the Gun God series removed the camera in order to maximize the screen share, which caused some inconvenience in the online class era and online meetings, and this generation has finally made up for this regret.

Side C is also full of cool techs after lighting up. It supports single-button independent backlighting, can customize RGB lighting effects, and can be linked with other peripherals of ROG home.

The keyboard also supports ROG's unique Overstroke flash technology, which triggers the keystroke earlier on the keystroke, which means users can type faster, easier and more accurately without sacrificing the key range.

Below the keyboard is the iconic suspended light belt of the Gun God series, which can illuminate the entire desktop and instantly enter the atmosphere of e-sports.

Some changes have taken place in the position of the interface on the side, and the previous embarrassment of "no interface on the right" will no longer occur. Now on the left are the power interface, 2.5G network port, HDMI2.1 port, Lightning 4 interface, USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C port (which supports 100W PD charging) and 3.5mm headphone port. On the right are two USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-An interfaces.

The D side has also been redesigned, and an additional air inlet has been added in the lower-middle part, because the Gunnery 7 Plus Super Edition uses the new three-fan glacier cooling 3.0 module, which provides stronger performance release.

Finally, the unique DIY element of ROG has not been left behind, and the faith badge on the hinge of the fuselage is designed with magnetism so that users can take it off and easily DIY. Like the previous generation of molds, this generation of ROG officially provides 3D printing data, which can be said to be personalized to the extreme.

Before testing the strong performance of Guanshen 7 Plus Super Competition Edition, let's take a look at this star screen. As soon as I got started, I was shocked by this vast 18-inch screen. Because the laptop screen is closer to the eye than the desktop screen, so the look and feel is larger, and the actual size is about the same as the desktop 24-inch display, which is comparable to the desktop experience. And this screen uses 2.5K resolution and 240Hz refresh rate, which can take into account the needs of 3A games for high resolution and e-sports games for high refresh rate.

Next, let's test its color performance. After the measurement of the color calibrator, this ROG nebula screen can cover 99.9% sRGB, 82.7% Adobe RGB and 99% DCI P3 color gamut by default. It is a very bright and extensive screen.

In terms of brightness, the middle brightness is about 485nit, and the contrast is about 1000. It is a very bright screen, and every detail can be seen clearly in the sun.

It is worth mentioning that every ROG star screen has been certified by factory school color and Pantone color. After our measurement, the average color deviation of this screen is only 1.28, and the maximum color deviation is only 3.57. It is a good professional screen that can be used to repair and cut pictures. I have to say that ROG's strategy of popularizing Star screen in an all-round way will be a great benefit to both players and creators.

Hardware analysis first take a look at Intel's most powerful laptop processor: the i9-13980HX. The so-called HX flagship processor is a kind of mobile standard pressure processor with 55W TDP. Their core size is the same as that of desktop-level processors of the same level, with up to 24 cores and 32 threads and up to 5.6GHz, which can be described as dimensionality reduction on mobile.

And our protagonist i9-13980HX is the flagship of the flagship. It has 8 performance cores + 16 energy efficiency cores, which is twice as high as that of the previous generation. Among them, 8 cores support hyper-threading technology, so there are 24 cores and 32 threads; the second-level cache capacity is significantly increased, and the third-level cache is as high as 36MB. The factory default TDP is 55W, but this is only a benchmark requirement, and most high-end notebooks generally exceed this requirement.

The graphics card is the XX90-level GPU--NVIDIA ®GeForce RTX ™4090 that first appears on notebooks. It is equipped with 9728 CUDA cores and 256bit 16GB GDDR6 display memory, which is currently the largest and fastest notebook GPU. The official TGP preset is 80-150W, but a maximum of 175W can be achieved through Dynamic Boost power balancing technology. Judging from the above parameters, 4090 of the mobile side is actually developed on the desktop side 4080, with 9728 CUDA cores. Thanks to the improvement of this generation of technology, most of the performance can be retained while the power consumption is reduced by half.

