The exaggerated marketing before the new listing of the market, the bad guy who has been no one has remembered, but the pace of "scary technology" is indeed brought up by Huawei.
Not only did it cause a "poster war" between Xiaomi and Lenovo, it followed a terrible scene. Before the press conference, various versions also spread magically, rewrite Android, kill virtual machines, new operating systems, and so on. Of course, these are not very practical. Slowly, the rumors gradually converged on the optimization of the game.
Today's announcement came as expected. Huawei announced the true face of this "scary technology": GPU Turbo, through the combination of hardware and software, to enhance the gaming experience.
What is different from the past is that Yu Chengdong, the CEO of Huawei's consumer business, came to the press conference and made a presentation on the technology. Although Glory is a sub-brand of Huawei, the operation of the two companies has been relatively independent in the past.
This time, Yu Chengdong's platform undoubtedly demonstrated the importance of this technology to Huawei and Glory, and of course reflected their confidence in the technology.
Of course, everything still depends on how well the actual test is performed. The official introduction cannot be believed.
The predecessor of "Scaring Technology" is too strong, which has led to the launch of the glory Play, which has become a supporting role. However, Play, which was sold at 1999 yuan, is still competitive. The strange thing is that the conference did not mention the processor model, PPT did not mark, but in fact Play is equipped with a flagship core unicorn 970, perhaps do not want to cause the outside world "only 970 can use the 'scary technology'" The illusion it.
The specific configuration is as follows:
6.3 inch 1080 P LCD Liu Haiping;
4/6GB memory;
Post-fingerprints;
Android 8.1 based EMUI 8.2 system;
3750 mAh battery for fast charging
Rear 16 million + 2 million pixel AI dual camera;
Metal integrated body, with black, blue, purple three colors;
There are two special color combinations, Magic Night Cool Edition and Charm Flame Red Edition.
In addition, Glory Play also made two optimizations for the game: “4D Sense of Vibration” and “3D Sound Effect”. Listening to the name should know what to use.
Of course, if you pay for it, Glory Play still has some choices. For example, it is not equipped with NFC, and the specifications of the dual camera module also have a certain degree of castration compared to Glory 10.
Glory Play is a 2,000-slot card, the main cost-effective new product, the most noteworthy, or in its debut GPU turbo.
We haven't gotten the machine yet. We experienced a simple experience of “The Glory of the King” at the scene. Because there are so many people in the experience zone and the mobile phone is basically not at rest, the battery life and the heating are not intuitively reflected.
Simply looking at the performance of the frame rate, I simply tried the “Glory of the King” and started the high frame rate mode. The frame rate was stable at 59~61 frames, and the small group battle did not jump out of this range. Specific data please pay attention to our follow-up evaluation, but from the point of view of live experience, GPU Turbo still has some effects.
Maybe you have to say, "The Glory of the King" is not a big game and it can't explain anything, but it must be compared with anyone. For Kirin 970, this is no small improvement, because before that, its game performance is really good. It is lackluster. The average frame number of "Glory to the King" is around 50, and the large-scale team battle can fall below 40. After Tianmei has opened up multithreading optimization, this data has improved, but it is still not as stable as the current number of frames.
However, according to the staff, the “4D quake sense” mentioned at the conference also needs to be adapted to a specific game. According to the staff’s introduction, only a few “chicken” games are currently adapted, and “the glory of the king” Without adding this feature, the staff explained that “Glory of the King” does not require a 4D sensation, and 3D sound effects also require the headset to work with it.
Regarding GPU turbo, Huawei did not disclose too many technical details. Zhao Ming introduced the group's visit. This time, it is equivalent to the adjustment of the micro code inside the GPU, which is designed with the operating system, based on their own software and hardware. Development, temporarily other chip platforms are currently unable to support.
In this subjective speculation, because of the need for extension type adaptation, GPU Turbo may still have more articles on the software level, similar to the previous multi-threaded mode of "King of Honor" (many Huawei models can be obtained through OTA. This technology is also an example), but Huawei did it for the game makers themselves.
Of course, this involves the issue of game adaptation. In this regard, Zhao Ming explained that the current largest project is still the adaptation of the old model, and a new game adaptation only takes 2 to 3 days.
So, it's time to answer that question. Is this "scary technology"?
Objectively, for gamers, this is indeed a real improvement. But for those who do not play games at all, this technology will not help. If the VR, AR, and 3D application acceleration mentioned in the conference can be realized in the future, it is really worth looking forward to, but at present, compared to the externally expected system level optimization, the scope of GPU Turbo radiation is still somewhat Narrow.
If you set a standard for "scary technology" in my mind, then at least it will be on the "Leica three shots" level on the P20 Pro: you can define the industry's highest standards, become a "good" benchmark, and you can Improve each user's experience.
To sum up: Technology is good technology, but the term "scary" is still rarely used.