So what kind of heat dissipation module is used to suppress these two desktop cores? Then let's take a look at the machine next. When you open the back cover, you can see that its cooling module is very different. ROG calls this set of cooling module Glacier cooling Architecture 3.0. The whole is composed of three fans and seven heat pipes, and the violent bear liquid gold is used to conduct heat. The process of liquid gold is very difficult, but its thermal conductivity is much stronger than that of traditional silicone grease. However, it is precisely like this, it is not recommended to disassemble and assemble by themselves.

Next we will test the grill to see what is the limit of Glacier cooling Architecture 3.0. Before the grill, we first turn on the manual mode in the Ultron Center, and pull up all the power consumption and fan speed of the CPU and GPU to see what the limit of this mold is.

First of all, single-baked CPU, we use AIDA64 single-roasted FPU for the baking machine. At first, after a single-baked FPU of 10 Min, the CPU can be maintained at an astonishing 140W at a temperature of only about 87 ℃, far exceeding the 55W required by i9-13980HX, which can be said to release the processor standing on top of the mobile.

Then we use FurMark doughnuts for single-baked GPU. Due to the blessing of DynamicBoost technology, the NVIDIA ®GeForce RTX ™4090 can be stabilized at 175W full power consumption and the temperature is only 70.7℃. It can be seen that the heat dissipation ability of ROG Gun God 7 is quite solid.

Next we bake both CPU and GPU to simulate maximum pressure and run double baking for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, CPU stabilized at 67W and 76 ℃, GPU stabilized at 175W and 74.5 ℃, adding up to 240W + performance release, which is really amazing. And you should notice that there is still a lot of room for the temperature at this time. This is because the 13th generation of Core HX processors are officially open for overclocking. Whether it is to further improve performance or cooling can be expected, ROG will also update the BIOS open CPU overclocking setting in the near future, enthusiasts might as well look forward to it.

Other hardware aspects, the ROG Gun God 7 Plus super version is also full of materials. In terms of memory, two 32G Samsung DDR5 4800MHz 8Bank Group memories are used. 64 gigabytes of memory is large enough to handle any game and most creative production. The only pity is that this time the memory compatibility of the 13th generation of Kerry has been improved to 5600MHz, but the Gunnery 7 Plus super version also uses 4800MHz. At this point, we consulted ROG and learned that the Gunnery 7Plus Super Competition Edition can also support 5600MHz frequency memory, which can be replaced by players who pursue the limit.

The hard disk is also directly full, the built-in hard drive is the 2T version of Samsung OEM hard drive, the model is PM9A1, the whole machine provides 2 M.2 hard disk bits, all support the high speed of PCIe4.0 * 4.

And according to the author's observation, the height of this hard disk is quite high, and the hard disk with double-sided particles can also be installed.

Although no one should take such a large laptop out to work, ROG still provides an oversized battery for 90Wh. After the author's actual measurement, if Duxian is turned off and only i9-13980HX is used, the office service accident is not bad. The specific results will be re-tested in the follow-up productivity link.

Theoretical performance next let's take a look at the theoretical achievements of this set of configurations. The following tests are all tested in the enhanced mode + solo output in the Ultron Center.

In CineBench R20, which represents the theoretical performance of CPU, i9-13980HX has a score of 818 points for single thread and 12440 points for multi-thread, which is really no competitor in the notebook market. What is the level of this achievement in the field of desktops? The single core is basically equal to i7-13700, while the multi-core is consistent with i9-13900.

In R23, with a score of 2146 points for single thread and 32528 points for multi-thread, we have to say that the mobile chip has developed so fast recently that we can experience the powerful performance of desktops on notebooks.

In CPU-Z, i9-13980HX single-core also reached 854 points, multi-core is 14769 points, performance monster, such as horror.

Next, take a look at the performance of the graphics card. The GPU running score in 3DMark Time Spy has reached 22044, and the GPU running score in 3DMark Firestrike Extreme has reached 26526. This result is basically consistent with the desktop RTX 4070Ti, and is also in line with the strength that the AD103 core should have on the notebook. For the next few years, the GPU will have no competition on laptops.

Memory performance is as follows. Although the memory used is the same as that of the previous generation, the author finds that both reading and writing have an improvement in 2000MB / S, and it should be the 13th generation core that optimizes the performance of memory reading and writing.

The 2T Samsung OEM PM9A1, which comes with its own hard drive, is a high-performance Pcie 4.0 4 high-speed hard drive. In addition, there is an additional M.2 interface in the fuselage, which can be used to group Raid arrays.

The actual measurement of the game can be seen from the above that the ROG Gun God 7Plus Super Competition Edition benefits from the brand-new i9 + RTX 4090, and the theoretical performance is completely upgraded. So can its actual gaming experience be greatly improved? Let's test it now. All of the following games will be tested in 2.5K resolution + highest image quality + single display output mode, and if there is DLSS, we will drive to balanced DLSS. The DLSS3 switch will also be turned on if it is supported by DLSS3.

First of all, e-sports game, we selected "CS:GO", "PUBG" and "forever robbed forever" three mainstream e-sports games for testing. Because the Gun God 7 series is equipped with 240Hz's ultra-high refresh rate screen, it will be especially advantageous if you can run more than 240frames in competitive games. In "CS:GO", the measured running BenchMark can run up to 471 frames at the highest picture quality, which can run all over this electronic competition screen. For comparison, last year's super-competitive version of the Gun God 6Plus had 394 frames.

PUBG can run to a full average of 359 frames at the highest picture quality of 2.5K. Last year, the super-competitive version of the Gun God 6Plus had 165 frames. The performance gap is quite obvious. Did not expect that one day we can also experience the 240Hz full refresh rate of PUBG on the notebook.

In the domestic martial arts Battle Royale Games "forever robbed forever", 2.5K highest picture quality + balanced DLSS can reach an average of about 184frames, the knife spelling experience is very excellent. It is about 40 frames higher than last year's 6Plus super-competition version.

Next, let's test some 3A games that do not support DLSS3. In Tomb Raider: shadow, with the highest 2.5K special effects, the number of frames is as high as 123 frames, so playing 3A is not a problem.

Next, let's test the hot PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS game call of Duty: theater 2.0, which can run to 163frames at the highest quality of 2.5K resolution + DLSS balance, and the experience is very good.

In the light pursuit test evergreen tree: "Control", even if DLSS is not turned on, it can reach an average of 77 frames. After opening DLSS, it skyrocketed to 170frames, and the 3A game can also enjoy e-sports 's picture quality.

These are appetizers, and the most attractive thing about the RTX ™40 series notebook GPU is that it can further increase the number of frames through DLSS3 technology. DLSS3 is a performance multiplier technology driven by AI, driven by a new fourth-generation Tensor Core and a new optical flow accelerator, is the latest version of NVIDIA's acclaimed deep learning supersampling technology, and features groundbreaking optical multi-frame generation, which will usher in a new era of NVIDIA RTX neural network rendering games and applications.

To put it simply, the past DLSS2 is to improve the image quality and the number of frames by rendering a low-resolution image, and then AI zooms in to a high resolution. The new DLSS3 not only is compatible with DLSS2, but also adds a frame generation function, which can insert a new frame calculated by AI between two real frames to double the number of frames. Combined with the super-resolution function of DLSS2, AI can reconstruct up to 7/8 display pixels, and the game performance can be up to four times higher than without DLSS!

Let's first take a look at the most stressful "Cyberpunk 2077", which runs its own BenchMark under the 2.5K highest quality super light, and gets the following data. You can't play smoothly by default, but when the DLSS 3 option is on, you can increase the number of frames by three times. And there is almost no loss of picture quality.

Legendary 3A masterpiece "Wizard 3" has also recently updated the next generation version, which greatly improves the configuration requirements, but also provides the support of DLSS3 technology, which is undoubtedly good news for the RTX ™40 series notebook GPU.

From the frame number test, this game is really quite "next generation", without DLSS or even an average of 42 frames. On the other hand, the DLSS 3 balanced gear can meet the smooth play of more than 111.5 frames of high frames, and can achieve nearly 2.5 times the improvement.

In another next-generation 3A masterpiece with exploding picture quality, the Legend of the Plague: Requiem, we also need the blessing of DLSS3 technology to achieve smooth play in high frames.

The number of frames running Plague Legend can reach 78 frames without turning on DLSS, but after turning on DLSS 3, the number of frames has almost tripled to an average of 160frames, meeting the needs of 2.5K high-frame free play of the next generation of 3A masterpieces.

High productivity performance e-sports games in addition to playing games, often undertake the task of creative work, such as cutting videos, doing special effects and large-scale drawings. So what about the productivity performance of the ROG Gunnery 7 Plus Super Edition? In Adobe Premiere, which is commonly used by creative workers, we turn on GPU Cuda acceleration and then test it with PugetBenchmark. The final score was 1233, the highest score we have ever seen in our notebooks.

In another stressful special effects software, Adobe Effects, we also use PugetBenchmark for testing. The final score was 1411, compared with a score of 1108 for the previous generation, a huge increase.

We also tested Pugetbench For Davinci. In this excellent optimized editing software, it scored 2140 points. This score is very close on our i9-13900K+RTX 4080 desktops.

In the later part of the video, the NVIDIA ®GeForce RTX ™4090 is also equipped with the eighth generation NVIDIA NVENC encoder, which supports AV1 coding and dual encoders. AV1 is the next generation video coding technology, which can provide faster video coding and higher quality streaming media transmission performance while occupying the same space.

The biggest advantage of AV1 coding is that it can achieve higher picture quality with smaller volume. We use a domestic editing software that has been adapted to AV1 coding: cut and projection Professional Edition to test. After deriving a 4K video with the same bit rate, the volume of traditional H264 coding is 550m, while that of AV1 coding is only 416m, which is much smaller.

We also tested the BenchMark of some modeling rendering tools. In V-Ray Benchmark, i9-13980HX scored 22402 points, which can successfully cope with most of the modeling rendering requirements.

Thanks to 9728 Cuda cores, NVIDIA ®GeForce RTX ™4090 has a score of 1180 on V-Ray GPU RTX, and fluent large-scale modeling rendering on mobile is no longer a dream.

In the test of another commonly used modeling tool, Blender, NVIDIA ®GeForce RTX ™4090 outperformed RTX 4070Ti desktop-level graphics cards by 10%. It is only slightly inferior to the RTX 4080 desktop graphics card. It seems that this generation of power consumption sweet spot control is quite good.

Battery life also affects productivity to a great extent, and finally let's test its performance. We switched between dual display and three modes, turned on the power-saving mode of "set display mode" to run the PCMark 10 modern office life test, and finally ran continuously for about 7 hours and 5 minutes, which was quite good in the game book. With 100W PD charger, can meet the needs of short-distance office travel.

Conclusion: the most surprising thing is the price, to be honest, the author is not surprised by the powerful performance of the ROG Gun God 7 Plus Super Edition. Because this generation of new mold blessing, the performance must be by leaps and bounds. But the price of the super-competitive version of the ROG Gun God 7 Plus really surprised the author. The top version of 4090 is sold for only 26999 yuan, and the 4080 version is only sold for 19999 yuan; the smaller super version of ROG Gun God 7 can start at 17999 yuan. This price is surprising, it is hard to imagine that such a price-to-performance ratio will come from the hands of ROG, who has always been superior, and the name of the black eye will be changed to the eye of the housekeeper from now on.

For this year's notebook market, the author believes that either on this 4080, 4090 "aircraft carrier-level game book", or wait for the follow-up 4050, 4060 light and thin all-around book. Flagship books like the ROG Gun God 7 Plus Super Edition, which are fully equipped everywhere, can bring an uncompromising gaming experience, and it's definitely worth it if you can buy it at the original price. If you are interested, you might as well go to the pre-sale of each platform.

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